Document:

EX-4.4

 Exhibit 4.4 

LHC GROUP, INC., 
 ISSUER

 AND 

[    ], 

TRUSTEE 
 INDENTURE

 DATED AS OF [    ], 20[    ] 

DEBT SECURITIES 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
	 	 	 	  	Page	 
	 ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS
	  	 	1	
	 Section 1.01
	 	Definitions of Terms	  	 	1	
		
	 ARTICLE 2 ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF
SECURITIES
	  	 	5	
	 Section 2.01
	 	Designation and Terms of Securities	  	 	5	
	 Section 2.02
	 	Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate	  	 	8	
	 Section 2.03
	 	Denominations: Provisions for Payment	  	 	8	
	 Section 2.04
	 	Execution and Authentications	  	 	9	
	 Section 2.05
	 	Registration of Transfer and Exchange	  	 	10	
	 Section 2.06
	 	Temporary Securities	  	 	11	
	 Section 2.07
	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities	  	 	11	
	 Section 2.08
	 	Cancellation	  	 	12	
	 Section 2.09
	 	Benefits of Indenture	  	 	12	
	 Section 2.10
	 	Authenticating Agent	  	 	13	
	 Section 2.11
	 	Global Securities	  	 	13	
		
	 ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
	  	 	14	
	 Section 3.01
	 	Redemption	  	 	14	
	 Section 3.02
	 	Notice of Redemption	  	 	14	
	 Section 3.03
	 	Payment Upon Redemption	  	 	15	
	 Section 3.04
	 	Sinking Fund	  	 	16	
	 Section 3.05
	 	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities	  	 	16	
	 Section 3.06
	 	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund	  	 	16	
		
	 ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS
	  	 	17	
	 Section 4.01
	 	Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest	  	 	17	
	 Section 4.02
	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency	  	 	17	
	 Section 4.03
	 	Paying Agents	  	 	18	
	 Section 4.04
	 	Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee	  	 	19	
	 Section 4.05
	 	Compliance with Consolidation Provisions	  	 	19	
		
	 ARTICLE 5 SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE
TRUSTEE
	  	 	19	
	 Section 5.01
	 	Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders	  	 	19	
	 Section 5.02
	 	Preservation Of Information; Communications With Securityholders	  	 	19	
	 Section 5.03
	 	Reports by the Company	  	 	19	
	 Section 5.04
	 	Reports by the Trustee	  	 	20	

  
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	 ARTICLE 6 REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
	  	 	20	
	 Section 6.01
	 	Events of Default	  	 	20	
	 Section 6.02
	 	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee	  	 	22	
	 Section 6.03
	 	Application of Moneys Collected	  	 	23	
	 Section 6.04
	 	Limitation on Suits	  	 	24	
	 Section 6.05
	 	Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver	  	 	24	
	 Section 6.06
	 	Control by Securityholders	  	 	25	
	 Section 6.07
	 	Undertaking to Pay Costs	  	 	25	
		
	 ARTICLE 7 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
	  	 	26	
	 Section 7.01
	 	Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee	  	 	26	
	 Section 7.02
	 	Certain Rights of Trustee	  	 	27	
	 Section 7.03
	 	Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or Securities	  	 	29	
	 Section 7.04
	 	May Hold Securities	  	 	29	
	 Section 7.05
	 	Moneys Held in Trust	  	 	29	
	 Section 7.06
	 	Compensation and Reimbursement	  	 	29	
	 Section 7.07
	 	Reliance on Officer’s Certificate	  	 	30	
	 Section 7.08
	 	Disqualification; Conflicting Interests	  	 	30	
	 Section 7.09
	 	Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility	  	 	30	
	 Section 7.10
	 	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor	  	 	30	
	 Section 7.11
	 	Acceptance of Appointment By Successor	  	 	32	
	 Section 7.12
	 	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business	  	 	33	
	 Section 7.13
	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company	  	 	33	
	 Section 7.14
	 	Notice of Default	  	 	33	
		
	 ARTICLE 8 CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
	  	 	34	
	 Section 8.01
	 	Evidence of Action by Securityholders	  	 	34	
	 Section 8.02
	 	Proof of Execution by Securityholders	  	 	34	
	 Section 8.03
	 	Who May be Deemed Owners	  	 	34	
	 Section 8.04
	 	Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded	  	 	35	
	 Section 8.05
	 	Actions Binding on Future Securityholders	  	 	35	
		
	 ARTICLE 9 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
	  	 	35	
	 Section 9.01
	 	Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders	  	 	35	
	 Section 9.02
	 	Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders	  	 	36	
	 Section 9.03
	 	Effect of Supplemental Indentures	  	 	37	
	 Section 9.04
	 	Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures	  	 	37	
	 Section 9.05
	 	Execution of Supplemental Indentures	  	 	37	
		
	 ARTICLE 10 SUCCESSOR ENTITY
	  	 	38	
	 Section 10.01
	 	Company May Consolidate, Etc	  	 	38	
	 Section 10.02
	 	Successor Entity Substituted	  	 	38	
		
	 ARTICLE 11 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
	  	 	39	
	 Section 11.01
	 	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	  	 	39	
	 Section 11.02
	 	Discharge of Obligations	  	 	39	

  
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	 Section 11.03
	 	Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust	  	 	40	
	 Section 11.04
	 	Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents	  	 	40	
	 Section 11.05
	 	Repayment to Company	  	 	40	
		
	 ARTICLE 12 IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
	  	 	40	
	 Section 12.01
	 	No Recourse	  	 	40	
		
	 ARTICLE 13 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
	  	 	41	
	 Section 13.01
	 	Effect on Successors and Assigns	  	 	41	
	 Section 13.02
	 	Actions by Successor	  	 	41	
	 Section 13.03
	 	Surrender of Company Powers	  	 	41	
	 Section 13.04
	 	Notices	  	 	41	
	 Section 13.05
	 	Governing Law	  	 	41	
	 Section 13.06
	 	Treatment of Securities as Debt	  	 	42	
	 Section 13.07
	 	Certificates as to Conditions Precedent	  	 	42	
	 Section 13.08
	 	Payments on Business Days	  	 	42	
	 Section 13.09
	 	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act	  	 	42	
	 Section 13.10
	 	Counterparts	  	 	42	
	 Section 13.11
	 	Separability	  	 	43	
	 Section 13.12
	 	Compliance Certificates	  	 	43	
	 Section 13.13
	 	U.S.A. Patriot Act	  	 	43	
	 Section 13.14
	 	Force Majeure	  	 	43	
	 Section 13.15
	 	Table of Contents; Headings	  	 	43	

  

  
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 INDENTURE 

INDENTURE, dated as of [    ], 20[    ], among LHC Group, Inc., a Delaware company (the
“Company”), and [    ], as trustee (the “Trustee”): 
 WHEREAS, for its lawful
corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of debt securities (hereinafter referred to as the “Securities”), in an unlimited aggregate principal
amount to be issued from time to time in one or more Series as in this Indenture provided, as registered Securities without coupons, to be authenticated by the certificate of the Trustee; 

WHEREAS, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has
duly authorized the execution of this Indenture; and 
 WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of Securities: 

ARTICLE 1 
 DEFINITIONS

 Section 1.01    Definitions of Terms. The terms defined in this Section (except
as in this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified
in this Section and shall include the plural as well as the singular. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or that are by reference in such Act defined in the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (except as herein or any indenture supplemental hereto otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in
force at the date of the execution of this instrument. 
 “Authenticating Agent” means an authenticating agent with
respect to all or any of the Series of Securities appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.10. 
 “Bankruptcy
Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. 
 “Board of
Directors” means the Board of Directors (or the functional equivalent thereof) of the Company or any duly authorized committee of such Board. 

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to
have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors (or duly authorized committee thereof) and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification. 

 “Business Day” means, with respect to any Series of Securities, any
day other than a day on which federal or state banking institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, or in the city of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or regulation to
close. 
 “Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Officer. The Certificate need not comply with the
provisions of Section 13.07. 
 “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties
at such time. 
 “Company” means LHC Group, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, and, subject to the provisions of Article 10, shall also include its successors and assigns. 
 “Corporate
Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at [    ]. 

“Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law. 

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03. 

“Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any Series for which the Company shall determine that such
Securities will be issued as a Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, another clearing agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, which, in each case, shall be
designated by the Company pursuant to either Section 2.01 or Section 2.11. 
 “Event of Default” means,
with respect to Securities of a particular Series, any event specified in Section 6.01, continued for the period of time, if any, therein designated. 

“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated by the Commission thereunder. 
 “Global Security” means a Security issued to evidence all or a part of
any Series of Securities which is executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all in accordance with the Indenture, which shall be registered in the name
of the Depositary or its nominee. 
 “Governmental Obligations” means securities that are (a) direct
obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (b) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the
payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America that, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of 

  
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the issuer thereof at any time prior to the stated maturity of the Securities, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such
Governmental Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Governmental Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt; provided, however, that (except as required by law) such
custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or
interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt. 
 “herein”,
“hereof” and “hereunder”, and other words of similar import, refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. 

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by
one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into in accordance with the terms hereof and shall include the terms of particular Series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 2.01. 

“Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any installment of interest on a Security of a particular Series,
means the date specified in such Security or in a Board Resolution or in an indenture supplemental hereto with respect to such Series as the fixed date on which an installment of interest with respect to Securities of that Series is due and payable.

 “Officer” means, with respect to the Company, the chairman of the Board of Directors, the chief executive
officer, the president, the chief financial officer, the chief operating officer, any executive vice president, any senior vice president, any vice president, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer, the controller or any assistant controller or
the secretary or any assistant secretary. 
 “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Officer.
Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in
 Section 13.07(b), if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof. 

“Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing subject to customary exceptions of legal counsel, who may be an
employee of or counsel for the Company, that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.07(b), if and to the extent required by the provisions
thereof. 
 “Outstanding”, when used with reference to Securities of any Series, means, subject to the provisions of
Section 8.04, as of any particular time, all Securities of that Series theretofore authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except (a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or any paying agent, or delivered
to the Trustee or any paying agent for cancellation or that have previously been canceled; (b) Securities or portions thereof for the payment or redemption of which moneys or Governmental Obligations in the necessary amount shall have been
deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own paying agent); provided, however, that if such Securities
or portions of such Securities are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have 

  
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been given as provided in Article 3, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and (c) Securities in lieu of or in substitution for which other
Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.07. 
 “Person” means
any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, joint-stock company, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, any other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency
or instrumentality thereof. 
 “Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security
evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 2.07 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security
shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Security. 
 “Responsible Officer” when
used with respect to the Trustee means any officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters with respect to this Indenture (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes without limitation any supplemental
indenture hereto). 
 “Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. 
 “Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 
 “Securityholder”, “holder of Securities”,
“registered holder”, or other similar term, means the Person or Persons in whose name or names a particular Security is registered on the Security Register kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

 “Security Register” and “Security Registrar” shall have the meanings as set forth in
Section 2.05. 
 “Series” or “Series of Securities” means each Series of Securities of
the Company created pursuant to Article 2. 
 “Subsidiary” of any specified Person means any corporation,
association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at
the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that person or a combination thereof. 

“Trustee” means, and, subject to the provisions of Article 7, shall also include its successors and assigns, and, if
at any time there is more than one Person acting in such capacity hereunder, “Trustee” shall mean each such Person. The term “Trustee” as used with respect to a particular Series of the Securities shall mean the trustee with
respect to that Series. 
 “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Sections
77aaa-77bbbb), as amended. 

  
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 “U.S.A. Patriot Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-56, as amended and signed into law October 26, 2001. 

ARTICLE 2 
 ISSUE,
DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION 
 AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES 

Section 2.01    Designation and Terms of Securities. 

(a)    The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is
unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more Series up to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of that Series from time to time authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or pursuant to one or more indentures supplemental
hereto. Prior to the initial issuance of Securities of any Series, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto: 

(1)    the title of the Securities of the Series (which shall distinguish the Securities of that Series from all other
Securities); 
 (2)    any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that Series that may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of that Series); 

(3)    the maturity date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the Series is payable; 

(4)    the form of the Securities of the Series including the form of the certificate of authentication for such Series;

 (5)    the applicability of any guarantees; 

(6)    whether or not the Securities will be secured or unsecured, and the terms of any secured debt; 

(7)    whether the Securities rank as senior debt, senior subordinated debt, subordinated debt or any combination thereof,
and the terms of any subordination; 
 (8)    if the price (expressed as a percentage of the aggregate principal amount
thereof) at which such Securities will be issued is a price other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount thereof payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof, or if applicable, the portion of the
principal amount of such Securities that is convertible into another security or the method by which any such portion shall be determined; 

  
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 (9)    the interest rate or rates, which may be fixed or variable, or
the method for determining the rate and the date interest will begin to accrue, the dates interest will be payable and the regular record dates for interest payment dates or the method for determining such dates; 

(10)    the Company’s right, if any, to defer the payment of interest and the maximum length of any such deferral
period; 
 (11)    if applicable, the date or dates after which, or the period or periods during which, and the price or
prices at which, the Company may at its option, redeem such Series of Securities pursuant to any optional or provisional redemption provisions and the terms (including, if applicable, the ability to make any redemption of such Series of Securities
conditional on the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent) of those redemption provisions; 
 (12)    the date
or dates, if any, on which, and the price or prices at which the Company is obligated, pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund or analogous fund provisions or otherwise, to redeem, or at the Securityholder’s option to purchase, the Series of
Securities and the currency or currency unit in which the Securities are payable; 
 (13)    the denominations in which
the Securities of the Series shall be issuable, if other than denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof; 

(14)    any and all terms, if applicable, relating to any auction or remarketing of the Securities of that Series and any
security for the obligations of the Company with respect to such Securities and any other terms which may be advisable in connection with the marketing of Securities of that Series; 

(15)    whether the Securities of the Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Security or
Securities; the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such Global Security or Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual Securities; and the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities; 

(16)    if applicable, the provisions relating to conversion or exchange of any Securities of the Series and the terms and
conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, including the conversion or exchange price, as applicable, or how it will be calculated and may be adjusted, any mandatory or optional (at the Company’s option or the
holders’ option) conversion or exchange features, the applicable conversion or exchange period and the manner of settlement for any conversion or exchange, which may, without limitation, include the payment of cash as well as the delivery of
securities; 
 (17)    if other than the full principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of the Series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01; 

(18)    additions to or changes in the covenants applicable to the Series of Securities being issued, including, among
others, the consolidation, merger or sale covenant; 

  
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 (19)    additions to or changes in the Events of Default with respect to
the Securities and any change in the right of the Trustee or the Securityholders to declare the principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, with respect to such Securities to be due and payable; 

(20)    additions to or changes in or deletions of the provisions relating to covenant defeasance and legal defeasance;

 (21)    additions to or changes in the provisions relating to satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture; 

(22)    additions to or changes in the provisions relating to the modification of this Indenture both with and without the
consent of Securityholders of Securities issued under this Indenture; 
 (23)    the currency of payment of Securities
if other than U.S. dollars and the manner of determining the equivalent amount in U.S. dollars; 
 (24)    whether
interest will be payable in cash or additional Securities at the Company’s or the Securityholders’ option, the terms and conditions upon which the election may be made; 

(25)    the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Company shall pay amounts in addition to the stated interest,
premium, if any and principal amounts of the Securities of the Series to any Securityholder that is not a “United States person” for federal tax purposes; 

(26)    any restrictions on transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities of the Series; and 

(27)    any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of, or restrictions on, the Securities, any other
additions or changes in the provisions of this Indenture, and any terms that may be required by us or advisable under applicable laws or regulations. 

(b)    All Securities of any one Series shall be substantially identical except as may otherwise be provided in or
pursuant to any such Board Resolution or in any indentures supplemental hereto. 
 If any of the terms of the Series are established by
action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Officer’s Certificate of the Company setting forth the terms of the Series. 
 Securities of any particular Series may be issued at
various times, with different dates on which the principal or any installment of principal is payable, with different rates of interest, if any, or different methods by which rates of interest may be determined, with different dates on which such
interest may be payable and with different redemption dates. 

  
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 Section 2.02    Form of Securities and
Trustee’s Certificate. The Securities of any Series and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Securities shall be substantially of the tenor and purport as set forth in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto or as provided in a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, and they may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed
or engraved thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or
regulation of any securities exchange on which Securities of that Series may be listed, or to conform to usage. 

Section 2.03    Denominations: Provisions for Payment. The Securities shall be issuable
as registered Securities and in the denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof, subject to Section 2.01(a)(13). The Securities of a particular Series shall bear interest payable on the dates and at the
rate specified with respect to that Series. Subject to Section 2.01(a)(23), the principal of and the interest on the Securities of any Series, as well as any premium thereon in the case of a redemption or repurchase thereof prior to maturity,
and any cash amount due upon the conversion or exchange thereof, shall be payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time is legal tender for public and private debt, at the office or agency of the Company in the
continental United States of America maintained for that purpose. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
composed of twelve 30-day months. 
 The interest installment on any Security that is payable, and
is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of that Series shall be paid to the Person in whose name said Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the regular
record date for such interest installment. In the event that any Security of a particular Series or portion thereof is called for redemption and the redemption date is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and
prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Security will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Security as provided in Section 3.03. 

Any interest on any Security that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of
the same Series (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant regular record date by virtue of having been such holder; and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by
the Company, at its election, as provided in clause (1) or clause (2) below: 
 (1)    The Company may make
payment of any Defaulted Interest on Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest,
which shall be fixed in the following manner: the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment,
such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall
not be more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the 

  
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receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall
cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Securityholder at his or her address as it appears in the Security Register (as hereinafter
defined), not less than 10 days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons
in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered on such special record date. 

(2)    The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Securities in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to
this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. 
 Unless otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution or one
or more indentures supplemental hereto establishing the terms of any Series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the term “regular record date” as used in this Section with respect to a Series of Securities and any Interest
Payment Date for such Series shall mean either the fifteenth day of the month immediately preceding the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such Series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment
Date is the first day of a month, or the first day of the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such Series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the fifteenth day of a month, whether or
not such date is a Business Day. 
 Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security of a Series delivered under this
Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security of such Series shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other Security. 

Section 2.04    Execution and Authentications. The Securities shall be signed on behalf
of the Company by one of its Officers. Signatures may be in the form of a manual or facsimile signature. 
 The Company may use the
facsimile signature of any Person who shall have been an Officer (at the time of execution), notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Securities shall be authenticated and delivered or disposed of such Person shall have ceased to be such an
officer of the Company. The Securities may contain such notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication by the Trustee. 

A Security shall not be valid until authenticated manually by an authorized signatory of the Trustee, or by an Authenticating Agent. Such
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. At any time and from time to time after the execution
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Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, signed by an Officer, and the Trustee in accordance
with such written order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. 
 Upon the Company’s delivery of any such authentication order
to the Trustee at any time after the initial issuance of Securities under this Indenture, the Trustee shall be provided with, and (subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon,
(1) an Opinion of Counsel or reliance letter and (2) an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to the execution, authentication and delivery of such Securities are in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture. 
 The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture
will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. 

Section 2.05    Registration of Transfer and Exchange. 

(a)    Securities of any Series may be exchanged upon presentation thereof at the office or agency of the Company in the
continental United States of America designated for such purpose, for other Securities of such Series of authorized denominations, and for a like aggregate principal amount, upon payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge in relation thereto, all as provided in this Section. In respect of any Securities so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange therefor the
Security or Securities of the same Series that the Securityholder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding. 

(b)    The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept at its office or agency in the continental United States of America
designated for such purpose a register or registers (herein referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall register the Securities and the transfers of
Securities as in this Article provided and which at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. The Security Registrar shall be appointed as authorized by Board Resolution. 

Upon surrender for transfer of any Security at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose, the Company shall execute, the
Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities of the same Series as the Security presented for a like aggregate principal amount. 

All Securities presented or surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, as provided in this Section, shall be accompanied (if so
required by the Company or the Security Registrar) by a written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company or the Security Registrar, duly executed by the registered holder or by such holder’s duly authorized
attorney in writing. 
 (c)    Except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set
forth in an Officer’s Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture, no service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of 

  
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Securities, or issue of new Securities in case of partial redemption of any Series or repurchase, conversion or exchange of less than the entire principal amount of a Security, but the Company
may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.06, Section 3.03(b) and Section 9.04 not involving any transfer. 

(d)    The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, exchange or register the transfer of any Securities during a
period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all the Outstanding Securities of the same Series and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, nor
(ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of any Series or portions thereof called for redemption or surrendered for repurchase, but not validly withdrawn, other than the unredeemed portion of any such Securities being
redeemed in part or not surrendered for repurchase, as the case may be. The provisions of this Section 2.05 are, with respect to any Global Security, subject to Section 2.11 hereof. 

The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under
this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among depositary participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security) other than to require
delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with
the express requirements hereof. 
 Section 2.06    Temporary Securities. Pending the
preparation of definitive Securities of any Series, the Company may execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities (printed, lithographed or typewritten) of any authorized denomination. Such temporary Securities shall
be substantially in the form of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Company. Every temporary
Security of any Series shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities of such Series. Without unnecessary delay
the Company will execute and will furnish definitive Securities of such Series and thereupon any or all temporary Securities of such Series may be surrendered in exchange therefor (without charge to the holders), at the office or agency of the
Company in the continental United States of America designated for the purpose, and the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive
Securities of such Series, unless the Company advises the Trustee to the effect that definitive Securities need not be executed and furnished until further notice from the Company. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of such Series shall be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such Series authenticated and delivered hereunder. 

Section 2.07    Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities. In case any temporary or
definitive Security shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company (subject to the next succeeding sentence) shall execute, and upon the Company’s request the Trustee (subject as aforesaid) shall authenticate and deliver, a
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number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case
the applicant for a substituted Security shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also
furnish to the Company and the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of the applicant’s Security and of the ownership thereof. The Trustee may authenticate any such substituted Security and deliver the same
upon the written request or authorization of any officer of the Company. Upon the issuance of any substituted Security, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. 
 In case any Security that
has matured or is about to mature shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a
mutilated Security) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as they may require to save them harmless, and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the
Company and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof. 
 Every replacement Security
issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and
shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of the same Series duly issued hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing
provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or
hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender. 

Section 2.08    Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment,
redemption, repurchase, exchange, registration of transfer or conversion or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent (or any other applicable agent), be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or, if surrendered to the
Trustee, shall be cancelled by it, and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly required or permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. On request of the Company at the time of such surrender, the Trustee shall
deliver to the Company canceled Securities held by the Trustee. In the absence of such request the Trustee may dispose of canceled Securities in accordance with its standard procedures and deliver a certificate of disposition to the Company. If the
Company shall otherwise acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation. 
 Section 2.09    Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in
the Securities, express or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and the holders of the Securities, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect

  
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of this Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or provision herein contained; all such covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and of the
holders of the Securities. 
 Section 2.10    Authenticating Agent. So long as any of
the Securities of any Series remain Outstanding there may be an Authenticating Agent for any or all such Series of Securities which the Trustee shall have the right to appoint. Said Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities of such Series issued upon exchange, transfer or partial redemption, repurchase or conversion thereof, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and
obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. All references in this Indenture to the authentication of Securities by the Trustee shall be deemed to include authentication by an Authenticating Agent for such Series. Each
Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall be a corporation that has a combined capital and surplus, as most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient under the laws of any jurisdiction under which it is organized or
in which it is doing business to conduct a trust business, and that is otherwise authorized under such laws to conduct such business and is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities. If at any time any Authenticating
Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign immediately. 
 Any Authenticating Agent may at any
time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time (and upon request by the Company shall) terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to
such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon resignation, termination or cessation of eligibility of any Authenticating Agent, the Trustee may appoint an eligible successor Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company. Any successor
Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto. 

Section 2.11    Global Securities. 

(a)    If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01 that the Securities of a particular Series are to be
issued as a Global Security, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.04, authenticate and deliver, a Global Security that (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of, all of the Outstanding Securities of such Series, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the
Depositary’s instruction (or if the Depositary names the Trustee as its custodian, retained by the Trustee) and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: “Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the
Indenture, this Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.” 

(b)    Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.05, the Global Security of a Series may be transferred, in whole
but not in part and in the manner provided in Section 2.05, only to another nominee of the Depositary for such Series, or to a successor Depositary for such Series selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor
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 (c)    If at any time the Depositary for a Series of the Securities
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Series or if at any time the Depositary for such Series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or
regulation, and a successor Depositary for such Series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, or if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and the Company has received a request from the Depositary or from the Trustee, this Section 2.11 shall no longer be applicable to the Securities of such Series and the Company will execute, and subject to Section 2.04, the
Trustee will authenticate and deliver the Securities of such Series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security of such Series
in exchange for such Global Security. In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the Securities of any Series shall no longer be represented by a Global Security and that the provisions of this Section 2.11 shall no longer apply to
the Securities of such Series. In such event the Company will execute and, subject to Section 2.04, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate evidencing such determination by the Company, will authenticate and deliver the
Securities of such Series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security of such Series in exchange for such Global Security. Upon
the exchange of the Global Security for such Securities in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, the Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Such Securities in definitive registered form issued in
exchange for the Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.11(c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Depositary for delivery to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered. 

ARTICLE 3 
 REDEMPTION OF
SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS 
 Section 3.01    Redemption. The Company
may redeem the Securities of any Series issued hereunder on and after the dates and in accordance with the terms established for such Series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof. 

Section 3.02    Notice of Redemption. 

(a)    In case the Company shall desire to exercise such right to redeem all or, as the case may be, a portion of the
Securities of any Series in accordance with any right the Company reserved for itself to do so pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the Company shall, or shall cause the Trustee to, give notice of such redemption to holders of the Securities of
such Series to be redeemed by mailing, first class postage prepaid (or with regard to any Global Security held in book entry form, by electronic mail), a notice of such redemption not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed
for redemption of that Series to such holders at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Security Register, unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided
shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the registered holder receives the notice. In any case, failure duly to give such notice to the holder of any Security of any Series

  
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designated for redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities of such Series or any other
Series. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s
Certificate evidencing compliance with any such restriction. 
 Each such notice of redemption shall specify the date fixed for redemption
and the redemption price at which Securities of that Series are to be redeemed, and shall state that payment of the redemption price of such Securities to be redeemed will be made at the office or agency of the Company in the continental United
States of America, upon presentation and surrender of such Securities, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, that from and after said date interest will cease to accrue and that the
redemption is from a sinking fund, if such is the case. If applicable, a notice of redemption may set forth one or more conditions precedent that must be satisfied prior to the redemption. If less than all the Securities of a Series are to be
redeemed, the notice to the holders of Securities of that Series to be redeemed in part shall specify the particular Securities to be so redeemed. 

In case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice that relates to such Security shall state the portion of the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed, and shall state that on and after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such Series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued. 

(b)    If less than all the Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the Company shall give the Trustee at least 45
days’ notice (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) in advance of the date fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of the Series to be redeemed, and thereupon the Trustee shall select, by
lot or in such other manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair in its discretion and that may provide for the selection of a portion or portions (equal to one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal
amount of such Securities of a denomination larger than $1,000, the Securities to be redeemed and shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of the Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in part. The Company may, if and
whenever it shall so elect, by delivery of instructions signed on its behalf by an Officer, instruct the Trustee or any paying agent to call all or any part of the Securities of a particular Series for redemption and to give notice of redemption in
the manner set forth in this Section, such notice to be in the name of the Company or its own name as the Trustee or such paying agent may deem advisable. In any case in which notice of redemption is to be given by the Trustee or any such paying
agent, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to, or permit to remain with, the Trustee or such paying agent, as the case may be, such Security Register, transfer books or other records, or suitable copies or extracts therefrom,
sufficient to enable the Trustee or such paying agent to give any notice by mail that may be required under the provisions of this Section. 

Section 3.03    Payment Upon Redemption. 

(a)    If the giving of notice of redemption shall have been completed as above provided, the Securities or portions of
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redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption and interest on such Securities or portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the date fixed for
redemption, unless the Company shall default in the payment of such redemption price and accrued interest with respect to any such Security or portion thereof, subject to, with respect to any redemption that is conditioned upon the satisfaction of
any conditions precedent, (i) the delay of such redemption date until such time as any or all of such conditions precedent have been satisfied or (ii) the revocation of such redemption if the Company determines that such conditions
precedent will not be satisfied. On presentation and surrender of such Securities on or after the date fixed for redemption at the place of payment specified in the notice, said Securities shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable redemption
price for such Series, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (but if the date fixed for redemption is an Interest Payment Date, the interest installment payable on such date shall be payable to the registered holder
at the close of business on the applicable record date pursuant to Section 2.03). 
 (b)    Upon presentation of
any Security of such Series that is to be redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and the office or agency where the Security is presented shall deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of the
Company, a new Security of the same Series of authorized denominations in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented. 

Section 3.04    Sinking Fund. The provisions of Sections 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 shall be
applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a Series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for Securities of such Series. 

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any Series is herein referred to as a
“mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any Series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of
Securities of any Series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.05. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any Series as provided for by the terms
of Securities of such Series. 
 Section 3.05    Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
Securities. The Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a Series and (ii) may apply as a credit Securities of a Series that have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or
through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such Series required to be
made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such Series, provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the
redemption price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. 

Section 3.06    Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than 45 days prior to
each sinking fund payment date for any Series of Securities (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund
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terms of the Series, the portion thereof, if any, that is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that Series pursuant to Section 3.05 and the basis for such credit and
will, together with such Officer’s Certificate, deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking
fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 3.02 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.02. Such notice having been duly given,
the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 3.03. 
 ARTICLE 4 

COVENANTS 

Section 4.01    Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Company will duly and
punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of (and premium, if any), interest on, and any redemption price or repurchase price for the Securities of that Series at the time and place and in the manner provided herein and established with
respect to such Securities. Payments of the principal of, redemption price for or repurchase price for, the Securities may be made at the time provided herein and established with respect to such Securities by U.S. dollar check drawn on and mailed
to the address of the Securityholder entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register, or U.S. dollar wire transfer to, a U.S. dollar account if such Securityholder shall have furnished wire instructions to the Trustee no later
than 15 days prior to the relevant payment date. Payments of interest on the Securities may be made at the time provided herein and established with respect to such Securities by U.S. dollar check mailed to the address of the Securityholder entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register, or U.S. dollar wire transfer to, a U.S. dollar account if such Securityholder shall have furnished wire instructions in writing to the Security Registrar and the Trustee no later than 15
days prior to the relevant payment date. 
 Section 4.02    Maintenance of Office or
Agency. So long as any Series of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Company agrees to maintain an office or agency in the continental United States of America with respect to each such Series and at such other location or locations as may be
designated as provided in this Section 4.02, where (i) Securities of that Series may be presented for payment, (ii) Securities of that Series may be presented as herein above authorized for registration of transfer and exchange, and
(iii) notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that Series and this Indenture may be given or served, such designation to continue with respect to such office or agency until the Company shall, by written
notice signed by any officer authorized to sign an Officer’s Certificate and delivered to the Trustee, designate some other office or agency for such purposes or any of them. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required
office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to
receive all such presentations, notices and demands. The Company initially appoints the Trustee as its paying agent with respect to the Securities. 

  
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 Section 4.03    Paying Agents. 

(a)    If the Company shall appoint one or more paying agents for all or any Series of the Securities, other than the
Trustee, the Company will cause each such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section: 

(1)    that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on the Securities of that Series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor of such Securities) in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto; 

(2)    that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or by any other obligor of such Securities) to
make any payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that Series when the same shall be due and payable; 

(3)    that it will, at any time during the continuance of any failure referred to in the preceding paragraph (a)(2)
above, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such paying agent; and 

(4)    that it will perform all other duties of paying agent as set forth in this Indenture. 

(b)    If the Company shall act as its own paying agent with respect to any Series of the Securities, it will on or before
each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that Series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay such principal (and premium, if any) or
interest so becoming due on Securities of that Series until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of such action, or any failure (by it or any other obligor on such
Securities) to take such action. Whenever the Company shall have one or more paying agents for any Series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that Series, deposit
with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such paying agent
is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of this action or failure so to act. 

(c)    Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, (i) the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided
in this Section is subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, and (ii) the Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or direct any paying agent to
pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such paying agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms and conditions as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such paying agent; and, upon such
payment by the Company or any paying agent to the Trustee, the Company or such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money. 

  
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 Section 4.04    Appointment to Fill Vacancy
in Office of Trustee. The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder. 

Section 4.05    Compliance with Consolidation Provisions. The Company will not, while any
of the Securities remain Outstanding, consolidate with or merge into any other Person, in either case where the Company is not the survivor of such transaction, or sell or convey all or substantially all of its property to any other Person unless
the provisions of Article 10 hereof are complied with. 
 ARTICLE 5 

SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS 

BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE 

Section 5.01    Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (a) within 15 days after each regular record date (as defined in Section 2.03) a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
holders of each Series of Securities as of such regular record date, provided that the Company shall not be obligated to furnish or cause to furnish such list at any time that the list shall not differ in any respect from the most recent list
furnished to the Trustee by the Company and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days
prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that, in either case, no such list need be furnished for any Series for which the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar. 

Section 5.02    Preservation Of Information; Communications With
Securityholders. 
 (a)    The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all
information as to the names and addresses of the holders of Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 and as to the names and addresses of holders of Securities received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Security Registrar (if acting in such capacity). 
 (b)    The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it
as provided in Section 5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. 
 (c)    Securityholders may communicate as
provided in Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and, in connection with any such communications, the Trustee shall satisfy its
obligations under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the provisions of Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. 

Section 5.03    Reports by the Company. 

(a)    The Company covenants and agrees to provide (which delivery may be via electronic mail) to the Trustee within 30
days, after the Company files the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules

  
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and regulations prescribe) that the Company is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, the Company shall not
be required to deliver to the Trustee any correspondence filed with the SEC or any materials for which the Company has sought and received confidential treatment by the Commission. For the avoidance of doubt, a failure by the Company to file annual
reports, information and other reports with the SEC within the time period prescribed thereof by the Commission shall not be deemed a breach of this Section 5.03. 

(b)    Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under Section 5.03 is for informational purposes
only and the information and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein, or determinable from information contained therein including the Company’s compliance with
any of their covenants thereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officer’s Certificate). 

Section 5.04    Reports by the Trustee. 

(a)    If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee, within sixty (60) days after each
[                    ], commencing [     ], 20[    ], shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to
the Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register, a brief report dated as of such [     ], which complies with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. 

(b)    The Trustee shall comply with Section 313(b) and 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. 

(c)    A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Securityholders, be filed by the Trustee with
the Company, with each securities exchange upon which any Securities are listed (if so listed) and also with the Commission. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee when any Securities become listed on any securities exchange. 

ARTICLE 6 
 REMEDIES OF
THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS 
 ON EVENT OF DEFAULT 

Section 6.01    Events of Default. 

(a)    Whenever used herein with respect to Securities of a particular Series, “Event of Default” means
any one or more of the following events that has occurred and is continuing: 
 (1)    the Company defaults in the
payment of any installment of interest upon any of the Securities of that Series, as and when the same shall become due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 90 days; provided, however, that a valid extension of an interest payment
period by the Company in accordance with the terms of any indenture supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the payment of interest for this purpose; 

(2)    the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of that
Series as and when the same shall become due and payable whether at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise, or in any payment required by any sinking or analogous fund established with respect to that Series; provided, however, that
a valid extension of the maturity of such Securities in accordance with the terms of any indenture supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the payment of principal or premium, if any; 

  
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 (3)    the Company fails to observe or perform any other of its
covenants or agreements with respect to that Series contained in this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to that Series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof (other than a covenant or agreement that has been expressly
included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more Series of Securities other than such Series) for a period of 90 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder, shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee, by registered or certified mail, or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities of that
Series at the time Outstanding; 
 (4)    the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law
(i) commences a voluntary case, (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property or
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or 
 (5)    a court of competent jurisdiction
enters an order under any Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case, (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company for all or substantially all of its property or (iii) orders the liquidation of the
Company, and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days. 
 (b)    In each and every such case
(other than an Event of Default specified in clause (4) or clause (5) above), unless the principal of all the Securities of that Series shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that Series then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by such Securityholders), may declare the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and accrued and
unpaid interest on all the Securities of that Series to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in clause (4) or clause
(5) above occurs, the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities of that Series shall automatically be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the holders of the
Securities. 
 (c)    At any time after the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid interest on
the Securities of that Series shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of that Series then Outstanding hereunder, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: (i) the Company has paid or deposited with the
Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all the Securities of that Series and the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Securities of that Series that shall have become due otherwise than by
acceleration (with interest upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that such payment is enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate per annum expressed in the Securities of that Series to
the date of such payment or deposit) and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06, 

  
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and (ii) any and all Events of Default under the Indenture with respect to such Series, other than the nonpayment of principal on (and premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid interest on
Securities of that Series that shall not have become due by their terms, shall have been remedied or waived as provided in Section 6.06. 

No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon. 

(d)    In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right with respect to Securities of that Series under this
Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceedings, the Company and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company and the Trustee shall continue as though no such
proceedings had been taken. 
 Section 6.02    Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee. 
 (a)    The Company covenants that (i) in case it shall default in the payment of any
installment of interest on any of the Securities of a Series, or in any payment required by any sinking or analogous fund established with respect to that Series as and when the same shall have become due and payable, and such default shall have
continued for a period of 90 days, or (ii) in case it shall default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of a Series when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity of the
Securities of a Series or upon redemption or upon declaration or otherwise then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Securities of that Series, the whole amount that then shall have
been become due and payable on all such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) or interest, or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and (to the extent that payment of such interest is
enforceable under applicable law) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum expressed in the Securities of that Series; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of
collection, and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06. 
 (b)    If the Company shall fail to pay
such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid,
and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or other obligor upon the Securities of that Series and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be
payable in the manner provided by law or equity out of the property of the Company or other obligor upon the Securities of that Series, wherever situated. 

(c)    In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment, arrangement,
composition or judicial proceedings affecting the Company, or its creditors or property, the Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and take any action therein that may be permitted by the court and shall (except as may be
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by law) be entitled to file such proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the holders of Securities of
such Series allowed for the entire amount due and payable by the Company under the Indenture at the date of institution of such proceedings and for any additional amount that may become due and payable by the Company after such date, and to collect
and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same after the deduction of the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or
reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the holders of Securities of such Series to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Securityholders, to pay to
the Trustee any amount due it under Section 7.06. 
 (d)    All rights of action and of asserting claims under this
Indenture, or under any of the terms established with respect to Securities of that Series, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Securities, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto,
and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for payment to the Trustee of any amounts due under Section 7.06, be
for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities of such Series. 
 In case of an Event of Default hereunder, the Trustee may in its
discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in equity or in
bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the
Trustee by this Indenture or by law. 
 Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or
accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of that Series or the rights of any holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the
claim of any Securityholder in any such proceeding. 
 Section 6.03    Application of
Moneys Collected. Any moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article with respect to a particular Series of Securities shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution
of such moneys on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities of that Series, and notation thereon of the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid: 

FIRST: To the payment of reasonable costs and expenses of collection and of all amounts payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06; 

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Securities of such Series for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, in
respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest,
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 THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company or any other Person lawfully
entitled thereto. 
 Section 6.04    Limitation on Suits. No holder of any Security of
any Series shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless (i) such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof with respect to the Securities of such Series specifying such
Event of Default, as hereinbefore provided; (ii) the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such Series then Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or
proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder; (iii) such holder or holders shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby;
(iv) the Trustee for 90 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding and (v) during such 90 day period, the holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Securities of that Series do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request. 
 Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary or any other provisions of this Indenture, the right of any holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Security, as therein provided, on or after the
respective due dates expressed in such Security (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates or redemption date, shall not be impaired or
affected without the consent of such holder and by accepting a Security hereunder it is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and holder of every Security of such Series with every other such taker and holder and the Trustee,
that no one or more holders of Securities of such Series shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the holders of any other of such
Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of
Securities of such Series. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity. 

Section 6.05    Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver. 

(a)    Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.07, all powers and remedies given by this Article to the Trustee or
to the Securityholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the holders of the Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the
performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to such Securities. 

  
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 (b)    No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of
the Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or an acquiescence therein; and,
subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, every power and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or the Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the
Securityholders. 
 Section 6.06    Control by Securityholders. The holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any Series at the time Outstanding, determined in accordance with Section 8.04, shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to such Series; provided, however, that such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or subject the Trustee in
its sole discretion to personal liability. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or officers of the
Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed, subject to the Trustee’s duties under the Trust Indenture Act, would involve the Trustee in personal liability or might be unduly prejudicial to the Securityholders not involved in the
proceeding. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any Series at the time Outstanding affected thereby, determined in accordance with Section 8.04, may on behalf of the holders of all of the Securities of
such Series waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained herein or established pursuant to Section 2.01 with respect to such Series and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, or
premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Securities of that Series as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Securities otherwise than by acceleration (unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured
installments of interest and principal and any premium has been deposited with the Trustee (in accordance with Section 6.01(c)). Upon any such waiver, the default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of this Indenture
and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Securities of such Series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right
consequent thereon. 
 Section 6.07    Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to this
Indenture agree, and each holder of any Securities by such holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or
in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of Securityholders, holding more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any Series, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder
for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such Series, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security or established pursuant to this Indenture. 

  
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 ARTICLE 7 

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE 

Section 7.01    Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee. 

(a)    The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a Series and after the
curing of all Events of Default with respect to the Securities of that Series that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform with respect to the Securities of such Series such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. In case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a Series has occurred (that has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise with
respect to Securities of that Series such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his
or her own affairs. 
 (b)    No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability
for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that: 

(i)    prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a Series and after the curing or
waiving of all such Events of Default with respect to that Series that may have occurred: 
 (A)    the duties and
obligations of the Trustee shall with respect to the Securities of such Series be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to the Securities of such Series except for the
performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and 

(B)    in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may with respect to the Securities of such
Series conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of
any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture; 
 (ii)    the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible
Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; 

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

  
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 (iv)    none of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require
the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of
such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Indenture or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably assured to it. 

Section 7.02    Certain Rights of Trustee. 

Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01: 

(a)    The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, security or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties; 

(b)    Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board
Resolution or an instrument signed in the name of the Company by any authorized officer of the Company (unless other evidence in respect thereof is specifically prescribed herein); 

(c)    The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or, if requested, any Opinion of
Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon; 

(d)    The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at
the request, order or direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities
that may be incurred therein or thereby; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to a Series of the Securities (that has not been cured or waived), to
exercise with respect to Securities of that Series such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his or her own affairs; 
 (e)    The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken
by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; 

(f)    The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, security, or other papers or documents, unless requested in writing so to do by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of the particular Series affected thereby (determined as provided in Section 8.04); provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be
incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such
costs, expenses or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such examination shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand; 

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

(h)    In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its
obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted
practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances; 
 (i)    In no
event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of
such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action; and 
 (j)    The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon
instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however, that (a) the party providing such
written instructions, subsequent to such transmission of written instructions, shall provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the Trustee in a timely manner, and (b) such originally executed instructions or directions shall
be signed by an authorized representative of the party providing such instructions or directions. If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar
electronic method) and the Trustee in its sole discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses
arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic
instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or
interception and misuse by third parties. 
 (k)    Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an
Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion. 

In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an Event of Default other than an Event of Default relating to the failure
to pay the interest on, or the principal of, the Securities, until the Trustee shall have received written notification in the manner set forth in this Indenture or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have obtained actual knowledge. 

  
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 Section 7.03    Trustee Not Responsible for
Recitals or Issuance or Securities. 
 (a)    The recitals contained herein and in the Securities shall be taken as
the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. 
 (b)    The
Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. 
 (c)    The
Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any of the Securities or of the proceeds of such Securities, or for the use or application of any moneys paid over by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this
Indenture or established pursuant to Section 2.01, or for the use or application of any moneys received by any paying agent other than the Trustee. 

Section 7.04    May Hold Securities. The Trustee or any paying agent or Security
Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, paying agent or Security Registrar. 

Section 7.05    Moneys Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.05,
all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall
be under no liability for interest on any moneys received by it hereunder except such as it may agree to in writing with the Company to pay thereon. 

Section 7.06    Compensation and Reimbursement. 

(a)    The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such reasonable
compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as the Company and the Trustee may from time to time agree in writing, for all services rendered by it in the execution
of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the Trustee, and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons
not regularly in its employ), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith and except as the Company and Trustee may from time to time agree in writing. The Company also covenants to indemnify the
Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and employees) for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of this trust, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability in the premises. 

(b)    The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse
the Trustee for reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected
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 (c)    To ensure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section,
the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all funds or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of or interest on particular Securities. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services
in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(4) or (5), the expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for services in connection therewith are to constitute expenses of
administration under any bankruptcy law. The provisions of this Section 7.06 shall survive the termination of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee. 

Section 7.07    Reliance on Officer’s Certificate. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it reasonably necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting to take any
action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an
Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it under
the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof. 

Section 7.08    Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. If the Trustee has or shall
acquire any “conflicting interest” within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee and the Company shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. 

Section 7.09    Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be a
Trustee with respect to the Securities issued hereunder which shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a
corporation or other Person permitted to act as trustee by the Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least fifty million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to
supervision or examination by federal, state, territorial, or District of Columbia authority. 
 If such corporation or other Person
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or other Person
shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. The Company may not, nor may any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the
Company, serve as Trustee. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.10. 

Section 7.10    Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. 

(a)    The Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed may at any time resign with respect to the Securities of one or
more Series by giving written notice thereof to the Company and by transmitting notice of resignation by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders 

  
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of such Series, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee with respect to
Securities of such Series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall
have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to
Securities of such Series, or any Securityholder of that Series who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months may on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the
appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee. 

(b)    In case at any time any one of the following shall occur: 

(i)    the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 7.08 after written request therefor by the
Company or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months; or 

(ii)    the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.09 and shall fail to
resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Securityholder; or 
 (iii)    the Trustee shall
become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or commence a voluntary bankruptcy proceeding, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or consented to, or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation; 
 then, in any such
case, the Company may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee
so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of that holder and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee. 

(c)    The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any Series at the time Outstanding may
at any time remove the Trustee with respect to such Series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor Trustee for such Series with the consent of the Company. 

(d)    Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of
a Series pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.11. 

  
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 (e)    Any successor trustee appointed pursuant to this Section may be
appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more Series or all of such Series, and at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular Series. 

Section 7.11    Acceptance of Appointment By Successor. 

(a)    In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor
trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such
successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall,
upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights, powers, and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee all property and
money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder. 
 (b)    In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) Series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more Series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein
each successor trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of
the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those Series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates, (ii) shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those Series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (iii) shall add to or change any
of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute
such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust, that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee
and that no Trustee shall be responsible for any act or failure to act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein, such retiring Trustee shall with respect to the Securities of that or those Series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates have no further responsibility for the exercise of rights and
powers or for the performance of the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture, and each such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those Series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and
deliver to such successor trustee, to the extent contemplated by such supplemental indenture, the property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those Series to which the appointment of such
successor trustee relates. 

  
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 (c)    Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be. 

(d)    No successor trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee
shall be qualified and eligible under this Article. 
 (e)    Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as
provided in this Section, the Company shall transmit notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. If the Company
fails to transmit such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be transmitted at the expense of the Company. 

Section 7.12    Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any
corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the
corporate trust business of the Trustee, including the administration of the trust created by this Indenture, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of
Section 7.08 and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In case any
Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated
with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities. 

Section 7.13    Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company. The
Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to
Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent included therein. 

Section 7.14    Notice of Default. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing and
if such Event of Default is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act notice of the Event of
Default within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, after it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or written notice of it is received by the Trustee, unless such Event of Default has been cured; provided, however, that, except in the
case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee
of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Securityholders. 

  
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 ARTICLE 8 

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS 

Section 8.01    Evidence of Action by Securityholders. Whenever in this Indenture
it is provided that the holders of a majority or specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular Series may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or
waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the holders of such majority or specified percentage of that Series have joined therein may be evidenced by any instrument or any number of instruments of
similar tenor executed by such holders of Securities of that Series in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing. 
 If the Company
shall solicit from the Securityholders of any Series any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Company may, at its option, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate, fix in advance a record date
for such Series for the determination of Securityholders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed,
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be given before or after the record date, but only the Securityholders of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be
Securityholders for the purposes of determining whether Securityholders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities of that Series have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities of that Series shall be computed as of the record date; provided, however, that no such authorization, agreement or consent by such Securityholders on the record date shall be
deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date. 

Section 8.02    Proof of Execution by Securityholders. Subject to the provisions
of Section 7.01, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder (such proof will not require notarization) or his agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any Person of any of the Securities shall be sufficient if made in the
following manner: 
 (a)    The fact and date of the execution by any such Person of any instrument may be proved in any
reasonable manner acceptable to the Trustee. 
 (b)    The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register of such Securities or by a certificate of the Security Registrar thereof. 
 The Trustee may require such additional proof of any
matter referred to in this Section as it shall deem necessary. 
 Section 8.03    Who May
be Deemed Owners. Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of any Security, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Security Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name such Security shall be registered upon
the books of the Security Registrar as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing thereon 

  
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made by anyone other than the Security Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.03) interest on such
Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. 

Section 8.04    Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded. In determining whether
the holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Securities of a particular Series have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, the Securities of that Series that are owned by the Company or any other obligor on
the Securities of that Series or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of that Series shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding
for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Securities of such Series that the Trustee actually knows are so
owned shall be so disregarded. The Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding for the purposes of this Section, if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right
so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not a Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any such other obligor. In case of a dispute as to such
right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. 

Section 8.05    Actions Binding on Future Securityholders. At any time prior to
(but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular Series specified in this
Indenture in connection with such action, any holder of a Security of that Series that is shown by the evidence to be included in the Securities the holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee, and
upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future
holders and owners of such Security, and of any Security issued in exchange therefor, on registration of transfer thereof or in place thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security. Any action taken
by the holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular Series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee and the
holders of all the Securities of that Series. 
 ARTICLE 9 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES 

Section 9.01    Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of
Securityholders. In addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized by this Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall
conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect), without the consent of any Securityholders, for one or more of the following purposes: 

(a)    to cure any ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency in this Indenture or in the Securities of any Series; 

  
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 (b)    to comply with Article 10; 

(c)    to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities; 

(d)    to add to the covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions such new covenants, restrictions, conditions or
provisions for the benefit of the Securityholders, to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and the continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions an Event of Default, or to surrender any right or
power conferred upon the Company in this Indenture; 
 (e)    to add to, delete from, or revise the conditions,
limitations, and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms, or purposes of issue, authentication, and delivery of Securities, as set forth in this Indenture; 

(f)    to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder in any material respect; 

(g)    to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of the Securities of any Series as
provided in Section 2.01, to establish the form of any certifications required to be furnished pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or any Series of Securities, or to add to the rights of the holders of any Series of Securities; 

(h)    to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under this Indenture by a successor trustee; 

(i)    to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company, or successive successions, pursuant to Article
10, and the assumption by the successor corporation of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company herein and in the Securities of any Series; or 

(j)    to comply with any requirements of the Commission with the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act. 
 The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and to make
any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise. 
 Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section may be executed by the Company and the
Trustee without the consent of the holders of any of the Securities at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02. 

Section 9.02    Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Securityholders. With the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each Series affected by such supplemental indenture or indentures at the time Outstanding, the Company,
when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and at 

  
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any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect) for the purpose of adding any provisions to
or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner not covered by Section 9.01 the rights of the holders of the Securities of such Series under this
Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the holders of each Security then Outstanding and affected thereby, (a) extend the fixed maturity of any Securities of any Series, (b) reduce
the principal amount, reduce the rate of or extend the time of payment of interest, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption of any Series of Securities or (c) reduce the percentage of Securities, the holders of which are required to
consent to any amendment, supplement, modification or waiver. 
 It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders of any
Series affected thereby under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. 

Section 9.03    Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01, this Indenture shall, with respect to such Series, be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of Securities of the Series affected thereby shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such
modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes. 

Section 9.04    Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any Series
affected by a supplemental indenture, authenticated and delivered after the execution of such supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01, may bear a notation in form approved by the Company, provided
such form meets the requirements of any securities exchange upon which such Series may be listed, as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of that Series so modified as to
conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities of that
Series then Outstanding. 
 Section 9.05    Execution of Supplemental Indentures. Upon
the request of the Company, accompanied by its Board Resolutions authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Securityholders required to consent thereto as
aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the
Trustee may in its discretion but shall not be obligated to enter into such supplemental indenture. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, shall receive an Officer’s Certificate upon request and an Opinion of Counsel
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that all conditions precedent to the execution of the supplemental indenture have been complied with and the Supplemental Indenture is a valid and legally binding instrument enforceable against
the Company. 
 Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this
Section, the Company shall (or shall direct the Trustee to) transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, a notice, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture, to the Securityholders of all Series affected thereby
as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Any failure of the Company to mail, or cause the mailing of, such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental
indenture. 
 ARTICLE 10 

SUCCESSOR ENTITY 

Section 10.01    Company May Consolidate, Etc. Nothing contained in this Indenture
shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company) or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or
parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of the property of the Company or its successor or successors as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to any other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the
Company or its successor or successors) authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided, however, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that, upon any such consolidation or merger (in each case, if the Company is not the survivor of such
transaction), sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (premium, if any) and interest on all of the Securities of all Series in accordance with the terms of each Series, according to their
tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture with respect to each Series or established with respect to such Series pursuant to Section 2.01 to be kept or performed by the
Company shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect) reasonably satisfactory in form to the Trustee executed and delivered to the Trustee by the entity
formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or by the entity which shall have acquired such property. 

Section 10.02    Successor Entity Substituted. 

(a)    In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition and upon the assumption
by the successor entity by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the obligations set forth under Section 10.01 on all of the Securities of all Series Outstanding, such
successor entity shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company with the same effect as if it had been named as the Company herein, and thereupon the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this
Indenture and the Securities. 
 (b)    In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other
disposition, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate. 

  
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 (c)    Nothing contained in this Article shall require any action by the
Company in the case of a consolidation or merger of any Person into the Company where the Company is the survivor of such transaction, or the acquisition by the Company, by purchase or otherwise, of all or any part of the property of any other
Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company). 
 ARTICLE 11 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE 

Section 11.01    Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. If at any time: (a) the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities of a Series theretofore authenticated and not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (other than any Securities that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that
shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07 and Securities for whose payment money or Governmental Obligations have theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereupon repaid to the
Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 11.05); or (b) all such Securities of a particular Series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to
become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee
as trust funds the entire amount in moneys or Governmental Obligations or a combination thereof, sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to
the Trustee, to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of that Series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or date
fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder with respect to such Series by the Company then this Indenture shall thereupon cease to be of further effect with
respect to such Series except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03 and 7.10, that shall survive until the date of maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, and Sections 7.06 and 11.05, that shall survive to such
date and thereafter, and the Trustee, on demand of the Company and at the cost and expense of the Company shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to such Series. 

Section 11.02    Discharge of Obligations. If at any time all such Securities of a
particular Series not heretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or that have not become due and payable as described in Section 11.01 shall have been paid by the Company by depositing irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds
moneys or an amount of Governmental Obligations sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all such Securities of that Series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and interest due
or to become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to such Series, then after the date such
moneys or Governmental Obligations, as the case may be, are deposited with the Trustee the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such Series shall cease to be of further effect except for the provisions of Sections 2.03,
2.05, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 7.06, 7.10 and 11.05 hereof that shall survive until such Securities shall mature and be paid. 

  
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 Thereafter, Sections 7.06 and 11.05 shall survive. 

Section 11.03    Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust. All moneys or Governmental
Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Sections 11.01 or 11.02 shall be held in trust and shall be available for payment as due, either directly or through any paying agent (including the Company acting as its own paying agent), to the
holders of the particular Series of Securities for the payment or redemption of which such moneys or Governmental Obligations have been deposited with the Trustee. 

Section 11.04    Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents. In connection with the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture all moneys or Governmental Obligations then held by any paying agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand of the Company, be paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall
be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental Obligations. 

Section 11.05    Repayment to Company. Any moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited
with any paying agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Company, in trust for payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of a particular Series that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the holders of such
Securities for at least two years after the date upon which the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, or such other shorter period set forth in applicable escheat or
abandoned or unclaimed property law, shall be repaid to the Company on May 31 of each year or upon the Company’s request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and thereupon the paying agent and the Trustee
shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental Obligations, and the holder of any of the Securities entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as a general creditor, look only to the Company for the
payment thereof. 
 ARTICLE 12 

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, 

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS 

Section 12.01    No Recourse. No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or
agreement of this Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of the Company or of any
predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or
otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators,
stockholders, officers or directors as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or
agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such
rights and claims against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness 

  
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hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and
released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of such Securities. 
 ARTICLE 13

 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Section 13.01    Effect on Successors and Assigns. All the covenants, stipulations,
promises and agreements in this Indenture made by or on behalf of the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. 

Section 13.02    Actions by Successor. Any act or proceeding by any provision of this
Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the corresponding board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall
at the time be the lawful successor of the Company. 
 Section 13.03    Surrender of
Company Powers. The Company by instrument in writing executed by authority of its Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee may surrender any of the powers reserved to the Company, and thereupon such power so surrendered shall terminate
both as to the Company and as to any successor corporation. 

Section 13.04    Notices. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any notice,
request or demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given, made or served by the Trustee, the Security Registrar, any paying or other agent under this Indenture, the holders of Securities or any other Person
pursuant to this Indenture to or on the Company, may be given or served by being in writing and sent by electronic transmission or deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company
with the Trustee), to the Company as follows: LHC Group, Inc., 901 Hugh Wallis Road South, Lafayette, LA 70508, Attention: Corporate Secretary. Any notice, election, request or demand by the Company or any Securityholder or by any other Person
pursuant to this Indenture to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made in writing at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. 

Section 13.05    Governing Law. This Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be a
contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State, except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act is applicable. 

In addition, the Company: (a) agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of or relating to this Indenture or any
Securities, as the case may be, may be instituted in any U.S. federal court with applicable subject matter jurisdiction sitting in The City of New York; (b) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which it may
now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, and any claim that any suit, action or proceeding in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum; and (c) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding. 

  
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 Section 13.06    Treatment of Securities as
Debt. It is intended that the Securities will be treated as indebtedness and not as equity for federal income tax purposes. The provisions of this Indenture shall be interpreted to further this intention. 

Section 13.07    Certificates as to Conditions Precedent. 

(a)    Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this
Indenture (except with respect to the initial issuance of Securities), the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel or reliance letter, upon request, stating that all conditions precedent provided
for in this Indenture (other than the certificate to be delivered pursuant to Section 13.12 or Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act) relating to the proposed action have been complied with, except that in the case of any such
application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate need be furnished; provided, however, that no
Opinion of Counsel or reliance letter shall be required in connection with the issuance of Securities on the date on which the Securities are originally issued or deemed issued as set forth on the face of such Securities. 

(b)    Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance
with a condition or covenant in this Indenture (other than the certificate to be delivered pursuant to Section 13.12 or Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall include (i) a statement that the Person making such
certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (iii) a
statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is reasonably necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with. 

Section 13.08    Payments on Business Days. Except as provided pursuant to
Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, established in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture, or otherwise explicitly stated, in any case where the date of maturity of
interest or principal of any Security, or the date for the repurchase of any Security or for the redemption of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest, principal (and premium, if any), redemption price or repurchase price
due on such date may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the nominal date of maturity, repurchase or redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such nominal date as a result of
such delay. 
 Section 13.09    Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If and to the extent
that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control. 

Section 13.10    Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

  
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 Section 13.11    Separability. In case
any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of any Series shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect
any other provisions of this Indenture or of such Securities, but this Indenture and such Securities shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein. 

Section 13.12    Compliance Certificates. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee,
within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year during which any Securities of any Series were outstanding, an officer’s certificate stating whether or not the signers know of any Event of Default that occurred during such fiscal year. Such
certificate shall contain a certification from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company that a review has been conducted of the activities of the Company and the Company’s
performance under this Indenture and that the Company has complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes of this Section 13.12, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or
requirement of notice provided under this Indenture. If the officer of the Company signing such certificate has knowledge of such an Event of Default, the certificate shall describe any such Event of Default and its status. 

Section 13.13    U.S.A. Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance
with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person
or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements
of the U.S.A. Patriot Act. 
 Section 13.14    Force Majeure. In no event shall the
Trustee, the Security Registrar, any paying agent or any other agent under this Indenture be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces
beyond its control, including without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions or utilities,
communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee, the Security Registrar, any paying agent or any other agent under this Indenture shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted
practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances. 

Section 13.15    Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents and headings of the
articles and sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof, and will not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. 

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

			
	LHC GROUP, INC.
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	  

	Title:	 	  

	
	[     ], as Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	  

	Title:	 	  

 [Signature Page to Indenture] 

 CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE1 

 

			
	 Section of Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as Amended
	  	 Section of Indenture

	 310(a)
	  	7.09
	 310(b)
	  	7.08
		  	7.10
	 310(c)
	  	Inapplicable
	 311(a)
	  	7.13
	 311(b)
	  	7.13
	 311(c)
	  	Inapplicable
	 312(a)
	  	5.01
		  	5.02(a)
	 312(b)
	  	5.02(c)
	 312(c)
	  	5.02(c)
	 313(a)
	  	5.04(a)
	 313(b)
	  	5.04(b)
	 313(c)
	  	5.04(a)
		  	5.04(b)
	 313(d)
	  	5.04(c)
	 314(a)
	  	5.03
		  	13.12
	 314(b)
	  	Inapplicable
	 314(c)
	  	13.07(a)
	 314(d)
	  	Inapplicable
	 314(e)
	  	13.07(b)
	 314(f)
	  	Inapplicable
	 315(a)
	  	7.01(a)
		  	7.01(b)
	 315(b)
	  	7.14
	 315(c)
	  	7.01
	 315(d)
	  	7.01(b)
	 315(e)
	  	6.07
	 316(a)
	  	6.06
		  	8.04
	 316(b)
	  	6.04
	 316(c)
	  	8.01
	 317(a)
	  	6.02
	 317(b)
	  	4.03
	 318(a)
	  	13.09

  

	1 	 This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Indenture and shall not have any bearing on the
interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.Document

Execution Version

			
	

Fourth Amendment

To

Credit Agreement

Dated as of May 21, 2021

Among

Oasis Petroleum Inc.,
as Parent,

Oasis Petroleum North America LLC,
As Borrower,

the other Credit Parties party hereto,

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender

and

The Lenders Party Hereto

FOURTH AMENDMENT TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Fourth Amendment”) dated as of May 21, 2021, is among: Oasis Petroleum Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”); Oasis Petroleum LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“OP LLC”), Oasis Petroleum North America LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”); the other Guarantors listed on the signature pages hereto; each of the Lenders party hereto; and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and as the issuing bank (in such capacity, the “Issuing Bank”).
R E C I T A L S:
A.    The Parent, OP LLC, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of November 19, 2020 (as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders have made certain extensions of credit available to and on behalf of the Borrower.
B.    The Parent, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders party hereto desire to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement as set forth herein effective as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1.    Defined Terms.  Each capitalized term used herein but not otherwise defined herein has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Fourth Amendment.  Unless otherwise indicated, all section references in this Fourth Amendment refer to sections of the Credit Agreement.
Section 2.    Amendments to Credit Agreement.  In reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Fourth Amendment, and subject to the conditions precedent contained in Section 3 hereof, effective as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows:
2.1    Amendments to Section 1.02.  
(a)    Each of the following definitions is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Third Amendment and the 
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Fourth Amendment, and as the same may from time to time be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or modified.
“Free Cash Flow” means, without duplication, for the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the last day of the most recent Test Period as of the date of any calculation herein, the cumulative sum of EBITDAX for such period less, in each case to the extent paid in cash by the Parent or any of its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries during such period, the following items: (i) Interest Expense, (ii) Capital Expenditures (other than Capital Expenditures consisting of the purchase price of any acquisition permitted hereunder), (iii) taxes, (iv) Investments (other than Investments consisting of the purchase price of any acquisition permitted hereunder) and (v) mandatory cash principal payments in respect of Debt (x) of the type described in clause (a), (b), (d), (e), (l) or (m) of the definition thereof or (y) of the type described in clauses (f), (g) or (k) of the definition thereof to the extent in respect of Debt of the type described in clause (x).
“Senior Notes” means, individually or collectively as the context may require, (i) any unsecured senior or unsecured senior subordinated Debt of the Parent, the Borrower and/or Finance Co, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Convertible Notes, (ii) any Bridge Loans and (iii) any Bridge Loan Exchange Notes.
(b)    Each of the following definitions is hereby added to Section 1.02 in its appropriate alphabetical order to read as follows:
“Antelope Disposition” means the Disposition of the Antelope Disposition Properties pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Antelope Disposition Agreement, so long as such Disposition is consummated during the period from and after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date to but excluding the Redetermination Date for the October 1, 2021 Scheduled Redetermination.
“Antelope Disposition Agreement” means that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2021, between Oasis Petroleum Permian LLC, as seller, and Percussion Petroleum Operating II, LLC, as purchaser.
“Antelope Disposition Properties” means the Oil and Gas Properties and other Properties to be disposed of by Oasis Petroleum Permian LLC pursuant to the Antelope Disposition Agreement.
“Excluded Senior Notes Proceeds” means the amount of cash proceeds of any Senior Notes permitted by Section 9.02(i) that have been issued to finance all or a portion of a direct or indirect acquisition of Oil 
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and Gas Properties to the extent that such Senior Notes contain mandatory prepayment or redemption provisions providing for the repayment or redemption of such Senior Notes in the event that such acquisition is not consummated by a certain date.
“Fourth Amendment” means that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2021 among the Parent, the Borrower, the other Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders party thereto.
“Fourth Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Fourth Amendment.
“QEP” means QEP Energy Company, a Delaware corporation.
“QEP Acquisition” means the acquisition of the QEP Acquisition Properties pursuant to the terms and conditions of the QEP Acquisition Agreement.
“QEP Acquisition Agreement” means that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of May 3, 2021, between the Borrower and QEP.
“QEP Acquisition Documents” means (a) the QEP Acquisition Agreement and (b) all bills of sale, assignments, agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection therewith, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.
“QEP Acquisition Properties” means the Oil and Gas Properties and other Properties to be acquired by the Borrower pursuant to the QEP Acquisition Documents. 
“QEP Acquisition Reserve Report” means the Reserve Report prepared by DeGolyer and MacNaughton with respect to the QEP Acquisition Properties.
“QEP BB Increase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07(f).
“Senior Notes Documents” means any credit agreement, notes, indenture, agreement, instrument or other definitive document governing, evidencing or related to, or securing, guaranteeing or otherwise providing credit support for, any Senior Notes, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified to the extent not prohibited by Section 9.04(b).
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(c)    The definition of “Bridge Loan Exchange Notes” is hereby amended by replacing the phrase “a Senior Notes Indenture” therein with the phrase “an indenture”.
(d)    The definition of “Senior Notes Indenture” is hereby deleted.
2.2    Amendment to Section 2.06(c)(viii).  Section 2.06(c)(viii) is hereby amended by adding the following proviso immediately prior to the period at the end thereof: “provided that the foregoing automatic reduction of the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts and each Lender’s Elected Commitments shall not apply in the case of the Borrowing Base reduction resulting from the Antelope Disposition pursuant to Section 9.12(d)(iii)(A)”.
2.3    Amendment to Section 2.07(a).  Section 2.07(a) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(a)    Fourth Amendment Borrowing Base.  For the period from and including the Fourth Amendment Effective Date to but excluding the first Redetermination Date following the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, the amount of the Borrowing Base shall be an amount equal to $500,000,000.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowing Base may be subject to further adjustments in between Scheduled Redeterminations from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07(e), Section 2.07(f), Section 8.13(c), Section 9.12(d), Section 9.12(e) or Section 9.12(f).  The redetermination of the Borrowing Base on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date pursuant to this Section 2.07(a) shall constitute the April 1, 2021 Scheduled Redetermination, and the Fourth Amendment shall constitute the New Borrowing Base Notice with respect thereto.
2.4    Amendment to Section 2.07(d).  Section 2.07(d) is hereby amended by replacing the reference therein to “Section 2.07(e)” with the phrase “Section 2.07(e), Section 2.07(f)”.
2.5    Amendment to Section 2.07(e)(i).  Section 2.07(e)(i) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(i)    If the Parent, the Borrower and/or Finance Co issues or incurs any Senior Notes (including any Permitted Refinancing Debt) in accordance with Section 9.02(i) (“New Debt”) during the period between Scheduled Redetermination Dates and not in conjunction with an Interim Redetermination, then on the date of such issuance, the Borrowing Base then in effect shall be reduced by an amount equal to the product of 0.25 multiplied by an amount equal to the difference between (A) the stated principal amount of such New Debt minus (B) in the event such New Debt constitutes Permitted Refinancing Debt, the stated principal amount of the previously outstanding Senior Notes Redeemed with the proceeds of such New Debt; provided that during the period commencing on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date and ending on the Redetermination Date for 
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the October 1, 2021 Scheduled Redetermination, the foregoing Borrowing Base reduction shall not apply to Senior Notes issued or incurred in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $550,000,000.  Such reduction shall be effective and applicable to the Borrower, the Agents, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders on such date until the next redetermination or modification of the Borrowing Base under this Agreement.  For purposes of this Section 2.07(e), if any such Debt is issued at a discount or otherwise sold for less than “par”, the reduction shall be calculated based upon the stated principal amount without reference to such discount.
2.6    Amendment to Section 2.07.  Section 2.07 is hereby amended by adding a new subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f)    Automatic Increase of Borrowing Base Upon QEP Acquisition.  If the QEP Acquisition is consummated on or before the Redetermination Date for the October 1, 2021 Scheduled Redetermination, then, subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 2.07(f), the Borrowing Base then in effect shall be automatically increased by an amount equal to $250,000,000 (the “QEP BB Increase”) without any further action by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, effective and applicable to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders on the Business Day on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.02(b)):
(i)    The QEP Acquisition shall have been (or contemporaneously with the QEP BB Increase shall be) consummated in accordance with the terms of the QEP Acquisition Agreement, and in connection therewith the Borrower shall have acquired at least 95% of the total value of the QEP Acquisition Properties.  
(ii)    The Administrative Agent shall have received an officer’s certificate from the Borrower, certifying (A) that the QEP Acquisition has been consummated in accordance with applicable law and the terms of the QEP Acquisition Agreement without giving effect to any waiver, modification or consent thereunder that is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders (in their capacities as such), and in connection therewith, the Borrower has acquired at least 95% of the total value of the QEP Acquisition Properties, (B) as to the final purchase price for the QEP Acquisition Properties after giving effect to all adjustments as of the closing date contemplated by the QEP Acquisition Documents and specifying, by category, the amount of such adjustment; (C) that attached thereto is a true and complete list of the Properties that have been excluded from the QEP Acquisition pursuant to the terms of the QEP Acquisition 
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Documents and (D) that true and complete executed copies of all QEP Acquisition Documents have been delivered to the Administrative Agent.
(iii)    No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of the QEP BB Increase.
(iv)    The Administrative Agent shall have received (A) evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that all Liens on the QEP Acquisition Properties (other than Excepted Liens) have been released or terminated, subject only to the filing of applicable terminations, releases or assignments and (B) duly executed recordable releases and terminations with respect thereto, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(v)    The Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed (and notarized where required) deeds of trust and/or mortgages or supplements to existing deeds of trust and/or mortgages in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to the extent necessary so that the Mortgaged Properties represent at least 90% of the total value of the proved Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the most recently delivered Reserve Report and the QEP Acquisition Reserve Report (on a combined basis).
(vi)    The Administrative Agent shall have received, together with title information previously delivered to the Administrative Agent, title information reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent setting forth the status of title to at least 90% of the total value of the Proved Reserves evaluated in the most recently delivered Reserve Report and the QEP Acquisition Reserve Report (on a combined basis).
2.7    Amendment to Section 3.04(e). Section 3.04(e) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(e)    Excess Cash Balances.  If on the last Business Day of any week while there are any Borrowings outstanding, the Borrower or any other Credit Party have any cash or cash equivalents in excess of $50,000,000 in the aggregate (other than, without duplication, (i) cash collateral with respect to Letters of Credit, (ii) any cash set aside and to be used to pay royalty or other production revenue obligations of the Credit Parties for amounts which have accrued to unaffiliated third parties, (iii) any cash set aside to and to be used to pay in the ordinary course of business amounts (other than royalty or other production revenue obligations) of the Credit Parties then due and owing to unaffiliated third parties and for which the Credit Parties have issued checks or have initiated wires or ACH transfers (or will issue checks or initiate wires or ACH transfers within five (5) Business Days) in order to make such 
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payments, (iv) any cash set aside and used solely for payroll or employee benefits or for the payment of taxes of the Credit Parties, (v) any cash of the Credit Parties constituting purchase price deposits set aside and held in escrow by an unaffiliated third party pursuant to a binding and enforceable purchase and sale agreement with an unaffiliated third party containing customary provisions regarding the payment and refunding of such deposits, (vi) any cash set aside to pay the purchase price for any acquisition of any Property permitted hereunder by the Borrower or any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a binding and enforceable purchase and sale agreement with an unaffiliated third party, to be used within five (5) Business Days after such time so long as (A) such cash is held in a deposit account subject to a Control Agreement in favor of the Administrative Agent and (B) the Borrower has provided written notice of the intended use of such funds to the Administrative Agent and (vii) Excluded Senior Notes Proceeds) (such excess amount, the “Excess Cash”), then the Borrower shall prepay the Borrowings on the next Business Day in an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the amount of the Excess Cash and (B) the amount of Borrowings then outstanding; provided that to the extent that any Excess Cash results from the receipt of the proceeds of any sale or disposition of Property less than five (5) Business Days prior to such date, then the Borrower shall not be required to prepay such Excess Cash until the fifth (5th) Business Day following the receipt of such proceeds.  Each prepayment of Borrowings pursuant to this Section 3.04(e) shall be applied as directed by the Borrower, provided that if the Borrower does not provide instructions for the application of such prepayment, such prepayment shall be applied, first, ratably to any ABR Borrowings then outstanding, and, second, to any Eurodollar Borrowings then outstanding, and if more than one Eurodollar Borrowing is then outstanding, to each such Eurodollar Borrowing in order of priority beginning with the Eurodollar Borrowing with the least number of days remaining in the Interest Period applicable thereto and ending with the Eurodollar Borrowing with the most number of days remaining in the Interest Period applicable thereto.  Each prepayment of Borrowings pursuant to this Section 3.04(e) shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowings.  Prepayments pursuant to this Section 3.04(e) shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 3.02
2.8    Amendment to Section 8.01(r). Section 8.01(r) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(r)    Issuance of Senior Notes and Permitted Refinancing Debt.  In the event the Parent, the Borrower and/or Finance Co decides to issue or incur Senior Notes (including any Convertible Notes, but excluding any Bridge Loans constituting “rollover loans”) or any Permitted Refinancing 
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Debt as contemplated by Section 9.02(i), three (3) Business Days prior written notice of such offering therefor (or, in the case of any Senior Notes in the form of Bridge Loans (other than those constituting “rollover loans”), the incurrence thereof), the amount thereof and the anticipated date of closing and a copy of the preliminary offering memorandum (if any) and the final offering memorandum (if any) and any other material documents relating to such offering or incurrence of Senior Notes or such Permitted Refinancing Debt (including copies of the material loan or note documents related to any Bridge Loans or Bridge Loan Exchange Notes) and whether such issuance or incurrence of Debt is intended to Redeem any Senior Notes (but with respect to any fees of the agents or arrangers thereunder, to the extent permitted by, and subject to, the confidentiality provisions thereof).
2.9    Amendment to Section 8.13(a). Section 8.13(a) is hereby amended by adding the following phrase immediately following the reference therein to “Section 8.12(a)”: “(or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion)”.
2.10    Amendment to Section 8.14(a). Section 8.14(a) is hereby amended by deleting the phrase “but in any event not to exceed sixty (60) days after such delivery” therein. 
2.11    Amendment to Section 8.23. Section 8.23 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
Section 8.23 Affirmative Hedging Covenant. On or before March 1 and September 1 of each year, the Borrower shall provide evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Borrower and/or another Credit Party has entered into Swap Agreements with Approved Counterparties to hedge notional volumes of crude oil covering not less than (a) sixty-five percent (65%) of the reasonably anticipated production of such crude oil from the Credit Parties’ Oil and Gas Properties constituting Proved Developed Producing Reserves for each calendar month during the period of twelve months following such date and (b) thirty-five percent (35%) of the reasonably anticipated production of such crude oil from the Credit Parties’ Oil and Gas Properties constituting Proved Developed Producing Reserves for each calendar month during the thirteenth through twenty-fourth months following such date, in each case, as such anticipated production is set forth in the Reserve Report required to be delivered by the same date as set forth above pursuant to Section 8.12(a).
2.12    Amendment to Section 9.02(i).  Clause (vii)(B) of the proviso in Section 9.02(i) is hereby amended by replacing the phrase “the terms of this Agreement” appearing therein with the phrase “the terms of this Agreement as determined by the Borrower in good faith”.
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2.13    Amendment to Section 9.04(a).  Section 9.04(a) is hereby amended by (a) replacing the comma at the end of subsection (xi) with a period, (b) deleting subsections (xii) and (xiii) in their entirety and (c) amending and restating subsection (x) in its entirety to read as follows:
(x)    each of the Parent, OP LLC and the Borrower shall be permitted to make other Restricted Payments provided that (A) no Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom, (B) the Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, is less than 2.0 to 1.0, (C) the Available Commitment after giving effect thereto is not less than 25% of the total Commitments then in effect, and (D) if the Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect thereto, exceeds 1.5 to 1.0, the amount of such Restricted Payments made since the Effective Date pursuant to this clause (x) shall not exceed the amount of positive Free Cash Flow (including after giving effect to any Investments pursuant to Section 9.05(l) made since the Effective Date and prior to the date of determination that would otherwise reduce the amount of Free Cash Flow), and
2.14    Amendment to Section 9.04(b).  Section 9.04(b) is hereby amended by replacing each instance of the term “Senior Notes Indenture” with the term “Senior Notes Documents”.
2.15    Amendment to Section 9.05(l).  Section 9.05(l) is hereby amended by deleting the phrase “and Section 9.04(a)(xii) and Investments pursuant to this clause (l)” therein.
2.16    Amendment to Section 9.12(d)(iii). Section 9.12(d)(iii) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(iii)    if such Disposition of Oil and Gas Property or Restricted Subsidiary owning Oil and Gas Properties included in the most recently delivered Reserve Report, and Swap Agreements Liquidated pursuant to this clause (d), when aggregated with any other Disposition pursuant to this Section 9.12(d) and Sections 9.12(e) and (f), since the later of the last Redetermination Date and the last date on which the Borrowing Base was adjusted pursuant to Section 9.12(d), (e) or (f) has a value (determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion in connection with the most recent determination of the Borrowing Base then in effect), individually or in the aggregate in excess of five percent (5%) of the then effective Borrowing Base (after taking into account the value (as determined by the Administrative Agent) of Swap Agreements executed since the later of the last Redetermination Date and the last date on which the Borrowing Base was adjusted pursuant to Section 9.12(d), (e) or (f), including those executed substantially concurrently with the taking of any such action), the Borrowing Base shall be reduced, effective immediately upon such Disposition or Liquidation, by an amount equal to (A) in the case of the 
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Antelope Disposition, an amount equal to $100,000,000 and (B) in the case of any other Disposition (for the avoidance of doubt, including a Disposition of the Antelope Disposition Properties to the extent consummated after the Redetermination Date for the October 1, 2021 Scheduled Redetermination), the Borrowing Base Value of such Properties Disposed of, or Swap Agreements in respect of commodities Liquidated, in each case since the later of the last Redetermination Date and the last date on which the Borrowing Base was adjusted pursuant to Section 9.12(d), (e) or (f), plus, in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), an amount determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion (and confirmed by the Required Lenders) to account for any Dispositions pursuant Section 9.12(e) or Section 9.12(f) since the later of the last Redetermination Date and the last date on which the Borrowing Base was adjusted pursuant to Section 9.12(d), (e) or (f); provided that if a Borrowing Base Deficiency would result from such reduction in the Borrowing Base, the Borrower shall make a prepayment to the extent required by, and subject to the terms of, Section 3.04(c)(iii); and
Section 3.    Conditions Precedent.  This Fourth Amendment shall become effective as of the date when each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.02 of the Credit Agreement) (the “Fourth Amendment Effective Date”):
3.1    Executed Counterparts of Fourth Amendment.  The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower, each Guarantor and each Lender (in such number as may be requested by the Administrative Agent) executed counterparts of this Fourth Amendment signed on behalf of such Person.
3.2    Fees and Expenses.  The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable by the Credit Parties on or prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
3.3    No Default.  No Default, Event of Default or Borrowing Base Deficiency shall have occurred and be continuing as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date prior to and after giving effect to the terms of this Fourth Amendment.
3.4    Antelope Disposition Agreement.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a true and complete executed copy of the Antelope Disposition Agreement. 
The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized and directed to declare the Fourth Amendment Effective Date to have occurred when it has received documents confirming or certifying, to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, compliance with the conditions set forth in this Section 3 or the waiver of such conditions as permitted hereby.  Such declaration shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties to the Credit Agreement for all purposes.
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Section 4.    Miscellaneous.
4.1    Confirmation and Effect.  The provisions of the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Fourth Amendment, shall remain in full force and effect following the effectiveness of this Fourth Amendment.  Each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or any other word or words of similar import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby, and each reference in any other Loan Document to the Credit Agreement or any word or words of similar import shall be and mean a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
4.2    No Waiver.  Neither the execution by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders of this Fourth Amendment, nor any other act or omission by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders or their officers in connection herewith, shall be deemed a waiver by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders of any Defaults or Events of Default which may exist, which may have occurred prior to the date of the effectiveness of this Fourth Amendment or which may occur in the future under the Credit Agreement and/or the other Loan Documents.  Similarly, nothing contained in this Fourth Amendment shall directly or indirectly in any way whatsoever either: (a) impair, prejudice or otherwise adversely affect the Administrative Agent’s or the Lenders’ right at any time to exercise any right, privilege or remedy in connection with the Loan Documents with respect to any Default or Event of Default, (b) except to the extent expressly set forth herein, amend or alter any provision of the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, or any other contract or instrument, or (c) constitute any course of dealing or other basis for altering any obligation of the Borrower or any right, privilege or remedy of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, or any other contract or instrument.
4.3    Ratification and Affirmation; Representations and Warranties.  Each Credit Party hereby (a) acknowledges the terms of this Fourth Amendment; (b) ratifies and affirms its obligations under, and acknowledges its continued liability under, each Loan Document to which it is a party and agrees that each Loan Document to which it is a party remains in full force and effect as expressly amended hereby and (c) represents and warrants to the Lenders that as of the date hereof, after giving effect to the execution of this Fourth Amendment: (i) all of the representations and warranties contained in each Loan Document to which it is a party are true and correct in all material respects (or, if already qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or a similar qualification, true and correct in all respects), except to the extent any such representations and warranties are expressly limited to an earlier date, in which case, such representations and warranties shall continue to be true and correct in all material respects (or, if already qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or a similar qualification, true and correct in all respects) as of such specified earlier date and (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
4.4    Counterparts.  This Fourth Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery of this Fourth Amendment by facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g., “pdf” or “tif”), including via 
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Docusign or other similar electronic signature technology shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
4.5    No Oral Agreement.  This Fourth Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents executed in connection herewith and therewith represent the final agreement between the parties and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous, or unwritten oral agreements of the parties.  There are no subsequent oral agreements between the parties.
4.6    GOVERNING LAW.  THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
4.7    Payment of Expenses.  In accordance with Section 12.03 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and reasonable expenses incurred in connection with this Fourth Amendment, any other documents prepared in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of Paul Hastings LLP, as counsel to the Administrative Agent.
4.8    Severability.  Any provision of this Fourth Amendment which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
4.9    Successors and Assigns.  This Fourth Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
4.10    Loan Document.  This Fourth Amendment shall constitute a “Loan Document” under and as defined in Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement.
4.11    No Novation.  The parties hereto agree that this Fourth Amendment does not in any way constitute a novation of the existing Credit Agreement, but is an amendment of the Credit Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourth Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
BORROWER:    OASIS PETROLEUM NORTH AMERICA LLC

By:    /s/ Michael Lou______________________
Name:    Michael Lou
Title:    Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer

GUARANTORS:    OASIS PETROLEUM INC.
OASIS PETROLEUM LLC
OASIS PETROLEUM MARKETING LLC
OASIS WELL SERVICES LLC
OASIS MIDSTREAM SERVICES LLC
OMS HOLDINGS LLC
OASIS PETROLEUM PERMIAN LLC

By:    /s/ Michael Lou______________________
Name:    Michael Lou
Title:    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
OMP GP LLC
By:    /s/ Michael Lou______________________
Name:    Michael Lou
Title:    President

Signature Page to Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement
(Oasis Petroleum North America LLC)
    

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
SWINGLINE LENDER,
ISSUING BANK AND LENDER:    WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank, a Swingline Lender and a Lender

By:    /s/ Edward Pak______________________
Name:    Edward Pak
Title:    Director

Signature Page to Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement
(Oasis Petroleum North America LLC)
    

LENDERS:    CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender

By:    /s/ Cliff Vaz______________________
Name:    Cliff Vaz
Title:    Vice President

Signature Page to Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement
(Oasis Petroleum North America LLC)
    

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as a Lender

By:    /s/ Anson Williams            
Name:    Anson Williams
Title:    Authorized Signatory

Signature Page to Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement
(Oasis Petroleum North America LLC)
    

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender

By:    /s/ Jay T. Sartain            
Name:    Jay T. Sartain
Title:    Authorized Signatory

Signature Page to Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement
(Oasis Petroleum North America LLC)
    

CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender

By:    /s/ Matthew Brice            
Name:    Matthew Brice
Title:    Duly Authorized Signatory
Signature Page to Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement
(Oasis Petroleum North America LLC)
    

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as a Lender

By:    /s/ Trudy W. Nelson            
Name:    Trudy W. Nelson
Title:     Authorized Signatory
By:    /s/ Scott W. Danvers            
Name:    Scott W. Danvers
Title:     Authorized Signatory

Signature Page to Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement
(Oasis Petroleum North America LLC)
    

CITIZENS BANK, N.A., as a Lender

By:    /s/ Kelly Graham        
Name:    Kelly Graham
Title:    Vice President
Signature Page to Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement
(Oasis Petroleum North America LLC)
    

ZIONS BANCORPORATION, N.A. DBA
AMEGY BANK, as a Lender

By:    /s/ John Moffitt            
Name:    John Moffitt
Title:    Senior Vice President
Signature Page to Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement
(Oasis Petroleum North America LLC)
    

BOKF, NA dba Bank of Texas, as a Lender

By:    /s/ Clayton W. Williford            
Name:    Clayton W. Williford
Title:   Assistant Vice President

Signature Page to Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement
(Oasis Petroleum North America LLC)
    

TRUIST BANK, as a Lender

By:    /s/ James Giordano            
Name:    James Giordano
Title:    Managing Director
Signature Page to Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement
(Oasis Petroleum North America LLC)
    

COMERICA BANK, as a Lender

By:    /s/ Brittany P. Geidel            
Name:    Brittany P. Geidel
Title:    Relationship Manager, AVP
Signature Page to Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement
(Oasis Petroleum North America LLC)
    

REGIONS BANK, as a Lender

By:    /s/ Katie Hammons            
Name:    Katie Hammons
Title:    Vice President
Signature Page to Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement
(Oasis Petroleum North America LLC)
    

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as a Lender

By:    /s/ Mahesh Mohan            
Name:    Mahesh Mohan
Title:     Authorized Signatory

Signature Page to Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement
(Oasis Petroleum North America LLC)
    

MIZUHO BANK, LTD., as a Lender

By:    /s/ Edward Sacks            
Name:    Edward Sacks
Title:     Authorized Signatory
Signature Page to Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement
(Oasis Petroleum North America LLC)

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