Document:

exv10w2

EXHIBIT 10.2

     AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT dated as of November
25, 2009 (this “Amendment”) among CMC RECEIVABLES, INC. (the “Seller”), COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY
(the “Servicer”), LIBERTY STREET FUNDING LLC (“Liberty”), GOTHAM FUNDING CORPORATION (“Gotham”, and
together with Liberty, the “Buyers”), THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA (“Scotia”), THE BANK OF
TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH (“BTMU”, and together with Scotia, the “Managing
Agents”) and THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, the Seller, the Servicer, the Buyers, the Managing Agents and the Administrative
Agent are parties to a Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of April
30, 2008 (as from time to time amended prior to the date hereof, the “RPA”);

     WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the RPA;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

     Defined terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such
terms in the RPA.

SECTION 2. AMENDMENT OF RPA

     The parties hereto agree that, effective as of November 25, 2009:

	 	(a)	 	The definition of “Commitment Termination Date” set forth in Section 1.01 of
the RPA shall be amended by replacing the date “December 18, 2009” set forth therein
with the date “November 24, 2010”.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The definition of “Expiration Date” set forth in Section 1.01 of the RPA shall
be amended by replacing the date “ December 18, 2009” set forth therein with the date
“November 24, 2010”.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The definition of “Liquidity Agreements” set forth in Section 1.01 of the RPA
shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows:
	 
	 	 	 	““Liquidity Agreements” shall mean (i) with respect to Gotham,
(a) the Liquidity Agreement dated as of April 1, 1994 between Gotham
and BTMU, and (b) the Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of

 

 

	 	 	 	November 25, 2009 between Gotham and BTMU, and (ii) with respect to
Liberty, the Liquidity Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of November
25, 2009 between Liberty and Scotia, as each may from time to time be
amended, supplemented, modified, replaced or superseded.”
	 
	 	(d)	 	Section 1.01 of the RPA shall be amended to add the following definitions in
proper alphabetical order:
	 
	 	 	 	““Cash and Cash Equivalents” means (a) cash, (b) marketable
obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the government of
the United States of America or issued by any of its agencies and
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America,
in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition
(and investments in mutual funds investing primarily in those
obligations); (c) short-term investment grade domestic and eurodollar
certificates of deposit or time deposits that are fully insured by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or are issued by commercial
banks having combined capital, surplus, and undivided profits of not
less than $100,000,000 (as shown on its most recently published
statement of condition); (d) commercial paper and similar obligations
rated “P-1” or “P-2” by Moody’s; or “A-1+”, “A-1” or “A-2” by S&P; (e)
readily marketable tax-free municipal bonds of a domestic issuer rated
“Aaa” by Moody’s or “AAA” by S&P, and maturing within one year from
the date of issuance (and investments in mutual funds investing
primarily in those bonds); (f) money market mutual funds or similar
obligations rated Aaa by Moody’s or AAA by S&P; and (g) demand deposit
accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business.”
	 
	 	 	 	““Liquidity” means, for the Company and its Subsidiaries, as
of any date, the sum of (a)(i) Cash and Cash Equivalents as of such
date and (ii) the aggregate Purchase Availability Amount of Liberty
and Gotham hereunder, minus (b) then-outstanding “Loans” under, and as
defined in, that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,
dated as of November 25, 2009, among the Company, as borrower, Bank of
America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the financial institutions
party thereto, as lenders (as the same may be renewed, extended,
amended or restated from time to time).”
	 
	 	 	 	““Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership,
joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of
which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing
body (other than securities or interests having such power only by
reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time

 

 

	 	 	 	beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise
controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, or both, by such Person.”
	 
	 	(e)	 	Section 9.03 of the RPA shall be amended to add the following clause at the end
thereof as a new clause (r):
	 
	 	 	 	“(r) Liquidity. For the period from and after November 25,
2009 to and including May 31, 2010, the Servicer shall maintain
Liquidity of at least $300,000,000 at all times during such period
unless the most recent financial statements and certificates delivered
during such period pursuant to the requirements of Section 9.03(a) or
(b), as the case may be, indicate that the Interest Coverage Ratio for
the then-most recently concluded period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters is at least 2.50 to 1.00.”
	 
	 	(f)	 	Section 9.04(d) and Section 9.04(e) of the RPA shall be amended to read in
their entirety as follows:
	 
	 	 	 	“(d) Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Interest Coverage
Ratio to be less than (a) 1.50 to 1.00 at any time during the period
from and including November 25, 2009 through and including May 31,
2010, and (b) 2.50 to 1.00 at any time after May 31, 2010.
	 
	 		 	(e) Debt to Capitalization Ratio. Permit the Debt to
Capitalization Ratio to be greater than 0.60 to 1.00 at any time.”
	 
	 	(g)	 	Exhibit F to the RPA shall be amended by replacing it in its entirety with
Annex A attached hereto.

SECTION 3. RENEWAL FEE

	 	(a)	 	The Seller agrees to pay to Scotia as Managing Agent on behalf of Liberty a
non-refundable, fully-earned fee (the “Liberty Renewal Fee”) in an amount equal
to $50,000. The Liberty Renewal Fee shall be payable on or prior to the date of this
Amendment.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Seller agrees to pay to BTMU as Managing Agent on behalf of Gotham a
non-refundable, fully-earned fee (the “Gotham Renewal Fee”) in an amount equal
to $50,000. The Gotham Renewal Fee shall be payable on or prior to the date of this
Amendment.
	 
	 	(c)	 	For the avoidance of doubt, the failure of the Seller to pay the Liberty
Renewal Fee and/or the Gotham Renewal Fee in accordance with the foregoing paragraphs
of this Section 3 shall constitute a Termination Event for all purposes of the RPA and
the other Purchase Documents, and, in the event of any such failure, the

 

 

	 	 	 	Administrative Agent, the Buyers and the Managing Agents shall be entitled to exercise
all of their respective rights and remedies set forth in the RPA.

SECTION 4. GOVERNING LAW

     THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK INCLUDING ITS CONFLICTS OF LAWS RULES.

SECTION 5. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS

     This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto
in separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original and
all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same Amendment. Delivery of an
executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by facsimile shall be effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

SECTION 6. CONFIRMATION OF AGREEMENT

     Each of the parties to the RPA agree that, except as amended or waived hereby, the RPA
continues in full force and effect. The Seller and the Servicer hereby represent and warrant that,
after giving effect to the effectiveness of this Amendment, their respective representations and
warranties contained in the RPA are true and correct in all material respects upon and as of the
date hereof with the same force and effect as though made on and as of such date (except to the
extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date). All references
in any Purchase Document to the RPA on and after the date hereof shall be deemed to refer to the
RPA as amended hereby.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their
authorized officers as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	CMC RECEIVABLES, INC.,

as Seller	 	 	 	COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY,

as Servicer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Louis A. Federle
	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Murray R. McClean	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name: Louis A. Federle
	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Murray R. McClean	 	 
	 

	 	Title: Treasurer
	 	 	 	 	 	Title: President and Chief Executive Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,

as Managing Agent and Administrative Agent	 	 	 	LIBERTY STREET FUNDING LLC,

as Buyer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Michael Eden
	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Jill A. Russo	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name: Michael Eden
	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Jill A. Russo	 	 
	 

	 	Title: Director
	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Vice President	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ,
LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH,

as Managing Agent	 	 	 	GOTHAM FUNDING CORPORATION,
as Buyer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Aditya Reddy
	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Frank B. Bilotta	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name: Aditya Reddy
	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Frank B. Bilotta	 	 
	 

	 	Title: VP & Manager
	 	 	 	 	 	Title: President	 	 

Signature Page to RPA Extension Amendment

November 2009

SK 26326 0001 1045823 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Acknowledged and Agreed to by:	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	STRUCTURAL METALS, INC., d/b/a

CMC STEEL TEXAS	 	 	 	SMI STEEL, INC., d/b/a

CMC STEEL ALABAMA
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Murray R. McClean
	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Murray R. McClean
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Authorized Signatory
	 	 	 	 	 	Authorized Signatory
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	OWEN ELECTRIC STEEL COMPANY OF 
SOUTH
CAROLINA, d/b/a CMC 

STEEL SOUTH CAROLINA	 	 	 	CMC STEEL FABRICATORS, INC.,

d/b/a CMC JOIST
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Murray R. McClean
	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Murray R. McClean
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Authorized Signatory
	 	 	 	 	 	Authorized Signatory
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	HOWELL METAL COMPANY,

d/b/a CMC HOWELL METAL	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Murray R. McClean	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Authorized Signatoryexv4w1

Exhibit 4.1

Execution Copy

CLEARWIRE COMMUNICATIONS LLC

and

CLEARWIRE FINANCE, INC.,

as Issuers,

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN,

as Subsidiary Guarantors,

and

WILMINGTON TRUST FSB,

as Trustee and Collateral Agent

Indenture

Dated as of November 24, 2009

 

12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015

 

 

Clearwire Communications, LLC

and

Clearwire Finance, Inc.*

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act

of 1939 and Indenture, dated as of November 24, 2009

	 	 	 
	Trust Indenture	 	 
	Act Section	 	Indenture Section
	 
	§ 310 (a)(1)
	 	608
	(a)(2)
	 	608
	(a)(5)
	 	608
	(b)
	 	609
	§ 312 (a)
	 	701
	(b)
	 	702
	(c)
	 	702
	§ 313 (a)
	 	703
	(b)(1)
	 	102, 1402
	(b)(2)
	 	102, 1402
	(c)(1)
	 	102, 703
	(c)(2)
	 	102, 703
	§ 314 (a)
	 	N/A
	(a)(4)
	 	N/A
	(b)
	 	N/A
	(c)(1)
	 	N/A
	(c)(2)
	 	N/A
	(c)(3)
	 	N/A
	(d)
	 	N/A
	(e)
	 	N/A
	(f)
	 	N/A
	§ 315 (a)
	 	601
	(b)
	 	602
	(c)
	 	601
	(d)
	 	601
	(e)
	 	601, 603
	§ 316 (a)(last sentence)
	 	101 (“Outstanding”)
	(a)(1)(A)
	 	502, 512
	(a)(1)(B)
	 	513
	(b)
	 	508
	(c)
	 	104(d)
	§ 317 (a)(1)
	 	503
	(a)(2)
	 	504
	(b)
	 	1003
	§ 318 (a)
	 	111

 

			
	*	 	This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of this Indenture.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS1

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE ONE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 101. Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 104. Acts of Holders
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Issuers, Any Subsidiary Guarantor and Agent
	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver
	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 107. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 108. Successors and Assigns
	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 109. Separability Clause
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 110. Benefits of Indenture
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 111. Governing Law
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 112. Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 113. Legal Holidays
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 114. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 115. Trust Indenture Act Controls
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 116. Counterparts
	 	 	34	 
	SECTION 117. USA Patriot Act
	 	 	34	 
	SECTION 118. Waiver of Jury Trial
	 	 	34	 
	SECTION 119. Force Majeure
	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE TWO

	 
	 	 	 	 
	NOTE FORMS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 201. Forms Generally
	 	 	34	 
	SECTION 202. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
	 	 	35	 
	SECTION 203. Restrictive Legends
	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE THREE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	THE NOTES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 301. Title and Terms
	 	 	37	 
	SECTION 302. Denominations
	 	 	37	 
	SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
	 	 	37	 
	SECTION 304. Temporary Notes
	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange
	 	 	39	 
	SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes
	 	 	39	 
	SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners
	 	 	41	 
	SECTION 309. Cancellation
	 	 	41	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	1   This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed to be a part of this Indenture.
	 
	 	 	 	 
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	SECTION 310. Computation of Interest
	 	 	41	 
	SECTION 311. [INTENTIONALLY DELETED]
	 	 	41	 
	SECTION 312. Book-Entry and Transfer Provisions
	 	 	41	 
	SECTION 313. CUSIP Numbers
	 	 	47	 
	SECTION 314. Issuance of Additional Notes
	 	 	47	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE FOUR

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	 	 	48	 
	SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money
	 	 	49	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE FIVE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	REMEDIES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 501. Events of Default
	 	 	49	 
	SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
	 	 	51	 
	SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
	 	 	52	 
	SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	 	 	53	 
	SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes
	 	 	53	 
	SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected
	 	 	53	 
	SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits
	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest
	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver
	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 512. Control by Holders
	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults
	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
	 	 	56	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE SIX

	 
	 	 	 	 
	THE TRUSTEE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 601. Duties of the Trustee
	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults
	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee
	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 604. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes
	 	 	58	 
	SECTION 605. May Hold Notes
	 	 	59	 
	SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust
	 	 	59	 
	SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement
	 	 	59	 
	SECTION 608. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
	 	 	60	 
	SECTION 609. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
	 	 	60	 
	SECTION 610. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
	 	 	61	 
	SECTION 611. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
	 	 	61	 
	SECTION 612. Appointment of Authenticating Agent
	 	 	61	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE SEVEN

	 
	 	 	 	 
	HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND ISSUERS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 701. Issuers to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 702. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders
	 	 	64	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
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	 	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee
	 	 	64	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE EIGHT

	 
	 	 	 	 
	MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL ASSETS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 802. Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
	 	 	65	 
	SECTION 803. Successor Substituted
	 	 	66	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE NINE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 901. Amendments or Supplements Without Consent of Holders
	 	 	67	 
	SECTION 902. Amendments, Supplements or Waivers with Consent of Holders
	 	 	68	 
	SECTION 903. Execution of Amendments, Supplements or Waivers
	 	 	69	 
	SECTION 904. Effect of Amendments, Supplements or Waivers
	 	 	69	 
	SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	69	 
	SECTION 906. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	69	 
	SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	69	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE TEN

	 
	 	 	 	 
	COVENANTS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, if Any, and Interest
	 	 	69	 
	SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency
	 	 	69	 
	SECTION 1003. Money for Notes Payments to Be Held in Trust
	 	 	70	 
	SECTION 1004. Corporate Existence
	 	 	71	 
	SECTION 1005. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims
	 	 	71	 
	SECTION 1006. Maintenance of Properties
	 	 	71	 
	SECTION 1007. Insurance
	 	 	71	 
	SECTION 1008. Statement by Officers as to Default
	 	 	72	 
	SECTION 1009. Reports and Other Information
	 	 	72	 
	SECTION 1010. Limitation on Restricted Payments
	 	 	74	 
	SECTION 1011. Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock
	 	 	79	 
	SECTION 1012. Limitation on Liens
	 	 	85	 
	SECTION 1013. Limitations on Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	85	 
	SECTION 1014. Limitations on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries

	 	 	87	 
	SECTION 1015. Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries
	 	 	88	 
	SECTION 1016. Limitation on Activities of Finance Co and Spectrum Entities
	 	 	89	 
	SECTION 1017. Change of Control
	 	 	89	 
	SECTION 1018. Asset Sales
	 	 	91	 
	SECTION 1019. [INTENTIONALY DELETED]
	 	 	95	 
	SECTION 1020. Further Assurances and After-Acquired Property
	 	 	95	 
	SECTION 1021. Information Regarding Collateral
	 	 	95	 
	SECTION 1022. Impairment of Security Interest
	 	 	95	 
	SECTION 1023. Limitation on Lines of Business
	 	 	96	 
	SECTION 1024. Future Subsidiary Guarantors
	 	 	96	 
	SECTION 1025. Suspension of Certain Covenants
	 	 	96	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
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	 	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE ELEVEN

	 
	 	 	 	 
	REDEMPTION OF NOTES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 1101. Right of Redemption
	 	 	97	 
	SECTION 1102. Applicability of Article
	 	 	98	 
	SECTION 1103. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
	 	 	98	 
	SECTION 1104. Selection by Trustee of Notes to Be Redeemed
	 	 	98	 
	SECTION 1105. Notice of Redemption
	 	 	98	 
	SECTION 1106. Deposit of Redemption Price
	 	 	99	 
	SECTION 1107. Notes Payable on Redemption Date
	 	 	99	 
	SECTION 1108. Notes Redeemed in Part
	 	 	99	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE TWELVE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	GUARANTEES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 1201. Guarantees
	 	 	100	 
	SECTION 1202. Severability
	 	 	101	 
	SECTION 1203. Restricted Subsidiaries
	 	 	101	 
	SECTION 1204. Ranking of Guarantee
	 	 	101	 
	SECTION 1205. Limitation of Subsidiary Guarantors’ Liability
	 	 	102	 
	SECTION 1206. Contribution
	 	 	102	 
	SECTION 1207. Subrogation
	 	 	102	 
	SECTION 1208. Reinstatement
	 	 	102	 
	SECTION 1209. Release of a Subsidiary Guarantor
	 	 	102	 
	SECTION 1210. Benefits Acknowledged
	 	 	103	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE THIRTEEN

	 
	 	 	 	 
	DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 1301. Issuers’ Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	103	 
	SECTION 1302. Legal Defeasance and Discharge
	 	 	103	 
	SECTION 1303. Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	103	 
	SECTION 1304. Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	104	 
	SECTION 1305. Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions 
	 	 	105	 
	
SECTION 1306. Reinstatement
	 	 	105	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE FOURTEEN

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECURITY

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 1401. Collateral and Security Documents
	 	 	106	 
	SECTION 1402. Recordings and Opinions
	 	 	106	 
	SECTION 1403. Release of Collateral
	 	 	106	 
	SECTION 1404. [INTENTIONALLY DELETED]
	 	 	107	 
	SECTION 1405. Suits to Protect the Collateral
	 	 	107	 
	SECTION 1406. Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents
	 	 	107	 
	SECTION 1407. Purchase Protected
	 	 	107	 
	SECTION 1408. Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee
	 	 	108	 
	SECTION 1409. Release upon Termination of the Issuers’ Obligations
	 	 	108	 
	SECTION 1410. Collateral Agent
	 	 	108	 
	SECTION 1411. Compensation and Indemnification
	 	 	111	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	-iv-

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 1412. Security Agreement and Other Security Documents
	 	 	111	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE FIFTEEN

	 
	 	 	 	 
	RANKING OF NOTE LIENS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 1501. Relative Rights
	 	 	112	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	-v-

 

 

EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT A – Form of Note

EXHIBIT B – Form of Certificate of Transfer

EXHIBIT C – Form of Certificate of Exchange

EXHIBIT D – Form of Supplemental Indenture

EXHIBIT E – Form of Incumbency Certificate

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          INDENTURE, dated as of November 24, 2009 (this “Indenture”), among CLEARWIRE COMMUNICATIONS
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”) having its principal executive offices at
4400 Carillon Point, Kirkland, Washington 98033, the direct subsidiary of the Company, CLEARWIRE
FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Finance Co” and, together with the Company, the “Issuers”)
having its principal executive offices at 4400 Carillon Point, Kirkland, Washington 98033, certain
of the Company’s direct and indirect Domestic Subsidiaries, each named in the signature pages
hereto (each, a “Subsidiary Guarantor”), and WILMINGTON TRUST FSB, a federal savings bank, as
trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and as collateral agent (in such capacity, the
“Collateral Agent”).

RECITALS OF THE ISSUERS

          The Issuers have duly authorized the creation of an issue of 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015
issued on the date hereof (the “Notes”) of substantially the tenor and amount hereinafter set
forth, and to provide therefor the Issuers have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture. As used herein, “Notes” shall include the Rollover Notes and any Additional Notes that
are issued pursuant to this Indenture unless the context otherwise requires.

          Each Subsidiary Guarantor has duly authorized its Guarantee of the Notes and to provide
therefor each Subsidiary Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture.

          All things necessary have been done to make the Notes, when executed by the Issuers and
authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Issuers, the valid and legally binding
obligations of the Issuers and to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the
Issuers, in accordance with their and its terms.

          All things necessary have been done to make the Guarantees, upon execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the valid obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor and to make this Indenture a
valid and legally binding agreement of each Subsidiary Guarantor, in accordance with their and its
terms.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

          For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof,
it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders, as
follows:

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

          SECTION 101. Definitions.

          For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:

     (a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;

     (b) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either
directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein, and the terms
“cash transaction” and “self-liquidating paper”, as used in TIA Section 311, shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the rules of the Commission adopted under the Trust Indenture
Act;

     (c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
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     (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import
refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision.

          “144A Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing
the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and
registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination
equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

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

     (1) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of any other Person existing at the time such
other Person is merged with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified
Person, including, without limitation, Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock incurred in
connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into or becoming
a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and

     (2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified
Person.

          “Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104 of this
Indenture.

          “Additional Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 314.

          “Adjusted Net Assets” has the meaning specified in Section 1206 of this Indenture.

          “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For
purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms
“controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any
Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by agreement or otherwise.

          “Affiliate Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 1013 of this Indenture.

          “After-Acquired Property” means any property of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor
acquired after the Issue Date that is of a type that would constitute Collateral under this
Indenture and the Security Documents.

          “Agent” means any Note Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.

          “Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note on any Redemption Date, the greater of:

     (1) 1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; or

     (2) the excess of:

     (a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of
the Note at December 1, 2012 (such redemption price being set forth in the table
appearing in Section 1101), plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note
through December 1, 2012 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the
Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of
such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points; over

     (b) the principal amount of the Note, if greater.

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          “Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial
interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream
that apply to such transfer or exchange.

          “Asset Sale” means

     (1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, whether in a single
transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or assets (including by way of
a sale and leaseback) of the Issuers, a Subsidiary Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary
(each referred to in this definition as a “disposition”), or

     (2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than
directors’ qualifying shares or shares required by applicable law to be held by a Person
other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary), whether in a single transaction or a
series of related transactions (other than preferred stock of Restricted Subsidiaries issued
in compliance with Section 1011), in each case, other than:

     (a) a disposition of Cash Equivalents or obsolete, damaged or worn out
equipment or the sale or lease of equipment, inventory or accounts receivable in the
ordinary course of business and dispositions of property no longer used or useful in
the conduct of the business of the Issuers and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

     (b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuers in
a manner permitted pursuant to Article Eight or any disposition that constitutes a
Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture;

     (c) the making of any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is
permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 1010 or the granting of a Lien
permitted by Section 1012;

     (d) any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any
Restricted Subsidiary in any transaction or series of transactions with an aggregate
fair market value of less than $5.0 million;

     (e) a transfer of Capital Stock between or among Spectrum Entities or a
transfer of assets among Spectrum Entities and any disposition of property or assets
or issuance of securities (other than Spectrum Assets) by a Restricted Subsidiary to
the Issuers or by the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted
Subsidiary;

     (f) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a
Similar Business;

     (g) the lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property in the
ordinary course of business;

     (h) the expiration or termination of Spectrum Leases in the ordinary course of
business;

     (i) licenses or sub-licenses of intellectual property in the ordinary course of
business (other than exclusive licenses or sub-licenses or assignments of
intellectual property that preclude the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries from
using such intellectual property for a period of time beyond December 1, 2014 or
otherwise have a material adverse effect on the value of the Collateral or the
ability of the Collateral Agent or the lenders to realize the benefits of, and
intended to be afforded by, the Collateral);

     (j) solely with respect to clauses (a)(1) and (2) and (b)(1) and (2) of Section
1018, foreclosures on assets, involuntary asset transfers or transfers by reason of
eminent domain;

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     (k) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, in connection with
any Receivables Facility;

     (l) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the
Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including, without
limitation, sale leasebacks and asset securitizations permitted by this Indenture;

     (m) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other
securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary, including in connection with any merger
or consolidation;

     (n) dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the compromise,
settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy
or similar proceedings; and

     (o) the disposition of Idilis Srl and accessNet International S.R.L.; Clearwire
Poland Holdings S.a.r.l; Clearwire Poland Sp. Zoo; and Clearwire Ireland Limited.

          “Asset Sale Offer” has the meaning specified in Section 1018 of this Indenture.

          “Asset Sale Proceeds Account” means one or more deposit accounts or securities accounts
holding the proceeds of any sale or disposition of Collateral.

          “Authenticating Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 612 of this Indenture.

          “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, or any
similar United States federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership,
winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors or any amendment to, succession to or
change in any such law.

          “Board of Directors” means:

     (1) with respect to a corporation, the Board of Directors of the corporation or (other than
for purposes of determining Change of Control) any committee thereof duly authorized to act on
behalf of the Board of Directors with respect to the relevant matter;

     (2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the
partnership;

     (3) with respect to a limit liability company, the Board of Directors of the managing
member; and

     (4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a
similar function.

          “Board Resolution” means, with respect to any Person, a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of
Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and, if required by
this Indenture, delivered to the Trustee.

          “Business Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day
on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law,
regulation or executive order to close.

          “Capital Stock” means

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

     (2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock,

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     (3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or
membership interests (whether general or limited), and

     (4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a
share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

          “Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the
amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be
capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in
accordance with GAAP.

          “Cash Equivalents” means

     (1) U.S. dollars and any other foreign currency held by it in the ordinary course of
business;

     (2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States
government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit
of the United States is pledged in support thereof), maturing, unless such securities are
deposited to defease any Indebtedness, not more than five years from the date of
acquisition;

     (3) securities issued by U.S. government-sponsored entities (“GSE”) and federally
related institutions, maturing and not more than five years from the date of acquisition;

     (4) repurchase agreements with primary dealers of eligible banks and

     (a) with a maturity of not more than one year from the date of acquisition; and

     (b) supported by underlying collateral that is U.S. Treasury of U.S.
government-sponsored entities;

     (5) certificates of deposit, time deposits, Eurodollar time deposits, and bankers’
acceptances

     (a) with a rated bank that has received a short-term rating from a nationally
recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”) in the highest short-term
rating category for debt obligations (within which there may be subcategories or
gradations indicating relative standing). Long-term ratings may be used if
short-term ratings are not available; and

     (b) with a maturity of not more than five years from the date of acquisition;

     (6) securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by any state, commonwealth or
territory of the United States, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof
and

     (a) such security is a rated security that has received a short-term rating
from a NRSRO in the two highest short-term rating categories for debt obligations
(within which there may be subcategories or gradations indicating relative
standing). Long term ratings may be used if short term ratings are not
available; and

     (b) such security has a maturity of not more than five years from the date of
acquisition;

     (7) money market funds assets of which are consistent with the quality standards of
Cash Equivalents described herein;

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     (8) commercial paper and corporate obligations of corporations and

     (a) such security is a rated security that has received a short-term rating
from a NRSRO in the highest short-term rating category for debt obligations (within
which there may be sub-categories or gradations indicating relative standing); and

     (b) have a stated final maturity of not more than five years from the date of
acquisition; and

     (9) asset-backed securities that

     (a) are rated securities that have received a rating from two NRSRO’s in the
highest short-term rating category for debt obligations (within which there may be
sub-categories or gradations indicating relative standing); and

     (b) have a stated final maturity of not more than five years from the date of
acquisition.

          “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

     (1) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to
any Person other than any of the Permitted Holders (excluding a swap of Spectrum Assets and
related assets to the extent permitted by Section 1018); or

     (2) the Issuers become aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition
by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the
Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of
acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under
the Exchange Act) other than any of the Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a
related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business
combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of 50% or more of the total voting power of the
Voting Stock of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parents.

          “Change of Control Offer” has the meaning specified in Section 1017 of this Indenture.

          “Change of Control Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 1017 of this Indenture.

          “Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 1017 of this Indenture.

          “Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme, and its successors.

          “Clearwire International” means Clearwire International, LLC, a Washington limited liability
company.

          “Collateral” means all the assets and properties subject to the Liens created by the Security
Documents.

          “Collateral Agent” means Wilmington Trust FSB, in its capacity as “Collateral Agent” under
this Indenture and under the Security Documents, and any successor thereto in such capacity.

          “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted,
created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such
Commission is not existing

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and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.

          “Common Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests,
participations and other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such
Person’s common stock, whether now outstanding or issued after the date of this Indenture, and
includes, without limitation, all series and classes of such common stock.

          “Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture,
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

          “consolidated” or “Consolidated” means, with respect to any Person, such Person consolidated
with its Restricted Subsidiaries, and shall not include any Unrestricted Subsidiary.

          “Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means with respect to any Person for any
period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of
deferred financing fees, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a
consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.

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

     (a) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for
such period, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income
(including amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of
Indebtedness at less than par, non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash
interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of Hedging
Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board
Statement No. 133 “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”), the
interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations and net payments, if any, pursuant to
interest rate Hedging Obligations, and excluding amortization of deferred financing fees and
any expensing of bridge or other financing fees), and

     (b) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries
for such period, whether paid or accrued, less

     (c) interest income for such period.

          “Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the ratio of:

     (1) the Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time of
determination (the “Calculation Date”), on a consolidated basis, to

     (2) the EBITDA of such Person for the four most recent full fiscal quarters ending
immediately prior to the date for which internal financial statements are available.

     (i) If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary:

     (a) has incurred any Indebtedness since the beginning of such period
that remains outstanding on such date of determination or if the transaction
giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is or
includes an incurrence of Indebtedness, Indebtedness and EBITDA for such
period will be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such
Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness had been incurred on the first day of
such period (except that in making such computation, the amount of
Indebtedness under any revolving facility outstanding on the date of such
calculation will

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be deemed to be (i) the average daily balance of such Indebtedness
during such four fiscal-quarters or such shorter period for which such
facility was outstanding or (ii) if such facility was created after the end
of such four fiscal quarters, the average daily balance of such Indebtedness
during the period from the date of creation of such facility to the date of
such calculation) and the discharge of any other Indebtedness repaid,
repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with the proceeds of such new
Indebtedness as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such
period; or

     (b) has repaid, repurchased, redeemed, retired, defeased or otherwise
discharged any Indebtedness since the beginning of the period that is no
longer outstanding on such date of determination or if the transaction
giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Leverage Ratio
includes a discharge of Indebtedness (in each case, other than Indebtedness
incurred under any revolving facility unless such Indebtedness has been
permanently repaid and the related commitment terminated), Indebtedness and
EBITDA for such period will be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma
basis to such discharge of such Indebtedness, including with the proceeds of
such new Indebtedness, as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of
such period.

     (ii) If since the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary will have made any Asset Sale (without giving effect to the $5.0 million
threshold in clause (d) of the definition thereof) or disposed of any company,
division, operating unit, segment, business, group of related assets or line of
business or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio includes such a transaction the EBITDA for such period will be
reduced by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if positive) directly attributable to the
assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale, disposition or discontinuation for
such period or increased by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if negative) directly
attributable thereto for such period.

     (iii) If since the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (by merger or otherwise) will have made an Investment in any Restricted
Subsidiary (or any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged with or
into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) or an acquisition of assets, including
any acquisition of assets occurring in connection with a transaction causing a
calculation to be made hereunder, which constitutes all or substantially all of a
company, division, operating unit, segment, business, group of related assets or
line of business, EBITDA for such period will be calculated after giving pro forma
effect thereto (including the incurrence of any Indebtedness) as if such Investment
or acquisition occurred on the first day of such period.

     (iv) If since the beginning of such period any Person (that subsequently became
a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) will have incurred any Indebtedness
or discharged any Indebtedness, made any disposition or any Investment or
acquisition of assets that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (i),
(ii) or (iii) above if made by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary during such
period, EBITDA and Indebtedness for such period will be calculated after giving pro
forma effect thereto as if such transaction occurred on the first day of such
period.

          For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a transaction,
the pro forma calculations shall be (x) made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting
officer of the Company (and may include, for the avoidance of doubt, cost savings and operating
expense reductions resulting from such Investments acquisition, disposition, merger or
consolidation or disposition which is being given pro forma effect that have been or are expected
to be realized within twelve (12) months after the date of such Investment, acquisition,
disposition, merger, consolidation or disposed operation as the result of specified actions taken
or to be taken within six (6) months after such date) and, except as otherwise provided herein or
(y) determined in accordance with Regulation S-X. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of
interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated
as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period
(taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness). Interest on a

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Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably
determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuers to be the rate of
interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of
making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit
facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of
such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be
determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency
interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually
chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Issuers may designate.

          “Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of
the Net Income, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated
basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that

     (1) any net after-tax extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses, costs,
charges or expenses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) shall be excluded
(including, without limitation, severance, relocation, transition and other restructuring
costs),

     (2) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change
in accounting principles during such period,

     (3) any net after-tax income (loss) from disposed or discontinued operations and any
net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed or discontinued operations shall be
excluded,

     (4) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto)
attributable to asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, shall be excluded,

     (5) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall
be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Company shall be increased by the
amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to
the extent converted into cash) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in
respect of such period (without duplication for purposes of Section 1010 of any amounts
included in clause (a)(C)(4)(A) of such Section 1010),

     (6) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments
under Section 1010 (a)(C)(1), the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary
(other than any Subsidiary Guarantor) shall be excluded if the declaration or payment of
dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at
the date of determination wholly permitted without any prior governmental approval (which
has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its
charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or
governmental regulation applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless
such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or in similar distributions has
been legally waived; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Company shall be increased
by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash
(or to the extent converted into cash) to the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in
respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein,

     (7) the effects of adjustments resulting from the application of purchase accounting in
relation to any acquisition, net of taxes, shall be excluded,

     (8) any net after-tax income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or
Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be excluded,

     (9) any impairment charge or asset write-off pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards
Board Statement No. 142 and No. 144 and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to
No. 141 shall be excluded,

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     (10) the amount of any expense will be excluded to the extent a corresponding amount is
received in cash by the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries from a Person other than the
Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiaries under any agreement providing for reimbursement of
any such expense, provided such reimbursement payment has not been included in determining
Consolidated Net Income (it being understood that if the amounts received in cash under any
such agreement in any period exceed the amount of expense in respect of such period, such
excess amounts received may be carried forward and applied against expense in future
periods); and

     (11) any non-cash compensation expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or
similar rights, stock options or other rights to officers, directors or employees shall be
excluded.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 1010 only (other than clause
(a)(C)(4) thereof), there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any income arising from
any sale or other disposition of Restricted Investments made by the Issuers and the Restricted
Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions of Restricted Investments from the Issuers and the
Restricted Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and advances which constitute Restricted
Investments by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary, any sale of the stock of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary or any distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case only to
the extent such amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under Section
1010(a)(C)(4).

          “Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (1) the
sum of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes plus the aggregate amount outstanding under any
Receivables Facility plus the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value) of any Other Pari
Passu Lien Obligations to (2) the Company’s EBITDA for the most recently ended four full fiscal
quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on
which such event for which such calculation is being made shall occur, in each case with such pro
forma adjustments as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set
forth in the definition of “Consolidated Leverage Ratio.”

          “Contingent Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person
guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness
(“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly
or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not
contingent,

     (a) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or
indirect security therefor,

     (b) to advance or supply funds

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

     (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or
otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, or

     (c) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring
the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make
payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.

          “Corporate Trust Office” means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee, at which
at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date
of execution of this Indenture is located at Wilmington Trust FSB, Corporate Capital Markets, 50
South Sixth Street, Suite 1290, Minneapolis, MN 55402-1544, Attention: Clearwire Communications LLC
Administrator, except that with respect to presentation of the Notes for payment or for
registration of transfer or exchange, such term shall mean the office or agency of the Trustee at
which, at any particular time, its corporate agency business shall be conducted.

          “Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1303 of this Indenture.

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          “Covenant Suspension Event” means, during any period of time following the issuance of the
Notes, that (a) the Notes have Investment Grade Ratings from both Ratings Agencies and (b) no
Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture.

          “Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any
successor entity thereto.

          “Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both
would be, an Event of Default; provided that any Default that results solely from the taking of an
action that would have been permitted but for the continuation of a previous Default will be deemed
to be cured if such previous Default is cured prior to becoming an Event of Default.

          “Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307 of this Indenture.

          “Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and
issued in accordance with Section 312 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except
that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges
of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.

          “Depositary” means The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), its nominees and their respective
successors.

          “Designated Noncash Consideration” means the fair market value of noncash consideration
received by the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so
designated as Designated Noncash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, setting forth
the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection
with a subsequent sale of such Designated Noncash Consideration.

          “Designated Preferred Stock” means preferred stock of the Issuers or any direct or indirect
parent thereof (in each case other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to
a Restricted Subsidiary) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an
Officers’ Certificate, as the case may be, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which
are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 1010(a)(C)(2).

          “Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person
which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it
is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily
redeemable, other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale, pursuant to a sinking fund
obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, other than as a
result of a change of control or asset sale, in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date
91 days after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes or the date the Notes are no longer
outstanding; provided, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of
employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital
Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory
obligations.

          “Domestic Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such
Person other than a Foreign Subsidiary.

          “EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such
Person for such period plus (without duplication):

     (a) provision for taxes based on income or profits, plus franchise or similar taxes, of
such Person for such period deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus

     (b) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period to the extent the same
was deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, plus

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     (c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period
to the extent such depreciation and amortization were deducted in computing Consolidated Net
Income, plus

     (d) any expenses or charges related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment,
acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this
Indenture (whether or not successful), including such fees, expenses or charges related to
the offering of the Notes, and deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus

     (e) the amount of any restructuring charges deducted in such period in computing
Consolidated Net Income, including any one-time costs incurred in connection with
acquisitions after the Issue Date, plus

     (f) any other non-cash charges, expenses or losses reducing Consolidated Net Income for
such period (including any impairment charges or the impact of purchase accounting),
excluding any such charge that represents an accrual or reserve for a cash expenditure for a
future period, plus

     (g) the amount of any minority interest expense or non-controlling interest in income
of consolidated subsidiaries deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income (less the
amount of any cash dividends paid to the holders of such minority interests), plus

     (h) any net gain or loss resulting from Hedging Obligations (including pursuant to the
application of SFAS No. 133), plus

     (j) expenses related to the implementation of enterprise resource planning system, less

     (k) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period,
excluding any items which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for,
anticipated cash charges in any prior period.

          It is understood that if the EBITDA for any fiscal quarter is less than zero, then such EBITDA
shall be deemed to be equal to zero.

          “EMU” means economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.

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

          “Equity Offering” means any public or private sale of common or preferred equity of the
Company or any of its direct or indirect parents (excluding Disqualified Stock of the Company),
other than (a) public offerings with respect to the Company’s or any direct or indirect parent’s
common stock registered on Form S-8; and (b) any sales to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

          “euro” means the single currency of participating member states of the EMU.

          “Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.

          “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501 of this Indenture.

          “Excess Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 1018 of this Indenture.

          “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

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          “Excluded Contribution” means net cash proceeds, marketable securities or Qualified Proceeds
received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries from

     (a) contributions to its common equity capital, and

     (b) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company or to any management equity
plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of
the Company) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock)
of the Company,

in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate on the date
such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case may be,
which are (i) excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 1010(a)(4)(C) and (ii) not used as
the basis for incurring Indebtedness pursuant to Section 1011(b)(14).

          “Existing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries in
existence on the Issue Date, plus interest accruing thereon.

          “FCC” means the Federal Communications Commission and any successor thereto.

          “FCC License” means any paging, mobile telephone, specialized mobile radio, microwave or
personal communications services and any other license, permit, consent, certificate of compliance,
franchise, approval, waiver or authorization granted or issued by the FCC, including any of the
foregoing authorizing or permitting the acquisition, construction or operation of any Wireless
Communications System.

          “FCC License Rights” means any right, title or interest in, to or under any FCC License,
whether directly or indirectly held, including, without limitation, any rights owned, granted,
approved or issued directly or indirectly by the FCC or held, leased, licensed or otherwise
acquired from or through any party (including without limitation any rights under Spectrum Leases).

          “Federal Grant Program” means the U.S. Federal Government’s Broadband Technology Opportunity
Program, or any successor program.

          “Finance Co” means the Person named as the “Finance Co” in the first paragraph of this
Indenture, until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this Indenture, and thereafter “Finance Co” shall mean such successor Person.

          “Foreign Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (1) any Restricted Subsidiary of such
Person that is not organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or
the District of Columbia, and any Restricted Subsidiary of such Restricted Subsidiary and
(2) Clearwire International.

          “Funding Subsidiary Guarantor” has the meaning specified in Section 1206 of this Indenture.

          “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States which are in effect
on the Issue Date. At any time after the Issue Date, the Issuers may elect to apply International
Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such
election, references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean IFRS (except as otherwise
provided in this Indenture); provided that any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable;
provided, further, that any calculation or determination in this Indenture that requires the
application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to the Issuers’ election
to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP. The
Issuers shall give notice of any such election made in accordance with this definition to the
Trustee and the Holders of Notes.

          “Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 203 hereof, which is required to be
placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

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          “Global Notes” means the Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of
the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the
Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note”
attached thereto, issued in accordance with Section 201 or 312(b)(3) hereof.

          “Government Securities” means securities that are

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

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

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

          “guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for
collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including,
without limitation, letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or
any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations.

          “Guarantee” means the guarantee by any Subsidiary Guarantor of the Issuers’ obligations under
this Indenture.

          “Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under

     (a) currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap agreements, currency exchange,
interest rate or commodity cap agreements and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity
collar agreements; and

     (b) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage, hedge or protect such Person
against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices.

          “Holder” means a registered holder of Notes.

          “incur” has the meaning specified in Section 1011 of this Indenture.

          “incurrence” has the meaning specified in Section 1011 of this Indenture.

          “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person,

     (a) any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not
contingent

     (1) in respect of borrowed money;

     (2) evidenced by bonds, Notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of
credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without double counting, reimbursement
agreements in respect thereof);

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     (3) representing the deferred and unpaid balance of the purchase price of any
property (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), except any such balance that
constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case
accrued in the ordinary course of business; or

     (4) representing any interest rate Hedging Obligations,

if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit
and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the
footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP;

     (b) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable
for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the Indebtedness of another Person,
other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of
business; and

     (c) to the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of another Person secured by a
Lien on any asset owned by such Person (other than a Lien on Capital Stock of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary), whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person;

provided, however, that (x) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business,
(y) Spectrum Leases or any guarantee of obligations under Spectrum Leases or FCC License Rights and
(z) obligations under or in respect of Receivables Facilities shall be deemed not to constitute
Indebtedness.

          “Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this Indenture and any such
supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be part of and
govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively.

          “Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or
consultant to Persons engaged in Similar Businesses of nationally recognized standing that is, in
the good faith judgment of the Issuers, qualified to perform the task for which it has been
engaged.

          “Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through
a Participant.

          “Initial Lien” has the meaning specified in Section 1012 of this Indenture.

          “Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means:

     (a) any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Law with
respect to the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor;

     (b) any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or
proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or
proceeding with respect to the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor or with respect to a
material portion of their respective assets;

     (c) any composition of liabilities or similar arrangement relating to the Issuers or
any Subsidiary Guarantor, whether or not under a court’s jurisdiction or supervision;

     (d) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of the Issuers or any
Subsidiary Guarantor, whether voluntary or involuntary, whether or not under a court’s
jurisdiction or supervision, and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy; or

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     (e) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of
assets and liabilities of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor.

          “Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement among the Issuers, the Trustee, the
Collateral Agent and the agent for any secured Indebtedness, as it may be amended from time to time
in accordance this its terms, with provisions that are customary for second lien debt financings
prevailing on the Issue Date.

          “Interest Payment Date” means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on the Notes.

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

          “Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other
Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital
contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit, advances to customers, commission,
travel and similar advances to officers and employees, in each case made in the ordinary course of
business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or
other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be
classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of the Issuers in the same manner as the
other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer
of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section
1010,

     (1) “Investments” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Issuers’ equity
interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of
either of the Issuers at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted
Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted
Subsidiary, the Issuers shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an
Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to

     (x) the Issuers’ “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such
redesignation less

     (y) the portion (proportionate to the Issuers’ equity interest in such
Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the
time of such redesignation; and

     (2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at
its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith
by the Issuers.

          “Issue Date” means November 24, 2009.

          “Issue Date Ratings Condition” means that after giving effect to (i) the merger or acquisition
described in clause (17) under Section 1011 or (ii) the consolidation, merger, sale, assignment,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition described in Article Eight, as applicable, the
rating of the Notes is equal to or higher than B+ (or equivalent successor category or gradation)
with respect to S&P and B3 (or equivalent successor category or gradation) with respect to Moody’s,
in each case with a stable outlook or better.

          “Issuer Request” or “Issuer Order” means a written request or order (which may be in the form
of a standing order or request) delivered to the Trustee and signed in the name of each of the
Issuers, in each case by any of the following Officers: Chairman, President, any Vice President,
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer.

          “Issuers” means the Persons named as the “Issuers” in the first paragraph of this Indenture,
until successor Persons shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Issuers” shall mean such successor Persons.

          “Legal Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1302 of this Indenture.

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          “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest
or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise
perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest
in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code
(or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided that in no event shall an operating lease be
deemed to constitute a Lien.

          “Maturity”, when used with respect to any Note, means the date on which the principal of such
Note or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether
at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption or otherwise.

          “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

          “Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person,
determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock
dividends.

          “Net Proceeds” from an Asset Sale means cash payments received (including any cash payments
received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a Note or installment receivable or
otherwise and net proceeds from the sale of other disposition of any securities or other assets
received as consideration, but only as and when received, but excluding any other consideration
received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness or other obligations
relating to the properties or assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale or received in any
other non-cash form) therefrom, in each case net of:

     (1) all brokerage, legal, accounting, investment banking, title and recording tax
expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all federal, state,
provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be paid or accrued as a liability under GAAP
or distributed or distributable to its members as a tax distribution (after taking into
account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing agreements), as a
consequence of such Asset Sale;

     (2) all payments made on any Indebtedness (other than Other Pari Passu Lien
Obligations) that is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Sale, in accordance with
the terms of any Lien upon such assets, or that must by its terms, or in order to obtain a
necessary consent to such Asset Sale, or by applicable law be repaid out of the proceeds
from such Asset Sale;

     (3) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest
holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Sale;

     (4) the deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the seller as a reserve, in
accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the property or other assets
disposed of in such Asset Sale and retained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
after such Asset Sale; and

     (5) any portion of the purchase price from an Asset Sale placed in escrow (whether as a
reserve for adjustment of the purchase price, or for satisfaction of indemnities in respect
of such Asset Sale);

provided, however, that, in the cases of clauses (4) and (5), upon reversal of any such reserve or
the termination of any such escrow, Net Proceeds shall be increased by the amount of such reversal
or any portion of funds released from escrow to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.

          “New Equity Investment” means the equity investments made pursuant to the Investment Agreement
dated November 9, 2009 by and among Parent, the Company, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Comcast
Corporation, Time Warner Cable Inc., Bright House Networks, LLC, Eagle River Holdings, LLC and
Intel Corporation.

          “Non-Core Spectrum Assets” means Spectrum Assets which, at the time such determination is
made, are not: (i) located in any of the top 50 Basic Trading Authorizations (“BTA”), as measured
in population, in the continental United States, except to the extent the Company and its
Subsidiaries hold excess capacity in such

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BTA such that the absence of such Spectrum Asset would not result in the Company and its
Subsidiaries not having the necessary spectrum to launch or support commercial wireless broadband
services in such BTA; (ii) being utilized to provide wireless broadband services by the Company; or
(iii) designated to be utilized in the then current build out schedule approved by Parent’s Board
of Directors.

          “Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

          “Note Documents” means the Notes, the Guarantees, this Indenture, any Intercreditor Agreement
and the Security Documents.

          “Note Register” and “Note Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.

          “Notes” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly
means any Notes authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. The Notes, including the
Rollover Notes and the Additional Notes, shall be treated as a single class for all purposes of
this Indenture, and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall
include any Rollover Notes and Additional Notes.

          “Obligations” means any principal, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the
filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for
in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under
applicable state, federal or foreign law), penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements
(including, without limitation, reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and
banker’s acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal,
interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable
under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

          “Offering Memorandum” means the Offering Memorandum dated November 18, 2009 relating to the
Notes.

          “Officer” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, any Executive Vice
President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company
or Finance Co.

          “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Issuers by two Officers of
the Company, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer,
the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company that meets the requirements set
forth in this Indenture.

          “Opinion of Counsel” means, with respect to any Person, a written opinion reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee from legal counsel. The counsel may be counsel for such Person,
including an employee of such Person.

          “Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations” means any Additional Notes and any other Indebtedness
having Pari Passu Lien Priority relative to the Notes with respect to the Collateral and is not
secured by any other assets; provided that an authorized representative of the holders of such
Indebtedness (other than any Additional Notes) shall have executed a joinder to the Security
Documents in the form provided therein.

          “Outstanding”, when used with respect to Notes, means, as of the date of determination, all
Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

     (i) Notes theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;

     (ii) Notes, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary
amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the
Issuers) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Issuers (if the Issuers shall
act as their own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Notes; provided that, if such Notes
are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture
or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;

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     (iii) Notes, except to the extent provided in Sections 1302 and 1303, with respect to
which the Issuers have effected Legal Defeasance and/or Covenant Defeasance as provided in
Article Thirteen; and

     (iv) Notes which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu
of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other
than any such Notes in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it that such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands the
Notes are valid obligations of the Issuers;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, consent, notice or
waiver hereunder, and for the purpose of making the calculations required by TIA Section 313, Notes
owned by the Issuers or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or such
other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes which a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.

          “Parent” means Clearwire Corporation and its successors.

          “Parent Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

     (1) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or
substantially all of the assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any
Person other than any of the Permitted Holders (other than Parent) (excluding a swap of
Spectrum Assets and related assets to the extent permitted by Section 1018; or

     (2) the Issuers become aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition
by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the
Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of
acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under
the Exchange Act) other than any of the Permitted Holders (other than Parent), in a single
transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other
business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of 50% or more of the total voting power
of the Voting Stock of Parent or any of its direct or indirect parents.

          “Pari Passu Lien Priority” means, relative to specified Indebtedness, having equal Lien
priority on specified Collateral.

          “Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who
has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to
DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

          “Paying Agent” means any Person (including the Issuers acting as Paying Agent) authorized by
the Issuers to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Notes on behalf of the
Issuers.

          “Permitted Holders” means (i) Clearwire Corporation (except to the extent a Parent Change of
Control has occurred), Sprint, Comcast Corporation, Time Warner Cable Inc., Bright House Networks,
LLC, Google Inc. and Intel Corporation, any of their respective successors and their respective
Affiliates or (ii) any “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the
Exchange Act or any successor provision) of which any of the foregoing are members, provided that
in the case of such “group” and without giving effect to the existence of such “group” or any other
“group,” such Persons specified in (i), collectively, have beneficial ownership, directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company or any of
its direct or indirect parent entities held by such “group.”

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          “Permitted Investments” means

     (a) any Investment in the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary;

     (b) any Investment in cash and Cash Equivalents;

     (c) any Investment by the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary in a Person that is
engaged in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment:

     (1) such Person becomes a Domestic Subsidiary; or

     (2) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is
merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys
substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Domestic
Subsidiary;

     (d) any Investment by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor in a
Person that is engaged in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment:

     (1) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or

     (2) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is
merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys
substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary;

     (e) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting cash or Cash
Equivalents and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of
Section 1018 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

     (f) any Investment existing or pursuant to agreements or arrangements in effect, on the
Issue Date and any modification, replacement, renewal or extension thereof; provided that
the amount of any such Investment may be increased (x) as required by the terms of such
Investment as in existence on the Issue Date or (y) as otherwise permitted under this
Indenture;

     (g) any Investment acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary:

     (1) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the
Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a
bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the Issuers of such other
Investment or accounts receivable; or

     (2) as a result of a foreclosure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to
any secured Investment in default;

     (h) Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 1011(b)(11);

     (i) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees for business-related travel
expenses, moving expenses and other expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course
of business or to finance the purchase of Equity Interests of the Company or any of its
direct or indirect parents and in an amount not to exceed $25.0 million at any one time
outstanding;

     (j) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the Company or
any of its direct or indirect parents (exclusive of Disqualified Stock of the Company);
provided, however, that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for
Restricted Payments under Section 1010(a)(C);

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     (k) (i) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 1011; provided that if such
Indebtedness can only be incurred by the Company or Subsidiary Guarantors, then such
guarantees are only permitted by this clause to the extent made by the Company or a
Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) guarantees incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
(other than a Spectrum Entity) in the ordinary course of business in connection with the
acquisition or lease of FCC License Rights by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries and (iii) performance guarantees with respect to obligations incurred by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

     (l) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an investment that is permitted and
made in accordance with the provisions of Section 1013(b) (except transactions described in
clauses (2), (4), (5) and (8) thereof);

     (m) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies,
material or equipment or the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to
joint marketing arrangements with other Persons, in each case in the ordinary course of
business;

     (n) additional Investments (including Investments in Foreign Subsidiaries) having an
aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this
clause (n) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed $200.0 million (with the fair
market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to
subsequent changes in value) plus the amount of any distributions, dividends, payments or
other returns in respect of such Investments (without duplication for purposes of Section
1010 of any amounts applied pursuant to clause (a)(C) of such Section 1010); provided that
if such Investment is in Capital Stock of a Person that subsequently becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed permitted under clause (a) above and
shall not be included as having been made pursuant to this clause (n);

     (o) Investments consisting of the non-exclusive licensing or contribution of
intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other persons;

     (p) Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Issue Date or of an
entity merged into any Issuer or merged into or consolidated with a Restricted Subsidiary
after the Issue Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of
or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the
date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;

     (q) the creation of Liens on the assets of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in compliance with Section 1012;

     (r) Investments consisting of earnest money deposits require in connection a purchase
agreement or other acquisitions to the extent not otherwise prohibited under this
Indenture; and

     (s) Investments relating to any special-purpose wholly owned subsidiary of the Company
organized in connection with a Receivables Facility that, in the good faith determination of
the Board of Directors of the Company, are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables
Facility.

          “Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:

     (1) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment
insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids,
tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such
Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or
deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such
Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the
payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

     (2) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, in
each case for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
or other Liens arising

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out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall
then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review;

     (3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due or payable
or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings;

     (4) Liens in favor of issuers of performance and surety bonds or bid bonds or with
respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit issued pursuant to the request
of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;

     (5) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or
rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and
telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of
real properties or Liens incidental, to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the
ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and
which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or
materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;

     (6) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section
1011(b)(3); provided that Liens securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section
1011(b)(3) are solely on acquired property or the assets of the acquired entity;

     (7) Liens existing on the Issue Date;

     (8) Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, such Liens are not created or incurred in
connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a subsidiary;
provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by
the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary;

     (9) Liens on property at the time the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the
property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the
Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or
incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided, further,
however, that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuers or any
Restricted Subsidiary;

     (10) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary that
is not a Subsidiary Guarantor to another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor, in each case permitted to be incurred in accordance with Section 1011 hereof;

     (11) Liens securing Hedging Obligations so long as the related Indebtedness is, and is
permitted to be under this Indenture, secured by a Lien on the same property securing such
Hedging Obligations;

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

     (13) leases and subleases of real property granted to others in the ordinary course of
business so long as such leases and subleases are subordinate in all respects to the Liens
granted and evidenced by the Security Documents and which do not materially interfere with
the ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

     (14) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding
operating leases entered into by the Issuers and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary
course of business;

     (15) Liens in favor of the Issuers or any Domestic Subsidiary;

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     (16) Liens on equipment of the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the
ordinary course of business to the Issuers’ clients at which such equipment is located;

     (17) Liens imposed by general rules and regulations of the FCC in 47 CFR 1.9001 et seq.
governing Spectrum Leases;

     (18) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or
successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in
part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6), (7),
(8), (9), (10), (11), (15), and clauses (25), (30) and (31) below; provided however, that
(x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the
original Lien (plus improvements on such property), (y) the Indebtedness secured by such
Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding
principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under
clauses (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (15) and clauses (25), (30) and (31) below at the
time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (B) an amount
necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing,
refunding, extension, renewal or replacement and (z) the new Lien has no greater priority
and the holders of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien have no greater intercreditor
rights relative to the Notes and Holders thereof than the original Liens and the related
Indebtedness;

     (19) other Liens securing obligations which obligations do not exceed $50.0 million at
any one time outstanding; provided that if such Liens attach to Collateral, such Liens have
Pari Passu Lien Priority relative to the Notes;

     (20) Liens on (i) FCC License Rights in favor of the FCC to the extent required and
arising by operation of law, or (ii) arising from the lease or sublease of such FCC License
Rights in the ordinary course of business solely to the extent that (A) such spectrum is not
necessary to the conduct of the business of the Issuers and its Subsidiaries as then
conducted or contemplated to be conducted in accordance with the Issuers’ business plan, as
approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, (B) such Lien could not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the value of the Collateral, when taken as a
whole, or impair the utility or operation thereof or the ability of the Collateral Agent or
the Holders to realize the benefits of, and intended to be afforded by, the Collateral, when
taken as a whole, (C) to the extent such lease or sublease constitutes Collateral, the
Collateral Agent has a valid perfected first priority security interest in such lease or
sublease and all proceeds thereof, including, without limitation, all rents and other
payments thereunder, and (D) such lease or sublease is an Asset Sale otherwise permitted by
this Indenture and any requirements of this Indenture in connection with such Asset Sale
shall have been compiled with;

     (21) Liens securing the Notes outstanding on the Issue Date, Refinancing Indebtedness
with respect to such Notes, and the Subsidiary Guarantees relating thereto and any
obligations with respect to such Notes, Refinancing Indebtedness, and Subsidiary Guarantees;

     (22) Liens on the Collateral in favor of any collateral agent for the benefit of the
Holders relating to such collateral agent’s administrative expenses with respect to the
Collateral;

     (23) Liens to secure Indebtedness of any Foreign Subsidiary permitted by Section
1011(b)(19) covering only the assets of such Foreign Subsidiary;

     (24) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default and notices
of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made;

     (25) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 1011(a);
provided that any such Indebtedness has Pari Passu Lien Priority or junior Lien priority
relative to the Notes and Guarantees and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the
Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio would be no greater than 3.00 to 1.0;

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     (26) any interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor in the
property subject to any lease, sublease, license or sublicense (other than any property that
is the subject of a sale and leaseback transaction), including, without limitation, FCC
License Rights;

     (27) Liens on assets or securities deemed to arise in connection with and solely as a
result of the execution, delivery or performance of contracts to sell such assets or
securities if such sale is otherwise permitted hereunder;

     (28) Liens on Capital Stock of Unrestricted Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of such
Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

     (29) restricted cash securing Indebtedness under letters of credit permitted under
Section 1011(b)(20);

     (30) Liens on Collateral securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to
Section 1011(b)(14)(y); provided that any such Indebtedness has Pari Passu Lien Priority or
junior Lien priority relative to the Notes and Guarantees;

     (31) Liens on Collateral securing Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$500.0 million at any time outstanding and permitted to be incurred pursuant Section 1011(a)
or Section 1011(b)(22); provided that any such Liens are junior in priority relative to the
Notes and guarantees and are subject to an Intercreditor Agreement;

     (32) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to
secure payment of customs duties in connection with importation of goods;

     (33) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar
arrangements for the sale of good entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

     (34) Liens incurred to secure cash management services in the ordinary course of
business;

     (35) Liens on funds of the Company or any Subsidiary held in deposit accounts with
third party providers of payment services securing credit card charge-back reimbursement and
similar obligations of the Company or the Subsidiaries;

     (36) Liens of a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business under
Section 4-208 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the relevant jurisdiction covering
only the items being collected upon;

     (37) Liens arising by operation of law or contract on insurance policies and the
proceeds thereof to secure premiums thereunder;

     (38) Liens attaching solely to cash earnest money deposits in connection with fully
collateralized repurchase agreements that constitute temporary cash investments;

     (39) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets incurred in connection with a
Receivables Facility; and

     (40) Liens imposed in connection with any Federal Grant Program on cash provided by a
Federal Grant Program and any assets (other than Spectrum Assets) acquired solely with such
cash.

          For purposes of determining compliance with this definition, (A) Permitted Liens need not be
incurred solely by reference to one category of Permitted Liens described above but are permitted
to be incurred in part under any combination thereof and (B) in the event that a Lien (or any
portion thereof) meets the criteria of one

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or more of the categories of Permitted Liens described above, the Issuers shall, in its sole
discretion, classify (or reclassify) such item of Permitted Liens (or any portion thereof) in any
manner that complies with this definition and shall only be required to include the amount and type
of such item of Permitted Liens in one of the above clauses and such Lien shall be treated as
having been incurred pursuant to only one of such clauses.

          “Permitted Spectrum Liens” has the meaning specified in Section 1012 of this Indenture.

          “Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

          “Predecessor Note” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a
portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for a mutilated Note
or in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.

          “preferred stock” means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of dividends
or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.

          “Private Placement Legend” has the meaning specified in Section 203 of this Indenture.

          “QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

          “Qualified Proceeds” means assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person
engaged in, a Similar Business; provided that the fair market value of any such assets or Capital
Stock shall be determined by the Board of Directors in good faith.

          “Rating Agencies” means Moody’s and S&P or if Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating
on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as
the case may be, selected by the Issuers which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as
the case may be.

          “Receivables Facility” means one or more receivables financing facilities, as amended from
time to time, the Indebtedness of which is non-recourse (except for standard representations,
warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Issuers and
the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Issuers and/or any of their Restricted
Subsidiaries sells their accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary.

          “Receivables Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with
respect to any participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a
Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Facility.

          “Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, in whole or in part,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

          “Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the price at
which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

          “Refinancing Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in Section 1011 of this Indenture.

          “Refunding Capital Stock” has the meaning specified in Section 1010 of this Indenture.

          “Regular Record Date” has the meaning specified in Section 301 of this Indenture.

          “Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.

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          “Regulation S Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto
bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of
and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.

          “Replacement Assets” means (1) non-current assets (including any such assets acquired by
capital expenditures) that shall be used or useful in a Similar Business or (2) substantially all
the assets of a Similar Business or a majority of the Voting Stock of any Person engaged in a
Similar Business that shall become on the date of acquisition thereof a Domestic Subsidiary (or a
Restricted Subsidiary solely to the extent the assets being replaced were sold by a Foreign
Subsidiary); provided that, in respect of any Spectrum Assets, Replacement Assets shall only
consist of (A) substitute, replacement or other comparable FCC Licenses, Spectrum Leases and
Wireless Communications Systems and Capital Stock in entities owning any FCC License Rights,
Spectrum Leases and Wireless Communications Systems, which in each case, when taken as a whole, are
at least of equivalent fair market value to the fair market value of such assets that were the
subject of such Asset Sale or (B) equipment that may be used in constructed or expanding any
Wireless Communications Systems or providing services over Wireless Communications Systems, which
in either case under the preceding clauses (A) and (B) are, or upon acquisition will become,
subject to a valid first priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent under the Security
Documents in the manner and to the extent required in this Indenture or any of the Security
Documents, perfected to the extent required by the Security Documents.

          “Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any vice president, any
assistant treasurer, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, or any other officer of the
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above-designated
officers, in each case assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters, and also
means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter
is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall
have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

          “Restricted Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

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

          “Restricted Payments” has the meaning specified in Section 1010 of this Indenture.

          “Restricted Period” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation
S.

          “Restricted Subsidiary” means, at any time, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company
(including any Foreign Subsidiary), other than Finance Co, that is not then an Unrestricted
Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be
an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of “Restricted
Subsidiary.”

          “Retired Capital Stock” has the meaning specified in Section 1010 of this Indenture.

          “Reversion Date” means, during any period of time during which the Issuers and the Restricted
Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants as a result of a Covenant Suspension Event,
the date on which one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraws its Investment Grade Rating or
downgrades the rating assigned to the notes below an Investment Grade Rating or a Default occurs
and is continuing, and after which date the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries will again be
subject to the Suspended Covenants with respect to events occurring after the Reversion Date.

          “Rollover Notes” means the Issuers’ 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 issued under this
Indenture on the Issue Date to certain equityholders of the Issuers.

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

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

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          “Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.

          “Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.

          “S&P” means Standard and Poor’s Ratings Group.

          “Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, each Holder, each
other holder of, or obligee in respect of any Obligations in respect of the Notes and holders of
Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations and each Applicable Authorized Representative (as defined in the
Security Agreement) thereto.

          “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder.

          “Security Agreement” means that certain collateral agreement, dated as of the Issue Date,
between the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent, as amended,
supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise
modified from time to time.

          “Security Documents” means the security agreements, pledge agreements, deeds to secure debt,
collateral assignments and related agreements (including, without limitation, finance statements
under the Uniform Commercial Code of the relevant states), as amended, supplemented, restated,
renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to
time, creating the security interests in the Collateral as contemplated by this Indenture.

          “Senior Indebtedness” means

     (a) all Hedging Obligations (and guarantees thereof) permitted to be incurred under the
terms of this Indenture;

     (b) any other Indebtedness of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor permitted to be
incurred under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which such
Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is on a parity with or subordinated in
right of payment to the Notes or any Guarantee; and

     (c) all Obligations with respect to the items listed in the preceding clauses (a) and
(b).

          “Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant
subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the
Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the date hereof.

          “Similar Business” means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Issuers and
its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of this Indenture or any business that is similar,
reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto.

          “Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 307.

          “Spectrum Assets” means (i) all FCC License Rights held by the Issuers and their Restricted
Subsidiaries on the Issue Date and any Replacement Assets in respect thereof and (ii) the Capital
Stock of each Spectrum Entity.

          “Spectrum Entity” means the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Company
or any such Restricted Subsidiary holds any Spectrum Assets at the applicable time.

          “Spectrum Lease” any lease, license, agreement or other arrangement pursuant to which the
Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary leases, licenses or otherwise acquires or obtains any rights,
whether exclusive or

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non-exclusive, with respect to any FCC License, to which the Issuers or any Restricted
Subsidiary is now or may hereafter become a party, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

          “Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Note or any installment of principal thereof
or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Notes as the fixed date on which the
principal of such Notes or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

          “Subordinated Indebtedness” means

     (a) with respect to the Issuers, any Indebtedness of the Issuers which is by its terms
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and

     (b) with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary
Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of such
Subsidiary Guarantor.

          “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person,

     (1) any corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a partnership,
joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the
total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of
any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at
the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one
or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; and

     (2) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of
which

     (x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity
and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, are
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the
other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of
membership, general, special or limited partnership or otherwise, and

     (y) such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling
general partner managing member of such entity.

          “Subsidiary Guarantor” means each wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Company on the Issue
Date and any other Restricted Subsidiaries that become guarantors under this Indenture in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

          “Successor Company” has the meaning specified in Section 801 of this Indenture.

          “Successor Person” has the meaning specified in Section 802 of this Indenture.

          “Treasury Rate” means, as of any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption
date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in
the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) that has become publicly available at
least two business days prior to the redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer
published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period
from the redemption date to December 1, 2012; provided, however, that if the period from the
redemption date to December 1, 2012 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually
traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.

          “Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date
as of which this Indenture was executed, except as provided in Section 905.

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          “Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean such successor Trustee.

          “Unrestricted Global Note” means a Global Note that does not bear and is not required to bear
the Private Placement Legend.

          “Unrestricted Subsidiary” means

     (1) any Subsidiary of the Company which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted
Subsidiary (as designated by the Board of Directors of the Company, as provided below) and

     (2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

          The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including
any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted
Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or
Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company (other than any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated); provided that

     (a) any Unrestricted Subsidiary must be an entity of which shares of the Capital Stock
or other Equity Interests (including partnership interests) entitled to cast at least a
majority of the votes that may be cast by all shares or Equity Interests having ordinary
voting power for the election of directors or other governing body are owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Issuers,

     (b) such designation complies with Section 1010, and

     (c) each of

     (1) the Subsidiary to be so designated and

     (2) its Subsidiaries

has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness
pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Issuers or any
Restricted Subsidiary.

          The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a
Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, immediately after giving effect to such designation no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

          Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be notified by the Issuers
to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the board resolution giving effect to
such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the
foregoing provisions.

          “U.S. Person” means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(k) promulgated under the Securities
Act.

          “Vice President”, when used with respect to the Issuers or the Trustee, means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title
“vice president”.

          “Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at
the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

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          “Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness, Disqualified
Stock or preferred stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing

     (1) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to
the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption
or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock multiplied by
the amount of such payment, by

     (2) the sum of all such payments.

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

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

          “Wireless Communications System” means any system to provide telecommunications services,
including, without limitation, specialized mobile radio system, radio paging system, mobile
telephone system, cellular radio telecommunications system, conventional mobile telephone system,
personal communications system, EBS/ITFS-based system or BRS/MDS/MMDS-based system, data
transmission system or any other paging, mobile telephone, radio, microwave, communications,
broadband or data transmission system.

          SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

          Upon any application or request by the Issuers to the Trustee to take any action under any
provision of this Indenture, the Issuers shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture (including any
covenant compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) relating to the proposed action
have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all
such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such
application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any
provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.

          Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 1008(a)) shall include:

     (1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

     (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

     (3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as
to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

     (4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.

          SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

          In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by
the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document,
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opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters,
and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

          Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or Finance Co may be based, insofar as
it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel,
unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate
or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is
based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion may be based, insofar as it relates to
factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of
the Company or Finance Co stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in
the possession of the Company or Finance Co, as applicable, unless such counsel knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with
respect to such matters are erroneous.

          Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

          SECTION 104. Acts of Holders.

          (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one
or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents
duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is
hereby expressly required, to the Issuers. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in
favor of the Trustee and the Issuers, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

          (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution
is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of authority. The fact and date of the execution
of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be
proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.

          (c) The principal amount and serial numbers of Notes held by any Person, and the date of
holding the same, shall be proved by the Note Register.

          (d) If the Issuers shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Issuers may, at their option, by or pursuant
to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to
give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the
Issuers shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such record date
shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a date
not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in
connection therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a record
date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act
may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of
business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether
Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that
purpose the Outstanding Notes shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such
authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective
unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven
months after the record date. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and
the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer
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for or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the
Trustee, the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of
such action is made upon such Note.

          SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Issuers, Any Subsidiary Guarantor and Agent.

          Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or
other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or
filed with,

     (1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing (which
may be via facsimile) to or with the Trustee at Wilmington Trust FSB, Corporate Capital
Markets, 50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290, Minneapolis, MN 55402-1544, Fax (612) 217-5651,
Attention: Clearwater Communications LLC Administrator, or

     (2) the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if made,
given, furnished or delivered in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or
delivered by recognized overnight courier, to the Issuers or such Subsidiary Guarantor
addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph,
Attention: General Counsel, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the
Trustee by the Issuers or such Subsidiary Guarantor.

          SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.

          Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to Holders by the Issuers or the
Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his
address as it appears in the Note Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than
the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders
is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed,
to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders.
Notices given by publication shall be deemed given on the first date on which publication is made
and notices given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, shall be deemed given five calendar days
after mailing.

          In case by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service or by reason
of any other cause, it shall be impracticable to mail notice of any event to Holders when such
notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of
giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient
giving of such notice for every purpose hereunder.

          Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing
by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver
shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.

          SECTION 107. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

          The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.

          SECTION 108. Successors and Assigns.

          All agreements of the Issuers in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All
agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each
Subsidiary Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in
Section 1209 hereof. The provisions of Article Fourteen relating to the Collateral Agent shall
inure to the benefit of such Collateral Agent.

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          SECTION 109. Separability Clause.

          In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.

          SECTION 110. Benefits of Indenture.

          Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other
than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any Notes Registrar and their successors hereunder, the
Holders and, with respect to any provisions hereof relating to the subordination of the Notes or
the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness, the holders of Senior Indebtedness, any benefit or
any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

          SECTION 111. Governing Law.

          This Indenture, the Notes and any Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York. This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act that are referred to herein or are otherwise required to be part of this Indenture
and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

          SECTION 112. Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.

          Holders may communicate pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section 312(b) with other Holders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Issuers, the Trustee, the Notes
Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of Trust Indenture Act Section 312(c).

          SECTION 113. Legal Holidays.

          In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity or Maturity of
any Note shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture
or of the Notes) payment of principal (or premium, if any) or interest need not be made on such
date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made
on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity; provided that
no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date,
Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be.

          SECTION 114. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.

          No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Issuers or any Subsidiary
Guarantor or any of their parent companies shall have any liability for any obligations of the
Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Notes, the Guarantees or this Indenture or for any
claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by
accepting a Note and the related Guarantee waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes and the Guarantees. Such waiver
may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it is the view of
the Commission that such a waiver is against public policy.

          SECTION 115. Trust Indenture Act Controls.

          If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which
is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the provision required by the TIA shall
control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the TIA that may
be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so
modified or excluded, as the case may be.

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          SECTION 116. Counterparts.

          This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be original;
but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

          SECTION 117. USA Patriot Act.

          The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act the
Trustee and Agents, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of
terrorism and money laundering, are required to obtain, verify, and record information that
identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account. The
parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee and the Agents with such
information as they may request in order to satisfy the requirements of the USA Patriot Act.

          SECTION 118. Waiver of Jury Trial.

          EACH OF THE ISSUERS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

          SECTION 119. Force Majeure.

          In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the
performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly,
forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts
of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of
God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and
hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are
consistent with its banking practices to resume performance as soon as practicable under the
circumstances.

ARTICLE TWO

NOTE FORMS

          SECTION 201. Forms Generally.

          The Notes shall be known and designated as “12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015” of the Issuers.
The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock
exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall
be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

          The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly
made, a part of this Indenture and the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee, by their
execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be
bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express
provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

          Any definitive Notes shall be printed, lithographed, typewritten or engraved on steel-engraved
borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the Officers of the Issuers
executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.

          Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including
the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note”
attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of
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Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each
shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to
time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented
thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and
redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in
the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee
or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the
Holder thereof as required by Section 312 hereof.

          The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions
Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and
“Customer Handbook” of Clearstream will be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the
Regulation S Global Note that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

          SECTION 202. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.

          The Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Issuer Order, authenticate Notes for original issue that
may be validly issued under this Indenture, including any Additional Notes. The aggregate
principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of
Notes authorized for issuance by the Issuers pursuant to one or more Issuer Orders, except as
provided in Section 306 hereof.

          The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Issuers to authenticate
Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each
reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent.
An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of
the Issuers.

          Subject to Section 611, the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially
the following form:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.

          This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WILMINGTON TRUST FSB,

as Trustee	 	 
	Dated: 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Authorized Signatory
	 	 

          SECTION 203. Restrictive Legends.

          Each Restricted Global Note, Definitive Note and Regulation S Global Note shall bear the
following legend set forth below (the “Private Placement Legend”) on the face thereof:

     THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION AND,
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT
OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER
(1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN
OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES
THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE

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EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUERS OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C)
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (D) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS
TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS
“OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

     Each Global Note shall also bear the following legend on the face thereof:

     UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED, BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, TO THE ISSUERS OR THEIR AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER
ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR
SUCH OTHER REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL BECAUSE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO.,
HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

     TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART,
TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND
TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 312 OF THE INDENTURE.

     Each Regulation S Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

     BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON,
NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON, AND IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN
OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

     Each Note issued hereunder that has more than a de minimis about of original issue
discount for U.S. Federal Income Tax purposes shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form:

     THIS NOTE IS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1271 ET SEQ.
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. A HOLDER MAY OBTAIN THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE
DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY FOR SUCH NOTES BY SUBMITTING A WRITTEN REQUEST
FOR SUCH INFORMATION TO THE ISSUERS AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: CLEARWIRE COMMUNICATIONS,
LLC, 4400 CARILLON POINT, KIRKLAND, WASHINGTON 98033 AND CLEARWIRE FINANCE, INC., 4400
CARILLON POINT, KIRKLAND, WASHINGTON 98033, ATTENTION: GENERAL COUNSEL.

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ARTICLE THREE

THE NOTES

          SECTION 301. Title and Terms.

          The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and issued under this
Indenture is not limited; provided, however, that any Additional Notes issued under this Indenture
are issued in accordance with Sections 303 and 1011 hereof, as part of the same series as the
Notes.

          The Notes shall be known and designated as the “12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015” of the
Issuers. The Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be December 1, 2015, and the Notes shall bear
interest at the rate of 12% per annum from November 24, 2009, or from the most recent Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable on June 1, 2010 and
semi-annually thereafter on June 1 and December 1 in each year and at said Stated Maturity, until
the principal thereof is paid or duly provided for and to the Person in whose name the Note (or any
predecessor Note) is registered at the close of business on the May 15 and November 15 (whether or
not a Business Day) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date (each, a “Regular Record
Date”).

          The principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes shall be payable at the
office or agency of the Issuers maintained for such purpose or, at the option of the Issuers,
payment of interest may be made by check mailed or wire transfer to the Holders of the Notes at
their respective addresses set forth in the Note Register of Holders; provided that all payments of
principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, with respect to Notes represented by one or more
Global Notes registered in the name of or held by Depositary or its nominee will be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder or Holders thereof.
Until otherwise designated by the Issuers, the Issuers’ office or agency shall be the office of
the trustee maintained for such purpose.

          Holders shall have the right to require the Issuers to purchase their Notes, in whole or in
part, in the event of a Change in Control pursuant to Section 1017. The Notes shall be subject to
repurchase pursuant to an offer to purchase as provided in Section 1018.

          The Notes shall be redeemable as provided in Article Eleven.

          The due and punctual payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes
payable by the Issuers are irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth
herein, by each of the Subsidiary Guarantors.

          SECTION 302. Denominations.

          The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in minimum
denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

          SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

          The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company and Finance Co by any two Officers of
each of Company and Finance Co. The signature of any Officer on the Notes may be manual or
facsimile signatures of the present or any future such authorized officer and may be imprinted or
otherwise reproduced on the Notes.

          Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the
proper officers of the Company and Finance Co shall bind the Company and Finance Co,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such offices at the date of such Notes.

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          At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Issuers may deliver Notes executed by the Issuers to the Trustee for authentication, together with
an Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes, and the Trustee in accordance
with such Issuer Order shall authenticate and deliver such Notes.

          On the Issue Date, the Issuers shall deliver the Notes in the aggregate principal amount of
$1,600,000,000 (and $252,494,000 aggregate principal amount of Rollover Notes) executed by the
Issuers to the Trustee for authentication, together with an Issuer Order for the authentication and
delivery of such Notes, directing the Trustee to authenticate the Notes and certifying that all
conditions precedent to the issuance of Notes contained herein have been fully complied with, and
the Trustee in accordance with such Issuer Order shall authenticate and deliver such Notes. At any
time and from time to time after the Issue Date, the Issuers may deliver Additional Notes executed
by the Issuers to the Trustee for authentication, together with an Issuer Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Additional Notes, directing the Trustee to authenticate the
Additional Notes and certifying that the issuance of such Additional Notes is in compliance with
Article Ten hereof and that all other conditions precedent to the issuance of Notes contained
herein have been fully complied with, and the Trustee in accordance with such Issuer Order shall
authenticate and deliver such Additional Notes. In each case, the Trustee shall receive an
Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel of the Issuers that it may reasonably require in
connection with such authentication of Notes. Such order shall specify the amount of Notes to be
authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated.

          Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.

          No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for
any purpose unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the
form provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized officer,
and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.

          In case an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor, pursuant to Article Eight, shall be
consolidated or merged with or into any other Person or shall convey, transfer, lease or otherwise
dispose of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the successor
Person resulting from such consolidation, or surviving such merger, or into which such Issuer or
such Subsidiary Guarantor shall have been merged, or the Person which shall have received a
conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition as aforesaid, shall have executed a supplemental
indenture in the form of Exhibit D hereto hereto with the Trustee pursuant to Article
Eight, any of the Notes authenticated or delivered prior to such consolidation, merger, conveyance,
transfer, lease or other disposition may, from time to time, at the request of the successor
Person, be exchanged for other Notes executed in the name of the successor Person with such changes
in phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but otherwise in substance of like tenor as the
Notes surrendered for such exchange and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon Issuer
Request of the successor Person, shall authenticate and deliver Notes as specified in such request
for the purpose of such exchange. If Notes shall at any time be authenticated and delivered in any
new name of a successor Person pursuant to this Section in exchange or substitution for or upon
registration of transfer of any Notes, such successor Person, at the option of the Holders but
without expense to them, shall provide for the exchange of all Notes at the time Outstanding for
Notes authenticated and delivered in such new name.

          SECTION 304. Temporary Notes.

          Pending the preparation of definitive Notes, the Issuers may execute, and upon Issuer Order
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes which are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of
the tenor of the definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Notes may
determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Notes.

          If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuers will cause definitive Notes to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be
exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of
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 to Section 1002, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any
one or more temporary Notes, the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Notes of authorized
denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes.

          SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

          The Issuers shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register
(the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency designated pursuant to
Section 1002 being herein sometimes referred to as the “Note Register”) in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuers shall provide for the registration of Notes
and of transfers of Notes. The Note Register shall be in written form or any other form capable of
being converted into written form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times, the Note
Register shall be open to inspection by the Trustee. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed as
note registrar (the “Note Registrar”) for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes
as herein provided.

          Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Issuers
designated pursuant to Section 1002, the Issuers shall execute, and upon Issuer Order the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or
more new Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal
amount.

          At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized
denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged
at such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuers shall
execute, and upon Issuer Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes which the
Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

          All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid
obligations of the Issuers, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

          Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so
required by the Issuers) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by written instruments of transfer, in
form satisfactory to the Issuers, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing.

          No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange or redemption of
Notes, but the Issuers may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any taxes, fees or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange
of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 303, 304, 906, 1017, 1018 or 1108 not involving
any transfer.

          SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes.

          If (i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, or (ii) the Issuers and the Trustee
receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and there is
delivered to the Issuers and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuers or the Trustee that such
Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Issuers shall execute and upon Issuer Order
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for any such mutilated Note or in lieu of
any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a new Note of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding.

          In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become or is about to become
due and payable, the Issuers in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay such Note.

          Upon the issuance of any new Note under this Section, the Issuers may require the payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.

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          Every new Note issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuers and each
Subsidiary Guarantor, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any
time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

          The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Notes.

          SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

          Interest on any Note which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more
Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest at the office or agency of the Issuers maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section
1002; provided, however, that, subject to Section 301 hereof, each installment of interest may at
the Issuers’ option be paid by (i) mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon the
written order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 308, to the address of such Person
as it appears in the Note Register or (ii) transfer to an account located in the United States
maintained by the payee.

          Any interest on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the Regular Record
Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such defaulted interest and (to the extent lawful)
interest on such defaulted interest at the rate borne by the Notes (such defaulted interest and
interest thereon herein collectively called “Defaulted Interest”) may be paid by the Issuers, at
its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

     (1) The Issuers may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in
whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be
fixed in the following manner. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee in writing of the
amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed
payment, and at the same time the Issuers shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money
equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or
shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of
the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the
Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which
shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed
payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the
proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuers of such Special Record
Date, and in the name and at the expense of the Issuers, shall cause notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given in the
manner provided for in Section 106, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date.
Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor having been so given, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose
names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of
business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following clause (2).

     (2) The Issuers may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by
the Issuers to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of
payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

          Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Note delivered under this Indenture
upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the
rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note.

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          SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners.

          Prior to the due presentment of a Note for registration of transfer, the Issuers, any
Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuers or the Trustee may treat the Person
in whose name such Note is registered as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving
payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest on
such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and none of
the Issuers, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuers or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.

          SECTION 309. Cancellation.

          All Notes surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly
cancelled by it. The Issuers may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuers may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for
cancellation any Notes previously authenticated hereunder which the Issuers have not issued and
sold, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. If the Issuers shall
so acquire any of the Notes, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or
satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in
exchange for any Notes cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. All cancelled Notes held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in
accordance with its customary procedures.

          SECTION 310. Computation of Interest.

          Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.

          SECTION 311. [INTENTIONALLY DELETED].

          SECTION 312. Book-Entry and Transfer Provisions.

          (a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred
except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary
to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee
to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be
exchanged by the Issuers for Definitive Notes if:

     (1) the Depositary (a) notifies the Issuers that it is unwilling or unable to continue
as depositary for the Global Notes or (b) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act and, in either case, the Issuers fails to appoint a successor
depositary;

     (2) the Issuers, at their option, notify the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause
the issuance of the Definitive Notes; or

     (3) there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to
the Notes and the beneficial owner thereof has requested such exchange.

          Upon the occurrence of either of the events described in Section 312(a)(1) or (2), Definitive
Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes
also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 304 and 306 hereof.
Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any
portion thereof, pursuant to this Sections 304 or 306 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered
in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note
other than as provided in this Section 312(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may
be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 312(b) or (c) hereof.

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          (b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer
and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary,
in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to
those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial
interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2)
below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

     (1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in
any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the
transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however, that
prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the
Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a
U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted
Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall
be required to be delivered to the Note Registrar to effect the transfers described in this
Section 312(b)(1).

     (2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In
connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to
Section 312(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Note
Registrar either:

     (A) both:

     (x) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given
to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the
Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in
another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be
transferred or exchanged; and

     (y) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures
containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with
such increase; or

     (B) both:

     (x) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given
to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the
Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the
beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and

     (y) instructions given by the Depositary to the Note Registrar
containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive
Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in
(A) above.

Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial
interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable
under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant
Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 312(g) hereof.

     (3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial
interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the
transfer complies with the requirements of Section 312(b)(2) above and:

     (A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest
in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver to the Note Registrar a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(1) thereof; and

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     (B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest
in) the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver to the
Note Registrar a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof.

     (4) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for
Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any
Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in
an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer
complies with the requirements of Section 312(b)(2) above and:

     (A) such transfer is effected pursuant to a shelf registration statement; or

     (B) the Note Registrar receives the following:

     (x) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest
in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form
of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or

     (y) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall
take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (B), if the Note Registrar so requests or if
the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the
Note Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities
Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are
no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B) above at a time when an
Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of an
Issuer Order in accordance with Section 202 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more
Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount
of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B) above.

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

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

     (A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a
certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;

     (B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance
with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including
the certifications in item (1) thereof;

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     (C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an
offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the
effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2)
thereof;

     (D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule
144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

     (E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Issuers or any of
their Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

     (F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be
reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 312(g) hereof, and the Issuers shall execute and
upon Issuer Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the
instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note
issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this
Section 312(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination
or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Note Registrar
through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The
Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so
registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 312(c)(1) shall bear the Private Placement
Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

     (2) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes.
A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial
interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if
such transfer is effected pursuant to a shelf registration statement; or

     (3) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes.
If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange
such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction
of the conditions set forth in Section 312(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the
aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant
to Section 312(g) hereof, and the Issuers will execute and upon Issuer Order the Trustee
will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note
in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a
beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 312(c)(3) will be registered in such name or
names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial
interest requests through instructions to the Note Registrar from or through the Depositary
and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes
to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in
exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 312(c)(3) will not bear the
Private Placement Legend.

          (d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.

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

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     (A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for
a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;

     (B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with
Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof;

     (C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an
offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect
set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

     (D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(a) thereof;

     (E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Issuers or any of
their Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

     (F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof, the Trustee will
cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate
principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global
Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, and in the case of clause (C)
above, the Regulation S Global Note.

          (2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A
Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if such transfer
is effected pursuant to a shelf registration statement; or

Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 312(d)(2), the
Trustee will cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate
principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

          (3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A
Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof
in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a
request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Unrestricted
Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the
Unrestricted Global Notes.

          (e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a
Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 312(e),
the Note Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such
registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Note
Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Note Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly
authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional
certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following
provisions of this Section 312(e).

     (1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted
Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take
delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Note Registrar receives
the following:

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     (A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor
must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof;

     (B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof; and

     (C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications,
certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

     (2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted
Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note
or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note if any such transfer is effected pursuant to a shelf
registration statement; or

     (3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of
Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof
in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such
a transfer, the Note Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to
the instructions from the Holder thereof.

          (f) [INTENTIONALLY DELETED].

          (g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial
interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular
Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global
Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 309
hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is
exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented
by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note
by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and
if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be
increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the
Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

          (h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

          (1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuers will execute and the
Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Issuer Order in
accordance with Section 202 hereof or at the Note Registrar’s request.

          (2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to
a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuers may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge
payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge
payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 304, 903, 1017, 1018 and 1107 hereof.

          (3) The Note Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any
Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being
redeemed in part.

          (4) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange
of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid obligations of the Issuers, evidencing the
same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or
Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

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          (5) Neither the Note Registrar nor the Issuers will be required:

     (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period
beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of
redemption of Notes under Section 1104 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day
of such mailing;

     (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or

     (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the
next succeeding interest payment date.

          (6) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any
Agent and the Issuers may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the
absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on
such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Issuers shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.

          (7) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the
provisions of Section 202 hereof.

          (8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the
Note Registrar pursuant to this Section 312 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be
submitted by facsimile.

          (9) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law
with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among
Depositary Participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note) other than to require
delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and
to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to
determine compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

          (10) Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or
not taken by the Depositary.

          SECTION 313. CUSIP Numbers.

          The Issuers in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use) in
addition to serial numbers, and, if so, the Trustee shall use such “CUSIP” numbers in addition to
serial numbers in notices of redemption, repurchase or other notices to Holders as a convenience to
Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such CUSIP numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a
redemption or repurchase and that reliance may be placed only on the serial or other identification
numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption or repurchase shall not be affected by any
defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuers will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of
any change in the CUSIP numbers.

          SECTION 314. Issuance of Additional Notes.

          The Issuers may, subject to Section 1011 of this Indenture, issue additional Notes having
identical terms and conditions to the Notes issued on the Issue Date (the “Additional Notes”). The
Notes issued on the Issue Date and any Additional Notes subsequently issued shall be treated as a
single class for all purposes under this Indenture.

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ARTICLE FOUR

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

          SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

          This Indenture shall upon Issuer Request cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving
rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Notes expressly provided for herein or pursuant
hereto and except as provided in the last two paragraphs of this Section 401) and the Trustee, at
the expense of the Issuers, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture when:

     (1) either

     (a) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes
which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as
provided in Section 306 and (ii) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or segregated and held in
trust by the Issuers and thereafter repaid to the Issuers or discharged from such
trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; or

     (b) all such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation

     (i) have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of
redemption pursuant to Section 1105 or otherwise, or

     (ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one
year, or

     (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuers,

and the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii)
above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust
funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars,
non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as
will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the
date of such deposit (in the case of Notes which have become due and payable) or to
the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

     (2) no Default or Event of Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to
be applied to make such deposit and the granting of Liens in connection therewith) with
respect to this Indenture or the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of
such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit shall not result in
a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which an
Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor is a party or by which an Issuer or any Subsidiary
Guarantor is bound;

     (3) the Issuers have paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this
Indenture;

     (4) the Issuers have delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this
Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of such Notes at the Stated
Maturity or the Redemption Date, as the case may be; and

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     (5) the Issuers have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

          Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Issuers to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Issuers to any Authenticating
Agent under Section 612 and, if money or Government Securities shall have been deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee
under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive such satisfaction and
discharge.

          Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, any provision affecting the
rights, protections, immunities and indemnities of the Collateral Agent shall remain in full force
and effect so long as the Security Agreement remains in full force and effect.

          SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money.

          Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money or Government
Securities deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by
it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuers acting as their own Paying Agent) as
the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any)
and interest for whose payment such money or Government Securities has been deposited with the
Trustee; but such money or Government Securities need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law.

          If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in
accordance with Section 401 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment
of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, the Issuers’ and any Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the
Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 401
until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or Government
Securities in accordance with Section 401; provided that if the Issuers have made any payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of their
obligations, the Issuers shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive
such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE FIVE

REMEDIES

          SECTION 501. Events of Default.

          “Event of Default”, wherever used herein, means one of the following events (whatever the
reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by
operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or
regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

     (1) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or
otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes issued under this Indenture;

     (2) default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest on or with respect
to the Notes issued under this Indenture;

     (3) failure by the any Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor to comply with its
obligations under Article Eight or Section 1017 for 30 days or more;

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     (4) failure by any Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor for 60 days after receipt of
written notice given by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of
the Notes then outstanding and issued under this Indenture to comply with any of its other
agreements in this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Notes (other than those
specified in Section 501(1), (2) or (3) above);

     (5) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there is issued or
by which there is secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Issuers or
any Restricted Subsidiary or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Issuers or any
Restricted Subsidiary, other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuers or a Restricted
Subsidiary, whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or is created after the
issuance of the Notes, if both:

     (A) such default either (x) results from the failure to pay any such
Indebtedness at its stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable
grace periods); or (y) relates to an obligation other than the obligation to pay
principal of any such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity and results in the
holder or holders of such Indebtedness causing such Indebtedness to become due prior
to its stated maturity; and

     (B) the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal
amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at
stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), or the
maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregate $75.0 million or more at any
one time outstanding;

     (6) failure by the Issuers or any Significant Subsidiary to pay final judgments
aggregating in excess of $75.0 million (other than any judgments covered by indemnities
provided by Permitted Holders or insurance policies issued by reputable and creditworthy
companies, so long as such Permitted Holders have not disputed in writing responsibility
therefor or insurance providers have not disclaimed in writing coverage), which final
judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period of more than 60 days after
such judgment becomes final, and in the event such judgment is covered by insurance, an
enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree which
is not promptly stayed;

     (7) any of the following events with respect to the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor
that is a Significant Subsidiary:

     (A) the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary
pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law

     (i) commences a voluntary case;

     (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an
involuntary case;

     (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any
substantial part of its property; or

     (iv) takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to
insolvency; or

     (B) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any
Bankruptcy Law that:

     (i) is for relief against the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor that
is a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;

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     (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor
that is a Significant Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its
property; or

     (iii) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Issuers or any
Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary;

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days;

     (8) any (x) Guarantee or (y) Security Document governing a security interest with
respect to any Collateral having a fair market value in excess of $75.0 million, in each
case, of a Significant Subsidiary or group of Restricted Subsidiaries that taken together as
of the latest audited consolidated financial statements for the Issuers and their Restricted
Subsidiaries would constitute a Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect
(except as contemplated by the terms of this Indenture and the Guarantees and except for the
failure of any security interest with respect to the Collateral to remain in full force and
effect, which is governed by paragraph (9) below) or is declared null and void in a judicial
proceeding or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary or group of
Subsidiary Guarantors that taken together as of the latest audited consolidated financial
statements of the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary denies or disaffirms its obligations under this Indenture, its Subsidiary
Guarantee or any Security Document and the Issuers fail to cause such Subsidiary Guarantor
or Subsidiary Guarantors, as the case may be, to rescind such denials or disaffirmations
within 30 days; or

     (9) with respect to any Collateral having a fair market value in excess of $25.0
million, individually or in the aggregate, (A) the failure of the security interest with
respect to such Collateral under the Security Documents, at any time, to be in full force
and effect for any reason other than in accordance with their terms and the terms of this
Indenture and other than the satisfaction in full of all obligations under this Indenture
and discharge of this Indenture if such failure continues for 60 days or (B) the assertion
by the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor, in any pleading in any court of competent
jurisdiction, that any such security interest is invalid or unenforceable.

provided, however, that a default under Section 501(3), (4), (8) or (9) will not constitute an
Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of 25% in principal amount of the outstanding
Notes notify the Company of the default and the Company does not cure such default within the time
specified in Section 501(3), (4), (8) or (9) after receipt of such notice.

          SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

          If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(7) above)
occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes issued under this Indenture may declare the principal,
premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the Outstanding Notes to be due
and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Issuers (and to the Trustee if given by
Holders).

          Upon the effectiveness of such declaration, such principal and interest will be due and
payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in Section
501(7) above occurs and is continuing, then the principal amount of all Outstanding Notes shall
ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any notice, declaration or other act
on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

          At any time after a declaration of acceleration has been made and before a judgment or decree
for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this
Article, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, by
written notice to the Issuers and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if:

     (a) the Issuers have paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:

     (A) all overdue interest on all Outstanding Notes,

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     (B) all unpaid principal of (and premium on) any Outstanding Notes which has
become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, and interest on such
unpaid principal at the rate borne by the Notes,

     (C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue
interest at the rate borne by the Notes, and

     (D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee or Collateral Agent hereunder and
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee or
Collateral Agent, its agents and counsel; and

     (b) Events of Default, other than the non-payment of amounts of principal of (or
premium, if any, on) or interest on Notes which have become due solely by such declaration
of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513, no such rescission
shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

          Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in the event of any Event of Default specified in
Section 501(5) above, such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting
payment default) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by
the Trustee or the Holders, if within 30 days after such Event of Default arose,

     (x) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been
discharged, or

     (y) the holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as
the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default, or

     (z) if the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured.

          SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

          The Issuers covenant that if:

     (a) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Note when such
interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

     (b) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium on) any Note at the
Maturity thereof,

the Issuers will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of
such Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on such Notes for principal (and premium, if any)
and interest, and interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and, to the extent that
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue installment of interest, at
the rate borne by the Notes, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient
to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, its agents and counsel.

          If the Issuers fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own
name as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the
sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce
the same against the Issuers, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Notes and
collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the
property of the Issuers, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Notes, wherever
situated.

          If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to
protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders under this Indenture and the
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proceedings as the Trustee shall deem necessary to protect and enforce any such rights,
including seeking recourse against any Subsidiary Guarantor, whether for the specific enforcement
of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted
herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy, including but without limitation, seeking recourse
against any Subsidiary Guarantor.

          SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

          In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the
Issuers or any other obligor including any Subsidiary Guarantor, upon the Notes or the property of
the Issuers or of such other obligor or their creditors, and subject to the Intercreditor
Agreement, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and
payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee
shall have made any demand on the Issuers for the payment of overdue principal, premium, if any, or
interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

     (i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any)
and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and to file such other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee
(including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial
proceeding, and

     (ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any
such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official in any
such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee
and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee or Collateral Agent, its agents and counsel, and any
other amounts due the Trustee or Collateral Agent under Section 607 or Section 1411, as applicable.

          Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to
or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

          SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes.

          All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Notes may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in
its own name and as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders in respect of which
such judgment has been recovered.

          SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.

          Subject to the terms of the Security Documents, any money or property collected by the Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the
Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any)
or interest, upon presentation of the Notes and the notation thereon of the payment if only
partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

     FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607 and the
Collateral Agent under Section 1411;

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     SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes in respect of which or for the benefit of
which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on such Notes for principal (and premium, if any)
and interest, respectively; and

     THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Issuers or any other obligor on the Notes,
as their interests may appear or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct in writing;
provided that all sums due and owing to the Holders, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee
have been paid in full as required by this Indenture.

          SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.

          No Holder of any Notes shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for
any other remedy hereunder, unless:

     (1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing
Event of Default;

     (2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes shall
have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event
of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

     (3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance
with such request;

     (4) the Trustee for 30 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

     (5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
during such 30-day period by the Holders of a majority or more in principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes;

it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner
whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture or the Guarantees to
affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain
priority or preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture or the
Guarantees, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the
Holders (it being further understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to
ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders).

          SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest.

          Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note shall have the
right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment, as provided herein (including, if
applicable, Article Eleven) and in such Note of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject
to Section 307) interest on such Note on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Note
(or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement
of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

          SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

          If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy
under this Indenture or the Guarantees and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for
any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every
such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Issuers, any Subsidiary Guarantor,
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Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and
thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted.

          SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

          Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein
conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any
other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.

          SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

          No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or
remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by
this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

          SECTION 512. Control by Holders.

          Subject to the terms of the Security Documents, the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes shall have the right to direct the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or Collateral Agent, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee or Collateral Agent, provided that:

     (1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture,

     (2) subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee may take any other
action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and

     (3) the Trustee need not take any action which might involve it in personal liability
or be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not consenting.

     (4) prior to taking any such action, the Trustee or Collateral Agent shall be entitled
to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses
caused by taking or not taking such action.

          SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.

          Subject to Sections 508 and 902 and the last paragraph of Section 502, the Holders of not less
than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may on behalf of the Holders of all
such Notes waive any past Default hereunder and its consequences, except a continuing Default or
Event of Default (1) in respect of the payment of interest on, premium, if any, or the principal of
any such Note held by a non-consenting Holder, or (2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof
which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Note affected.

          Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture, but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.

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          SECTION 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.

          Each of the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and any other obligor on the Notes covenants
(to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or
in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and each of the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and any other
obligor on the Notes (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit
or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution
of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE SIX

THE TRUSTEE

          SECTION 601. Duties of the Trustee.

          (a) Except during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default,

     (1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be
read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

     (2) in the absence of bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions
expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to
the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions
specifically required by any provision hereof to be provided to it, the Trustee shall be
under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Indenture, but not to verify the contents thereof.

          (b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing of which a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee has actual knowledge or of which written notice of such Default or Event of Default
shall have been given to the Trustee by the Issuers, any other obligor of the Notes or by any
Holder, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture,
and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent Person would exercise or
use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person’s own affairs.

          (c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability
for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct,
except that

     (1) this paragraph (c) shall not be construed to limit the effect of paragraph (a) of
this Section;

     (2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts;

     (3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes relating to the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any
trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture; and

     (4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk
or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

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          (d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating
to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section.

          SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults.

          Within 90 (ninety) days after the earlier of receipt from the Issuers of notice of the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder or the date when such Default or Event of
Default becomes known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent
provided in TIA Section 313(c), notice of such Default or Event of Default hereunder known to the
Trustee, unless such Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived; provided,
however, that, except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal
of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on any Note, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding
such notice if and so long as a trust committee of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good
faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders.

          SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.

          Subject to the provisions of TIA Sections 315(a) through 315(d):

     (1) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document (whether in original or facsimile form) believed by
it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

     (2) any request or direction of the Issuers mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by an Issuer Request or Issuer Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors
may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

     (3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;

     (4) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and the advice of such
counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
reliance thereon;

     (5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to
this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses, losses and liabilities which might
be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

     (6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or
other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry
or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Issuers, personally or by agent or attorney at the
expense of the Issuers and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or
investigation;

     (7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed
with due care by it hereunder;

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     (8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in
good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers
conferred upon it by this Indenture;

     (9) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be
enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian
and other Person employed to act hereunder;

     (10) the Trustee may request that the Issuers deliver an Officers’ Certificate
substantially in the Form of Exhibit E hereto setting forth the names of individuals and/or
titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this
Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an
Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such
certificate previously delivered and not superseded;

     (11) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect,
punitive, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited
to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood
of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

     (12) the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions or omissions of the Company,
Finance Co, the Subsidiary Guarantors, or any other Person and without limiting the
foregoing, the Trustee shall not be under any obligation to monitor, evaluate or verify
compliance by the Company, Finance Co or the Subsidiary Guarantors with the terms hereof or
the Note Documents, or to verify or independently determine the accuracy of information
received by the Trustee from the Company, Finance Co or the Subsidiary Guarantors (or from
any selling institution, agent bank, trustee or similar source) with respect to the
Collateral;

     (13) any permissive right of the Trustee to take or refrain from taking actions
enumerated in this Indenture or the Note Documents shall not be construed as a duty;

     (14) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any matter unless a
Trust Officer has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice thereof is received by
the Trustee and Collateral Agent at the Corporate Trust Office and such notice references
the Notes generally, the Company or this Indenture. Whenever reference is made in this
Indenture to a Default or an Event of Default such reference shall, insofar as determining
any liability on the part of the Trustee is concerned, be construed to refer only to a
Default or an Event of Default of which the Trustee is deemed to have knowledge in
accordance with this paragraph; and

     (15) to the extent not inconsistent herewith, the rights, protections, immunities and
indemnities afforded to the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture also shall be afforded to the
Collateral Agent.

          The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of
its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds
or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

          SECTION 604. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes.

          The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except for the Trustee’s certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Issuers, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture, the Note Documents or of the Notes, except that the Trustee
represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture the Note Documents,
authenticate the Notes and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in
a “Statement of Eligibility” on Form T-1 supplied to the Issuers are true and accurate, subject to
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forth therein. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuers
of Notes or the proceeds thereof.

          SECTION 605. May Hold Notes.

          The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Note Registrar or any other agent of the Issuers or of the
Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and,
subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311, may otherwise deal with the Issuers with the same rights it
would have if it were not the Trustee, Paying Agent, Note Registrar or such other agent; provided,
however, that, if it acquires any conflicting interest, it must eliminate such conflict within 90
days, apply to the Commission for permission to continue or resign.

          SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust.

          Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Issuers.

          SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.

          The Issuers agree:

     (1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed in
writing between the Issuers and the Trustee for all services rendered by it hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust);

     (2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture or other Note Document (including
the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel),
except any such expense, disbursement or advance as shall be determined to have been caused
by its own negligence (or gross negligence in the case of the Collateral Agent) or willful
misconduct; and

     (3) to indemnify the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee (and each of their officers,
directors, employees, counsel and agents) for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all
loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, including taxes (other than the taxes based on
the income of the Trustee) incurred without negligence (or gross negligence in the case of
the Collateral Agent) or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection
with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties under
this Indenture and the Note Documents including the costs and expenses of defending itself
against any claim regardless of whether the claim is asserted by the Issuers, a Subsidiary
Guarantor, a Holder or any other Person or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

          The obligations of the Issuers under this Section to compensate the Trustee, to pay or
reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances and to indemnify and hold harmless
the Trustee shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture and resignation or removal of the Trustee. As security for the
performance of such obligations of the Issuers, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes
upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust
for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on particular Notes.

          When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default
specified in Section 501(6), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its
counsel) of and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

          The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

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          SECTION 608. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

          There shall be at all times a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee
under TIA Sections 310(a)(1), (2) and (5) and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law
or to the requirements of Federal, State, territorial or District of Columbia supervising or
examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of
such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with
the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

          SECTION 609. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

          (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 610.

          (b) The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Issuers. Upon
receiving such notice of resignation, the Issuers shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by
written instrument executed by authority of the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be
delivered to the resigning Trustee and a copy to the successor trustee. If the instrument of
acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 610 shall not have been delivered to the
Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may
petition, at the expense of the Issuers, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor Trustee.

          (c) The Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of not less than a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, delivered to the Trustee and to the Issuers. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 610 shall not have been
delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the
resigning Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Issuers, any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

          (d) If at any time:

     (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of TIA Section 310(b) after
written request therefor by the Issuers or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of
a Note for at least six months, or

     (2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 608 and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by the Issuers or by any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Note for at least six months, or

     (3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or
insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, (i) the
Issuers, by a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee, or (ii) subject to TIA Section
315(e), any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

          (e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy
shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the Issuers, by a Board Resolution, shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee shall be appointed by Act of
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes delivered to the Issuers and
the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of
such appointment, become the successor Trustee and supersede the successor Trustee

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appointed by the Issuers. If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Issuers
or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder who has been
a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee.

          (f) The Issuers shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee and each
appointment of a successor Trustee to the Holders in the manner provided for in Section 106. Each
notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust
Office.

          SECTION 610. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

          (a) Every successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Issuers and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on request of the Issuers or the successor Trustee,
such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee
and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held
by such retiring Trustee hereunder. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Issuers shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such
successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts.

          (b) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Issuers shall execute any and all
instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all
rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section.

          (c) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance
such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

          SECTION 611. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

          Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the
corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided
such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In
case any Notes shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any
successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Notes so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor
Trustee had itself authenticated such Notes. In case at that time any of the Notes shall not have
been authenticated, any successor Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any
predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee. In all such cases such certificates
shall have the full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of
authentication of the Trustee shall have; provided, however, that the right to adopt the
certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Notes in the name of
any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or
consolidation.

          SECTION 612. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

          At any time when any of the Notes remain Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an
Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to the Notes which shall be authorized to act on behalf
of the Trustee to authenticate Notes and the Trustee shall give written notice of such appointment
to all Holders of Notes with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner
provided for in Section 106. Notes so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee
hereunder. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee, and a copy of such instrument shall be promptly furnished to
the Issuers. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of
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of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on
behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on
behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to
the Issuers and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of
the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such
laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than
$50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authority. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section,
it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

          Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to
which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent,
shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

          An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee
and to the Issuers. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by
giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Issuers. Upon receiving such
a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating
Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may
appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Issuers and shall give
written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Notes, in the manner provided for in Section
106. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become
vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if
originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed
unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

          The Issuers agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time such compensation for
its services under this Section as shall be agreed in writing between the Issuers and such
Authenticating Agent.

          If an appointment is made pursuant to this Section, the Notes may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication
in the following form:

          This is one of the Notes designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

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	 	WILMINGTON TRUST FSB, as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	          
as Authenticating Agent 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	          
as Authorized Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

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ARTICLE SEVEN

HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND ISSUERS

          SECTION 701. Issuers to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses.

          The Issuers will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee

     (a) semiannually, not more than five days after each Regular Record Date, a list, in
such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders
as of such Regular Record Date; and

     (b) at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request in writing, within 30
days after receipt by the Issuers of any such request, a list of similar form and content to
that in paragraph (a) hereof as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list
is furnished; provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Note
Registrar, no such list need be furnished.

          SECTION 702. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders.

          Every Holder of Notes, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Issuers and the
Trustee that none of the Issuers or the Trustee or any agent of either of them shall be held
accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of
the Holders in accordance with TIA Section 312, regardless of the source from which such
information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing
any material pursuant to a request made under TIA Section 312(b).

          SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee.

          Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the first May 15 after the first
issuance of Notes pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit to the Holders of Notes
(with a copy to the Issuers at the Place of Payment), in the manner and to the extent provided in
TIA Section 313(c), a brief report dated as of such May 15 if required by TIA Section 313(a).

ARTICLE EIGHT

MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL ASSETS

          SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

          Neither Issuer may consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not such
Issuer is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose
of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions (other
than a swap of Spectrum Assets and related assets pursuant to Section 1018) to any Person unless:

     (1) such Issuer is the surviving corporation or the Person formed by or surviving any
such consolidation or merger (if other than such Issuer) or to which such sale, assignment,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is an entity organized
or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of
Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the
“Successor Company”);

     (2) the Successor Company, if other than such Issuer, expressly assumes all the
obligations of such Issuer under this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents
pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee;

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     (4) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, as if such
transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, either (i)
the Successor Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness
pursuant to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 1011(a) or (ii) the
Issue Date Ratings Condition is satisfied;

     (5) each Subsidiary Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions
described above, in which case Section 802(2) below shall apply, shall have by supplemental
indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes;

     (6) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such
supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture and, if a supplemental indenture
or any supplement to any Security Document is required in connection with such transaction,
such supplement shall comply with the applicable provisions of this Indenture;

     (7) to the extent any assets of the Person which is merged or consolidated with or into
the Successor Company are assets of the type which would constitute Collateral under the
Security Documents, the Successor Company shall take such action as may be reasonably
necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Lien of the Security
Documents in the manner and to the extent required in this Indenture or any of the Security
Documents and shall take all reasonably necessary action so that such Lien is perfected to
the extent required by the Security Documents; and

     (8) the Collateral owned by or transferred to the Successor Company shall:

     (a) continue to constitute Collateral under this Indenture and the Security
Documents,

     (b) be subject to the Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Collateral Agent, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and

     (c) not be subject to any Lien other than Permitted Liens (or Permitted
Spectrum Liens in the case of Spectrum Assets).

          The Successor Company shall succeed to, and be substituted for such Issuer under this
Indenture and the Notes and such Issuer (if not the Successor Company) will be fully released from
its obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents. Notwithstanding the
foregoing clauses (3) and (4),

     (a) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor may consolidate with,
merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary;

     (b) subject to the last paragraph of this covenant, any Subsidiary Guarantor may
consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the
Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, and

     (c) the Company may merge with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of
reincorporating the guarantor or the Company in another State of the United States.

          SECTION 802. Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

          Subject to Section 1015(b) and the last paragraph of this Section 802, each Subsidiary
Guarantor shall not, and the Issuers will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, consolidate or
merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving
corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially
all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions to, any Person unless:

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(A) (1) such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving corporation or the Person formed by or
surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor) or to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been
made is an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Subsidiary Guarantor or
such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Person”);

     (2) the Successor Person, if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor, expressly assumes
all the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture and such Subsidiary
Guarantor’s Guarantee pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments
in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

     (3) immediately after such transaction no Default or Event of Default exists;

     (4) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such
supplemental indentures, amendments, supplements or other instruments relating to the
Security Documents if any, comply with this Indenture, if a supplemental indenture or any
supplement to any Security Document is required in connection with such transaction, such
supplement shall comply with the applicable provisions of this Indenture;

     (5) to the extent any assets of the Person which is merged or consolidated with or into
the Successor Person are assets of the type which would constitute Collateral under the
Security Documents, the Successor Person will take such action as may be reasonably
necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Lien of the Security
Documents in the manner and to the extent required in this Indenture or any of the Security
Documents and shall take all reasonably necessary action so that such Lien is perfected to
the extent required by the Security Documents; and

     (6) the Collateral owned by or transferred to the Successor Person shall:

     (i) continue to constitute Collateral under this Indenture and the Security
Documents,

     (ii) be subject to the Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Collateral Agent, the Trustee and the Holders, and

     (iii) not be subject to any Lien other than Permitted Liens (or Permitted
Spectrum Liens in the case of Spectrum Assets); or

(B) the transaction is made in compliance with Section 1018.

     Subject to Section 1015(b) hereof, the Successor Person shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture and such Subsidiary
Guarantor’s Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to the next paragraph,
any Subsidiary Guarantor may merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets
to another Subsidiary Guarantor or the Company; and

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, except in compliance with a transaction conducted
pursuant to Section 1018 (including pursuant to the exclusions contained in the definition
of “Asset Sale”), no Spectrum Assets held by a Domestic Subsidiary shall be sold or
otherwise transferred to any Person unless such Person is or becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor
and all such Spectrum Assets constitute Collateral and are pledged pursuant to the Security
Documents.

          SECTION 803. Successor Substituted.

          Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor in
accordance with Sections

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801 and 802 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Issuers or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, is merged or the successor Person to
which such sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition is made, shall succeed to,
and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuers or such Subsidiary
Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture and/or the Guarantees, as the case may be, with
the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Issuers or such Subsidiary
Guarantor, as the case may be, herein and/or the Guarantees, as the case may be. When a successor
Person assumes all obligations of its predecessor hereunder, the Notes or the Guarantees, as the
case may be, such predecessor shall be released from all obligations; provided that in the event of
a transfer or lease, the predecessor shall not be released from the payment of principal and
interest or other obligations on the Notes or the Guarantees, as the case may be.

ARTICLE NINE

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

          SECTION 901. Amendments or Supplements Without Consent of Holders.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any Holder, the Issuers, any Subsidiary
Guarantor (with respect to a Guarantee or this Indenture to which it is a party); when authorized
by Board resolutions of their respective Board of Directors, and the Trustee, at any time and from
time to time, may amend or supplement this Indenture, any Guarantee, the Notes or the Security
Documents, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

     (1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;

     (2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes;

     (3) to comply with Article Eight hereof;

     (4) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or to any Guarantor and
to provide the assumption of the Issuers’ or any Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations to
Holders;

     (5) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the
Holders or that does not adversely affect the rights under this Indenture of any such
Holder;

     (6) to add covenants for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power
conferred upon the Issuers;

     (7) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of
a successor Trustee pursuant to the requirements of Sections 609 and 610;

     (8) to add a Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture or to add additional assets as
Collateral;

     (9) release Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral in accordance with
the terms of this Indenture, Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement;

     (10) to conform the text of this Indenture, Guarantees or the Notes or any Security
Document to the “Description of Notes” section of the Offering Memorandum to the extent that
such provision in the “Description of notes” section was intended (as evidenced by an
Officers’ Certificate from the Issuers) to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this
Indenture, the Guarantees, the Notes or such Security Document;

     (11) to add any Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations to the Security Documents on the
terms set forth therein; or

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     (12) to release any Collateral pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.

          SECTION 902. Amendments, Supplements or Waivers with Consent of Holders.

          With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Issuers and the Trustee, the Issuers,
any Subsidiary Guarantor (with respect to any Guarantee or this Indenture to which it is a party),
when authorized by Board Resolutions of their respective Board of Directors, and the Trustee may
amend or supplement this Indenture, the Security Documents, any Guarantee or the Notes for the
purpose of adding any provisions hereto or thereto, changing in any manner or eliminating any of
the provisions or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders hereunder or thereunder and
any existing Default, Event of Default or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the
Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Notes, other than Notes beneficially owned by the Issuers or their Affiliates
(including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of or tender offer
or exchange offer for Notes); provided, however, that no such amendment, supplement or waiver
shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby:

     (1) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment,
supplement or waiver;

     (2) reduce the principal of or change the Maturity of any such Note or alter or waive
the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes (other than Sections 1017 and
1018);

     (3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;

     (4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if
any, or interest on the Notes issued under this Indenture, except a rescission of
acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such
acceleration, or in respect of a covenant or provision contained in this Indenture or any
guarantee which cannot be amended or modified without the consent of all Holders;

     (5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;

     (6) make any change in Section 513 or the rights of Holders to receive payments of
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes;

     (7) make any change in these amendment and waiver provisions;

     (8) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, or interest on
such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the
enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes; or

     (9) make any change to or modify the ranking of the Notes that would adversely affect
the Holders.

          In addition, without the consent of the Holders of at least 75% in principal amount of Notes
then outstanding, no amendment, supplement or waiver may (1) modify any Security Document or the
provisions in this Indenture dealing with Security Documents or application of trust moneys in any
manner, taken as a whole, materially adverse to the Holders or otherwise release any Collateral
other than in accordance with this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor
Agreement or (2) modify the Intercreditor Agreement in any manner adverse to the Holders in any
material respect other than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents
and the Intercreditor Agreement.

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          SECTION 903. Execution of Amendments, Supplements or Waivers.

          In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any amendment, supplement or
waiver permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture, the Trustee shall be provided with, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment,
supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, that all conditions precedent
thereto have been satisfied, and, to the extent applicable, that there is no material adverse
effect on the Holders. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
amendment, supplement or waiver which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under
this Indenture or otherwise. No provision of this Indenture or Note Document may be amended that
adversely affects the Collateral Agent without the Collateral Agent’s written consent.

          SECTION 904. Effect of Amendments, Supplements or Waivers.

          Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be
modified in accordance therewith, and such amendment, supplement or waiver shall form a part of
this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Notes theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

          SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.

          Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to the Article shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

          SECTION 906. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures.

          Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant
to this Article may, bear a notation in form satisfactory to the Trustee as to any matter provided
for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuers shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to
conform, in the opinion of the Issuers, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and
executed by the Issuers and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding
Notes.

          SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures.

          Promptly after the execution by the Issuers, any Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section 902, the Issuers shall give notice
thereof to the Holders of each Outstanding Note, in the manner provided for in Section 106, setting
forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture.

ARTICLE TEN

COVENANTS

          SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, if Any, and Interest.

          The Issuers covenant and agree for the benefit of the Holders that they will duly and
punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes in accordance with
the terms of the Notes and this Indenture.

          SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

          The Issuers will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented or surrendered for
payment, where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices
and demands to or upon the Issuers in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The
designated office of the Trustee shall be such office or agency of the Issuers, unless the Issuers
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agency for one or more of such purposes. The Issuers will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of any change in the location of any such office or agency. If at any time the Issuers
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with
the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Issuers hereby appoint the Trustee as its agent
to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

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

          SECTION 1003. Money for Notes Payments to Be Held in Trust.

          If the Issuers shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due
date of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any of the Notes, segregate and hold
in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal of
(or premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or
failure so to act.

          Whenever the Issuers shall have one or more Paying Agents for the Notes, it will, on or before
each due date of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Notes, deposit with a
Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming
due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal,
premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Issuers will promptly notify
the Trustee of such action or any failure so to act.

          The Issuers will cause each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to execute and deliver to
the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:

     (1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
or interest on Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such
sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

     (2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Issuers (or any other obligor upon
the Notes) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest; and

     (3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of
the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.

          The Issuers may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Issuer Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to
the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Issuers or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the
Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Issuers or such Paying
Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such sums.

          Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuers, in
trust for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Note and
remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Issuers on Issuer Request, or (if then held by the Issuers) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the Issuers for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such
Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuers as Trustee thereof,
shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being
required to make any such repayment, shall at the expense of the Issuers cause to be published
once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day
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City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified
therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuers.

          SECTION 1004. Corporate Existence.

          Subject to Article Eight, the Issuers will do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate existence and that of each Restricted
Subsidiary and the corporate rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Issuers and each
Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Issuers shall not be required to preserve any
such right or franchise if management of the Issuers shall determine that the preservation thereof
is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuers and its Subsidiaries as a
whole.

          SECTION 1005. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.

          The Issuers will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall
become delinquent, (a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the
Issuers or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Issuers or any Subsidiary
and (b) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies, which, if unpaid, might by law become
a lien upon the property of the Issuers or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Issuers
shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax,
assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves, if necessary (in the good
faith judgment of management of the Issuers) are being maintained in accordance with GAAP.

          SECTION 1006. Maintenance of Properties.

          The Issuers will cause all properties owned by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary or
used or held for use in the conduct of its business or the business of any Restricted Subsidiary to
be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary
equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and
improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Issuers may be necessary so that the business
carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times;
provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Issuers from discontinuing the
maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of management of
the Issuers, desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any Restricted Subsidiary.

          SECTION 1007. Insurance.

          (a) The Issuers will at all times keep all of its and its Subsidiaries properties which are of
an insurable nature insured with insurers, believed by the Issuers to be responsible, against loss
or damage to the extent that property of similar character is usually so insured by corporations
similarly situated and owning like properties.

          (b) The Issuers and Subsidiary Guarantors (i) will cause any insurance policies covering any
Collateral to be endorsed or otherwise amended to include a customary lender’s loss payable
endorsement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, which endorsement shall
provide that, from and after the Issue Date, if the insurance carrier shall have received written
notice from the Trustee of the occurrence of an Event of Default, the insurance carrier shall pay
all proceeds otherwise payable to the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors under such policies
directly to the Trustee; (ii) will cause all such policies to provide that neither the Issuers, the
Trustee nor any other party shall be a coinsurer thereunder and to contain a “Replacement Cost
Endorsement,” without any deduction for depreciation, and such other provisions as the Trustee may
reasonably require from time to time to protect their interests; (iii) deliver original or
certified copies of all such policies to the Trustee; cause each such policy to provide that it
shall not be canceled, modified or not renewed (x) by reason of nonpayment of premium upon not less
than 10 days’ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the Trustee (giving the Trustee the
right to cure defaults in the payment of premiums (at the expense of the Issuers)) or (y) for any
other reason upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the
Trustee; and (iv) will deliver to the Trustee, prior to the cancellation, modification or
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replacement policy (or other evidence of renewal of a policy previously delivered to the
Trustee) and reasonably promptly thereafter deliver a duplicate original copy of such policy
together with evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of payment of the premium therefor.

          (c) The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors will notify the Trustee promptly whenever any
separate insurance concurrent in form or contributing in the event of loss with that required to be
maintained under this covenant is taken out by the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor, and
promptly deliver to the Trustee a duplicate original copy of such policy or policies.

          SECTION 1008. Statement by Officers as to Default.

          (a) The Issuers will deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year,
an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Issuers and its Restricted
Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year, has been made under the supervision of the signing
officers with a view to determining whether it has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled, and has
caused each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to keep, observe, perform and fulfill its obligations
under this Indenture and further stating, as to each such officer signing such certificate, that,
to the best of his or her knowledge, the Issuers during such preceding fiscal year, has kept,
observed, performed and fulfilled, and has caused each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to keep,
observe, perform and fulfill each and every such covenant contained in this Indenture and no
Default or Event of Default occurred during such fiscal year, and at the date of such certificate
there is no Default or Event of Default which has occurred and is continuing or, if such signers do
know of such Default or Event of Default, the certificate shall describe its status, with
particularity and that, to the best of his or her knowledge, no event has occurred and remains by
reason of which payments on the account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is
prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action each is taking
or proposes to take with respect thereto. The Officers’ Certificate shall also notify the Trustee
should the Issuers elect to change the manner in which it fixes its fiscal year-end. For purposes
of this Section 1008(a), such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace
or requirement of notice under this Indenture.

          (b) When any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture,
the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee by registered or certified mail or facsimile transmission
an Officers’ Certificate specifying such event, notice or other action within 10 Business Days of
its occurrence.

          SECTION 1009. Reports and Other Information.

          (a) So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall be required to provide to the
Trustee and Holders, without cost to the Trustee or any Holder:

     (1) within 90 days (or any other time period then in effect under the rules and
regulations of the Exchange Act with respect to the filing of a Form 10-K by a
non-accelerated filer) after the end of each fiscal year, annual reports containing the
information required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Form 10-K, or any
successor or comparable form, or required in such successor or comparable form;

     (2) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each
fiscal year, quarterly reports containing the information required to be contained in a
filing with the Commission on Form 10-Q or any successor or comparable form or required in
such successor or comparable form; and

     (3) promptly from time to time after the occurrence of an event that would require
information about such event to be provided to the Commission on Form 8-K, or any successor
or comparable form, a current report with such information; provided that unless otherwise
required to be provided to Holders, current reports shall only be required with respect to
the following Form 8-K Items (or its successor item): Item 1.01 (Entry into a Material
Definitive Agreement), Item 1.02 (Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement), Item 1.03
(Bankruptcy or Receivership), Item 2.01 (Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of
Assets), Item 2.03 (Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant), Item 2.04 (Triggering Events that Accelerate
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Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement),
Item 2.05 (Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities), Item 4.01 (Changes in
Registrant’s Certifying Accountant), Item 4.02 (Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial
Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review), Item 5.01 (Changes in
Control of Registrant), Items 5.02 (a), (b) and (c) (Departure of Directors or Principal
Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory
Arrangements of Certain Officers) and Item 9.01 (Financial Statements and Exhibits, but only
with respect to financial statements and pro forma financial information relating to
transactions required to be reported pursuant to Item 2.01); provided, however, that unless
otherwise required to be provided to Holders, no such current report shall be required to be
furnished if the Company determines in its good faith judgment that such event is not
material to Holders of Notes or the business, assets, operations, financial positions or
prospects of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

provided, however, that unless otherwise required to be provided to Holders:

     (A) such reports required pursuant to Section 1009(a)(1) shall not be required to
include the information contemplated by Item 1B, Item 4, Item 5, Item 9A, Item 9A(T), Item
10 (but only with respect to information required by Items 405, 406 and 407 of Regulation
S-K; provided, however, that such reports shall be required to present the information
contemplated by Item 10 with exclusions consistent with the information in (or excluded
from) this offering memorandum), Item 11, Item 13 (both only with respect to the information
required by Item 407 of Regulation S-K; provided, however, that such reports shall be
required to present the information contemplated by Items 11 and 13 with exclusions
consistent with the information in (or excluded from) the offering memorandum) and Item 14
of Form 10-K, as in effect on the Issue Date;

     (B) such reports required pursuant to Section 1009(a)(2) shall not be required to
include the information contemplated by Item 4 and Item 4T of Part I thereof and Item 2 and
Item 4 of Part II of Form 10-Q, as in effect on the Issue Date; and

     (C) such reports required pursuant to Section 1009(a)(1), (2) and (3) (i) shall not be
required to comply with Section 302 or Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or
related Items 307 and 308 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Commission, or Item 10(e) of
Regulation S-K (with respect to any non-GAAP financial measures contained therein), in each
case, as in effect on the Issue Date or any successor provision thereto, and (ii) shall not
be required to comply with Items 402, 405, 406, 407 and 601 of Regulation S-K promulgated by
the Commission, in each case, as in effect on the Issue Date or any successor provision
thereto;

in each case, in a manner that complies in all material respects with the requirements specified in
such form. The Company shall make the information referred to above in this clause (a) available
by posting such information on a publicly accessible page on the Company’s website (or that of any
of its parent companies). To the extent not satisfied by the foregoing, the Company shall agree
that, for so long as any Notes are outstanding, it shall furnish to Holders and to securities
analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered
pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

          (b) The Issuers may satisfy their obligations in this Section 1009 with respect to information
relating to the Issuers by furnishing information relating to the Parent; provided that, with
respect to any audited or unaudited financial statements, the same is accompanied by consolidating
information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the financial information
relating to the Parent, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Issuers and the
Restricted Subsidiaries on a stand-alone basis, on the other hand.

          (c) If Parent or the Company has electronically filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission’s Next-Generation EDGAR system (or any successor system), the reports described in
clause (a) above (including any consolidating information required by clause (b), unless otherwise
provided to the Trustee and the Holders), the Issuers shall be deemed to have satisfied the
foregoing requirements.

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          (d) The Issuers shall also hold quarterly conference calls for the Holders of the Notes to
discuss financial information for the previous quarter. The conference call shall be following the
last day of each fiscal quarter of the Issuers and not later than ten business days from the time
that the Issuers distribute the financial information as set forth Section 1009(a)(1) and (2), as
applicable above. No fewer than two days prior to the conference call, the Issuers shall issue a
press release announcing the time and date of such conference call and providing instructions for
Holders, securities analysts and prospective investors to obtain access to such call. For the
avoidance of doubt, the Issuers may satisfy the requirements of this paragraph by (i) combining the
conference calls required above with the earnings conference calls of the Parent that are held on a
quarterly basis with equity holders or (ii) holding the conference calls required above within the
time period required as part of any earnings calls of the Issuers in accordance with past practice.

          Nothing herein shall be construed so as to require the Issuers to include in such reports any
information specified in Rule 3-10 or Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X.

          SECTION 1010. Limitation on Restricted Payments.

          (a) The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly:

     (1) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on account of the Company’s or
any Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable
in connection with any merger or consolidation other than:

     (A) dividends or distributions by the Company payable in Equity Interests
(other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or in options, warrants or other
rights to purchase such Equity Interests; or

     (B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the
case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series
of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata
share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in
such class or series of securities;

     (2) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity
Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, including in
connection with any merger or consolidation, held by Persons other than the Issuers or any
Subsidiary Guarantor;

     (3) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease, otherwise acquire or
retire for value or give any irrevocable notice of redemption with respect thereto in each
case, prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Indebtedness,
other than:

     (A) Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations;

     (B) Indebtedness permitted under Section 1011(b)(3), (6), (7), (8) and (9);

     (C) the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Indebtedness purchased in
anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final
maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase or
acquisition;

     (D) Indebtedness incurred under revolving credit facilities (other than
payments, redemptions, repurchases, defeasances or other acquisitions or retirements
for value that are accompanied by a termination or reduction of commitments under
such revolving credit facilities); or

     (E) the giving of an irrevocable notice of redemption with respect to the
transactions described in Section 1010(a)(2) and (3); or

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     (4) make any Restricted Investment

(all such payments and other actions set forth in Section 1011(a)(1) through (4) being collectively
referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:

     (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur
as a consequence thereof;

     (B) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the
Company could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 1011(a); and

     (C) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted
Payments made by the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (including
Restricted Payments permitted by Section 1010(b) (1) and (8), but excluding all other
Restricted Payments permitted by Section 1010(b), is less than the sum of:

     (1) the EBITDA of the Issuers for the period (taken as one accounting period)
from October 1, 2009, to the end of the Issuers’ most recently ended fiscal quarter
for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted
Payment, less the product of 1.4 times Consolidated Interest Expense of the Issuers
for the same period; provided that if the amount under this clause (1) for any
fiscal quarter is less than zero, then the amount “built” under this clause (1) for
such fiscal quarter shall be deemed to be equal to zero, plus

     (2) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair market value, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, of marketable securities or
other property received by the Issuers since immediately after the Issue Date from
the issue or sale of:

     (x) Equity Interests of the Company, including Retired Capital Stock
(as defined below), but excluding cash proceeds and the fair market value,
as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, of marketable
securities or other property received from the sale of:

     (A) Equity Interests to members of management, directors or
consultants of the Company, any direct or indirect parent of the
Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries after the Issue Date to the
extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in
accordance with Section 1010(b)(4); and

     (B) Designated Preferred Stock; or

     (y) debt securities of the Issuers that have been converted into such
Equity Interests of the Issuers or its direct or indirect parents;

provided, however, that this clause (2) shall not include the proceeds from (a)
Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below), (b) Equity Interests or converted debt
securities of the Issuers sold to a Restricted Subsidiary or the Company, as the
case may be, (c) Disqualified Stock or debt securities that have been converted into
Disqualified Stock, (d) Excluded Contributions or (e) net cash proceeds to the
extent such net cash proceeds have been used to incur Indebtedness, Disqualified
Stock or preferred stock pursuant to Section 1011(b)(14), plus

     (3) 100% of the aggregate amount of cash and the fair market value, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, of marketable securities or
other property contributed to the capital of the Company following the Issue Date
other than net cash proceeds to the extent such net cash proceeds have been used to
incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred

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stock pursuant to Section 1011(b)(14) (other than by a Restricted Subsidiary)
and other than by any Excluded Contributions, plus

     (4) 100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the fair market value, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, of marketable securities or
other property received by the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary by means of:

     (A) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Issuers or a
Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Issuers and its
Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted
Investments from the Issuers and its Restricted Subsidiaries and repayments
of loans or advances which constitute Restricted Investments by the Issuers
and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (without duplication of amounts included
in EBITDA) any dividends or distributions received by the Issuers or a
Restricted Subsidiary on account of Restricted Investments, in each case
after the Issue Date; or

     (B) the sale (other than to the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary) of
the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than in each case to the
extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the
Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 1010(b)(18) or to the
extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment) or a dividend or
distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary in each case after the Issue
Date; plus

     (5) in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a
Restricted Subsidiary, the fair market value of the Investment in such Unrestricted
Subsidiary, as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith or if, in the case
of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such fair market value may exceed $75.0 million, in
writing by an independent investment banking firm of nationally recognized standing,
at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted
Subsidiary, other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the Investment in
such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary
pursuant Section 1010(b)(18) or to the extent such Investment constituted a
Permitted Investment.

     (b) The foregoing provisions shall not prohibit:

     (1) the payment of any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the date of
declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration such payment would have complied with the
provisions of this Indenture or the redemption, repurchase or retirement of Indebtedness if,
at the date of any irrevocable redemption notice such payment would have complied with the
provisions of this Indenture;

     (2) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests
of the Company (“Retired Capital Stock”) or Indebtedness of the Issuers or a Subsidiary
Guarantor, or any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent of the Company, in
exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to an
Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or
indirect parent of the Company (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock) (“Refunding
Capital Stock”);

     (3) the redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement of Indebtedness of
the Issuers or a Subsidiary Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the
substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of the Issuers or a Subsidiary Guarantor,
as the case may be, which is incurred in compliance with Section 1011 so long as:

     (A) such Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later
than the final scheduled maturity date of the Indebtedness being so redeemed,
repurchased, acquired or retired,

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     (B) such Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or
greater than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness
being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired; and

     (C) in the case of unsecured Indebtedness, such new Indebtedness is unsecured
and in the case of secured Indebtedness, such new Indebtedness is either unsecured
or has a junior lien priority in the Collateral relative to the Notes pursuant to an
Intercreditor Agreement;

     (4) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or
retirement for value of common Equity Interests of the Company or any of its direct or
indirect parents held by any future, present or former employee, director or consultant of
the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parents pursuant to
any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit
plan or agreement; provided, however, that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this
clause (4) do not exceed $5.0 million in any fiscal year (with unused amounts in any
calendar year being carried over to the immediately succeeding calendar year); provided
further that such amount may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

     (A) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company and, to the extent contributed to the Company,
Equity Interests of any of the Company’s direct or indirect parents, in each case to
members of management, directors or consultants of the Issuer, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parents that occurred after the Issue
Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests have
not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of clause
(c) of the preceding paragraph, plus

     (B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date; less

     (C) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made pursuant to Section
1010(b)(4)(A) and (B);

     (5) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of
Disqualified Stock of the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary issued in accordance with
Section 1011;

(6) (A) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series
of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued by the Company
after the Issue Date; provided that the aggregate amount of dividends paid pursuant
to this Section 1010(b)(6)(A) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of cash actually
received by the Company from the sale of such Designated Preferred Stock;

     (B) the declaration and payment of dividends to a direct or indirect parent of
the Company, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to
holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) of such parent issued after the Issue Date; provided that the
amount of dividends paid pursuant to this Section 1010(b)(6)(B) shall not exceed the
aggregate amount of cash actually contributed to the Company from the sale of such
Designated Preferred Stock;

     (7) repurchases of Equity Interests (i) constituting fractional shares or (ii) deemed
to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants or other securities convertible or
exchangeable into Equity Interests or any other security if such Equity Interests or other
security represent all or a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;

     (8) the payment of dividends on the Company’s common equity or the dividend or
distribution to any direct or indirect parent company to fund the payment by such parent
company of dividends on its common equity after the Issue Date, of up to 6% per annum of the
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to the Issuers in any public offering, other than public offerings with respect to
the Company’s or such direct or indirect parent company’s common stock equity registered on
Form S-8 and other than any public sale constituting an Excluded Contribution;

     (9) Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions;

     (10) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount taken together with all other
Restricted Payments made pursuant to this Section 1010(b)(10) not to exceed $20.0 million;

     (11) the declaration and payment of dividends by the Company to, or the making of loans
to, any direct or indirect parent company of the Company (other than Sprint) for the purpose
of paying;

     (A) franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain
their corporate existence,

     (B) federal, state and local income taxes, to the extent such income taxes are
attributable to the income of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and, to
the extent of the amount actually received from its Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in
amounts required to pay such taxes to the extent attributable to the income of such
Unrestricted Subsidiaries,

     (C) customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers and, and any
indemnification obligations of, officers, directors and employees or former
officers, directors or employees of any direct or indirect parent of the Company
(other than Sprint) to the extent such salaries, bonuses, indemnification
obligations and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the
Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries,

     (D) general corporate overhead expenses of any direct or indirect parent of the
Company (other than Sprint) to the extent such expenses are attributable to the
ownership or operation of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries;

     (E) fees and expenses incurred by any direct or indirect parent company of the
Company in connection with any unsuccessful equity issuances or incurrence of
Indebtedness to the extent the net proceeds thereof are intended to be contributed
to the Company; and

     (F) taxes with respect to income of any direct or indirect parent company of
the Company (other than Sprint) derived from funding made available to the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries by such direct or indirect parent company;

     (12) tax distributions or tax loans pursuant to the Company’s limited liability company
agreement;

     (13) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or the making of a dividend or distribution to any direct
or indirect parent of the Company to fund a similar purchase, redemption or other
acquisition or retirement for value required pursuant Section 1017 and Section 1018;
provided that there is a concurrent or prior Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as
applicable, and all Notes tendered by holders of the Notes in connection with such Change of
Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or
acquired for value;

     (14) the repurchase, redemption, acquisition or retirement of Indebtedness with
Unutilized Excess Proceeds or Unutilized Excess Spectrum Proceeds;

     (15) the distribution, as a dividend or otherwise, of (A) Equity Interests of, or
Indebtedness owed to the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries
(other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash
Equivalents) and (B) any proceeds received from

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an Unrestricted Subsidiary on account of such Equity Interests or Indebtedness,
provided, that, in the case of clause (B), such proceeds will be excluded from EBITDA for
purposes of Section 1010(a)(C)(1) and (C)(5);

     (16) Investments in joint ventures; provided that the aggregate Restricted Payments
made pursuant to this clause (16) do not exceed 5.0% of the fair market value of Spectrum
Assets located in the United States; provided further that to the extent any such Investment
is made in the form of Spectrum Assets such Spectrum Assets represent Non-Core Spectrum
Assets; and provided, further, that such amount shall be increased by an amount not to
exceed (A) the cash proceeds received as a dividend, distribution or otherwise from such
joint ventures (it being understood that the forgiveness of any debt by such joint venture
will not be a Restricted Payment hereunder) less (B) the amount of any Restricted Payments
previously made pursuant to this Section 1010(b)(16)(A);

     (17) distributions or payments of Receivables Fees; and

     (18) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate fair market value,
when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this Section 1010(b)(18)
that are at the time outstanding, without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or Cash
Equivalents, not to exceed $50.0 million at the time of such Investment (with the fair
market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to
subsequent changes in value);

provided however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted
under Sections 1010(b)(5), (6) and (10), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.

          (c) The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the fair market value (as
determined by the Issuers) on the date of such Restricted Payment of the assets or securities
proposed to be paid, transferred or issued by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the
case may be, pursuant to such Restricted Payment.

          (d) As of the time of issuance of the Notes, all of the Issuers’ Subsidiaries will be
Restricted Subsidiaries. The Issuers will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a
Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of “Unrestricted
Subsidiary” in Section 101 of this Indenture. For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary
as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Issuers and their Restricted
Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be
Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of
“Investment.” Such designation will be permitted only if a Restricted Payment in such amount would
be permitted at such time, whether pursuant to Section 1010(a) or Section 1010(b)(9) or (10), or
pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Investments,” and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the
definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unrestricted Subsidiaries shall not be subject to any of
the restrictive covenants set forth in this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Spectrum
Entity shall at any time pay a dividend or make any distribution to any entity that is not a
Spectrum Entity unless the proceeds of any such dividend or distribution is applied in its entirety
to repurchase Notes; provided that, any Spectrum Entity may pay a dividend or make distributions to
the Company so that the Company may make tax distributions pursuant to its limited liability
company agreement, so long as the Company uses the dividend or distribution to pay such tax
distributions at such time.

          SECTION 1011. Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock
and Preferred Stock.

          (a) The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly
liable, contingently or otherwise, (collectively, “incur” and collectively, an “incurrence”) with
respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Issuers shall not issue any
shares of Disqualified Stock and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock; provided, however, that the Issuers

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may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified
Stock, and any Subsidiary Guarantor (other than any Spectrum Entity) may incur Indebtedness
(including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue shares of preferred
stock, if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries at the
time such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is
issued would have been no greater than 6.50 to 1.00, determined on a pro forma basis (including a
pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been
incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the
application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of the most recently ended four
full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available.

          (b) The foregoing limitations shall not apply to:

     (1) the incurrence by the Issuers and any Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness
represented by the Notes issued on the Issue Date (including any Guarantee) (other than any
Additional Notes);

     (2) Existing Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness described in Section 1011(b)(1));

     (3) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), Disqualified Stock and
preferred stock incurred by the Issuers or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors (other than any
Spectrum Entity), to finance the purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or
personal) or equipment (other than any Spectrum Assets) that is used or useful in a Similar
Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person
owning such assets, in an aggregate principal amount which, when aggregated with the
principal amount of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock then
outstanding and incurred pursuant to this Section 1011(b)(3) and including all Refinancing
Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any other Indebtedness, Disqualified
Stock and preferred stock incurred pursuant to this Section 1011(b)(3), does not exceed
$300.0 million;

     (4) Indebtedness incurred by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary constituting
reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of
business, including without limitation letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation
claims, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding
workers’ compensation claims; provided, however, that upon the drawing of such letters of
credit or the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within 30
days following such drawing or incurrence;

     (5) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary
providing for and to the extent of (x) indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or
similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of
any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any
Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose
of financing such acquisition; provided that the maximum assumable liability in respect of
all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds including noncash proceeds
(the fair market value of such noncash proceeds being measured at the time received and
without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value) actually received by the Issuers
and the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition and (y) working capital
or other similar balance sheet related purchase price adjustments incurred or assumed in
connection with the acquisition of a Subsidiary;

     (6) Indebtedness of the Issuers to a Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that any subsequent
issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such
Subsidiary Guarantor ceasing to be a Subsidiary Guarantor or any other subsequent transfer
of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuers or another Subsidiary Guarantor) shall be
deemed, in each case to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this Section
1011(b)(6);

     (7) Indebtedness of the Issuers or a Subsidiary Guarantor to a Restricted Subsidiary
that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that any such Indebtedness is subordinated in
right of payment to the Notes; provided further that any subsequent issuance or transfer of
any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing
to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent

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transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuers or another Restricted
Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not
permitted by this Section 1011(b)(7);

     (8) (A) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than a Spectrum Entity) to the
Issuers or another Subsidiary Guarantor; and

     (B) Indebtedness of a Spectrum Entity that is a Subsidiary Guarantor to the Company or
another Spectrum Entity that is a Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that any subsequent
transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or another Spectrum Entity that is
a Subsidiary Guarantor) shall be deemed, in each case to be an incurrence of such
Indebtedness not permitted by this Section 1011(b)(8)(B);

     (9) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor to the
Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary;

     (10) shares of preferred stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Issuers or
another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any
Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to
be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of preferred
stock (except to the Issuers or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed in each case
to be an issuance of such shares of preferred stock not permitted by this Section
1011(b)(10);

     (11) Hedging Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative
purposes) for the purpose of limiting:

     (A) interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness permitted to be
incurred or outstanding under this Indenture; or

     (B) exchange rate risk with respect to any currency exchange; or

     (C) commodity risk;

     (12) obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and completion
guarantees provided by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of
business;

     (13) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s
Guarantee;

     (14) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock of the Issuers and the
Restricted Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount
or liquidation preference which, when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation
preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock then
outstanding and incurred pursuant to this Section1011(b)(14), does not at any one time
outstanding exceed the sum of:

     (x) 150% of the net cash proceeds from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of
the Issuers or any of their direct or indirect parent companies and contributed in
cash to the Company after the Issue Date (but including any net cash proceeds from
the New Equity Investment whether received before or after the Issue Date) less the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock
of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries issued or incurred under subclause
(y) of this Section1011(b)(14) and then outstanding plus

     (y) (i) 50% of the first $1.0 billion in net cash proceeds from the New Equity
Investment whether received before or after the Issue Date) plus (ii) 75% of the net
cash proceeds from the New Equity Investment in excess of such first $1.0 billion
(whether received before or after the Issue Date) plus (iii) 50% of the net cash
proceeds from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Issuers or any of their
direct or indirect parent companies and contributed in cash to the

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Company (other than the New Equity Investment) after the Issue Date; provided
that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and
preferred stock that may be incurred or issued by the Issuers and the Restricted
Subsidiaries under this subclause (y) shall not exceed $1.35 billion (or $1.85
billion if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio of the Issuers and the Restricted
Subsidiaries at the time such additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or
preferred stock is incurred would have been no greater than 6.00 to 1.00, determined
on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds
therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock
had been incurred and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the
beginning of the most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal
financial statements are available) at any time (in the case of each of clauses (x)
and (y) above, other than proceeds of Disqualified Stock of the Company or sales of
Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company to the
Issuers or any of their subsidiaries) as determined in accordance with Section
1010(a)(C)(2) and (a)(C)(3); provided further that such net cash proceeds or cash
have not been applied pursuant to such clauses to make Restricted Payments or to
make other investments, payments or exchanges pursuant Section 1010(b);

     (15) (i) any guarantee by the Issuers or a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than a Spectrum
Entity) of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary so long as the
incurrence of such Indebtedness incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under
the terms of this Indenture, or

     (ii) any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Issuers or a
Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that such guarantee is incurred in accordance with Section
1015, or

     (iii) any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor of
Indebtedness of another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor;

     (16) the incurrence by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock which serves to refund or refinance any Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred as permitted under Section 1011(a) and
clauses Section 1011(b)(1) and (2), this Section 1011(b)(16) and Section 1011(b)(17) below
or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock issued to so refund or refinance
such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock including additional Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred to pay premiums, defeasance costs and fees in
connection therewith (the “Refinancing Indebtedness”) prior to its respective maturity;
provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness:

     (i) has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing
Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the lesser of (x) the remaining
Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or
preferred stock being refunded or refinanced and (y) the remaining Weighted Average
Life to Maturity of the Notes;

     (ii) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (x) Indebtedness
subordinated or pari passu in right of payment to the Notes or any Guarantee of the
Notes, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated or pari passu in right of
payment to the Notes or such Guarantee at least to the same extent as the
Indebtedness being refinanced or refunded or (y) Disqualified Stock or preferred
stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or preferred stock,
respectively; and

     (iii) shall not include

     (x) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of a Restricted
Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of an Issuer or a Subsidiary
Guarantor;

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     (y) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of a Spectrum
Entity that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock
of an Issuer or a Subsidiary that is not a Spectrum Entity; or

     (z) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of the Issuers
or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock
or preferred stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

     (17) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of Persons that are acquired
by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged or otherwise combined (including
pursuant to any acquisition of assets and assumption of related liabilities) into the
Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided
that such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is not incurred in
contemplation of such acquisition or merger; provided further that to the extent the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred
under this clause (q) exceeds $100.0 million, then either (x) the Issuers would be permitted
to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Leverage
Ratio test set forth in Section 1011(a) or (y) the Issue Date Ratings Condition is
satisfied;

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

     (19) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50.0
million at any time outstanding;

     (20) the incurrence of Indebtedness of the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary
represented by letters of credit in an aggregate face amount not to exceed $50.0 million at
any one time outstanding;

     (21) Indebtedness of the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (i) the
financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply
arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

     (22) Indebtedness of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of unsecured or
second-priority lien Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $500.0
million at any one time outstanding; provided that (i) the final maturity of such
Indebtedness shall be no earlier than one year following the maturity date of the Notes,
(ii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness at the time such
Indebtedness is incurred shall be at least one year greater than the Weighted Average Life
to Maturity of the Notes at such time, and (iii) any such Indebtedness or guarantees thereof
of any Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor shall be subject to an Intercreditor Agreement, if
secured, and shall be subordinated to the Obligations and the Guarantees on high yield
subordination terms prevailing in November 2009 (including, without limitation, (a) interest
payment blockers with respect to payment defaults and covenant defaults and (b) turnover
provisions, in each case, that were customary in high yield subordination terms prevailing
in November 2009);

     (23) Indebtedness of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor (other than any Spectrum
Entity) in respect of Subordinated Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $500.0 million at any one time outstanding, provided that (i) the final maturity of
such Indebtedness shall be no earlier than one year following the maturity date of the Notes
and the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness at the time such Indebtedness
is incurred shall be at least one year greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of
the Notes at such time, (ii) such Indebtedness is unsecured, and (iii) any such Indebtedness
or guarantees in respect thereof of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
subordinated to the Obligations and the Guarantees on high yield subordination terms
prevailing in November 2009 (including, without limitation, (a) interest payment blockers
with respect to payment defaults and covenant defaults and (b) turnover provisions, in each
case, that were customary in high yield subordination terms prevailing in November 2009);

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     (24) Indebtedness of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor in an aggregate principal
amount at any one time outstanding (for the Issuers and all Subsidiary Guarantors) not to
exceed an amount equal to $1.0 billion, provided that (i) the final maturity of such
Indebtedness shall be no earlier than one year following the maturity date of the Notes and
the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness at the time such Indebtedness is
incurred shall be at least one year greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of
the Notes at such time, (ii) such Indebtedness is unsecured, and (iii) any such Indebtedness
or guarantees in respect thereof of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
subordinated to the Obligations and the Guarantees on high yield subordination terms
prevailing in November 2009 (including, without limitation, (a) interest payment blockers
with respect to payment defaults and covenant defaults and (b) turnover provisions, in each
case, that were customary in high yield subordination terms prevailing in November 2009);
and

     (25) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock of the Issuers and the
Restricted Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount
or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation
preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock then
outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (25), does not at any one time outstanding
exceed $50 million.

          (c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 1011, in the event that an item
of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock meets the criteria of more than one of the
categories of permitted Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock described in clauses
(1) through (25) of this Section 1011(b) or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 1011(a),
the Issuers shall, in their sole discretion, classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness in
any manner that complies with this covenant and such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or
preferred stock shall be treated as having been incurred pursuant to only one of such clauses of
this Section 1011(b) or pursuant to Section 1011(a) hereof. Additionally, all or any portion of
any item of Indebtedness may later be reclassified as having been incurred pursuant to any category
of permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (1) through (25) above or pursuant to the first
paragraph of this covenant so long as such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred pursuant to
such provision at the time of reclassification. Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted
value and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or
preferred stock shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or
preferred stock for purposes of this Section 1011.

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

          The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred
in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the
currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is
denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.

          (e) The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to directly or
indirectly, incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) that is subordinated or junior
in right of payment to any Indebtedness of the Issuers or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case
may be, unless such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such
Subsidiary Guarantor’s guarantee to the extent and in the same manner in all material respects and
taken as a whole as such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to other Indebtedness of
the Issuers or such Subsidiary Guarantor as the case may be.

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          (f) (1) Unsecured Indebtedness shall not be treated as subordinated or junior to secured
Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured and (2) Senior Indebtedness shall not be treated as
subordinated or junior to any other Senior Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority
with respect to the same collateral or is secured by different collateral.

          SECTION 1012. Limitation on Liens.

          The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, create,
incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Lien that secures
obligations under any Indebtedness or any related Guarantees (the “Initial Lien”) of any kind upon
any of their property or assets, now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

     (1) in the case of Initial Liens on any Collateral owned by a Spectrum Entity, any
Initial Lien if such Initial Lien is of the type described under clauses (1), (2), (3), (4),
(7), (8), (9), (14), (16), (17), (18) (but only to the extent the original Lien being
refinanced is listed in this clause (1)), (19), (20), (21), (22), (24), (25), (26), (27),
(30) or (31) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” (Liens permitted by such clauses
“Permitted Spectrum Liens”); and

     (2) in the case of any other asset or property owned by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary (other than a Spectrum Entity), any Initial Lien if (i) in the case of any asset
that is not at the time Collateral the Notes are equally and ratably secured with (or on a
senior basis to, in the case such Initial Lien secures any Subordinated Indebtedness) the
obligations secured by such Initial Lien or (ii) such Initial Lien is expressly junior in
ranking on Collateral relative to the Notes and guarantees pursuant to an Intercreditor
Agreement or such Initial Lien is a Permitted Lien,

          Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes pursuant to clause (2) of the
preceding paragraph shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and
unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Initial Lien which
release and discharge in the case of any sale of any such asset or property shall not affect any
Lien that the Collateral Agent may have on the proceeds from such sale.

          SECTION 1013. Limitations on Transactions with Affiliates.

          (a) The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any payment
to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or
purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract,
agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of
the Issuers (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments or
consideration in excess of $10.0 million, unless:

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

     (2) the Issuers deliver to the Trustee (i) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or
series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in
excess of $25.0 million, a resolution adopted by the majority of the Board of Directors
approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying
that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (1) above; and (ii) with respect to any
Affiliate Transactions or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate
payments or consideration in excess of $75.0 million, a letter from an Independent Financial
Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary
from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (a) of the preceding
paragraph;

          (b) The foregoing provisions shall not apply to the following:

     (1) transactions between or among the Issuers and/or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries;

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     (2) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 1010 and the definition of “Permitted
Investments”;

     (3) the payment of reasonable fees and compensation paid to, and indemnities provided
on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Issuers, any of its
direct or indirect parents or any Restricted Subsidiary;

     (4) transactions in which the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be,
delivers to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such
transaction is fair to the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of
view or meets the requirements of Section 1013(a)(1);

     (5) payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to employees or consultants of the
Issuer, any of its direct or indirect parents or any Restricted Subsidiary which are
approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith;

     (6) any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date, or any amendment thereto (so long
as any such amendment is not disadvantageous to the Holders in any material respect) or
payments made thereunder or the performance thereof or any transaction contemplated thereby;

     (7) the existence of, or the performance by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiaries
of its obligations under the terms of, any equityholders agreement (including any
registration right agreement or purchase agreements related thereto) to which it is party as
of the Issue Date and any similar agreement that it may enter into thereafter; provided,
however, that the existence of, or the performance by the Issuers or any Restricted
Subsidiaries of its obligations under any future amendment to the equityholders’ agreement
or under any similar agreement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted
under this clause (7) to the extent that the terms of any such amendment or new agreement
are not otherwise disadvantageous to the Holders in any material respects;

     (8) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, or purchasers or sellers of goods
or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance
with the terms of this Indenture which are fair to the Issuers and the Restricted
Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors of the Issuers or
the senior management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably
have been obtained at such time in arm’s-length negotiations with an unaffiliated third
party;

     (9) any transaction with the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary or joint venture or
similar entity which would constitute an Affiliate Transaction solely because the Company or
a Restricted Subsidiary owns an equity interest in or otherwise controls such Restricted
Subsidiary, joint venture or similar entity;

     (10) any purchases by the Issuers’ Affiliates of Indebtedness of the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries the majority of which Indebtedness is offered to Persons who are
not Affiliates;

     (11) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) to
Affiliates of the Company and the granting of registration and other customary rights in
connection therewith or any contribution to capital of Parent, the Issuers or any Restricted
Subsidiary;

     (12) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash,
securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock
options and stock ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors of the Company; and

     (13) any transaction permitted by Article Eight and consummated at a time when the
common stock of the Company or Parent is listed on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ;
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     (14) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, in connection with any
Receivables Facility.

          SECTION 1014. Limitations on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries.

          The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual
encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:

     (a) (1) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Issuers or any Restricted
Subsidiary on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in,
or measured by, its profits or

     (2) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary;

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

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

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

     (1) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date;

     (2) this Indenture and the Notes and the Guarantees;

     (3) purchase money obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in
clause (c) above on the property so acquired;

     (4) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;

     (5) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by the Issuers or any
Restricted Subsidiary in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in
contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or
the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of
the Person, so acquired;

     (6) contracts for the sale of assets, including, without limitation, customary
restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement that has been entered
into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets
of such Subsidiary that impose restrictions on the assets to be sold;

     (7) secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Sections 1011
and 1012 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of assets securing such Indebtedness;

     (8) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under
contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

     (9) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of Foreign Subsidiaries
permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 1011 that impose
restrictions solely on the Foreign Subsidiaries party thereto or their Subsidiaries;

     (10) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements
relating solely to such joint venture;

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     (11) customary provisions contained in leases, licenses and other agreements entered
into in the ordinary course of business;

     (12) any agreement or instrument (A) relating to any Indebtedness or preferred stock of
a Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be Incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to
the Section 1011 if the encumbrances and restrictions are not materially more
disadvantageous to the Holders than is customary in comparable financings (as determined in
good faith by the Company) and (B) either (x) the Company determines that such encumbrance
or restriction shall not adversely affect the Issuers’ ability to make principal and
interest payments on the Notes as and when they come due or (y) such encumbrances and
restrictions apply only during the continuance of a default in respect of a payment or
financial maintenance covenant relating to such Indebtedness;

     (13) restrictions created in connection with any Receivables Facility that, in the good
faith determination of the Board of Directors of the Issuers, are necessary or advisable to
effect such Receivables Facility; and

     (14) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in Section 1014 (a), (b)
and (c) imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases,
supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or
obligations referred to in Sections 1014(c)(1) through (13) above; provided that such
amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings,
replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Issuers’ Board of
Directors, not materially more restrictive taken as a whole with respect to such encumbrance
and other restrictions than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement,
renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

          SECTION 1015. Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries.

          (a) The Issuers shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor
or a special-purpose Restricted Subsidiary formed in connection with Receivables Facilities, to
guarantee the payment of any Indebtedness of the Issuers or any other Subsidiary Guarantor unless:

     (A) such Restricted Subsidiary executes and delivers within 10 business days
supplemental indentures in the form of Exhibit D hereto providing for a guarantee of
payment of the Notes by such Restricted Subsidiary, except if such Indebtedness is by its
express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s
Guarantee of the Notes, any such guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary with respect to
such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Restricted Subsidiary’s
Guarantee with respect to the Notes substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes;

     (B) such Restricted Subsidiary waives and shall not in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of subrogation in relation to the Holders in
respect of any payment by such Restricted Subsidiary under its guarantee until payment in
full of the Obligations under this Indenture; and

     (C) such Restricted Subsidiary shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that:

     (1) such Guarantee of the Notes has been duly executed and authorized, and

     (2) such Guarantee of the Notes constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable
obligation of such Restricted Subsidiary, except insofar as enforcement thereof may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws (including, without limitation,
all laws relating to fraudulent transfers) and except insofar as enforcement thereof
is subject to general principles of equity;

provided that this Section 1015(a) shall not be applicable to any guarantee of any Restricted
Subsidiary:

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     (x) that existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary and was not
incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted
Subsidiary; or

     (y) of Senior Indebtedness and any refunding, refinancing or replacement thereof in
each case to the extent it is not incurred pursuant to a syndicated loan, registered
offering of securities under the Securities Act or a private placement of securities
(including under Rule 144A) pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act.

          (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing and the other provisions of this Indenture, any Guarantee by
a Restricted Subsidiary of the Notes shall provide by its terms that it shall be automatically and
unconditionally released and discharged upon:

     (A) any sale, exchange or transfer (by merger or otherwise) of Capital Stock following
which the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary) or all or
substantially all the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor, which sale, exchange or transfer
is made in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture,

     (B) the release or discharge of the guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary which
resulted in the creation of such Guarantee, except a discharge or release by or as a result
of payment under such guarantee,

     (C) if such Subsidiary Guarantor is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or
otherwise ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture, upon effectiveness of such designation or when it first ceases
to be a Restricted Subsidiary, respectively; or

     (D) if the Issuers exercise their legal defeasance option or their covenant defeasance
option as described under Article Thirteen hereof or if their obligations under this
Indenture are discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

          SECTION 1016. Limitation on Activities of Finance Co and Spectrum Entities.

          (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Spectrum Entity that is a Domestic
Subsidiary shall conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any business or operations other than (i)
its ownership or lease of Spectrum Assets or assets incidental and required with respect thereto or
its ownership of Capital Stock of its Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures holding Spectrum Assets, (ii)
the issuance of and performance of its obligations in respect of its Capital Stock, (iii) the
payment of dividends permitted hereunder and taxes, (iv) performance of its obligations under this
Indenture, Security Documents and the other agreements contemplated thereby, (v) action required by
law to maintain its existence and (vi) activities incidental to its maintenance and continuance and
to any of the foregoing activities.

          (b) Finance Co may not hold any material assets, become liable for any material obligations,
engage in any trade or business, or conduct any business activity, other than (1) the issuance of
its Equity Interests to the Company, (2) the incurrence of Indebtedness as a co-obligor or
guarantor, as the case may be, of the Notes and any other Indebtedness that is permitted to be
incurred by the Issuers under Section 1011; provided, however, that the net proceeds of such
Indebtedness are not retained by the Finance Co, and (3) activities incidental thereto. Neither
the Issuers nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall engage in any transactions with the Finance Co in
violation of the immediately preceding sentence.

          SECTION 1017. Change of Control.

          (a) If a Change of Control occurs, the Issuers shall make an offer to purchase all of the
Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a price in cash (the
“Change of Control Payment”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued
and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders
of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment
Date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Issuers shall

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send notice of such Change of Control Offer by first class mail, with a copy to the Trustee,
to each Holder of Notes to the address of such Holder appearing in the Note Register with a copy to
the Trustee or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC, with the following information:

     (1) a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 1017 and that all
Notes properly tendered pursuant to such Change of Control Offer shall be accepted for
payment;

     (2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days
nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment
Date”);

     (3) any Note not properly tendered shall remain outstanding and continue to accrue
interest;

     (4) unless the Issuers default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all
Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue
interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;

     (5) Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer
shall be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect
Purchase” on the reverse of the Notes completed, to the Paying Agent specified in the notice
at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third business
day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;

     (6) Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election to
require the Issuers to purchase such Notes; provided that the Paying Agent receives, not
later than the close of business on the last day of the Change of Control Offer Period, a
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder of
the Notes, the principal amount of Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such
Holder is withdrawing his tendered Notes and his election to have such Notes purchased;

     (7) if such notice is mailed prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, stating
the Change of Control Offer is conditional on the occurrence of such Change of Control; and

     (8) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes
equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which
unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof.

          (b) While the Notes are in global form and the Issuers make an offer to purchase all of the
Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, a Holder may exercise its option to elect for the
purchase of the Notes through the facilities of DTC, subject to its rules and regulations.

          (c) The Issuers shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of
Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and
otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of
Control Offer made by the Issuers and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under
such Change of Control Offer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control
Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control.

          (d) The Issuers shall comply with the requirements of Section 14(e) under the Exchange Act and
any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer.
To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the
provisions of this Indenture, the Issuers shall comply with the applicable securities laws and
regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in this Indenture by
virtue thereof.

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          (e) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuers shall, to the extent permitted by law,

     (1) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the
Change of Control Offer,

     (2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate Change of Control
Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered, and

     (3) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes so
accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof
have been tendered to and purchased by the Issuers.

          (f) The Paying Agent shall promptly mail or deliver to each Holder of the Notes the Change of
Control Payment for such Notes, and upon Issuer Order the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and
mail to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes
surrendered, if any; provided that each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or
an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Issuers shall publicly announce the results
of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment
Date.

          SECTION 1018. Asset Sales.

          (a) The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, cause or make an
Asset Sale of any assets that do not constitute Spectrum Assets, unless:

     (1) the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives
consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (as
determined in good faith by the Company) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;

     (2) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Issuers or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash, Cash Equivalents or
Replacement Assets or a combination of the foregoing;

     (3) to the extent that any consideration received by the Issuers or a Restricted
Subsidiary in such Asset Sale constitutes securities or other assets that are of a type or
class that constitute Collateral, such securities or other assets, including the assets of
any Person that becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor as a result of such transaction, are
concurrently with their acquisition added to the Collateral securing the Notes in the manner
and to the extent required in this Indenture or any of the Security Documents; and

     (4) the Net Proceeds from any such Asset Sale of Collateral is paid directly by the
purchaser thereof to the Collateral Agent to be held in trust in an Asset Sale Proceeds
Account for application in accordance with this Section 1018.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of the above paragraph, the Issuers and the
Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be required to cause any Net Proceeds to be held in an Asset Sale
Proceeds Account in accordance with Section 1018(a)(4) except to the extent the aggregate Net
Proceeds from all Asset Sales of Collateral which are not held in an Asset Sale Proceeds Account,
or have not been previously applied in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs
relating to the application of Net Proceeds from Asset Sales of Collateral, exceed $25.0 million.

          Within 365 days after the Issuers’ or a Restricted Subsidiary’s receipt of the Net Proceeds of
any Asset Sale covered by this Section 1018(a), the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary, at its
option, may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale:

     (1) to make one or more offers to the Holders of the Notes (and, at the option of the
Issuers, the holders of Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations) to purchase Notes (and such Other
Pari Passu Lien Obligations)

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pursuant to and subject to the conditions contained in this Indenture (each,
an “Asset Sale Offer”); provided, however, that if the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary
shall so reduce any Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations, the Issuers shall make an offer to
all Holders of Notes to purchase at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, the pro rata
principal amount of the Notes, such offer to be conducted in accordance with the procedures
set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer but without any further limitation in amount;

     (2) to an investment in (a) any one or more businesses; provided that such investment
in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock such that it constitutes
a Restricted Subsidiary, (b) capital expenditures or (c) acquisitions of other assets, in
each of (a), (b) and (c), used or useful in a Similar Business;

     (3) to an investment in (a) any one or more businesses; provided that such investment
in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock such that it constitutes
a Restricted Subsidiary, (b) properties or (c) other assets that, in each of (a), (b) and
(c), replace the businesses, properties and assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale;
or

     (4) to the extent such Net Proceeds are not from Asset Sales of Collateral, to
permanently reduce Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor, other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuers, a Subsidiary Guarantor or another
Restricted Subsidiary.

          Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales in accordance with clauses
(1) through (4) above that are not required to be held in an Asset Sale Proceeds Account, the
Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries may temporarily reduce Indebtedness or otherwise apply
such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. Any binding commitment to apply
Net Proceeds to invest in accordance with clauses (2) or (3) above shall be treated as a permitted
application of Net Proceeds so long as the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into such
commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Proceeds shall be applied to satisfy such
commitment within 180 days of such commitment; provided that if such commitment is later canceled
or terminated for any reason such Net Proceeds shall constitute “Excess Proceeds” (as defined
below). Any Net Proceeds from the Asset Sales covered by this clause (a) that are not invested or
applied as provided and within the time period set forth in the first sentence of the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of
Excess Proceeds exceeds $50.0 million, the Issuers shall, make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders
of the Notes, and, at the Issuers’ option to the holders of any Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations,
to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations, that
are $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof that may be purchased out of the
Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer,
in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. The Issuers shall commence an Asset
Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within ten business days after the date that Excess
Proceeds exceeds $50.0 million by mailing the notice required pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and such
Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess
Proceeds, the Issuers may use any remaining Excess Proceeds (“Unutilized Excess Proceeds”) for any
purpose not prohibited by the terms of this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes
or the Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of
Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and the applicable agent or Issuers shall
select such Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the
accreted value or principal amount of the Notes or such Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations tendered.
Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at
zero. After the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary has applied the Net Proceeds from any Asset
Sale of any Collateral as provided in, and within the time periods required by, this paragraph (a),
any Unutilized Excess Proceeds shall be released by the Collateral Agent to the Issuers or such
Restricted Subsidiary for use by the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary for any purpose not
prohibited by the terms of this Indenture.

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          (b) The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly consummate an Asset Sale of Spectrum Assets unless:

     (1) the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives
consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (as
determined in good faith by the Company) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;

     (2) 100% of the consideration therefor received by the Issuers or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash, Cash Equivalents or Replacement
Assets or a combination of the foregoing; and

     (3) to the extent that any consideration received by the Issuers and the Restricted
Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale constitute Replacement Assets such Replacement Assets
including the assets of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor as a result of such
transaction, are concurrently with their acquisition added to the Collateral securing the
Notes in the manner and to the extent required in this Indenture or any of the Security
Documents.

          Within five Business Days after any Asset Sale of Spectrum Assets, the Company may designate
pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate all or a portion of the Net Proceeds therefrom for
reinvestment in the form of Replacement Assets (such Net Proceeds, “Specified Net Proceeds”).
Within 365 days after the Issuers’ or a Restricted Subsidiary’s receipt of Specified Net Proceeds,
the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary may apply such Specified Net Proceeds to purchase
Re-placement Assets; provided that during such 365 day period for reinvestments in Replacement
Assets such Specified Net Proceeds which are not used to purchase Replacement Assets shall be held
in the Asset Sale Proceeds Account and are only permitted to be withdrawn from such Asset Sale
Proceeds Account, within such 365 day reinvestment period, to pay the purchase price of any
Replacement Assets.

          Within 180 days after the Issuers’ or a Restricted Subsidiary’s receipt of Net Proceeds from
an Asset Sale of Spectrum Assets that are not designated Specified Net Proceeds (“Non-Specified Net
Proceeds”), the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply up to 25% of the
Non-Specified Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale of Spectrum Assets:

     (1) to make an investment in (a) any one or more businesses; provided that such
investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of such
business such that it constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary, (b) capital expenditures or (c)
acquisitions of other assets, in each of (a), (b) and (c), used or useful in a Similar
Business; provided, further, that, to the extent such investment is of the type which would
constitute Collateral under the Security Documents, such investment is concurrently added to
the Collateral securing the Notes in the manner and to the extent required in this Indenture
or any of the Security Documents; and/or

     (2) to make an investment in (a) any one or more businesses; provided that such
investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of such
business such that it constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary, (b) properties or (c) other
assets that, in each of (a), (b) and (c), replace the businesses, properties and assets that
are the subject of such Asset Sale; provided, further, that, to the extent such investment
is of the type which would constitute Collateral under the Security Documents, such
investment is concurrently added to the Collateral securing the Notes in the manner and to
the extent required in this Indenture or any of the Security Documents.

          The remainder of the Non-Specified Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale of Spectrum Assets covered
by this Section 1018(b) may be applied, at the option of the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary,
to purchase Replacement Assets within 180 days after the receipt by the Issuers or such Restricted
Subsidiary of the Non-Specified Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale of Spectrum Assets; provided that
during such 180 day period for reinvestments in Replacement Assets any such remaining portion of
the Non-Specified Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale of Spectrum Assets which are not used to purchase
Replacement Assets shall be held in the Asset Sale Proceeds Account and are only permitted to be
withdrawn from such Asset Sale Proceeds Account, within such 180 day reinvestment period, to pay
the purchase price of any Replacement Assets.

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          Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales of Spectrum Assets covered by this Section 1018(b) that are
not invested or applied as provided and within the time period set forth above shall be deemed to
constitute “Excess Spectrum Assets Proceeds.” The Issuers may use Net Proceeds from Asset Sales of
Spectrum Assets covered by this clause (b) at any time to, to and when the aggregate amount of
Excess Spectrum Assets Proceeds exceeds $50.0 million the Issuers shall, make an offer to all
Holders of the Notes, and, at the Issuers’ option, to the holders of any Other Pari Passu Lien
Obligations (a “Spectrum Assets Asset Sale Offer”), to purchase the maximum principal amount of
Notes and such Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations, that is $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000
in excess thereof that may be purchased out of the Excess Spectrum Assets Proceeds at an offer
price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Indenture. The Issuers shall commence a Spectrum Assets Asset Sale
Offer with respect to Excess Spectrum Assets Proceeds within ten business days after the date that
Excess Spectrum Assets Proceeds exceeds $50.0 million by mailing the notice required pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee. To the extent that the aggregate amount
of Notes and such Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations tendered pursuant to a Spectrum Assets Asset
Sale Offer is less than the Excess Spectrum Assets Proceeds, the Issuers may use any remaining
Excess Spectrum Assets Proceeds (which shall also constitute “Unutilized Spectrum Assets Excess
Proceeds”) for any purpose not prohibited by the terms of this Indenture. If the aggregate
principal amount of Notes or the Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations surrendered by such holders
thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Spectrum Assets Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes
and the applicable agent or Issuers shall select such Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations to be
purchased on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Notes or such
Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations tendered. Upon completion of any such Spectrum Assets Asset Sale
Offer, the amount of Excess Spectrum Assets Proceeds shall be reset at zero. After the Issuers or
any Restricted Subsidiary has applied the Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale of Spectrum Assets as
provided in, and within the time periods required by, this paragraph (b), any Unutilized Spectrum
Assets Excess Proceeds shall be released by the Collateral Agent to the Issuers or such Restricted
Subsidiary for use by the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary for any purpose not prohibited by
this Indenture.

          (c) For purposes of Section 1018(a) and (b), (i) any liabilities (other than Other Pari Passu
Lien Obligations and Indebtedness the repayment of which would constitute a Restricted Payment) (as
shown on the Issuers’, or such Restricted Subsidiary’s, most recent balance sheet or in the Notes
thereto) of the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary that are assumed by the transferee of any such
assets and for which the Issuers and all Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released by all
creditors in writing; and (ii) any securities or other obligations received by the Issuers, a
Subsidiary Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the
Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or
Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale shall be deemed
to be cash or Cash Equivalents.

          (d) In addition for purposes of Section 1018(a), any Designated Noncash Consideration received
by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market
value, taken together with all other Designated Noncash Consideration received pursuant to this
clause (c) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed $200.0 million, with the fair market
value of each item of Designated Noncash Consideration being measured at the time received and
without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, shall be deemed to be cash or Cash
Equivalents.

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

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          SECTION 1019. [INTENTIONALY DELETED].

          SECTION 1020. Further Assurances and After-Acquired Property.

          (a) To the extent required under this Indenture or any of the Security Documents, the Issuers
and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute any and all further documents, financing statements,
agreements and instruments, and take all further action that may be required under applicable law,
or that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in order to grant, preserve, protect and
perfect the validity and priority of the security interests and Liens created or intended to be
created by the Security Documents in the Collateral. In addition, to the extent required under
this Indenture or any of the Security Documents, from time to time, the Issuers shall promptly
secure the obligations under this Indenture, Security Documents and Intercreditor Agreement by
pledging or creating, or causing to be pledged or created, perfected security interests and Liens
with respect to the Collateral perfected to the extent required by the Security Documents. Such
security interests and Liens shall be created under the Security Documents and other security
agreements and other instruments and documents in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, and the Issuers shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Trustee all such instruments and
documents (including certificates, legal opinions, title insurance policies and lien searches) as
the Trustee shall reasonably request to evidence compliance with this covenant. The Issuers agree
to provide such evidence as the Trustee shall reasonably request as to the perfection (to the
extent required by the Security Documents) and priority status of each such security interest and
Lien.

          (b) In furtherance of the foregoing, promptly following the acquisition by the Issuers or any
Subsidiary Guarantor of any After-Acquired Property, to the extent such After-Acquired Property is
of the type which would constitute Collateral under the Security Documents, the Issuers or
such Subsidiary Guarantor shall execute and deliver such deeds of trust, security instruments,
financing statements and certificates and opinions of counsel as shall be reasonably necessary to
cause such After-Acquired Property to be made subject to the Lien under the Security Documents in
the manner and to the extent required by this Indenture or any of the Security Documents and shall
take all necessary action so that such Lien is perfected to the extent required by the Security
Documents to vest in the Collateral Agent a perfected security interest in such
After-Acquired Property and to have such After-Acquired Property added to the Collateral and
thereupon all provisions of this Indenture and the Security Documents relating to the Collateral
shall be deemed to relate to such After-Acquired Property to the same extent and with the same
force and effect.

          SECTION 1021. Information Regarding Collateral.

          (a) The Issuers shall furnish to the Collateral Agent, with respect to the Issuers or any
Subsidiary Guarantor, promptly (and in any event within 30 days of such change) written notice of
any change in such Person’s (i) name, (ii) jurisdiction of organization or formation,
(iii) identity or corporate structure or (iv) Organizational Identification Number. The Issuers
and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall agree not to effect or permit any change referred to in the
preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise
that are required in the Security Documents in order for the Collateral to be made subject to the
Lien of the Collateral Agent under the Security Documents in the manner and to the extent required
by the Indenture or any of the Security Documents and shall take all necessary action so that such
Lien is perfected with the same priority as immediately prior to such change to the extent required
by the Security Documents. The Issuers also agree promptly to notify the Collateral Agent if any
material portion of the Collateral is damaged, destroyed or condemned.

          (b) Each year, within 120 days after the end of the preceding fiscal year, the Issuers shall
deliver to the Trustee a certificate of a financial officer setting forth the information required
pursuant to the schedules required by the Security Documents or confirming that there has been no
change in such information since the date of the prior annual financial statements.

          SECTION 1022. Impairment of Security Interest.

          Subject to the rights of the holders of Permitted Liens, the Company shall not, and shall not
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, take or knowingly or negligently omit to take, any
action which action or omission

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would reasonably be expected to have the result of materially
impairing the security interest with respect to the Collateral for the benefit of Secured Parties,
subject to limited exceptions. The Company shall not amend, modify or supplement, or permit or
consent to any amendment, modification or supplement of, the Security Documents in any way that
would be adverse to the Holders of the Notes in any material respect, except as permitted by
Article Nine or Fourteen, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement.

          SECTION 1023. Limitation on Lines of Business.

          The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any
business other than a Similar Business.

          SECTION 1024. Future Subsidiary Guarantors.

          The Issuers shall cause each Spectrum Entity that is a wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary that
is formed or acquired following the Issue Date to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental
indenture pursuant to which such domestic wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary will unconditionally
Guarantee, on a joint and several basis, the full and prompt payment of the principal of, premium,
if any, and interest in respect of the Notes on a senior secured basis and all other obligations
under this Indenture.

          Each Restricted Subsidiary that becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor on or after the Issue Date
shall also become a party to the applicable Security Documents and shall as promptly as practicable
execute and deliver such security instruments, financing statements and certificates and opinions
of counsel (to the extent, and substantially in the form, delivered on the Issue Date (but no
greater scope)) as may be necessary to vest in the Collateral Agent a first-priority security
interest (subject to Permitted Liens or Permitted Spectrum Liens in the case of Spectrum Assets) in
the manner and to the extent set forth in the Security Documents and this Indenture in properties
and assets of the type constituting Collateral as security for the Notes or the Guarantees, and
thereupon all provisions of this Indenture relating to the Collateral shall be deemed to relate to
such properties and assets to the same extent and with the same force and effect.

          SECTION 1025. Suspension of Certain Covenants.

            (a) During any period of time that: (i) the Notes have Investment Grade Ratings from both
Rating Agencies and (ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture (the
occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being collectively
referred to as a “Covenant Suspension Event”), the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall
not be subject to 1010, 1011, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1024 hereof, and clause (4) of Section 801
hereof (the “Suspended Covenants”).

            (b) In the event that the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the
Suspended Covenants under this Indenture for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and
on any subsequent date (the “Reversion Date”) one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraw
their Investment Grade Rating or downgrade the rating assigned to the Notes below an Investment
Grade Rating then the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall thereafter again be subject
to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture. The period of time between the Covenant
Suspension Event and the Reversion Date is referred to herein as the “Suspension Period”.

            (c) On each Reversion Date, all Indebtedness incurred, or Disqualified Stock or preferred
stock issued, during the Suspension Period will be classified as having been incurred or issued
pursuant to Section 1011(a) or one of the clauses set forth in Section 1011(b) (to the extent such
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or preferred stock would be permitted to be incurred or issued
thereunder as of the Reversion Date and after giving effect to Indebtedness incurred or issued
prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date). To the extent such
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or preferred stock would not be so permitted to be incurred or
issued pursuant to the Section 1011(a) or Section 1011(b), such Indebtedness or Disqualified
Stock or preferred stock will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is
classified as permitted under Section 1011(b)(2). Calculations made after the Reversion Date of
the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 1010 will be made as though
Section 1010 had been in effect since the Issue

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Date and throughout the Suspension Period.
Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period will reduce the amount
available to be made as Restricted Payments under the Section 1010(b). As described above,
however, no Default or Event of Default will be deemed to have occurred as a result of the
Reversion Date occurring on the basis of any actions taken or the continuance of any
circumstances resulting from actions taken or the performance of obligations under agreements
entered into by the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries during the Suspension Period
(other than agreements to take actions after the Reversion Date that would not be permitted
outside of the Suspension Period entered into in contemplation of the Reversion Date). For
purposes of Section 1018, on the Reversion Date, the unutilized Excess Proceeds and the Excess
Spectrum Asset Proceeds amounts will be reset to zero.

            (d) During the Suspension Period no Restricted Subsidiary may be designated as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.

            (e) The Issuers shall deliver promptly to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate notifying it
of any Covenant Suspension Event or Reversion Date, under this Section 1025.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

REDEMPTION OF NOTES

          SECTION 1101. Right of Redemption.

          (a) Except as set forth below, the Notes are not redeemable at the Issuers’ option until
December 1, 2012. From and after December 1, 2012, the Issuers may redeem the Notes, in whole or
in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice by first class mail, postage
prepaid, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder of Notes to the address of such Holder
appearing in the Note Register at the Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of principal
amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to but excluding the
applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date
to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month
period beginning on December 1 of each of the years indicated below:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Year	 	Percentage
	2012
	 	 	106.000	%
	2013
	 	 	103.000	%
	2014 and thereafter
	 	 	100.000	%

          (b) In addition to the optional redemption of the Notes in accordance with the provisions of
the preceding paragraph, at any time, prior to December 1, 2012 the Issuers may, at their option,
redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture at a
redemption price equal to 112.000% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon, if any, to but excluding the Redemption Date, subject to the right of
Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest
Payment Date, with the net proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings of the Company or any direct or
indirect parent of the Company to the extent such net proceeds are contributed to the Company;
provided that at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under this
Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption; provided further that each such
redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of closing of each such Equity Offering.

          (c) At any time prior to the final maturity date of the Notes, the Issuers may also redeem all
or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by
first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the
principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to but excluding the Redemption Date, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes
on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

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          (d) The Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased in accordance with Section 1104.

          (e) Notice of redemption upon any Equity Offering or in connection with a transaction (or
series of related transactions) that constitute a Change of Control may, at the Issuers’ option and
discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to,
completion of an Equity Offering or Change of Control, as the case may be.

          SECTION 1102. Applicability of Article.

          Redemption of Notes at the election of the Issuers or otherwise, as permitted or required by
any provision of this Indenture, shall be made in accordance with such provision and this Article.

          SECTION 1103. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

          The election of the Issuers to redeem any Notes pursuant to Section 1101 above shall be
evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Issuers, the
Issuers shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Issuers (unless a shorter
notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the
principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and shall deliver to the Trustee such documentation and
records as shall enable the Trustee to select the Notes to be redeemed pursuant to Section 1104.

          SECTION 1104. Selection by Trustee of Notes to Be Redeemed.

          If less than all of the Notes or such Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations are to be redeemed at
any time, selection of such Notes for redemption, shall be made by the Trustee in compliance with
the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which such Notes are
listed, or, if such Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis or by lot or such similar method
in accordance with the procedures of DTC; provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less shall be
purchased or redeemed in part.

          Notices of purchase or redemption shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, at
least 30 but not more than 60 days before the purchase or redemption date to each Holder of Notes
to be purchased or redeemed at such Holder’s registered address. If any Note is to be purchased or
redeemed in part only, any notice of purchase or redemption that relates to such Note shall state
the portion of the principal amount thereof that has been or is to be purchased or redeemed.

          A new Note in principal amount equal to the unpurchased or unredeemed portion of any Note
purchased or redeemed in part shall be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation
of the original Note. On and after the purchase or redemption date, unless the Issuers default in
payment of the purchase or redemption price, interest shall cease to accrue on Notes or portions
thereof purchased or called for redemption.

          SECTION 1105. Notice of Redemption.

          Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided for in Section 106 not less than 30
nor more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder to be redeemed. Except as set
forth in Section 1101(e), notices of redemption may not be conditional.

          All notices of redemption shall state:

     (1) the Redemption Date,

     (2) the Redemption Price and the amount of accrued interest to the Redemption Date
payable as provided in Section 1107, if any,

     (3) if less than all Outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in
the case of a partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Notes to be
redeemed,

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     (4) in case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to such
Note shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, the
holder will receive, without charge, a new Note or Notes of authorized denominations for the
principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed,

     (5) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price (and accrued interest, if any, to
the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1107) will become due and payable upon
each such Note, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed, and that interest thereon will cease
to accrue on and after said date,

     (6) the place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any,

     (7) the name and address of the Paying Agent,

     (8) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect
the Redemption Price,

     (9) the CUSIP number, and that no representation is made as to the accuracy or
correctness of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes,

     (10) the paragraph of the Notes pursuant to which the Notes are to be redeemed; and

     (11) any condition to such redemption.

          Notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed at the election of the Issuers shall be given by
the Issuers or, at the Issuers’ request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the
Issuers.

          SECTION 1106. Deposit of Redemption Price.

          Prior to any Redemption Date, the Issuers shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying
Agent (or, if the Issuers are acting as their own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and accrued
interest, if any, on, all the Notes which are to be redeemed on that date.

          SECTION 1107. Notes Payable on Redemption Date.

          Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Notes so to be redeemed shall, on the
Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified (together with
accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date)(except as provided in Section 1101(e)), and from
and after such date (unless the Issuers shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest) such Notes shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Note for
redemption in accordance with said notice, such Note shall be paid by the Issuers at the Redemption
Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that
installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be
payable to the Holders of such Notes, or one or more Predecessor Notes, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of
Section 307.

          If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption,
the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at
the rate borne by the Notes.

          SECTION 1108. Notes Redeemed in Part.

          Any Note which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the provisions of this Article)
shall be surrendered at the office or agency of the Issuers maintained for such purpose pursuant to
Section 1002 (with, if the Issuers or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the

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Issuers and the Trustee duly executed by, the
Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Issuers shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Note without service
charge, a new Note or Notes, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of
the Note so surrendered.

ARTICLE TWELVE

GUARANTEES

          SECTION 1201. Guarantees.

          Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably
guarantees the Notes and obligations of the Issuers hereunder and thereunder, and guarantees to
each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and to the Trustee on behalf of
such Holder, that: (a) the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes will be
paid in full when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise (including, without
limitation, the amount that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under
Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Law), together with interest on the overdue principal, if any, and
interest on any overdue interest, to the extent lawful, and all other obligations of the Issuers to
the Holders, Collateral Agent or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be paid in full or
performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of
time of payment or renewal of any Notes or of any such other obligations, the same shall be paid in
full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at
Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, subject, however, in the case of clauses (a) and (b)
above, to the limitation set forth in Section 1205 hereof.

          Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional,
irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the
absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder with respect to any
provisions hereof or thereof, any release of any other Subsidiary Guarantor, the recovery of any
judgment against the Issuers, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Subsidiary Guarantor.

          Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) the benefits of
diligence, presentment, demand for payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of
insolvency or bankruptcy of the Issuers, any right to require a proceeding first against the
Issuers or any other Person, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that the
Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall not be discharged as to any Note except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in such Note, this Indenture and such Guarantee. Each
Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges that the Guarantee is a guarantee of payment and not of
collection. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agrees that, in the event of a default in
payment of principal (or premium, if any) or interest on such Note, whether at its Stated Maturity,
by acceleration, purchase or otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on
behalf of, or by, the Holder of such Note, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Indenture, directly against each of the Subsidiary Guarantors to enforce such Subsidiary
Guarantor’s Guarantee without first proceeding against the Issuers or any other Subsidiary
Guarantor. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that if, after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee or any of the Holders are prevented by applicable
law from exercising their respective rights to accelerate the Maturity of the Notes, to collect
interest on the Notes, or to enforce or exercise any other right or remedy with respect to the
Notes, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall pay to the Trustee for the account of the Holder, upon
demand therefor, the
amount that would otherwise have been due and payable had such rights and remedies been
permitted to be exercised by the Trustee or any of the Holders.

          If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Issuers or
any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in
relation to either the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor, any amount paid by any of them to the
Trustee or such Holder, the Guarantee of each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, to the extent
theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. Each Subsidiary Guarantor
further agrees that, as between each Subsidiary Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the
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guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Five hereof for the purposes of the
Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition
preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event
of any acceleration of such obligation as provided in Article Five hereof, such obligations
(whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by each Subsidiary
Guarantor for the purpose of the Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor.

          Each Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any
petition be filed by or against the Issuers for liquidation, reorganization, should the Issuers
become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee
be appointed for all or any significant part of the Issuers’ assets, and shall, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time payment and performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in
amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Notes, whether as a
“voidable preference”, “fraudulent transfer” or otherwise, all as though such payment or
performance had not been made. In the event that any payment or any part thereof, is rescinded,
reduced, restored or returned, the Notes shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be
reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or
returned.

          SECTION 1202. Severability.

          In case any provision of any Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby.

          SECTION 1203. Restricted Subsidiaries.

          (a) The Issuers shall cause any Restricted Subsidiary required to guarantee payment of
the Notes pursuant to the terms and provisions of Section 1015 to (i) execute and deliver to
the Trustee any amendment or supplement to this Indenture in accordance with the provisions
of Article Nine of this Indenture pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary shall
guarantee all of the obligations on the Notes, whether for principal, premium, if any,
interest (including interest accruing after the filing of, or which would have accrued but
for the filing of, a petition by or against the Issuers under Bankruptcy Law, whether or not
such interest is allowed as a claim after such filing in any proceeding under such law) and
other amounts due in connection therewith (including any fees, expenses and indemnities), on
a senior secured basis, (ii) deliver to such Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such Trustee to the effect that such amendment or supplement has been duly
executed and delivered by such Restricted Subsidiary and is in compliance with the terms of
this Indenture and (iii) execute and deliver a supplement or such comparable documentation to
become a Grantor to the Security Agreement and the other Security Documents and to take all
actions to cause the Lien created by the Security Documents to be duly perfected to the
extent required by such agreement. Upon the execution of any such amendment or supplement,
the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors and any such Restricted Subsidiary under their
respective Guarantees shall become joint and several and each reference to the “Subsidiary
Guarantor” in this Indenture shall, subject to Section 1208, be deemed to refer to all
Subsidiary Guarantors, including such Restricted Subsidiary. Such Guarantee shall be
released in accordance with Section 803 and Section 1015(b).

          SECTION 1204. Ranking of Guarantee.

          The Guarantee issued by any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be a senior obligation of such
Subsidiary Guarantor and will be secured by a first-priority lien on the Collateral owned by such
Subsidiary Guarantor. The Guarantees shall: (a) rank equally in right of payment with all existing
and future Senior Indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantor, (b) be senior in right of payment to
all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of each Subsidiary Guarantor, and (c) be
structurally subordinated to Indebtedness and other liabilities of Subsidiaries of such Subsidiary
Guarantor that do not Guarantee the Notes.

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          SECTION 1205. Limitation of Subsidiary Guarantors’ Liability.

          Each Subsidiary Guarantor and by its acceptance hereof each Holder confirms that it is the
intention of all such parties that the guarantee by each such Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to its
Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of the Bankruptcy Law,
the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal
or state law or the provisions of its local law relating to fraudulent transfer or conveyance. To
effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and each such Subsidiary Guarantor hereby
irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Guarantee shall be
limited to the maximum amount that will not, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed
liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from or
payments made by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of
such other Subsidiary Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to this Section 1205, result in the
obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Guarantee constituting such fraudulent transfer
or conveyance.

          SECTION 1206. Contribution.

          In order to provide for just and equitable contribution among the Subsidiary Guarantors, the
Subsidiary Guarantors agree, inter se, that in the event any payment or distribution is made by any
Subsidiary Guarantor (a “Funding Subsidiary Guarantor”) under a Guarantee, such Funding Subsidiary
Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from all other Subsidiary Guarantors in a pro rata
amount based on the Adjusted Net Assets (as defined below) of each Subsidiary Guarantor (including
the Funding Subsidiary Guarantor) for all payments, damages and expenses incurred by that Funding
Subsidiary Guarantor in discharging the Issuers’ obligations with respect to the Notes or any other
Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations with respect to the Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Adjusted Net Assets” of such Subsidiary Guarantor at any date shall mean the lesser of (x) the
amount by which the fair value of the property of such Subsidiary Guarantor exceeds the total
amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities (after giving effect
to all other fixed and contingent liabilities incurred or assumed on such date), but excluding
liabilities under the Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor at such date and (y) the amount by
which the present fair salable value of the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor at such date
exceeds the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor
on its debts (after giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities incurred or assumed
on such date), excluding debt in respect of the Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor, as they
become absolute and matured.

          SECTION 1207. Subrogation.

          Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders against the Issuers in
respect of any amounts paid by any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of Section 1201;
provided, however, that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Subsidiary
Guarantor shall be entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such
right of subrogation until all amounts then due and payable by the Issuers under this Indenture or
the Notes shall have been paid in full.

          SECTION 1208. Reinstatement.

          Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees (and each Person who becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor
shall agree) that the Guarantee provided for in Section 1201 shall continue to be effective or be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time, payment, or any part thereof, of any obligations or
interest thereon is rescinded or must
otherwise be restored by a Holder to the Issuers upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of the
Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor.

          SECTION 1209. Release of a Subsidiary Guarantor.

          Concurrently with the discharge of the Notes under Section 401, the Legal Defeasance of the
Notes under Section 1302 hereof, or the Covenant Defeasance of the Notes under Section 1303 hereof,
the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be released from all their obligations under their Guarantees under
this Article Twelve. Any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released from all its obligations under its
Guarantee in accordance with Section 803 and Section 1015(b).

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          SECTION 1210. Benefits Acknowledged.

          Each Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from
the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and from its guarantee and waivers
pursuant to its Guarantees under this Article Twelve.

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

          SECTION 1301. Issuers’ Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

          The Issuers may, at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to the Notes,
elect to have either Section 1302 or Section 1303 be applied to all Outstanding Notes upon
compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Thirteen.

          SECTION 1302. Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

          Upon the Issuers’ exercise under Section 1301 of the option applicable to this Section 1302,
each of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be deemed to have been discharged from its
respective obligations with respect to all Outstanding Notes on the date the conditions set forth
in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Legal
Defeasance means that each of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be deemed to have
paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Notes, which shall
thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 1305 and the other
Sections of this Indenture referred to in (A) and (B) below, and to have satisfied all its other
obligations under such Notes and this Indenture insofar as such Notes are concerned (and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Issuers, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same),
except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:
(A) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of
(and premium, if any, on) and interest on such Notes when such payments are due, solely out of the
trust described in Section 1304, (B) the Issuers’ obligations with respect to such Notes under
Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, indemnities and
immunities of the Trustee and Collateral Agent hereunder, and the obligations of each of the
Issuers’ and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith and (D) this Article
Thirteen. Subject to compliance with this Article Thirteen, the Issuers may exercise their option
under this Section 1302 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 1303 with
respect to the Notes.

          SECTION 1303. Covenant Defeasance.

          Upon the Issuers’ exercise under Section 1301 of the option applicable to this Section 1303,
each of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be released from its respective obligations
under any covenant contained in Sections 801, 802 and in Sections 1005, 1006, 1007, 1009 through
1022 with respect to the Outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth below are
satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not to be
“Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders
(and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue
to be deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such Covenant
Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Notes, the Issuers or any Subsidiary
Guarantor, as applicable, may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any
term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by
reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any
such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply
shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Sections 501(3), 501(4), 501(5) and
501(7) and, with respect to only any Significant Subsidiary and not the Issuers, Section 501(6),
but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected
thereby.

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          SECTION 1304. Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

          The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section 1302 or Section 1303 to
the Outstanding Notes:

     (1) The Issuers shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 608 who shall agree to
comply with the provisions of this Article Thirteen applicable to it) as trust funds in
trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security
for, and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of such Notes; (A) cash in U.S.
dollars, or (B) non-callable Government Securities, or (C) a combination thereof, in such
amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to
pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee)
to pay and discharge, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding
Notes on the Stated Maturity (or Redemption Date, if applicable) of such principal (and
premium, if any or, interest due on the Notes; provided that the Trustee shall have been
irrevocably instructed to apply such cash or the proceeds of such Government Securities to
said payments with respect to the Notes. Before such a deposit, the Issuers may give to the
Trustee, in accordance with Section 1103 hereof, a notice of their election to redeem all of
the Outstanding Notes at a future date in accordance with Article Eleven hereof, which
notice shall be irrevocable. Such irrevocable redemption notice, if given, shall be given
effect in applying the foregoing;

     (2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming
that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions,

     (A) the Issuers have received from, or there has been published by, the United
States Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or

     (B) since the issuance of the Notes, there has been a change in the applicable
U.S. Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon
such Opinion of Counsel in the United States shall confirm that, subject to
customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Outstanding Notes will not
recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of
such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if
such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

     (3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming
that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Outstanding Notes
will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of
such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amounts,
in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant
Defeasance had not occurred;

     (4) no Default or Event of Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to
be applied to make such deposit and the granting of Liens in connection therewith) shall
have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;

     (5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be
applied to make such deposit) under any other material agreement or instrument (other than
this Indenture) to which, the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor is a party or by which the
Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor is bound;

     (6) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that, as of the date of such opinion and subject to customary assumptions and exclusions
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trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally
under any applicable U.S. Federal or state law;

     (7) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating
that the deposit was not made by the Issuers with the intent of defeating, hindering,
delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor or others;
and

     (8) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel in the United States (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to
customary assumptions and exclusions) each stating that all conditions precedent provided
for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have
been complied with.

          SECTION 1305. Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions.

          Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all cash and Government
Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying
trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 1305, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 1304 in
respect of the Outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance
with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through
any Paying Agent (including the Issuers acting as their own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, but such money or Government Securities need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

          The Issuers shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed
on or assessed against the Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the
principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge
which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Outstanding Notes.

          Anything in this Article Thirteen to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver
or pay to the Issuers from time to time upon Issuer Request any money or Government Securities held
by it as provided in Section 1304 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect
an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this
Article.

          SECTION 1306. Reinstatement.

          If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in
accordance with Section 1305 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental
authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuers’ and
each Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Outstanding Notes shall be
revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303, as the
case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or
Government Securities in accordance with Section 1305; provided, however, that if the Issuers makes
any payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Note following the
reinstatement of their obligations, the Issuers shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of
such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or
Paying Agent.

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ARTICLE FOURTEEN

SECURITY

          SECTION 1401. Collateral and Security Documents.

          (a) The due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes when and
as the same shall be due and payable, whether on an Interest Payment Date, at maturity, by
acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of
and interest on the Notes and performance of all other obligations of the Issuers and the
Subsidiary Guarantors to the Holders, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent under this
Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents and Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations,
according to the terms hereunder or thereunder, shall be secured as provided in the Security
Documents, which define the terms of the Liens that secure the obligations. The Trustee and
the Issuers hereby acknowledge and agree that the Collateral Agent holds the Collateral in
trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in each case pursuant to the terms of the
Security Documents. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, consents and agrees to the terms of
the Security Documents (including the provisions providing for the possession, use, release
and foreclosure of Collateral) as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to
time in accordance with their terms and this Indenture, and authorizes and directs the
Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents and to perform its obligations and
exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith; provided, however, that if any of the
provisions of the Security Documents limit, qualify or conflict with the duties imposed by
the provisions of the TIA, the TIA shall control. The Issuers shall deliver to the
Collateral Agent copies of all documents pursuant to the Security Documents, and will do or
cause to be done all such acts and things as may be reasonably required by the next sentence
of this Section 1401, to assure and confirm to the Collateral Agent the security interest in
the Collateral contemplated hereby, by the Security Documents or any part thereof, as from
time to time constituted, so as to render the same available for the security and benefit of
this Indenture and of the Notes secured hereby, according to the intent and purposes herein
expressed. The Issuers shall, and shall cause the Subsidiaries of the Issuers to, use its
commercially reasonable efforts to take any and all actions reasonably required to cause the
Security Documents to create and maintain, as security for the Obligations and Other Pari
Passu Lien Obligations, a valid and enforceable perfected (to the extent required by the
Security Documents) Lien and security interest in and on all of the Collateral, in favor of
the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. The Issuers shall, and shall
cause the Subsidiary Guarantors of the Issuers to, and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall, make
all filings (including filings of continuation statements and amendments to financing
statements that may be necessary to continue the effectiveness of such financing statements)
and take all other actions as are necessary or required by the Security Documents to maintain
(at the sole cost and expense of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors) the security
interest created by the Security Documents in the Collateral (other than with respect to any
Collateral the security interest in which is not required to be perfected under the Security
Documents) as a perfected security interest and subject only to Permitted Liens.

          SECTION 1402. Recordings and Opinions.

          (a) To the extent applicable, the Issuers will cause TIA § 313(b), relating to reports, to be
complied with. The Issuer shall not be required to comply with TIA § 314.

          (b) Any release of Collateral permitted by Section 1403 hereof will be deemed not to impair
the Liens under this Indenture, the Security Agreement and the other Security Documents in
contravention thereof.

          SECTION 1403. Release of Collateral.

          Subject to Sections 1402(b) and 1404 hereof, the Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes
will automatically and without the need for any further action by any Person be released:

     (1)  in whole or in part, as applicable, as to all or any portion of property subject
to such Liens which has been taken by eminent domain, condemnation or other similar
circumstances;

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     (2) in whole upon:

     (A) satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as set forth below under Article 4; or

     (B) a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance of this Indenture as described
above under Article 13;

(3)  in part, as to any property that (a) is sold, transferred or otherwise
disposed of by the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor (other than to the Issuers
or another Subsidiary Guarantor) in a transaction not prohibited by this Indenture
at the time of such sale, transfer or disposition or (b) is owned or at any time
acquired by a Subsidiary Guarantor that has been released from its Subsidiary
Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture, concurrently with the release of such
Subsidiary Guarantee in each case as certified by an Officer’s Certificate;

(4)  in part, as to any Collateral of a Restricted Subsidiary that is designated as
an Unrestricted Subsidiary in a transaction or other circumstance that complies
with the provisions of this Indenture and other relevant provisions of any other
Secured Debt Documents, at the time such Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary; and

(5)  in part, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Security
Documents.

          SECTION 1404. [INTENTIONALLY DELETED]

          SECTION 1405. Suits to Protect the Collateral.

          Subject to the provisions of Article Six hereof and the Security Documents, the Trustee in its
sole discretion and without the consent of the Holders, on behalf of the Holders, may, and upon
direction of a majority of Holders shall, direct the Collateral Agent to take all actions it deems
necessary or appropriate in order to:

          (a) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents; and

          (b) collect and receive any and all amounts payable in respect of the obligations
hereunder.

          Subject to the provisions of the Security Documents, the Trustee shall have power to institute
and to maintain such suits and proceedings as it may deem expedient to prevent any impairment of
the Collateral by any acts which may be unlawful or in violation of any of the Security Documents
or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may deem
expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders in the Collateral
(including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or
compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be
unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment,
rule or order would impair the Lien on the Collateral or be prejudicial to the interests of the
Holders or the Trustee). Nothing in this Section 1405 shall be considered to impose any such duty
or obligation to act on the part of the Trustee.

          SECTION 1406. Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security
Documents.

          Subject to the provisions of an Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee is authorized to receive
any funds for the benefit of the Holders distributed under the Security Documents, and to make
further distributions of such funds to the Holders according to the provisions of this Indenture.

          SECTION 1407. Purchase Protected.

          In no event shall any purchaser in good faith of any property purported to be released
hereunder be bound to ascertain the authority of the Collateral Agent or the Trustee to execute the
release or to inquire as to the

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satisfaction of any conditions required by the provisions hereof for the exercise of such
authority or to see to the application of any consideration given by such purchaser or other
transferee; nor shall any purchaser or other transferee of any property or rights permitted by this
Article Fourteen to be sold be under any obligation to ascertain or inquire into the authority of
the Issuers or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor to make any such sale or other transfer.

          SECTION 1408. Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee.

          In case the Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver or trustee, lawfully
appointed, the powers conferred in this Article Fourteen upon the Issuers or a Subsidiary Guarantor
with respect to the release, sale or other disposition of such property may be exercised by such
receiver or trustee, and an instrument signed by such receiver or trustee shall be deemed the
equivalent of any similar instrument of the Issuers or a Subsidiary Guarantor or of any officer or
officers thereof required by the provisions of this Article Fourteen; and if the Trustee shall be
in the possession of the Collateral under any provision of this Indenture, then such powers may be
exercised by the Trustee.

          SECTION 1409. Release upon Termination of the Issuers’ Obligations.

          In the event that the Issuers deliver to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to it, an Officers’ Certificate certifying that (i) payment in full of the principal of,
together with accrued and unpaid interest (including additional interest, if any) on, the Notes and
all other Obligations under this Indenture, the Guarantees and the Security Documents that are due
and payable at or prior to the time such principal, together with accrued and unpaid interest, are
paid or (ii) the Issuers shall have exercised their Legal Defeasance option or its Covenant
Defeasance option, in each case in compliance with the provisions of Article Thirteen, the Trustee
shall deliver to the Issuers and the Collateral Agent a notice stating that the Trustee, on behalf
of the Holders, disclaims and gives up any and all rights it has in or to the Collateral (other
than with respect to funds held by the Trustee pursuant to Article Thirteen), and any rights it has
under the Security Documents, and upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of such notice, the
Collateral Agent shall be deemed not to hold a Lien in the Collateral on behalf of the Trustee and
shall do or cause to be done all acts reasonably necessary to release such Lien as soon as is
reasonably practicable.

          SECTION 1410. Collateral Agent.

          (a) The Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and
appoints the Collateral Agent as its agent under this Indenture, the Security Agreement and the
Security Documents and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby
irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions
of this Indenture, the Security Agreement and the Security Documents and to exercise such powers
and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this
Indenture, the Security Agreement and the Security Documents, together with such powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto. The Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express
conditions contained in this Section 1410. The provisions of this Section 1410 are solely for the
benefit of the Collateral Agent and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders nor the Issuers or any
of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the
provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 1403. Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Agreement and the
Security Documents, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except
those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any
fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder or the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor, and
no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read
into this Indenture, the Security Agreement and the Security Documents or otherwise exist against
the Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the
term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote
any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any
applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to
create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Collateral Agent shall have and may
use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary
rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which the Collateral Agent is expressly
entitled to take or assert under this Indenture, the Security Agreement and the Security Documents,
including the exercise of remedies pursuant to Article Five, and any action so taken or not taken
shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders.

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          (b) The Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Indenture or the Security
Documents by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of
counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Collateral Agent shall not be
responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent, employee or attorney-in-fact that it
selects as long as such selection was made with due care.

          (c) None of the Collateral Agent or any of its agents or employees shall (i) be liable for any
action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or
the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or
under or in connection with the Security Agreement or any Security Document or the transactions
contemplated thereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) be
responsible in any manner to the Trustee or any Holder or any other Person for any recital,
statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Issuers or any Subsidiary
Guarantor, contained in this or any Indenture, or in any certificate, report, statement or other
document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Collateral Agent under or in connection
with, this or any other Indenture, the Security Agreement or the Security Documents, or the
validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this or any other Indenture,
the Security Agreement or the Security Documents, or for any failure of the Issuers or any
Subsidiary Guarantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Agreement or the Security
Documents to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Collateral Agent or any
of its agents or employees shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder or any other
Person to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements
contained in, or conditions of, this or any other Indenture, the Security Agreement or the Security
Documents or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Issuers or any Subsidiary
Guarantor.

          (d) The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying,
upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile,
telex or telephone message, statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be
genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon
advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Issuers or
any Subsidiary Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the
Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any
action under this Indenture or any other indenture or the Security Documents unless it shall first
receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests,
it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders or the Applicable Authorized
Representative against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of
taking or continuing to take any such action. The Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully
protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Indenture or any other indenture or
the Security Documents in accordance with a request or consent of the Trustee or the Applicable
Authorized Representative and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto
shall be binding upon all of the Holders or any other Person.

          (e) The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of
any Default or Event of Default, unless the Collateral Agent shall have received written notice
from the Trustee or the Issuers referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of
Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Collateral Agent shall take
such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in
accordance with Article Five (subject to Section 1410); provided, however, that unless and until
the Collateral Agent has received any such request, the Collateral Agent may (but shall not be
obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or
Event of Default as it shall deem advisable.

          (f) Wilmington Trust FSB and its Affiliates (and any successor Collateral Agent and its
Affiliates) may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from,
acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory,
underwriting, or other business with the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors as though it was not
the Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and
the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, Wilmington Trust FSB or its Affiliates
(and any successor Collateral Agent and its Affiliates) may receive information regarding the
Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors (including information that may be subject to confidentiality
obligations in favor of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors) and acknowledge that the
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to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose
or imply any obligation on the part of Wilmington Trust FSB (or any successor Collateral Agent) to
advance funds.

          (g) The Collateral Agent may resign at any time upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to
the Trustee and the Issuers, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor
agent to its appointment as Collateral Agent. If the Collateral Agent resigns under this
Indenture, the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuers (which shall not be unreasonably
withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), shall appoint a
successor Collateral Agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended
effective date of the resignation of the Collateral Agent (as stated in the notice of resignation),
the Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Trustee, subject to the consent of the
Issuers (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a
continuing Event of Default), a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is
appointed and consented to by the Issuers pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30)
days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition at the expense of the Issuers a court of competent
jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor
collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers
and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” shall mean such
successor collateral agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as
the Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation
hereunder, the provisions of this Section 1410 (and Section 1411) shall continue to inure to its
benefit and the retiring Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be
released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the
Collateral Agent under this Indenture.

          (h) The Trustee shall initially act as Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint
co-Collateral Agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided
herein or in the Security Documents, neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its officers,
directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any
of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or
otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other
action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Collateral Agent shall be
accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers,
and neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be
responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own willful misconduct, gross
negligence or bad faith.

          (i) The Trustee, as such and as Collateral Agent, is authorized and directed to (i) enter into
the Security Agreement and the Security Documents, (ii) enter into an Intercreditor Agreement,
(iii) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Security Agreement, and the Security
Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and (iv) perform and observe its obligations under the
Security Agreement and the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement.

          (j) The Trustee agrees that it shall not (and shall not be obliged to), and shall not instruct
the Collateral Agent to, unless specifically requested to do so by a majority of the Holders, take
or cause to be taken any action to enforce its rights under this Indenture or against the Issuers
and the Subsidiary Guarantors, including the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings, to
foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral.

          If at any time or times the Trustee shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, set-off or
otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations arising
under, or relating to, this Indenture, except for any such proceeds or payments received by the
Trustee from the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (ii) payments from
the Collateral Agent in excess of the amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article
Five, the Trustee shall promptly turn the same over to the Collateral Agent, in kind, and with such
endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to the Collateral Agent.

          (k) Should the Trustee obtain possession of any such Collateral, upon request from the
Issuers, the Trustee shall notify the Collateral Agent thereof, and, promptly upon the Collateral
Agent’s request therefor, shall deliver such Collateral to the Collateral Agent or otherwise deal
with such Collateral in accordance with the Collateral Agent’s instructions.

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          (l) The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Trustee or any of the
Holders or any other Person to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by the Issuers and the
Subsidiary Guarantors or is cared for, protected or insured or has been encumbered, or that the
Collateral Agent’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected,
protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine
whether all of the Grantor’s property constituting collateral intended to be subject to the Lien
and security interest of the Security Documents has been properly and completely listed or
delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof
or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care,
disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers
granted or available to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture or any Security Document,
it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission or event
related thereto, the Collateral Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its sole
discretion given the Collateral Agent’s own interest in the Collateral, and that the Collateral
Agent shall have no other duty or liability whatsoever to the Trustee or any Holder or any other
Person as to any of the foregoing.

          (m) No provision of this Indenture, the Security Agreement or any Security Document shall
require the Collateral Agent (or the Trustee) to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or thereunder or to take
or omit to take any action hereunder or thereunder or take any action at the request or direction
of Holders (or the Trustee in the case of the Collateral Agent) if it shall have reasonable grounds
for believing that repayment of such funds is not assured to it.

          (n) The Collateral Agent (i) shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in
good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, or for any
error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the
Collateral Agent was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts, (ii) shall not be
liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Collateral Agent may agree in writing
with the Issuers (and money held in trust by the Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law), and (iii) may consult with counsel of its selection
and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete
authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by
it in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. The grant of
permissive rights or powers to the Collateral Agent shall not be construed to impose duties to act.

          (o) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the obligations of the Issuers and
Subsidiary Guarantors owing to the Collateral Agent shall remain in full force and effect and all
of the Collateral Agent’s rights, protections, indemnities and immunities granted hereunder shall
survive the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture so long as the Security Agreement to which
the Collateral Agent is a party remains effective and outstanding.

          (p) The Collateral Agent is hereby directed to open and maintain at such times and in such
manner as may be administratively beneficial or as required under the terms of this Indenture or
other Note Document, the Asset Sale Proceeds Account and such other collateral accounts, to be held
in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties, as may be
required to fulfill its obligations under the Note Documents.

          SECTION 1411. Compensation and Indemnification.

          The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the compensation, reimbursement of expenses,
disbursements and advances, and indemnification set forth in Section 607 (with the references to
the Trustee therein being deemed to refer to the Collateral Agent).

          SECTION 1412. Security Agreement and Other Security Documents.

          The Trustee and Collateral Agent is each hereby directed and authorized to execute and deliver
the Security Agreement and any other Security Documents or Intercreditor Agreement in which it is
named as a party. It is hereby expressly acknowledged and agreed that, in doing so, the Trustee
and the Collateral Agent are not responsible for the terms or contents of such agreements, or for
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thereof for any purpose. Whether or not so expressly stated therein, in entering into, or
taking (or forbearing from) any action under or pursuant to the Security Agreement, any other
Security Documents or any Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee and Collateral Agent each shall have
all of the rights, immunities, indemnities and other protections granted to it under this Indenture
(in addition to those that may be granted to it under the terms of such other agreement or
agreements).

ARTICLE FIFTEEN

RANKING OF NOTE LIENS

          SECTION 1501. Relative Rights.

          Nothing in this Indenture or any Intercreditor Agreement will:

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

     (b) restrict the right of any Holder to sue for payments that are then due and owing,
in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of an Intercreditor Agreement;

     (c) prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising against the Issuers or any
Subsidiary Guarantor any of its other available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default;
or

     (d) restrict the right of the Trustee or any Holder:

     (i) to file and prosecute a petition seeking an order for relief in an
involuntary bankruptcy case as to the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor or
otherwise to commence, or seek relief commencing, any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding involuntarily against the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor;

     (ii) to make, support or oppose any request for an order for dismissal,
abstention or conversion in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding;

     (iii) to make, support or oppose, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding,
any request for an order extending or terminating any period during which the debtor
(or any other Person) has the exclusive right to propose a plan of reorganization or
other dispositive restructuring or liquidation plan therein;

     (iv) to seek the creation of, or appointment to, any official committee
representing creditors (or certain of the creditors) in any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding and, if appointed, to serve and act as a member of such
committee without being in any respect restricted or bound by, or liable for, any of
the obligations under this Article Fifteen;

     (v) to seek or object to the appointment of any professional person to serve in
any capacity in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or to support or object to
any request for compensation made by any professional person or others therein;

     (vi) to make, support or oppose any request for order appointing a trustee or
examiner in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding; or

     (vii) otherwise to make, support or oppose any request for relief in any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding that it is permitted by law to make, support or
oppose:

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          (x) as if it were a holder of unsecured claims; or

          (y) as to any matter relating to any plan of reorganization or other
restructuring or liquidation plan or as to any matter relating to the administration
of the estate or the disposition of the case or proceeding (in each case set forth
in this clause (vii) except as set forth in an Intercreditor Agreement).

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed all as
of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CLEARWIRE COMMUNICATIONS LLC,

 	 
	 	      
By:  	   /s/ Erik Prusch
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Erik Prusch 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Financial Officer 	 
	 
	 	CLEARWIRE FINANCE, INC.

 	 
	 	      
By:  	   /s/ Erik Prusch
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Erik Prusch 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Financial Officer 	 

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	 	 	GUARANTORS:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CLEARWIRE LEGACY LLC and CLEARWIRE XOHM LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	Clearwire Communications, LLC, as manager	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	   /s/ Erik Prusch                                            
 

Name: Erik Prusch 

Title: Chief Financial Officer
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CLEAR WIRELESS, LLC and CLEARWIRE SPECTRUM HOLDINGS
III LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	Clearwire Communications, LLC, as member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	   /s/ Erik Prusch                                               
 

Name: Erik Prusch
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Chief Financial Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CLEAR GLOBAL SERVICES LLC, and CLEARWIRE PAC LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	Clearwire Wireless LLC, as member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	   /s/ Erik Prusch                                               
 

Name: Erik Prusch
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Chief Financial Officer	 	 

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	 	 	CLEARWIRE US LLC, BILLING LEGACY LLC, CLEARWIRE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, LLC, CLEARMEDIA, LLC, FIXED
WIRELESS HOLDINGS, LLC, CLEARWIRE SPECTRUM HOLDINGS
II LLC and CLEARWIRE SPECTRUM HOLDINGS LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	Clearwire Legacy LLC, as member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	   /s/ Erik Prusch                                               
 

Name: Erik Prusch
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Chief Financial Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WINBEAM LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	Clearwire US LLC, as member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	   /s/ Erik Prusch                                               
 

Name: Erik Prusch
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Chief Financial Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BWC SPECTRUM, LLC and SFT SPECTRUM, LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	Clearwire Spectrum Holdings II LLC, as manager	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	   /s/ Erik Prusch                                               
 

Name: Erik Prusch
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Chief Financial Officer	 	 

S-3

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CLEAR WIRELESS BROADBAND LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF
MINNESOTA, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF NEBRASKA,
LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING DEVELOPMENT, LLC, AMERICAN
TELECASTING OF ANCHORAGE, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING
OF BEND, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF BISMARCK, LLC,
AMERICAN TELECASTING OF CINCINATTI, LLC, AMERICAN
TELECASTING OF COLORADO SPRINGS, LLC, FRESNO MMDS
ASSOCIATES, LLC, FMA LICENSEE SUBSIDIARY, LLC,
AMERICAN TELECASTING OF COLUMBUS, LLC, AMERICAN
TELECASTING OF DENVER, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF
FORT MYERS, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF FT. COLLINS,
LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF GREEN BAY, LLC, AMERICAN
TELECASTING OF JACKSON, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF
LANSING, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF LINCOLN, LLC,
AMERICAN TELECASTING OF LITTLE ROCK, LLC, AMERICAN
TELECASTING OF LOUISVILLE, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING
OF MEDFORD, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF MICHIANA,
LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF MONTEREY, LLC, AMERICAN
TELECASTING OF OKLAHOMA, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF
PORTLAND, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF REDDING, LLC,
AMERICAN TELECASTING OF SALEM/EUGENE, LLC, AMERICAN
TELECASTING OF SANTA BARBARA, LLC, AMERICAN
TELECASTING OF SEATTLE, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF
SHERIDAN, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF TOLEDO, LLC,
AMERICAN TELECASTING OF YOUNGSTOWN, LLC, AMERICAN
TELECASTING OF YUBA CITY, LLC, ATI OF SANTA ROSA,
LLC, ATI SUB, LLC, NSAC, LLC, ALDA GOLD II, LLC, ALDA
TUCSON, LLC, ALDA WIRELESS HOLDINGS, LLC, PCTV GOLD
II, LLC, PCTV OF MILWAUKEE, LLC, PCTV OF SALT LAKE
CITY, LLC, PCTV SUB, LLC, PEOPLE’S CHOICE TV OF
ALBUQUERQUE, LLC, PEOPLE’S CHOICE TV OF HOUSTON, LLC,
PEOPLE’S CHOICE TV OF ST. LOUIS, LLC, PEOPLE’S CHOICE
TV OF TUCSON, LLC, PREFERRED ENTERTAINMENT, LLC,
SPEEDCHOICE OF DETROIT, LLC, SPEEDCHOICE OF PHOENIX,
LLC, WIRELESS CABLE OF INDIANAPOLIS, LLC, ATL MDS,
LLC, BAY AREA CABLEVISION, LLC, BROADCAST CABLE, LLC,
CHEROKEE WIRELESS OF KNOXVILLE, LLC, G&S TV LLC, LA
MDS, LLC, NY MDS, LLC, SCC X, LLC, SF MDS, LLC,
SPRINT (BAY AREA), LLC, TDI ACQUISITION SUB, LLC,
TRANSWORLD TELECOM II, LLC, TTI ACQUISITION, LLC,
TWTV SPOKANE, LLC, VIA/NET, LLC, WAVEPATH SUB, LLC,
WBC NY, LLC, WBS CALIFORNIA, LLC, WBS IDAHO, LLC, WBS
MONTANA, LLC, WBS OF AMERICA, LLC, WBS OF FT. PIERCE,
LLC, WBS OF MELBOURNE, LLC, WBS OREGON, LLC, WBS OF
SACRAMENTO, LLC, WBS WASHINGTON, LLC, WBS OF WEST
PALM, LLC, WBSB 	 	 

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	 	 	LICENSING, LLC, WBSCB LICENSING, LLC, WBSE LICENSING,
LLC, WBSFP LICENSING, LLC, WBSH LICENSING, LLC, WBSK
LICENSING, LLC, WBSM LICENSING, LLC, WBSR LICENSING,
LLC, WBSS LICENSING, LLC, WBSWP LICENSING, LLC, WBSY
LICENSING, LLC, WCOF, LLC, WHI SD, LLC, WHI SUB, LLC,
WIRELESS BROADBAND SERVICES OF AMERICA, LLC, WIRELESS
BROADCASTING SYSTEMS OF KNOXVILLE, LLC and KENNEWICK
LICENSING, LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	Clearwire XOHM LLC, as manager	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	   /s/ Erik Prusch                                               
 

Name: Erik Prusch
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Chief Financial Officer	 	 

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	 	 	PUERTO RICO BROADBAND LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	Clear Partner Holdings LLC, as manager	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	   /s/ John Bunce                                               
 

Name: John Bunce
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: President	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	DETROIT BROADBAND LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	Clear Partner Holdings LLC, as manager	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	   /s/ John Bunce                                              
 

Name: John Bunce
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: President	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CLEAR PARTNER HOLDINGS LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	Clear Wireless LLC, as member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	   /s/ Erik Prusch                                              
 

Name: Erik Prusch
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Chief Financial Officer	 	 

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	 	WILMINGTON TRUST FSB

as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	   /s/ Timothy P. Mowdy                                  
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Timothy P. Mowdy 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 

S-7

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	WILMINGTON TRUST FSB

as Collateral Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	   /s/ Jane Schweiger                                           
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Jane Schweiger 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 

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Subsidiary Guarantors

BWC Spectrum, LLC

Clearwire Legacy LLC

Clearwire XOHM LLC

Clear Wireless Broadband LLC

Fixed Wireless Holdings, LLC

SFT Spectrum, LLC

Alda Gold II, LLC

Alda Tucson, LLC

Alda Wireless Holdings, LLC

American Telecasting Development, LLC

American Telecasting of Anchorage, LLC

American Telecasting of Bend, LLC

American Telecasting of Bismarck, LLC

American Telecasting of Cincinnati, LLC

American Telecasting of Colorado Springs, LLC

American Telecasting of Columbus, LLC

American Telecasting of Denver, LLC

American Telecasting of Fort Myers, LLC

American Telecasting of Ft. Collins, LLC

American Telecasting of Green Bay, LLC

American Telecasting of Jackson, LLC

American Telecasting of Lansing, LLC

American Telecasting of Lincoln, LLC

American Telecasting of Little Rock, LLC

American Telecasting of Louisville, LLC

American Telecasting of Medford, LLC

American Telecasting of Michiana, LLC

American Telecasting of Minnesota, LLC

American Telecasting of Monterey, LLC

American Telecasting of Nebraska, LLC

American Telecasting of Oklahoma, LLC

American Telecasting of Portland, LLC

American Telecasting of Redding, LLC

American Telecasting of Salem/Eugene, LLC

American Telecasting of Santa Barbara, LLC

American Telecasting of Seattle, LLC

American Telecasting of Sheridan, LLC

American Telecasting of Toledo, LLC

American Telecasting of Youngstown, LLC

American Telecasting of Yuba City, LLC

ATI of Santa Rosa, LLC

ATI Sub, LLC

ATL MDS, LLC

Bay Area Cablevision, LLC

Broadcast Cable, LLC

Cherokee Wireless of Knoxville, LLC

FMA Licensee Subsidiary, LLC

Fresno MMDS Associates, LLC

G&S TV LLC

Kennewick Licensing, LLC

LA MDS, LLC

NSAC, LLC

NY MDS, LLC

 

 

PCTV Gold II, LLC

PCTV of Milwaukee, LLC

PCTV of Salt Lake City, LLC

PCTV Sub, LLC

People’s Choice TV of Albuquerque, LLC

People’s Choice TV of Houston, LLC

People’s Choice TV of St. Louis, LLC

People’s Choice TV of Tucson, LLC

Preferred Entertainment, LLC

SCC X, LLC

SF MDS, LLC

SpeedChoice of Detroit, LLC

SpeedChoice of Phoenix, LLC

Sprint (Bay Area), LLC

TDI Acquisition Sub, LLC

Transworld Telecom II, LLC

TTI Acquisition LLC

TWTV Spokane, LLC

Via/Net, LLC

Wavepath Sub, LLC

WBC NY, LLC

WBSB Licensing, LLC

WBS California, LLC

WBSCB Licensing, LLC

WBSE Licensing, LLC

WBSFP Licensing, LLC

WBSH Licensing, LLC

WBS Idaho, LLC

WBSK Licensing, LLC

WBSM Licensing, LLC

WBS Montana, LLC

WBS of America, LLC

WBS of Ft. Pierce, LLC

WBS of Melbourne, LLC

WBS of Sacramento, LLC

WBS of West Palm, LLC

WBS Oregon, LLC

WBSR Licensing, LLC

WBSS Licensing, LLC

WBS Washington, LLC

WBSWP Licensing, LLC

WBSY Licensing, LLC

WCOF, LLC

WHI SD LLC

WHI Sub, LLC

Wireless Broadband Services of America, LLC

Wireless Broadcasting Systems of Knoxville, LLC

Wireless Cable of Indianapolis, LLC

Billing Legacy LLC

ClearMedia, LLC

Clearwire US LLC

Clearwire Spectrum Holdings LLC

Clearwire Spectrum Holdings II LLC

Clearwire Spectrum Holdings III LLC

Clearwire Telecommunications Services, LLC

S-2

 

Clear Global Services LLC

Clear Partner Holdings LLC

Clear Wireless LLC

Detroit Broadband LLC

Puerto Rico Broadband LLC

Winbeam LLC

Clearwire PAC, LLC

S-3

 

EXHIBIT A

[FACE OF NOTE]

CLEARWIRE COMMUNICATIONS LLC

and

CLEARWIRE FINANCE, INC.,

12% Senior Secured Note due 2015

			
	No.
	 	CUSIP No.
	 
	 	$ 

          CLEARWIRE COMMUNICATIONS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”) and
CLEARWIRE FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Finance Co” and, together with the Company, the
“Issuers”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to),
for value received, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum

 of
                          Dollars ($              ), on December 1, 2015.

	 	 	 
	Interest Rate:

	 	12% per annum.
	Interest Payment Dates:

	 	June 1 and December 1 of each year commencing June 1 , 2010.
	Regular Record Dates:

	 	May 15 and November 15 of each year.

          Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuers have caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by
its duly authorized officers.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CLEARWIRE COMMUNICATIONS LLC,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	                                                                
 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	                                                                
 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CLEARWIRE FINANCE, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	                                                                
 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	                                                                
 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

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(Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication)

          This is one of the 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WILMINGTON TRUST FSB	 	 
	 	 	as Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Authorized Signatory
	 	 

Dated:                     

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[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

CLEARWIRE COMMUNICATIONS LLC

and

CLEARWIRE FINANCE, INC.

12% Senior Secured Note due 2015

1. Principal and Interest; Subordination.

          The Issuers will pay the principal of this Note on December 1, 2015.

          The Issuers promise to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note on each Interest
Payment Date, as set forth below, at the rate of 12% per annum (subject to adjustment as provided
below).

          Interest will be payable semi-annually (to the Holders of record of the Notes (or any
Predecessor Notes)) at the close of business on June 1 or December 1 immediately preceding the
Interest Payment Date) on each Interest Payment Date, commencing June 1, 2010.

          Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid
or, if no interest has been paid, from June 1, 2010; provided that, if there is no existing default
in the payment of interest and if this Note is authenticated between a Regular Record Date referred
to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from
such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months.

          The Issuers shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and interest on
overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at a rate per annum equal to the rate of
interest applicable to the Notes.

2. Method of Payment.

          The Issuers will pay interest (except defaulted interest) on the principal amount of the Notes
on each June 1 and December 1 to the Persons who are Holders (as reflected in the Note Register at
the close of business on May 15 and June 15 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date), in
each case, even if the Note is cancelled on registration of transfer or registration of exchange
after such Regular Record Date; provided that, with respect to the payment of principal, the
Issuers will make payment to the Holder that surrenders this Note to any Paying Agent on or after
December 1, 2015.

          The Issuers will pay principal (premium, if any) and interest in money of the United States
that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. However, the
Issuers may pay principal (premium, if any) and interest by its check payable in such money. The
Issuers may pay interest on the Notes either (a) by mailing a check for such interest to a Holder’s
registered address (as reflected in the Note Register) or (b) by wire transfer to an account
located in the United States maintained by the payee. If a payment date is a date other than a
Business Day at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day
that is a Business Day and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

3. Paying Agent and Note Registrar.

          Initially, the Trustee will act as Paying Agent and Note Registrar. The Issuers may change
any Paying Agent or Note Registrar upon written notice thereto. The Issuers, any Subsidiary or any
Affiliate of any of them may act as Paying Agent, Note Registrar or co-registrar.

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4. Indenture; Limitations.

          The Issuers issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of November 24, 2009 (the
“Indenture”), among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Wilmington Trust FSB, as trustee
(the “Trustee”) and collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”). Capitalized terms herein are used
as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. The terms of the Notes include those
stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture
Act. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the
Trust Indenture Act for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted by applicable law,
in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the terms of the Indenture,
the terms of the Indenture shall control.

          The Notes are senior secured obligations of the Issuers. The Indenture does not limit the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes.

5. Redemption.

          Optional Redemption. Except as described below, the Notes are not redeemable at the
Issuers’ option until December 1, 2012. From and after December 1, 2012, the Issuers may redeem
the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice by first
class mail, postage prepaid, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder of Notes to the address of
such Holder appearing in the Note Register at the Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of
principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to but
excluding the applicable redemption date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, if redeemed during the
twelve-month period beginning on December 1 of each of the years indicated below:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Year	 	Percentage      
	2012
	 	 	106.000	%
	2013
	 	 	103.000	%
	2014 and thereafter
	 	 	100.000	%

          In addition, prior to December 1, 2012, the Issuers may, at their option, redeem up to 35% of
the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture at a redemption price equal to
112.000% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if
any, to but excluding, the Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the
relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, with the net
proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings of the Issuers or any direct or indirect parent of the
Issuers to the extent such net proceeds are contributed to the Issuers; provided that at least 65%
of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under the Indenture remains
outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption; provided further that each
such redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of closing of each such Equity Offering.

          At any time prior to the final maturity date of the Notes, the Issuers may also redeem all or
a part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by
first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the
principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to but excluding the Redemption Date, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes
on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

6. Repurchase upon a Change in Control and Asset Sales.

          Upon the occurrence of (a) a Change in Control, the Holders of the Notes will have the right
to require that the Issuers purchase such Holder’s outstanding Notes, in whole or in part, at a
purchase price of 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
to the date of purchase and (b) Asset Sales, the Issuers may be obligated to make offers to
purchase Notes and Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations with a portion of the Net Proceeds of such
Asset Sales at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to the date of purchase.

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7. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.

          The Notes are in registered form without coupons, in minimum denominations of $2,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer or exchange of
Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Note Registrar may require a Holder, among other
things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees
required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Note Registrar need not register the transfer
or exchange of any Notes selected for redemption (except the unredeemed portion of any Note being
redeemed in part).

8. Persons Deemed Owners.

          A registered Holder may be treated as the owner of a Note for all purposes.

9. Unclaimed Money.

          If money for the payment of principal (premium, if any) or interest remains unclaimed for two
years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Issuers at their written
request. After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuers for payment, unless an
abandoned property law designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee and such Paying
Agent with respect to such money shall cease.

10. Discharge and Defeasance Prior to Redemption or Maturity.

          If the Issuers irrevocably deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the Trustee money or
Government Securities sufficient to pay the then outstanding principal of (premium, if any) and
accrued interest on the Notes (a) to Redemption or Maturity Date, the Issuers will be discharged
from its obligations under the Indenture and the Notes, except in certain circumstances for certain
covenants thereof, and (b) to the Stated Maturity, the Issuers will be discharged from certain
covenants set forth in the Indenture.

11. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.

          Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Security Documents or the Notes may be
amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, and any existing Default or compliance with any
provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Notes. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may
amend or supplement the Indenture, the Security Documents or the Notes to, among other things, cure
any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency and make any change that does not adversely affect the
rights of any Holder.

12. Restrictive Covenants.

          The Indenture contains certain covenants, including, without limitation, covenants with
respect to the following matters: (i) Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock
and preferred stock; (ii) Restricted Payments; (iii) transactions with Affiliates; (iv) Liens;

 (v)
purchase of Notes upon a Change in Control; (vi) disposition of proceeds of Asset Sales; (vii)
guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries; (viii) dividend and other payment
restrictions affecting Restricted Subsidiaries; (ix) merger and certain transfers of assets; (x)
limitation on activities of Finance Co and Spectrum Entities and (xi) future Subsidiary Guarantors.
Within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Issuers must report to the Trustee on
compliance with such limitations.

13. Successor Persons.

          When a successor Person or other entity assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under
the Notes and the Indenture, the predecessor Person will be released from those obligations.

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14. Remedies for Events of Default.

          If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or
the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes
to be immediately due and payable. If a bankruptcy or insolvency default with respect to the
Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantors that is a Significant Subsidiary occurs and is continuing, the
Notes automatically become immediately due and payable. Holders may not enforce the Indenture, the
Security Documents or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee and the
Collateral Agent may require indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it before it enforces the
Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any
trust or power.

15. Guarantees.

          The Issuers’ obligations under the Notes are fully, irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed
on a senior secured basis, to the extent set forth in the Indenture, by each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors.

16. Trustee Dealings with Issuers.

          The Trustee or the Collateral Agent under the Indenture, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may make loans to, accept deposits from,
perform services for, and otherwise deal with, the Issuers and their Affiliates as if it were not
the Trustee or the Collateral Agent.

17. Authentication.

          This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the
other side of this Note.

18. Abbreviations.

          Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM
(= tenants in common), TEN ENT

 (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to
Minors Act).

          The Issuers will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture. Requests may be made to CLEARWIRE COMMUNICATIONS LLC, 4400 Carillon Point, Kirkland,
Washington 98033, Attention: General Counsel, or CLEARWIRE FINANCE, INC., 4400 Carillon Point,
Kirkland, Washington 98033, Attention: General Counsel.

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:

      

(Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

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

 

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

and irrevocably appoint

to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuers. The agent may substitute another to act for
him.

Date:                     

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Your Signature:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the face of this Note)
	 	 

Signature Guarantee*:                                         

 

			
	*	 	Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature
guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

          If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuers pursuant to Section 1017 or
1018 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

o Section 1017               o Section 1018

          If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Issuers pursuant to
Section 1017 or Section 1018 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

$

Date:                                         

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Your Signature:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the face of this Note)
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Tax Identification No.:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 

Signature Guarantee*:                                                             

 

			
	*	 	Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature
guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*

          The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note
or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an
interest in this Global Note, have been made:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Principal Amount	 	 
	 

	 	Amount of decrease
	 	Amount of increase
	 	of this Global Note
	 	Signature of authorized
	 

	 	in Principal Amount
	 	in Principal Amount
	 	following such
	 	signatory of Trustee
	Date of Exchange

	 	of this Global Note
	 	of this Global Note
	 	decrease (or increase)
	 	or Custodian
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

 

			
	*	 	This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

Clearwire Communications LLC,

4400 Carillon Point

Kirkland, Washington 98033

Clearwire Finance, Inc.

4400 Carillon Point

Kirkland, Washington 98033

Wilmington Trust FSB

Corporate Capital Markets

50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290

Minneapolis, MN 55402-1544

Fax: (612) 217-5651

Attention: Clearwire Communications LLC

                 Administrator

Re: 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015

          Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of November 24, 2009 (the “Indenture”),
among Clearwire Communications LLC (the “Company”), Clearwire Finance, Inc. (“Finance Co”, and
together with the Company, the “Issuers”), the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and Wilmington
Trust FSB, as trustee and as collateral agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

                     (the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer
the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $
in such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to (the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex
A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

1. o Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a
Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to
and in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or
Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is
purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more
accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person
and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a
transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and such Transfer is in compliance with any
applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the
proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial
interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the
Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and
in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

2. o Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global
Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected
pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly,
the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a Person in the
United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the
United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf
reasonably

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believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction
was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and
neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was
prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in
contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the
Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration
requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the
expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the
account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the
proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial
interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the
Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive
Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

3. o Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Definitive Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation
S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to
beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and
in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of
the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):

     (a)
o such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under
the Securities Act;

or

     (b)
o such Transfer is being effected to the Issuers or a subsidiary thereof;

or

     (c)
o such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act.

Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture,
the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions
on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive
Notes and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

4. o Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.

          (a) Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected
pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance
with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities
laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the
Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with
the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the
restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted
Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

          (b) Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected
pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer
restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of
the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private
Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon
consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the
transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on
transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or
Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

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          This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit
of the Issuers.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	[Insert Name of Transferor]	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

Dated:                                         

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

          1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

               (i) o a beneficial interest in the:

                    (i) o
144A Global Note (CUSIP     ), or

                    (ii) o
Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP      ), or

               (b) o a Restricted Definitive Note.

          2. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:

[CHECK ONE]

               (a) o a beneficial interest in the:

                    (i) o 144A Global Note (CUSIP     ), or

                    (ii) o Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP      ), or

               (b) o a Restricted Definitive Note;

               (c) an Unrestricted Definitive Note,

               in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

Clearwire Communications LLC,

4400 Carillon Point

Kirkland, Washington 98033

Clearwire Finance, Inc.

4400 Carillon Point

Kirkland, Washington 98033

Wilmington Trust FSB

50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290

Minneapolis, MN 55402-1544

Re: 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015

(CUSIP         )

          Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of November 24, 2009 (the “Indenture”),
among Clearwire Communications LLC (the “Company”), Clearwire Finance, Inc. (“Finance Co”, and
together with the Company, the “Issuers”), the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and Wilmington
Trust FSB, as trustee and as collateral agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

                                        , (the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest
in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $         in such Note[s] or interests
(the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:

          1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global
Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global
Note.

          (a) o Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an
equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired
for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance
with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance
with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on
transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any
state of the United States.

          (b) o Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted
Definitive Note, In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the
Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange
has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global
Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer
contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance
with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

          (c) o Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note
for a beneficial

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interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial
interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has
been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive
Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer
contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance
with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

          (d) o Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note, In
connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive
Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the
Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the
transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance
with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the
Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act
and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue
sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

          2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global
Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes

          (a) o Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted
Definitive Note, In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner
hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account
without transfer, Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on
transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and
in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

          (b) o Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note, In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note
for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK
ONE] o 144A Global Note, o Regulation S Global Note with
an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired
for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance
with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in
accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws
of any state of the United States, Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on
transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note
and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

          This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit
of the Issuers.

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	 	 	[Insert Name of Transferor]	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

Dated:                                         

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS

          SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as
of      , 200 , among (the
“Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of (or its permitted successor), a [Delaware] corporation
(the “Company”), Clearwire Communications LLC and Clearwire Finance, Inc. (and together with the
Company, the “Issuers”) and Wilmington Trust FSB, as trustee and as collateral agent under the
Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H

          WHEREAS, the Issuers have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the
“Indenture”), dated as of November 24, 2009 providing for the issuance of 12% Senior Secured Notes
due 2015 (the “Notes”);

          WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary
shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuers’ Obligations under the
Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Guarantee”); and

          WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 901 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and
deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the
Trustee mutually covenant and agree 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. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees as follows:

     (a) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby becomes a party to the Indenture as a Subsidiary
Guarantor and as such will have all of the rights and be subject to all of the obligations
and agreements of a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary
agrees to be bound by all of the provisions of the Indenture applicable to a Subsidiary
Guarantor and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Subsidiary Guarantor
under the Indenture.

     (b) The Guaranteeing subsidiary agrees, on a joint and several basis with all the
existing Subsidiary Guarantors, to fully, unconditionally and irrevocably Guarantee to each
Holder of the Notes, Collateral Agent and the Trustee the Obligations pursuant to Article
Twelve of the Indenture of a senior basis.

          3. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director, officer, employee,
incorporator, stockholder or agent of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as such, shall have any
liability for any obligations of the Issuers or any Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Notes, any
Note Guarantees, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect
of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the Notes by accepting a
Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration
for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal
securities laws and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.

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          4. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.

          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
affect 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 the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and
the Issuers.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

Dated:                     , 20___

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	[GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CLEARWIRE COMMUNICATIONS LLC,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CLEARWIRE FINANCE, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WILMINGTON TRUST FSB as Trustee and Collateral Agent	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Authorized Signatory	 	 

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EXHIBIT E

INCUMBENCY CERTIFICATE

          The undersigned,              , being the               of               (the “Issuers”) does
hereby certify that the individuals listed below are qualified and acting officers of the Issuers
as set forth in the right column opposite their respective names and the signatures appearing in
the extreme right column opposite the name of each such officer is a true specimen of the genuine
signature of such officer and such individuals have the authority to execute documents to be
delivered to, or upon the request of, Wilmington Trust FSB as Trustee under the Indenture dated as
of              , 20    , by and between the Issuers and The Wilmington Trust FSB

	 	 	 	 	 
	Name

	 	Title
	 	Signature

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Certificate as of the
              day of              , 20   .

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 

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