Document:

Form of Severance Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
  
 December 5, 2005 
  
 «Title» «FirstName» «LastName» 
 «JobTitle» 
 «Company» 
 «Address1» 
 «City», «State» «PostalCode» 
  
 Dear «Title» «LastName»: 
  
 United States Steel Corporation, and its subsidiaries and affiliates (the
“Corporation”), recognizes that your contribution to the growth and success of the Corporation will continue to be substantial and desires to assure the Corporation of your continued employment. In this connection, the Board of Directors
of the Corporation (the “Board”) recognizes that, as is the case with many publicly-held corporations, the possibility of a change in control may exist and that such possibility, and the uncertainty and questions which it may raise among
management, may result in the departure or distraction of management personnel to the detriment of the Corporation and its stockholders. 
  
 Accordingly, the Board has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to reinforce and encourage the continued attention and dedication of members
of the Corporation’s management, including you, to their assigned duties without distraction in the face of potentially disturbing circumstances arising from the possibility of a change in control of the Corporation. 

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 In order to induce you to remain in the employ of the Corporation, the Corporation agrees that you shall receive the severance benefits set forth in this
letter agreement (“Agreement”) in the event your employment with the Corporation is terminated subsequent to a “Change in Control of the Corporation” (as defined in Section 2(a) hereof), and, in certain circumstances, in
connection with a “Potential Change in Control of the Corporation” (as defined in Section 2(b) hereof), or under the other circumstances described below. 
  
 1. Term of Agreement. This Agreement will commence on the date hereof and shall continue in effect until
December 31, 2007; provided, however, that commencing on December 31, 2006 and each December 31 thereafter, the term of this Agreement shall automatically be extended for one additional year unless, not later than September 1 of
that year, the Corporation shall have given notice that it does not wish to extend this Agreement; provided, further that, if (a) a Change in Control of the Corporation shall have occurred during the original or extended term of this Agreement,
the term of this Agreement shall continue in effect for a period of twenty-four (24) months beyond the month in which such Change in Control of the Corporation occurred and (b) if a Potential Change in Control of the Corporation shall have
occurred during the original or extended term of this Agreement, then the term of this Agreement shall continue in effect beginning on the date the Potential Change in Control occurs and shall not end before the earlier of (i) the end of the
month in which a Change in Control occurs or (ii) the date the Board makes a good faith determination that the risk of a Change in Control has terminated (the “Potential Change in Control Period”). In the 

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 event the Potential Change in Control Period ends due to a Change in Control this Agreement shall continue in effect for a period of twenty-four (24) months beyond
the month in which such Change in Control occurred. 
  
 2.
Change in Control and Potential Change in Control of the Corporation. 
  
 (a) For purposes of this Agreement, a “Change in Control of the Corporation” and “Change in Control” shall mean a change in control of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to
Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), whether or not the Corporation is then subject to such reporting requirement; provided, that, without
limitation, such a change in control shall be deemed to have occurred if: 
  
 (i) any person (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) (a “Person”) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly
or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation (not including in the amount of the securities beneficially owned by such person any such securities acquired directly from the Corporation or its affiliates) representing twenty percent (20%) or
more of the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities; provided, however, that for purposes of this Agreement the term “Person” shall not include (A) the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries,
(B) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, (C) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, (D) a
corporation owned, 

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 directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Corporation in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Corporation, or (E) any
individual, entity or group involved in the acquisition of the Corporation’s voting securities in connection with which, pursuant to Rule 13d-1 promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act, such individual, entity or group is permitted to, and
actually does, report its beneficial ownership on Schedule 13G (or any successor Schedule); provided that, if any such individual, entity or group subsequently becomes required to or does report its beneficial ownership on Schedule 13D (or any
successor Schedule), then, for purposes of this paragraph, such individual, entity or group shall be deemed to have first acquired, on the first date on which such individual, entity or group becomes required to or does so report, beneficial
ownership of all of the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities beneficially owned by it on such date; and provided, further, however, that for purposes of this paragraph (i), there shall be excluded any Person who becomes such a
beneficial owner in connection with an Excluded Transaction (as defined in paragraph (iii) below); or 
  
 (ii) the following individuals (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors then serving:
individuals who, on the date hereof, constitute the Board and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest including, but not limited to, a consent
solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Corporation) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Corporation’s stockholders was approved or 

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 recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors on the date hereof or whose appointment, election
or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended; or 
  
 (iii) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any direct or indirect subsidiary thereof with any other corporation (a “Business Combination”), other than a merger or
consolidation (an “Excluded Transaction”) which would result in: 
  
 (A) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the resulting or surviving entity (or any ultimate parent thereof) in such Business Combination (the “New Board”) consisting of individuals
(“Continuing Directors”) who were members of the Incumbent Board (as defined in subparagraph (ii) above) immediately prior to consummation of such Business Combination or were appointed, elected or recommended for appointment or
election by members of the Incumbent Board prior to consummation of such Business Combination (excluding from Continuing Directors for this purpose, however, any individual whose election or appointment, or recommendation for election or
appointment, to the New Board was at the request, directly or indirectly, of the entity which entered into the definitive agreement providing for such Business Combination with the Corporation or any direct or indirect subsidiary thereof),
unless the Board determines, prior to such consummation, that there does not exist a reasonable assurance that, for at least a two-year period following 

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 consummation of such Business Combination, at least a majority of the members of the New Board will continue to consist of Continuing Directors and
individuals whose election, or nomination for election by shareholders of the resulting or surviving entity (or any ultimate parent thereof) in such Business Combination, would be approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Continuing Directors
and individuals whose election or nomination for election has previously been so approved; or 
  
 (B) a Business Combination that in substance constitutes a disposition of a division, business unit, or subsidiary; or 
  
 (iv) the shareholders of the Corporation approve a plan of a complete
liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or there is consummation of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, other than to a corporation with respect to which, following such sale or other
disposition, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially
all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such sale or other disposition in substantially the same proportion as their ownership, immediately
prior to such sale or other disposition, of the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities. 

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 (b) For purposes of this Agreement, a “Potential Change in Control of the Corporation” and “Potential Change in Control” shall be
deemed to have occurred, if: 
  
 (i) the Corporation enters into
an agreement, the consummation of which would result in the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Corporation; 
  
 (ii) any Person (including the Corporation) publicly announces an intention to take or to consider taking actions which if consummated would constitute a
Change in Control of the Corporation; 
  
 (iii) any Person
becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation representing 15% or more of the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding securities (not including in the amount of the securities
beneficially owned by such Person any such securities acquired directly from the Corporation or its affiliates); or 
  
 (iv) the Board adopts a resolution to the effect that, for purposes of this Agreement, a Potential Change in Control of the Corporation has occurred.

  
 (c) You agree that, subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, in the event of a Change in Control of the Corporation, you will remain in the employ of the Corporation for a period of three (3) months from and after the occurrence of such Change in Control of the Corporation; provided,
however, that if during such three-month period (A) your employment is involuntarily terminated by the 

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 Corporation other than for Cause or (B) you terminate your employment during such three-month period for Good Reason, you shall not be required to remain in the
Corporation’s employ. The foregoing shall in no event limit or otherwise affect your rights under any other provision of this Agreement. 
  
 (d) You agree that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in the event of a Potential Change in Control of the Corporation, you will
remain in the employ of the Corporation until the earliest of (A) a date which is six (6) months from the occurrence of such Potential Change in Control of the Corporation, (B) the termination of your employment by reason of your
death or Disability, as defined in Subsection 3(a), or (C) a date which is three (3) months from and after the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Corporation; provided, however, that if during any such period (A) your employment
is involuntarily terminated by the Corporation other than for Cause or (B) you terminate your employment during any such period for Good Reason, you shall not be required to remain in the Corporation’s employ. The foregoing shall in no
event limit or otherwise affect your rights under any other provision of this Agreement. 
  
 3. Termination Following a Change in Control or Potential Change in Control of the Corporation. If any of the events described in Section 2(a) hereof constituting a Change in Control of the Corporation
shall have occurred, you shall be entitled to the benefits provided in Section 4(d) hereof upon the termination of your employment upon or following the Change in Control and during the term of this Agreement unless such termination is
(i) because of your death or Disability, (ii) by the 

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 Corporation for Cause, (iii) by you other than for Good Reason or (iv) on or after the date that you attain age sixty-five (65). If your employment is
terminated prior to a Change in Control, if such termination is other than (i) because of your death or Disability, (ii) by the Corporation for Cause, (iii) due to your voluntary resignation, unless such resignation is for Good Reason
or (iv) on or after the date that you attain age sixty-five (65), and either you reasonably demonstrate that such termination (I) was at the request of or as a result of actions by a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to
effect a Change in Control or (II) occurs during a Potential Change in Control Period, and (III) a 409A Change in Control occurs within twenty-four (24) months following your termination of employment, then your employment shall be deemed to
have terminated following a Change in Control. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) the term “termination” when used in the context of a condition to payment hereunder shall be interpreted to mean a “separation from service”
as that term is used under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) and (b) the term “409A Change in Control” shall mean a change in ownership or effective control of the Corporation or in the ownership of
a substantial portion of its assets within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code that constitutes a Change in Control. 
  
 (a) Disability. If, as a result of your incapacity due to physical or mental illness which in the opinion of a licensed physician renders you
incapable of performing your assigned duties with the Corporation, you shall have been absent from the full-time performance of your duties with the Corporation for six (6) consecutive months, and within thirty (30) days after written
Notice of Termination is given you shall not have returned to the full-time performance of your duties, the Corporation may terminate your employment for “Disability.” 

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 (b) Cause. Termination by the Corporation of your employment for “Cause” shall mean termination upon (i) the willful and continued
failure by you to substantially perform your duties with the Corporation (other than any such failure resulting from termination by you for Good Reason or any such failure resulting from your incapacity due to physical or mental illness), after a
demand for substantial performance is delivered to you that specifically identifies the manner in which the Corporation believes that you have not substantially performed your duties, and you have failed to resume substantial performance of your
duties on a continuous basis within fourteen (14) days of receiving such demand, (ii) the willful engaging by you in conduct which is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Corporation, monetarily or otherwise or (iii) your
conviction of a felony or conviction of a misdemeanor which impairs your ability substantially to perform your duties with the Corporation. For purposes of this Subsection, no act, or failure to act, on your part shall be deemed “willful”
unless done, or omitted to be done, by you not in good faith and without reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the best interest of the Corporation. 
  
 (c) Good Reason. You shall be entitled to terminate your employment for Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement,
“Good Reason” shall mean, without your express written consent, the occurrence after a Change in Control of the Corporation, or after and at the request of or as a result of actions by a third party 

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 who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or after the first day of but during a Potential Change in Control Period (each an
“Applicable Event”), of any one or more of the following: 
  
 (i) the assignment to you of duties inconsistent with your position immediately prior to the Applicable Event or a reduction or adverse alteration in the nature of your position, duties, status or responsibilities from those in effect
immediately prior to the Applicable Event; 
  
 (ii) a reduction
by the Corporation in your annualized and monthly or semi-monthly rate of base salary (as increased to incorporate your foreign service premium, if any) (“Base Salary”) as in effect on the date hereof or as the same shall be increased from
time to time; 
  
 (iii) the Corporation’s requiring you to
be based at a location in excess of fifty (50) miles from the location where you are based immediately prior to the Applicable Event; 
  
 (iv) the failure by the Corporation to continue, substantially as in effect immediately prior to the Applicable Event, all of the Corporation’s
employee benefit, incentive compensation, bonus, stock option and stock award plans, programs, policies, practices or arrangements in which you participate (or substantially equivalent successor plans, programs, policies, practices or arrangements)
or the failure by the Corporation to continue your participation therein on substantially the same basis, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided and the level of your participation relative to other participants, as existed immediately
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 (v) the failure of the Corporation to obtain an agreement from any successor to the Corporation to assume and agree to perform this Agreement, as
contemplated in Section 6 hereof; and 
  
 (vi) any purported
termination by the Corporation of your employment that is not effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of subparagraph (d) below, and for purposes of this Agreement, no such purported termination shall be
effective. 
  
 Your right to terminate your employment pursuant to
this Subsection shall not be affected by your incapacity due to physical or mental illness. Your continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver of rights with respect to, any circumstance constituting Good Reason hereunder. Your
determination of the existence of Good Reason shall be final and conclusive unless such determination is not made in good faith and is made without reasonable belief in the existence of Good Reason. 
  
 (d) Notice of Termination. Any termination by the Corporation for
Cause or for Disability or by you for Good Reason shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a written notice which shall indicate the
specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of your employment under 

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 the provision so indicated. The failure by you to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Good Reason shall not
waive any of your rights hereunder or preclude you from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing your rights hereunder. 
  
 (e) Date of Termination. “Date of Termination” shall mean the date specified in the Notice of Termination, when such a notice is
required, or in any other case upon ceasing to perform services to the Corporation. 
  
 4. Compensation Upon Termination or During Disability. After an Applicable Event has occurred, if, during the term of this Agreement, your employment is terminated or you are in a period of Disability the
following shall be applicable: 
  
 (a) During any period prior
to your Date of Termination that you fail to perform your full-time duties with the Corporation as a result of Disability, your total compensation, including your Base Salary, bonus and any benefits, will continue unaffected until either you return
to the full-time performance of your duties or your employment is terminated pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof. Base Salary shall be payable to you on a monthly basis, in accordance with the Corporation’s standard payroll practices. Bonuses
shall be payable to you within 2 1/2 months following the year for which the amount is earned, in accordance with
the Corporation’s annual incentive plan payment practices. Benefits shall be payable in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan, program or arrangement. In the event you return to the full-time performance of your duties, you shall
continue to receive your full Base Salary and bonus plus all other amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation or other 

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 employee benefit plan of the Corporation without interruption. In the event your employment is terminated pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof, your benefits shall be
determined in accordance with the Corporation’s retirement, insurance and other applicable programs and plans then in effect. 
  
 (b) If your employment shall be terminated by the Corporation for Cause or by you other than for Good Reason, the Corporation shall pay you your full
Base Salary, payable in accordance with the Corporation’s standard payroll practices, through the Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given or on the Date of Termination if no Notice of Termination is
required hereunder plus all other amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation or benefit plan of the Corporation at the time such payments are due in accordance with the applicable plan, and the Corporation shall have no further
obligations to you under this Agreement. 
  
 (c) If your
employment terminates by reason of your death, your benefits shall be determined in accordance with the Corporation’s retirement, survivor’s benefits, insurance and other applicable programs and plans then in effect. 
  
 (d) If your employment by the Corporation is either terminated by the
Corporation (other than for Cause or Disability) or terminated by you for Good Reason, in either case (I) upon or following a Change in Control, or (II) during a Potential Change in Control Period which is followed within twenty-four
(24) months thereafter by a 409A Change in Control, you shall be entitled to the following benefits. 

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 (i) Accrued Compensation and Benefits. The Corporation shall provide you: 
  
 (A) the compensation and benefits accrued through the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore
provided; 
  
 (B) a lump sum cash amount equal
to the value of your unused vacation days accrued through the Date of Termination; and 
  
 (C) your normal post-termination compensation and benefits under the Corporation’s retirement, insurance and other compensation and
benefit plans as in effect immediately prior to the Date of Termination, or if more favorable to you, immediately prior to the Applicable Event. 
  
 The amounts set forth in (A) and (B) above shall be payable on your next regular payroll date following the Date of Termination. The amounts set forth in
(C) above shall be payable in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan, program or arrangement. 
  
 (ii) Lump Sum Severance Payment. The Corporation shall provide to you a severance payment in the form of a cash lump sum distribution equal to
your Current Annual Compensation (as defined below) multiplied times three (3); provided, however, that if you attain age 65 within three years of the Date of Termination, your benefit will be limited to a pro rata portion of such benefit based on a
fraction equal to the number of full and partial months existing between the Date of Termination and your sixty-fifth (65th) birthday divided by 36 months. 

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 For purposes of this paragraph, the term “Current Annual Compensation” shall mean the sum of: 
  
 (A) your Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the
occurrence of the circumstances giving rise to such termination or, if higher, immediately prior to the Applicable Event; and 
  
 (B) an amount equal to the higher of the (i) average actual bonus awarded to you, if any, under any annual bonus plan of the
Corporation or its predecessor for the three (3) years immediately preceding the Date of Termination or, if higher, for the three (3) years immediately preceding the Applicable Event or (ii) target bonus available to you under any
annual bonus plan of the Corporation or its predecessor for the year in which your termination of employment occurs or, if higher, for the year in which the Applicable Event occurs. 
  
 The severance payment shall be payable upon the first day following the six (6) month anniversary of the Date of Termination or, in the
case where your employment was terminated prior to a Change in Control, the first day following the six (6) month anniversary of the date of the 409A Change in Control; provided, however, if such six month delay is not required to avoid the
imposition of additional taxes and interest under section 409A of the Code, then payment shall be made immediately following separation from service. 
  
 (iii) Continuation of Welfare Benefits. Subject to the benefits offset described below, the Corporation will arrange to make available to you life
and health insurance benefits during the Welfare Continuation Period (as defined below) that are substantially similar to those which you were receiving under a 

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 Corporation-sponsored welfare benefit plan immediately prior to the Date of Termination or, if more favorable to you, immediately prior to the Applicable Event. These
benefits will be provided at a cost to you that is no greater than the amount paid for such benefits by active employees who participate in such Corporation-sponsored welfare benefit plan or, if less, the amount paid for such benefits by you
immediately prior to the Applicable Event. The Welfare Continuation Period extends from the Date of Termination for a period of thirty-six (36) months, or, if earlier, until your 65th birthday. To the extent any such benefits cannot be provided on a non-taxable basis to you and the provision thereof would cause any part of the benefits to
be subject to additional taxes and interest under section 409A of the Code, then the provision of such benefits shall be (a) deferred to the earliest date upon which such benefits can be provided without being subject to such additional taxes
and interest or (b) if not capable of being deferred consistent with section 409A of the Code, modified in amount, structure, timing and/or form of payment so that the maximum portion of the benefit can be paid and the benefit is not subject to
additional taxes and interest under section 409A of the Code. 
  
 The benefits otherwise receivable by you pursuant to this paragraph (iii) shall be reduced to the extent comparable benefits are actually received by you during the Welfare Continuation Period. For purposes of complying with the terms
of this offset, you are obligated to report to the Corporation the amount of any such benefits actually received. 
  
 (iv) Retiree Medical and Life Benefits. The Corporation will arrange to make available to you retiree medical and life insurance benefits

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 determined as if under the Corporation’s welfare benefit plans your actual participation credit (or continuous service) and actual age as of the Date of Termination
were increased by the additional three years of service and age provided in paragraph 4(d)(v)(A) below. If eligible for such coverage, you may elect to commence participation in retiree medical benefits coverage at any time following the expiration
of the Welfare Continuation Period (or immediately after the Date of Termination, or during the Welfare Continuation Period, if you satisfy the eligibility requirements without taking into consideration the additional three years of service and
age). To the extent any such benefits cannot be provided on a non-taxable basis to you and the provision thereof would cause any part of the benefits to be subject to additional taxes and interest under section 409A of the Code, then the provision
of such benefits shall be (a) deferred to the earliest date upon which such benefits can be provided without being subject to such additional taxes and interest or (b) if not capable of being deferred consistent with section 409A of the
Code, modified in amount, structure, timing and/or form of payment so that the maximum portion of the benefit can be paid and the benefit is not subject to additional taxes and interest under section 409A of the Code. 
  
 If because of the recognition of the additional three years of continuous
service and age described above, your service and/or age meets or exceeds the service and/or age specified in the Steel (the term “Steel” is defined to mean United States Steel Corporation, and its subsidiaries and successors) welfare
benefit plan for eligibility for retiree medical or life insurance coverage, the Corporation will provide you with an additional lump sum severance payment equal to the lump sum value of the 

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 contributions that the Corporation would have made on your behalf with respect to the retiree medical and life (as if all such life insurance benefits were group term
life insurance benefits) benefits provided under the Steel welfare benefit plan. Such additional lump sum severance benefit shall be in lieu of monthly Corporation contributions on your behalf for retiree medical and life insurance coverage under a
Steel welfare benefit plan and shall be paid to you upon the first day following the six (6) month anniversary of the Date of Termination or, in the case where your employment was terminated prior to a Change in Control, the first day following
the six (6) month anniversary of the date of the 409A Change in Control; provided, however, if such six month delay is not required to avoid the imposition of additional taxes and interest under section 409A of the Code, then payment shall be
made immediately following separation from service. If you elect to participate in retiree medical and life insurance coverage through the Corporation, you will be responsible for the full costs of the program. The methods and assumptions that
existed under the Steel Pension Plans (as defined in paragraph 4(d)(v)(B) below) immediately prior to the Applicable Event for purposes of determining a lump sum distribution shall be used for purposes of determining the lump sum value of the
Corporation contributions. 
  
 (v) Supplemental Retirement
Benefit. In addition to the pension benefits to which you are entitled (assuming Corporation consent, if necessary for retirement prior to age 60) under the Corporation’s defined benefit pension plans, the Corporation shall provide to you a
benefit (the “Supplemental Retirement Benefit”) equal to the difference between: (A) the lump sum value of your Enhanced Pension Benefit 

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 (as defined in paragraph (A) below), and (B) the lump sum value of your Actual Pension Benefit (as defined in paragraph (B) below). The Supplemental
Retirement Benefit shall be paid in the form of a lump sum cash distribution on first day following the six (6) month anniversary of the Date of Termination or, in the case where your employment was terminated prior to a Change in Control, the
first day following the six (6) month anniversary of the date of the 409A Change in Control; provided, however, if such six month delay is not required to avoid the imposition of additional taxes and interest under section 409A of the Code,
then payment shall be made immediately following separation from service. The methods and assumptions that existed under the applicable Steel Pension Plans immediately prior to the Applicable Event for purposes of determining a lump sum distribution
shall be used for purposes of determining the lump sum values in (A) and (B). In determining the Enhanced Pension Benefit and the Actual Pension Benefit, amendments to the Steel Pension Plans made subsequent to the Applicable Event and on or
prior to the Date of Termination, if any, shall be disregarded if they adversely affect in any manner the computation of retirement benefits thereunder. 
  
 (A) Enhanced Pension Benefit. The amount of your Enhanced Pension Benefit shall be equal to the Actual Pension Benefit for which
you are eligible under the Steel Pension Plans as of the Date of Termination, as adjusted to incorporate the enhancements outlined in paragraphs (1) through (5) below. The enhancements shall be applied only to your benefits under the Steel
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 (1) Normal Retirement Benefit - Service. For purposes of determining your monthly normal retirement benefit payable at normal retirement age,
service used in the formula(s) shall be deemed to be equal to the sum of your actual service for benefit accrual purposes plus three years. For this purpose, your actual service shall be determined as of the Date of Termination. 
  
 (2) Normal Retirement Benefit - Final Average Pay. For purposes of
determining your monthly normal retirement benefit payable at normal retirement age, final average pay shall be calculated using the sum of: 
  

	 	I.	your Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the occurrence of the circumstances giving rise to such termination or, if higher, immediately prior to the Applicable Event; and

  

	 	II.	if bonus is considered covered compensation under the applicable pension plan, an amount equal to the higher of the (i) average actual bonus awarded to you, if any, under any
annual bonus plan of the Corporation or its predecessor with respect to the three (3) years immediately preceding the Date of Termination or, if higher, the three (3) years immediately preceding the Applicable Event (but not less

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 than the amount of bonus taken into account in your Actual Pension Benefit) or (ii) target bonus available to you under any annual bonus plan of the
Corporation or its predecessor for the year in which your termination of employment occurs or, if higher, the year in which the Applicable Event occurs. 
  
 Final average pay taken into account for this paragraph shall not be less than the amount of final average pay taken into account in the determination of
your Actual Pension Benefit. 
  
 (3) Early Commencement
Factors - Enhanced Service and Age. For purposes of determining the early commencement factors that apply to your monthly normal retirement benefit, your service and age shall be deemed equal to your actual service and age plus three years of
service and three years of age, respectively. For this purpose, your actual service and actual age shall be determined as of the Date of Termination. In addition, if you satisfy the age and service requirements for a Rule-of-65, -70, or -80
retirement option under the pension rules applicable to the Steel Pension Plans as of the Date of Termination (taking into consideration the three years of age and service provided in this paragraph), you shall be eligible for an immediate pension
under such retirement option in accordance with the terms of such pension rules even though the leave of absence requirements have not been satisfied. 

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 (4) Full Vesting. Your accrued benefits under the Steel Pension Plans shall be deemed to be fully vested or, to the extent not so vested, paid as
an additional benefit under this Agreement as provided above. 
  
 (5) Determination of Age - All other purposes. Except as specifically provided otherwise in this paragraph (A), your age, as well as the age of your spouse, survivor, and/or co-pensioner, used in the determination of the amount of
benefits payable under the applicable pension plan shall be determined using your age and their actual ages as of the Date of Termination. 
  
 (B) Actual Pension Benefit. The amount of your Actual Pension Benefit is determined as the sum of the monthly pension benefits
payable to you as of the Date of Termination, regardless of the actual timing of such payments, under the tax-qualified defined benefit pension plans, non-qualified defined benefit excess benefit plans, and non-qualified top-hat or supplemental
defined benefit plans sponsored or maintained by Steel (or any successor plans or similar plans), including individual employment contracts which provide for non-qualified defined benefit supplements (the “Steel Pension Plans”).

  
 (vi) Supplemental Savings Benefit. In addition to the
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 Plan for Salaried Employees and the related non-qualified supplemental savings plan (“Savings Plans”), the Corporation shall provide to you in the form of a
cash lump sum distribution a benefit equal to the excess, if any, of: 
  

	 	(A)	the amount you would have been entitled to under the Savings Plans determined as if you were fully vested thereunder on the Date of Termination, over 

  

	 	(B)	the amount you are entitled to under the Savings Plans on the Date of Termination. 

  
 The payments provided for in this subparagraph (vi) shall be made to you upon the first day following the six (6) month
anniversary of the Date of Termination or, in the case where your employment was terminated prior to a Change in Control, the first day following the six (6) month anniversary of the date of the 409A Change in Control; provided, however, if
such six month delay is not required to avoid the imposition of additional taxes and interest under section 409A of the Code, then payment shall be made immediately following separation from service. 
  
 (e) Following your separation from service, the Corporation shall also
reimburse you for all legal fees and expenses incurred by you, on a monthly basis, payable on the first of each month, for such legal fees and expenses billed to you for services actually rendered in the prior month and submitted for reimbursement
by the end of such month, as a result of your termination of employment (including all such fees and expenses, if any, incurred in contesting or disputing any such termination or in seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this
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 connection with any tax audit or proceeding to the extent attributable to the application of section 4999 or 409A of the Code to any payment or benefit provided
hereunder). Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, no such payments may be made to you until the first day following the six (6) month anniversary of the Date of Termination or, in the case where your employment was terminated prior to a
Change in Control, the first day following the six (6) month anniversary of the date of the 409A Change in Control; provided, however, if such six month delay is not required to avoid imposition of additional taxes and interest under section
409A of the Code, then payment shall be made to you as set forth in the preceding sentence. To the extent the provision of such reimbursements would cause any such amounts to be subject to additional taxes and interest under section 409A of the
Code, then the provision of such reimbursements (i) shall be deferred to the earliest date upon which such amounts can be provided without being subject to such additional taxes and interest or (ii) if not capable of being deferred
consistent with section 409A, modified in amount, structure, timing and/or form of payment so that the maximum portion of the benefit can be paid and the benefit is not subject to additional taxes and interest under section 409A of the Code.

  
 (f) Following your separation from service, the Corporation
shall also reimburse you on a timely basis for reasonable costs incurred by you for outplacement services; provided such expenses must be incurred and reimbursed before the end of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which the
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 (g) Other than as provided in Section 4(d)(iii), you shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 4
by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 4 be reduced by any compensation earned by you as the result of employment by another employer, including self-employment, after the Date
of Termination, or otherwise. 
  
 5. Additional Payment.

  
 (a) In the event that there is made any payment in the
nature of compensation to or for your benefit that would be subject to the tax (the “Excise Tax”) imposed by section 4999 of the Code, the Corporation shall pay to you, at the time specified in paragraph (b) below, an additional
amount (the “Gross-Up Payment”) such that the net amount retained by you shall be equal to the compensation and benefits you would have received had there been no Excise Tax imposed; provided, however, that if you are not entitled to any
benefits under Section 4, above, no Gross-Up Payment shall be made unless there is a 409A Change in Control. For purposes of determining whether any of the payments will be subject to the Excise Tax and the amount of such Excise Tax,
(i) any payments or benefits received or to be received by you in connection with a Change in Control of the Corporation or your termination of employment, whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or
agreement with the Corporation or with any person whose actions result in a Change in Control of the Corporation or with any person affiliated with the Corporation or such person (the “Total Payments”) shall be treated as “parachute

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 payments” within the meaning of section 280G(b)(2) of the Code, and all “excess parachute payments” within the meaning of section 280G(b)(1) shall be
treated as subject to the Excise Tax, except to the extent that in the opinion of tax counsel reasonably acceptable to you and selected by the accounting firm which, immediately prior to the Change in Control, served as the Corporation’s
independent auditor (the “Auditor”) such other payments or benefits (in whole or in part) do not constitute parachute payments, or such excess parachute payments (in whole or in part) represent reasonable compensation for services actually
rendered within the meaning of section 280G(b)(4) of the Code in excess of the base amount within the meaning of section 280G(b)(3) of the Code, or are otherwise not subject to the Excise Tax, (ii) the amount of the Total Payments which shall
be treated as subject to the Excise Tax shall be equal to the lesser of (A) the total amount of the Total Payments or (B) the amount of excess parachute payments within the meaning of section 280G(b)(1) (after applying clause (i), above),
and (iii) the value of the Total Payments, including the value of any non-cash benefits or any deferred payment or benefit, shall be determined by the Auditor in accordance with the principles of section 280G of the Code. For purposes of
determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payment, you shall be deemed to pay (i) federal income taxes at the highest marginal rate of federal income taxation in the calendar year in which the Gross-Up Payment is to be made, together with
(ii) state and local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of your residence on the Date of Termination (or, if there is no Date of Termination, then on the date of the 409A Change in Control), net of
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 income taxes which could be obtained from deduction of such state and local taxes. In the event that the Excise Tax is subsequently determined to be less than the amount
taken into account hereunder in calculating the Gross-Up Payment, you shall repay to the Corporation, at the time that the amount of such reduction in Excise Tax is finally determined, the portion of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to such
reduction (plus the portion of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to the Excise Tax, and federal and state and local income tax, and FICA-Health Insurance tax imposed on the portion of the Gross-Up Payment being repaid by you if such repayment
results in a reduction in Excise Tax, FICA-Health Insurance tax, and/or a federal and state and local income tax deduction) plus interest on the amount of such repayment at the rate provided in section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code. In the event that
the Excise Tax is determined to exceed the amount taken into account hereunder (including by reason of any payment the existence or amount of which cannot be determined at the time of the Gross-Up Payment), the Corporation shall make an additional
gross-up payment in respect of such excess (plus any penalty, interest or Excise Taxes payable with respect to such excess) at the time that the amount of such excess is finally determined, such that you retain the same amount of compensation and
benefits you would have received had there been no Excise Tax imposed. 
  
 (b) The payments provided for in paragraph (a) above shall be made on the first day following the six month anniversary of the Date of Termination or, in the case where your employment was terminated prior to a Change in Control, the
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 Control; provided, however, if such six month delay is not required to avoid imposition of additional taxes and interest under section 409A of the Code, payment will be
made to you immediately following your separation from service (or, if there is no Date of Termination, as promptly as practicable following the date of the 409A Change in Control, but in no event more than 30 days following the date of such
change). If the amounts of such payments cannot be finally determined on or before such payment day, the Corporation shall pay to you on such day an estimate as determined in good faith by the Corporation of the minimum amount of such payments and
shall pay the remainder of such payments (together with interest at the rate provided in section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code) as promptly as practicable following calculation thereof, but in no event more than 30 days following the initial estimate.
In the event that the amount of the estimated payments exceeds the amount subsequently determined to have been due, you shall repay such excess to the Corporation on the fifth day after calculation of the correct amount and notice by the Corporation
(together with interest at the rate provided in section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code). 
  
 6. Successors; Binding Agreement. 
  
 (a) The Corporation will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Corporation or of any
division or subsidiary thereof employing you to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the
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 and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle you to compensation from the Corporation in the same
amount and on the same terms as you would be entitled hereunder if you terminate your employment for Good Reason following an Applicable Event, except that for purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes
effective shall be deemed the Date of Termination. 
  
 (b) This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by your personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees. If you should die while any amount would still be payable to you
hereunder if you had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to your devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there is no such designee, to your estate.

  
 7. Notice. For the purpose of this Agreement, notices
and all other communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the
respective addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement. 
  
 8. Miscellaneous. 
  
 (a) No provision of this
Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by you and such officer as may be specifically designated by the Board. The validity, interpretation, construction and
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 (b) The Corporation’s obligation to pay benefits under this Agreement shall be merely an unfunded and unsecured promise of the Corporation to pay
money in the future. Prior to, or following, the occurrence of a Potential Change in Control, the Corporation, in its sole discretion, may elect to make contributions to an irrevocable trust to assist the Corporation in satisfying all or any portion
of its obligations under this Agreement; provided that any such funds contributed to an irrevocable trust pursuant to this Section 8(b) shall remain subject to the claims of the Corporation’s general creditors. Regardless of whether the
Corporation elects to or otherwise contributes to an irrevocable trust, you, your beneficiaries, and your heirs, successors and assigns shall have no secured interest or right, title or claim in any property or assets of the Corporation. 

 
 9. Validity. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of
this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. 
  
 10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together
will constitute one and the same instrument. 
  
 11. Claims and
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 arbitration shall be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator’s award in any court having jurisdiction; provided, however, that
you shall be entitled to seek specific performance of your right to be paid until the Date of Termination during the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement. 
  
 12. Entire Agreement. This Agreement supersedes any other agreement or
understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the issues that are the subject matter of this Agreement. 
  
 13. Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended or modified otherwise than by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their
respective successors and legal representatives, except that the Corporation may amend this Agreement from time to time without your consent to the extent deemed necessary or appropriate, in its sole discretion, to effect compliance with section
409A of the Code, including regulations and interpretations thereunder, which amendments may result in a reduction of benefits provided hereunder and/or other unfavorable changes to you. You hereby irrevocably consent to such amendments. This
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 14. Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date first set forth above. 
  
 If this letter sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof, kindly
sign and return to the Corporation the enclosed copy of this letter which will then constitute our agreement on this subject. 
  

			
	 Sincerely,

	
	 UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION

		
	 By:
	 	  

  
 Agreed to this      day of             , 2005 
  

			
	 BY:Purchase Agreement

 Exhibit 4.4 
  

EXECUTION COPY 
  
 AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORPORATION 
  
 $400,000,000 5 5/8% Senior Notes due 2012 
  
 $500,000,000 5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2015 
  
 PURCHASE AGREEMENT 
  
 September 8, 2005 
  
 Lehman Brothers Inc. 
 Banc of America Securities LLC 
 J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. 
 Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. 
 Wachovia Securities, Inc. 
 Wells Fargo Securities, LLC 
  
 c/o Lehman
Brothers Inc. 
 745 Seventh Avenue, 19th Floor 
 New York, New
York 10019 
  
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
  
 AmerisourceBergen Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Initial Purchasers named in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”) $400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 5 5/8% Senior Notes due 2012 (the “2012 Notes”) and $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount
of its 5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “2015 Notes” and, together with the 2012 Notes,
the “Notes”) guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) by certain of the Company’s direct and indirect U.S. subsidiaries named in Schedule 2 hereto (collectively, the
“Guarantors”), pursuant to the terms of an indenture (the “Indenture”), to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined below), between the Company, the Guarantors and J.P. Morgan Trust Company,
National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). 
  
 The Notes will be offered and sold to you pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Company and the
Guarantors have prepared a preliminary offering memorandum, dated September 7, 2005 (as amended or supplemented and including any and all information incorporated by reference therein, the “Preliminary Offering
Memorandum”), and will prepare a final offering memorandum, to be dated September 9, 2005 (as amended or supplemented and including any and all information incorporated by reference therein, the “Offering
Memorandum”), relating to the Company, the Guarantors, the Notes and the Guarantees. Unless stated to the contrary, any references herein to “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Offering
Memorandum shall be deemed to include any information filed under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which is incorporated by reference therein. 

 Upon original issuance thereof, and until such time as the same is no longer required under the
applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Notes (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution therefor) shall bear substantially the following legend: 
  
 THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), OR OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION UNLESS THE TRANSACTION
IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES
ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR B) IT IS NOT A U.S.
PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING ITS NOTE IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” PURSUANT TO 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT PRIOR TO (X) THE DATE WHICH IS TWO YEARS (OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS
PERMITTED BY RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THEREUNDER) AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF (OR OF ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) OR THE LAST DAY ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY
WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) AND (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”), OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT
(A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING
MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A INSIDE THE UNITED STATES, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANY
OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND; 

  

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PROVIDED THAT THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND THE REGISTRAR SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (I) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE
(D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND (II) IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATION OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM
APPEARING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS NOTE IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THIS TRANSFEROR TO THE TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION,” “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. 
  
 You have advised the Company that you will make offers and sales (the “Exempt Resales”) of the Notes purchased hereunder on the
terms set forth in the Offering Memorandum solely to (i) persons whom you reasonably believe to be “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“QIBs”) and
(ii) outside the United States to persons other than U.S. persons in offshore transactions meeting the requirements of Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”) (such persons specified in clauses
(i) and (ii) being referred to herein as the “Eligible Purchasers”). As used herein, the terms “offshore transaction,” “United States” and “U.S. person” have the respective meanings
given to them in Regulation S. You will offer the Notes to Eligible Purchasers initially at a price equal to 99.5% of the principal amount thereof. Thereafter, the offering price may be changed at any time without notice. 
  
 The net proceeds from the sale of the Notes will be used to purchase the
Company’s 8.125% Senior Notes due 2008 and its 7.25% Senior Notes due 2012 (collectively, the “Existing Notes”) prior to maturity pursuant to a cash tender offer, and, to the extent that all of the Existing Notes are not
tendered in the tender offer, any remaining net proceeds from the sale of the Notes will be used to repay such Existing Notes at maturity or, at the discretion of the Company, to redeem such Existing Notes under the terms of the indentures governing
the Existing Notes; furthermore, any remaining net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, all as provided in the “Use of Proceeds” section of the Offering Memorandum. The offering of the Notes and the application of the
proceeds of the offering of the Notes as provided in the “Use of Proceeds” section of the Offering Memorandum are collectively referred to herein as the “Transactions.” 
  
 Holders (including subsequent transferees) of the Notes will have the
registration rights set forth in the registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), to be dated as of the Closing Date, between the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers, in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, for so long as such Notes constitute “Transfer Restricted Securities” (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement). Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors
will agree to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the circumstances set forth therein, (i) a registration statement under the Securities Act (the “Exchange Offer
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relating to the Company’s 5 5/8% Senior Notes due 2012 with substantially identical to the 2012 Notes and its 5 7/8% Senior
Notes due 2015 with substantially identical terms to the 2015 Notes (in each case except for transfer restrictions) (collectively, the “Exchange Notes”) to be offered in exchange for the Notes (such offer to exchange being
referred to as the “Registered Exchange Offer”) and (ii) if required by the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (the “Shelf
Registration Statement” and, together with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the “Registration Statements”) relating to the resale by certain holders of the Notes, and to use their commercially
reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statements to be declared effective. This Agreement, the Notes, the Exchange Notes, the Guarantees, the Exchange Note Guarantees (as defined below), the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement
are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Operative Documents.” This is to confirm the agreements concerning the purchase of the Notes from the Company by the Initial Purchasers. 
  
 SECTION 1. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of
the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and each of the Guarantors, jointly and severally, represents, warrants and agrees that: 
  
 (a) The Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum have been or will be prepared by the Company and the Guarantors for
use by the Initial Purchasers in connection with the Exempt Resales. No order or decree preventing the use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum, or any order asserting that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
are subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has commenced or is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company and each Guarantor, is contemplated. 
  
 (b) The Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering
Memorandum as of their respective dates did not, and the Offering Memorandum as of the Closing Date will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that this representation and warranty does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum made in
reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Initial Purchasers furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers expressly for use therein, as specifically identified in Section 8(e) hereof. The
portions of the Company’s public filings incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum (the “Exchange Act Reports”) do not include any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each Exchange Act Report, when it was filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects
to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. 
  
 (c) The Company and the Guarantors and each of their respective subsidiaries (as defined in Section 15) have been duly organized, are
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standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization and are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction
in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification (except such failures to qualify as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (as
defined in Section 1(o) hereof)). The Company, the Guarantors and each of their respective subsidiaries have all corporate or limited liability company power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the
businesses in which they are engaged. 
  
 (d)
Each of the Company and the Guarantors has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and each of the other Operative Documents to which it is a party. 
  
 (e) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors. 
  
 (f) The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and the Guarantors and, when duly executed and delivered by the proper officers of the Company and the Guarantors (assuming due
and valid authorization, execution and delivery by the Initial Purchasers), will constitute a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company and the Guarantors, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles
of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity), and except that rights to indemnification and contribution thereunder may be
limited by federal or state securities laws or public policy relating thereto. 
  
 (g) The Indenture has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and the Guarantors and, when duly executed and delivered by the
proper officers of the Company and the Guarantors (assuming due and valid authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee), will constitute a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company and the Guarantors, enforceable against the Company
and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and
subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity), and except that rights
to indemnification and contribution thereunder may be limited by Federal or state securities laws or public policy relating thereto. No qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture
Act”), is required in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes contemplated hereby or in connection with the Exempt Resales. The Indenture conforms to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations
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 (h) The Notes have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and, when duly
executed by the proper officers of the Company in accordance with the terms of the Indenture (assuming due authentication of the Notes by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture) and delivered to the Initial Purchasers against
payment therefor in accordance with the terms hereof, will have been validly issued and delivered and will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the
Company in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to
enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity). 
  
 (i) The Guarantees have been duly and validly authorized by
the Guarantors and, when duly executed, delivered and endorsed on the Notes by the proper officers of the Guarantors in accordance with the terms of the Indenture (assuming due authentication of the Notes by the Trustee in accordance with the terms
of the Indenture) and when the Notes are delivered to the Initial Purchasers against payment therefor in accordance with the terms hereof, will have been validly issued and delivered and will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of
the Guarantors, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws
relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether
enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity). 
  
 (j) The Exchange Notes have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and, if and when duly executed by the proper officers of the Company in accordance with the terms of the Indenture (assuming due
authentication of the Exchange Notes by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture) and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Registered Exchange Offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, will have been validly
issued and delivered and will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of
commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity). 
  
 (k) The guarantees of the Exchange Notes (the “Exchange Note Guarantees”) have been duly and validly authorized by
the Guarantors and, if and when duly endorsed on the Exchange Notes by the proper officers of the Guarantors in accordance with the terms of the Indenture (assuming due authentication of the Exchange Notes by the Trustee in accordance with the terms
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Offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, will have been validly issued and delivered and will constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Guarantors, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other
similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of
whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity). 
  
 (l) The Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees, the Registration Rights Agreement will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Offering Memorandum. 
  
 (m) The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Operative Documents by the Company and the Guarantors and the consummation of the Transactions (i) will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, impose any lien, charge
or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement, license or instrument to which the
Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company, the Guarantors or any of
their respective subsidiaries is subject, (ii) will not result in any violation of the provisions of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries or (iii) will not
violate any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets, except in the case of
clauses (i) and (iii), for such conflicts, breaches or violations which would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in Section 1(o) hereof); and except as may be required in connection with
(1) the registration of the Notes, the Exchange Notes, the Guarantees and the Exchange Note Guarantees under the Securities Act in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, (2) the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act, (3) compliance with the securities or Blue Sky laws of various jurisdictions and (4) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, filings or registrations which if not obtained would not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in Section 1(o)), no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the other Operative Documents by the Company and the Guarantors and the consummation of the Transactions. 
  
 (n) The consolidated financial statements (including the related notes and supporting schedules) included in the Offering Memorandum
comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and present fairly the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the entities purported to be shown thereby, as of the
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been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as noted
therein). 
  
 (o) Except as set forth in the
Offering Memorandum, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject that, if determined
adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations or business of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”), and to the Company’s and each Guarantors’ knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or others. 

 
 (p) Except as set forth in the Offering Memorandum, there
are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company or any Guarantor and any person granting such person the right other than rights that have been waived or satisfied to require the Company or any Guarantor to file a registration
statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or any Guarantor owned or to be owned by such person (other than the Registration Rights Agreement) or to require the Company or any Guarantor to include such
securities in the securities to be registered pursuant to any Registration Statement or in any securities registered or to be registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by or required to be filed by the Company or any Guarantor
under the Securities Act. 
  
 (q) Except as set
forth in the Offering Memorandum, since the date of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, none of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries has (i) incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, or entered
into any transaction, in each case not in the ordinary course of business, that is material to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) declared or paid any dividend or distribution of any kind on any class of its capital
stock, (iii) issued any securities (other than the Notes and the Guarantees offered thereby or pursuant to an issuance by the Company of options to purchase its capital stock); and there has not occurred (x) any material change in
stockholders’ equity or material increase in short-term or long-term debt of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries or (y) to the knowledge of the Company and each Guarantor, any development or event involving
a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 (r) The Company is
subject to and in compliance with the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. All reports filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act comply as to form in all
material respects with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and when filed did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
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 (s) Each of the Company and the Guarantors (i) makes and keeps books and records
which are accurate in all material respects and (ii) maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s authorization,
(B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of its financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for its assets, (C) access to its assets is permitted
only in accordance with management’s authorization, and (D) the recorded accountability for its assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. 
  
 (t) (i) Each of the Company and the Guarantors has
established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-14 under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the
Company and the Guarantors in the reports they file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ management, including their respective principal executive officers and principal
financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established. 
  
 (u) Based solely on the evaluation of its disclosure
controls and procedures by the Company’s disclosure committee pursuant to its regular procedures, the Company and the Guarantors are not aware of (i) any significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could
adversely affect the Company’s and the Guarantors’ ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data or any material weaknesses in internal controls or (ii) any material fraud that involves management or other employees
who have a significant role in the Company’s and the Guarantors’ internal controls. 
  
 (v) Except as specified in Exchange Act Reports, since the date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures,
there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses. 
  
 (w) Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain
financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, whose report is included in the Offering Memorandum and who have delivered the initial letter referred to in Section 7(j) hereof, are independent public accountants as
required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 
  
 (x) The statistical and market-related data included in the Offering Memorandum are based on or derived from sources that the Company and
the Guarantors believe to be reliable and accurate. 
  
 (y) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has such permits, licenses, patents, franchises, certificates of need and other approvals or authorizations of 

  

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governmental or regulatory authorities (“Permits”) as are necessary under applicable law to own its properties and to conduct its
businesses in the manner described in the Offering Memorandum, except as disclosed in or specifically contemplated by the Offering Memorandum; each of the Company and its subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed all of its obligations with respect
to the Permits, and no event has occurred which allows, or after notice or lapse of time or both would allow, revocation or termination thereof of results in any other impairment of the rights of the holder of any such Permits, except as disclosed
in, or specifically contemplated by, the Offering Memorandum; and, except as disclosed in, or specifically contemplated by, the Offering Memorandum, none of the Permits contains any restriction that is burdensome (other than such burdens as are
common or customary to such Permits) to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; in each case except for such failures to hold or fulfill and perform obligations under Permits, or restrictions contained in Permits, that would not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 (z) The Company, the Guarantors and each of their respective subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance from insurers of recognized financial responsibility in such amounts and covering such risks as the Company believes is
appropriate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries. 
  
 (aa) No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited,
directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring
any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except for restrictions imposed on Receivables Subsidiaries (as defined in the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Description of the
Notes”) under Qualified Receivables Transactions (as defined in the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Description of the Notes”). 
  
 (bb) The Company, the Guarantors and each of their respective subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all material patents,
patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights and licenses necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses, except for such items that, if not available for use
in the business of the Company, the Guarantors or their respective subsidiaries, would not reasonable be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and have not received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any such rights of others, and the
Company and the Guarantors are not aware of any pending or threatened claim to the contrary or any pending or threatened challenge by any other person to the rights of the Company and its subsidiaries with respect to the foregoing which, if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would reasonable be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 (cc) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company, any Guarantor or any other subsidiary of the Company, on
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or any other subsidiary of the Company, on the other hand, that would be required to be described in a prospectus included in a registration statement
pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act that has not been described in the Offering Memorandum. 
  
 (dd) No labor disturbance by the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company and each
Guarantor, is imminent that could be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 (ee) Each of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with all presently
applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and those published interpretations thereunder having the force of law (“ERISA”), except such failures to
comply as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; no “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any “pension plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company, the
Guarantors or their respective subsidiaries would have any liability, except such events as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries have not incurred and
do not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “pension plan” or (ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the
regulations and published interpretations thereunder having the force of law (the “Code”) or Section 4201 of ERISA, except such liabilities that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
each “pension plan” for which the Company, the Guarantors or their respective subsidiaries would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects, and
nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification, except such losses as would not reasonable be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company and its subsidiaries have
not incurred any unpaid liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (other than for payment of premiums in the ordinary course of business), except such liabilities as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. 
  
 (ff) The Company, the Guarantors and
their respective subsidiaries have filed all foreign, federal, state and local income and franchise tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof and paid all taxes shown to be due thereon, and no material tax deficiency has been
determined adversely to the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries, nor does the Company or any Guarantor have any knowledge of any tax deficiency that, if determined adversely to the Company, the Guarantors or any of their
respective subsidiaries, might have a Material Adverse Effect, except as contested in good faith. 
  
 (gg) Neither the Company, the Guarantors nor any of their respective subsidiaries (i) is in violation of its certificate of
incorporation or by-laws, (ii) is in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant, 

  

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condition or other obligation contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or
by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject or (iii) is in violation of any law, ordinance, governmental rule, regulation or court decree to which it or its property or assets may be subject or has failed to
obtain any license, permit, certificate, franchise or other governmental authorization or permit necessary to the ownership of its property or to the conduct of its business, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) for such defaults
or violations that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 (hh) Neither the Company, the Guarantors nor any of their respective subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other
person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries, has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to
political activity, made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds or made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment, except for
such actions that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other payment in violation of any provision of the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977. 
  
 (ii)
The Company and its subsidiaries are (i) in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, orders, judgments, decrees, permits or other legal requirements relating to the
protection of human health and safety, the environment, natural resources or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), which compliance includes obtaining, maintaining and
complying with all permits and authorizations and approvals required by Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (ii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any
disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, except where such non-compliance with or liability under Environmental Laws would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been named as a “potentially responsible party” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended. 
  
 (jj) The Company, the Guarantors and each of their
respective subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects, except such as are
described in the Offering Memorandum or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company, the Guarantors and their respective
subsidiaries; and all assets held under lease by the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially interfere
with the use made and proposed to be made of such assets by the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries. 
  

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 (kk) None of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is, or,
as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions and the application of the proceeds as described in the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Use of Proceeds,” will be, an “investment company” or a company
“controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of such terms under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). 
  
 (ll) None of the Company, the Guarantors, any of their
respective subsidiaries or any other affiliate (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”)) of the Company has directly or through any agent (provided that no representation is made as
to the Initial Purchasers or any person acting on their behalf) (i) sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act) which is or could be integrated with the
offering and sale of the Notes and the Guarantees in a manner that would require the registration of the Notes and the Guarantees under the Securities Act, (ii) engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the
meaning of Regulation D, including, but not limited to, advertisements, articles, notices or other communications published in any newspaper, magazine or similar medium or broadcast over television or radio, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees
have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising) in connection with the offering of the Notes and the Guarantees or (iii) offered, sold or issued any securities, or securities that are convertible into other securities,
with terms that are substantially similar to the Notes and the Guarantees during the six-month period preceding the date of the Offering Memorandum. 
  
 (mm) Each of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of its date,
contains the information specified in, and meets the requirements of, Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. 
  
 (nn) Neither the Company nor any Guarantor has distributed and, prior to the later to occur of the Closing Date and the completion of the
distribution of the Notes and the Guarantees, will distribute any written offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes and the Guarantees other than the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum.

  
 (oo) When issued and delivered pursuant to
this Agreement, the Notes and the Guarantees will not be of the same class (within the meaning of Rule 144A(d)(3) under the Securities Act) as securities of the Company or the Guarantors that are listed on a national securities exchange registered
under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or that are quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system. 
  
 (pp) Assuming that (i) your representations and warranties in Section 2 of this Agreement are true and (ii) you comply with
the covenants set forth herein, it is not necessary in connection with the purchase of the Notes and the Guarantees and the offer and initial resale of the Notes and the Guarantees by you in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Offering
Memorandum, to register the Notes and the Guarantees under the Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. 
  

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 (qq) None of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their affiliates or any person acting
on their behalf has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Rule 902(b) of Regulation S with respect to the Notes, and the Company, the Guarantors and their affiliates and all persons acting on their behalf have
complied with and will comply with the offering restrictions requirements of Regulation S in connection with the offering of the Notes outside of the United States and, in connection therewith, the Offering Memorandum will contain the disclosure
required by Rule 902(h). The sales of the Notes pursuant to Regulation S are not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration provisions of the Securities Act. 
  
 (rr) The Notes sold by the Company in reliance on Regulation S will be represented upon issuance by a
temporary global security that may not be exchanged for definitive securities until the expiration of the 40-day restricted period referred to in Rule 903(c)(3) of the Securities Act and only upon certification of beneficial ownership of such Notes
by non-U.S. persons or U.S. persons who purchased such Notes in transactions that were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. 
  
 (ss) None of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Notes and the Guarantees to facilitate the sale or resale of the Notes and the
Guarantees. 
  
 (tt) No “nationally
recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act (i) has imposed (or has informed the Company that it is considering imposing) any condition (financial or
otherwise) on the Company’s retaining any rating assigned as of the date hereof to the Company or any of its securities or (ii) has indicated to the Company that it is considering (A) the downgrading, suspension or withdrawal of, or
any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change in, any rating so assigned or (B) any negative change in the outlook for any rating of the Company. 
  
 (uu) The Company has not taken, and will not take, any
action that might cause this Agreement or the issuance or sale of the Notes and the Guarantees to violate Regulation T (12 C.F.R. Part 220), Regulation U (12 C.F.R. Part 221) or Regulation X (12 C.F.R. Part 224) of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System. 
  
 Each of the Company and the Guarantors
understands that the Initial Purchasers and, for purposes of the opinions to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Section 7 hereof, counsel to the Company and counsel to the Initial Purchasers will rely upon the accuracy and truth
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 SECTION 2. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Initial Purchasers.
Each of the Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company and the Guarantors, that: 
  
 (a) Such Initial Purchaser (i) is a QIB with such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as are necessary in
order to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in the Notes and the Guarantees; (ii) in connection with the Exempt Resales, will solicit offers to buy the Notes and the Guarantees only from, and will offer to sell the Notes and the
Guarantees only to, Eligible Purchasers in accordance with this Agreement and on the terms contemplated by the Offering Memorandum; and (iii) will not offer or sell the Notes and the Guarantees, nor has it offered or sold the Notes and the
Guarantees by, or otherwise engaged in, any form of general solicitation in connection with the offering of the Notes and the Guarantees. 
  
 (b) The Notes and the Guarantees may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons
except in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. 
  
 (c) Such Initial Purchaser represents that it has not offered, sold or delivered the Notes and the Guarantees, and will not offer, sell or
deliver the Notes and the Guarantees (i) as part of its distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Notes and the Guarantees and the Closing Date (such period, the
“Distribution Compliance Period”) within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of U.S. persons, except in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act. Accordingly, such Initial Purchaser represents and
agrees that neither it, its affiliates nor any person acting on its behalf has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Rule 902(c) under the Securities Act with respect to the Notes and the Guarantees, and its
affiliates and all persons acting on its behalf have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirements of Regulation S. 
  
 (d) Such Initial Purchaser agrees that, at or prior to confirmation of a sale of Notes and Guarantees (other than a sale pursuant to Rule
144A), it will have sent to each distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration that purchases Notes and Guarantees from it during the Distribution Compliance Period a confirmation or notice (which
confirmation or notice may be contained in the Offering Memorandum) substantially to the following effect: 
  
 “The Notes covered hereby have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be
offered and sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of their distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering or the
closing date, except in either case in accordance with Regulation S (or Rule 144A if available) under the Securities Act, and in connection with any subsequent sale by you of the Notes covered hereby in reliance on Regulation S during the period
referred to above to any distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration, you must deliver a notice substantially to the foregoing effect. Terms used above have the meanings assigned to them in Regulation
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 (e) Such Initial Purchaser (i) has not offered or sold, and, prior to six months
after the date of the issue of the Notes, will not offer or sell, any Notes to persons in the United Kingdom, except to persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or
agent) for purposes of their businesses or otherwise in circumstances which have not resulted and will not result in an offer to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the Public Offers of Securities Regulations 1995, (ii) has
complied with and will comply with all applicable provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”) with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United
Kingdom and (iii) has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate and cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA)
received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any Notes in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA would not apply to the Company. 
  
 Such Initial Purchaser understands that the Company and, for purposes of the opinions to be delivered to you pursuant to Section 7 hereof, counsel to
the Company and counsel to you will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the foregoing representations and warranties and hereby consents to such reliance. 
  
 The terms used in this Section 2 that have meanings assigned to them in Regulation S are used herein as so defined. 
  
 SECTION 3. Purchase of the Notes and the Guarantees by
the Initial Purchasers. On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors agree to issue and sell the Notes and the Guarantees to the
several Initial Purchasers, and each of the Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase the amount of Notes set opposite that Initial Purchaser’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a purchase price equal to 98.0% of the
principal amount thereof (the “Purchase Price”). 
  
 The Company and the Guarantors shall not be obligated to deliver any of the Notes or the Guarantees to be delivered on the Closing Date, except upon payment for all the Notes and the Guarantees to be purchased on the
Closing Date as provided herein. 
  
 SECTION 4.
Delivery of and Payment for the Notes and the Guarantees. 
  
 (a) Delivery of and payment for the Notes and the Guarantees shall be made at the office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10153, at 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the
fourth full business day following the date of this Agreement or at such other date or place as shall be determined by agreement between Lehman Brothers and the Company. This date and time are sometimes referred to as the “Closing
Date.” The place of closing for the Notes and the Closing Date may be varied by agreement between the Initial Purchasers and the Company. 
  
 (b) On the Closing Date, one or more Notes in definitive form, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository
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an aggregate principal amount corresponding to the aggregate principal amount of Notes sold pursuant to Eligible Resales (collectively, the
“Global Notes”), shall be delivered by the Company to the Initial Purchasers, or the Trustee as custodian for DTC (and will cause DTC to credit the Notes to the accounts of the Initial Purchasers at DTC), against payment by
the Initial Purchasers of the purchase price thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds as the Company may direct by written notice delivered to you no later than two business days prior to the Closing Date. The Global Notes in
definitive form shall be made available to the Initial Purchasers for inspection not later than 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date. 
  
 SECTION 5. Further Agreements of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors,
jointly and severally, agree with the Initial Purchasers: 
  
 (a) To advise you promptly and, if requested by you, to confirm such advice in writing, of the issuance by the Commission or any state securities commission of any stop order suspending the qualification or exemption
from qualification of the Notes and the Guarantees for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose by the Commission or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority. The
Company shall use all reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or order suspending the qualification or exemption of the Notes and the Guarantees under any state securities or Blue Sky laws and, if at any time any state
securities commission shall issue any stop order suspending the qualification or exemption of the Notes and the Guarantees under any state securities or Blue Sky laws, the Company shall use all reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting
of such order at the earliest possible time. 
  
 (b) To furnish to you without charge as many copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, and any amendments or supplements thereto, as you may reasonably request. The Company and the Guarantors consent to the
use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, and any amendments and supplements thereto required pursuant to this Agreement, by you in connection with the Exempt Resales that are in compliance with this Agreement.

  
 (c) Not to amend or supplement the Offering
Memorandum prior to the Closing Date or during the period referred to in (d) below, other than by filing documents under the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference therein, unless you shall previously have been advised of, and shall
not have reasonably objected to, such amendment or supplement within a reasonable time, but in any event not longer than three days after being furnished a copy of such amendment or supplement; provided, however, that prior to the completion
of the distribution of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers (as determined by the Initial Purchasers), the Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum unless, prior to such
proposed filing, the Company has furnished the Initial Purchasers with a copy of such document for their review and the Initial Purchasers have not reasonably objected to the filing of such document within a reasonable time. The Company shall
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supplement to the Offering Memorandum that may be necessary or advisable in connection with Exempt Resales. The Company shall promptly advise you when any
document filed under the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum shall have been filed with the Commission. 
  
 (d) If, at any time prior to the completion of the distribution of the Notes pursuant to Exempt Resales after the date of this Agreement
and prior to the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, any event shall occur or information becomes known that, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion of counsel to you (which opinion may be expressed orally), makes any
statement of a material fact in the Offering Memorandum untrue or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Offering Memorandum in order to make the statements in the Offering Memorandum, in the light of the circumstances at the
time that the Offering Memorandum is delivered to prospective Eligible Purchasers, not misleading, or if it is necessary to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum to comply with applicable law, the Company will promptly notify you of such event
and prepare an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Offering Memorandum so that, at the time that the Offering Memorandum, is delivered to prospective Eligible Purchasers, (i) the statements in the Offering Memorandum, as amended or
supplemented, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, will not be misleading and (ii) the Offering Memorandum will comply with applicable law. 
  
 (e) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to qualify the Notes and
the Guarantees for offering and sale under the state securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you may reasonably request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for
as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Notes and the Guarantees (provided, however, that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which they are not now so
qualified or to take any action that would subject them to service of process in any jurisdiction in which they are not now so subject or subject to taxation, other than suits arising out of the offering or sale of the Notes and the Guarantees).

  
 (f) To use all best efforts to do and perform
all things required or necessary to be done and performed under this Agreement by them prior to or after the Closing Date and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the Initial Purchasers’ obligations hereunder to purchase the Notes and the
Guarantees. 
  
 (g) Except as contemplated in the
Registration Rights Agreement, not to sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the sale of the Notes and the Guarantees in a
manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale to you or the Eligible Purchasers of the Notes and the Guarantees. 
  
 (h) During the period of two years after the Closing Date, not to, and to not permit any of their affiliates to, resell any of the Notes
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securities” under Rule 144 under the Securities Act that have been acquired by any of them. 
  
 (i) Not to, and to not permit any of its affiliates or any
person acting on its or their behalf to, engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offering of the Notes and the Guarantees. 
  
 (j) Not to, and to not permit any of its affiliates or any
person acting on its or their behalf to, engage in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Rule 902(b) of Regulation S with respect to the Notes, and to, and require its affiliates or any person acting on its or their behalf to, comply
with the offering restrictions requirements of Regulation S in connection with the offering of the Notes and the Guarantees outside of the United States. 
  
 (k) Not to, and to not permit any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates to take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to
cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Notes and the Guarantees to facilitate the sale or resale of the Notes and the Guarantees.

  
 (l) For so long as any Notes remain
outstanding and during any period in which the Company or the Guarantors are not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to make available to any registered holder or beneficial owner of the Notes in connection with any sale thereof
pursuant to Rule 144A and any prospective purchaser of the Notes from such registered holder or beneficial owner the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. 
  
 (m) To use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Notes to be eligible for trading in The
PORTALSM Market (“PORTAL”), a subsidiary of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., and to permit the
Notes to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC. 
  
 (n) To apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes substantially as set forth in the Offering Memorandum under the section entitled “Use of Proceeds.” 
  
 (o) To take such steps as shall be necessary to ensure that
neither the Company nor any subsidiary of the Company shall become an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of such terms under the Investment Company Act.

  
 (p) For a period of 180 days from the date of
the Offering Memorandum, not to, directly or indirectly, sell, offer to sell, contract to sell, grant any option to purchase, issue any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for, or otherwise transfer or dispose of (or enter into any
transaction or device that is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition in the future of), any debt securities of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries in a public or private offering for cash
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except (i) for the Exchange Notes and the Exchange Note Guarantees in connection with the Exchange Offer, (ii) for promissory notes issued to
lenders pursuant to the Credit Agreement (as defined in the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Description of the Notes”) as amended, extended or modified, or replaced with another bank credit facility, (iii) obligations of a
Receivables Subsidiary (as defined in the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Description of the Notes”) under a Qualified Receivables Transaction (as defined in the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Description of the
Notes”), (iv) promissory notes issued to lenders under bank credit facilities entered into outside the United States in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $300.0 million (whether U.S. dollar denominated or not) or (v) with
the prior consent of Lehman Brothers, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. For the avoidance of doubt, reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit shall not be deemed to constitute debt securities. 
  
 (q) For a period of five years following the Closing Date,
at any time that the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to furnish or make available to you annual copies of all materials furnished by the Company to its stockholders and holders of Notes and all reports and
financial statements furnished by the Company to the principal national securities exchange upon which the Company’s common stock or the Notes may be listed pursuant to requirements of or agreements with such exchange or to the Commission
pursuant to the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation of the Commission thereunder. 
  
 SECTION 6. Expenses. The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree, whether or not the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement becomes effective or is terminated, to pay all costs, expenses, fees and taxes incident to and in connection with: (i) the preparation, printing, filing and distribution of the Preliminary
Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum (including, without limitation, financial statements) and all amendments and supplements thereto (including fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and counsel, but not, however, legal fees
and expenses of your counsel incurred in connection therewith), (ii) the preparation, printing (including, without limitation, word processing and duplication costs) and delivery of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights
Agreement, all Blue Sky Memoranda and all other agreements, memoranda, correspondence and other documents printed and delivered in connection herewith and with the Exempt Resales (but not, however, legal fees and expenses of your counsel incurred in
connection with any of the foregoing other than fees of such counsel plus reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing and delivery of any Blue Sky Memoranda), (iii) the issuance and delivery by the Company and the
Guarantors of the Notes and the Guarantees and any taxes payable in connection therewith, (iv) the qualification of the Notes for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the several states (including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees and expenses of your counsel relating to such registration or qualification), (v) the furnishing of such copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as
may be reasonably requested for use in connection with the Exempt Resales, (vi) the preparation of certificates for the Notes (including, without limitation, printing and engraving thereof), (vii) the fees, 

  

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disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants and the Trustee, (viii) the expenses and listing fees in connection with the
application for quotation of the Notes in PORTAL, (ix) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any road show undertaken in connection with the offering of the Notes, including, without limitation, expenses
associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives
and officers of the Company and any such consultants, (x) the fees charged by any rating agency and other related expenses, if any, (xi) the fees and expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel) in connection with approval of the
Notes by DTC for “book-entry” transfer and (xii) the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their other obligations under this Agreement. 
  
 SECTION 7. Conditions to Initial Purchasers’ Obligations. The respective obligations of the
Initial Purchasers hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when made and on and as of the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors contained herein, to the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of
their respective obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and conditions. 
  
 (a) The Offering Memorandum shall have been printed and copies distributed to you not later than 4:00 P.M., New York City time, on
September 9, 2005, or at such later date and time as you may approve in writing, and no stop order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Notes in any jurisdiction shall have been issued, and no proceeding for that
purpose shall have been commenced or shall be pending or threatened. 
  
 (b) No Initial Purchaser shall have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to such Closing Date that the Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact
which, in the opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, is material or omits to state a fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 
  
 (c) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the other
Operative Documents, the Transaction Documents, the Offering Memorandum and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the Transactions shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, and
the Company and the Guarantors shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters. 
  
 (d) Dechert LLP shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers its written opinion and letter, as counsel to
the Company and the Guarantors, in each case addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-1 and Exhibit B-2, respectively. The Initial Purchasers shall have

  

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been furnished such written opinions of local counsel reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers. 
  
 (e) John G. Chou, shall furnish to the Initial Purchasers
his written opinion, as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary of the Company and the Guarantors, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

  
 (f) The Initial Purchasers shall have
received from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Notes and the Guarantees, the Offering Memorandum and other related
matters as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably require, and the Company and the Guarantors shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. 
  
 (g) Each of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee
shall have entered into the Indenture, and the Initial Purchasers shall have received an original executed copy thereof. 
  
 (h) Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall have entered into the Registration Rights Agreement, and the Initial Purchasers shall
have received an original executed copy thereof. 
  
 (i) The Notes shall have been designated for trading in PORTAL and shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC. 
  
 (j) At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP, a letter, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated the date hereof (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance
with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, (ii) stating, as of the date hereof (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the
respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Offering Memorandum, as of a date not more than five days prior to the date hereof), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and
other matters ordinarily covered by accountants’ “comfort letters” to initial purchasers. 
  
 (k) With respect to the letter of Ernst & Young LLP referred to in the preceding paragraph and delivered to the Initial
Purchasers concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “initial letter”), the Initial Purchasers shall have received a letter (the “bring-down letter”) of such accountants, addressed to the
Initial Purchasers and dated the Closing Date (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of
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Regulation S-X of the Commission, (ii) stating, as of the Closing Date (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the
respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Offering Memorandum, as of a date not more than five days prior to the date of the bring-down letter), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the
financial information and other matters covered by the initial letter and (iii) confirming in all material respects the conclusions and findings set forth in the initial letter. 
  
 (l) The Initial Purchasers shall have received (i) a certificate from the Company, dated as of the
Closing Date, signed by a Vice President, and (ii) a certificate from each Guarantor, dated as of the Closing Date, signed by a Vice President, stating that (in the case of (A), (B) and (D), to their knowledge): 
  
 (A) The representations and warranties of the Company and
the Guarantors contained herein are true and correct as if made on and as of the Closing Date (other than to the extent any such representation or warranty is made expressly to a certain date), and the Company and the Guarantors have performed all
covenants and agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date; 
  
 (B) As of the Closing Date, since the date hereof or since the date of the most recent financial statements in the Offering Memorandum,
except as described in the Offering Memorandum, no event or events have occurred, nor has any information become known that, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position, results of
operations or business of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; 
  
 (C) They have carefully examined the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, and, in their opinion, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, as of their respective dates,
did not, and the Offering Memorandum, as of the Closing Date, does not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and since the date of the Offering Memorandum, no event has occurred which should have been set forth in a supplement or amendment to Offering Memorandum; and 
  
 (D) The issuance and sale of the Notes and Guarantees by the
Company and the Guarantors hereunder have not been enjoined (temporarily or permanently) by any court or governmental body or agency. 
  
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included in the Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto after the date hereof), any material loss or interference with its
business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Offering Memorandum, and
(ii) since such date there shall not have been any change in the stockholders’ equity or long-term debt of the Company, any Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change,
in or affecting the consolidated financial position, results of operations or business of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Offering Memorandum, the effect of which, in any such
case described in clause (i) or (ii), is, in the judgment of Lehman Brothers, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or the delivery of the Notes and the Guarantees being delivered
on such Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated herein and in the Offering Memorandum. 
  
 (n) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the
Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) of the Securities Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have
publicly announced or privately informed the Company that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities. 
  
 (o) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or the American Stock Exchange or in the over-the-counter market, or trading in any
securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, shall have been suspended, minimum prices shall have been established on any such exchange or such market by the Commission, by such exchange or by any other regulatory
body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, or the settlement, payment or clearance of such trading shall have been materially disrupted, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by Federal or state authorities of the United
States, (iii) there shall have occurred any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States, any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or international calamity, crisis or emergency if, in the
judgment of Lehman Brothers, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity, crisis or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the offering or sale of and payment for the Notes
and the Guarantees, or (iv) there shall have occurred such a material adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions, including, without limitation, as a result of terrorist activities after the date hereof (or the effect
of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States shall be such), as to make it, in the judgment of Lehman Brothers, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Notes and the Guarantees
being delivered on the Closing Date or that, in the judgment of Lehman Brothers, would materially and adversely affect the financial markets or the markets for the Notes and the Guarantees and other debt securities. 
  

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 All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be
deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Initial Purchasers. 
  
 SECTION 8. Indemnification and Contribution. 
  
 (a) The Company and the Guarantors shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless each Initial
Purchaser, its affiliates, directors, officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action
in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage, liability or action relating to purchases and sales of the Notes and the Guarantees), to which that Initial Purchaser, director, officer, employee or controlling person may
become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in (A) any
Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto or (B) any Blue Sky application or other document prepared or executed by the Company or any of the Guarantors (or based upon any written
information furnished by the Company or any of the Guarantors) specifically for the purpose of qualifying any or all of the Notes under the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction (any such application, document or information being
hereinafter called a “Blue Sky Application”), (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Offering Memorandum or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky
Application, any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and shall reimburse each Initial Purchaser and each such
director, officer, employee or controlling person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by that Initial Purchaser or such director, officer, employee or controlling person in connection with investigating or
defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred, provided, however that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Initial
Purchasers furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers expressly for inclusion therein, as specifically identified in Section 8(e) hereof. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which
the Company and the Guarantors may otherwise have to any Initial Purchaser or to any director, officer, employee or controlling person of that Initial Purchaser. 
  
 (b) Each Initial Purchaser shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the
Guarantors, each of their directors, officers and employees, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any of the Guarantors within the meaning of the Securities Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or
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or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Offering Memorandum or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky Application or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any
Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Offering Memorandum or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky Application any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
concerning such Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company through Lehman Brothers by or on behalf of that Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion therein, and shall reimburse the Company, the Guarantors and any such director, officer or
controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company, the Guarantors or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which any Initial Purchaser may otherwise have to the Company, the Guarantors or any such director, officer or
controlling person. 
  
 (c) Promptly after
receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8,
notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided, however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have under this Section 8
except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced by such failure; and provided further, however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to an indemnified party
otherwise than under this Section 8. If any such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the
extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of
its election to assume the defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection
with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that Lehman Brothers shall have the right to employ counsel to represent jointly Lehman Brothers and those other Initial Purchaser and their respective
directors, officers, employees and controlling persons who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the Initial Purchasers against the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 8
if, in the reasonable judgment of Lehman Brothers, it is advisable for Lehman Brothers and those Initial Purchasers, directors, officers, employees and controlling persons to be jointly represented by separate counsel, and in that event the fees and
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shall (i) without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or
consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or
potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and does not include any
findings of fact or admissions of fault or culpability as to the indemnified party or (ii) be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled
with the consent of the indemnifying party or if there be a final judgment of the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of
such settlement or judgment. 
  
 (d) If the
indemnification provided for in this Section 8 shall for any reason be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or 8(b) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in
respect thereof, referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or
action in respect thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, from the offering of the Notes and
the Guarantees or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the
relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, with respect to the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, with respect to such offering shall be deemed to be in the same proportion
as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Notes and the Guarantees purchased under this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, on the one hand, and the total discounts and commissions received by the Initial
Purchasers with respect to the Notes and the Guarantees purchased under this Agreement, on the other, bear to the total gross proceeds from the offering of the Notes and the Guarantees under this Agreement. The relative fault shall be determined by
reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company and the Guarantors or the Initial Purchasers, the intent of the
parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions
pursuant to this Section 8(d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable
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or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section 8(d), any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), no Initial Purchaser shall be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Notes purchased by it was resold to Eligible Purchaser exceeds the amount of any damages which such Initial Purchaser has otherwise paid or become liable
to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial Purchasers’ obligations to contribute as provided in this Section 8(d) are several in proportion to their respective Purchase obligations and not joint.

  
 (e) The Initial Purchasers severally confirm
and the Company and the Guarantors acknowledge that the names of the Initial Purchasers on the cover page of the Offering Memorandum and under the caption “Plan of Distribution,” and the first sentence of the sixth paragraph, the seventh
paragraph and the first and second sentences of the tenth paragraph under the section entitled “Plan of Distribution” in the Offering Memorandum constitute the only information concerning the Initial Purchasers furnished in writing to the
Company by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers specifically for inclusion in the Offering Memorandum. 
  
 SECTION 9. Defaulting Initial Purchasers. 
  
 (a) If, on the Closing Date, any Initial Purchaser defaults in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the remaining
non-defaulting Initial Purchasers shall be obligated to purchase the Notes that the defaulting Initial Purchaser agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date in the respective proportions which the amount of the Notes set forth opposite the
name of each remaining non-defaulting Initial Purchaser in Schedule 1 hereto bears to the total amount of Notes set forth opposite the names of all the remaining non-defaulting Initial Purchasers in Schedule 1 hereto; provided,
however, that the remaining non-defaulting Initial Purchasers shall not be obligated to purchase any of the Notes on such Closing Date if the total amount of the Notes which the defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but
failed to purchase on such date exceeds 10% of the total amount of Notes to be purchased on such Closing Date, and any remaining non-defaulting Initial Purchaser shall not be obligated to purchase more than 110% of the amount of Notes which it
agreed to purchase on such Closing Date pursuant to the terms of Section 2. If the foregoing maximums are exceeded, the remaining non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, or those other Initial Purchasers satisfactory to Lehman Brothers who so agree,
shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to purchase, in such proportion as may be agreed upon among them, all of the Notes to be purchased on such Closing Date. If the remaining Initial Purchasers or other Initial Purchasers satisfactory
to Lehman Brothers do not elect to purchase the Notes which the defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting
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will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses to the extent set forth in Sections 6 and 11. As used in this Agreement, the term “Initial
Purchaser” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise, any party not listed in Schedule 1 hereto who, pursuant to this Section 9, purchases the Notes which a defaulting Initial
Purchaser agreed but failed to purchase. 
  
 (b)
Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Initial Purchaser of any liability it may have to the Company and the Guarantors for damages caused by its default. If other Initial Purchasers are obligated or agree to purchase the Notes of a
defaulting or withdrawing Initial Purchaser, either Lehman Brothers or the Company may postpone the Closing Date for up to seven full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the
Initial Purchasers may be necessary in the Offering Memorandum or in any other document or arrangement. 
  
 SECTION 10. Termination. The obligations of the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be terminated by Lehman Brothers by notice given
to and received by the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Notes if, prior to that time, any of the events described in Sections 7(m), 7(n) and 7(o) shall have occurred or if the Initial Purchasers shall decline to purchase the Notes
for any reason permitted under this Agreement. 
  
 SECTION 11. Reimbursement of Initial Purchasers’ Expenses. If the Company and the Guarantors shall fail to deliver the Notes and the Guarantees to the Initial Purchasers by reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part
of the Company and the Guarantors to perform any agreement on their part to be performed, or because any other condition of the Initial Purchasers’ obligations hereunder required to be fulfilled by the Company and the Guarantors is not
fulfilled, the Company and the Guarantors will reimburse the Initial Purchasers (other than any Initial Purchaser that defaults in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement) for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and
disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Initial Purchasers in connection with this Agreement and the proposed purchase of the Notes and the Guarantees, and upon demand the Company and the Guarantors shall pay the full amount thereof to Lehman
Brothers. 
  
 SECTION 12. Research
Independence. The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge that the Initial Purchasers’ research analysts and research departments are required to be independent from their respective investment banking divisions and are subject to certain
regulations and internal policies, and that such Initial Purchasers’ research analysts may hold and make statements or investment recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to the Company and/or the Transactions that differ
from the views of its investment bankers. The Company and the Guarantors hereby waive and release, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company or the Guarantors may have against the Initial Purchasers with respect to any
conflict of interest that may arise from the fact that the views expressed by their independent research analysts and research departments may be different from or inconsistent with the views or advice communicated to the Company or the Guarantors
by such Initial Purchasers’ investment banking divisions. The Company and the Guarantors 

  

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acknowledge that each of the Initial Purchasers is a full service securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws, may
effect transactions for its own account or the account of its customers and hold long or short positions in debt or equity securities of the companies which may be the subject of the Transactions contemplated herein. 
  
 SECTION 13. No fiduciary duty. The Company and the
Guarantors acknowledge and agree that in connection with this offering, sale of the Notes or any other services the Initial Purchasers may be deemed to be providing hereunder, notwithstanding any preexisting relationship, advisory or otherwise,
between the parties or any oral representations or assurances previously or subsequently made by the Initial Purchasers: (i) no fiduciary or agency relationship between the Company, the Guarantors and any other person, on the one hand, and the
Initial Purchasers, on the other, exists; (ii) the Initial Purchasers are not acting as advisors, expert or otherwise, to either the Company or the Guarantors, including, without limitation, with respect to the determination of the pricing of
the Notes, and such relationship between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, is entirely and solely commercial, based on arms-length negotiations; (iii) any duties and obligations that the
Initial Purchasers may have to the Company or the Guarantors shall be limited to those duties and obligations specifically stated herein; and (iv) the Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates may have interests that differ from those
of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors hereby waive any claims that the Company or the Guarantors may have against the Initial Purchasers with respect to any breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the Transactions.

  
 SECTION 14. Notices, etc. All
statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and: 
  
 (a) if to the Initial Purchasers, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the care of Lehman Brothers Inc.,
745 Seventh Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Syndicate Department (Fax: (646) 497-4815), with a copy to Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10153, Attention: Todd R. Chandler, Esq.
(Fax: (212) 310-8007) and, in the case of any notice pursuant to Section 8(d), to the Director of Litigation, Office of the General Counsel, Lehman Brothers Inc., 399 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022 (Fax: (212) 526-2648);

  
 (b) if to the Company and the Guarantors,
shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the Company, 1300 Morris Drive, Suite 100, Chesterbrook, PA 19087, Attention: Treasurer (Fax: (610) 727-3639), with a copy to Dechert LLP, 1717 Arch Street, Suite 400,
Philadelphia, PA 19103, Attention: Craig Godshall, Esq. (Fax: 215-994-2222); 
  
 provided, however, that any notice to an Initial Purchaser pursuant to Section 8(d) shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Initial Purchaser at its address set forth in its acceptance telex
to Lehman Brothers, which address will be supplied to any other party hereto by Lehman Brothers upon request. The Company shall be entitled to act and rely 

  

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upon any request, consent, notice or agreement given or made on behalf of the Initial Purchasers by Lehman Brothers. Notice shall be deemed given two
business days after being deposited in the mail, if mailed, on the next business day if delivered via overnight air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery and when faxed with confirmation of transmission having being received. 
  
 SECTION 15. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Initial Purchasers, the Company, the Guarantors and their respective personal representatives and successors. Except as permitted by Section 2 this Agreement and the terms and
provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except that (a) the representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Company and the Guarantors contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the
benefit of the affiliates, directors, officers and employees of the Initial Purchasers and each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, and (b) the indemnity agreement of
the Initial Purchasers contained in Section 8(b) of this Agreement shall be deemed to be for the benefit of the directors, officers and any person controlling the Company and the Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to in this Section 13, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any
provision contained herein. 
  
 SECTION 16.
Survival. The respective indemnities, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement,
shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Notes and the Guarantees and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any of them or any person controlling any of them. 
  
 SECTION 17. Definition of the Terms “Business
Day” and “Subsidiary.” For purposes of this Agreement, (a) “business day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in the City of New
York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close, and (b) “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. 
  
 SECTION 18. Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto
irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and the courts of the United States of America, in each case, located in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, over any suit, action or proceeding with
respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of the parties hereto waives any objection that it may have to the venue of any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby
in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States of America, in each case, located in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York or that such suit, action or proceeding brought in the courts of the State of New
York or United States of America, in each case, located in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same. 
  

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 SECTION 19. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of New York. 
  
 SECTION
20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts and, if executed in counterparts, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
instrument. 
  
 SECTION 21. Headings. The
headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement. 
  

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 If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial
Purchasers, please indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that purpose below. 
  

			
	 Very truly yours,

	
	 AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORPORATION

		
	By:	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 
	
	AMBULATORY PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
	AMERISOURCEBERGEN DRUG CORPORATION
	AMERISOURCEBERGEN HOLDING CORPORATION
	AMERISOURCEBERGEN SERVICES CORPORATION
	AMERISOURCE HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION
	ANDERSON PACKAGING, INC.
	APS ENTERPRISES HOLDING COMPANY
	ASD SPECIALTY HEALTHCARE, INC.
	AUTOMED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
	BROWNSTONE PHARMACY, INC.
	CAPSTONE PHARMACY OF DELAWARE, INC.
	CLINICARE CONCEPTS, INC.
	COMPUSCRIPT, INC.
	COMPUTRAN SYSTEMS, INC.
	DUNNINGTON RX SERVICES OF RHODE ISLAND, INC.
	EXPRESS PHARMACY SERVICES, INC.
	FAMILY CENTER PHARMACY, INC.
	GOOT NURSING HOME PHARMACY, INC.
	HEALTH SERVICES CAPITAL CORPORATION
	IHS ACQUISITION XXX, INC.
	IMEDEX, INC.
	INSTA-CARE PHARMACY SERVICES CORPORATION
	INTEGRATED COMMERCIALIZATION SOLUTIONS, INC.

  

 SIGNATURE PAGE TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT 

			
	 INTERNATIONAL PHYSICIAN NETWORKS, L.L.C.

	 MEDICAL INITIATIVES, INC.

	 PHARM PLUS ACQUISITION, INC.

	 PHARMACY CORPORATION OF AMERICA

	 PHARMACY CORPORATION OF AMERICA-MASSACHUSETTS, INC.

	 PHARMACY HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, LTD.

	 PHARMERICA DRUG SYSTEMS, INC.

	 PHARMERICA, INC.

	 PMSI, INC.

	 REIMBURSEMENT EDUCATION NETWORK, LLC

	 RXFIRST, INC.

	 SPECIALTY PHARMACY, INC.

	 SPECIALTY PHARMACY OF CALIFORNIA, INC.

	 TELEPHARMACY SOLUTIONS, INC.

	 THE LASH GROUP, INC.

	 TMESYS(TM), INC.

	 US BIOSERVICES CORPORATION

	 VALUE APOTHECARIES, INC.

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 
	
	 AMERISOURCE HERITAGE CORPORATION

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

 SIGNATURE PAGE TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT 

			
	 AMERISOURCE SALES CORPORATION

	 CAPSTONE MED, INC.

	 DUNNINGTON RX SERVICES OF MASSACHUSETTS,
INC.

	 PREMIER PHARMACY, INC.

	 ROMBRO’S DRUG CENTER, INC.

	 SOLANA BEACH, INC.

	 SOUTHWEST PHARMACIES, INC.

	 TAYLOR & MANNO ASSET RECOVERY,
INC.

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 
	
	 PHARMACY HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, LTD.

		
	By:	 	 VALUE APOTHECARIES, INC.,
 AS GENERAL PARTNER

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 
	
	 REIMBURSEMENT EDUCATION NETWORK, LLC

		
	By:	 	 THE LASH GROUP, INC.,
 ITS SOLE MEMBER

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

 SIGNATURE PAGE TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT 

 Accepted: 
  

			
	 LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.

		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	 Name:

	 	 	 Title:

  
 For itself and as representative

 of the several Initial Purchasers named 
 in Schedule 1
hereto 
  

 SIGNATURE PAGE TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT 

 SCHEDULE 1 
  

							
	 Initial Purchasers

	  	 Principal Amount of
 2012 Notes to be Purchased

	  	 Principal Amount of
 2015 Notes to be Purchased

	 Lehman Brothers Inc.
	  	$	160,001,000	  	$	200,002,000
	 Banc of America Securities LLC
	  	 	100,000,000	  	 	125,000,000
	 J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
	  	 	100,000,000	  	 	125,000,000
	 Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
	  	 	13,333,000	  	 	16,666,000
	 Wachovia Securities, Inc.
	  	 	13,333,000	  	 	16,666,000
	 Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
	  	 	13,333,000	  	 	16,666,000
	 Total
	  	$	400,000,000	  	$	500,000,000
	 	  	
	
	  	
	

 SCHEDULE 2 
  

	
	Ambulatory Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
	
	AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation
	
	AmerisourceBergen Holding Corporation
	
	AmerisourceBergen Services Corporation
	
	AmeriSource Health Services Corporation
	
	AmeriSource Heritage Corporation
	
	AmeriSource Sales Corporation
	
	Anderson Packaging, Inc.
	
	APS Enterprises Holding Company
	
	ASD Specialty Healthcare, Inc.
	
	AutoMed Technologies, Inc.
	
	Brownstone Pharmacy, Inc.
	
	Capstone Med, Inc.
	
	Capstone Pharmacy of Delaware, Inc.
	
	CliniCare Concepts, Inc.
	
	Compuscript, Inc.
	
	Computran Systems, Inc.
	
	Dunnington Rx Services of Massachusetts, Inc.
	
	Dunnington Rx Services of Rhode Island, Inc.
	
	Express Pharmacy Services, Inc.
	
	Family Center Pharmacy, Inc.
	
	Goot Nursing Home Pharmacy, Inc.
	
	Health Services Capital Corporation
	
	IHS Acquisition XXX, Inc.
	
	Imedex, Inc.
	
	Insta-Care Pharmacy Services Corporation
	
	Integrated Commercialization Solutions, Inc.
	
	International Physician Networks, L.L.C.
	
	Medical Initiatives, Inc.
	
	Pharm Plus Acquisition, Inc.
	
	Pharmacy Corporation of America
	
	Pharmacy Corporation of America-Massachusetts, Inc.
	
	Pharmacy Healthcare Solutions, Ltd.
	
	PharMerica Drug Systems, Inc.
	
	PharMerica, Inc.
	
	PMSI, Inc.
	
	Premier Pharmacy, Inc.
	
	Reimbursement Education Network, LLC
	
	Rombro’s Drug Center, Inc.
	
	RxFirst, Inc.
	
	Solana Beach, Inc.
	
	Southwest Pharmacies, Inc.
	
	Specialty Pharmacy, Inc.
	
	Specialty Pharmacy of California, Inc.
	
	Taylor & Manno Asset Recovery, Inc.
	
	Telepharmacy Solutions, Inc.
	
	The Lash Group, Inc.
	
	Tmesys(TM), Inc.
	
	US Bioservices Corporation
	
	Value Apothecaries, Inc.

 EXHIBIT A 
  
 Form of Registration Rights Agreement 

 EXHIBIT B-1 
 (to come) 
  

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 EXHIBIT B-2 
 (to come) 
  

 B-2 

 EXHIBIT C 
  
 AMERISOURCEBERGEN LETTERHEAD 
  
 September 14, 2005 
  
 Lehman Brothers Inc. 
 Banc of America
Securities LLC 
 J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. 
 Scotia Capital
(USA) Inc. 
 Wachovia Securities, Inc. 
 Wells Fargo Securities,
LLC 
  
 c/o Lehman Brothers Inc. 
 745 Seventh Avenue 
 New York, New York 10019

  
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
  
 I am Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary of
AmerisourceBergen Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). This opinion is delivered to you pursuant to Section 7(e) of the Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 8, 2005 (the “Purchase
Agreement”), by and among the Company, by and among the Company, Lehman Brothers, Inc. (“Lehman”), Banc of America Securities LLC (“BAS”), J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
(“JPMorgan”), Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. (“Scotia”), Wachovia Securities, Inc. (“Wachovia”) and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
(“WFS” and, together with Lehman, BAS, JPMorgan, Scotia, Wachovia and WFS, the “Initial Purchasers”) relating in connection with the issuance and sale to you of $400,000,000 principal
amount of its 5 5/8% Senior Notes due 2012 (the “2012 Notes”) and $500,000,000
principal amount of its 5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “2015 Notes” and,
together with the 2012 Notes, the “Notes”), and the guarantees of the Notes on a senior, unsecured basis by the Company’s subsidiaries named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Guarantors”).
The Notes are to be issued pursuant to the terms of an indenture, to be dated as of the date hereof, between the Company, the Guarantors and J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings specified in the Purchase Agreement. 
  
 I have examined originals or copies of corporate documents and records of the Company and it subsidiaries, other certificates of public officials and of
officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and such other agreements, instruments and documents, and have conducted such discussions with the Company’s outside counsel, as I have deemed necessary for the opinions and statements hereinafter
set forth. 
  

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 Based upon the foregoing and subject to the assumptions and qualifications set forth above and
hereinafter, I am of the opinion that: 
  
 To my knowledge, except as set forth in
the Offering Memorandum, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened in writing to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the
subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 To my knowledge, there are no legal or governmental proceedings involving or affecting the Company or its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets
which would be required to be described in a prospectus pursuant to the Securities Act that are not described in the Offering Memorandum, nor are there any material contracts or other documents which would be required to be described in a prospectus
pursuant to the Securities Act that are not described in the Offering Memorandum. 
  
 The opinions expressed herein are limited to matters governed by the federal law of the United States of America and the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 
  
 With respect to the opinions or statements set forth above which are
qualified to my “knowledge”, such phrase means that in the course of my representation of the Company and its subsidiaries no information has come to my attention that any such opinion or statement is not accurate. Except to the extent
expressly set forth in this letter, I have not undertaken any independent investigation to determine the existence or absence of those facts, and no inference as to the knowledge of the existence or absence of those facts should be drawn from my
representation of the Company or its subsidiaries. 
  
 This
opinion speaks only as of the date hereof. I assume no obligation to advise the addressees (or any third party) of any changes in the law, documentation or facts that may occur after the date of this opinion. 
  
 The opinions expressed herein are solely for the benefit of the Initial
Purchasers and, without my express written consent, neither our opinion nor this opinion letter may be assigned or provided to or relied upon by any other person other than being furnished in connection with defending litigation relating to the
transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement; provided, that the Trustee is entitled to rely on this letter as if this letter were addressed directly to it. 
  

	
	 Very truly yours,

	
	 
	John G. Chou, Esq.
	Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary

  

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