Document:

EX-4.2

 Exhibit 4.2 
  

AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT, L.P., 
 AS
ISSUER, 
 AMERICAN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES OP, L.P., 

AS SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR, 
 AND 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
 AS
TRUSTEE 
 FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

Dated as of February 7, 2018 

$500,000,000 4.250% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2028 
  

SUPPLEMENT TO INDENTURE 
 DATED AS
OF FEBRUARY 7, 2018, BETWEEN 
 AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT, L.P., AS ISSUER, 

AND 
 U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE 

 FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of February 7, 2018 (this “First Supplemental
Indenture”), among AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), having its principal executive office located at 30601 Agoura Road, Suite 200, Agoura Hills, California 91301,
AMERICAN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES OP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, as subsidiary guarantor (the “Subsidiary Guarantor”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws
of the United States, as trustee (the “Trustee”), which supplements that certain Indenture, dated as of February 7, 2018, by and between the Operating Partnership and the Trustee (the “Base Indenture,” and together
with this First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”). 
 RECITALS 

WHEREAS, the Operating Partnership has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Base Indenture to the Trustee to provide for the
issuance from time to time for its lawful purposes of debt securities evidencing the Operating Partnership’s debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness. 

WHEREAS, Section 301 of the Base Indenture provides that by means of a supplemental indenture the Operating Partnership may create one or
more series of the Operating Partnership’s debt securities and establish the form, terms and provisions thereof. 
 WHEREAS, the
Operating Partnership intends by this First Supplemental Indenture to (i) create a series of the Operating Partnership’s debt securities, in an initial aggregate principal amount equal to $500,000,000, entitled 4.250% Senior Notes due 2028 (the
“Notes”) and (ii) establish the form and the terms and provisions of the Notes. 
 WHEREAS, the consent of Holders to the
execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture is not required, and all other actions required to be taken under the Base Indenture with respect to this First Supplemental Indenture have been taken. 

NOW, THEREFORE IT IS AGREED: 

ARTICLE ONE 

DEFINITIONS, CREATION, FORM AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE DEBT 

SECURITIES 
 Section 1.1
Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this First Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Base Indenture. In addition, the following terms shall have the following meanings to be
equally applicable to both the singular and the plural forms of the terms set forth below: 
 “Company” means American
Homes 4 Rent, a Maryland real estate investment trust. 
 “Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service” means, for any
period of time, the Operating Partnership’s Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus amounts which have been deducted and minus amounts which have been added for such period, without duplication:

  
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(a) Interest Expense on Indebtedness; (b) provision for taxes based on income; (c) depreciation, amortization and all other non-cash items deducted at
arriving at Consolidated Net Income and premium and deferred financing costs; (d) provision for gains, losses or impairments on sales or other dispositions of properties and other investments; (e) extraordinary and non-recurring items, as the Operating Partnership determined in good faith; and (f) non-controlling interests (other than with respect to cash dividends and
distributions actually received and included in the definition of “Consolidated Net Income” as set forth below). In each case for such period, the Operating Partnership will reasonably determine amounts in accordance with GAAP, except to
the extent GAAP is not applicable with respect to the determination of non-cash and non-recurring items. 

“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period of time, the amount of net income, or loss, for the Operating Partnership
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, excluding, net income (or losses) attributable to non-controlling interests in unconsolidated Persons except to the extent of cash dividends and distributions
actually received by the Operating Partnership or one of its Consolidated Subsidiaries during such period, all determined in accordance with GAAP. 

“Consolidated Financial Statements” means, with respect to any Person, collectively, the consolidated financial statements
and notes to those financial statements of that Person and its consolidated subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP. 

“Consolidated Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary of the Operating Partnership that is consolidated in its Consolidated
Financial Statements. 
 “Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated August 17, 2016, by and among the
Operating Partnership, as borrower, the Company, as parent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and the other lending institutions that are parties thereto, as lenders, as it may be amended, supplemented, modified,
extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, refunded or replaced (in whole or in part, including with any new credit agreement or facility) from time to time. 

“Depository” means The Depository Trust Company or any successor securities clearing agency. 

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect on the date of any
required calculation or determination. 
 “Incur” means, with respect to any Indebtedness or other obligation of any
Person, to create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of the Indebtedness or other obligation, and “Incurrence” and “Incurred” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. Indebtedness or other obligation of
the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Operating Partnership will be deemed to be Incurred by the Operating Partnership or such Subsidiary whenever the Operating Partnership or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise
become liable in respect thereof. Indebtedness or other obligation of a Subsidiary of the Operating Partnership existing prior to the time it became a Subsidiary of the Operating Partnership will be deemed to be Incurred upon such Subsidiary
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Operating Partnership; and Indebtedness or other obligation of a Person existing prior to a merger or consolidation of such Person with the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary of the
Operating Partnership in which such Person is the successor to the Operating Partnership or such Subsidiary will be deemed to be Incurred upon the consummation of such merger or consolidation. Any issuance or transfer of capital stock that results
in Indebtedness constituting Intercompany Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Operating Partnership, the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary or any sale or other transfer of any Indebtedness constituting Intercompany Indebtedness
to a Person that is not the Operating Partnership, the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary, will be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness that is not Intercompany Indebtedness at the time of such issuance, transfer or sale, as
the case may be. 
 “Indebtedness,” of the Operating Partnership or any Consolidated Subsidiary means, without
duplication, any of the Operating Partnership’s indebtedness or that of any Consolidated Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, in respect of: (a) borrowed money evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments whether or not
such indebtedness is secured by any lien existing on property owned by the Operating Partnership or any Consolidated Subsidiary; (b) indebtedness for borrowed money of a Person other than the Operating Partnership or a Consolidated Subsidiary
which is secured by any lien on property or other asset owned by the Operating Partnership or any Consolidated Subsidiary, to the extent of the lesser of (i) the amount of indebtedness so secured, and (ii) the fair market value (determined
in good faith by the Operating Partnership) of the property subject to such lien; (c) reimbursement obligations, contingent or otherwise, in connection with any letters of credit actually issued; or (d) any lease of property by the
Operating Partnership or any Consolidated Subsidiary as lessee which is reflected on the Operating Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet as a capitalized lease in accordance with GAAP; to the extent, in the case of indebtedness under
(a) through (c) above, that any such items (other than letters of credit) would appear as a liability on the Operating Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP. Indebtedness also (1) includes, to the extent not
otherwise included, any non-contingent obligation by the Operating Partnership or any Consolidated Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of
collection in the ordinary course of business), indebtedness of another Person (other than the Operating Partnership or any Consolidated Subsidiary) of the type described in clauses (a)-(d) of this definition, other than obligations to be liable for
the Indebtedness of another Person solely as a result of customary exceptions to non-recourse indebtedness, such as for fraud, misapplication of funds, environmental indemnities, voluntary bankruptcy,
collusive involuntary bankruptcy and other similar exceptions, and (2) excludes, any such indebtedness (or obligation referenced in clause (1) above) that has been the subject of an “in substance” defeasance in accordance with
GAAP. 
 “Intercompany Indebtedness” means Indebtedness to which the only parties are any of the Operating Partnership and
any Consolidated Subsidiary; provided, however, that with respect to any such Indebtedness of which the Operating Partnership or any Guarantor is the borrower or issuer, such Indebtedness is subordinate in right of payment to the
Notes. 
 “Interest Expense” means, for any period of time, the interest expense of, the Operating Partnership and its
Subsidiaries’ Indebtedness, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding: (i) interest reserves funded from the proceeds of any loan; 

  
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(ii) amortization of deferred financing costs, including gains or losses on early extinguishment of debt; (iii) prepayment penalties;
(iv) non-cash swap ineffectiveness charges; and (v) any expenses resulting from the discounting of any indebtedness in connection with the application of purchase accounting in connection with any
acquisition; and including, without duplication, effective interest in respect of original issue discount as determined in accordance with GAAP. 

“Make-Whole Amount” means the excess of (1) the net present value, on the Redemption Date, of the principal being
redeemed and the amount of interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) that would have been payable if such redemption had not been made (calculated as if the maturity date of the Notes was the Par Call Date), over
(2) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed. Net present value shall be calculated by discounting, on a semi-annual basis, such principal and interest at the Reinvestment Rate (as determined on the third Business Day
preceding the date of redemption) from the respective dates on which such principal and interest would have been payable if such redemption had not been made, to the date of redemption. 

“Reinvestment Rate” means 0.25%, plus the weekly yield for the most recent week set forth in the most recent Statistical
Release (as defined below) for the constant maturity U.S. Treasury security (rounded to the nearest month) corresponding to the remaining life to maturity (assuming, for the purposes of this definition, that the Notes mature on the Par Call Date),
as of the payment date of the principal being redeemed. If no maturity exactly corresponds to such maturity, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such maturity shall be calculated pursuant to the immediately
preceding sentence and the Reinvestment Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of such relevant periods to the nearest month. For the purpose of calculating the Reinvestment Rate, the
most recent Statistical Release published prior to the date of determination of the Make-Whole Amount shall be used. If the format or content of the Statistical Release changes in a manner that precludes determination of the yield in the above
manner, then the yield will be determined in the manner that most closely approximates the above manner, as the Operating Partnership reasonably determine. 

“Reporting Date” means each fiscal quarter covered in the Operating Partnership’s annual or quarterly report most
recently furnished to Holders of the Notes or filed with the Commission, as the case may be. 
 “Secured Debt” means, as
of any date, that portion of principal amount of outstanding Indebtedness, excluding Intercompany Indebtedness, of the Operating Partnership and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of that date that is secured by a mortgage, trust deed, deed of trust,
deeds to secure Indebtedness, pledge, security interest, assignment for collateral purposes, deposit arrangement, or other security agreement, excluding any right of setoff but including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and any other like agreement granting or conveying a security interest. 

“Statistical Release” means the statistical release designated “H.15” or any comparable online data source or
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maturities, or, if such Statistical Release is not published at the time of any determination under the Indenture, then such other reasonably comparable index which shall be designated by the
Operating Partnership. 
 “Subsidiary” means (1) any corporation at least a majority of the total voting power of
whose outstanding Voting Stock is owned, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination by the Operating Partnership and/or one or more other Subsidiaries, and (2) any other Person in which the Operating Partnership, and/or one or more
other Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, (x) own at least a majority of the outstanding ownership interests or (y) have the power to elect or direct the election of, or to appoint or approve the appointment
of, at least a majority of the directors, trustees or managing members of, or other persons holding similar positions with, such Person. 

“Total Assets” means, as of any time, the sum of, without duplication, Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and all other
assets, excluding accounts receivable and non-real estate intangibles, of the Operating Partnership and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, all determined in accordance with GAAP. 

“Total Unencumbered Assets” means, as of any time, the sum of, without duplication, those Undepreciated Real Estate Assets
which are not subject to a lien securing Indebtedness and all other assets, excluding accounts receivable and non-real estate intangibles, of the Operating Partnership and its Consolidated Subsidiaries not
subject to a lien securing Indebtedness, all determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that all investments by the Operating Partnership or its Consolidated Subsidiaries in unconsolidated joint ventures, unconsolidated
limited partnerships, unconsolidated limited liability companies and other unconsolidated entities shall be excluded from Total Unencumbered Assets to the extent that such investments would have otherwise been included for the purposes of
Section 2.1(c). 
 “Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” means, as of any time, the cost (original cost plus capital
improvements) of the Operating Partnership’s real estate assets and related intangibles and the real estate assets and related intangibles of the Operating Partnership’s Consolidated Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and
amortization, all determined in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Unsecured Debt” means that portion of the outstanding principal
amount of the Operating Partnership and its Consolidated Subsidiaries’ Indebtedness, excluding Intercompany Indebtedness, that is not Secured Debt. 

“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any class or series of capital stock of, or other equity interests in,
such Person the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of, or to appoint or to approve the appointment of, the directors, trustees or managing members of, or other persons holding similar
positions with, such Person. 
 Section 1.2 Creation of the Notes. In accordance with Section 301 of the Base Indenture,
the Operating Partnership hereby creates the Notes as a separate series of its senior unsecured debt securities, entitled “4.250% Senior Notes due 2028”, issued pursuant to the

  
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Indenture. The Notes shall initially be limited to an aggregate principal amount equal to $500,000,000, subject to the exceptions set forth in Section 301(2) of the Base Indenture and
Section 1.4(f) hereof. 
 Section 1.3 Form of the Notes. The Notes will be issued in the form of
one or more permanent fully registered global securities (the “Global Note”) that will be deposited with, or on behalf of the Depository, and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, subject to
Section 305 of the Base Indenture. So long as the Depository, or its nominee, is the registered owner of the Global Note, the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole Holder of the Notes represented by the
Global Note for all purposes under the Indenture. 
 Section 1.4 Terms and Provisions of the Notes. The Notes shall be governed
by all of the terms and provisions of the Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, and in particular, the following provisions shall be terms of the Notes: 

(a) Registration and Form. The Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. 

(b) Payment of Principal and Interest. All payments of principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest in respect of the Global
Notes will be made by the Operating Partnership in immediately available funds to the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as the Holder of each of the Global Notes. The Notes shall mature, and the unpaid principal thereon, shall be
payable, on February 15, 2028, subject to the provisions of the Base Indenture. The rate per annum at which interest shall be payable on the Notes shall be 4.250%. Interest on the Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on each
February 15 and August 15, commencing August 15, 2018 (each, an “Interest Payment Date”) and on the Stated Maturity as specified in this Section 1.4(b), to the Persons in whose names the Notes are registered in
the Security Register applicable to the Notes at the close of business on February 1 for Interest Payment Dates of February 15 and August 1 for Interest Payment Dates of August 15 (in each case, whether or not a Business Day)
(each, a “Record Date”). Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Interest on the
Notes shall accrue from February 7, 2018. 
 (c) Sinking Fund. There shall be no sinking fund provided for the Notes. 

(d) Redemption at the Option of the Operating Partnership. 

(1) The Operating Partnership shall have the right to redeem the Notes at its option and in its sole discretion in whole at any time or in
part from time to time, (x) prior to November 15, 2027 (the “Par Call Date”), at a Redemption Price equal to the sum of: (1) 100% of the principal amount being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to,
but not including, the Redemption Date; and (2) the Make-Whole Amount, if any, and (y) on or after the Par Call Date, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest
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 (2) The Operating Partnership shall not redeem the Notes pursuant to
Section 1.4(d)(1) hereof on any date if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled on or prior to such date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a
default by the Operating Partnership in the payment of the Redemption Price with respect to the Notes to be redeemed). 
 (e) Payment of
Notes Called for Redemption by the Operating Partnership. 
 (1) If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Article Eleven
of the Base Indenture, the Notes or portion of Notes with respect to which such notice has been given shall become irrevocably due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the place or places stated in such notice at the Redemption Price, and
unless the Operating Partnership shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price, so long as the Paying Agent holds funds irrevocably deposited with it sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date,
then (a) such Notes will cease to be Outstanding on and after the date of the deposit, (b) interest on the Notes or portion of Notes so called for redemption shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, and (c) the Holders
of the Notes being redeemed shall have no right in respect of such Notes except the right to receive the Redemption Price thereof. On surrender of such Notes at the place of payment specified in such notice of redemption, the said Notes or the
specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Operating Partnership at the Redemption Price, together with interest accrued thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. 

(2) The Notes will not be convertible or exchangeable for any other security or property. 

(f) Additional Issues. The Operating Partnership may, from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the Holders of the Notes,
increase the principal amount of the Notes by issuing additional debt securities, in which case any additional debt securities so issued will have the same form and terms (other than the date of issuance and, under certain circumstances, the public
offering price and the date from which interest thereon will begin to accrue), and will carry the same right to receive accrued and unpaid interest, as the Notes. Additional debt securities issued in this manner will be consolidated with, and form a
single series of debt securities with, the Notes; provided, however, that such additional debt securities will not be issued with the same CUSIP number as the Notes (and hence will not be treated as part of the same issuance for U.S. federal
income tax purposes), unless such issuance constitutes a “qualified reopening” within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, or is otherwise treated as part of the
same issue as the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes. 
 (g) Other. The public offering price of the Notes issued on the
date hereof was 99.442% of par value. 
 Section 1.5 Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 1.5 shall apply only to the
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 (a) The Operating Partnership shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this
Section 1.5 and Section 303 of the Base Indenture, authenticate and deliver the Global Notes that shall be registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and shall be held by the Trustee as custodian for the Depository. 

(b) Participants of the Depository shall have no rights either under the Indenture or with respect to the Global Notes. The Depository or its
nominee, as applicable, shall be treated by the Operating Partnership, the Trustee and any agent of the Operating Partnership or the Trustee as the absolute owner and Holder of each such Global Note for all purposes under the Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Operating Partnership or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or its nominee, as applicable, or impair,
as between the Depository and its participants, the operation of customary practices of such Depository governing the exercise of the rights of an owner of a beneficial interest in the Global Notes. 

ARTICLE TWO 
 ADDITIONAL
COVENANTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF HOLDERS OF NOTES 
 In addition to the covenants set forth in the Base Indenture, the Operating
Partnership hereby further covenants as follows, the following covenants being for the sole benefit of the Holders of the Notes: 

Section 2.1 Negative Covenants. 

(a) Limitation on Indebtedness. The Operating Partnership will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, Incur any
Indebtedness, other than Intercompany Indebtedness and guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by the Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries in compliance with the Indenture, if, immediately after giving effect to the Incurrence of such
Indebtedness and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of the Operating Partnership and its Consolidated Subsidiaries’ outstanding Indebtedness, excluding Intercompany Indebtedness, would be greater than 60% of
the sum of, without duplication: (1) Total Assets as of the end of the most recent Reporting Date; and (2) the aggregate purchase price of any assets acquired, and the aggregate amount of any debt or securities offering proceeds received
(to the extent that such proceeds were not used to acquire assets or used to reduce Indebtedness), by the Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of the most recent Reporting Date, including those proceeds obtained in
connection with the Incurrence of such additional Indebtedness. 
 (b) Limitation on Secured Debt. The Operating Partnership will
not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, Incur any Secured Debt, other than Intercompany Indebtedness and guarantees of Secured Debt Incurred by the Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries in compliance with the Indenture, if,
immediately after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Secured Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Secured Debt would be greater than 40% of the sum of, without duplication: (1) Total Assets as
of the end of the most recent Reporting Date; and (2) the aggregate purchase price of any assets acquired, and the aggregate amount of any debt or securities offering proceeds received (to the 

  
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extent that such proceeds were not used to acquire assets or used to reduce Indebtedness), by the Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of the most recent Reporting Date,
including those proceeds obtained in connection with the Incurrence of such additional Secured Indebtedness. 
 (c) Maintenance of
Unencumbered Assets. The Operating Partnership will have at all times Total Unencumbered Assets of not less than 150% of the aggregate principal amount of all of the Operating Partnership and its Subsidiaries’ outstanding total Unsecured
Debt, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. 
 (d) Debt Service Ratio. The Operating Partnership will not
permit the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to Interest Expense for the period consisting of the four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on the most recent Reporting Date to be less than 1.5:1 as of such Reporting Date. 

Section 2.2 Guarantees. 

(a) Additional Guarantors. If on or after the date of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Operating Partnership guarantees the Operating Partnership’s indebtedness under, or otherwise becomes an obligor with respect to, the Credit Agreement (if the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, is not already a Guarantor of the
Notes), such entity (each, a “Possible Future Guarantor”) shall immediately be and become, automatically and without the execution or delivery of any supplemental indenture or other instrument or other action by any Person, jointly
and severally with any other Guarantors of the Notes, a Guarantor of the Notes and shall be subject to and bound by all of the terms and provisions of the Indenture applicable to a Guarantor of the Notes (subject to Section 2.2(b));
provided that the Operating Partnership shall cause such Possible Future Guarantor to within thirty (30) calendar days, (i) execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit B to
acknowledge such Guarantee in accordance with this Section 2.2 and Article Sixteen of the Indenture, and (ii) deliver to the Trustee, in addition to any other documents to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 903 of the
Base Indenture, an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (x) the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by the Base Indenture, and (y) such supplemental indenture, has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by, and is a valid and binding obligation of such entity, enforceable against such entity in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions. For so long as any Possible Future Guarantor provides a Guarantee, such Possible
Future Guarantor shall agree that it waives and will not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of any right of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Operating Partnership as a result of any
payment by it under its guarantee until the Notes have been paid in full. 
 (b) Release of Guarantee. The Guarantee of any
Guarantor (including, without limitation, the Guarantee of the Subsidiary Guarantor) shall automatically and unconditionally terminate and be released and the Indenture and any supplemental indenture, to the extent relating thereto, shall no longer
have any effect, upon: (i) such Guarantor no longer guaranteeing or otherwise being an obligor with respect to the Credit Agreement; provided that the foregoing provisions of this clause (i) and any release of such Guarantor’s
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clause (i) shall not limit the obligation of such Guarantor to guarantee the Notes at any time thereafter pursuant to this Section 2.2; or (ii) legal defeasance, covenant
defeasance or discharge of the Notes, as provided under Article Four of the Base Indenture. 
 Section 2.3 Covenant Defeasance and
Waiver of Covenant. The covenants set forth in Sections 2.1 and 2.2 shall be subject to covenant defeasance under Section 402(3) of the Base Indenture and subject to waiver under Section 1006 thereof. 

ARTICLE THREE 

ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS 

Section 3.1 Events of Default. Section 3.1(a) shall replace Section 501(5) of the Base Indenture with respect to the
Notes only. 
 (a) failure to pay any recourse indebtedness for monies borrowed by the Operating Partnership in an outstanding principal
amount in excess of $50,000,000 at final maturity or upon acceleration after the expiration of any applicable notice and grace period, which recourse indebtedness is not discharged, or such default in payment or acceleration is not cured or
rescinded, within thirty (30) calendar days after written notice to the Operating Partnership from the Trustee (or to the Operating Partnership and the Trustee from Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes then outstanding); 
 ARTICLE FOUR 

TRUSTEE 

Section 4.1 Trustee. The Trustee is appointed as the principal paying agent, transfer agent and registrar for the Notes and for
the purposes of Section 1002 of the Base Indenture. The Notes may be presented for payment at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or at any other agency as may be appointed from time to time by the Operating Partnership in the United
States of America. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture or the due execution hereof by the Operating Partnership or the Subsidiary
Guarantor. The recitals of fact contained herein shall be taken as the statements solely of the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. 

Section 4.2 Preferential Collection of Claims. If the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Operating Partnership (or any
other obligor upon the Notes), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of the claims against the Operating Partnership (or any such other obligor). The Trustee is permitted to engage in
other transactions with the Operating Partnership and its Affiliates. If, however, it acquires any conflicting interest under the Trust Indenture Act relating to any of its duties with respect to the Notes, it must eliminate that conflict or resign,
subject to its right under the Trust Indenture Act to seek a stay of its duty to resign. 
 Section 4.3 Calculation with Respect to
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respect to the Notes. The Operating Partnership will make such calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the Operating Partnership’s calculations will be final and binding
on the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes. The Operating Partnership shall provide a schedule of its calculations to the Trustee promptly after it makes such calculations, and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon the accuracy of the
Operating Partnership’s calculations without independent verification. The Trustee shall forward the Operating Partnership’s calculations to any Holder of the Notes upon request. 

Section 4.4 Additional Provisions Concerning the Trustee. U.S. Bank National Association is acting under this First Supplemental
Indenture solely in its capacity as Trustee under the Base Indenture and not in its individual capacity. In acting hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges and immunities granted to it under the Base Indenture, as if
such rights, privileges and immunities were set forth herein. 
 ARTICLE FIVE 

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR 

Section 5.1 Initial Guarantee. 

(a) Subject to Section 2.2(b) of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees in accordance with Article
Sixteen of the Base Indenture to, jointly and severally with any other Guarantors of the Notes, fully and unconditionally guarantee the Operating Partnership’s obligations under the Notes on a direct, unsecured and unsubordinated basis,
including the due and punctual payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes, whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption, by acceleration or otherwise until released in accordance with the Indenture. 

(b) The Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges that it has received and reviewed a copy of the Base Indenture and all other documents it deems
necessary to review in order to enter into this First Supplemental Indenture, and acknowledges and agrees to (i) join and become a party to the Indenture as indicated by its signature below; (ii) be bound by the Indenture, as of the date
hereof, as if made by, and with respect to, each signatory hereto; and (iii) perform all obligations and duties required of a Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture. 

(c) All notices or other communications to the Subsidiary Guarantor shall be given as provided in Section 105 of the Base Indenture.

 ARTICLE SIX 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Section 6.1 Ratification of Base Indenture. This First Supplemental Indenture is executed and shall be construed as an indenture
supplemental to the Base Indenture, and as supplemented and modified hereby, the Base Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the
same instrument. In the event of a conflict between the language of this First 

  
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Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, the language of this First Supplemental Indenture shall control. 

Section 6.2 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect
the construction hereof. 
 Section 6.3 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this First Supplemental
Indenture by the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiary Guarantor shall bind their successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. 

Section 6.4 Separability Clause. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this First Supplemental Indenture shall
for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 

Section 6.5 GOVERNING LAW. THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT, THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE PART OF THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND SHALL, TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, BE GOVERNED BY SUCH
PROVISIONS. 
 Section 6.6 Counterparts. This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of
which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this First Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and
delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original First Supplemental Indenture and signature pages for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall
be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed all as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT, L.P.
		
	By:	  	American Homes 4 Rent, its general partner
		
	By:	  	 /s/ Diana Laing

		  	Name: Diana Laing
		  	Title:   Chief Financial Officer
	
	AMERICAN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES OP, L.P.
		
	By:	  	New ARP GP, LLC, its general partner
		
		  	By:   American Homes 4 Rent, L.P., its sole member
		
		  	 By:  American Homes 4 Rent, its general partner

		
	By:	  	 /s/ Diana Laing

		  	Name: Diana Laing
		  	Title: Chief Financial Officer

  
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		 		 		 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
					
		 		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Bradley E. Scarbrough

		 		 		 		 	Name: Bradley E. Scarbrough
		 		 		 		 	Title:   Vice President

  
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 EXHIBIT A 

Form of 4.250% Senior Note due 2028 

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE DEPOSITORY (AS DEFINED IN THE FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE
IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 305 OF THE
BASE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 305 OF THE BASE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 309 OF THE BASE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER. 

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A
WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,
AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 

 AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT, L.P. 

4.250% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2028 
 No. 1

 CUSIP No.: 02666T AA5 
 ISIN: US02666TAA51 

$500,000,000 
 AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (herein called the “Operating Partnership,” which term includes any successor entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to [Cede &
Co.]*, or its registered assigns, the principal sum of FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($500,000,000), [or such lesser amount as is set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases In the Global
Note on the other side of this Note]*, on February 15, 2028 at the office or agency of the Operating Partnership maintained for that purpose in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America
as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 of each year, commencing August 15, 2018 on said principal sum at said office
or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum of 4.250%, from the February 15 or August 15, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, unless no interest
has been paid or duly provided for on the Notes, in which case from February 7, 2018 until payment of said principal sum has been paid or duly provided for. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to the Indenture, at the option of the
Operating Partnership, interest on the Notes due and payable on any Interest Payment Date may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by transfer to an account
maintained by the payee with a bank located in the United States of America. Any such interest which is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered as of the close of business on the February 1 or August 1 (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date. 

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof and the Indenture governing this Note. Such further provisions shall
for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control. 

This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed manually by the
Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent under the Indenture. 
  

 

	*	Include only if the Note is issued in global form. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Operating Partnership has caused this Note to be duly executed. 

Dated: [•] 
  

					
	AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT, L.P.
		
	By:	 	American Homes 4 Rent, its general partner
			
		 	By:	 	
                     
                                   

		 		 	Name:
		 		 	Title:

  
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 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-named Indenture. 

Dated: [•] 
  

			
	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

	    	 	Name:
		 	Title:
		 	

  
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 REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE 

AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT, L.P. 

4.250% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2028 
 This Note is
one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Operating Partnership, designated as its 4.250% Senior Notes due 2028 (herein called the “Notes”), issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of February 7, 2018 (herein
called the “Base Indenture”), between the Operating Partnership and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of
February 7, 2018 (herein called the “First Supplemental Indenture,” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), among the Operating Partnership, the Subsidiary Guarantor named therein and the
Trustee, to which Indenture and any indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Operating Partnership, the
Subsidiary Guarantor and the Holders of the Notes. Defined terms used but not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. 

The Operating Partnership shall have the right to redeem the Notes at its option and in its sole discretion in whole at any time or in part from time to time,
(x) prior to November 15, 2027 (the “Par Call Date”), at a Redemption Price equal to the sum of: (1) 100% of the principal amount being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the
Redemption Date; and (2) the Make-Whole Amount, if any, and (y) on or after the Par Call Date, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not
including, the Redemption Date. 
 The Operating Partnership shall not redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 1.4(d)(1) of the First Supplemental
Indenture on any date if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled on or prior to such date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a default by the Operating
Partnership in the payment of the Redemption Price with respect to the Notes to be redeemed). 
 If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default
specified in Section 501(6), 501(7) or 501(8) of the Base Indenture) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Notes may be declared to be due and payable immediately
by either the Trustee or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and, upon said declaration the same shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default
specified in Section 501(6), 501(7) or 501(8) of the Base Indenture occurs, the principal of and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Notes shall be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other
act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders. 
 The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Operating Partnership and the Trustee, with the consent
of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the
Indenture or of any supplemental indenture with respect to the Notes or any Guarantee or modifying in any manner the rights of 

  
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the Holders of the Notes, subject to exceptions set forth in Section 902 of the Base Indenture. Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, waive any past default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes, subject to exceptions set forth in the Indenture. 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall impair, as among the Operating Partnership and the Holder of the
Notes, the obligation of the Operating Partnership, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, on and interest on this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein and
in the Indenture prescribed. 
 Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months. 
 The Notes are issuable in fully registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations
of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. At the office or agency of the Operating Partnership referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment of any
service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, Notes may be transferred or may be exchanged for
a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of any other authorized denominations. 
 The Notes are not subject to redemption through the operation of any
sinking fund. 
 No recourse for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in
respect hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Operating Partnership in the Indenture or any supplemental indenture or in any Note, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against
any past, present or future general partner, limited partner, member, employee, incorporator, controlling person, shareholder, officer, trustee, director or agent, as such, of the Operating Partnership, the Company, any Guarantor or of any of the
Operating Partnership’s, the Company’s or any Guarantor’s predecessors or successors, either directly or through the Operating Partnership, the Company or any Guarantor or any predecessor or successor of the Operating Partnership,
Company or any Guarantor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the
acceptance of the Notes by the Holders thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes. 

  
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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) 

 
  
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

 
 (Print or type assignee’s name, address and
zip code) 
 and irrevocably appoint
                                         
        to transfer this Note on the books of the Operating Partnership. 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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 SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN THE GLOBAL NOTE * 

 The following increases or decreases in the principal amount of this Global Note have been made: 

 
  

									
	 Date of

Increase or

Decrease
	  	Amount of
decrease in
Principal Amount
at maturity of
this Global Note	  	Amount of
increase in
Principal Amount
at maturity of
this Global Note	  	Principal Amount
at maturity of
this Global Note
following such
decrease 
(or
increase)	  	Signature of
authorized officer
of Trustee or
Custodian
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	

  
  

	*	This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form. 

  
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 EXHIBIT B 

[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY 

POSSIBLE FUTURE GUARANTORS] 

Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of [•], among AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), [POSSIBLE FUTURE GUARANTOR] (the “New Guarantor”), an affiliate of the Operating Partnership and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association
organized and existing under the laws of the United States, as trustee (the “Trustee”). 
 RECITALS 

WHEREAS, the Operating Partnership and the Trustee are parties to an Indenture, dated as of February 7, 2018 (the “Base
Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time for its lawful purposes of debt securities evidencing the Operating Partnership’s debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, which may be guaranteed by certain
entities. 
 WHEREAS, the Operating Partnership, the guarantor party thereto and the Trustee, are parties to the First Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of February 7, 2018 (the “First Supplemental Indenture,” and together with the Base Indenture, as amended from time to time, the “Indenture”), entered into pursuant to the Base Indenture,
which established and provided for the issuance of, in an initial aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000, a series of the Operating Partnership’s debt securities designated as the “4.250% Senior Notes due 2028” (the
“Notes”); 
 WHEREAS, the Indenture provides, among other things, that under certain circumstances the New Guarantor shall
execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New Guarantor shall guarantee the Notes on the terms and conditions set forth in Article Sixteen of the Base Indenture and Section 2.2 of the First
Supplemental Indenture; and 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 901 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and
deliver this Supplemental Indenture without the consent of the Holders. 
 NOW, THEREFORE IT IS AGREED: 

Section 1. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used as defined in the Indenture. 

Section 2. The New Guarantor hereby agrees in accordance with Article Sixteen of the Base Indenture and Section 2.2 of the
First Supplemental Indenture to, jointly and severally with any other Guarantors of the Notes, fully and unconditionally guarantee the Operating Partnership’s obligations under the Notes on a direct, unsecured and unsubordinated basis,
including the due and punctual payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes, whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption, by acceleration or otherwise until released in accordance with the Indenture. 

 Section 3. The New Guarantor acknowledges that it has received and reviewed a copy of the
Indenture and all other documents it deems necessary to review in order to enter into this Supplemental Indenture, and acknowledges and agrees to (i) join and become a party to the Indenture as indicated by its signature below; (ii) be
bound by the Indenture, as of the date hereof, as if made by, and with respect to, each signatory hereto; and (iii) perform all obligations and duties required of a Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture. 

Section 4. All notices or other communications to the New Guarantor shall be given as provided in Section 105 of the Base
Indenture. 
 Section 5. Except as expressly amended hereby, all the terms, conditions and provisions of the Indenture shall remain in
full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby. 

Section 6. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT, THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE PART OF THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND SHALL, TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, BE GOVERNED BY SUCH PROVISIONS. 

Section 7. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which
shall constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the
parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture and signature pages for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 Section 8. This Supplemental Indenture is an amendment supplemental to the Indenture, and the Indenture and this Supplemental
Indenture will henceforth be read together. 
 Section 9. The Trustee makes no representation as to and shall not be responsible in
any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture, the Guarantee of the New Guarantor or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Operating
Partnership and the New Guarantor, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the same. This Supplemental Indenture is executed and accepted by the Trustee subject to all the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture with the same force and
effect as if those terms and conditions were repeated at length herein and made applicable to the Trustee with respect hereto. In entering into this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to the benefit of every provision of the
Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability or affording protection to the Trustee, whether or not elsewhere herein so provided. 
  

 

  
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		 		 		 	AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT, L.P.
					
	  
	 	  
	 	  
	 	By:	  	American Homes 4 Rent, its general partner
					
		 		 		 	By:  	  	  

		 		 		 		  	Name:
		 		 		 		  	Title:
				
		 		 		 	[POSSIBLE FUTURE GUARANTOR]
					
	  
	 	  
	 	  
	 	By:  	  	  

		 		 		 		  	Name:
		 		 		 		  	Title:
				
		 		 		 	[TRUSTEE]
					
	  
	 	  
	 	  
	 	By:  	  	  

		 		 		 		  	Name:
		 		 		 		  	Title:

  
 B-3Exhibit

	
		
	Exhibit 10.4

	 

	 

	 

	Change-In-Control Agreements

	with Two Executive Officers

	 

	 

	 

	Form of Change-in-Control Agreements made with the following two Executive Officers of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

	 
	 

	1.
	Patrick B. Frost

	2.
	Phillip D. Green

	 

	All of the above agreements are substantially identical in all material respects, except as to the dates of the agreements and the parties thereto.

	 

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.
Executive Severance Agreement 
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of the [DAY] day of [MONTH], [YEAR], by and between Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) and [NAME] (hereinafter referred to as the “Executive”). 
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has approved the Company entering into severance agreements with certain key executives of the Company; 
WHEREAS, the Executive is a key executive of the Company; 
WHEREAS, should the possibility of a Change in Control of the Company arise, the Board believes it is imperative that the Company and the Board should be able to rely upon the Executive to continue in his/her position, and that the Company should be able to receive and rely upon the Executive’s advice, if requested, as to the best interests of the Company and its shareholders without concern that the Executive might be distracted by the personal uncertainties and risks created by the possibility of a Change in Control; 
WHEREAS, should the possibility of a Change in Control arise, in addition to his/her regular duties, the Executive may be called upon to assist in the assessment of such possible Change in Control, advise management and the Board as to whether such Change in Control would be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, and to take such other actions as the Board might determine to be appropriate; and 
WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive wish to amend and restate this Agreement as of the date hereof, to cause this Agreement to be exempt from, or comply with, as applicable, the terms of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
WHEREAS, the Executive and the Company desire that the terms of this Agreement shall completely replace and supersede the provisions set forth in the Executive Severance Agreement between the Company and the Executive, as in effect immediately prior to the date hereof. 
NOW THEREFORE, to assure the Company that it will have the continued dedication of the Executive and the availability of his/her advice and counsel notwithstanding the possibility, threat, or occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company, and to induce the Executive to remain in the employ of the Company, and for other good and valuable consideration, the Company and the Executive agree as follows: 
Article 1.  Establishment, Term, and Purpose 
This Agreement will commence on the Effective Date and shall continue in effect for one (1) full year. However, at the end of such one (1) year period and, if extended, at the end of each additional year thereafter, the term of this Agreement shall be extended automatically for one (1) additional year, unless the Committee delivers written notice thirty (30) days prior to the end of such term, or extended term, to each Executive, that the Agreement will not be extended. In such case, the Agreement will terminate at the end of the term, or extended term, then in progress. 
However, in the event a Change in Control occurs during the original or any extended term, this Agreement will remain in effect for the longer of: (i) twenty-four (24) months beyond the month in which 

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such Change in Control occurred; or (ii) until all obligations of the Company hereunder have been fulfilled, and until all benefits required hereunder have been paid to the Executive. 
Article 2.  Definitions 
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below and, when the meaning is intended, the initial letter of the word is capitalized. 
2.1    “Base Salary” means the salary of record paid to an Executive as annual salary, excluding amounts received under incentive or other bonus plans, whether or not deferred. 
2.2    “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act. 
2.3    “Beneficiary” means the persons or entities designated or deemed designated by the Executive pursuant to Section 11.2 herein. 
2.4    “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 
2.5    “Cause” means: 
		
	(a)
	The Executive’s willful and continued failure to substantially perform his/her duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from Disability or occurring after issuance by the Executive of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason), after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Executive that specifically identifies the manner in which the Company believes that the Executive has willfully failed to substantially perform his/her duties, and after the Executive has failed to resume substantial performance of his/her duties on a continuous basis within thirty (30) calendar days of receiving such demand;

		
	(b)
	The Executive’s willfully engaging in conduct (other than conduct covered under (a) above) which is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise; or

		
	(c)
	The Executive’s having been convicted of a felony.

For purposes of this subparagraph, no act, or failure to act, on the Executive’s part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the action or omission was in the best interests of the Company.  The termination of employment of the Executive shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the entire membership of the Board (excluding the Executive, if applicable) at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to the Executive and the Executive is given an opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard before the Board) finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, the Executive is guilty of the conduct described above, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.
2.6    “Change in Control” means any of the following events:
		
	(a)
	any “person”(as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and as used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes a “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities eligible to vote for 

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the election of the Board (the “Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that the event described in this paragraph (a) shall not be deemed to be a Change in Control by virtue of any of the following acquisitions:  (A) by the Company or any Subsidiary, (B) by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary, (C) by any underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities or (D) a transaction (other than one described in (b) below) in which Company Voting Securities are acquired from the Company, if a majority of the incumbent Directors approve a resolution providing expressly that the acquisition pursuant to this clause (D) does not constitute a Change in Control under this paragraph (a);
		
	(b)
	the consummation of a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar form of corporate transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that requires the approval of the Company’s stockholders, whether for such transaction or the issuance of securities in the transaction (a “Business Combination”), unless immediately following such Business Combination:  (A) more than 60% of the total voting power of (x) the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (the “Surviving Corporation”), or (y) if applicable, the ultimate parent corporation that directly or indirectly has beneficial ownership of 100% of the voting securities eligible to elect directors of the Surviving Corporation (the “Parent Corporation”), is represented by Company Voting Securities that were outstanding immediately prior to such Business Combination (or, if applicable, is represented by shares into which such Company Voting Securities were converted pursuant to such Business Combination), and such voting power among (and only among) the holders thereof is in substantially the same proportion as the voting power of such Company Voting Securities among the holders thereof immediately prior to the Business Combination, (B) no person (other than any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Surviving Corporation or the Parent Corporation) is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 20% or more of the total voting power of the outstanding voting securities eligible to elect directors of the Parent Corporation (or, if there is no Parent Corporation, the Surviving Corporation) and (C) at least 50% of the members of the board of directors of the Parent Corporation (or, if there is no Parent Corporation, the Surviving Corporation) following the consummation of the Business Combination were incumbent Directors at the time of the Board’s approval of the execution of the initial agreement providing for such Business Combination; or

		
	(c)
	during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors and any new director (other than a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this section) whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof; or

		
	(d)
	the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control of the Company shall not be deemed to occur solely because any person acquires beneficial ownership of more than 20% of the Company Voting Securities as a result of the acquisition of Company Voting Securities by the Company which reduces the number of Company Voting Securities outstanding; provided, that if after such acquisition by the Company such person becomes the beneficial owner of additional Company 

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Voting Securities that increases the percentage of outstanding Company Voting Securities beneficially owned by such person, a Change in Control of the Company shall then occur.  Further, in no event shall a Change in Control be deemed to have occurred, with respect to the Executive, if the Executive is part of a purchasing group which consummates the Change in Control transaction. The Executive shall be deemed “part of a purchasing group” for purposes of the preceding sentence if the Executive is an equity participant in the purchasing company or group (except for: (i) passive ownership of less than three percent (3%) of the stock of the purchasing company; or (ii) ownership of equity participation in the purchasing company or group which is otherwise not significant, as determined prior to the Change in Control by a majority of the nonemployee continuing Directors). 
2.7     “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successors thereto. 
2.8     “Committee” means the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board or any other committee appointed by the Board to perform the functions of the Compensation and Benefits Committee. 
2.9    “Company” means Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc., a Texas corporation, or any successor thereto as provided in Article 10 herein. 
2.10    “Disability” means complete and permanent inability by reason of illness or accident to perform the duties of the occupation at which the Executive was employed when such disability commenced. 
2.11     “Effective Date” means the date of this Agreement set forth above. 
2.12    “Effective Date of Termination” means the date on which a Qualifying Termination occurs which triggers the payment of Severance Benefits hereunder. 
2.13    “Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
2.14    “Good Reason” shall mean, without the Executive’s express written consent, the occurrence of any one or more of the following: 
		
	(a)
	The assignment of the Executive to duties materially inconsistent with the Executive’s authorities, duties, responsibilities, and status (including offices and reporting requirements) as an employee of the Company, or a reduction or alteration in the nature or status of the Executive’s authorities, duties, or responsibilities than those in effect immediately preceding the Change in Control;

		
	(b)
	The Company’s requiring the Executive to be based at a location which is at least fifty (50) miles further from the current primary residence than is such residence from the Company’s current headquarters, except for required travel on the Company’s business to an extent substantially consistent with the Executive’s business obligations as of the Effective Date;

		
	(c)
	A material change in the Executive’s Base Salary or bonus opportunity as in effect on the Effective Date or as the same shall be increased from time to time;

		
	(d)
	A material reduction in the Executive’s level of participation in any of the Company’s short- and/or long-term incentive compensation plans, or employee benefit or retirement plans, policies, practices, or arrangements in which the Executive participates immediately preceding the Change in Control; provided, however, that reductions in the levels of participation in any such plans shall not be deemed to be “Good Reason” if the Executive’s reduced level of participation in each such program remains substantially consistent with 

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the average level of participation of other executives who have positions commensurate with the Executive’s position.
For purposes of this Agreement, long-term incentives shall mean the Cullen Frost Bankers, Inc. 1992 Stock Plan and any other similar plans instituted by the Company;
		
	(e)
	The failure of the Company to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any successor to the Company to assume and agree to perform this Agreement, as contemplated in Article 10 herein; or

		
	(f)
	Any termination of Executive’s employment by the Company that is not effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination.

The existence of Good Reason shall not be affected by the Executive’s temporary incapacity due to physical or mental illness not constituting a Disability. The Executive’s Retirement shall constitute a waiver of the Executive’s rights with respect to any circumstance constituting Good Reason. The Executive’s continued employment shall not constitute a waiver of the Executive’s rights with respect to any circumstance constituting Good Reason.  
2.15     “Notice of Termination” shall mean a written notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated. 
2.16    “Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a “group” as provided in Section 13(d). 
2.17    “Qualifying Termination” means any of the events described in Section 3.2 herein, the occurrence of which triggers the payment of Severance Benefits hereunder. 
2.18    “Retirement” means the Executive’s voluntary termination of employment other than for Good Reason in a manner which qualifies the Executive to receive immediately payable retirement benefits under the Company’s tax-qualified retirement plan or under the successor or replacement of such retirement plan if it is then no longer is effect. 
2.19    “Severance Benefits” means the payment of severance compensation as provided in Section 3.3 herein. 
2.20    “Target Bonus” shall mean the target bonus amount established under the Company’s annual incentive plan. 
2.21    “Trust” means the Company grantor trust to be created pursuant to Article 6 of this Agreement. 
Article 3. Severance Benefits 
3.1    Right to Severance Benefits. The Executive shall be entitled to receive from the Company Severance Benefits, as described in Section 3.3 herein, if there has been a Change in Control of the Company and if, within twenty-four (24) calendar months following the Change in Control, a Qualifying Termination of the Executive has occurred. 
The Executive shall not be entitled to receive Severance Benefits if he/she is terminated for Cause, or if his/her employment with the Company ends due to death, Disability, or Retirement or due to a voluntary termination of employment by the Executive without Good Reason. 

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3.2    Qualifying Termination. The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall trigger the payment of Severance Benefits to the Executive under this Agreement: 
		
	(a)
	An involuntary termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company for reasons other than Cause within twenty-four (24) calendar months following a Change in Control of the Company pursuant to a Notice of Termination delivered to the Executive by the Company; 

		
	(b)
	A voluntary termination by the Executive for Good Reason within twenty-four (24) calendar months following a Change in Control of the Company pursuant to a Notice of Termination delivered to the Company by the Executive; or 

		
	(c)
	The Company or any successor company breaches any of the provisions of this Agreement.

3.3    Description of Severance Benefits. In the event the Executive becomes entitled to receive Severance Benefits, as provided in Sections 3.1 and 3.2 herein, the Company shall pay to the Executive and provide him with the following: 
		
	(a)
	An amount equal to three (3) times the highest rate of the Executive’s annualized Base Salary in effect immediately preceding the Change in Control.

		
	(b)
	An amount equal to three (3) times the Executive’s highest target bonus established for the year immediately preceding the Change in Control.

		
	(c)
	An amount equal to the Executive’s unpaid Base Salary, a pro rata amount of the Executive’s Target Bonus for the year in which the termination occurs, accrued vacation pay, and earned but not taken vacation pay through the Effective Date of Termination.

		
	(d)
	A continuation of the welfare benefits of health care, life and accidental death and dismemberment, and disability insurance coverage for three (3) full years after the Effective Date of Termination. These benefits shall be provided to the Executive at the same premium cost, and at the same coverage level, as in effect as of the Executive’s Effective Date of Termination. However, in the event the premium cost and/or level of coverage shall change for all employees of the Company, or for management employees with respect to supplemental benefits, the cost and/or coverage level, likewise, shall change for the Executive in a corresponding manner.

The continuation of these welfare benefits shall be discontinued prior to the end of the three (3) year period in the event the Executive has available substantially similar benefits at a comparable cost from a subsequent employer, as determined by the Committee.
		
	(e)
	All long-term incentive awards immediately vest. 

The aggregate benefits accrued by the Executive as of the Effective Date of Termination under all other savings and retirement plans sponsored by the Company shall be distributed pursuant to the terms of the applicable plans. 
3.4    Termination for Disability. Following a Change in Control of the Company, if an Executive’s employment is terminated due to Disability, the Executive shall receive his/her Base Salary through the Effective Date of Termination, at which point in time the Executive’s benefits shall be determined in accordance with the Company’s disability, retirement, insurance, and other applicable plans and programs then in effect. In the event the Executive’s employment is terminated due to Disability, the Executive shall not be entitled to the Severance Benefits described in Section 3.3. 
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benefits shall be determined in accordance with the Company’s retirement, survivor’s benefits, insurance, and other applicable programs of the Company then in effect. In the event the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of his/her Retirement or death, the Executive shall not be entitled to the Severance Benefits described in Section 3.3. 
3.6    Termination for Cause, or Other Than for Good Reason or Retirement. Following a Change in Control of the Company, if the Executive’s employment is terminated either: (a) by the Company for Cause; or (b) by the Executive (other than for Retirement, Good Reason, or under circumstances giving rise to a Qualifying Termination described in Section 3.2(c) herein), the Company shall pay the Executive his/her full Base Salary and accrued vacation through the Effective Date of Termination, at the rate then in effect, plus all other amounts to which the Executive is entitled under any compensation plans of the Company, at the time such payments are due, and the Company shall have no further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement. 
3.7    Notice of Termination. Any termination of employment by the Company or by the Executive for Good Reason shall be communicated by a Notice of Termination. 
Article 4. Form and Timing of Severance Benefits 
4.1    Form and Timing of Severance Benefits. The Severance Benefits described in Sections 3.3(a), 3.3(b), and 3.3(c) herein shall be paid in cash to the Executive in a single lump sum as soon as practicable following the Effective Date of Termination, but in no event beyond thirty (30) days after such date (with the actual payment date during such 30-day period to be determined by the Company in its discretion). 
4.2    Withholding of Taxes. The Company shall be entitled to withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement all taxes as legally shall be required (including, without limitation, any United States federal taxes and any other state, city, or local taxes). 
Article 5. Excise Tax Equalization Payment 
5.1    Excise Tax Equalization Payment. In the event that the Executive becomes entitled to Severance Benefits or any other payment or benefit under this Agreement, or under any other agreement with or plan of the Company (in the aggregate, the “Total Payments”), if all or any part of the Total Payments will be subject to the tax (the “Excise Tax”) imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any similar tax that may hereafter be imposed), the Company shall pay to the Executive in cash an additional amount (the “Gross-Up Payment”) such that the net amount retained by the Executive after deduction of any Excise Tax upon the Total Payments and any federal, state, and local income tax, penalties, interest, and Excise Tax upon the Gross-Up Payment provided for by this Section 5.1 (including FICA and FUTA), shall be equal to the Total Payments. Such payment shall be made by the Company to the Executive as soon as practical (but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after the date the Excise Tax is remitted). 
5.2    Tax Computation. For purposes of determining whether any of the Total Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax and the amounts of such Excise Tax: 
		
	(a)
	Any other payments or benefits received or to be received by the Executive in connection with a Change in Control of the Company or the Executive’s termination of employment (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement, or agreement with the Company, or with any Person whose actions result in a Change in Control of the Company or any Person affiliated with the Company or such Persons) shall be treated as “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code, and all “excess parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax, unless in the opinion of tax counsel as supported by the Company’s independent auditors and acceptable to the Executive, such other payments 

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or benefits (in whole or in part) do not constitute parachute payments, or unless such excess parachute payments (in whole or in part) represent reasonable compensation for services actually rendered within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4) of the Code in excess of the base amount within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code, or are otherwise not subject to the Excise Tax;
		
	(b)
	The amount of the Total Payments which shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax shall be equal to the lesser of: (i) the total amount of the Total Payments; or (ii) the amount of excess parachute payments within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) (after applying clause (a) above); and 

		
	(c)
	The value of any noncash benefits or any deferred payment or benefit shall be determined by the Company’s independent auditors in accordance with the principles of Sections 280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code.

For purposes of determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive shall be deemed to pay federal income taxes at the highest marginal rate of federal income taxation in the calendar year in which the Gross-Up Payment is to be made, and state and local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of the Executive’s residence on the Effective Date of Termination, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes which could be obtained from deduction of such state and local taxes. 
5.3    Subsequent Recalculation. In the event the Internal Revenue Service adjusts the computation of the Company under Section 5.2 herein so that the Executive did not receive the greatest net benefit, the Company shall reimburse the Executive for the full amount necessary to make the Executive whole, plus a market rate of interest, as determined by the Committee, within 30 days after such adjustment. 
Article 6.  The Company’s Payment Obligation 
The Company’s obligation to make the payments and the arrangements provided for herein shall be absolute and unconditional, and shall not be affected by any circumstances, including, without limitation, any offset, counterclaim, recoupment, defense, or other right which the Company may have against the Executive or anyone else. All amounts payable by the Company hereunder shall be paid without notice or demand. Each and every payment made hereunder by the Company shall be final, and the Company shall not seek to recover all or any part of such payment from the Executive or from whomsoever may be entitled thereto, for any reasons whatsoever. 
The Executive shall not be obligated to seek other employment in mitigation of the amounts payable or arrangements made under any provision of this Agreement, and the obtaining of any such other employment shall in no event effect any reduction of the Company’s obligations to make the payments and arrangements required to be made under this Agreement, except to the extent provided in Section 3.3(d) herein. 
Article 7.  Legal Remedies 
7.1    Payment of Legal Fees. To the extent permitted by law, the Company shall pay all legal fees, costs of litigation, prejudgment interest, and other expenses incurred in good faith by the Executive as a result of the Company’s refusal to provide the Severance Benefits to which the Executive becomes entitled under this Agreement, or as a result of the Company’s contesting the validity, enforceability, or interpretation of this Agreement, or as a result of any conflict (including conflicts related to the calculation of parachute payments) between the parties pertaining to this Agreement.  Such costs and fees shall be 

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reimbursed as soon as practicable after the Executive makes a claim for reimbursement (but in no event later than the end of the year following the year in which the costs are incurred).
7.2    Arbitration. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled by arbitration, conducted before a panel of three (3) arbitrators sitting in a location selected by the Executive within fifty (50) miles from the location of his/her employment with the Company, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect. 
Judgment may be entered on the award of the arbitrator in any court having proper jurisdiction. All expenses of such arbitration, including the fees and expenses of the counsel for the Executive, shall be borne by the Company. 
Article 8.  Successors and Assignment 
8.1    Successors to the Company. The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company or of any division or subsidiary thereof to expressly assume and agree to perform the Company’s obligations under this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform them if no such succession had taken place. The date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed to be the date of the Change in Control. 
8.2    Assignment by the Executive. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees. If the Executive dies while any amount would still be payable to him hereunder had he/she continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the Executive’s Beneficiary. If the Executive has not named a Beneficiary, then such amounts shall be paid to the Executive’s devisee, legatee, or other designee, or if there is no such designee, to the Executive’s estate. 
Article 9.  Miscellaneous 
9.1    Employment Status. Except as may be provided under any other agreement between the Executive and the Company, the employment of the Executive by the Company is “at will,” and may be terminated by either the Executive or the Company at any time, subject to applicable law. 
9.2    Beneficiaries. The Executive may designate one or more persons or entities as the primary and/or contingent Beneficiaries of any Severance Benefits owing to the Executive under this Agreement. Such designation must be in the form of a signed writing acceptable to the Committee. The Executive may make or change such designations at any time. 
9.3    Severability. In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Agreement, and the Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included. Further, the captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force and effect. 
9.4    Modification. No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived, or discharged unless such modification, waiver, or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by the Executive and by an authorized member of the Committee, or by the respective parties’ legal representatives and successors. 
9.5    Applicable Law. To the extent not preempted by the laws of the United States, the laws of the state of Texas shall be the controlling law in all matters relating to this Agreement.
9.6    Code Section 409A.  The Severance Benefits and other benefits under this Agreement are intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code or to otherwise be exempt therefrom.  

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	(a)
	Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if (a) the Executive is a “specified employee” as determined pursuant to Section 409A of the Code as of the date of the Executive’s “separation from service” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. 1.409A-1(h)) and if any Severance Benefits or other payment or benefit provided for in this Agreement or otherwise both (i) constitutes a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and (ii) cannot be paid or provided in the manner otherwise provided without subjecting the Executive to “additional tax”, interest or penalties under Section 409A of the Code, then any such Severance Benefit or other payment or benefit that is payable during the first six months following the Executive’s “separation from service” shall be paid or provided to the Executive in a cash lump-sum on the first business day of the seventh calendar month following the month in which the Executive’s “separation from service” occurs.  Any payment or benefit due upon a termination of the Executive’s employment that represents a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A shall only be paid or provided to the Executive upon a “separation from service”.  

		
	(b)
	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 3.3 of this Agreement or elsewhere, any payment or benefit under Section 3.3 or otherwise that is exempt from Section 409A pursuant to Treas. Reg. 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v)(A) or (C) shall be paid or provided to the Executive only to the extent that the expenses are not incurred, or the benefits are not provided, beyond the last day of the second taxable year of the Executive following the taxable year of the Executive in which the “separation from service” occurs; and provided further that such expenses are reimbursed no later than the last day of the third taxable year following the taxable year of the Executive in which the “separation from service” occurs.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to the extent any expense reimbursement or the provision of any in-kind benefit under this Agreement is determined to be subject to Section 409A of the Code, the amount of any such expenses eligible for reimbursement, or the provision of any in-kind benefit, in one calendar year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year (except for any life-time or other aggregate limitation applicable to medical expenses), in no event shall any expenses be reimbursed after the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Executive incurred such expenses, and in no event shall any right to reimbursement or the provision of any in-kind benefit be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

		
	(c)
	For the purposes of this Agreement, each payment made pursuant to Section 3.3 shall be deemed to be separate payments, amounts payable under Section 3.3 of this Agreement shall be deemed not to be a “deferral of compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code to the extent provided in the exceptions in Treas. Reg. Sections 1.409A-1(b)(4) (“short-term deferrals”) and (b)(9) (“separation pay plans,” including the exception under subparagraph (iii)) and other applicable provisions of Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1 through A-6.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on this [DAY] day of [MONTH], [YEAR].
	
				
	Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.
	 
	Executive

	 
	 
	 

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