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EXHIBIT 4.2

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

     This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated December 23, 2010 (the “Agreement”) is entered into
by and among Tenneco Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the guarantors listed in
Schedule 1 hereto (the “Guarantors”), and the several initial purchasers listed in Schedule 2
hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), for whom Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated is
acting as representative.

     The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers are parties to the Purchase Agreement
dated December 9, 2010 (the “Purchase Agreement”), which provides for the sale by the Company to
the Initial Purchasers of $500 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 67⁄8% Senior Notes
due 2021 (the “Securities”), which will be guaranteed by each of the Guarantors. As an inducement
to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors have
agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees the
registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a
condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.

     In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:

          1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:

     “Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

     “Closing Date” shall mean the Closing Date as defined in the Purchase Agreement.

     “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include the
Company’s successors.

     “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations
thereunder, as amended from time to time.

     “Exchange Dates” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.

     “Exchange Offer” shall mean the exchange offer by the Company and the Guarantors of Exchange
Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

     “Exchange Offer Registration” shall mean a registration under the Securities Act effected
pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

     “Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean an exchange offer registration statement on
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and supplements to such registration statement, in each case including the Prospectus
contained therein, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.

     “Exchange Securities” shall mean senior notes issued by the Company and guaranteed by the
Guarantors under the Indenture containing terms identical to the Securities (except that the
Exchange Securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to any increase in annual
interest rate for failure to comply with this Agreement) and to be offered to Holders of Securities
in exchange for Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

     “Filing Date” shall mean with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed
pursuant to Section 2(b)(iii), the 60th day after the delivery of a notice pursuant to Section
2(b)(iii).

     “Guarantors” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include any
Guarantor’s successors.

     “Holders” shall mean the Initial Purchasers, for so long as they own any Registrable
Securities, and each of their successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become
owners of Registrable Securities under the Indenture; provided that for purposes of Sections 4 and
5 of this Agreement, the term “Holders” shall include Participating Broker-Dealers.

     “Indenture” shall mean the Indenture relating to the Securities dated as of December 23, 2010
among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, and as the same may be further amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

     “Initial Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

     “Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Registrable Securities; provided that whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a
specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities owned
directly or indirectly by the Company or any of its affiliates shall not be counted in determining
whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage or amount.

     “Participating Broker-Dealers” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2 hereof.

     “Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust
or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

     “Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, including any
preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus
supplement, including a prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any
portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement,

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and by all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, and in each case
including any document incorporated by reference therein.

     “Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

     “Registrable Securities” shall mean the Securities; provided that any Security shall cease to
be a Registrable Security (i) when a Registration Statement with respect to such Security has been
declared effective under the Securities Act and such Security has been exchanged or disposed of
pursuant to such Registration Statement or (ii) when such Security ceases to be outstanding.

     “Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or
compliance by the Company and the Guarantors with this Agreement, including, without limitation,
(i) all SEC, stock exchange or National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. registration and
filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state
securities or blue sky laws in the United States of America (including reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel for any Underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification
in the United States of America of any Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities), (iii) all
expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and
distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto,
any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements or other similar agreements and any other
documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency
fees, (v) all fees and disbursements relating to the qualification of the Indenture under
applicable securities laws, (vi) the fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (vii)
the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors and, in the case of a
Shelf Registration Statement, the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Holders
(which counsel shall be selected by the Majority Holders and which counsel may also be counsel for
the Initial Purchasers), (viii) the fees and disbursements of the independent public accountants of
the Company and the Guarantors, including the expenses of any special audits or “comfort” letters
required by or incident to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, but excluding
fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters (other than fees and expenses set forth in clause
(ii) above) or the Holders and underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any,
relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by a Holder and (ix) in the case of
an Exchange Offer, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Initial Purchasers.

     “Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Company and the
Guarantors filed with the SEC under the Securities Act that covers any of the Exchange Securities
or Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and all amendments and
supplements to any such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case
including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by
reference therein.

     “SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

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     “Shelf Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

     “Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof.

     “Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Company and
the Guarantors filed with the SEC under the Securities Act that covers all the Registrable
Securities (but no other securities unless approved by the Holders whose Registrable Securities are
to be covered by such Shelf Registration Statement) on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the
Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and
supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case
including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by
reference therein.

     “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to
time.

     “Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture.

     “Underwriter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3 hereof.

     “Underwritten Offering” shall mean an offering in which Registrable Securities are sold to an
Underwriter for reoffering to the public.

          2. Registration Under the Securities Act.

          (a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the
Staff of the SEC, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to
(i) cause to be filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement covering an offer to the Holders to
exchange all the Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities and (ii) have such Registration
Statement remain effective until 180 days after the closing of the Exchange Offer. The Company and
the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement is declared effective by the SEC and use their commercially reasonable efforts to
complete the Exchange Offer not later than 60 days after such effective date.

     The Company and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer by mailing the related
Prospectus, appropriate letters of transmittal and other accompanying documents to each Holder
stating, in addition to such other disclosures as are required by applicable law,

	(i)	 	that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this Agreement and that all Registrable
Securities validly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be accepted for exchange;

	(ii)	 	the dates of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a period of at least 20 Business Days
from the date such notice is mailed) (the “Exchange Dates”);

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	(iii)	 	that any Registrable Security not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue
interest but will not retain any rights under this Agreement;

	(iv)	 	that any Holder electing to have a Registrable Security exchanged pursuant to the Exchange
Offer will be required to surrender such Registrable Security, together with the appropriate
letters of transmittal, to the institution and at the address (located in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York) and in the manner specified in the notice, prior to the close
of business on the last Exchange Date; and
	 
	(v)	 	that any Holder will be entitled to withdraw its election, not later than the close of
business on the last Exchange Date, by sending to the institution and at the address (located
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) specified in the notice, a telegram, telex,
facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount
of Registrable Securities delivered for exchange and a statement that such Holder is
withdrawing its election to have such Securities exchanged.

        As a condition to participating in the Exchange Offer, a Holder will be required to represent
to the Company and the Guarantors that (i) any Exchange Securities to be received by it will be
acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) at the time of commencement of the Exchange
Offer it has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution
(within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities, (iii) it is not an
“affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under Securities Act) of the Company or any Guarantor
and (iv) if such Holder is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own
account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer
as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), then
such Holder will deliver a Prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

        As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Company and the Guarantors shall

	(i)	 	accept for exchange Registrable Securities or portions thereof validly tendered and not
properly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and
	 
	(ii)	 	deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Securities
or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by the Company and issue, and cause the Trustee
to promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder, Exchange Securities equal in principal
amount to the principal amount of the Registrable Securities surrendered by such Holder
provided that, except as may be otherwise required by the Indenture, in the case of any
Registrable Securities held in global form by a depositary, authentication and delivery to
such depositary of one or more Exchange Securities in global form in an equivalent principal
amount thereto for the account of such Holders in accordance with the Indenture shall satisfy
such authentication and delivery requirement.

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     The Company and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to complete the
Exchange Offer as provided above and shall comply with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other applicable laws and regulations in connection with the
Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than (i) that the
Exchange Offer does not violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff of
the SEC and (ii) no action or proceeding shall have been instituted or threatened in any court or
by any governmental agency with respect to the Exchange Offer.

          (b) In the event that (i) the Company and the Guarantors determine that the Exchange Offer
Registration provided for in Section 2(a) above is not available or may not be completed as soon as
practicable after the last Exchange Date because it would violate any applicable law or applicable
interpretation of the Staff of the SEC, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not for any other reason
completed by the 210th day after the Closing Date, or (iii) if any Initial Purchaser holds any
Securities acquired by it that have, or that are reasonably likely to be determined to have, the
status of an unsold allotment in an initial distribution, and any such Initial Purchaser so
requests in writing on or prior to the 60th day after the consummation of the Exchange Offer, the
Company and the Guarantors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be filed as soon
as practicable after such determination, date or request, as the case may be, a Shelf Registration
Statement providing for the sale of all the Registrable Securities by the Holders (or, in the case
of clause (iii), any requesting Initial Purchaser) thereof and to have such Shelf Registration
Statement declared effective by the SEC.

     In the event that the Company and the Guarantors are required to file a Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the Company and the Guarantors shall
use commercially reasonable efforts to file and have declared effective by the SEC both an Exchange
Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) with respect to all Registrable Securities
and a Shelf Registration Statement (which may be a combined Registration Statement with the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement) with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Securities
held by the Initial Purchasers after completion of the Exchange Offer. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company and the Guarantors may delay filing a Shelf Registration Statement, and any
amendment thereto, and may withhold efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement, and any
such amendment thereto, to become effective for a period of up to 60 days, if (i) the Company
determines in good faith that such Shelf Registration Statement, and any such amendment thereto,
might interfere with or affect the negotiation or completion of any transaction that is being
contemplated by the Company (whether or not a final decision has been made to undertake such
transaction) at the time the right to delay is exercised or (ii) such Shelf Registration Statement,
and any such amendment thereto, would otherwise require premature disclosure of non-public
information that, in the Company’s judgment, exercised reasonably and in good faith, would have a
material adverse effect on or otherwise be detrimental to the Company; provided,
however, the Company may only exercise such right of delay or withholding of efforts other
than for purposes of avoiding its obligations under this Agreement; provided
further however, that the Company may not exercise such right of delay or
withholding of efforts more frequently than two times in any 12-month period and the aggregate
period of any such delays or withholdings shall not exceed 60 days in any such 12-month period.

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     The Company and the Guarantors agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective until the second anniversary of the Issue Date or
such earlier time when all the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement
have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement (the “Shelf Effectiveness Period”).
The Company and the Guarantors further agree to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration
Statement and the related Prospectus if required by the rules, regulations or instructions
applicable to the registration form used by the Company and the Guarantors for such Shelf
Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any other rules and regulations thereunder
for shelf registration or if reasonably requested by a Holder of Registrable Securities with
respect to information relating to such Holder, and to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause
any such amendment to become effective and such Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus to
become usable as soon as thereafter practicable. The Company and the Guarantors agree to furnish
to the Holders of Registrable Securities covered by any such Shelf Registration Statement copies of
any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC.

          (c) The Company and the Guarantors shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with the
registration pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof. Each Holder shall pay all
underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or
disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or Shelf Registration Statement.

          (d) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or a Shelf
Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective
unless it has been declared effective by the SEC.

     In the event that (i) either the Exchange Offer is not completed or a Shelf Registration
Statement required under Section (2)(b)(i) or (ii) hereof is not declared effective on or prior to
the 210th day after the Closing Date (the “Target Registration Date”) or (ii) a Shelf Registration
Statement required under Section 2(b)(iii) hereof is not declared effective on or prior to the 60th
day following the Filing Date (also a “Target Registration Date”), the interest rate on the
Registrable Securities will be increased by (i) 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period
immediately following the applicable Target Registration Date and (ii) an additional 0.25% per
annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period, in each case until the Exchange Offer is
completed or the Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, is declared effective by the
SEC; provided however, that in no event shall the aggregate amount of additional
interest accruing under this paragraph exceed in the aggregate 1.00% per annum.

     If the Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective and thereafter either ceases
to be effective or the Prospectus contained therein ceases to be usable at any time during the
Shelf Effectiveness Period, and such failure to remain effective or usable exists for more than 60
days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period, then the interest rate on the Registrable
Securities will be increased by 1.00% per annum commencing on the 61st day in such 12-month period
and ending on such date that the Shelf Registration Statement has again been declared effective or
the Prospectus again becomes usable.

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     In no event shall the Company or Guarantors be obligated to pay additional interest under more
than one provisions of this Section 2(d) at any one time. Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of clauses (i) and
(ii) of the second paragraph of this Section 2(d), as applicable) or the Shelf Registration
Statement which had ceased to remain effective (in the case of the penultimate paragraph of this
Section 2(d)), additional interest on the Securities as a result of such provisions (or the
relevant subclause thereof), as the case may be, shall cease to accrue.

          (e) Without limiting the remedies available to the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, the
Company and the Guarantors acknowledge that any failure by the Company or the Guarantors to comply
with their obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof may result in material
irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy
at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in
the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may
be required to specifically enforce the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under Section
2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof.

          (f) No Holder of Registrable Securities may include any of its Registrable Securities in any
Shelf Registration if such Holder shall have failed to furnish to the Company the information with
respect to such Holder and the proposed disposition specified in Items 507 and 508 (as applicable)
of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and any other applicable rules, regulations or policies
of the SEC for use in connection with any Shelf Registration or Prospectus included therein. No
Holder of Registrable Securities shall be entitled to additional interest pursuant to Section 2(b)
if such Holder shall have failed to provide all such information. Each selling Holder as to which
a Shelf Registration is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company additional
information to be disclosed so that the information previously furnished to the Company by such
Holder does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein not misleading.

          3. Registration Procedures. In connection with their obligations pursuant to Section
2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof, the Company and the Guarantors shall as expeditiously as possible:

     (a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the appropriate form
under the Securities Act, which form (x) shall be selected by the Company and the
Guarantors, (y) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the
Registrable Securities to be included therein by the selling Holders thereof and (z) shall
comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and
include all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith; and use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and
remain effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof;

     (b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each
Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration

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Statement effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2
hereof and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement
and, as so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act; and keep
each Prospectus current during the period described in Section 4(3) of and Rule 174 under
the Securities Act that is applicable to transactions by brokers or dealers with respect to
the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities;

     (c) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable
Securities covered thereby, to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for such
Holders and to each Underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities, if
any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, including each preliminary
Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as may be reasonably requested in order
to facilitate the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities covered
thereunder; and the Company and the Guarantors consent to the use of such Prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law by each of the selling
Holders of Registrable Securities and any such Underwriters in connection with the offering
and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by and in the manner described in such
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law;

     (d) use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Registrable
Securities under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions in
the United States of America as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a
Registration Statement shall reasonably request in writing by the time the applicable
Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC; cooperate with the Holders in
connection with any filings required to be made with the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.; and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or
advisable to enable each Holder to complete the disposition in each such jurisdiction of the
Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided that neither the Company nor any
Guarantor shall be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a
dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so
qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or
(iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not so subject;

     (e) in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Holder of Registrable Securities
covered thereby, counsel for such Holders and counsel for the Initial Purchasers promptly
and, if requested by any such Holder or counsel, confirm such advice in writing (i) when a
Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto
has been filed and becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any state securities
authority for amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement and Prospectus or for
additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective, (iii) of the
issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that
purpose, (iv) if, between the effective date of a Registration Statement and the closing of
any sale of Registrable Securities

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covered thereby, the representations and warranties of the Company or any Guarantor
contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other similar
agreement, if any, relating to an offering of such Registrable Securities cease to be true
and correct in all material respects or if the Company or any Guarantor receives any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such
purpose, (v) of the happening of any event during the period a Shelf Registration Statement
is effective that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or the related
Prospectus untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such
Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading
and of the delay in filing a Shelf Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, or of
the withholding of efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement, or any such amendment
thereto, to become effective, pursuant to the third sentence of Section 2(b) and (vi) of any
determination by the Company or any Guarantor that a post-effective amendment to a
Registration Statement would be appropriate; provided that, in the case of clause
(iv), (v) or (vi), with respect to any event, development or transaction that would permit
the Company to exercise its rights of delay or withholding of efforts under the third
sentence of Section 2(b), the Company shall provide written notice that, in its good faith
judgment, such an event, development or transaction has occurred or is pending and that it
is exercising its rights of delay or withholding of efforts pursuant to the third sentence
of Section 2(b) of this Agreement; provided further that the Company shall
not be required to describe such event, development or transaction in the written notice
provided.

     (f) use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order
suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement at the earliest possible moment and
provide immediate notice to each Holder of the withdrawal of any such order;

     (g) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable
Securities covered thereby, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration
Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto (without any documents incorporated
therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless requested);

     (h) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the selling Holders of
Registrable Securities covered thereby to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of
certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive
legends and enable such Registrable Securities to be issued in such denominations and
registered in such names (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) as the selling
Holders may reasonably request at least one Business Day prior to the closing of any sale of
Registrable Securities;

     (i) subject to the third sentence of Section 2(b), in the case of a Shelf Registration,
upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(e)(v) hereof, use their
commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a supplement or
post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement or the related Prospectus

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or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required
document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities, such
Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; and the Company and the Guarantors shall notify
the Holders of Registrable Securities covered by such Shelf Registration to suspend use of
the Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and such
Holders hereby agree to suspend use of the Prospectus until the Company and the Guarantors
have amended or supplemented the Prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission and
expressly agree to maintain the information contained in such notice confidential (except
that such information may be disclosed to their counsel) until it has been publicly
disclosed by the Company; provided that, with respect to any event, development or
transaction that would permit the Company and the Guarantors to exercise their rights of
delay or withholding of efforts under the third sentence of Section 2(b), such notice shall
state that, in the Company’s good faith judgment, such an event, development or transaction
has occurred or is pending and that it is exercising its rights of delay or withholding of
efforts pursuant to the third sentence of Section 2(b) of this Agreement; provided
further that the Company shall not be required to describe such event, development
or transaction in such notice.

     (j) a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any
Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to a
Prospectus or of any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration
Statement or a Prospectus after initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide copies
of such document to the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf
Registration Statement, to the Holders of Registrable Securities covered thereby and their
counsel) and make such of the representatives of the Company and the Guarantors as shall be
reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf
Registration Statement, the Holders of such Registrable Securities or their counsel)
available for discussion of such document; and the Company and the Guarantors shall not, at
any time after initial filing of a Registration Statement, file any Prospectus, any
amendment of or supplement to a Registration Statement or a Prospectus, or any document that
is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus, of which
the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration
Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities covered thereby and their counsel) shall
not have previously been advised and furnished a copy or to which the Initial Purchasers or
their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, such Holders or their
counsel) shall reasonably object on a timely basis, except for any Registration Statement or
amendment thereto or related Prospectus or supplement thereto (a copy of which has been
previously furnished as provided in the preceding sentence) which counsel to the Company has
advised the Company in writing (with a copy to the objecting Initial Purchasers or Holders,
as the case may be) is required to be filed in order to comply with applicable law;

     (k) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the
case may be, not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement;

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     (l) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in connection
with the registration of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may
be; cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as
may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the
Trust Indenture Act; and execute, and use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Trustee
to execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and
documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a
timely manner;

     (m) in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection by a
representative of the Holders of the Registrable Securities covered thereby (an
“Inspector”), any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf
Registration Statement, and attorneys and accountants designated by the Holders, at
reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, all pertinent financial and other records,
documents and properties of the Company and the Guarantors, and cause the respective
officers, directors and employees of the Company and the Guarantors to supply all
information reasonably requested by any such Inspector, Underwriter, attorney or accountant
in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement; provided that each such representative,
Underwriter, attorney or accountant shall agree in writing that it will keep such
information confidential and that it will not disclose any of the information that the
Company determines, in good faith, to be confidential and notifies them is confidential
unless (i) the disclosure of such information is required by law (including as necessary to
avoid or correct a material misstatement or material omission in such Registration Statement
or Prospectus), (ii) the release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or
other order from a court of competent jurisdiction, or (iii) such information has been made
generally available to the public other than by any of such persons or their affiliates;
provided, however, that each such representative, underwriter, attorney or
accountant shall use commercially reasonable efforts to give prior notice as soon as
practicable to the Company of the potential disclosure of any information by such person
pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of this sentence in order to permit the Company to obtain a
protective order (or waive the provisions of this paragraph (m));

     (n) if reasonably requested by any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a
Registration Statement, promptly incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment such information with respect to such Holder as such Holder reasonably requests to
be included therein and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such
post-effective amendment as soon as the Company has received notification of the matters to
be incorporated in such filing; and

     (o) in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary agreements and take
all such other actions in connection therewith (including those requested by the Holders of
a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold) in order to
expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities

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including, but not limited to, an Underwritten Offering and in such connection,
(i) to the extent possible, make such representations and warranties to the Holders and any
Underwriters of such Registrable Securities with respect to the business of the Company and
its subsidiaries, the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents incorporated by
reference or deemed incorporated by reference, if any, in each case, in form, substance and
scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten offerings and
confirm the same if and when requested, (ii) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and
the Guarantors (which counsel and opinions, in form, scope and substance, shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Holders and such Underwriters and their respective counsel)
addressed to each selling Holder and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, covering the
matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (iii) obtain
“comfort” letters from the independent certified public accountants of the Company and the
Guarantors (and, if necessary, any other certified public accountant of any subsidiary of
the Company or any Guarantor, or of any business acquired by the Company or any Guarantor
for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the
Registration Statement) addressed to each selling Holder and Underwriter of Registrable
Securities, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type
customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with underwritten offerings and (iv)
deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder or the
Underwriters, and which are customarily delivered in underwritten offerings, to evidence the
continued validity of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors
made pursuant to clause (i) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions
contained in an underwriting agreement.

     In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder of Registrable Securities agrees
that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company and the Guarantors of the happening of any event
of the kind described in Section 3(e)(iii) or 3(e)(v) hereof, such Holder will forthwith
discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement until such
Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section
3(i) hereof and, if so directed by the Company and the Guarantors, such Holder will deliver to the
Company and the Guarantors all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in
such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that is current at
the time of receipt of such notice.

     If the Company and the Guarantors shall give any such notice to suspend the disposition of
Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall
extend the period during which the Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to
this Agreement by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of
such notice to and including the date when the Holders shall have received copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions. The Company and the
Guarantors may give any such notice only twice during any 365-day period and any such suspensions
shall not exceed 30 days for each suspension and there shall not be more than two suspensions in
effect during any 365-day period.

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     The Holders of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement who desire to
do so may sell such Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten
Offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers (the “Underwriters”)
that will administer the offering will be selected by the Majority Holders of the Registrable
Securities included in such offering.

          4. Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer.

          (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange
Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired
by a Participating Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the
Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in
connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

     The Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution
containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may
resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the
amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating
Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in
connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus
otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.

          (b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the
Company and the Guarantors agree to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period of
up to 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the
penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement), if reasonably requested by the Initial
Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the
positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above. The Company and the Guarantors further agree
that Participating Broker-Dealers shall be authorized to deliver such Prospectus during such period
in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4.

          (c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Company, any Guarantor or any Holder
with respect to any request that they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.

          5. Indemnification and Contribution.

          (a) The Company and each Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold
harmless each Initial Purchaser and each Holder, their respective affiliates, directors and
officers and each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser or any Holder within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any
and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation,

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reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or
proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that
arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in any Registration Statement or any Prospectus or any omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
except (i) insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon,
any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and
in conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser or any Holder furnished to the
Company in writing by any Initial Purchaser or any selling Holder expressly for use therein or (ii)
that with respect to any such untrue statement in or omission from or alleged untrue statement in
or omission from any preliminary Prospectus, the indemnity provided in this Section 5(a) shall not
inure to the benefit of any Holder from whom the person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or
liability received Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities to the extent that such loss,
claim, damage or liability results from the fact that (A) such Holder was required under the
Securities Act to deliver a copy of the final Prospectus to such person at or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale of Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities to such person, (B) a
copy of the final Prospectus was not so sent or given to such person at or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale of such Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities to such person and
(C) such untrue statement in or omission from or alleged untrue statement in or omission from the
preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the final Prospectus unless, in either case, such failure
to deliver the final Prospectus was a result of non-compliance by the Company or any of the
Guarantors with Section 2(b) or 3 hereof. In connection with any Underwritten Offering permitted
by Section 3, the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will also indemnify the
Underwriters, if any, selling brokers, dealers and similar securities industry professionals
participating in the distribution, their respective affiliates and each Person who controls such
Persons (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to the same extent as
provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders, if requested in connection with
any Registration Statement.

          (b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
the Guarantors, the Initial Purchasers and the other selling Holders, their respective affiliates,
the directors of the Company and the Guarantors, each officer of the Company and the Guarantors who
signed the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company, the
Guarantors, any Initial Purchaser and any other selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth
in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that
arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Holder
furnished to the Company in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement
or any Prospectus.

          (c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation),
claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any Person in respect of which indemnification
may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such

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Person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the Person against whom such
indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the
failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have
under this Section 5 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the
forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided,
further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any
liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under this Section 5. If any
such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have
notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled
to indemnification pursuant to this Section 5 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such
proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel related to such
proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to
retain its own counsel, but the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the
expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person
shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a
reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the
Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it
that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the
named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the
Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same
counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is
understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or
related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more
than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all
such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm (x) for
any Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control Persons of such
Initial Purchaser shall be designated in writing by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated, (y) for any other Holders, their affiliates, directors and officers and any control
Persons of such Holders shall be designated in writing by the Majority Holders and (z) in all other
cases shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable
for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such
consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to
indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement or judgment to the extent provided herein and therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing
sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person
reimburse the Indemnified Person for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by
this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 60 days after
receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have
reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of
such
settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person,
effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified
Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by

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such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional release of such
Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from
all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any
statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any
Indemnified Person.

          (d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an
Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying
such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the
Guarantors from the offering of the Securities and the Exchange Securities, on the one hand, and by
the Holders from receiving Securities or Exchange Securities registered under the Securities Act,
on the other hand, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable
law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in
clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the
Holders on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders on the other shall
be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company and the Guarantors or by the Holders and the parties’ relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission.

          (e) The Company, the Guarantors and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable
if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation
(even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of
allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d)
above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims,
damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to
the limitations set forth above, any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by such
Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of
this Section 5, in no event shall a Holder be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
amount by which the total price at which the Securities or Exchange Securities sold by such Holder
exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

          (f) The remedies provided for in this Section 5 are not exclusive and shall not limit any
rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

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          (g) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 5 shall remain
operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii)
any investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers or any Holder, their respective
affiliates or any Person controlling any Initial Purchaser or any Holder, or by or on behalf of the
Company or the Guarantors, their respective affiliates or the officers or directors of or any
Person controlling the Company or the Guarantors, (iii) acceptance of any of the Exchange
Securities and (iv) any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.

          6. General.

          (a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally,
represent, warrant and agree that (i) the rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way
conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of any other
outstanding securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor under any other
agreement and (ii) neither the Company nor any Guarantor has entered into, or on or after the date
of this Agreement will enter into, any agreement that is inconsistent with the rights granted to
the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions
hereof.

          (b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of
this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures
from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company and the Guarantors have obtained the
written consent of Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent;
provided that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent to any departure
from the provisions of Section 5 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable
Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder. Any amendments, modifications,
supplements, waivers or consents pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be by a writing executed by
each of the parties hereto.

          (c) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall
be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or any courier
guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such
Holder to the Company by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section
6(c), which address initially is, with respect to the Initial Purchasers, the address set forth in
the Purchase Agreement; (ii) if to the Company and the Guarantors, initially at the Company’s
address set forth in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which
is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c); and (iii) to such other persons at
their respective addresses as provided in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other
address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c). All such
notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given at the time delivered by hand,
if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if
mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the
next Business Day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery. Copies of
all such notices,

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demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same
to the Trustee, at the address specified in the Indenture.

          (d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties, including, without limitation and
without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing
herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable
Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee
of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities in any manner, whether by operation of law or
otherwise, such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all the terms of this Agreement,
and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to
have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and
such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof. The Initial Purchasers (in their
capacity as Initial Purchasers) shall have no liability or obligation to the Company or the
Guarantors with respect to any failure by a Holder to comply with, or any breach by any Holder of,
any of the obligations of such Holder under this Agreement.

          (e) Purchases and Sales of Securities. The Company and the Guarantors shall not, and shall
use their reasonable best efforts to cause their affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) not to, purchase and then resell or otherwise transfer any Registrable Securities.

          (f) Third Party Beneficiaries. Each Holder shall be a third party beneficiary to the
agreements made hereunder between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial
Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the
extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of
other Holders hereunder.

          (g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

          (h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, are not a
part of this Agreement and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

          (i) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.

          (j) Miscellaneous. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties relating
to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all oral statements and prior writings with respect
thereto. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction contained in this Agreement is held by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable or against public policy, the
remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions contained

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herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired
or invalidated. The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers shall endeavor in good
faith negotiations to replace the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions
the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, void or
unenforceable provisions.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written
above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	TENNECO INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ John E. Kunz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	   John E. Kunz 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President, Treasurer and Tax 	 
	 
	 	TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING COMPANY INC.	 
	 
	 	By:  	/s/ John E. Kunz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	   John E. Kunz 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President, Treasurer and Tax 	 
	 
	 	THE PULLMAN COMPANY

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ John E. Kunz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	   John E. Kunz 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President, Treasurer and Tax 	 
	 
	 	CLEVITE INDUSTRIES INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ John E. Kunz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	   John E. Kunz 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President, Treasurer and Tax 	 
	 
	 	TENNECO GLOBAL HOLDINGS INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ John E. Kunz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	   John E. Kunz 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President, Treasurer and Tax 	 
	 
	 	TMC TEXAS INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ John E. Kunz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	   John E. Kunz 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President, Treasurer and Tax 	 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement — Tenneco Inc. and Guarantors]

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	TENNECO INTERNATIONAL HOLDING CORP.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ John E. Kunz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	   John E. Kunz 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President, Treasurer and Tax 	 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement — Tenneco Inc. and Guarantors]

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Confirmed and accepted as of the date first written above:

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

                 INCORPORATED

For itself and on behalf of the

several Initial Purchasers

 	 
	By:  	/s/ Stephan Jaeger
 	 
	 	Name:  	            Stephan Jaeger 	 
	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

Schedule 1

List of Subsidiary Guarantors

	 	 	 

	Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.

	 	Delaware
	The Pullman Company

	 	Delaware
	Clevite Industries Inc.

	 	Delaware
	Tenneco Global Holdings Inc.

	 	Delaware
	TMC Texas Inc.

	 	Delaware
	Tenneco International Holding Corp.

	 	Delaware

 

 

Schedule 2

Initial Purchasers

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

               Incorporated

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

RBS Securities Inc.

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC

Capital One Southcoast, Inc.

Commerz Markets LLC

Fifth Third Securities, Inc.

Lazard Capital Markets LLC

PNC Capital Markets LLC

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.exv4w3

EXHIBIT 4.3

 

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of December 23, 2010

to

INDENTURE

Dated as of November 19, 2004

among

TENNECO INC. (formerly known as Tenneco Automotive Inc.),

as Issuer,

TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING COMPANY INC.,

THE PULLMAN COMPANY,

CLEVITE INDUSTRIES INC.,

TENNECO GLOBAL HOLDINGS INC.,

TMC TEXAS INC.,

TENNECO INTERNATIONAL HOLDING CORP.,

as Guarantors,

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

(formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.),

as Trustee

 

Providing for an Amendment to the Indenture

 

 

 

THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Third Supplemental Indenture”), is dated as of
December 23, 2010, among TENNECO INC. (formerly known as Tenneco Automotive Inc.), a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), each of the GUARANTORS listed on Schedule I hereto
(collectively, the “Guarantors”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
(formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), a national banking association
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as trustee (the
“Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee
an Indenture, dated as of November 19, 2004 (as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture
thereto, dated March 28, 2005, and the Second Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated October 28,
2005, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of the Company’s 8 5/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “Securities”);

     WHEREAS, $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Securities are currently
outstanding;

     WHEREAS, Section 9.02 of the Indenture provides that, with the consent of the Holders of at
least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture for the
purpose of amending or supplementing the Indenture or the Securities (subject to certain
exceptions);

     WHEREAS, the Company desires to enter into, and has requested the Trustee to join with it and
the Guarantors in entering into, this Third Supplemental Indenture for the purpose of amending the
Indenture and the Securities in certain respects as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Indenture;

     WHEREAS, the Company has been soliciting consents to this Third Supplemental Indenture upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in its Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation
Statement dated December 9, 2010 and the Consent and Letter of Transmittal (which together,
including any amendments, modifications or supplements thereto, constitute the “Tender
Offer”);

     WHEREAS, (a) the Company has received the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities (excluding any Securities owned by the
Company or any of its Affiliates), all as certified by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the
Trustee simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture, (b)
the Company has delivered to the Trustee simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Third Supplemental Indenture an Opinion of Counsel and Officers’ Certificate relating to this Third
Supplemental Indenture as contemplated by Sections 9.06 and 11.04 of the Indenture and (c) the
Company and the Guarantors have satisfied all other conditions required under Article Nine of the
Indenture to enable the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee to enter into this Third
Supplemental Indenture.

 

 

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company, the Guarantors and the
Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Securities as follows:

ARTICLE I

AMENDMENTS TO INDENTURE AND SECURITIES

     Section 1.1 AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND SIX OF THE INDENTURE.

     (a) The Indenture is hereby amended by deleting the following Sections or clauses of the
Indenture and all references and definitions related thereto in their entirety:

     Section 4.03 (Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness);

     Section 4.04 (Limitation on Restricted Payments);

     Section 4.05 (Corporate Existence);

     Section 4.06 (Payment of Taxes and Other Claims);

     Section 4.07 (Maintenance of Properties and Insurance);

     Section 4.09 (Compliance with Laws);

     Section 4.11 (Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws);

     Section 4.12 (Limitation on Asset Sales);

     Section 4.13 (Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries);

     Section 4.14 (Limitation on Issuances of Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries);

     Section 4.15 (Limitation on Liens);

     Section 4.16 (Prohibition on Incurrence of Senior Subordinated Debt);

     Section 4.17 (Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates);

     Section 4.18 (Issuance of Subsidiary Guarantees);

     Section 4.20 (Limitation on Designations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries);

     Section 4.21 (Change of Control);

     All such deleted Sections are replaced with “[Intentionally Omitted]”.

     (b) Clause (c) of Section 4.08 (Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default) is hereby deleted
in its entirety and replaced with “[Intentionally Omitted]” and all references in the Indenture to
such clause are deleted in their entirety.

     (c) Clauses (2) and (3) of Section 5.01(a) and clause (3) of Section 5.01(c) (Consolidation,
Merger and Sale of Assets), are hereby deleted in their entirety and replaced with “[Intentionally
Omitted]”, and all references in the Indenture to the clauses so eliminated are deleted in their
entirety.

     (d) Clauses (4), (5), (6) and (7) of Section 6.01 (Events of Default), are hereby deleted in
their entirety and replaced with “[Intentionally Omitted]”, and all references in the Indenture to
the clauses so eliminated are deleted in their entirety.

 

 

     (e) The second sentence of the first unnumbered paragraph of Section 3.01 (Notice to Trustee)
is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“The Company shall give notice of redemption to the Trustee at least 4 Business Days but not
more than 75 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter notice shall be agreed to by
the Trustee in writing), together with an Officers’ Certificate stating that such redemption
will comply with the conditions contained herein.”

     (f) The first and second sentences of the first unnumbered paragraph of Section 3.03 (Notice
of Redemption) are hereby deleted in their entirety and replaced with the following:

     “At least 5 days but not more than 75 days before a Redemption Date, the Company shall
mail or cause to be mailed a notice of redemption by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to
each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed (except that a notice issued in connection
with a redemption referred to in Section 8.01 may be sent more than 75 days before such
Redemption Date). At the Company’s request delivered at least 4 Business Days prior to the
proposed date of mailing (unless a shorter notice shall be acceptable to the Trustee), the
Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s
expense.”

     (g) Section 4.10 of the Indenture is hereby amended by deleting Section 4.10 in its entirety
and replacing it with the following:

     “Section 4.10. Reports to Holders.

     The Company shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section 314(a), as applicable.”

     Section 1.2 AMENDMENTS TO SECURITIES. The phrase “upon not less than 30 nor more than 60
days’ notice,” in the first unnumbered paragraph of Paragraph 5 of the Securities is amended in it
entirety to read “upon not less than 5 nor more than 75 days’ notice,”. The phrase “at least 30
but not more than 60” in the first sentence of the first unnumbered paragraph of Paragraph 7 of the
Securities is amended in its entirety to read “at least 5 but not more than 75”. The Securities
are hereby further amended to delete all provisions inconsistent with the amendments to the
Indenture effected by this Third Supplemental Indenture.

ARTICLE
II

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     Section 2.1 CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have
the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

     Section 2.2 INDENTURE. Except as amended hereby, the Indenture and the Securities are in all
respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms shall remain in full force and effect. This Third
Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of
Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be bound
hereby and all terms and conditions of both shall be read together as though they constitute a
single instrument, except that in the case of conflict the provisions of this Third Supplemental
Indenture shall control.

 

 

     Section 2.3 NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE
USED TO CONSTRUE THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.

     Section 2.4 SUCCESSORS. All agreements of the Company and the Guarantors in this Third
Supplemental Indenture and the Securities shall bind their respective successors. All agreements
of the Trustee in this Third Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.

     Section 2.5 COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Third
Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together shall
represent the same agreement.

     Section 2.6 SEVERABILITY. In case any one or more of the provisions in this Third
Supplemental Indenture or in the Securities shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in any
respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every
other respect and of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby,
it being intended that all of the provisions hereof shall be enforceable to the full extent
permitted by law.

     Section 2.7 THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee accepts the amendments of the Indenture effected by this
Third Supplemental Indenture and agrees to execute the trust created by the Indenture as hereby
amended, but on the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, including the terms and
provisions defining and limiting the liabilities and responsibilities of the Trustee, which terms
and provisions shall in like manner define and limit its liabilities and responsibilities in the
performance of the trust created by the Indenture as hereby amended, and without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be shall not be responsible in any manner
whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture or
for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the
Company and the Guarantors.

     Section 2.8 EFFECTIVENESS. The provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture shall be
effective only upon execution and delivery of this instrument by the parties hereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture shall
become operative only upon the purchase by the Company, pursuant to the Tender Offer, of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities (excluding any Securities
owned by the Company or any of its affiliates), with the result that the amendments to the
Indenture effected by this Third Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be revoked retroactive
to the date hereof if such purchase shall not occur. The Company shall notify the Trustee promptly
after the occurrence of such purchase or promptly after the Company shall determine that such
purchase will not occur.

     Section 2.9 ENDORSEMENT AND CHANGE OF FORM OF SECURITIES. Any Securities authenticated and
delivered after the close of business on the date that this Third Supplemental Indenture becomes
operative in substitution for Securities then outstanding and all Securities presented or delivered
to the Trustee on and after that date for such purpose shall be stamped, imprinted or otherwise
legended by the Company, with a notation as follows:

 

 

“Effective as of December 23, 2010, certain restrictive covenants of the Company and
certain Events of Default have been eliminated or limited, as provided in the Third
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 23, 2010, by and among the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee. Reference is hereby made to such Third Supplemental
Indenture, copies of which are on file with the Trustee, for a description of the
amendments made therein.”

     Section 2.10 EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	TENNECO INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ John E. Kunz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	John E. Kunz 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President, Treasurer and Tax 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	On behalf of each Guarantor named on the attached
Schedule I

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ John E. Kunz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	John E. Kunz 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President, Treasurer and Tax 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,

as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ M. Callahan
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	M. Callahan 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 

[Signature Page to Third Supplemental Indenture]

 

 

Schedule I

Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.

The Pullman Company

Clevite Industries Inc.

Tenneco Global Holdings Inc.

TMC Texas Inc.

Tenneco International Holding Corp.

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