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Exhibit 4.13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMERICA FIRST MULTIFAMILY INVESTORS, L.P.

AS ISSUER

 

 

AND

 

 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

AS TRUSTEE

 

 

Indenture

 

 

Subordinated Debt Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated as of , 202___

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DMS 23719360.1

 

 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 310 through 318,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939

		
	
Trust Indenture Act Section
	
Indenture Section

	
Section 310(a)(1)
	
7.10

	
(a)(2)
	
7.10

	
(a)(3)
	
Not Applicable

	
(a)(4)
	
Not Applicable

	
(a)(5)
	
7.10

	
(b)
	
7.08; 7.10

	
(c)
	
Not Applicable

	
Section 311(a)
	
7.11

	
(b)
	
7.11

	
(c)
	
Not Applicable

	
Section 312(a)
	
2.06

	
(b)
	
12.03

	
(c)
	
12.03

	
Section 313(a)
	
7.06

	
(b)(1)
	
7.06

	
(b)(2)
	
7.06; 7.07

	
(c)
	
7.06; 11.02

	
(d)
	
7.06

	
Section 314(a)
	
4.02; 4.03; 11.02

	
(b)
	
Not Applicable

	
(c)(1)
	
12.04

	
(c)(2)
	
12.04

	
(c)(3)
	
Not Applicable

	
(d)
	
Not Applicable

	
(e)
	
12.05

	
(f)
	
Not Applicable

	
Section 315(a)
	
7.01

	
(b)
	
7.05; 11.02

	
(c)
	
7.01

	
(d)
	
7.01

	
(e)
	
6.11

	
Section 316(a) (last sentence)
	
2.09

	
(a)(1)(A)
	
6.05

	
(a)(1)(B)
	
6.04

	
(a)(2)
	
Not Applicable

	
(b)
	
6.07

	
(c)
	
9.04

	
Section 317(a)(1)
	
6.08

	
(a)(2)
	
6.09

	
(b)
	
2.05

	
Section 318(a)
	
12.01

	
(b)
	
Not Applicable

	
(c)
	
12.01

	
*
	
This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
	
1

	
Section 1.01
	
Definitions
	
1

	
Section 1.02
	
Other Definitions
	
5

	
Section 1.03
	
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
	
5

	
Section 1.04
	
Rules of Construction
	
6

	
ARTICLE 2 THE SECURITIES
	
6

	
Section 2.01
	
Issuable in Series
	
6

	
Section 2.02
	
Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities
	
7

	
Section 2.03
	
Execution and Authentication
	
9

	
Section 2.04
	
Registrar and Paying Agent
	
11

	
Section 2.05
	
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
	
11

	
Section 2.06
	
Holders Lists
	
12

	
Section 2.07
	
Transfer and Exchange
	
12

	
Section 2.08
	
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
	
12

	
Section 2.09
	
Outstanding Securities
	
13

	
Section 2.10
	
Treasury Securities
	
13

	
Section 2.11
	
Temporary Securities
	
14

	
Section 2.12
	
Cancellation
	
14

	
Section 2.13
	
Defaulted Interest
	
14

	
Section 2.14
	
Global Securities
	
14

	
Section 2.15
	
CUSIP Numbers
	
17

	
ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
	
17

	
Section 3.01
	
Notices to Trustee
	
17

	
Section 3.02
	
Selection of Securities to be Redeemed
	
17

	
Section 3.03
	
Notice of Redemption
	
17

	
Section 3.04
	
Effect of Notice of Redemption
	
18

	
Section 3.05
	
Deposit of Redemption Price
	
19

	
Section 3.06
	
Securities Redeemed in Part
	
19

	
ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS
	
19

	
Section 4.01
	
Payment of Securities
	
19

	
Section 4.02
	
Reports
	
19

	
Section 4.03
	
Compliance Certificate
	
20

	
Section 4.04
	
Corporate Existence
	
21

	
Section 4.05
	
Calculation of Original Issue Discount
	
21

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ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSORS
	
22

	
Section 5.01
	
Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets
	
22

	
ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
	
22

	
Section 6.01
	
Events of Default
	
22

	
Section 6.02
	
Acceleration
	
24

	
Section 6.03
	
Other Remedies
	
24

	
Section 6.04
	
Waiver of Past Defaults
	
24

	
Section 6.05
	
Control By Majority
	
25

	
Section 6.06
	
Limitation on Suits
	
25

	
Section 6.07
	
Rights of Holders to Receive Payment
	
25

	
Section 6.08
	
Collection Suit by Trustee
	
25

	
Section 6.09
	
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	
26

	
Section 6.10
	
Priorities
	
26

	
Section 6.11
	
Undertaking For Costs
	
26

	
ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE
	
27

	
Section 7.01
	
Duties of Trustee
	
27

	
Section 7.02
	
Rights of Trustee
	
28

	
Section 7.03
	
Individual Rights of Trustee
	
30

	
Section 7.04
	
Trustee’s Disclaimer
	
30

	
Section 7.05
	
Notice of Defaults
	
30

	
Section 7.06
	
Reports By Trustee to Holders
	
30

	
Section 7.07
	
Compensation and Indemnity
	
31

	
Section 7.08
	
Replacement of Trustee
	
32

	
Section 7.09
	
Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc
	
33

	
Section 7.10
	
Eligibility; Disqualification
	
33

	
Section 7.11
	
Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Partnership
	
33

	
ARTICLE 8 DISCHARGE; LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
	
33

	
Section 8.01
	
Discharge; Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	
33

	
Section 8.02
	
Legal Defeasance and Discharge
	
34

	
Section 8.03
	
Covenant Defeasance
	
35

	
Section 8.04
	
Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
	
35

	
Section 8.05
	
Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions
	
36

	
Section 8.06
	
Repayment to the Partnership
	
37

	
Section 8.07
	
Reinstatement
	
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ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
	
38

	
Section 9.01
	
Without Consent of Holders
	
38

	
Section 9.02
	
With Consent of Holders of Securities
	
39

	
Section 9.03
	
Compliance with Trust Indenture Act
	
41

	
Section 9.04
	
Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers
	
41

	
Section 9.05
	
Notation on or Exchange of Securities
	
41

	
Section 9.06
	
Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc
	
41

	
ARTICLE 10 SUBORDINATION
	
42

	
Section 10.01
	
Securities Subordinated to Senior Indebtedness
	
42

	
Section 10.02
	
Effectuation of Subordination by Trustee
	
45

	
Section 10.03
	
Knowledge of Trustee
	
45

	
Section 10.04
	
Trustee’s Relation to Senior Indebtedness
	
46

	
Section 10.05
	
Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness Not Impaired
	
46

	
ARTICLE 11 NOTE GUARANTEES
	
46

	
Section 11.01
	
Guarantee
	
46

	
Section 11.02
	
Limitation on Guarantor Liability
	
48

	
Section 11.03
	
Execution and Delivery of Guarantee
	
48

	
ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS
	
48

	
Section 12.01
	
Trust Indenture Act Controls
	
48

	
Section 12.02
	
Notices
	
48

	
Section 12.03
	
Communication by Holders of Securities with Other Holders of Securities
	
49

	
Section 12.04
	
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
	
50

	
Section 12.05
	
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
	
50

	
Section 12.06
	
Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar
	
50

	
Section 12.07
	
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Unitholders
	
50

	
Section 12.08
	
GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY
	
50

	
Section 12.09
	
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
	
51

	
Section 12.10
	
Successors
	
51

	
Section 12.11
	
Severability
	
51

	
Section 12.12
	
Counterpart Originals
	
51

	
Section 12.13
	
Table of Contents, Headings, Etc
	
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INDENTURE dated as of [__], [__] between America First Multifamily Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

The Partnership and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities issued under this Indenture (the “Securities”):

Article 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01Definitions.

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

“Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.

“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.

“Board of Directors” means, (a) with respect to the Partnership, the board of managers of the general partner of the general partner of the Partnership or any duly authorized committee thereof, and (b) with respect to any other Person, the board of directors or comparable governing body of such Person.

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Partnership to have been adopted by the Board of Directors or pursuant to authorization by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of the certificate and delivered to the Trustee.

“BUC” means beneficial unit certificates representing assigned limited partnership interests of the Partnership.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Legal Holiday.

“Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any preferred stock or preferred units, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

 “Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, Societe Anonyme, Luxembourg.

“Commission” or “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of Voting Stock, by agreement or otherwise.

“Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” shall be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.02 or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Partnership.

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

“Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

“Definitive Security” means a certificated Security registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.07.

“Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.14 as the Depositary with respect to the Securities, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

“Dollar” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debt.

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

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Foreign Currency” means any currency or currency unit issued by a government other than the government of The United States of America.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Commission or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States, which are in effect from time to time; provided, however, that all reports and other financial information provided by the Partnership to the Holders of the Securities, the Trustee and/or the Commission shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, as in effect on the date of such report or other financial information.

“Global Security” when used with respect to any Series of Securities issued hereunder, means a Security which is executed by the Partnership and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture and an indenture supplemental hereto, if any, or Board Resolution and pursuant to a Partnership Order, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and which shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all the outstanding Securities of such Series or any portion thereof, in either case having the same terms, including, without limitation, the same original issue date, date or dates on which principal and interest are due, and interest rate or method of determining interest and which shall bear the legend as prescribed by Section 2.14(c).

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“Global Security Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.14(c), which is required to be placed on all Global Securities issued under this Indenture.

“Government Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which guarantee or obligations the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged.

“Guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise).

“Guarantor” means [●] in the event that [●] executes a Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, and its successors and assigns, in each case, until the Guarantee has been released in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered on the Registrar’s books.

“Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in the applicable Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate relating to a particular Series of Securities.

“Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

“Interest Payment Date” when used with respect to any Series of Securities, means the date specified in such Securities for the payment of any installment of interest on those Securities.

“Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date or redemption date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.

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

“Offering” means the offering of the Securities by the Partnership.

“Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.

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“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Partnership by two Officers of the Partnership, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Partnership, delivered to the Trustee that meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture, including without limitation the requirements of Section 12.05.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 12.05. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Partnership, any Guarantor, or, at the Trustee’s option, the Trustee.

“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security that provides for an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02.

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

“Partnership” means America First Multifamily Investors, L.P., and any and all successors thereto.

 “Partnership Order” means a written order signed in the name of the Partnership by two Officers, one of whom must be the Partnership’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer.

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

“Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and in each case, who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture

“Securities” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Series” or “Series of Securities” means each series of debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Partnership created pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.02.

“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary which would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Security, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which an amount equal to the principal amount of such Security is due and payable.

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“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1)any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total Voting Stock is at the time owned or Controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and

(2)any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).

“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA.

“Trustee” means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person that is (a) a corporation, any class or series of capital stock of such Person that is ordinarily entitled to vote in the election of directors thereof at a meeting of stockholders called for such purpose, without the occurrence of any additional event or contingency, (b) a limited liability company, membership interests entitled to manage, or to elect or appoint the Persons that will manage the operations or business of the limited liability company, or (c) a partnership, partnership interests entitled to elect or replace the general partner thereof.

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

Section 1.02Other Definitions.

			
	
Term
	
 
	
Defined in Section

	
“Covenant Defeasance”
	
 
	
8.03

	
“Event of Default”
	
 
	
6.01

	
“Legal Defeasance”
	
 
	
8.02

	
“notice of acceleration”
	
 
	
6.02

	
“Paying Agent”
	
 
	
2.04

	
“Registrar”
	
 
	
2.04

	
“Service Agent”
	
 
	
2.04

	
“Transfer”
	
 
	
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Section 1.03Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.

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The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

“Indenture Securities” means the Securities;

“Indenture Security Holder” means a Holder of a Security

“Indenture to be Qualified” means this Indenture;

“Indenture Trustee” or “Institutional Trustee” means the Trustee; and

“Obligor” on the Securities means the Partnership and any successor obligor upon the Securities.

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.

Section 1.04Rules of Construction.

Unless the context otherwise requires:

(a)a term has the meaning assigned to it;

(b)an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

(c)words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

(d)provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and

(e)references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the TIA shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the Commission from time to time.

Article 2

THE SECURITIES

Section 2.01Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more Series. All Securities of a Series shall be identical except as may be set forth in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to the authority granted under a Board Resolution. In the case of Securities of a Series to be issued from time to time, the Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture may provide for the method by which specified terms (such as interest rate, maturity date, record date or date from which interest shall accrue) are to be determined. Securities may differ between Series in respect of any matters.

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Section 2.02Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities. At or prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series, the following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in the case of Subsection 2.02(a) and either as to such Securities within the Series or as to the Series generally in the case of Subsections 2.02(b) through 2.02(x)) by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution:

(a)the title of the Securities of the Series (which shall distinguish the Securities of that particular Series from the Securities of any other Series);

(b)any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the Series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the Series);

(c)the date or dates on which the principal and premium, if any, of the Securities of the Series are payable;

(d)the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the Securities of the Series shall bear interest, if any, or the method of determining such rate or rates, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest, if any, shall be payable or the method by which the Interest Payment Dates will be determined, the record dates for the determination of Holders thereof to whom interest is payable (in the case of Securities in registered form), and the basis upon which such interest will be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;

(e)the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which Securities of the Series shall be denominated, if other than Dollars, the place or places, if any, in addition to or instead of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (in the case of Securities in registered form), where the principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to Securities of such Series shall be payable or the method of such payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other means;

(f)the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Partnership or otherwise;

(g)the obligation, if any, of the Partnership to redeem, purchase or repay the Securities of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the Series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligations;

(h)the terms, if any, upon which the Securities of the Series may be convertible into or exchanged for any of the Partnership’s BUCs, preferred units, other securities or warrants to purchase the Partnership’s BUCs, preferred units or other securities and the terms and conditions upon which such conversion or exchange shall be effected, including 

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the initial conversion or exchange price or rate, the conversion or exchange period and any other additional provisions;

(i)if other than minimum denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the Series shall be issuable;

(j)if the amount of principal, premium, if any, or interest with respect to the Securities of the Series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts will be determined;

(k)if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of Securities of the Series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to such Stated Maturity, the amount that will be deemed to be such principal amount as of any such date for any purpose, including the principal amount thereof which will be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity and which will be deemed to be outstanding as of any such date (or, in any such case, the manner in which such deemed principal amount is to be determined), and, if necessary, the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in Dollars;

(l)the applicability of, if any, and any changes or additions to Article 8;

(m)if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Securities of the Series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02;

(n)the terms, if any, of the transfer, mortgage, pledge or assignment as security for the Securities of the Series of any properties, assets, moneys, proceeds, securities or other collateral, including whether certain provisions of the TIA are applicable and any corresponding changes to provisions of this Indenture as then in effect;

(o)(q) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the Series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Series of Securities to declare the principal, premium, if any, and interest on such Series of Securities due and payable pursuant to Section 6.02;

(p)if the Securities of the Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Security, the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual Definitive Securities of such Series, the Depositary for such Global Security and the form of any legend or legends to be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of the Global Securities Legend;

(q)any Trustee, authenticating agent, Paying Agent, transfer agent, Service Agent or Registrar;

(r)the applicability of, and any addition to or change in, the covenants (and the related definitions) set forth in Articles 4 or 5 which applies to the Securities of the Series;

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(s)any additional or different subordination terms, if any, applicable to the Securities of the Series;

(t)with regard to Securities of the Series that do not bear interest, the dates for certain required reports to the Trustee;

(u)any United Stated Federal income tax consequences applicable to the Securities;

(v)the terms applicable to Original Issue Discount Securities, including the rate or rates at which original issue discount will accrue; and

(w)any other terms of Securities of the Series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.01, but which may modify or delete any provision of this Indenture insofar as it applies to such Series).

All Securities of any one Series need not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate referred to above, and the authorized principal amount of any Series may not be increased to provide for issuances of additional Securities of such Series, unless otherwise provided in such Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate.

Section 2.03Execution and Authentication. One Officer shall sign the Securities for the Partnership by manual, electronic or facsimile signature. If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be valid. A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.

The Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate Securities for original issue in the principal amount provided in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate, upon receipt by the Trustee of a Partnership Order. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

The aggregate principal amount of Securities of any Series outstanding at any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for such Series set forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.02, except as provided in Section 2.08.

Prior to the issuance of Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall have received and (subject to Section 7.02) shall be fully protected in relying on:

(a)the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate establishing the form of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series and the terms of the Securities of that Series or Securities within that Series; (b) an Officers’ Certificate complying with Section 12.05; and (c) an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 12.05 and also stating:

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(i)if the form or forms of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or Officers’ Certificate, that each such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(ii)if the terms of such Securities have been, or will be, established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or Officers’ Certificate, that such terms have been or will be, established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

(iii)that such Securities when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Partnership will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Partnership and, if applicable, the Guarantees will constitute valid, and legally binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, liquidation, fraudulent conveyance or transfer and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights, or to general equity principles.

The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken; (b) if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or vice-presidents shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any then outstanding Series of Securities, or (c) the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

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

Any Global Securities (i) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary and (ii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instructions or held by the Trustee as Custodian. Participants shall have no rights either under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Custodian or under such Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by the Partnership, the Trustee and any agent of the Partnership or Trustee as the owner of such Global Security for all purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Partnership, the Trustee or any Agent or other agent of the Partnership or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certificate, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Participants, the operation of customary practices of such Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of an owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Security.

The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any Holder, any member or Participant of the Depositary or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary (or its nominee) or of any Participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Securities or with respect to the delivery of any notice (including without limitation 

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any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount or delivery of any Securities (or other security or property) under which or with respect to the Securities. The Trustee may rely (and shall be fully protected in relying) upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members and Participants.

Section 2.04Registrar and Paying Agent. The Partnership shall maintain, with respect to each Series of Securities, at the place or places specified with respect to such Series pursuant to Section 2.02, an office or agency where Securities of such Series may be presented or surrendered for payment (“Paying Agent”) and where Securities of such Series may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to each Series of Securities and to their transfer and exchange. The Partnership will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address, and any change in the name and address, of each Registrar or Paying Agent. If at any time the Partnership shall fail to maintain any such required Registrar or Paying Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the name and address thereof, such presentations or surrenders may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Partnership hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations and surrenders. In no case will any service of legal process be made against the Partnership at the office of the Trustee.

The Partnership may also from time to time designate one or more co-registrars or additional paying agents and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Partnership of its obligations to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent in each place so specified pursuant to Section 2.02 for Securities of any Series for such purposes. The Partnership will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the name or address of any such co-registrar or additional paying agent. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar, and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent.

The Partnership hereby appoints the Trustee as the initial Registrar and Paying Agent for each Series unless another Registrar or Paying Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to the time the Securities of that Series are first issued.

Section 2.05Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. The Partnership shall require each Paying Agent, other than the Trustee, to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the benefit of Holders of any Series of Securities, or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Series of Securities, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Partnership in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Partnership at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Partnership or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Partnership or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders of any Series of Securities all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Partnership, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Securities.

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Section 2.06Holders Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders of each Series of Securities and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Partnership shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of each Series of Securities and the Partnership shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).

Section 2.07Transfer and Exchange. When Securities of a Series are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Partnership may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.06, or 9.05).

Neither the Partnership nor the Registrar shall be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any Series for the period beginning at the opening of business fifteen days immediately preceding the delivery of a notice of redemption of Securities of that Series selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such delivery or (b) to register the transfer or exchange of any Security of any Series selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed of any such Securities selected, called or being called for redemption in part.

Section 2.08Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Partnership shall execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Partnership Order, shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. If there shall be delivered to the Partnership and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them in their judgment to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Partnership or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Partnership shall execute and upon receipt of a Partnership Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

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

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

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

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

Section 2.09Outstanding Securities. The Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Security effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.09 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.10 hereof, a Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Partnership or an Affiliate of the Partnership holds the Security; however, Securities held by the Partnership or a Subsidiary of the Partnership shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section 9.02 hereof.

If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.

If the Paying Agent (other than the Partnership, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on the Maturity of Securities of a Series money sufficient to pay such Securities of the Series payable on that date, then on and after that date such Securities of the Series shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.

In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02.

Section 2.10Treasury Securities. In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities of a Series have concurred in any request, demand, authorization, notice, direction, waiver or consent, Securities of a Series owned by the Partnership or an Affiliate shall be disregarded, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization, notice, direction, waiver or consent, only Securities of a Series that the Trustee knows are so owned shall be disregarded.

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Section 2.11Temporary Securities. Until Definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Partnership may prepare and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Partnership Order, authenticate temporary Securities upon a Partnership Order. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Securities but may have variations that the Partnership considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Partnership shall prepare and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Partnership Order, authenticate Definitive Securities of the same Series and date of maturity in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, temporary Securities shall be entitled to the same rights under this Indenture as the Definitive Securities.

Section 2.12Cancellation. The Partnership at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent and any other Person shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for cancellation, registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee will dispose of canceled Securities in accordance with its customary practice (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Evidence of cancellation of all canceled Securities, or confirmation of the reduction in the aggregate principal amount outstanding represented by a Global Security, as applicable, will be delivered to the Partnership upon written request. The Partnership may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

Section 2.13Defaulted Interest. If the Partnership defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders of the Series on a subsequent special record date. The Partnership will notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Security and the date of the proposed payment. The Partnership shall fix each such special record date and payment date. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Partnership (or upon the written request of the Partnership, the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Partnership) shall mail or cause to be mailed (or send or cause to be sent by electronic transmission in the case of Global Securities) to Holders of the Series a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid. The Partnership may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner.

Section 2.14Global Securities.

(a)Terms of Securities. A Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate shall establish whether the Securities of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities.

(b)Transfer and Exchange. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Section 2.07 and in addition thereto, any Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.07 for Securities registered in the names of Holders other than the Depositary for such Security or its nominee only if:

(i)such Depositary notifies the Partnership that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and in either case, the Partnership fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days of such event;

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(ii)the Partnership executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable; or

(iii)an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented by such Global Security shall have happened and be continuing. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct in writing in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security with like tenor and terms.

Except as provided in this Section 2.14(b), a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary with respect to such Global Security to a nominee of such Depositary, by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary.

(iv)Legend. Any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SECURITY) 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 (I) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.12 OF THE INDENTURE AND (III) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF AMERICA FIRST MULTIFAMILY INVESTORS, L.P.”

(c)Acts of Holders.

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

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acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to such officer the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than such signer’s individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of such signer’s authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

(iii)The ownership of registered securities shall be proved by the register maintained by the Registrar.

(iv)Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Partnership in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

(v)If the Partnership shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Partnership may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Partnership shall have no obligation to do so if such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.

(vi)Payments. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02, payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on any Global Security shall be made to the Holder thereof.

(vii)Consents, Declaration and Directions. Except as provided in Section 2.14(e), the Partnership, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a person as the Holder of such principal amount of outstanding Securities of such Series represented by a Global Security as shall be specified in a written statement of the Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for purposes of obtaining any consents, declarations, waivers or directions required to be given by the Holders pursuant to this Indenture.

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Section 2.15CUSIP Numbers. The Partnership in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other elements of identification printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Partnership shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in CUSIP Numbers.

Article 3

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

Section 3.01Notices to Trustee. The Partnership may, with respect to any Series of Securities, reserve the right to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such Series of Securities. If a Series of Securities is redeemable and the Partnership wants or is obligated to redeem prior to the Stated Maturity thereof all or part of the Series of Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, it shall notify the Trustee of the redemption date and the principal amount of Securities of the Series to be redeemed and the redemption price. The Partnership shall give such notice to the Trustee at least 45 but no more than 60 days before the redemption date (or such shorter notice as may be acceptable to the Trustee).

Section 3.02Selection of Securities to be Redeemed. Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, if less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Securities to be redeemed or purchased will be selected as follows: (a) if the Securities are in the form of Global Securities, in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, and (b) if the Securities are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities are listed. No Securities of $1,000 principal amount or less will be redeemed in part. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption.

If any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Security shall state the portion of the principal amount of that Security to be redeemed. A new Security in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Security presented for redemption will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Security. Securities called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue or accrete on Securities or portions of them called for redemption.

Section 3.03Notice of Redemption. Unless otherwise provided for a particular Series of Securities by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Partnership shall send, by first class mail, or electronically in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, a notice of redemption 

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to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that a notice of redemption may be given more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is used in connection with Article 8 hereof.

The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall state:

(a)the redemption date;

(b)the Redemption Price (as defined in the Indenture for the Series of Securities);

(c)if any Security is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Security to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued upon cancellation of the original Security;

(d)the name and address of the Paying Agent;

(e)that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

(f)that, unless the Partnership defaults in making such redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on the Securities called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

(g)the paragraph of the Securities and/or provision of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture or Board Resolution pursuant to which the Securities called for redemption are being redeemed;

(h)the CUSIP number, if any, printed on the Securities being redeemed; and

(i)that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Securities.

At the Partnership’s written request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Partnership’s name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Partnership shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the Trustee), an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph. If any of the Securities to be redeemed is in the form of a Global Security, then the Partnership shall modify such notice to the extent necessary to conform with the procedures of the Depositary applicable to such redemption.

Section 3.04Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is sent in accordance with Section 3.03, Securities called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such date. A notice of redemption may not be conditional. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Security shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.

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Section 3.05Deposit of Redemption Price. On or before 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the redemption date, the Partnership shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or if the Partnership or any Subsidiary is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price, of and accrued interest on, all Securities to be redeemed on that date, other than Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall as promptly as practicable return to the Partnership any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Partnership in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on, all Securities to be redeemed. If such money is then held by the Partnership or a Subsidiary in trust and is not required for such purpose, it shall be discharged from such trust.

If the Partnership complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption, interest shall cease to accrue on the Securities called for redemption. If a Security is redeemed on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Partnership to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal from the redemption date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful, on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Securities.

Section 3.06Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Partnership shall execute and, upon receipt of a Partnership Order, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Partnership a new Security equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.

Article 4

COVENANTS

Section 4.01Payment of Securities. The Partnership covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it will duly and punctually make all payments in respect of each Series of Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in such Series of Securities and this Indenture. Such payments shall be considered made on the date the Trustee or the Paying Agent, if other than the Partnership or a Subsidiary thereof, holds, as of 10:00 a.m. New York City time, in accordance with this Indenture, funds sufficient to make all payments with respect to such Securities then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

Section 4.02Reports. Unless otherwise indicated in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the Commission so long as any Securities are outstanding, the Partnership shall furnish to the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities the following:

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(a)all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Partnership were required to file such Forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon by the Partnership’s certified independent accountants;

(b)all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if the Partnership were required to file such reports; and

(c)any other information, reports and documents that the Partnership is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

in each case, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations; provided that such information and reports need not be furnished to the Holders if they are generally available on the Internet free of charge.

In addition, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, the Partnership shall file a copy of all such information and reports with the Commission for public availability within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations (unless the Commission shall not accept such a filing) and make such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request.

Reports by the Partnership delivered to the Trustee should be considered for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Partnership’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates). The Trustee shall have no duty to determine whether any reports have been posted or filed.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Partnership files with the Commission the reports required by the preceding paragraphs electronically via the EDGAR filing system (or any successor filing system) within such specified time periods and such reports are publicly available, the Partnership shall not be required under this Indenture to furnish such reports to the Trustee or the Holders.

Section 4.03Compliance Certificate.

(a)The Partnership and each Guarantor (to the extent that such Guarantor is so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Partnership, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether each of the Partnership and any other obligors has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge each entity has fulfilled all of its obligations under this Indenture throughout such year and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or 

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Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Partnership is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on, the Securities is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Partnership is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

(b)So long as not contrary to the then current recommendations of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the year-end financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.02(a) above shall be accompanied by a written statement of the Partnership’s independent public accountants (who shall be a firm of established national reputation, reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee) that in making the examination necessary for certification of such financial statements, nothing has come to their attention that would lead them to believe that a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or, if any such Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, it being understood that such accountants shall not be liable directly or indirectly to any Person for any failure to obtain knowledge of any such Default or Event of Default. In the event that such written statement of the Partnership’s independent public accountants cannot be obtained, the Partnership shall deliver an Officers’ Certificate certifying that it has used its best efforts to obtain such statements and was unable to do so.

(c)The Partnership shall, so long as any Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default that is then continuing, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Partnership is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 4.04Corporate Existence. Subject to Article 5, the Partnership shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect:

(a)its corporate, partnership or other existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Partnership or any such Subsidiary; and

(b)the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Partnership shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Securities.

Section 4.05Calculation of Original Issue Discount. The Partnership shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on outstanding Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other specific information relating to such original issue discount as may then be relevant under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

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Article 5

SUCCESSORS

Section 5.01Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets. Unless otherwise provided for in a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, the Partnership shall not consolidate with or merge into (whether or not the Partnership is the surviving entity), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of (collectively, “Transfer”) all or substantially all of its properties or assets to, another Person unless:

(a)the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Company”) shall be a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;

(b)the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Partnership) or the Person to which such Transfer has been made assumes all the obligations of the Partnership under the Securities and this Indenture pursuant to a supplemental indenture or amendment, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

(c)immediately after such transaction, no Default exists; and

(d)the Partnership shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or Transfer and such supplemental indenture or amendment complies with this Indenture, and such Opinion of Counsel shall also state that such supplemental indenture or amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Person and that it is valid and binding upon such Person in accordance with its terms.

The Successor Company shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Partnership under this Indenture (as modified by a Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate), and the predecessor Partnership, except in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of its assets, shall be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Securities. The foregoing will not prohibit a consolidation or merger between the Partnership and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Partnership to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to the Partnership; provided, that if the Partnership is not the surviving entity of such transaction or the Person to which such transfer is made, the surviving entity or the Person to which such transfer is made shall comply with clauses (b) and (d) of this paragraph.

Article 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01Events of Default. Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series of Securities by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, each of the following constitutes an “Event of Default” with respect to each Series of Securities:

(a)default for 30 days in the payment of interest when due with respect to the Securities;

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(b)default in payment when due of principal or premium, if any, on the Securities at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise;

(c)failure by the Partnership for 30 days after receipt of notice (as specified below) to comply with the provisions described under Section 2.04, 4.02, 4.03 or 5.01;

(d)failure by the Partnership for 60 days after notice (as specified below) to comply with its other agreements in this Indenture or the Securities;

(e)the Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(i)commences a voluntary case;

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

(iii)consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; or

(iv)makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

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

(i)is for relief against the Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case in which it is the debtor;

(ii)appoints a custodian of the Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of its property; or

(iii)orders the liquidation of the Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary;

and the order or decree contemplated in clause (i), (ii) or (iii), remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days;

A Default under paragraph (c) or (d) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities notify the Partnership of the Default and the Partnership does not cure such Default within the time specified after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a “Notice of Default”.

To the extent that the last day of the period referred to in paragraph (a), (c), (d), (e) or (f) of this Section 6.01 is not a Business Day, then the first Business Day following such day shall be deemed to be the last day of the period referred to in such clauses. Any “day” will be deemed to end as of 11:59 p.m., New York City time.

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Section 6.02Acceleration. If an Event of Default with respect to any Series of Securities at the time outstanding (other than an Event of Default with respect to the Partnership specified in paragraph (e) and (f) of Section 6.01) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of that Series may declare the unpaid principal of, (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Security) premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities of that Series to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Partnership (and the Trustee, if given by the Holders) specifying the respective Event of Default and that it is a “notice of acceleration.” Upon such a declaration, such amounts shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default with respect to the Partnership specified in paragraph (e) or (f) of Section 6.01 occurs, the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Security), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities of each Series of Security shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any Series of Securities by written notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived with respect to such Series of Securities (except nonpayment of the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Security), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities of that Series that has become due solely because of the acceleration).

Section 6.03Other Remedies. If an Event of Default with respect to any Series of Securities occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Security), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities of that Series or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities of that Series or this Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities of a Series or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default with respect to any Series of Securities shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

Section 6.04Waiver of Past Defaults. Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any Series (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for Securities) by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of Securities of that Series waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default (i) in the payment of the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Security), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities of that Series, or (ii) in respect of a covenant or provision which under this Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each Holder affected by such modification or amendment. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend 

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to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon. The Partnership shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the requisite percentage of Holders has consents to such waiver and shall attach copies of such consents.

Section 6.05Control By Majority. Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any Series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it with respect to that Series. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, that the Trustee determines may be prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder of Securities of that Series (provided, that the Trustee shall not have an affirmative duty to determine whether any such direction is prejudicial to the rights of any Holder) or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.

Section 6.06Limitation on Suits. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Security), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on a Security of Series when due, no Holder of a Security of that Series may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities of that Series unless:

(a)the Holder previously gave to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

(b)the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of that Series have made a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(c)such Holder or Holders of that Series has offered and provided to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

(d)the Trustee has not complied with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of indemnity; and

(e)during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.

A Holder of Securities of any Series may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of that Series or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of that Series.

Section 6.07Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Security), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities held by such Holder, on or after their Maturity, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after their Maturity, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.08Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Partnership or any other obligor under the 

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Securities for the whole amount then due and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

Section 6.09Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including without limitation any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Partnership (or any other obligor under the Securities), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.

Section 6.10Priorities. If the Trustee or any Agent collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 6 with respect to any Series of Securities, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:

First: to the Trustee, such Agent, their agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07; Second: to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness if and to the extent required by Article 10 of this Indenture or other subordination provisions applicable with respect to a Series of Securities; Third: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities of that Series for the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Security), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities of that Series for the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Security), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, respectively; and Fourth: to the Partnership or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10.

Section 6.11Undertaking For Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 

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6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any Series.

Article 7

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01Duties of Trustee.

(a)If an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Series of Securities, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

(b)Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to any Series of Securities of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge or of which written notice shall have been given to the Trustee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture:

(i)the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, with respect to the Securities of that Series, as modified or supplemented by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(ii)in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may with respect to Securities of that Series, conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, with respect to certificates or opinions specifically required by any provision hereof to be furnished to it, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

(c)The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(i)this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;

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

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(iii)the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 and the Trustee shall be entitled from time to time to request such direction.

(d)Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.01.

(e)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

(f)The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Partnership. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

(g)The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent or other paper or documents.

Section 7.02Rights of Trustee.

(a)The Trustee may conclusively rely on the truth of the statements and correctness of the opinions contained in, and shall be protected from acting or refraining from acting upon, any document. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Partnership, personally or by agent or attorney, to the extent reasonably required by such inquiry or investigation at the sole cost of the Partnership and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

(b)Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. Prior to taking, suffering or admitting any action, the Trustee may consult with counsel of the Trustee’s own choosing and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

(c)The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct, negligence or failure to act of any attorney or agent appointed with due care.

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(d)The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers.

(e)Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Partnership shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Partnership.

(f)The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction. In no event shall the Trustee be liable or responsible for special, punitive, indirect, consequential or incidental loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits) for any action it takes or omits to take, even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

(g)The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default or Event of Default is received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee from the Issuer or the Holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of all series affected thereby, and such notice references the specific Default or Event of Default, the Notes of such series and this Indenture.

(h)The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder as Registrar and Paying Agent, and each Agent and other Person employed to act hereunder.

(i)The Trustee may request that the Partnership deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of Officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officer’s Certificate may be signed by any Person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any Person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

(j)Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Trustee be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture because of circumstances beyond its control, including, but not limited to, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, flood, war (whether declared or undeclared), terrorism, fire, riot, strikes or work stoppages for any reason, embargo, government action, including any laws, ordinances, regulations or the like which restrict or prohibit the providing of the services contemplated by this Indenture, inability to obtain material, equipment, or communications or computer (software and hardware) facilities, or the failure of equipment or interruption of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) facilities, and other causes beyond its control whether or not of the same class or kind as specifically named above.

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(k)If at any time Trustee is served with any judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, writ or other form of judicial or administrative process which in any way affects any property held by it hereunder (including, but not limited to, orders of attachment or garnishment or other forms of levies or injunctions or stays relating to the transfer of any property), Trustee is authorized to comply therewith in any manner as it or its legal counsel of its own choosing deems appropriate in good faith; and if Trustee complies with any such judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, writ or other form of judicial or administrative process, Trustee shall not be liable to any of the parties hereto or to any other person or entity even though such order, judgment, decree, writ or process may be subsequently modified or vacated or otherwise determined to have been without legal force or effect.

(l)The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.

(m)The permissive rights of the Trustee shall not be construed as duties.

Section 7.03Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Partnership or any Affiliate of the Partnership with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the Commission for permission to continue as Trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

Section 7.04Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Partnership’s use of the proceeds from the Securities or any money paid to the Partnership or upon the Partnership’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Securities or any other document in connection with the sale of the Securities or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.

Section 7.05Notice of Defaults. If a Default or Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall send to Holders of that Series a notice of the Default or Event of Default within the later of 90 days after it occurs or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee obtains actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment on any Security pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders.

Section 7.06Reports By Trustee to Holders. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate, within 60 days after each [ ] beginning with the [ ] following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Securities remain outstanding, the Trustee shall send to the Holders of the Securities a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA Section 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA Section 

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313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also send all reports as required by TIA Section 313(c).

A copy of each report at the time it is sent to the Holders shall be sent to the Partnership and filed with the Commission and each stock exchange on which the Partnership has informed the Trustee in writing the Securities are listed in accordance with TIA Section 313(d). The Partnership shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

Section 7.07Compensation and Indemnity. The Partnership shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation, as may be agreed by the Partnership and the Trustee in writing, for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. To the extent lawful, the Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Partnership shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

The Partnership shall indemnify the Trustee and hold it harmless against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the reasonable costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Partnership or any other obligors under the Securities (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Partnership or any Holder or any other person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Trustee shall notify the Partnership promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Partnership shall not relieve the Partnership of its obligations hereunder. The Partnership shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Partnership shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Partnership need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

The obligations of the Partnership under this Section 7.07 constitute additional Indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, including without limitation any termination or rejection hereof under any Bankruptcy Law. The obligations of the Partnership under this Section 7.07 shall not be subordinated to the payment of Senior Indebtedness.

To secure the Partnership’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest on particular Securities. Such lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee. The Trustee’s right to receive payment of any amounts due under this Section 7.07 shall not be subordinate to any other Indebtedness of the Partnership.

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When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or (f) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section 313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.

Section 7.08Replacement of Trustee. A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.

The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created with respect to the Securities of any Series by so notifying the Partnership. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any Series may remove the Trustee with respect to such Series of Securities by so notifying the Trustee and the Partnership in writing. The Partnership may remove the Trustee if:

(a)the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

(b)the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

(c)a Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

(d)the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Partnership or by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any Series and such Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Partnership shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such Series.

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Partnership, or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of Securities of that Series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction at the expense of the Partnership for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder of a Security who has been a Holder of a Security for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

The successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Partnership. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall send a notice of its succession to the Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the 

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successor Trustee, provided that all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Partnership’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

Section 7.09Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee; provided, such corporation or association shall be otherwise eligible and qualified under this Article 7 and shall notify the Partnership of its successor hereunder.

Section 7.10Eligibility; Disqualification. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA Section 310(b).

Section 7.11Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Partnership. The Trustee is subject to TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

Article 8

DISCHARGE; LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 8.01Discharge; Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

(a)When (i) the Partnership has delivered to the Trustee all outstanding Securities of a Series (other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.08) for cancellation or (ii) all Securities of a Series that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (1) have become due and payable by reason of the sending of a notice of redemption or otherwise, (2) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year or (3) are to be called for redemption within 12 months under arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the reasonable expense of the Partnership, and, in case of (1), (2) and (3) above, the Partnership has irrevocably deposited with the Trustee in cash in United States dollars in trust for such purpose funds sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be, together with instructions from the Issuer irrevocably directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be; and if in either the case of (i) or (ii), (A) the Partnership pays all other sums 

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payable hereunder by the Partnership, and (B) the Partnership has delivered an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such Securities have been complied with, then this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Securities of such Series except as set out in Section 8.01(b). The Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such Securities upon the written request and at the cost and expense of the Partnership.

(b)Notwithstanding Section 8.01(a), the Partnership’s obligations in Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08 and 2.11 and the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, including without limitation, under Sections 7.07, 8.05 and 8.07, and the Partnership’s obligations in connection therewith, shall survive until the Securities of a Series have been paid in full. The rights of outstanding Securities to receive solely from the trust funds described in Section 8.05 payments in respect of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Securities when such payments are due shall also survive until the Securities have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Partnership’s obligations in Sections 7.07 and 8.06 shall survive.

(c)The Partnership may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a Board Resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, at any time, elect to have all of its obligations discharged with respect to all outstanding Securities of any Series pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.

Section 8.02Legal Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Partnership’s exercise under Section 8.01(c) of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Partnership shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Securities of that Series on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Partnership shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Securities of that Series, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture (and the Trustee, upon the written request and at the expense of the Partnership, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

(a)the rights of Holders of outstanding Securities of that Series to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 8.04(a), payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Securities of that Series when such payments are due;

(b)the Partnership’s obligations with respect to such Securities of that Series under Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08 and 2.11;

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(c)the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, including without limitation, under Sections 7.07, 8.05 and 8.07, and the Partnership’s obligations in connection therewith; and

(d)the provisions of this Article 8.

Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Partnership may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03.

Section 8.03Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Partnership’s exercise under Section 8.01(c) of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 with respect to the Securities of a Series, the Partnership shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate and Section 5.01 with respect to the outstanding Securities of that Series on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Securities of that Series shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Securities shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Securities of that Series, the Partnership and its Subsidiaries may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Partnership’s exercise under Section 8.01(c) of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, any event specified in Section 6.01 (other than Section 6.01(e) and (f)) shall not constitute an Event of Default.

Section 8.04Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 to the outstanding Securities:

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance with respect to any Series of Securities:

(a)the Partnership must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of that Series of Securities, (i) cash in United States dollars, (ii) non-callable Government Securities or (iii) a combination thereof, in such amounts as shall be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the outstanding Securities of such Series on the stated maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Partnership must specify whether the Securities of such Series are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;

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(b)in the case of an election under Section 8.02, the Partnership shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (i) the Partnership has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii) since the date hereof, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Securities of such Series shall not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and shall be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same time as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

(c)in the case of an election under Section 8.03, the Partnership shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Securities of such Series shall not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and shall be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(d)no Default or Event of Default with respect to that Series of Securities shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) or insofar as Sections 6.01(e) and (f) are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period);

(e)such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Partnership is a party or by which the Partnership is bound;

(f)the Partnership shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally;

(g)the Partnership shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Partnership with the intent of preferring the Holders over the other creditors of the Partnership with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Partnership or others; and

(h)the Partnership shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

Section 8.05Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to Section 8.06, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04 in respect of 

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the outstanding Securities of that Series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Partnership acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Partnership shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Securities of that Series.

Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Partnership from time to time upon the written request of the Partnership, and be relieved of all liability with respect to, any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(a)), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

Section 8.06Repayment to the Partnership. Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Partnership, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any Security and remaining unclaimed for one year after such principal, and premium, if any, or interest, has become due and payable shall be paid to the Partnership on its written request or (if then held by the Partnership) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Partnership for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Partnership as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Partnership cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be repaid to the Partnership.

Section 8.07Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations of the Partnership under this Indenture, and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Partnership makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Partnership shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

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Article 9

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

Section 9.01Without Consent of Holders. Without the consent of any Holder, the Partnership and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities:

(a)to evidence the succession of another Person to the Partnership pursuant to Article 5 and the assumption by such successor of the Partnership’s covenants, agreements and obligations in this Indenture and in the Securities;

(b)to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Partnership by this Indenture, to add to the covenants of the Partnership such further covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions for the protection of the Holders of all or any Series of Securities as the Board of Directors of the Partnership shall consider to be for the protection of the Holders of such Securities, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a default in respect of any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions a Default or an Event of Default under this Indenture; provided, however, that with respect to any such additional covenant, restriction, condition or provision, such amendment may provide for a period of grace after default, which may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other Defaults, may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such Default, may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such Default or may limit the right of Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any Series to waive such default;

(c)to cure any ambiguity or correct or supplement any provision contained in this Indenture, in any supplemental indenture or in any Securities that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained therein;

(d)to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Trustee, or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this Indenture as shall not adversely affect the interests of any Holders of Securities of any Series;

(e)to modify or amend this Indenture in such a manner as to permit the qualification of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture hereto under the TIA as then in effect;

(f)to change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal or premium with respect to Securities in registered form, so as to not adversely affect the interests of the Holders or any coupons of any Series in any material respect or permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities of any Series in uncertificated form;

(g)in the case of subordinated Securities, to make any change in the provisions of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture relating to subordination that would limit or terminate the benefits available to any holder of Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the applicable Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate related 

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to such Series of Subordinated Securities) under such provisions (but only if each such holder of Senior Indebtedness under such provisions consents to such change);

(h)to add guarantees with respect to the Securities or to secure the Securities;

(i)to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder;

(j)to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture with respect to one or more Series of Securities, so long as any such addition, change or elimination not otherwise permitted under this Indenture shall (x) neither apply to any Security of any Series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor modify the rights of the Holders of any such Security with respect to the benefit of such provision or (y) become effective only when there is no such Security outstanding;

(k)to conform the text of this Indenture to any provision of this description of debt securities or any description of debt securities contained in the prospectus supplement to the extent that such provision was intended to be a verbatim recitation of the Indenture;

(l)to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor or separate Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more Series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of this Indenture by more than one Trustee; or

(m)to establish the form or terms of Securities and coupons of any Series pursuant to Article 2.

Upon the request of the Partnership accompanied by Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental Indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee shall join with the Partnership in the execution of any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

Section 9.02With Consent of Holders of Securities. The Partnership and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of any Series with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities of such Series then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Securities), and, subject to Sections 6.02, 6.04 and 6.07, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities (except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded)) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities of any Series may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such Series voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with or a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities).

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Upon the request of the Partnership accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Securities as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee shall join with the Partnership in the execution of such amended or supplemental Indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Securities under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Partnership shall mail to the Holders of Securities affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Partnership to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental Indenture or waiver. However, without the consent of the Holders of all of the affected Securities, an amendment, supplement or waiver may not (with respect to any Security of any Series held by a non-consenting Holder):

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

(b)reduce the principal amount of or extend the Stated Maturity of any Security, or alter the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Securities;

(c)reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Securities;

(d)waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities (except a rescission of acceleration of the Securities by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

(e)make any Security payable in money other than that stated in the Securities;

(f)make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07;

(g)waive a redemption payment with respect to any Security; or

(h)make any change in the foregoing amendment and waiver provisions of this Article 9.

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connection with a tender offer or exchange for such Securities, if such amendment would adversely affect the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such Series).

Section 9.03Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Securities shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.

Section 9.04Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers. A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Security shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder’s Security or portion of the Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder. An amendment or waiver becomes effective once both (i) the requisite number of consents have been received by the Partnership or the Trustee and (ii) such amendment or waiver has been executed by the Partnership and the Trustee.

The Partnership may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date.

Section 9.05Notation on or Exchange of Securities. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Security thereafter authenticated. The Partnership in exchange for all Securities may issue and the Trustee upon receipt of a Partnership Order shall authenticate new Securities that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.

Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Security shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

Section 9.06Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc. The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Partnership may not sign an amendment or supplemental Indenture until the Board of Directors approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 10.04, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, that it is not inconsistent herewith, that it has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Partnership and any Guarantor and that it will be valid and binding upon the Partnership and any Guarantor in accordance with its terms.

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Article 10

SUBORDINATION

Section 10.01Securities Subordinated to Senior Indebtedness. The Partnership covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Securities by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities and the payment of the principal of, premium, if any and interest on each and all of the Securities is hereby expressly subordinated, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, in right of payment to the prior payment in full of Senior Indebtedness.

Anything in this Indenture or in the Securities to the contrary notwithstanding, the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, to all Senior Indebtedness. Senior Indebtedness shall continue to be Senior Indebtedness and entitled to the benefits of these subordination provisions irrespective of any amendment, modification or waiver of any term of Senior Indebtedness or extension or renewal of Senior Indebtedness.

(a)In the event the Partnership shall default in the payment of any Senior Indebtedness when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or on a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration or otherwise, then, unless and until such default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist, no direct or indirect payment (in cash, property or securities or by set-off or otherwise), except payments or distributions made by the Trustee as permitted by Section 10.03, shall be made or agreed to be made on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities, or as a sinking fund for the Securities, or in respect of any redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition of any of the Securities.

(b)Upon the happening of an event of default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness, permitting the holders thereof to accelerate the maturity thereof (other than under circumstances when the terms of Section 10.01(a) are applicable), then, unless and until such event of default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist, no direct or indirect payment (in cash, property or securities or by set-off or otherwise), except payments or distributions made by the Trustee as permitted by Section 10.03, shall be made or agreed to be made on account of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities, or as a sinking fund for the Securities, or in respect of any redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition of any of the Securities, during any period:

(i)of 90 days after written notice of such default shall have been given to the Partnership by any holder of Senior Indebtedness; or

(ii)in which any judicial proceeding shall be pending in respect of such event of default and a notice of acceleration of the maturity of such Senior Indebtedness shall have been transmitted to the Partnership in respect of such event of default.

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(i)any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, readjustment, composition or other similar proceeding relating to the Partnership, its creditors or its property;

(ii)any proceeding for the liquidation, dissolution or other winding-up of the Partnership, voluntary or involuntary, whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings;

(iii)any assignment by the Partnership for the benefit of creditors; or

(iv)any other marshalling of the assets of the Partnership,

all Senior Indebtedness (including any interest accruing after the commencement of such proceedings) shall first be paid in full before any payment or distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property, shall be made to any Holder of Securities on account of the Securities. Any payment or distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than securities of the Partnership or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment the payment of which is subordinate, at least to the extent provided in this Article 10 with respect to the Securities, to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness at the time outstanding and to any securities issued in respect thereof under any such plan of reorganization or readjustment), which would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Article 10) be payable or deliverable in respect of the Securities shall be paid or delivered directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness in accordance with the priorities then existing among such holders until all Senior Indebtedness (including any interest thereon accruing after the commencement of any such proceedings) shall have been paid in full.

(d)In the event that any Security shall be declared due and payable pursuant to Section 6.01 as the result of the occurrence of any one or more Events of Default in respect thereof, under circumstances when the terms of Section 10.01(c) are not applicable, no payment shall be made in respect of any Securities unless and until all Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full or such declaration and its consequences shall have been rescinded in accordance with this Indenture and all such Events of Default shall have been cured or waived.

(e)If any payment or distribution of any character or any security, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than securities of the Partnership or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment the payment of which is subordinate, at least to the extent provided in the provisions of this Article 10 with respect to the Securities, to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness at the time outstanding and to any securities issued in respect thereof under any such plan or reorganization or readjustment), shall be received by any Holder of Securities in contravention of any terms hereof and before all the Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full, such payment or distribution or security shall be received in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered and transferred to, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness at the time outstanding, in accordance with the priorities then existing among such holders for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, or, if applicable, to any trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee, agent or other Person making payment or distribution of assets of the Partnership, to the extent 

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necessary to pay all such Senior Indebtedness in full. In the event of the failure of any Holder of Securities to endorse or assign any such payment, distribution or security, each holder of Senior Indebtedness is hereby irrevocably authorized to endorse or assign the same.

(f)Nothing contained herein shall impair, as between the Partnership and the Holder of any Securities, the obligation of the Partnership to pay to the Holder thereof the principal thereof and interest thereon as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of such Security, or prevent the Holder of any Securities or the Trustee from exercising all rights, powers and remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law or pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and the Security, upon a default or Event of Default under this Indenture, all subject to the rights of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness to receive cash, securities or other property otherwise payable or deliverable to the Holders of the Securities.

(g)Senior Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have been paid in full unless the holders thereof shall have received cash equal to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness then outstanding. Upon the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of Securities shall be subrogated to all rights of any holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive any further payments or distributions applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until all amounts owing on the Securities shall have been paid in full, and such payments or distributions received by the holders of the Securities by reason of such subrogation, of cash, securities or other property which otherwise would be paid or distributed to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, shall, as between the Partnership and its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, on the one hand, and the Holders of Securities, on the other hand, be deemed to be a payment by the Partnership on account of Senior Indebtedness and not on account of Securities.

The Partnership shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, readjustment, composition or other similar proceeding relating to the Partnership within the meaning of this Section 10.01. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Partnership referred to in this Article 10, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, and the Holders of Securities shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors or other liquidating agent making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, or upon an order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, readjustment, composition or other similar proceedings are pending, for the purpose of ascertaining the person entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Partnership, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 10. In the absence of any such bankruptcy trustee, receiver, assignee, or other Person, the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a written notice by a Person representing itself, himself or herself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or representative on behalf of such holder) as evidence that such Person is a holder of such Senior Indebtedness (or is such a trustee or representative), the amount of or payable on and the amount or amounts paid or distributed on such Senior Indebtedness or other indebtedness, and all other facts pertinent to such Senior Indebtedness or other indebtedness.

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In the event that the Trustee determines, in good faith, that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Section 10.01, the Trustee may request such person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such person, as to the extent to which such person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, and as to other facts pertinent to the rights of such person under this Section 10.01, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such person pending judicial determination as to the right of such person to receive such payment.

The rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness hereunder shall not extend or apply to any payment or distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property, to the extent applied to the Trustee’s rights to or claims for compensation, reimbursement of expenses, liabilities or indemnification under Section 7.07 of the Indenture or otherwise. This Section 10.01 shall be subject to the further provisions of Section 10.03.

Section 10.02Effectuation of Subordination by Trustee. Each Holder of Securities, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, authorizes and directs the Trustee in his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, as between the Holders of the Securities and the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the subordination provided in this Article 10 and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

Section 10.03Knowledge of Trustee. Nothing contained in this Article 10 or elsewhere in this Indenture, shall (a) prevent the Partnership from setting aside in trust or depositing with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, at any time, except during the pendency of any of the proceedings or upon the happening or continuance of any of the events referred to in Section 10.01, moneys for the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Securities, or (b) prevent the application by the Trustee or Paying Agent of any moneys deposited with it hereunder at any time by or on behalf of the Partnership to the payment of or on account of the principal of, or the premium, if any, or interest on the Securities, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, did not receive the written notice provided for in this Section of any event prohibiting such application at least three (3) Business Days prior to the date of such application.

The Partnership shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee in the form of an Officers’ Certificate of any fact known to the Partnership that would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities pursuant to this Article 10. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any Senior Indebtedness or of any default or event of default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness or any fact or facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee, or the taking of any other action by the Trustee, and shall be entitled conclusively to assume that no such facts exist, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof in the form of an Officers’ Certificate from the Partnership, from the Holder of such Securities, or from the holder or representative of any class of Senior Indebtedness who shall have been certified by the Partnership or otherwise established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee to be such holder or representative or from the trustee under any indenture pursuant to which Senior Indebtedness shall be outstanding; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received the written notice 

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provided for in this Section at least three (3) Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any money may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security) then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have all power and authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purpose for which such money was received and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it during or after such three (3) Business Day period. Notwithstanding anything in this Article 10 to the contrary, nothing shall prevent any payment by the Trustee to the Holders of monies deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01(a), and any such payment shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 10.01 or 10.02.

Section 10.04Trustee’s Relation to Senior Indebtedness. The Trustee shall be entitled to all rights set forth in this Article 10 with respect to any Senior Indebtedness at the time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in Section 7.11 or elsewhere in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article 10 shall subordinate to Senior Indebtedness the claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07, or otherwise in connection with any compensation, reimbursement or indemnification afforded the Trustee in connection with this Indenture.

With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article 10 and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee and the Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any holder of Senior Indebtedness if it shall pay over or deliver to Holders, the Partnership or any other Person monies or assets to which any holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise.

Section 10.05Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness Not Impaired. No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce the subordination herein shall at any time or in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Partnership or by any non-compliance by the Partnership with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with.

Article 11

NOTE GUARANTEES

Section 11.01Guarantee.

(a)Subject to this Article 11, the Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of Securities issued by [●], authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Securities or the obligations of the Partnership hereunder or thereunder, that:

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(1)the principal of, premium and liquidated damages, if any, and interest on, the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of premium on, if any and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Partnership to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and

(2)in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.

Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantor will pay the same immediately. The Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

(b)The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder are unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Securities or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Securities with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Partnership, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Partnership, any right to require a proceeding first against the Partnership, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant that this Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Securities and this Indenture.

(c)If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Partnership, the Guarantor or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Partnership or the Guarantor, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.

(d)The Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. The Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purpose of this Guarantee.

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Section 11.02Limitation on Guarantor Liability.

The Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Securities, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of the Guarantor that are relevant under such laws.

Section 11.03Execution and Delivery of Guarantee.

To evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 hereof, the Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Note Guarantee will be endorsed by an Officer of the Guarantor on each Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Indenture will be executed on behalf of the Guarantor by one of its Officers.

The Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 hereof will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on the Securities a notation of such Guarantee.

If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Securities on which a Guarantee is endorsed, the Guarantee will be valid nevertheless.

The delivery of any Securities by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantor.

Article 12

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 12.01Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA Section 318(c), the imposed duties shall control.

Section 12.02Notices. Any notice or communication by the Partnership, any Guarantor or the Trustee to others is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission, electronic mail in .pdf format, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, as follows:

If to the Partnership or the Guarantor:

America First Multifamily Investors, L.P.
14301 FNB Parkway, Suite 211
Omaha, Nebraska 68154
Attention: Jesse A. Coury, Chief Financial Officer

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With a copy to:

Barnes & Thornburg LLP
11 S. Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Attention: David P. Hooper, Esq.

If to the Trustee:

Wilmington Trust, National Association
50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Telecopier No.: (612) 217-5651
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

With a copy to:

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The Partnership, the Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by facsimile or electronic mail in .pdf format; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.

Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be sent electronically or mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar or in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary.

Any notice or communication will also be mailed by the Trustee to any Person described in TIA §313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to mail or deliver a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed or delivered in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

If the Partnership mails or delivers a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail or send electronically a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

Section 12.03Communication by Holders of Securities with Other Holders of Securities. Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Partnership, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).

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Section 12.04Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Partnership to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Partnership shall furnish to the Trustee:

(a)an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and

(b)an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.

Section 12.05Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

(a)a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

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

(c)a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and

(d)a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.

Section 12.06Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

Section 12.07No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Unitholders. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or unitholder of the Partnership as such shall have any liability for any obligations of the Partnership under the Securities or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Securities by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities.

Section 12.08GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES AND THE GUARANTEE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY (I) 

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SUBMIT TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF NEW YORK, (II) WAIVE ANY OBLIGATION TO LAYING OF VENUE IN SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH COURTS, AND (III) WAIVE ANY OBJECTION THAT SUCH COURTS ARE AN INCONVENIENT FORUM OR DO NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER ANY OTHER PARTY. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY (AND THE HOLDERS BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES THEREBY) WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE.

Section 12.09No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Partnership or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

Section 12.10Successors. All agreements of the Partnership in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

Section 12.11Severability. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities or the Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 12.12Counterpart Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

Section 12.13Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

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SIGNATURES

Dated as of _______

		
	
AMERICA FIRST MULTIFAMILY INVESTORS, L.P.

	
 

	
By:
	
America First Capital Associates Limited Partnership Two

	
 
	
its general partner

	
 
	
 

	
By:
	
Greystone AF Manager LLC

	
 
	
its general partner

	
 
	
 

	
By:
	
 

	
 
	
Name: Stephen Rosenberg

	
 
	
Title: Chairman of the Board

	
 
	
 

	
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By:
	
 

	
 
	
Name:

	
 
	
Title:

	
 
	
 

	
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as TRUSTEE

	
 

	
By:
	
 

	
 
	
Name:

	
 
	
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  Exhibit 10.1

  Fifth AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT 

  THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (the "Amendment"), dated as of November 22, 2022, is made by and between SHOTSPOTTER, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower") and UMPQUA BANK, an Oregon state-chartered bank (the "Lender").

  W I T N E S S E T H:

  WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Lender are parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of September 27, 2018 (the "Original Credit Agreement"), as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May 21, 2019, as further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of August 14, 2020, as further amended by that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May 19, 2022, and as further amended by that certain Forth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of September 26, 2022 (the Original Credit Agreement, as so amended, the "Credit Agreement"). 

  WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lender make certain modifications to the Credit Agreement as more fully set forth herein, and the Lender is willing to do so upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment.

  NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, in consideration of their mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and intending to be legally bound hereby, covenant and agree as follows:

  1.Recitals.  The Recitals set forth above are true and correct and are incorporated herein.

  2.Definitions.  Except as set forth in this Amendment, defined terms used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

  3.Amendments to Defined Terms in Section 1.1 [Certain Definitions] of the Credit Agreement.

  (b)The following defined terms and definitions are deleted in their entirety from the Credit Agreement:

  (ii)"Available Basket Amount"

  (ii)"Daily LIBOR Rate"

  (i)"LIBOR Rate"

  (i)"LIBOR Rate Option"

  (ii)"LIBOR Reserve Percentage"

  (iii)"LIBOR Termination Date"

  (iv)"Published Rate"

  (b)The following defined terms contained within the Credit Agreement are hereby amended in their entirety:

   

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  (i)"Base Rate shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating per annum rate of interest equal to the highest of (i) the Prime Rate, and (ii) the SOFR Overnight Rate, plus 100 basis points (1.00%).  Any change in the Base Rate (or any component thereof) shall take effect at the opening of business on the day such change occurs.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Base Rate as determined under any method above would be less than one percent (1.00%), such rate shall be deemed to be one percent (1.00%) for purposes of this Agreement."

  (ii)"Consolidated Funded Indebtedness means, as of any date of determination, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including Obligations hereunder excluding those described in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of the definition of “Indebtedness” hereunder) and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments; (b) all purchase money Indebtedness; (c) the amounts drawn and not reimbursed under issued and outstanding letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments; (d) all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and earnout arrangements); (e) all Attributable Indebtedness; (f) all obligations to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment prior to the Expiration Date in respect of any Equity Interests or any warrant, right or option to acquire such Equity Interest, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; (g) without duplication, all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) through (f) above of Persons other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and (f) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which the Borrower or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to the Borrower or such Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, operating leases shall not be included in the definition of "Consolidated Funded Indebtedness" for purposes of measuring the Consolidated Modified Leverage Ratio."

  (iii)"Expiration Date shall mean, with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments, October 15, 2024."

  (iv)"Interest Period shall mean the period of time selected by the Borrower in connection with (and to apply to) any election permitted hereunder by the Borrower to have Revolving Credit Loans bear interest under the SOFR Rate Option.  Subject to the last sentence of this definition, such period shall be one (1) Month, three (3) Months, or six (6) Months.  Such Interest Period shall commence on the effective date of such Interest Rate Option, which shall be (i) the Borrowing Date if the 

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  Borrower is requesting new Loans, or (ii) the date of renewal of or conversion to the SOFR Rate Option if the Borrower is renewing or converting to the SOFR Rate Option applicable to outstanding Loans.  Notwithstanding the second sentence hereof: (A) any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a date which is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, and (B) the Borrower shall not select, convert to or renew an Interest Period for any portion of the Loans that would end after the Expiration Date."

  (v)"Month, with respect to an Interest Period under the SOFR Rate Option, shall mean the interval between the days in consecutive calendar months numerically corresponding to the first day of such Interest Period.  If any Interest Period begins on a day of a calendar month for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the month in which such Interest Period is to end, the final month of such Interest Period shall be deemed to end on the last Business Day of such final month."

  (c)The following defined terms and definitions are added to the Credit Agreement in alphabetical order:

  (i)"Index shall mean the One (1) Month, Three (3) Month, or Six (6) Month Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) as published by CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (or a successor administrator)."

  (ii)"Fifth Amendment Effective Date means November 22, 2022."

  (iii)"U.S. Government Securities Business Day means any day except for a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in U.S. government securities."

  (i)"SOFR Overnight Rate means the rate per annum equal to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate for such day published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate) on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s website (or any successor source)."

  (ii)"SOFR Rate Option shall mean the option of the Borrower to have Loans bear interest at the rate and under the terms set forth in Section 4.1.1(ii) [Revolving Credit SOFR Rate Option]."

  (d)The deleted defined term "LIBOR Rate Option" is hereby replaced with the new defined term "SOFR Rate Option" in all instances throughout the Credit Agreement.

  4.Amendments to Exhibits to the Credit Agreement. The following Exhibits to the Credit Agreement are amended as follows:

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  (b)Exhibit 1.1(N)(1) [Revolving Credit Note] to the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Exhibit A attached hereto.

  (c)Exhibit 2.5.1 [Loan Request] to the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Exhibit B attached hereto.

  (d)Exhibit 8.3.3 [Quarterly Compliance Certificate] to the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Exhibit C attached hereto.

  5.Amendment to Increase Revolving Credit Commitment.  The references to "$20,000,000" in each of the following are hereby deleted and replaced with "$25,000,000":

  (a) 	The title page of the Credit Agreement;

   

  (b)	Page 1 of the Credit Agreement; and

   

  (c)	Schedule 1.1(B)(PART 1) to the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Exhibit D attached hereto.     

   

  6.Amendment to Revolving Credit Loan Request Amounts.  The last sentence of Section 2.5.1 [Revolving Credit Loan Requests] of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

  "Each Loan Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the aggregate amount of the proposed Loans comprising each Borrowing Tranche, and, if applicable, the Interest Period, which amounts shall be in (x) integral multiples of $100,000 and not less than $100,000 for each Borrowing Tranche under the SOFR Rate Option, and (y) integral multiples of $1,000 and not less than $50,000 for each Borrowing Tranche under the Base Rate Option."

   

  7.Amendment to Letter of Credit Subfacility.  Section 2.9.1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

  "2.9.1.1	  Unless the Lender has received notice from any Loan Party, at least one day prior to the requested date of issuance, amendment or extension of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions in Section 7 [Conditions of Lending and Issuance of Letters of Credit] is not satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Lender or any of the Lender’s Affiliates will issue the proposed Letter of Credit or agree to such amendment or extension, provided that each Letter of Credit shall (A) have a maximum maturity of twelve (12) months from the date of issuance (provided that the City of Detroit Letter of Credit (Letter of Credit #SB001467) shall have a maximum maturity of December 31, 2024), and (B) subject to Section 2.9.1.3 in no event expire later than twelve (12) months from the Expiration Date and provided further that in no event shall (i) the Letter of Credit Obligations exceed, at any one time, $7,500,000.00 (the “Letter of Credit Sublimit”) or (ii) the Revolving Facility Usage exceed, at any one time, the Revolving Credit Commitments.  Each request by the Borrower for the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that it shall be in compliance with the preceding sentence and with Section 7 [Conditions of Lending and Issuance of Letters of Credit] after giving effect to the requested issuance, 

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  amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit.  Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof, the Lender will also deliver to the Borrower a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment."

   

  8.Amendment to Section 2.10.  Section 2.10 [Increase in Revolving Credit Commitments] is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

  "2.10	[Intentionally Omitted].

   

  9.Amendment to Revolving Credit LIBOR Rate Option.  Section 4.1.1(ii) [Revolving Credit LIBOR Rate Option] is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

  "4.1.1(ii)	Revolving Credit SOFR Rate Option.  A rate per annum (computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed) equal to the Index as determined for each applicable Interest Period plus two percent (2.00%).  Borrower agrees that Lender may replace the Index and implement such other index as described in Section 4.4.4 [Replacement Index]. The effective date of any change in the Index will be the date that is two U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the date of change. Under no circumstances will the interest rate on this Note be more than the maximum rate allowed by applicable law. If at any time any outstanding principal amount evidenced by this Note is not subject to an Interest Rate Hedge, the Index for such outstanding principal amount shall not be less than one percent (1.00%)."

   

  10.Amendment to the heading of Section 4.4.  The heading of Section 4.4 [LIBOR Rate Unascertainable; Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available] is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

  "4.4	Index Unascertainable; Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available."

   

  11.Amendment to Section 4.4.1.  Section 4.4.1 [Unascertainable] is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

  "4.4.1	Unascertainable.     If on any date on which the Index would otherwise be determined, the Lender shall have determined that:

   

  (i)adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Index, or

  (ii)a contingency has occurred which materially and adversely affects the Index, then the Lender shall have the rights specified in Section 4.4.3 [Lender’s Rights].

  12.Amendment to Successor LIBOR Index.  Section 4.4.4 [Successor LIBOR Rate Index] is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

  "4.4.4	Replacement Index. If, as determined by Lender (such determination to be binding in the absence of substantial and manifest error), (i) the Index becomes generally unavailable or unascertainable; (ii) there is a public statement 

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  by the administrator of the Index, the regulator thereof, or other government official that the administrator has ceased or will cease to provide the Index or that the Index is no longer representative of the underlying market or economic reality; or (iii) it is unlawful for Lender to rely on the Index for the types of transactions that include this Agreement or any other Loan Document, then Lender may replace the Index with an index selected by Lender in Lender's reasonable discretion and in consultation with the Borrower (the "Replacement Index"), giving due consideration to any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determination of a replacement for the Index.  Lender may make an adjustment (the "Adjustment") to the Replacement Index (which may be a positive or negative value and which may vary based on the tenor of the applicable advance), giving due consideration to any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining such an adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such an adjustment, and any governmental selection or recommendation for such adjustment.  The Adjustment shall be reasonably designed to cause the Replacement Index plus the Adjustment to be substantially equivalent to the Index before replacement of the Index.  Lender's determination of the Adjustment shall be binding in the absence of substantial and manifest error.  The Replacement Index and the Adjustment shall become effective and shall replace the Index for all purposes under this Agreement and any other Loan Document on the date specified for such replacement by a notice from Lender to Borrower specifying the Replacement Index and the Adjustment, without any need or requirement for action by Borrower.  The Replacement Index and the Adjustment shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice as determined by Lender in its reasonable discretion; provided that, in each case, to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for Lender or is not ascertainable, such Replacement Index and Adjustment shall be applied as otherwise reasonably determined by Lender.  Lender may amend this Agreement, any other Loan Document, and the other related documents to reflect the replacement of the Index with the Replacement Index and the Adjustment and to make any technical, administrative, or operational changes that Lender determines are appropriate to permit the administration of the Replacement Index and the Adjustment in a manner substantially consistent with market practice.  Any such amendment shall be effective upon notice to Borrower, without any need or requirement for action by Borrower."

   

  13.Amendment to Section 5.5.1(i).  Section 5.5.1(i) [Increased Costs Generally] is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

  "5.5.1 	(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, the Lender;"

   

  14.Amendment to Dividends and Related Distributions.  Section 8.2.5 [Dividends and Related Distributions] of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

  "8.2.5	Dividends and Related Distributions.  Each of the Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make or pay, or agree to become or remain liable to make or pay, any dividend or other distribution of any nature (whether in cash, property, securities or otherwise) on account of or in respect of its shares of Capital Stock, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement or acquisition of its shares of Capital Stock (or warrants, options or rights therefor), 

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  except (i) dividends or other distributions payable to another Loan Party; (ii) the Borrower and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in common Equity Interests of such Person; (iii) Borrower may convert any of its convertible securities into other securities pursuant to the terms of such convertible securities or otherwise in exchange thereof and may make payments in cash for any fractional units upon such conversion or in connection with the exercise or conversion of warrants or other securities; and (iv) Borrower may repurchase its Capital Stock or common Equity Interests up to $20,000,000 in the aggregate for the term of this Agreement beginning on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, provided (A) such action is approved by the board or directors of the Borrower, (B) giving pro forma effect to such repurchase, Borrower remains in compliance with Sections 8.2.14 through 8.2.16 of this Agreement, and (C) all repurchases in excess of the $20,000,000 aggregate amount under this clause (iv) shall require the written consent of the Lender."

   

  15.Amendment to Maximum Consolidated Modified Leverage Ratio.  Section 8.2.14 [Maximum Consolidated Modified Leverage Ratio] of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

  "8.2.14	   Maximum Consolidated Modified Leverage Ratio.  The Loan Parties shall not permit the Consolidated Modified Leverage Ratio, calculated as of the end of each fiscal quarter then ended commencing December 31, 2022 and for each fiscal quarter thereafter, to be more than 3.00 to 1.00."

   

  16.Amendment to Remove Minimum Profitability Covenants.  Section 8.2.17 [Minimum Profitability] of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: 

  "8.2.17	   [Intentionally Omitted]."

   

  17.Conditions Precedent.  The Borrower and the Lender acknowledge and agree that the waiver and amendments set forth herein shall only be effective upon the occurrence of all the following conditions precedent (unless waived by the Lender) (which date shall be the "Fifth Amendment Effective Date"):

  (b)Amendment.  The Borrower and the Lender shall have executed and delivered this Amendment.

  (c)Guarantor Reaffirmation.  The execution by the Guarantors of the Guarantor Reaffirmation Statement made a part of this Amendment.

  (d)Amended and Restated Note.  To evidence the increase to the Revolving Credit Commitment set forth above, the Borrower shall have executed and delivered to Lender a Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note in substantially the same form, mutatis mutandis, as the Amended and Restated Note delivered by the Borrower in favor of Lender on August 14, 2020.

  (e)Fees and Expenses.  The Borrower shall have paid or caused to be paid to the Lender all reasonable out-of-pocket costs, expenses and disbursements, including, without limitation, reasonable expenses of counsel, incurred by the Lender in connection with the development, preparation, execution, administration, interpretation or performance of this Amendment and all other documents or instruments to be delivered in connection herewith.

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  (f)Officer's Certificates.  The Lender shall have received a certificate of an authorized officer, manager, or member of the Borrower and each Guarantor certifying as to (i) no change in such entity's Organizational Documents, or in the event that any such documents have changed, true and correct copies of the same certified by the secretary of the such entity or the Secretary of State, as the case may be, (ii) copies of such resolution or other corporate or organizational action validly authorizing the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the execution and delivery of this Amendment, the Guarantor Reaffirmation and the other Loan Documents (as applicable), (iii) copies of good standing certificates, or similar certifications, as applicable, for the such entity, issued by the Secretary of State or other appropriate official of such entity's jurisdiction of incorporation, and (iv) the incumbency of the officers of the entity that execute and deliver this Amendment, the Guarantor Reaffirmation and the related certificates, documents and instruments (as applicable).

  (g)Miscellaneous.  Such other documents, agreements, instruments, deliverables and items set forth on the closing agenda delivered in connection with this Amendment.

  18.Representations, Warranties and Covenants.  The Borrower covenants and agrees with and represents and warrants to the Lender as follows:

  (b)the Borrower’s obligations under the Credit Agreement, as modified hereby, are and shall remain secured by the Collateral, pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

  (c)the Borrower possesses all of the powers requisite for it to enter into and carry out the transactions referred to herein and to execute, enter into and perform the terms and conditions of this Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents contemplated herein that are to be performed by the Borrower; any and all actions required or necessary pursuant to the Borrower's organizational documents or otherwise have been taken to authorize the due execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the terms and conditions of this Amendment; the officers of the Borrower executing this Amendment are the duly elected, qualified, acting and incumbent officers of the Borrower and hold the titles set forth below their names on the signature lines of this Amendment; and such execution, delivery and performance will not conflict with, constitute a default under or result in a breach of any applicable law or any agreement, instrument, order, writ, judgment, injunction or decree to which the Borrower is a party or by which the Borrower or any of its properties is bound, and that all consents, authorizations and/or approvals required or necessary from any third parties in connection with the entry into, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the terms and conditions of this Amendment, the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby have been obtained by the Borrower and are full force and effect;

  (d)this Amendment, the Credit Agreement, and the other Loan Documents constitute the valid and legally binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws and by general equitable principles, whether enforcement is sought by proceedings at law or in equity;

  (e)all representations and warranties made by the Borrower in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (or in the case of any such representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) as of the date hereof, except to the extent that any such representation and warranty relates to a specific date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects (or in the case of any such representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse 

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  Effect, in all respects) as of such earlier date, with the same force and effect as if all such representations and warranties were fully set forth herein and made as of the date hereof and the Borrower has complied with all covenants and undertakings in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

  (f)no Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing under the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents; there exist no defenses, offsets, counterclaims or other claims with respect to the Borrower's obligations and liabilities under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; and

  (g)the Borrower hereby ratifies and confirms in full its duties and obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents applicable to it, each as modified hereby.

  19.Incorporation into Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents.  This Amendment shall be incorporated into the Credit Agreement by this reference and each reference to the Credit Agreement that is made in the Credit Agreement or any other document executed or to be executed in connection therewith shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.  The term "Loan Documents" as defined in the Credit Agreement shall include this Amendment.

  20.Severability.  If any one or more of the provisions contained in this Amendment, the Credit Agreement, or the other Loan Documents shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions contained in this Amendment, the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and this Amendment shall otherwise remain in full force and effect.

  21.Successors and Assigns.  This Amendment shall apply to and be binding upon the Borrower in all respects and shall inure to the benefit of the Lender and its successors and assigns, provided that the Borrower may not assign, transfer or delegate its duties and obligations hereunder.  Nothing expressed or referred to in this Amendment is intended or shall be construed to give any person or entity other than the parties hereto a legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or with respect to this Amendment, the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, it being the intention of the parties hereto that this Amendment and all of its provisions and conditions are for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Borrower and the Lender.

  22.Reimbursement of Expenses.  The Borrower unconditionally agrees to pay and reimburse the Lender and save the Lender harmless against liability for the payment of reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs, expenses and disbursements, including without limitation, documented fees and expenses of counsel incurred by the Lender in connection with the development, preparation, execution, administration, interpretation or performance of this Amendment and all other documents or instruments to be delivered in connection herewith.

  23.Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed by different parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed and delivered shall be an original and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

  24.Entire Agreement.  This Amendment sets forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and supersedes all prior understandings and agreements, whether written or oral, between the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof.  No representation, promise, inducement or statement of intention has been made by any party which is not embodied in this Amendment, and no party shall be bound by or liable for any alleged representation, promise, inducement or statement of intention not set forth herein.

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  25.Headings.  The various headings of this Amendment are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment or any provisions hereof.

  26.Construction.  The rules of construction set forth in Section 1.2 [Construction] of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Amendment.

  27.Governing Law.  This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the State of California and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of laws principles.

  28.WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AMENDMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

  28.	Judicial Reference.  In any judicial action or cause of action arising from this Amendment or otherwise, including without limitation contract and tort disputes, all decisions of fact and law shall, at the request of either party, be referred to a referee in accordance with Section 638 et seq. of the California Code of Civil Procedure if the action is before a court of any judicial district of the State of California.  The referee shall prepare written findings of fact and conclusions of law, and judgment upon the referee's award shall be entered in court in which such proceeding was commenced.  No provision or exercise of any right under this provision shall limit the right of the undersigned or Lender or other holder of this Amendment to exercise self-help remedies, such as foreclosure against or sale of any real or personal property collateral or security, or to obtain provisional or ancillary remedies from a court of competent jurisdiction before, during or after the pendency of any judicial reference proceeding.  The exercise of a remedy does not waive the right of either party to resort to judicial reference.  The parties further agree that all disputes, claims and controversies between them shall be brought in their individual capacities and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding.

   

   

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  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their officers thereunto duly authorized, have executed this Amendment as of the day and year first above written.

  		
	 
	BORROWER:
 

	 
	 
SHOTSPOTTER, INC., a Delaware corporation
 
By:  /s/ Ralph A. Clark
Name:	Ralph A. Clark
Title:	Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 

   

   

   

   

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	LENDER:
 

	 
	UMPQUA BANK, an Oregon state-chartered bank
 
 
By:  /s/ Jason Antrim
Name:	Jason Antrim
Title:	Managing Director
 

	 
	 

	 
	 

	 
	 

   

   

   

   

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  Guarantor Reaffirmation Statement

   

  Each of the undersigned has previously executed a Payment Guaranty dated as of December 21, 2020 (as the same has been and may hereafter be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Guaranty") in favor of the Lender in connection with the Credit Agreement.  Each of the undersigned understands that the Borrower and the Lender have entered into the foregoing Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement (the "Amendment").  Each of the undersigned: (a) acknowledges it has read the Amendment, (b) consents to the execution of the Amendment by the Borrower and consents to the matters set forth in the Amendment and all prior amendments and modifications, (c) reaffirms its obligations under the Guaranty, (d) agrees that the Guaranty remains in full force and effect in accordance with its terms and (e) agrees that any reference in the Guaranty or any other Loan Document to the Credit Agreement means the Credit Agreement as amended by the Amendment. 

   

  Each of the undersigned hereby confirms that any collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in the Guaranty), including liens, security interests, mortgages, and pledges granted by the undersigned or third parties (if applicable), shall continue unimpaired and in full force and effect, shall cover and secure all of the undersigned’s existing and future obligations to the Lender, as modified by the Amendment.

   

   

  Dated as of November 22, 2022.

  						 

  			
	LEEDS, LLC
By:	SHOTSPOTTER, INC., as Sole Member
 

	By:
	 
	         /s/Ralph A. Clark

	 
	Name:
	 Ralph A. Clark

	 
	Title:
	 Chief Executive Officer

   

  			
	FORENSIC LOGIC, LLC
By:	SHOTSPOTTER, INC., as Sole Member
 

	By:
	 
	         /s/Ralph A. Clark

	 
	Name:
	 Ralph A. Clark

	 
	Title:
	 Chief Executive Officer

   

   

   

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  EXHIBIT A

   

  EXHIBIT 1.1(N)(1)

  FORM OF REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE

   

  SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE

  $25,000,000.00	San Diego, California

  	       _________, 20__

   

  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, SHOTSPOTTER, INC., a Delaware corporation (herein called the "Borrower"), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of UMPQUA BANK, an Oregon state-chartered bank (the "Lender"), the lesser of: (i) the principal sum of TWENTY FIVE MILLION and 00/100 Dollars (US$25,000,000.00); or (ii) the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all Revolving Credit Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.1 [Revolving Credit Loans] of the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2018, between the Borrower and the Lender, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May 21, 2019, as further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of August 14, 2020, as further amended by that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May 19, 2022, as further amended by that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of September 26, 2022, and as further amended by that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement of even date herewith (as so amended, and as may be further amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), together with all outstanding interest thereon on the Expiration Date.

  The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal balance hereof from time to time outstanding from the date hereof at the rate or rates per annum specified by the Borrower pursuant to, or as otherwise provided in, the Credit Agreement.  Subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, interest on this Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note (this "Note") will be payable pursuant to Section 5.2 [Interest Payment Dates] of, or as otherwise provided in, the Credit Agreement.  If any payment or action to be made or taken hereunder shall be stated to be or become due on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment or action shall be made or taken on the next following Business Day, unless otherwise provided in the Credit Agreement, and such extension of time shall be included in computing interest or fees, if any, in connection with such payment or action.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default and at the Lender's discretion, the Borrower shall pay interest on the entire principal amount of the then outstanding Revolving Credit Loans evidenced by this Note and all other obligations due and payable to the Lender pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents at a rate per annum as set forth in Section 4.3 [Interest After Default] of the Credit Agreement.  Such interest will accrue before and after any judgment has been entered.

  Subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, payments of both principal and interest shall be made without setoff, counterclaim or other deduction of any nature at the office of the Lender located at 11720 El Camino Real, Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92130 unless otherwise directed in writing by the Lender, in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds.

   

  This Note is one of the Notes referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including the representations, warranties, covenants, conditions, security interests, if any, and Liens, if any, contained or granted therein.  The Credit Agreement among other things contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events and 

   

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  also for prepayments, in certain circumstances, on account of principal hereof prior to maturity upon the terms and conditions therein specified.  The Borrower waives presentment, demand, notice, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Note and the Credit Agreement.

  This Note shall bind the Borrower and its successors and assigns; and the benefits hereof shall inure to the benefit of the Lender and its successors and assigns.  All references herein to the "Borrower" and the "Lender" shall be deemed to apply to the Borrower and the Lender, respectively, and their respective successors and assigns as permitted under the Credit Agreement.

  This Note and any other documents delivered in connection herewith and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto and thereto shall for all purposes be governed, by and construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of California without giving effect to its conflicts of law principles.

  In any judicial action or cause of action arising from this Note or otherwise, including without limitation contract and tort disputes, all decisions of fact and law shall, at the request of either party, be referred to a referee in accordance with Section 638 et seq. of the California Code of Civil Procedure if the action is before a court of any judicial district of the State of California.  The referee shall prepare written findings of fact and conclusions of law, and judgment upon the referee's award shall be entered in court in which such proceeding was commenced.  No provision or exercise of any right under this provision shall limit the right of the undersigned or Lender or other holder of this Note to exercise self-help remedies, such as foreclosure against or sale of any real or personal property collateral or security, or to obtain provisional or ancillary remedies from a court of competent jurisdiction before, during or after the pendency of any judicial reference proceeding.  The exercise of a remedy does not waive the right of either party to resort to judicial reference.  The parties further agree that all disputes, claims and controversies between them shall be brought in their individual capacities and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding.

  All capitalized terms used herein shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the same meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement and Section 1.2 [Construction] of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Note.

  This Note amends and restates, and is in substitution for, that certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note in the original principal amount of $20,000,000.00 payable to the order of the Lender and dated August 14, 2020 (the "Existing Note").  However, without duplication, this Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note shall in no way extinguish, cancel or satisfy the Borrowers' unconditional obligation to repay all indebtedness evidenced by the Existing Note or constitute a novation of the Existing Note.  Nothing herein is intended to extinguish, cancel or impair the lien priority or effect of any security agreement, pledge agreement or mortgage with respect to any Borrower's obligations hereunder and under any other document relating hereto.

   

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  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the undersigned has executed this Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note by its duly authorized officer.

  	 

  	SHOTSPOTTER, INC., a Delaware corporation

   

   

  	By:	

  	Name: 

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  EXHIBIT B

   

  EXHIBIT 2.5.1

   

  FORM OF
LOAN REQUEST

  TO:

  Name:  Umpqua Bank
Address:  P.O. Box 1580
Roseburg, OR 97470
Attention:  LSS
Email:  LSSPart-LIBORSvc@umpquabank.com
Telephone:  (541) 440-7435
Telecopy:  (541) 440-4916

  Name:  Umpqua Bank
Address:  P.O. Box 1580
Roseburg, OR  97470
Attention:  Kelsy Familio
Email:  KelsyFamilio@umpquabank.com
Telephone:  (541) 440-7435
Telecopy:  (541) 440-4916

  FROM:	Shotspotter, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”).

  RE:	Credit Agreement (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented, from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of September 27, 2018, by and among the Borrower and Umpqua Bank (the “Lender”).

  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them by the Credit Agreement.

  A.	Pursuant to Section 2.5.1 [Revolving Credit Loan Requests] of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned Borrower irrevocably requests [check one line under 1.(a) below and fill in blank space next to the line as appropriate]:

  1(a)			A new Revolving Credit Loan, OR

  			Renewal of the SOFR Rate Option applicable to an outstanding Revolving Credit Loan originally made on __________, 20__, OR

  			Conversion of the Base Rate Option applicable to an outstanding Revolving Credit Loan originally made on __________, 20__ to a Loan to which the SOFR Rate Option applies, OR

  			Conversion of the SOFR Rate Option applicable to an outstanding Revolving Credit Loan originally made on __________, 20__ Loan to which the Base Rate Option applies.

  SUCH NEW, RENEWED OR CONVERTED LOAN SHALL BEAR INTEREST:

   

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  [Check one line under 1.(b) below and fill in blank spaces in line next to line]:

  1(b)(i)			Under the Base Rate Option.  Such Loan shall have a Borrowing Date of __________, 20__ (which date shall be the same Business Day of receipt by the Lender of this Loan Request for making a new Revolving Credit Loan to which the Base Rate Option applies, or (ii) the last day of the preceding Interest Period if a Loan to which the SOFR Rate Option applies is being converted to a Loan to which the Base Rate Option applies).

  OR

      (ii)			Under the SOFR Rate Option.  Such Loan shall have a Borrowing Date of __________, 20__ (which date shall be two (2) Business Days subsequent to the Business Day of receipt by the Lender by 10:00 a.m. Pacific time of this Loan Request (or such lesser time as agreed to by the Lender) for making a new Revolving Credit Loan to which the SOFR Rate Option applies, renewing a Loan to which the SOFR Rate Option applies, or converting a Loan to which the Base Rate Option applies to a Loan to which the SOFR Rate Option applies).

  2	Such Loan is in the principal amount of U.S. $__________ or the principal amount to be renewed or converted is U.S. $____________

  [for Revolving Credit Loans under Section 2.5.1 not to be less than $100,000 and in increments of $100,000 for each Borrowing Tranche under the SOFR Rate Option and not less than $50,000 and in increments of $1,000 for Borrowing Tranches under the Base Rate Option.]

  3	[Complete blank below if the Borrower is selecting the SOFR Rate Option]:
Such Loan shall have an Interest Period of [one (1) Month, three (3) Months, or six (6) Months]:

  		 

  B	As of the date hereof and the date of making the above-requested Loan (and after giving effect thereto: all of the representations and warranties contained in Article 6 of the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (or in the case of any such representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) as of the date hereof, except to the extent that any such representation and warranty relates to a specific date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects (or in the case of any such representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) as of such earlier date; no Event of Default or Potential Default has occurred and is continuing or exists; the making of such Loan shall not contravene any Law applicable to any Loan Party, and the making of such Loan shall not cause the Revolving Facility Usage to exceed the lesser of (i) the Revolving Credit Commitments or (ii) the Borrowing Base.

  C	Each of the undersigned hereby irrevocably requests [check one line below and fill in blank spaces next to the line as appropriate]:

   

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  	1			Funds to be deposited into an Umpqua Bank bank account per our current standing instructions.  Complete amount of deposit if not full loan advance amount:	U.S. $__________________

  	2			Funds to be wired per the following wire instructions:

  				U.S. $	 Amount of Wire Transfer
Bank Name:	
ABA: 	
Account Number: 	
Account Name: 	
Reference: 	

  	3			Funds to be wired per the attached Funds Flow (multiple wire transfers).

   

   

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  The Borrower certifies to the Lender as to the accuracy of the foregoing on __________, 20___.

  BORROWER:

  SHOTSPOTTER, INC.,
 a Delaware corporation

  By:					,
Name:					,
Title:					,

   

   

   

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  EXHIBIT C

   

  EXHIBIT 8.3.3

  FORM OF 
QUARTERLY COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

   

  This certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 8.3.3 of that certain Credit Agreement dated September 27, 2018, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated May 21, 2019, as further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated August 14, 2020, as further amended by that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May 19, 2022, as further amended by that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of September 26, 2022, and as further amended by that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of November 22, 2022 (collectively, and as the same may be further amended, restated or modified from time-to-time, the "Credit Agreement"), by and among ShotSpotter, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower") and Umpqua Bank, an Oregon state-chartered bank (the "Lender").  Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings.

  The undersigned officer, ______________________, the ___________ [President/Chief Executive Officer/Chief Financial Officer] of the Borrower, in such capacity does hereby certify on behalf of the Borrower as of the quarter/year ended _________________, 20___ (the "Report Date"), as follows:

  A.  Maximum Consolidated Modified Leverage Ratio (Section 8.2.14).  As of the Report Date, the Consolidated Modified Leverage Ratio of the Loan Parties is ___________________, which ratio is not greater than 3.00 to 1.00.  A detailed calculation of the Consolidated Modified Leverage Ratio in a form approved by the Lender is attached hereto as Schedule I.  

  B.  [Intentionally Omitted].

  C.  Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio (Section 8.2.16).  As of the Report Date, the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio of the Loan Parties is ___________________, which ratio is not less than 2.00 to 1.00.  A detailed calculation of the Consolidated Interest Charge Ratio in a form approved by the Lender is attached hereto as Schedule III.

  D.  [Intentionally Omitted].

  E.  Representations, Warranties and Covenants.  As of the date hereof: (i) all of the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in Section 6 of the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects, except for representations and warranties made as of a specified date (which were true and correct in all material respects, except as otherwise qualified, as of such date) and except as set forth below:

  _________________________________________________

  _________________________________________________

  _________________________________________________

  F.  Event of Default.  No Event of Default exists as of the date hereof, except as set forth below:

   

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  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate this ___ day of ____________________, 202___.

  	 

  	
	BORROWER:

	SHOTSPOTTER, INC., a Delaware corporation
By:   ____________________________________
Name:  __________________________________
Title:  ___________________________________

   

   

   

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  EXHIBIT 8.3.3

  FORM OF QUARTERLY COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE – SCHEDULES i – iV

   

  SCHEDULE I – Section 8.2.14 (Maximum Consolidated Modified Leverage Ratio)

  				
	A.
	CONSOLIDATED FUNDED INDEBTEDNESS

	 
	1.
	Outstanding principal amount of all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including Obligations hereunder excluding those described in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of the definition of “Obligations” hereunder) and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments.
	$________

	 
	2.
	All purchase money Indebtedness.
	$________

	 
	3.
	The maximum amount available to be drawn under issued and outstanding letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments.
	$________

	 
	4.
	All obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business).
	$________

	 
	5.
	All Attributable Indebtedness.
	$________

	 
	6.
	All obligations to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment prior to the Expiration Date in respect of any Equity Interests or any warrant, right or option to acquire such Equity Interest, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends.
	$________

	 
	7.
	Without duplication, all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (1) through (6) above of Persons other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
	$________

	 
	8.
	All Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (1) through (7) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which the Borrower or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to the Borrower or such Subsidiary.
	$________

	 
	9.
	Consolidated Funded Indebtedness equals sum of A1 through A8.
	$________

	B.
	CONSOLIDATED EBITDA

	 
	1.
	Consolidated Net Income for the most recently completed 12 trailing months.
	$________

	 
	2.
	Consolidated Interest Charges for such period.
	$________

  Schedules I-IV to Exhibit 8.3.3 to Credit Agreement

   

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	3.
	Provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable for such period.
	$________

	 
	4.
	Depreciation and amortization expenses for such period.
	$________

	 
	5.
	Non-cash stock compensation expense.
	$________

	 
	6.
	Non-recurring assets impairment expense in an amount not to exceed $250,000.
	$________

	 
	7.
	Non-recurring loss on debt extinguishment.
	$________

	 
	8.
	Non-cash warrant revaluation.
	$________

	 
	9.
	Fees, costs and expenses payable in connection with any financing activities.
	$________

	 
	10.
	Fees, costs and expenses relating to any Permitted Acquisition.
	$________

	 
	11.
	Other non-cash charges and losses (excluding any such non-cash charges or losses to the extent (A) there were cash charges with respect to such charges and losses in past accounting periods or (B) there is a reasonable expectation that there will be cash charges with respect to such charges and losses in future accounting periods less (c) without duplication and to the extent reflected as a gain or otherwise included in the calculation of consolidated net income for such period (i) non-cash gains (excluding any such non-cash gains to the extent (A) there were cash gains with respect to such gains in past accounting periods or (B) there is a reasonable expectation that there will be cash gains with respect to such gains in future accounting periods).
	$________

	 
	12.
	Consolidated EBITDA equals sum of B1 through B11.
	$________

	C.
	Section 8.2.1.4 - Maximum Consolidated Modified Leverage Ratio

	 
	1.
	Consolidated Funded Indebtedness (from Item A9 above).
	$________

	 
	2.
	Any unsecured convertible notes permitted under Section 8.2.1 as of such date.
	$________

	 
	3.
	Remainder of C1 minus C2.
	$________

	 
	4.
	Consolidated EBITDA (from Item B12 above).
	$________

	 
	5.
	Ratio of (8) to (9).
	___ to 1.00

	 
	6.
	Maximum Permitted.
	3.00 to 1.00

   

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  SCHEDULE III – Section 8.2.16 (Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio)

  				
	A.
	CONSOLIDATED INTEREST CHARGES

	 
	1.
	All interest, premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses in connection with borrowed money and Attributable Indebtedness (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the 
	$________

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	deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP.
	 

	 
	2.
	All interest paid or payable with respect to discontinued operations.
	$________

	 
	3.
	The portion of rent expense under Capitalized Leases that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, in each case, of or by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the most recently completed fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as the case may be.
	$________

	 
	4.
	Consolidated Interest Charges equals sum of A1 through A3.
	 

	B.
	Section 8.2.16 – Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio

	 
	1.
	Consolidated EBITDA (from Item IB12 above).
	$________

	 
	2.
	Consolidated Interest Charges (from item A4 above).
	$________

	 
	3.
	Ratio of (1) to (2).
	____ to 1.00

	 
	4.
	Minimum Allowed.
	2.00 to 1.00

   

   

  SCHEDULE IV – [Intentionally Omitted]

   

  Schedules I-IV to Exhibit 8.3.3 to Credit Agreement

   

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  EXHIBIT D

   

  SCHEDULE 1.1(B) (PART 1)

   

  COMMITMENTS OF LENDER AND ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES

   

   

  Part 1 - Commitment of Lender and Address for Notices to Lender

  LENDER:

  			
	Lender
	Amount of Commitment for Revolving Loans
	Letter of Credit Sublimit

	Name:	UMPQUA BANK
Address:	P.O. Box 1580
 Roseburg, OR 97470
Attention:	LSS
Email:	LSSPart-LIBORSvc@umpquabank.com
Telephone:	(541) 440-7435
Telecopy:	(541) 440-4916
With copy to:
Name:	UMPQUA BANK
Address:	P.O. Box 1580
 Roseburg, OR 97470
Attention: 	Kelsy Familio
Email: 	KelsyFamilio@umpquabank.com
Telephone:	(541) 440-7435
Telecopy: 	(541) 440-4916
Name:	UMPQUA BANK
Address:	11720 El Camino Real, Suite 100
 San Diego, CA 92130
Attention: 	Thomas Lerner
Email: 	ThomasLerner@umpquabank.com 
Telephone:	(760) 637-0962
	$25,000,000.00
	$7,500,000.00

   

   

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