Document:

Indenture

 Exhibit 4.1 

 
  

 
 EXECUTION VERSION

 ALERIS INTERNATIONAL, INC., 
 as Issuer 
 and the Guarantors named herein 

$500,000,000 
 7 7/8% Senior Notes due 2020 
  

 
 INDENTURE

 Dated as of October 23, 2012 
  

 
 U.S. BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
 as Trustee 
  

 
  

 Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act 

of 1939 and Indenture, dated as of October 23, 2012* 

 

					
	Trust Indenture Act Section	  	Indenture Section
			
	 § 310(a)(1)
	  		  	608
	          (a)(2)
	  		  	608
	          (a)(3)
	  		  	N.A.
	          (a)(4)
	  		  	N.A.
	          (b)
	  		  	608, 609
	          (c)
	  		  	N.A.
	 § 311(a)
	  		  	605
	          (b)
	  		  	605
	          (c)
	  		  	N.A.
	 § 312(a)
	  		  	701
	          (b)
	  		  	702
	          (c)
	  		  	702
	 § 313(a)
	  		  	703
	          (a)(4)
	  		  	703
	          (b)(1)
	  		  	N.A.
	          (b)(2)
	  		  	N.A.
	          (c)(1)
	  		  	703
	          (c)(2)
	  		  	703
	          (d)
	  		  	703
	 § 314(a)
	  		  	1009
	          (b)
	  		  	N.A.
	          (c)(1)
	  		  	103
	          (c)(2)
	  		  	103
	          (c)(3)
	  		  	N.A.
	          (d)
	  		  	N.A.
	          (e)
	  		  	103
	          (f)
	  		  	N.A.
	 § 315(a)
	  		  	601
	          (b)
	  		  	602
	          (c)
	  		  	601
	          (d)
	  		  	601
	          (e)
	  		  	515
	 § 316(a) (last sentence)
	  		  	102 (“Outstanding”)
	          (a)(1)(A)
	  		  	502, 512
	          (a)(1)(B)
	  		  	513
	          (a)(2)
	  		  	N.A.
	          (b)
	  		  	508
	          (c)
	  		  	105
	 § 317(a)(1)
	  		  	503
	          (a)(2)
	  		  	504
	          (b)
	  		  	1003
	 § 318(a)
	  		  	115
	
	N.A. means Not Applicable.

  

	*	This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of this Indenture. 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS1 
  

							
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	 ARTICLE ONE
  

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
	   
 
   

			
	 SECTION 101.
	 	 Rules of Construction and Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
	  	 	1	  
	 SECTION 102.
	 	 Definitions
	  	 	2	  
	 SECTION 103.
	 	 Compliance Certificates and Opinions
	  	 	29	  
	 SECTION 104.
	 	 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
	  	 	29	  
	 SECTION 105.
	 	 Acts of Holders
	  	 	30	  
	 SECTION 106.
	 	 Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Company, Any Subsidiary Guarantor and Agent
	  	 	31	  
	 SECTION 107.
	 	 Notice to Holders; Waiver
	  	 	31	  
	 SECTION 108.
	 	 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
	  	 	31	  
	 SECTION 109.
	 	 Successors and Assigns
	  	 	31	  
	 SECTION 110.
	 	 Separability Clause
	  	 	32	  
	 SECTION 111.
	 	 Benefits of Indenture
	  	 	32	  
	 SECTION 112.
	 	 Governing Law
	  	 	32	  
	 SECTION 113.
	 	 Legal Holidays
	  	 	32	  
	 SECTION 114.
	 	 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders
	  	 	32	  
	 SECTION 115.
	 	 Trust Indenture Act Controls
	  	 	32	  
	 SECTION 116.
	 	 Counterparts
	  	 	32	  
	
	 ARTICLE TWO
  

NOTE FORMS
	   
 
   

			
	 SECTION 201.
	 	 Form and Dating
	  	 	32	  
	 SECTION 202.
	 	 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
	  	 	33	  
	
	 ARTICLE THREE
  

THE NOTES
	   
 
   

			
	 SECTION 301.
	 	 Title and Terms
	  	 	34	  
	 SECTION 302.
	 	 Denominations
	  	 	34	  
	 SECTION 303.
	 	 Temporary Notes
	  	 	34	  
	 SECTION 304.
	 	 Note Registrar; Paying Agent; Registration of Transfer and Exchange
	  	 	35	  
	 SECTION 305.
	 	 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes
	  	 	36	  
	 SECTION 306.
	 	 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
	  	 	36	  
	 SECTION 307.
	 	 Persons Deemed Owners
	  	 	37	  
	 SECTION 308.
	 	 Cancellation
	  	 	37	  
	 SECTION 309.
	 	 Computation of Interest
	  	 	37	  
	 SECTION 310.
	 	 Transfer and Exchange
	  	 	37	  
	 SECTION 311.
	 	 CUSIP Numbers
	  	 	38	  
	 SECTION 312.
	 	 Issuance of Additional Notes
	  	 	38	  

 

	1 	 This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of this Indenture. 

  
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	ARTICLE FOUR	  
	
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE	  
			
	 SECTION 401.
	 	 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	  	 	38	  
	 SECTION 402.
	 	 Application of Trust Money
	  	 	39	  
	
	ARTICLE FIVE	  
	
	REMEDIES	  
			
	 SECTION 501.
	 	 Events of Default
	  	 	40	  
	 SECTION 502.
	 	 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
	  	 	41	  
	 SECTION 503.
	 	 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
	  	 	42	  
	 SECTION 504.
	 	 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	  	 	43	  
	 SECTION 505.
	 	 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes
	  	 	43	  
	 SECTION 506.
	 	 Application of Money Collected
	  	 	43	  
	 SECTION 507.
	 	 Limitation on Suits
	  	 	44	  
	 SECTION 508.
	 	 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest and the Special Mandatory Redemption
	  	 	44	  
	 SECTION 509.
	 	 Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	  	 	44	  
	 SECTION 510.
	 	 Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	  	 	44	  
	 SECTION 511.
	 	 Delay or Omission Not Waiver
	  	 	44	  
	 SECTION 512.
	 	 Control by Holders
	  	 	45	  
	 SECTION 513.
	 	 Waiver of Default
	  	 	45	  
	 SECTION 514.
	 	 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
	  	 	45	  
	 SECTION 515.
	 	 Undertaking for Costs
	  	 	45	  
	
	ARTICLE SIX	  
	
	THE TRUSTEE	  
			
	 SECTION 601.
	 	 Duties of the Trustee
	  	 	45	  
	 SECTION 602.
	 	 Notice of Defaults
	  	 	46	  
	 SECTION 603.
	 	 Certain Rights of Trustee
	  	 	46	  
	 SECTION 604.
	 	 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes
	  	 	47	  
	 SECTION 605.
	 	 May Hold Notes
	  	 	47	  
	 SECTION 606.
	 	 Money Held in Trust
	  	 	48	  
	 SECTION 607.
	 	 Compensation and Reimbursement
	  	 	48	  
	 SECTION 608.
	 	 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
	  	 	48	  
	 SECTION 609.
	 	 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
	  	 	49	  
	 SECTION 610.
	 	 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
	  	 	49	  
	 SECTION 611.
	 	 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
	  	 	50	  
	 SECTION 612.
	 	 Appointment of Authenticating Agent
	  	 	50	  
	
	ARTICLE SEVEN	  
	
	HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY	  
			
	 SECTION 701.
	 	 Holder Lists
	  	 	51	  
	 SECTION 702.
	 	 Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders
	  	 	51	  
	 SECTION 703.
	 	 Reports by Trustee
	  	 	51	  

  
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	ARTICLE EIGHT	  
	
	MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL ASSETS	  
			
	 SECTION 801.
	 	 Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
	  	 	51	  
	 SECTION 802.
	 	 Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
	  	 	52	  
	 SECTION 803.
	 	 Reserved
	  	 	53	  
	 SECTION 804.
	 	 Successor Substituted
	  	 	53	  
	 SECTION 805.
	 	 Reserved
	  	 	53	  
	 SECTION 806.
	 	 Assets of Subsidiary Apply to Company
	  	 	53	  
	
	ARTICLE NINE	  
	
	AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER	  
			
	 SECTION 901.
	 	 Amendments or Supplements Without Consent of Holders
	  	 	53	  
	 SECTION 902.
	 	 Amendments or Supplements with Consent of Holders
	  	 	54	  
	 SECTION 903.
	 	 Execution of Amendments, Supplements or Waivers
	  	 	55	  
	 SECTION 904.
	 	 Effect of Amendments, Supplements or Waivers
	  	 	56	  
	 SECTION 905.
	 	 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act
	  	 	56	  
	 SECTION 906.
	 	 Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures
	  	 	56	  
	 SECTION 907.
	 	 Notice of Supplemental Indentures
	  	 	56	  
	
	ARTICLE TEN	  
	
	COVENANTS	  
			
	 SECTION 1001.
	 	 Payment of Principal, Premium, if Any, and Interest
	  	 	56	  
	 SECTION 1002.
	 	 Maintenance of Office or Agency
	  	 	56	  
	 SECTION 1003.
	 	 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
	  	 	57	  
	 SECTION 1004.
	 	 Corporate Existence
	  	 	57	  
	 SECTION 1005.
	 	 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims
	  	 	57	  
	 SECTION 1006.
	 	 Reserved
	  	 	58	  
	 SECTION 1007.
	 	 Reserved
	  	 	58	  
	 SECTION 1008.
	 	 Statement by Officers as to Default
	  	 	58	  
	 SECTION 1009.
	 	 Reports and Other Information
	  	 	58	  
	 SECTION 1010.
	 	 Limitation on Restricted Payments
	  	 	59	  
	 SECTION 1011.
	 	 Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock
	  	 	64	  
	 SECTION 1012.
	 	 Liens
	  	 	70	  
	 SECTION 1013.
	 	 Limitations on Transactions with Affiliates
	  	 	70	  
	 SECTION 1014.
	 	 Limitations on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries
	  	 	72	  
	 SECTION 1015.
	 	 Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries
	  	 	74	  
	 SECTION 1016.
	 	 Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions
	  	 	74	  
	 SECTION 1017.
	 	 Change of Control
	  	 	74	  
	 SECTION 1018.
	 	 Asset Sales
	  	 	76	  
	 SECTION 1019.
	 	 No Amendment to Subordination Provisions
	  	 	79	  
	 SECTION 1020.
	 	 Reserved
	  	 	79	  
	 SECTION 1021.
	 	 Covenant Termination
	  	 	79	  

  
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	ARTICLE ELEVEN	  
	
	REDEMPTION OF NOTES	  
			
	 SECTION 1101.
	 	 Right of Redemption
	  	 	80	  
	 SECTION 1102.
	 	 Mandatory Redemption
	  	 	81	  
	 SECTION 1103.
	 	 Applicability of Article
	  	 	81	  
	 SECTION 1104.
	 	 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
	  	 	81	  
	 SECTION 1105.
	 	 Selection by Trustee of Notes to Be Redeemed
	  	 	81	  
	 SECTION 1106.
	 	 Notice of Redemption
	  	 	81	  
	 SECTION 1107.
	 	 Effect of Notice of Redemption
	  	 	82	  
	 SECTION 1108.
	 	 Deposit of Redemption Price
	  	 	82	  
	 SECTION 1109.
	 	 Notes Payable on Redemption Date
	  	 	83	  
	 SECTION 1110.
	 	 Notes Redeemed in Part
	  	 	83	  
	
	ARTICLE TWELVE	  
	
	GUARANTEES	  
			
	 SECTION 1201.
	 	 Guarantees
	  	 	83	  
	 SECTION 1202.
	 	 Severability
	  	 	84	  
	 SECTION 1203.
	 	 Reserved
	  	 	84	  
	 SECTION 1204.
	 	 Limitation of Subsidiary Guarantors’ Liability
	  	 	84	  
	 SECTION 1205.
	 	 Contribution
	  	 	85	  
	 SECTION 1206.
	 	 Subrogation
	  	 	85	  
	 SECTION 1207.
	 	 Reinstatement
	  	 	85	  
	 SECTION 1208.
	 	 Release of a Subsidiary Guarantor
	  	 	85	  
	 SECTION 1209.
	 	 Benefits Acknowledged
	  	 	86	  
	
	ARTICLE THIRTEEN	  
	
	LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE	  
			
	 SECTION 1301.
	 	 Company’s Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	  	 	86	  
	 SECTION 1302.
	 	 Legal Defeasance and Discharge
	  	 	86	  
	 SECTION 1303.
	 	 Covenant Defeasance
	  	 	86	  
	 SECTION 1304.
	 	 Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	  	 	87	  
	 SECTION 1305.
	 	 Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions
	  	 	88	  
	 SECTION 1306.
	 	 Reinstatement
	  	 	88	  
	 SECTION 1307.
	 	 Repayment to Company
	  	 	88	  

 SCHEDULE, APPENDIX & EXHIBITS 

SCHEDULE I — Subsidiary Guarantors 

Rule 144A / Regulation S Appendix 

EXHIBIT 1 to Rule 144A / Regulation S Appendix — Form of Initial Note 

EXHIBIT 2 to Rule 144A / Regulation S Appendix — Form of Transferee Letter of Representation 

EXHIBIT 3 to Rule 144A/Regulation S Appendix — Form of Non-U.S. Beneficial Ownership Certification by Euroclear or
Clearstream Luxembourg 
 EXHIBIT A — Form of Exchange Security or Private Exchange Security 

EXHIBIT B — Form of Supplemental Indenture 

  
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 INDENTURE dated as of October 23, 2012 (this “Indenture”), among
ALERIS INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation, (the “Company”), and certain of the Company’s direct and indirect Domestic Subsidiaries (as defined below), each named in Schedule I hereto (each, a “Subsidiary
Guarantor” and collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee (the “Trustee”). 
 RECITALS 
 The Company has duly authorized the creation
of an issue of (i) 7 7/8% Senior Notes Due 2020 issued on the date hereof (the “Initial Notes”) and (ii) if and when issued as required by the Registration Rights Agreement dated the date hereof, among the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers, 7 7/8% Senior Exchange Notes Due 2020 issued in an Exchange Offer in exchange for any Initial Notes, of substantially the tenor
and amount hereinafter set forth, and to provide therefor the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture. 

The Subsidiary Guarantors have each duly authorized their Subsidiary Guarantee of the Initial Notes and, if and when issued, the Exchange
Notes, and to provide therefor the Subsidiary Guarantors have each duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture. 
 All things necessary have been done to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Company, the valid and legally binding obligations of
the Company and to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, in accordance with their and its terms. 
 All things necessary have been done to make the Subsidiary Guarantees, upon execution and delivery of this Indenture, the valid obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor and to make this Indenture a valid
and legally binding agreement of each Subsidiary Guarantor, in accordance with their and its terms. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, THIS
INDENTURE WITNESSETH: 
 For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it
is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and ratable benefit of all Holders, as follows: 
 ARTICLE ONE

 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION 

SECTION 101. Rules of Construction and Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. For all purposes of this Indenture,
except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: 
 (1) the terms defined in this
Article One have the meanings assigned to them in this Article One, and words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular; 
 (2) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP (as herein defined); provided that for clarity purposes, determination of whether an
action is for speculative purposes is not an accounting term; 
 (3) the words “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; 

(4) all references to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Appendices shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of,
and Exhibits and Appendices to, this Indenture; 
 (5) “including” means including without limitation;

 (6) all references to the date the Notes were originally issued shall refer to the Issue Date; 

 (7) all references, in any context, to any interest or other amount payable
on or with respect to the Notes shall be deemed to include any Additional Interest (as herein defined) pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement; and 
 (8) the phrase “in writing” as used herein shall be deemed to include .pdf attachments and other electronic means of transmission, unless otherwise indicated. 

This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA (as herein defined) which are incorporated by reference in and made a
part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms have the following meanings: 
 (1) “Commission”
means the SEC; 
 (2) “indenture securities” means the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees;

 (3) “indenture security holder” means a Holder; 

(4) “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture; 

(5) “indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and 

(6) “obligor” on the Notes means the Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor and any successor obligor on the
indenture securities. 
 All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to
another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions. 
 SECTION 102.
Definitions. 
 “ABL Facility” means that certain amended and restated credit agreement dated as of
June 30, 2011 among the Company, each other Subsidiary of the Company set forth on the signature pages thereto, the lenders party thereto from time to time and, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, including any notes, mortgages
guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, refunded, restated, restructured, increased, supplemented, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from
time to time, including any replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or agreement that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder or alters the maturity thereof or adds entities as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder
and whether by the same or any other agent, lender, group of lenders, or otherwise and whether or not any such replacement, refunding, refinancing, amending, renewal, restatement, restructuring, increasing, supplemented or other modification occurs
simultaneously with the termination or repayment of the ABL Facility or such successor agreement. 
 “Acquired
Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, 
 (1) Indebtedness of any other Person
existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming
a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person; and 
 (2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset
acquired by such specified Person; provided that any Indebtedness of such other Person that is extinguished, redeemed, defeased, retired or otherwise repaid at the time of or immediately upon consummation of the transaction pursuant to which such
other Person becomes a Subsidiary of the specified Person shall not be Acquired Indebtedness. 
 “Act”, when
used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 105 of this Indenture. 
 “Additional
Interest” means all additional interest then owing pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement. 

  
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 “Additional Notes” means any Notes issued by the Company pursuant to
Section 312 of this Indenture. 
 “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,”
“controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. 
 “Aleris Zhenjiang” means
Aleris Dingsheng Aluminum (Zhenjiang) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Aleris International, Inc. 
 “Affiliate
Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 1013(a) of this Indenture. 
 “Appendix” has
the meaning specified in Section 201 of this Indenture. 
 “Applicable Premium” means, with respect
to a Note at any Redemption Date, the greater of (i) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note and (ii) the excess of (A) the present value at such Redemption Date of (1) the Redemption Price of such Note on November 1,
2015, (such Redemption Price being that described in the table set forth in Section 1101(c)) plus (2) all required remaining scheduled interest payments (calculated based on the cash interest rate payable on the Notes) due on such Note
through such date (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, over (B) the principal amount of such Note on such Redemption Date, as calculated
by the Company or on behalf of the Company by such Person as the Company shall designate; provided that such calculation shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee. 

“Asset Sale” means 
 (1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or assets (other than by way of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction
that complies with Section 1016 of this Indenture) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (each referred to in this definition as a “disposition”); and 

(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, whether in a single transaction or a series of
related transactions, in each case, other than: 
 (a) a disposition of cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment
Grade Securities or excess, damaged, obsolete or worn out property or assets in the ordinary course of business or any sale or disposition of property or assets in connection with scheduled turnarounds, maintenance and equipment and facility updates
or any disposition of inventory or goods held for sale in the ordinary course of business; 
 (b) the disposition
of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in a manner permitted pursuant to the provisions described in Section 801 of this Indenture or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture; 

(c) the making of any Permitted Investment or the making of any Restricted Payment that is not prohibited by
Section 1010 of this Indenture; 
 (d) any disposition of property or other assets or issuance or sale of
Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary in any transaction or series of transactions with an aggregate fair market value of less than $25.0 million; 
 (e) any disposition of property or assets or issuance of securities by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary; 

  
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 (f) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code, any
exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business; 
 (g) the lease,
assignment, license, sub-license or sub-lease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business; 
 (h) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary; 

(i) foreclosures or governmental condemnations on assets; 

(j) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, in connection with any Receivables Facility; 

(k) the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations; 

(l) the sale, lease, assignment, license, sub-license or sublease of equipment, inventory, accounts receivable or other
assets in the ordinary course of business; 
 (m) the licensing or sub-licensing of intellectual property in the
ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice; 
 (n) any sale or other disposition deemed to
occur with creating, granting or perfecting a Lien not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture; and 
 (o) the
surrender or waiver of contract rights or settlement, release or surrender of a contract, tort or other litigation claim in the ordinary course of business. 
 “Asset Sale Offer” has the meaning specified in Section 1018 of this Indenture. 
 “Asset Sale Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 1018 of this Indenture. 
 “Attributable Debt” in respect of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction means, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the cash interest rate borne by the Notes,
compounded annually) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended);
provided, however, that if such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction results in a Capitalized Lease Obligation, the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby shall be determined in accordance with the definition of “Capitalized Lease
Obligation.” 
 “Authenticating Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 612 of this Indenture.

 “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, or any similar United
States federal or state or foreign law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors or any amendment to, succession to or change in any such law. 

“Board of Directors” means: 
 (1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation; 
 (2) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership; and 
 (3) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function. 
 “Board Resolution” means, with respect to the Company, a duly adopted resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee thereof. 

  
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 “Business Day” means each day that is not a Legal Holiday. 

“Capital Stock” means 
 (1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock, 
 (2) in the
case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, 
 (3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited), and 

(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses
of, or distributions of assets of the issuing Person. 
 “Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any
determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with
GAAP. 
 “Cash Equivalents” means, as to any Person, 

(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency, instrumentality or
sponsored corporation thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, and in each case having maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition; 

(2) U.S. Dollar denominated time deposits, certificates of deposit, overnight bank deposits and bankers’
acceptances having maturities within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any lender under the ABL Facility or any commercial bank of recognized standing, having capital and surplus in excess of $250,000,000; 

(3) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (1) and (2) above and
entered into with any commercial bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (2) above; 
 (4) other
investment instruments having maturities within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof offered or sponsored by financial institutions having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000; 

(5) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision thereof
having maturities within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at the time of acquisition thereof, one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P (or if at such time neither is issuing
ratings, then a comparable rating of another nationally recognized rating agency); 
 (6) commercial paper rated,
at the time of acquisition thereof, at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s (or if at such time neither is issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of another nationally recognized
rating agency), in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition; 
 (7) investments in money
market funds which invest substantially all their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (6) above; 
 (8) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary of the Company, (x) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of any bank organized under the laws of Canada, Japan or any country that is a
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the time of acquisition thereof, is rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s (or if at such time neither is issuing
ratings, then a comparable rating of another nationally recognized rating agency), or, if no such commercial paper rating is available, a long-term debt rating, at the time of acquisition thereof, of at least A or the equivalent thereof by S&P
or at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s (or if at such time neither is issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of another nationally recognized rating agency), in each case maturing not more than one year from the date of
acquisition by such Foreign Subsidiary, (y) overnight deposits and demand deposit accounts maintained with any bank that such Foreign Subsidiary regularly transacts business and (z) securities of the type and maturity described in clause
(1) above but issued by the principal governmental authority in which such Foreign Subsidiary is organized so long as such security has the highest rating available from either S&P or Moody’s; 

(9) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or
“A2” or higher from Moody’s with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition; 

(10) U.S. Dollars; and 
 (11) Canadian dollars, Japanese yen, pounds sterling, Euros or, in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary
course of business. 
 “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: 

(1) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than a Permitted Holder, or 
 (2) the
Company becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or
Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act, or any successor
provision), other than the Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies; provided, however, that (1) a transaction in which Parent or any
direct or indirect parent of the Company becomes a Subsidiary of another Person (other than a Person that is an individual, such Person that is not an individual, the “Other Person”) shall not constitute a Change of Control if
(a) the shareholders of Parent or such parent immediately prior to such transaction “beneficially own” (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, at least a majority of the voting power of the outstanding voting stock of Parent or such parent, immediately following the consummation of such transaction or (b) immediately following the consummation of such transaction, no
“person” (as such term is defined above), other than a Permitted Holder and the Other Person (but including the holders of the Equity Interests of the Other Person), “beneficially owns” (as such term is defined above), directly
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, more than 50% of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Parent or the Other Person; (2) any transaction in which the Company remains a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Parent, but one
or more intermediate holding companies between Parent and the Company are added, liquidated, merged or consolidated out of existence, shall not constitute a Change of Control; (3) any holding company whose only significant asset is Capital
Stock of the Company, Parent or any direct or indirect parent of the Company shall not itself be considered a “person” or “group” for purposes of this definition; (4) the transfer of assets between or among the Restricted
Subsidiaries and the Company in accordance with the terms of this Indenture shall not itself constitute a Change of Control; and (5) a “person” or “group” shall not be deemed to have beneficial ownership of securities (or
“beneficially own” (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act)) subject to a stock purchase agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option agreement related thereto) until the
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 “China Entity” means an entity that is engaged in a Similar Business and
primarily conducts its operations in the People’s Republic of China. 
 “Change of Control Offer” has the
meaning specified in Section 1017 of this Indenture. 
 “Change of Control Payment” has the meaning
specified in Section 1017 of this Indenture. 
 “Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning specified
in Section 1017 of this Indenture. 
 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. 
 “Co-Investors” means Persons (and
their Affiliates) who, on the Issue Date, are limited partners of each of the Sponsors. 
 “Company” means the
Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture, until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter, “Company” shall mean such successor
Person; provided that when used in the context of determining the fair market value of an asset or liability under this Indenture, “Company” shall, unless otherwise expressly stated, be deemed to mean the Board of Directors of the
Company when the fair market value of such asset or liability is equal to or in excess of $100.0 million. 
 “Company
Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by two Officers or one Officer and either an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the
Trustee. 
 “consolidated” or “Consolidated” means, with respect to any Person, such Person
consolidated with its Restricted Subsidiaries, and excludes from such consolidation any Unrestricted Subsidiary as if such unrestricted subsidiary were not an Affiliate of such Person. 

“Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount
of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees and other related noncash charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in
accordance with GAAP. 
 “Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the
sum, without duplication, of: 
 (a) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income, including 
 (1)
amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, 
 (2) all
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances, 
 (3) noncash interest payments (but excluding any noncash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark-to-market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to
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 (5) net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations with
respect to Indebtedness, 
 and excluding 

(i) Additional Interest, (ii) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and
expenses, (iii) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and (iv) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Receivables Facility; plus 

(b) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; less

 (c) interest income for such period. 
 For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such
Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, any additional charges arising from
(i) the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 480-10-25-4 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity—Overall—Recognition” to any series of preferred stock other than Disqualified Stock or (ii) the
application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 470-20 “Debt—Debt with Conversion Options—Recognition,” in each case, shall be disregarded in the calculation of Fixed Charges. 

“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that, without duplication: 

(1) any net after-tax extraordinary gains or losses or any non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and
expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including, but not limited to, any expenses relating to severance, relocation, and one-time compensation charges and any expenses directly attributable to the implementation of cost saving initiatives) shall
be excluded; 
 (2) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principles during such period, whether effected through a cumulative effect adjustment or a retroactive application in each case in accordance with GAAP; 

(3) any net after-tax income (loss) from disposed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on
disposal of disposed or discontinued operations shall be excluded; 
 (4) any net after-tax gains or losses (less
all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions or the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Company, shall be
excluded; 
 (5) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are
actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period (subject in the case of dividends, distributions or other payments made to a Restricted Subsidiary to
the limitations contained in clause (6) below); 
 (6) solely for the purpose of determining the amount
available for Restricted Payments under clause (4)(C)(1) of Section 1010(a) of this Indenture, the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Subsidiary Guarantor) shall be excluded if the declaration or
payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination wholly permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly

  
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or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted
Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Company shall be increased by the amount of
dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein; 

(7) any increase in amortization or depreciation or other noncash charges resulting from the application of purchase
accounting in relation to any acquisition that is consummated after the Issue Date, net of taxes, shall be excluded; 
 (8) any net after-tax income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be excluded; 

(9) any impairment charge or asset write-off, in each case pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising
pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded; 
 (10) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from Hedging
Obligations and the application of Accounting Standards Codification 815 shall be excluded; 
 (11) any net gain
or loss resulting in such period from currency translation gains or losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness, including intercompany indebtedness, shall be excluded; 

(12) any charges resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 805 “Business
Combinations,” Accounting Standards Codification Topic 350 “Intangibles—Goodwill and Other,” Accounting Standards Codification Topic 360-10-35-15 “Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” Accounting Standards
Codification Topic 480-10-25-4 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity—Overall—Recognition” or Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” shall be excluded; 

(13) non-cash interest expense resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 470-20
“Debt—Debt with Conversion Options—Recognition” shall be excluded; 
 (14) any expenses or
charges related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Indenture including a refinancing thereof (whether or not successful) and any
amendment or modification to the terms of any such transactions shall be excluded; 
 (15) all net after-tax
charges, expenses, gain or income with respect to curtailments, discontinuations or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans shall be excluded; and 

(16) any noncash compensation expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options,
restricted stock or other rights to officers, directors or employees shall be excluded. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, for
the purpose of Section 1010(a) of this Indenture only (other than clause (C)(4) thereof), there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any income arising from any sale or other disposition of Restricted Investments made by the Company
and the Restricted Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions of Restricted Investments from the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, any repayments to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of loans and advances that constitute Restricted
Investments, any sale of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case only to the extent such amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under
Section 1010(a) of this Indenture pursuant to clause (C)(4). 
 “Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of
any date of determination, the total assets, net, reflected on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as at the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available, determined on
a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, with such pro forma adjustments as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. 

  
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 “Consolidated Total Debt Ratio” means, at the end of a fiscal quarter for
which internal financial statements are available, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, as of the end of such quarter, less an amount equal to the amount of any cash and Cash
Equivalents of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date, to (b) the aggregate amount of EBITDA of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the period of the four consecutive full fiscal quarters ended at the end of
such quarter, with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Indebtedness and EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. For purposes of this
calculation, the amount of Indebtedness outstanding as of any date of determination shall not include any Hedging Obligations that are incurred for non-speculative purposes. 
 “Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, as at any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (1) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and
the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, Obligations in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Lease-Back Transactions and debt obligations
evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (and excluding (x) any undrawn letters of credit, (y) all obligations relating to Receivables Facilities and (z) any
intercompany Indebtedness) and (2) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Disqualified Stock of the Company and all Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock of the Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding items eliminated in consolidation), with the
amount of such Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock equal to the greater of their respective voluntary or involuntary liquidation preferences and Maximum Fixed Repurchase Prices, in each case determined on a consolidated basis, and only to the
extent required to be recorded on a balance sheet, in accordance with GAAP. 
 For purposes hereof, the “Maximum Fixed
Repurchase Price” of any Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock that does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock as if such Disqualified Stock or Preferred
Stock were purchased on any date on which Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred
Stock, such fair market value shall be determined reasonably and in good faith by the Company. 
 “Contingent
Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (the “primary obligations”) of any other Person (the
“primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, 
 (1) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, 
 (2) to advance or supply funds 
 (a) for the purchase or payment of
any such primary obligation or 
 (b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or
otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, or 
 (3) to purchase property,
securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof. 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee, at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located at 535 Griswold Street, Suite 550, Detroit, MI 48226; Attn: Corporate Trust Services, except that with respect to
presentation of the Notes for payment or for registration of transfer or exchange, such term shall mean the office or agency of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate agency business shall be conducted. 

  
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 “Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1303 of
this Indenture. 
 “Credit Facilities” means one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the
ABL Facility), credit facilities, credit agreements, loan agreements, indentures, financings, commercial paper facilities, note purchase agreements or other agreements, in each case with banks, lenders, purchasers, investors, trustees, agents or
other representatives of any of the foregoing, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables or interests in receivables to such lenders or other persons or to special purpose
entities formed to borrow from such lenders or other persons against such receivables or sell such receivables or interests in receivables, and including any Receivables Facility), letters of credit, notes or other borrowings or other extensions of
credit, including any notes, mortgages guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, refunded, restated, restructured, increased, supplemented, replaced or
refinanced in whole or in part from time to time, including any replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or agreement that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder or alters the maturity thereof or adds entities as additional
borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, lender, group of lenders, or otherwise and whether or not any such replacement, refunding, refinancing, amending, renewal, restatement, restructuring, increasing,
supplemented or other modification occurs simultaneously with the termination or repayment of a prior Credit Facility. 

“Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of
Default. 
 “Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 306(b) of this Indenture.

 “Depository” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors. 

“Designated Noncash Consideration” means the fair market value of noncash consideration received by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Noncash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed by an executive vice president and the
principal financial officer of the Company (or a parent company thereof), less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Noncash Consideration. 

“Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the
terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock), other than
as a result of a change of control or asset sale, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale, in whole or in part, in each
case prior to the date that is 91 days after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes and the date the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company
or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or
regulatory obligations. 
 “Domestic Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary
of such Person other than (i) a Foreign Subsidiary or (ii) a Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, but, in each case, including any Subsidiary that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any indebtedness of the
Company. 
 “EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such
Person for such period, 
 (1) increased by (without duplication): 

(a) provision for taxes based on income or profits, plus franchise or similar taxes, of such Person for such period
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 (b) consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person for such period to the extent
the same was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus 
 (c) Consolidated Depreciation and
Amortization Expense of such Person for such period to the extent deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus 
 (d) the amount of any restructuring charge or reserve deducted in such period in computing Consolidated Net Income, including any one-time costs incurred in connection with (x) acquisitions after the
Issue Date or (y) the closing of any production or manufacturing facilities after the Issue Date; plus 

(e) any write offs, write downs or other noncash charges reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period, excluding any
such charge that represents an accrual or reserve for a cash expenditure for a future period; plus 
 (f) the
amount of any minority interest expense deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus 
 (g) the amount of
management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees and related expenses paid (or any accruals related to such fees or related expenses) during such period to the Sponsor and the Co-Investors and the amount of any directors’ fees or
reimbursements, in each case, to the extent permitted under Section 1013 of this Indenture; plus 
 (h) the
amount of cost savings, operational improvements and synergies projected by the Company in good faith to be realized as a result of actions taken or expected to be taken during such period (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost
savings, operational improvements and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided that (x) such cost savings, operational
improvements and synergies are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable, (y) such cost savings, operational improvements and synergies are expected to be realized within 36 months of the date thereof in connection with such actions and
(z) the aggregate amount of cost savings added pursuant to this clause (h) shall not exceed the greater of (i) $40.0 million and (ii) 10.0% of EBITDA on a consolidated basis for the Company’s and its Restricted
Subsidiaries’ most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of determination (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operational
improvements and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period), for any four consecutive quarter period (which adjustments may be incremental to pro forma adjustments made pursuant to the second paragraph of the definition of
“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”); plus 
 (i) any costs or expenses incurred by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or stockholders agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are funded
with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Company or net cash proceeds of issuance of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock that is Preferred Stock) in each case, solely to the extent that such cash proceeds are
excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (4)(C) of Section 1010(a) of this Indenture; 
 (2)
decreased by (without duplication) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any gains that represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period
(other than such cash charges that have been added back to Consolidated Net Income in computing EBITDA in accordance with this definition); and 
 (3) increased or decreased, as applicable, by (without duplication) the amount of gain or loss resulting in such period from a sale of receivables and related assets to a Receivables Subsidiary in
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 “Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other
rights to acquire Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock. 

“Equity Offering” means any public or private sale of common stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or any of its
direct or indirect parent companies (excluding Disqualified Stock), other than 
 (a) public offerings with
respect to the Company’s or any direct or indirect parent company’s common stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8; 
 (b) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution; and 
 (c) an issuance to any Subsidiary of the Company. 
 “Event of
Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501 of this Indenture. 
 “Excess Proceeds” has the
meaning specified in Section 1018 of this Indenture. 
 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. 
 “Exchange Notes” has
the meaning specified in the Appendix. 
 “Exchange Offer” means the Exchange Offer as defined in the
applicable Registration Rights Agreement. 
 “Exchange Offer Registration Statement” means the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement as defined in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement. 
 “Excluded Contribution”
means net cash proceeds, marketable securities or Qualified Proceeds received by the Company from: 
 (a)
contributions to its common equity capital; and 
 (b) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company or to
any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Company) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, 
 in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate executed by an executive vice president and the principal financial officer of the Company on the date such
capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (4)(C) of Section 1010(a) of this Indenture. 

“Existing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the Issue Date,
plus interest accruing thereon. 
 “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the ratio of EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs, assumes, guarantees, redeems, retires or extinguishes any Indebtedness
(other than Indebtedness incurred under any revolving credit facility that has been permanently repaid and has not been replaced) or issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall
be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption, retirement or extinguishing of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred at
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 For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions,
dispositions, mergers, consolidations and disposed operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) that have been made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and
on or prior to or simultaneously with the Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and disposed operations (and the change in any
associated fixed charges and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or
into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation or disposed operation that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition,
then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation or disposed operation had occurred at the beginning of the
reference period. 
 For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a transaction, the pro forma
calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company. Any such pro forma calculation may include, without duplication, adjustments appropriate to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and
other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable event and (2) all adjustments of the nature set forth under “Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Pro Forma Financial Information” in the Offering
Memorandum for the Company to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to the reference period. 
 If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had
been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a
responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under
a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate
based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Company may
designate. 
 “Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of 

(a) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period, 

(b) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock made during
such period, and 
 (c) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of
Disqualified Stock made during such period; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any charges arising from (i) the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 480-10-25-4 “Distinguishing Liabilities from
Equity—Overall—Recognition” to any series of preferred stock other than Disqualified Stock or (ii) the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 470-20 “Debt—Debt with Conversion
Options—Recognition,” in each case, shall be disregarded in the calculation of Fixed Charges. 
 “Foreign
Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is not organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof.

 “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America that are in effect on
February 9, 2011. At any time after the date of this Indenture, the Company may elect to apply IFRS accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean IFRS (except
as otherwise provided in this Indenture); provided that any calculation or determination in this Indenture that requires the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to the Company’s election to apply IFRS
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 “Government Securities” means securities that are 

(a) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely 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 timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, 
 which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the
Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities, or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt;
provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government
Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depository receipt. 
 “guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including letters
of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations, and, when used as a verb, shall have a corresponding meaning. 

“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under currency exchange,
interest rate or commodity swap agreements, currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap agreements and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar agreements and other agreements or arrangements, in each case designed to protect such
Person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices. 
 “Holder” means the
Person in whose name a Note is registered on the books of the Note Registrar. 
 “incur” has the meaning
specified in Section 1011 of this Indenture. 
 “incurrence” has the meaning specified in
Section 1011 of this Indenture. 
 “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person: 

(a) any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent: 

(1) in respect of borrowed money; 
 (2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without double counting, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof); 

(3) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (including Capitalized Lease
Obligations), except any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of business; or 

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 if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit
and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; 
 (b) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred to in clause (a) of
another Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business; 

(c) to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in clause (a) of another Person
secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person, whether or not such obligations are assumed by such Person and whether or not such obligations would appear upon the balance sheet of such Person; provided that the amount of such
Indebtedness shall be the lesser of the fair market value of such asset at the date of determination and the amount of Indebtedness so secured; and 
 (d) Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Lease-Back Transactions; 
 provided,
however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (A) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (B) Obligations under, or in respect of, Receivables Facilities,
(C) any operating leases as such an instrument would be determined in accordance with GAAP on the date of this Indenture, (D) in connection with the purchase by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries of any business, post-closing
payment adjustments to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment depends on the performance of such business after the closing unless such payments are required
under GAAP to appear as a liability on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes), (E) deferred or prepaid revenues, (F) any Capital Stock other than Disqualified Stock or (G) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the
purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the respective seller. 

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by
one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this Indenture and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be
part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. 
 “Independent Financial
Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in Similar Businesses of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Company, qualified to perform the task for
which it has been engaged and that is independent of the Company and its Affiliates. 
 “Initial Notes” has the
meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture. 
 “Initial Purchasers” has the meaning specified in the
Appendix. 
 “Interest Payment Date” means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on the Notes.

 “Interest Period” means each period commencing on and including an Interest Payment Date (or, if there has
not yet been an Interest Payment Date, October 23, 2012) and ending on and including the day immediately preceding the next succeeding Interest Payment Date. 
 “Investment Grade Securities” means: 
 (1)
securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the government of the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents); 

(2) debt securities or debt instruments with a rating of BBB- or higher by S&P or Baa3 or higher by Moody’s or
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Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any other nationally recognized securities rating agency, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or
advances among the Company and its Subsidiaries; 
 (3) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in
investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2), which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution; and 
 (4) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States of America customarily utilized for high quality investments. 

“Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates)
in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (including by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others, but excluding accounts
receivable, trade credit, advances to customers, commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees, in each case made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity
Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of such Person in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition
to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 1010 of this Indenture: 

(1) “Investments” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such
Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Company at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary,
the Company shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to: 
 (x) the Company’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; less 
 (y) the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and 

(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of
such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Company. 
 “Issue Date” means October 23,
2012. 
 “Legal Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1302 of this Indenture. 

“Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are not required to be open in
Detroit, Michigan or the State of New York. 
 “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien,
pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the
nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided that
in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien. 
 “Maturity”, when used with respect to
any Note, means the date on which the principal of such Note or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption or otherwise.

  
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 “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor
to its rating agency business. 
 “Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such
Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends. 
 “Net
Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Asset Sale, including any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Noncash Consideration received
in any Asset Sale, net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Noncash Consideration, including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions, any relocation
expenses incurred as a result thereof, other fees and expenses, including title and recordation expenses, taxes or repatriation costs paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax or other credits or deductions and
any tax sharing arrangements), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on Indebtedness required (other than by Section 1018(b)(1)) to be paid as a result of such transaction and any deduction
of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.

 “Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person. 

“Note Register” and “Note Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 304.

 “Notes” means any 7 7/8% Senior Notes due 2020 of the Company authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. The Initial Notes and any Additional Notes, and any Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Initial Notes and any
Additional Notes, shall be treated as a single class for all purposes of this Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase, and shall vote and consent together as one class on all matters with respect to the Notes
(except that any series of Notes that is not fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. Federal income tax purposes may be treated for purposes of provisions of this Indenture relating to transfer and exchange as a separate class that does not trade
fungibly with Notes that have differing treatment under U.S. Federal income tax law and may be assigned a different CUSIP or other identification number), and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the
Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes. 
 “Obligations” means any principal (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit whether or not drawn), interest (including, to the extent legally permitted, all
interest accrued thereon after the commencement of any insolvency or liquidation proceeding at the rate, including any applicable post-default rate, specified in the applicable agreement), premium (if any), guarantees of payment, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, expenses, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness; provided that Obligations with respect to the Notes shall not include fees or indemnification in favor of
the Trustee and any other third parties other than the Holders. 
 “Offering Memorandum” means the Offering
Memorandum dated October 18, 2012 relating to the Notes. 
 “Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the
Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company. 

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by two Officers of the Company, one of
whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture. 

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the
Company. Opinions of Counsel required to be delivered under this Indenture may have qualifications customary for opinions of the type required and counsel delivering such Opinions of Counsel may rely on certificates of the Company or government or
other officials customary for opinions of the type required, including certificates certifying as to matters of fact, including that various covenants have been complied with. 

  
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 “Outstanding”, when used with respect to Notes, means, as of the date of
determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except: 
 (1) Notes
theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; 
 (2) Notes, or portions
thereof, for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall
act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Notes; provided that, if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been
made; 
 (3) Notes, except to the extent provided in Sections 1302 and 1303, with respect to which the Company
has effected Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance as provided in Article Thirteen; and 
 (4) Notes which have
been paid pursuant to this Indenture or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 305 of this Indenture, other than any such Notes in respect of which there shall have been
presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Notes are held by a Protected Purchaser in whose hands the Notes are valid obligations of the Company; 
 provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, consent, notice or
waiver hereunder, and for the purpose of making the calculations required by TIA Section 316, Notes owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed
not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes which a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. 
 “Parent” means Aleris
Corporation, a Delaware corporation. 
 “Paying Agent” means any Person (including the Company acting as Paying
Agent) authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Notes on behalf of the Company. 
 “Permitted Asset Swap” means the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person that is not the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 1018 of this
Indenture. 
 “Permitted Divided Payments” means one or more cash dividends, or other payments that would
otherwise constitute a Restricted Payment, by the Company in an aggregate amount not to exceed $320.0 million; provided that any such dividend or payment constituting a Permitted Dividend Payment may only be made after March 31, 2013.

 “Permitted Holders” means Sponsors and members of management of the Company (or its direct parent) who are
holders of Equity Interests of the Company (or any of its direct or indirect parent companies) on the Issue Date (the “Management Investors”) and any Co-Investors or Subsequent Co-Investors; provided, that the Sponsors, the
Management Investors and the Co-Investors, collectively, have beneficial ownership of at least 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies. Any Person or group whose acquisition
of beneficial ownership constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of this Indenture shall thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted
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 “Permitted Investments” means: 

(a) any Investment in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, including, without limitation, a repurchase or retirement
of the Notes; 
 (b) any Investment in cash and Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities; 

(c) (i) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a Person that is engaged in a Similar
Business if as a result of such Investment 
 (1) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or

 (2) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or
amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and 

(ii) any Investment held by such Person; 

(d) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities
and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of Section 1018 of this Indenture or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale; 

(e) any Investment existing on the Issue Date or made pursuant to legally binding written commitments in existence on the
Issue Date, and any extension, modification or renewal of such existing Investments, to the extent not involving any additional Investment other than as the result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of
pay-in-kind securities, in each case, pursuant to the terms of such Investments as in effect on the Issue Date; 

(f) loans and advances to, and guarantees of Indebtedness of, employees of the Company (or any of its direct or indirect
parent companies) or a Restricted Subsidiary not in excess of $8.0 million outstanding at any one time, in the aggregate; 
 (g) any Investment acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary 
 (1) (x) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or
recapitalization of the Person in which such other Investment is made or which is the obligor with respect to such accounts receivable or (y) in good faith settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers, trade
debtors, licensors, licensees and suppliers arising in the ordinary course; or 
 (2) as a result of a
foreclosure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default; 

(h) Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 1011(b)(11) of this Indenture; 

(i) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees of the Company (or any of its direct or indirect parent
companies) or a Restricted Subsidiary for business-related travel expenses (including entertainment expenses), moving expenses, tax advances, payroll advances and other similar expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or
consistent with past practice or to fund such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company thereof under compensation plans approved by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith;

  
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 (j) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the
Company, or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (exclusive of Disqualified Stock); provided that such Equity Interests shall not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (4)(C) of Section 1010(a) of
this Indenture; 
 (k) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 1011 of this Indenture and
performance guarantees in the ordinary course of business; 
 (1) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an
Investment that is permitted and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 1013(b) of this Indenture (except transactions described in clauses (2), (6) and (10) of Section 1013(b)); 

(m) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material or equipment or the licensing or
contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons; 
 (n)
Investments relating to a Receivables Facility; provided that in the case of Receivables Facilities established after the Issue Date, such Investments are necessary or advisable (in the good faith determination of the Company) to effect such
Receivables Facility; 
 (o) Investments in a China Entity; 

(p) additional Investments having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant
to this clause (p) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities), not to exceed the greater of
(x) $250.0 million and (y) 12.5% of Consolidated Total Assets (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); 

(q) Investments in joint ventures having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made
pursuant to this clause (q) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $150.0 million and (y) 7.5% of Consolidated Total Assets (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made
and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); 
 (r) advances, loans, rebates and extensions of
credit (including the creation of receivables) to suppliers, customers and vendors, and performance guarantees, in each case in the ordinary course of business; and 

(s) the acquisition of assets or Capital Stock solely in exchange for the issuance of common equity securities of the
Company. 
 “Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person: 

(1) Liens to secure Indebtedness incurred under Section 1011(b)(1) of this Indenture (and, in each case, any related
Obligations) and any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement of such Indebtedness; 
 (2)
pledges or deposits by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits, prepayments or cash pledges to secure bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of
Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits
as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business; 
 (3) Liens imposed by law, such as landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens and other similar Liens, in each case, for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than
30 days or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review, if
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 (4) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or claims not
yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on
the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP; 
 (5) Liens to secure the performance of tenders, completion
guarantees, statutory obligations, surety, environmental or appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; 

(6) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses,
rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership
of its properties, in each case, which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of
such Person; 
 (7) Liens existing on the Issue Date; 

(8) Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that such
Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided, further, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
(other than the proceeds or products of such property or shares of stock or improvements thereon); 
 (9) Liens
on property at the time the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens are not created or
incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided, further, that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the proceeds or products of such property or
shares of stock or improvements thereon); 
 (10) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a
Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred in accordance with Section 1011 of this Indenture; 
 (11) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of
such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods; 
 (12) leases,
licenses, subleases and sublicenses of assets (including, without limitation, real property and intellectual property rights) in the ordinary course of business which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the
Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and do not secure any Indebtedness; 
 (13) Liens arising from
financing statement filings under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar state laws regarding (i) operating leases entered into by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and (ii) goods consigned or
entrusted to or bailed with a Person in connection with the processing, reprocessing, recycling or tolling of such goods; 
 (14) Liens in favor of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor; 

(15) Liens on inventory or equipment of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of
business to the Company’s client at which such inventory or equipment is located; 
 (16) Liens on accounts
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 (17) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or
replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (7), (8) and (9) and the following clause (18);
provided that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus proceeds or products of such property or improvements on such property), and (y) the Indebtedness secured by such
Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under the foregoing clauses (7), (8), (9) and the following clause
(18) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;

 (18) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clauses (5), (18), (19) and
(22) of Section 1011(b) of this Indenture; provided that (A) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (18) are solely on acquired property or assets of the acquired entity (and proceeds or products
of such property or assets or improvements of such property or assets), as the case may be and (B) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (19) extend only to the assets of Foreign Subsidiaries; 

(19) deposits in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers; 

(20) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under clause (5) under
Section 501 of this Indenture, so long as such Liens are adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment have not been finally terminated or the period within which such
proceedings may be initiated has not expired; 
 (21) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising
as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation or exportation of goods in the ordinary course of business; 
 (22) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other
commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in favor of banking institutions arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters
customary in the banking industry; 
 (23) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the
establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of
overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; 
 (24) Liens encumbering reasonable customary
initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes; 

(25) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 1011 of
this Indenture; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those assets that are the subject of such repurchase agreement; 
 (26) other Liens securing obligations which obligations at the time outstanding do not exceed the greater of (x) $250.0 million and (y) 15.0% of Consolidated Total Assets; 

(27) Liens securing Hedging Obligations; 

(28) restrictions on dispositions of assets to be disposed of pursuant to merger agreements, stock or asset purchase
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 (29) customary options, put and call arrangements, rights of first refusal
and similar rights relating to Investments in joint ventures, partnerships; 
 (30) any amounts held by a trustee
in the funds and accounts under an indenture securing any revenue bonds issued for the benefit of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; 
 (31) Liens incurred to secure cash management services or to implement cash pooling arrangements in the ordinary course of business; and 

(32) Liens securing the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees. 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint
stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity. 
 “Predecessor Note” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 305 in exchange for a mutilated Note or in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.

 “Preferred Stock” means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up. 
 “Protected Purchaser” has the meaning specified in Section 305
of this Indenture. 
 “Qualified Proceeds” means assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any
Person engaged in, a Similar Business; provided that the fair market value of any such assets or Capital Stock shall be determined by the Company in good faith. 
 “Qualifying Trustee” has the meaning specified in Section 1305 of this Indenture. 
 “Receivables Facility” means one or more receivables financing facilities, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to
time, the Indebtedness of which is non-recourse (except for standard representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries sells its accounts receivable to either (a) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) a Receivables Subsidiary that in turn sells its accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted
Subsidiary. 
 “Receivables Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with
respect to any participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Facility. 

“Receivables Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary formed solely for the purpose of engaging, and that engages only, in one
or more Receivables Facilities. 
 “Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, in
whole or in part, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture. 
 “Redemption
Price”, when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture. 
 “Refinancing Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in Section 1011 of this Indenture. 
 “Registration Rights Agreement” has the meaning specified in the Appendix. 
 “Regular Record Date” has the meaning specified in Section 301 of this Indenture. 

  
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 “Related Business Assets” means assets (other than cash or Cash
Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business; provided that any assets received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for assets transferred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related
Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary. 
 “Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any vice president, any assistant treasurer, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, or any other officer of the
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above-designated officers, and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and who in each case shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture. 
 “Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment. 
 “Restricted Payments” has the meaning specified in Section 1010 of this Indenture. 
 “Restricted Subsidiary” means, at any time, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company (including any Foreign Subsidiary) that is not then an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
provided that upon the occurrence of an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of “Restricted Subsidiary.” 

“Retired Capital Stock” has the meaning specified in Section 1010 of this Indenture. 

“S&P” means Standard and Poor’s, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating
agency business. 
 “Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person providing for the
leasing by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person in contemplation of such leasing.

 “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

“Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien. 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated
thereunder. 
 “Senior Indebtedness” means with respect to any Person: 

(1) all Indebtedness of such Person, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter incurred; and 

(2) all other Obligations of such Person (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy
or for reorganization relating to such Person whether or not post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding) in respect of Indebtedness described in clause (1) above 
 unless, in the case of clauses (1) and (2), the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding expressly provides that such Indebtedness or other Obligations
are subordinate in right of payment to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Person, as the case may be; provided that Senior Indebtedness shall not include: 

(1) any obligation of such Person to the Company or any Subsidiary or to any joint venture in which the Company or any
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 (2) any liability for Federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by
such Person; 
 (3) any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors in the ordinary course of business
(including guarantees thereof as instruments evidencing such liabilities); 
 (4) any Indebtedness or other
Obligation of such Person that is subordinate or junior in right of payment with respect to any other Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person; or 
 (5) that portion of any Indebtedness that at the time of incurrence is incurred in violation of this Indenture. 
 “Series A Exchangeable Preferred Stock” means the 8% Series A Exchangeable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share.

 “7 5/8% Senior Notes” means the $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7 5/8% Senior Notes due February 15, 2018 issued by the Company. 

“Shelf Registration Statement” means the shelf registration statement as defined in the applicable Registration Rights
Agreement. 
 “Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that would be a
“significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the date hereof. 

“Similar Business” means any business or other activities conducted, or proposed to be conducted, by the Company and its
Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or any business or other activities conducted by any entity that is similar, reasonably related, complementary, incidental or ancillary thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof. 

“6% Senior Subordinated Debt Documents” means the documents governing the 6% Senior Subordinated Exchangeable Notes.

 “6% Senior Subordinated Exchangeable Notes” means the $45.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6% Senior
Subordinated Exchangeable Notes due June 1, 2020 issued by the Company under the 6% Senior Subordinated Debt Documents. 

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 306. 
 “Sponsors” means Oaktree Capital Management L.P., Apollo ALS Holdings II, L.P., Sankaty
Advisors, LLC, Caspian Capital Partners LP and their respective Affiliates, but not including any portfolio companies thereof. 

“Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Note or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means
the date specified in such Note as the fixed date on which the principal of such Note or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable. 
 “Subordinated Indebtedness” means 
 (a) with
respect to the Company, any Indebtedness of the Company that is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and 
 (b) with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor that is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor.

  
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 “Subsequent Co-Investors” means any Person (other than the Sponsor and the
Co-Investors) and its Affiliates who, in connection with the acquisition of Equity Interests of the Company (or any of its direct or indirect parent companies) after the Issue Date, is part of a group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or
Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) in which any of the Sponsor, the Co-Investors or Management Investors is a member. 
 “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, 

(1) any corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company or similar 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
of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof and 

(2) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which 

(x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited
partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited
partnership or otherwise, and 
 (y) such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling
general partner or otherwise controls such entity. 
 “Subsidiary Guarantee” means the guarantee by any
Subsidiary Guarantor of the Company’s Obligations under this Indenture and the Notes. 
 “Subsidiary
Guarantor” means each Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that executes this Indenture as a guarantor on the Issue Date and each other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that thereafter guarantees the Notes pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture. 
 “Successor Company” has the meaning specified in Section 801 of this Indenture. 

“Successor Person” has the meaning specified in Section 802 of this Indenture. 

“Treasury Rate” means, as of any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such Redemption Date of United States
Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (or, if such
Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to November 1, 2015; provided, however that if the period from the
Redemption Date to November 1, 2015, is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used. 

“Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of
which this Indenture was executed, except as provided in Section 905. 
 “Trustee” means U.S. Bank
National Association, until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor. 
 “Uniform Commercial
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 “Unrestricted Subsidiary” means 

(a) any of Aleris Asia Pacific Limited, Aleris Aluminum (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. and Aleris (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. and
any of their direct and indirect Subsidiaries; and 
 (b) (1) any Subsidiary of the Company that at the time of
determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the Company, as provided below) and 
 (2) any
Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. 
 The Company may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including any existing
Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, the Company
or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated); provided that 
 (a) any Unrestricted Subsidiary must be an entity of which shares of the Capital Stock or other Equity Interests (including partnership interests) entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes that
may be cast by all shares of Capital Stock or Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, 

(b) such designation complies with the covenant described in Section 1010 of this Indenture and 

(c) each of 
 (1) the Subsidiary to be so designated and 
 (2) its Subsidiaries

 has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or
indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary. 
 The Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, immediately after giving effect to such designation no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and
either: 
 (1) the Company could incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio test described in Section 1011(a) of this Indenture or 
 (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be greater than such ratio for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such designation, in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation.

 Any such designation by the Company shall be notified by the Company to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a
copy of any applicable Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions. 

“U.S. Person” means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(k) promulgated under the Securities Act. 

“Vice President”, when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not
designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president.” 
 “Voting
Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person. 

  
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 “Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing 
 (1) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with
respect to such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment, by 
 (2) the sum
of all such payments. 
 “Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the
outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person. 

“Zhenjiang Agreement” means the agreement between Aleris Asia Pacific Limited and Zhenjiang Dingsheng Aluminum
Industries Joint Stock Co., Ltd., dated as of October 19, 2010, to own and operate Aleris Zhenjiang. 
 SECTION 103.
Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating
that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture (including any covenant compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) relating to the proposed action have been complied with and, other than in connection with the
authentication and delivery of the Initial Notes, an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to
which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. 

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant
to Section 1008(a) of this Indenture or Section 314(a)(4) of the TIA) shall include: 
 (1) a statement
that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; 
 (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; 

(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and 
 (4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with. 
 SECTION 104. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that
all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other
such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. 
 Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows,
or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion may be based, insofar as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. 

  
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 Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. 
 SECTION 105. Acts of Holders. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in
and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the
“Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. 
 The fact and date of the
execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the
individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his or her individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute
sufficient proof of authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient. 

The principal amount and serial numbers of Notes held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Note
Register. 
 If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no
obligation to do so. Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such record date shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and not later than the date such
solicitation is completed. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on
such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Notes shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless
it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after the record date. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Note shall bind every
future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note. 
 Without limiting the
foregoing, a Holder entitled to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Note may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Note or by one or more duly appointed agents, each of which may do so pursuant to
such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount. Any notice given or action taken by a Holder or its agents with regard to different parts of such principal amount pursuant to this paragraph shall have the same effect as if
given or taken by separate Holders of each such different part. 
 Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder,
including the Depository that is the Holder of a Global Note, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture
to be made, given or taken by Holders, and the Depository that is the Holder of a Global Note may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Note through such depositary’s standing instructions and
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 The Company may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are
beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note held by the Depository entitled under the procedures of such depositary to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. 
 SECTION 106. Notices,
Etc., to Trustee, Company, Any Subsidiary Guarantor and Agent. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished
to, or filed with, 
 (1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing (which may be via facsimile, .pdf transmission or other electronic means) to or with the Trustee at U.S. Bank National Association, 535 Griswold Street, Suite 550,
Detroit, MI 48226, Attn: Corporate Trust Services, or 
 (2) the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor by the
Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if made, given, furnished or delivered in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or delivered by recognized overnight
courier, to the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor addressed to it at Aleris International, Inc., 25825 Science Park Drive, Cleveland, OH 44122, Attention: General Counsel, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by
the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor. 
 SECTION 107. Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for
notice of any event to Holders by the Company or the Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his
address as it appears in the Note Register, within the time prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any
particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Notices given by publication shall be deemed given on the first date on which publication is made and notices given by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
shall be deemed given five calendar days after mailing. 
 In case by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular
mail service or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impracticable to mail notice of any event to Holders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice for every purpose hereunder. 
 Where this
Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders
shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. 
 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, subject to the requirements of the TIA, where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be sent or transmitted to Holders in any
manner that is in accordance with the procedures of the Depository and shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice for every purpose hereunder. 
 SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein, the Table of Contents and the reconciliation and tie between the TIA and this Indenture are for
convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall in no way affect the construction of, or modify or restrict, any of the terms or provisions hereof. 

SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns. All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All
agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of each Subsidiary Guarantor in this Indenture shall bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 1208 hereof. 

  
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 SECTION 110. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the
Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 
 SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any Note Registrar and
their successors hereunder and the Holders any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. 

SECTION 112. Governing Law. This Indenture, the Notes and any Subsidiary Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York. This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions. 

SECTION 113. Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity or Maturity of any
Note shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Notes) payment of principal (or premium, if any) or interest need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day
with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity; provided that no interest shall accrue for purposes of such payment for the period from and after such Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be. 
 SECTION 114. No Personal Liability of
Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (other than in the case of stockholders of any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Company or another
Subsidiary Guarantor) or any of their parent companies shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees and this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of,
or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees. 

SECTION 115. Trust Indenture Act Controls. Upon qualification of this Indenture under the TIA, if any provision of this Indenture
limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the provision required by the TIA shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the TIA
that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or excluded, as the case may be. 
 SECTION 116. Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile, .pdf transmission or other electronic means shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this
Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or .pdf transmission or other electronic means shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. 

ARTICLE TWO 
 NOTE FORMS 
 SECTION 201. Form and Dating. Provisions relating to
the Initial Notes, the Private Exchange Notes and the Exchange Notes are set forth in the Rule 144A / Regulation S Appendix attached hereto (the “Appendix”) which is hereby incorporated in, and expressly made part of, this
Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 to the Appendix which is hereby incorporated in, and expressly made a part of, this Indenture. The Exchange Notes, the
Private Exchange Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or
endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company). Each Note shall be
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 SECTION 202. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Notes shall be
executed on behalf of the Company by any Officer. The signature of an Officer on the Notes may be manual or via facsimile, .pdf transmission or other electronic means of the present or any future such authorized officer and may be imprinted or
otherwise reproduced on the Notes. 
 Notes bearing the signature of an individual who was at any time a proper officer of the
Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individual ceased to hold such office prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such office at the date of such Notes. 

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes, and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Notes. 

On the Issue Date, the Company shall deliver the Initial Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 executed by the Company
to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order directing the Trustee to authenticate the Notes and certifying that all conditions precedent to the issuance of Notes contained herein have been fully complied with, and the Trustee in
accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Initial Notes. At any time and from time to time after the Issue Date, the Company may deliver Additional Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication,
together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Additional Notes, directing the Trustee to authenticate the Additional Notes and certifying that the issuance of such Additional Notes is in compliance with Article Ten hereof
and that all other conditions precedent to the issuance of Notes contained herein have been fully complied with, and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Additional Notes. 

Upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate for original issue Exchange Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $500,000,000 plus any increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Notes as a result of any Additional Notes issued; provided that such Exchange Notes shall be issuable only upon the valid surrender for cancellation of Initial
Notes and any Additional Notes of a like aggregate principal amount in accordance with an Exchange Offer pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Exchange Notes and certifying that
all conditions precedent to the issuance of such Exchange Notes are complied with. In each case, the Trustee shall receive a Company Order and an Opinion of Counsel of the Company that it may reasonably require in connection with such authentication
of Notes. Such Company Order shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated. 
 Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. 
 No Note shall be
entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for in Exhibit 1 to the Appendix, duly executed by the
Trustee by manual signature of an authorized officer, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture. 
 In case the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, pursuant to Article Eight of this Indenture, shall be
consolidated or merged with or into any other Person or shall convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the successor Person resulting from such consolidation, or
surviving such merger, or into which the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor shall have been merged, or the Person which shall have received a conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition as aforesaid, shall have executed a supplemental
indenture hereto with the Trustee pursuant to Article Eight of this Indenture, any of the Notes authenticated or delivered prior to such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition may, from time to time, at the request
of the successor Person, be exchanged for other Notes executed in the name of the successor Person with such changes in phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but otherwise in substance of like tenor as the Notes surrendered for such exchange
and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon Company Request of the successor Person, shall authenticate and deliver Notes as specified in such request for the purpose of such exchange. If Notes shall at any time be authenticated and
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pursuant to this Section in exchange or substitution for or upon registration of transfer of any Notes, such successor Person, at the option of the Holders but without expense to them, shall
provide for the exchange of all Notes at the time outstanding for Notes authenticated and delivered in such new name. 

ARTICLE THREE 
 THE NOTES 
 SECTION 301. Title and Terms. The aggregate principal
amount of Notes which may be authenticated and issued under this Indenture is not limited; provided, however that any Additional Notes issued under this Indenture rank pari passu with the Initial Notes, are issued in accordance
with Sections 202, 312 and 1011 hereof, form a single class with the Initial Notes and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Initial Notes. Any Additional Notes shall be issued pursuant to a supplemental indenture to
this Indenture. 
 The Notes shall be known and designated as the “7 7/8% Senior Notes Due 2020” of the Company. The Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be November 1, 2020, and the Notes shall bear interest at the rate set forth below from October 23, 2012, or
from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable on May 1, 2013 and semi-annually thereafter on May 1 and November 1 in each year and at said Stated Maturity, until the principal
thereof is paid or duly provided for and to the Person in whose name the Note (or any predecessor Note) is registered at the close of business on the April 15 and October 15 immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date (each, a
“Regular Record Date”). 
 The principal of (and premium, if any), Additional Interest, if any, and
interest on the Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in the City of Chicago or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders of the Notes at their
respective addresses set forth in the Note Register of Holders; provided that all payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Interest, if any, with respect to Notes represented by one or more permanent global notes
registered in the name of or held by the Depository or its nominee shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder or Holders thereof. 

Holders shall have the right to require the Company to purchase their Notes, in whole or in part, in the event of a Change of Control
pursuant to Section 1017. The Notes shall be subject to repurchase pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer as provided in Section 1018. 
 The Notes shall be redeemable as provided in Article Eleven of this Indenture and Paragraph 6 of the Notes. 
 The due and punctual payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes payable by the Company is irrevocably unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth herein, by each of the
Subsidiary Guarantors. 
 SECTION 302. Denominations. The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons
and only in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. 
 SECTION 303. Temporary
Notes. Pending the preparation of definitive Notes, the Company may execute, and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise
produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Notes
may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Notes. 
 If temporary Notes are issued, the Company shall
cause definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Company
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Notes, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged,
the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes. 
 SECTION
304. Note Registrar; Paying Agent; Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency
designated pursuant to Section 1002 being herein sometimes referred to as the “Note Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Notes and of
transfers of Notes. The Note Register shall be in written form or any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times, the Note Register shall be open to inspection by the Trustee. The
Trustee is hereby initially appointed as note registrar (the “Note Registrar”) for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed to act as the Paying Agent and
to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes. 
 Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office
or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 1002, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of any authorized
denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount. 
 At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for
other Notes of any authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive; provided that no exchange of Notes for Exchange Notes shall occur until an Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall have been declared
effective by the SEC, the Trustee shall have received an Officers’ Certificate confirming that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC and the Initial Notes to be exchanged for the Exchange Notes shall
be cancelled by the Trustee. 
 All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid
obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. 

Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Note
Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by written instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Note Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. 

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange or redemption of Notes, but the Company may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any taxes, fees or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 202, 303, 906, 1017, 1018, or 1108 not
involving any transfer. 
 In case the Company, pursuant to Article Eight, shall, in one or more related transactions, be
consolidated or merged with or into any other Person or shall sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any Person, and the
surviving Person resulting from such consolidation or surviving such merger, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or the surviving Person which shall have participated in the sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition
as aforesaid, shall have assumed all of the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee pursuant to Article Eight, any of the Notes authenticated or delivered prior to
such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition may, from time to time, at the request of the surviving Person, be exchanged for other Notes executed in the name of the surviving Person with such changes in
phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but otherwise in substance of like tenor as the Notes surrendered for such exchange and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon the request of the surviving Person, shall authenticate and deliver
Notes as specified in such request for the purpose of such exchange. If Notes shall at any time be authenticated and delivered in any new name of a surviving Person pursuant to this Section 304 in exchange or substitution for or upon
registration of transfer of any Notes, such Successor Company, at the option of the Holders but without expense to them, shall provide for the exchange of all Notes at the time outstanding for Notes authenticated and delivered in such new name.

  
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 SECTION 305. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes. If (1) any mutilated
Note is surrendered to the Trustee, or (2) the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may
be required to protect the Company, the Trustee, any agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Note has been acquired by
a Protected Purchaser (as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code) (a “Protected Purchaser”), the Company shall execute and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for any such
mutilated Note or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a new Note of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. 
 In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay such Note. 

Upon the issuance of any new Note under this Section, 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) in replacing a Note. 
 Every new Note issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company and each Subsidiary
Guarantor, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued
hereunder. 
 The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and
remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes. 
 SECTION 306. Payment of
Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. 
 (a) Interest on any Note which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 1002; provided, however, that, subject to Section 301 hereof, each installment of interest may at the Company’s option be paid by (1) mailing a check for such
interest, payable to or upon the written order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 307, to the address of such Person as it appears in the Note Register or (2) transfer to an account located in the United States maintained
by the payee. 
 (b) Any interest on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such defaulted interest and (to the extent lawful) interest on such defaulted interest at the rate borne by the Notes
(such defaulted interest and interest thereon herein collectively called “Defaulted Interest”) may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below: 

(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their
respective Predecessor Notes) 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 Note 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 be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10
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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 given in the manner provided for in Section 107, 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 so given, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on such
Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2). 
 (2) The Company
may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes 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. 
 (c) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note. 
 SECTION 307. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to the due presentment of a Note for registration of transfer, the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Note is registered as the owner of such Note
for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Sections 304 and 306) interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee
or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 SECTION 308. Cancellation. All
Notes surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the
Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation
any Notes previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. If the Company shall so acquire any of the Notes, however, such acquisition shall not
operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes cancelled as
provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Notes held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures (subject to the record retention requirements of the
Exchange Act). Certification of the destruction of all cancelled Notes shall be delivered to the Company by the Trustee. The Trustee shall maintain a record of all cancelled Notes. The Trustee shall provide the Company a list of all Notes that have
been cancelled from time to time as requested by the Company. 
 SECTION 309. Computation of Interest. Interest on the
Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 
 SECTION 310. Transfer and Exchange.
The Notes shall be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a Note for registration of transfer. When a Note is presented to the Note Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Note
Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if the requirements of this Indenture and Section 8-401(a) of the Uniform Commercial Code are met. When Notes are presented to the Note Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to exchange
them for an equal principal amount of Notes of other denominations, the Note Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. 
 The Company shall not be required and without the prior written consent of the Company, the Note Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note (i) during a
period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, (ii) selected for redemption in whole or in part, (iii) that has been
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 SECTION 311. CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Notes may use
“CUSIP” numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers (in each case, if then generally in use) in addition to serial numbers, and, if so, the Trustee shall use such “CUSIP” numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers
in addition to serial numbers in notices of redemption, repurchase or other notices to Holders as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such “CUSIP”
numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption or repurchase and that reliance may be placed only on the serial or other identification numbers printed on the Notes,
and any such redemption or repurchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers, ISINs and “Common Code”
numbers applicable to the Notes. 
 SECTION 312. Issuance of Additional Notes. The Company may, subject to
Section 1011 of this Indenture, issue additional Notes having identical terms and conditions to the Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date, other than with respect to the date of issuance, the issue price and the date from which interest first
begins to accrue (the “Additional Notes”). The Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date and any Additional Notes subsequently issued shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture. Exchange Notes issued in
exchange for Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date and Exchange Notes issued for any Additional Notes subsequently issued shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture (except that any series of Notes that is not fungible
with the Initial Notes for U.S. Federal income tax purposes may be treated for purposes of provisions of this Indenture relating to transfer and exchange as a separate class that does not trade fungibly with Notes that have differing treatment under
U.S. Federal income tax law and may be assigned a different CUSIP or other identification number). 
 Notwithstanding anything
else herein, with respect to any Additional Notes issued subsequent to the date of this Indenture, when the context requires, (1) all references in the Appendix and elsewhere in this Indenture to a Registration Rights Agreement shall be to the
Registration Rights Agreement entered into with respect to such Additional Notes, (2) any references in this Indenture to the Exchange Offer, registration statement, Additional Interest, Initial Purchasers, and any other term related thereto
shall be to such terms as they are defined in such Registration Rights Agreement entered into with respect to such Additional Notes, (3) all time periods described in the Notes with respect to the registration of such Additional Notes shall be
as provided in such Registration Rights Agreement entered into with respect to such Additional Notes, (4) any Additional Interest, if set forth in such Registration Rights Agreement, may be paid to the holders of the Additional Notes
immediately prior to the making or the consummation of the Exchange Offer regardless of any other provisions regarding record dates herein and (5) all provisions of this Indenture shall be construed and interpreted to permit the issuance of
such Additional Notes and to allow such Additional Notes to become fungible and interchangeable with the Initial Notes originally issued under this Indenture (and Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor). 

ARTICLE FOUR 
 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE 
 SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture. This Indenture shall upon Company Request and at the Company’s expense cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder and then outstanding (except as set forth in the last paragraph of this Section and as to
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Notes expressly provided for herein or pursuant hereto) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture when: 
 (1) either 

(A) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen
and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 305 and (ii) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or segregated and held in trust by the Company and
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 (B) all such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, 
 (i) have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption pursuant to
Section 1106 or otherwise, or 
 (ii) shall become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one
year, or 
 (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, 
 and the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) of this clause (B), has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars,
non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as shall be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption, as the case may be; 
 (2) no Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and the granting of Liens in connection therewith) with respect to this Indenture or the Notes issued
hereunder shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any Credit Facility, the Senior
Subordinated Debt Documents, the 6% Senior Subordinated Exchangeable Notes or any other material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor is bound; 
 (3) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this
Indenture; 
 (4) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply
the deposited money toward the payment of such Notes at Maturity or the Redemption Date, as the case may be; and 

(5) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that
all conditions precedent herein to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been satisfied. 
 Notwithstanding the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money or Government Securities shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and
the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge. In addition, nothing in this Section 401 shall be deemed to discharge the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607 and the
obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 612 that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. 
 SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money or Government Securities deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium and Additional Interest, if any) and interest for whose payment such money or Government Securities has been deposited with the Trustee, but such money or
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 If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in
accordance with Section 401 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and any Subsidiary
Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 401 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or
Government Securities in accordance with Section 401; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be
subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent. 
 ARTICLE FIVE 
 REMEDIES 

SECTION 501. Events of Default. “Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or
governmental body): 
 (1) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise,
of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes issued under this Indenture; 
 (2) default for 30 days or more
in the payment when due of interest on or with respect to the Notes issued under this Indenture; 
 (3) failure
by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor for 60 days after receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes issued under this Indenture to comply with any of its other
agreements contained in this Indenture or the Notes; 
 (4) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument
under which there is issued or by which there is secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than
Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or is created after the issuance of the Notes, if both 

(A) such default either 
 (i) results from the failure to pay any principal of such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods) or 

(ii) relates to an obligation other than the obligation to pay principal of any such Indebtedness at its stated final
maturity and results in the holder or holders of such Indebtedness causing such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity and 
 (B) the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at stated final maturity (after giving effect to
any applicable grace periods), or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregate $40.0 million or more at any one time outstanding; 
 (5) failure by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $40.0
million, which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period of more than 60 days after such judgment becomes final, and in the event such judgment is covered by insurance, an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any
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 (6) any of the following events with respect to the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary: 
 (A) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any
Bankruptcy Law 
 (i) commences a voluntary case; 

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

(iii) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property; 

(iv) takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency; or 

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

(i) is for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case; 

(ii) appoints a custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its property; or

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

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; 

provided, that for the purposes of this clause (6), a Significant Subsidiary shall include any group of Subsidiaries that together
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or 
 (7) the Subsidiary Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary (or
any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect or be declared null and void or any responsible officer of any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant
Subsidiary (or the responsible officers of any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), as the case may be, denies that it has any further liability under its Subsidiary Guarantee or gives notice to such
effect, other than by reason of the termination of this Indenture or the release of any such Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture. 
 SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. 
 (a) If
any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(6) with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing under this Indenture, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes
issued under this Indenture may declare the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary Obligations on all the Outstanding Notes issued under this Indenture to be due and payable immediately by a notice in writing to the Company (and
to the Trustee if given by the Holders). 
 (b) Upon the effectiveness of such declaration, such principal of and premium, if
any, and interest on the Notes shall be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in Section 501(6) with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, then the principal amount of all
Outstanding Notes shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any notice, declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. 

  
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 (c) At any time after a declaration of acceleration has been made and before a judgment or
decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article Five, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee,
may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: 
 (1) the Company has paid or deposited with the
Trustee a sum sufficient to pay: 
 (A) all overdue interest on all Outstanding Notes, 

(B) all unpaid principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Outstanding Notes which has become due otherwise than by such
declaration of acceleration, and interest on such unpaid principal at the rate borne by the Notes, 
 (C) to the
extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue interest at the rate borne by the Notes, and 

(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and 
 (2) Events of Default, other than the non-payment of
amounts of principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on Notes which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513. 

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon. 

(d) Notwithstanding the preceding clause (c), in the event of any Event of Default specified in Section 501(4) above, such Event of
Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose,

 (1) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged, or

 (2) the holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be)
giving rise to such Event of Default, or 
 (3) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been
cured. 
 SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified
in Section 501(1) or (2) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee, in its own name as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums due hereunder pursuant to this Article Five and unpaid, and,
in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel. The Trustee may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Notes and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law
out of the property of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Notes, wherever situated. 
 If an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders under this Indenture and the Subsidiary Guarantees by the judicial proceedings discussed above as
the Trustee shall deem necessary to protect and enforce any such rights, including seeking recourse against any Subsidiary Guarantor. 

  
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 SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any
receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor including any Subsidiary Guarantor, upon the Notes or the property of
the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall
have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal, premium, if any, or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, 

(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in
respect of the Notes and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and 
 (2) to collect, receive
and distribute any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; 
 and any custodian,
receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.

 Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of
any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding. 

SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name and as
trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders
in respect of which such judgment has been recovered. 
 SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected. Any money or
property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article Five shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or
interest, upon presentation of the Notes and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid: 
 FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607; 
 SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes 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 Notes for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and 

THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Company or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct in writing; provided
that all sums due and owing to the Holders and the Trustee have been paid in full as required by this Indenture. 
 The Trustee
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 SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits. Subject to Section 508, no Holder of any Notes
shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless: 

(1) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing; 

(2) Holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

 (3) such Holders have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it
against any loss, liability or expense; 
 (4) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days
after the receipt thereof and the offer of security or indemnity; and 
 (5) Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period, 
 it being
understood and intended that no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture or the Subsidiary Guarantees to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other
Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture or the Subsidiary Guarantees, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the
Holders (it being further understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders). 

SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest and the Special Mandatory Redemption.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment, as provided herein (including, if applicable, Article Eleven) and in such Note of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 306) interest on such Note on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Note (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date, and to institute suit for the enforcement
of any such payment on or after such respective dates, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. 
 SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture or the Subsidiary Guarantees and such
proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, any
other obligor of the Notes, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted. 
 SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect
to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in the last paragraph of Section 305, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other
right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. 
 SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such
right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article Five or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be
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 SECTION 512. Control by Holders. The Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Notes 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, provided that:

 (1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, 

(2) subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and 
 (3) the Trustee need not take any action which
might involve it in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the Holders not consenting. 
 SECTION 513. Waiver of
Default. Subject to Sections 508 and 902, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may on behalf of the Holders of all such Notes waive any Default hereunder and its consequences, except a continuing
Default or Event of Default (1) in respect of the payment of interest on, premium, if any, or the principal of any such Note held by a non-consenting Holder, or (2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected. 
 Upon any such waiver, such
Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent
thereon. 
 SECTION 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. Each of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and any other
obligor on the Notes covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or
at any time hereafter in force that would prohibit or forgive the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor from paying any portion of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes. 

SECTION 515. Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess
reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 515 does not
apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 508 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. 

ARTICLE SIX 
 THE TRUSTEE 
 SECTION 601. Duties of the Trustee. 

(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, 

(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture,
and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and 
 (2) in the
absence of bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming
to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions specifically required by any provision hereof to be provided to it, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they
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 (b) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or the Company has failed to make
a payment in respect of the Special Mandatory Redemption of which, in each case, a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge or of which written notice of such Event of Default or failure to make such payment shall have been given to
the Trustee by the Company, any other obligor of the Notes or by any Holder, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent Person
would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person’s own affairs. 
 (c) 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 

(1) this paragraph (c) shall not be construed to limit the effect of paragraph (a) of this Section; 

(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall
be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; 
 (3) 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 a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes 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; and 
 (4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. 

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of
or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. 
 SECTION 602. Notice of
Defaults. If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), notice of such Default or Event of Default
within 90 days after it occurs unless such Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on any Note, the
Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if it determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders. In addition, the Trustee shall have no obligation to accelerate the Notes if in the best judgment of the
Trustee acceleration is not in the best interest of the Holders of such Notes. 
 SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of TIA Sections 315(a) through 315(d): 
 (1) the Trustee may conclusively rely and
shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper
or document (whether in original, facsimile or .pdf form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties; 
 (2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently
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 (3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem
it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an
Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel; 
 (4) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its own
selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion
of such counsel; 
 (5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested
in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses, losses and
liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; 
 (6) the Trustee shall
not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or
other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be
entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the expense of the Company and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation; 

(7) 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; 

(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted 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; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence; 

(9) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture,
including its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder; and 

(10) 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. 

SECTION 604. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except for
the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Notes, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Notes and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a Statement of
Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Notes or the proceeds thereof. 

SECTION 605. May Hold Notes. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Note Registrar or any other agent of the Company or of the
Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and, subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Paying Agent,
Note Registrar or such other agent; provided, however, that, if it acquires any conflicting interest, it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue or resign. 

  
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 SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder 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 money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company. 

SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree: 

(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed in writing between the Company and the
Trustee for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); 

(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any
such expense, disbursement or advance as shall be determined to have been caused by its own negligence or willful misconduct; and 
 (3) to indemnify the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including taxes (other than
the taxes based on the income of the Trustee) incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the costs and expenses of defending itself
against any claim regardless of whether the claim is asserted by the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor, a Holder or any other Person or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. 

The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate the Trustee, to pay or reimburse the Trustee for reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses, disbursements and advances and to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and resignation or removal of the Trustee. As
security for the performance of such obligations of the Company, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Notes upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on particular Notes. 
 When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an
Event of Default specified in Section 501(6), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) of and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable
Bankruptcy Law. 
 The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture and resignation or removal of
the Trustee. 
 SECTION 608. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall be at all times a Trustee hereunder
which shall be eligible to act as Trustee under TIA Section 310(a)(1) and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of Federal, State, territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
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 SECTION 609. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. 

(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article Six shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 610. 
 (b) The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof within 30 days of such resignation to the Company. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a
successor trustee by written instrument executed by authority of the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and a copy to the successor Trustee. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required
by Section 610 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee. 
 (c) The Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 610 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee. 

(d) The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of
TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA
Section 310(b)(1) are met. 
 (e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy
shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor
Trustee shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such
appointment, become the successor Trustee and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided,
any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee. 

(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to the
Holders in the manner provided for in Section 107. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office. 
 SECTION 610. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. 
 (a) Every successor
Trustee appointed hereunder 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 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. 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. 
 (b) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee
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 SECTION 611. 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 all
or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder; provided that such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article Six, without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Notes 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 Notes so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Notes. In case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been
authenticated, any successor Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee. In all such cases such certificates shall have the full force and effect which this Indenture
provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Notes in the name of any predecessor Trustee
shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation. 
 SECTION 612. Appointment of
Authenticating Agent. At any time when any of the Notes remain Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent or agents with respect to the Notes which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Notes (an
“Authenticating Agent”) and the Trustee shall give written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Notes with respect to which such Authenticating Agent shall serve, in the manner provided for in Section 107. Notes 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. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee, and a copy of such instrument shall be promptly furnished to the Company. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Notes by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate
of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each
Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to
act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

 Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any
corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating
Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent; provided that such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent. 
 An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to
the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in
case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give written notice
of such appointment to all Holders of Notes, in the manner provided for in Section 107. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section. 

The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time such compensation for its services under this Section as shall
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 If an appointment is made pursuant to this Section, the Notes may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following form: 

This is one of the Notes designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 

 

			
	 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee

		
	By:	 	  

		 	as Authenticating Agent
		
	By:	 	  

		 	as Authorized Officer

 ARTICLE SEVEN 
 HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY 
 SECTION 701. Holder
Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 312(a). If the
Trustee is not the Note Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least two Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the
Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 312(a). 
 SECTION 702. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders. Every Holder, by receiving and holding Notes, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that none of the Company or the Trustee or any agent
of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with TIA Section 312, regardless of the source from which such information was derived,
and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under TIA Section 312(b). 
 SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee. Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the first May 15 after the Issue Date, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee
shall mail to the Holders (with a copy to the Company at the address specified in Section 106), in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), a brief report dated as of such May 15 that complies with TIA
Section 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by the TIA Section 313(c). 
 ARTICLE EIGHT 
 MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL
ASSETS 
 SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms. 

(a) The Company may not consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Company is the surviving entity), or sell,
assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless: 

(1) the Company is the surviving corporation or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if
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liability company and is (or has previously been) joined by a corporation as a co-issuer of the Notes, in each case organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state
thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (the Company or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”); 

(2) the Successor Company, if other than the Company, expressly assumes all the obligations of the Company under this
Indenture and the Notes pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; 
 (3) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists; 
 (4)
immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, as if such transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, 

(A) the Successor Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 1011(a) of this Indenture or 
 (B) the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio for the Successor Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis would be greater than such ratio for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction; 

(5) each Subsidiary Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, in which case
Section 802(A)(2) shall apply, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Subsidiary Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes; and 

(6) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture. 
 (b)
Notwithstanding clauses (a)(3) and (a)(4) above, 
 (1) any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate with, merge
into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Company and 
 (2) the Company may merge with an
Affiliate of the Company incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another State of the United States so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby.

 The foregoing covenant shall not apply to any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of assets
between or among the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors; provided, however, that a Subsidiary Guarantor that is a transferee under this provision may not subsequently release its Subsidiary Guarantee unless such Subsidiary Guarantor has
consolidated with or merged into the Company. 
 SECTION 802. Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain
Terms. Subject to Section 1208, each Subsidiary Guarantor shall not, and the Company shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving
corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions to, any Person unless: 

(A) (1) such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving corporation or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation
or merger (if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America, any
state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Subsidiary Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Person”); 

  
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 (2) the Successor Person, if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor, expressly
assumes all the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture and such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee, pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee; 
 (3) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists; and 

(4) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture; or 
 (B) the transaction is made in compliance with Section 1018 of this Indenture. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) any Subsidiary Guarantor may merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to another Subsidiary Guarantor or the Company and (b) any
Subsidiary Guarantor may convert into a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company or trust organized under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of each Subsidiary Guarantor. 

SECTION 803. Reserved. 
 SECTION 804. Successor Substituted. Subject to Section 1208 hereof (with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor only), upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, conveyance,
transfer, lease or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with Sections 801 and 802 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or such
Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, is merged or the successor Person to which such sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition is made, shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture or the Subsidiary Guarantees, as the case may be, with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case
may be, under this Indenture or the Subsidiary Guarantees, as the case may be; provided that the predecessor Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest and Additional
Interest, if any, on the Notes except in the case of a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all of the assets of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, that meets the requirements of Sections 801 and
802 hereof, as applicable. 
 SECTION 805. Reserved. 

SECTION 806. Assets of Subsidiary Apply to Company. For purposes of this Article Eight, the sale, lease, conveyance, assignment,
transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company (other than to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor in compliance with the terms of this Indenture), which properties
and assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company. 
 ARTICLE NINE 

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER 
 SECTION 901. Amendments or Supplements Without Consent of Holders. Notwithstanding Section 902 hereof, without the consent of any Holder, the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor (with respect to
a Subsidiary Guarantee or this Indenture to which it is a party), and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may amend or supplement this Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee or the Notes, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the
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 (2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of
certificated Notes; 
 (3) to comply with Article Eight hereof and to provide for the assumption of the
Company’s or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations to Holders in connection therewith; 
 (4) to make
any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights of any such Holder under this Indenture; 

(5) to add covenants for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred in this Indenture upon
the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor; 
 (6) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; 
 (7) to evidence and provide for
the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee pursuant to the requirements of Sections 609 and 610 hereof; 
 (8) to provide for the issuance of Exchange Notes or private exchange notes, which are identical to Exchange Notes except that they are not freely transferable; 

(9) to add a Subsidiary Guarantor or any other guarantor under this Indenture; 

(10) to conform the text of this Indenture, Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes to any provision of the “Description
of notes” section of the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes was intended to be a substantially verbatim recitation of the “Description of notes” section of
the Offering Memorandum; 
 (11) to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant any other Lien in favor of the trustee
for the benefit of the Holders, as security for the payment and performance of all or any portion of the Notes, in any property or assets; 
 (12) to comply with the rules of any applicable securities depositary; or 
 (13) to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Notes; provided, however, that (A) compliance with this Indenture as so amended
would not result in Notes being transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable securities law and (B) such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer Notes. 

Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental
indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 603 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted
by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights,
duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Opinion of Counsel shall be required in connection with the addition of a Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture upon execution and delivery by such
Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee of a supplemental indenture to this Indenture, the form of which is attached as Exhibit B hereto, and delivery of an Officer’s Certificate. 

SECTION 902. Amendments or Supplements with Consent of Holders. With the written consent of the Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor (with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantee or this Indenture to which it is a party) and the Trustee may
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Notes (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or Exchange Offer for, the Notes) and (b) waive any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance
with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or Exchange Offer, for Notes). Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, no such amendment, supplement or waiver shall,
without the consent of each Holder of the Outstanding Notes affected thereby: 
 (1) reduce the principal amount
of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver, 
 (2) reduce the principal of or
change the Maturity of any such Note or alter or waive the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes (other than Sections 1017 and 1018), 
 (3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note, 
 (4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes issued under this Indenture, except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration, or in respect of a covenant or provision contained in this Indenture or any Subsidiary
Guarantee that cannot be amended or modified without the consent of all Holders, 
 (5) make any Note payable in
money other than that stated in the Notes, 
 (6) make any change in the provisions of Section 508 or
Section 513 of this Indenture, 
 (7) make any change in the ranking of this Indenture and the Notes that
would adversely affect the Holders, 
 (8) except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Indenture, modify the
Subsidiary Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) in any manner adverse to the Holders, 

(9) make any change in these amendment and waiver provisions, or 

(10) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, or interest on such Holder’s Notes on or
after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes. 
 The consent of the Holders is not necessary under this Indenture to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment. It is sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed
amendment. 
 SECTION 903. Execution of Amendments, Supplements or Waivers. The Trustee shall sign any amendment,
supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article Nine if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign an amendment, supplement or waiver that
requires consent of Holders until the Board of Directors approves it. In executing any amendment, supplement or waiver, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 601 hereof) shall be fully protected in relying upon, in
addition to the documents required by Section 103 hereof, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such
amendment, supplement or waiver is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies with the
provisions hereof (including Section 905). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Opinion of Counsel will be required for the Trustee to execute any amendment or supplement adding a new Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture. 

  
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 SECTION 904. Effect of Amendments, Supplements or Waivers. Upon the execution of any
supplemental indenture under this Article Nine, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such amendment, supplement or waiver shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Notes theretofore or
thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby. 
 SECTION 905. Compliance with Trust Indenture
Act. Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall be set forth in an amended or supplemental indenture that complies with the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect. 

SECTION 906. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures. Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article Nine may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new
Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Notes.

 SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures. Promptly after the execution by the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor
and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section 902, the Company shall give notice thereof to the Holders, in the manner provided for in Section 107, setting forth in general terms the substance of such
supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Company to give such notice to the Holders, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture. 

ARTICLE TEN 
 COVENANTS 
 SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, if Any, and
Interest. The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date
due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary, holds as of 12:00 noon (Eastern Time) on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal,
premium, if any, and interest then due. The Company shall pay Additional Interest, if any, on the dates of its choosing in the amounts and in the manner set forth in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement and in the Notes. 

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate equal to the then applicable interest rate on the Notes, and it shall pay
interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate, in any case to the extent lawful. 
 SECTION 1002. Maintenance
of Office or Agency. The Company shall maintain an office or agency in the United States where Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall be such office or agency of the Company, unless the Company shall designate and maintain some other office or
agency for one or more of such purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any change in the location of any such office or agency. 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, surrenders, 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, surrenders, notices and demands. 
 The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind any such designation. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or
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 SECTION 1003. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. If the Company shall at any time
act as its own Paying Agent, it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any of the Notes, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. 

Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for the Notes, it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on any Notes, deposit with a 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 shall promptly notify the Trustee of such action or any failure so to act. 
 The Company shall cause each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of
this Section, that such Paying Agent shall: 
 (1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided; 

(2) give the Trustee notice of any Default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes) in the making of any
payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest; and 
 (3) at any time during the continuance of any such
Default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent. 

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 by Company Order 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 trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such sums. 
 Subject to applicable laws relating to abandoned property, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any) or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from
such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of
the Company as Trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease. 
 SECTION 1004. Corporate Existence. Subject to Article Eight,
the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate, limited liability company, partnership or other existence of each Guarantor that is a Significant
Subsidiary, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Guarantor; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such
corporate, limited liability company, partnership or other existence if the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries as a whole. 
 SECTION 1005. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Company shall pay or discharge or cause
to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment or charge whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in
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payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may,
to the extent required to do so by law, deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States of America from principal or interest payments under this Indenture. 

SECTION 1006. Reserved. 
 SECTION 1007. Reserved. 
 SECTION 1008. Statement by Officers as to
Default. 
 (a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an
Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether it has
kept, observed, performed and fulfilled, and has caused each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to keep, observe, perform and fulfill its obligations under this Indenture and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that, to
the best of his or her knowledge, the Company during such preceding fiscal year has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled, and has caused each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to keep, observe, perform and fulfill each and every such covenant
contained in this Indenture and no Default occurred during such year and at the date of such certificate there is no Default which has occurred and is continuing or, if such signers do know of such Default that is continuing, the certificate shall
specify such Default and that, to the best of his or her knowledge, no event has occurred and remains by reason of which payments on the account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a
description of the event. The Officers’ Certificate shall also notify the Trustee should the Company elect to change the manner in which it fixes its fiscal year-end. 
 (b) When any Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying such event, notice or other action within five
Business Days of becoming aware of its occurrence. 
 SECTION 1009. Reports and Other Information. 

(a) Whether or not required by the SEC, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Holders, within the time
periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations (as in effect on the Issue Date) for non-accelerated filers: 
 (1) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing by a non-accelerated filer with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K (or any successor or comparable forms)
if the Company were required to file such forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and, with respect to the annual information only, a report on the annual financial
statements by the Company’s certified independent accountants; and 
 (2) all current reports that would be
required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports. 
 In addition, whether or not
required by the SEC, the Company shall file a copy of all of the information and reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and
regulations (unless the SEC shall not accept such a filing) and make such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request. The Company will be deemed to have furnished the Holders the reports referred to in
Section 1009(a)(1) and (2) if the Company has either (i) filed such reports with the SEC (and such reports are publicly available) or (ii) posted such reports on the Company Website and issued a press release in respect thereof.
For purposes of this Section 1009, the term “Company Website” means the collection of web pages that may be accessed on the World Wide Web using the URL address http://www.aleris.com or such other address as the Company may from time
to time designate in writing to the Trustee. In addition, the Company has agreed that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, it shall furnish to Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information
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 (b) In addition, if at any time any direct or indirect parent company of the Company becomes
a guarantor of the Notes (there being no obligation of such parent to do so), the reports, information and other documents required to be filed and furnished to the Holders pursuant to this Section 1009 may, at the option of the Company, be
filed by and be those of such parent rather than the Company; provided that the same is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such parent, on the one
hand, and the information relating to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand. 

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the requirements of this Section 1009 shall be deemed satisfied prior to the commencement of the
Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement by the filing with the SEC of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement, and any amendments thereto, with such financial information that
satisfies Regulation S-X of the Securities Act. 
 (d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be
deemed to have failed to comply with any of its obligations under this Section 1009 for the purposes of Section 501(3) until 120 days after the date any report hereunder is due. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any failure
to comply with this Section 1009 shall be automatically cured when the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as the case may be, provides all required reports to the Holders or files all required reports with the SEC.

 SECTION 1010. Limitation on Restricted Payments. (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly: 
 (1) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on account of
the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger or consolidation other than: 

(A) dividends or distributions by the Company payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company
or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase such Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock); or 

(B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable
on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in
accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities; 
 (2) purchase, redeem, defease or
otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, including in connection with any merger or consolidation; 

(3) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value in each case,
prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness, other than: 

(x) Indebtedness permitted under Sections 1011(b)(8) and (9) of this Indenture; or 

(y) the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Subordinated Indebtedness purchased in anticipation of satisfying a
sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase or acquisition; or 

  
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 (4) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other actions set
forth in clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment: 

(A) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof; 

(B) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Company could incur $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness under Section 1011(a) of this Indenture; 
 (C) such Restricted Payment, together
with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date pursuant to this Section 1010(a) or clauses (1), (7) and (9) of Section 1010(b) (and excluding,
for the avoidance of doubt, all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 1010(b)), is less than the sum, without duplication, of: 
 (1) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) from October 1, 2012 to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for
which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment, or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit, plus 

(2) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company, of
marketable securities or other property received by the Company after the Issue Date (less the amount of such net cash proceeds to the extent such amount has been relied upon to permit the incurrence of Indebtedness, or issuance of
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 1011(b)(21)(B) of this Indenture) from the issue or sale of: 
 (x) (i) Equity Interests of the Company, including Retired Capital Stock (as defined below), but excluding cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company, of
marketable securities or other property received from the sale of Equity Interests to any future, present or former employees, directors, managers or consultants of the Company, any direct or indirect parent company of the Company or any of the
Company’s Subsidiaries after the Issue Date to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with Section 1010(b)(4); and 

(ii) to the extent actually contributed to the Company, Equity Interests of the Company’s direct or indirect
parent companies (excluding contributions to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with Section 1010(b)(4)); or 

(y) debt securities of the Company that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests of the Company;

 provided that this clause (2) shall not include the proceeds from (a) Equity Interests of the Company or
debt securities of the Company that have been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests of the Company sold to a Restricted Subsidiary or the Company, as the case may be, (b) Disqualified Stock or debt securities that have been converted
into or exchanged for Disqualified Stock or (c) Excluded Contributions, plus 
 (3) 100% of the
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proceeds to the extent such amount has been relied upon to permit the incurrence of Indebtedness or issuance of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 1011(b)(21)(B)
(other than any contribution made by a Restricted Subsidiary and other than any Excluded Contribution), plus 
 (4) to the extent not already included in Consolidated Net Income, 100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company, of marketable
securities or other property received after the Issue Date by means of 
 (A) the sale or other disposition
(other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and
repayments to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of loans or advances that constitute Restricted Investments; or 
 (B) the sale (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than in each case to the
extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 1010(b)(11), (12) or (14) or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment) or a dividend
from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus 
 (5) in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, the fair market value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary, as determined by the Company in good faith or if, in the case of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such fair market value
may exceed $100.0 million, in writing by an Independent Financial Advisor, at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the Investment in such
Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 1010(b) (11), (12) or (14) or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment; and 

(D) such Restricted Payment is made after April 1, 2013 and after the time that the entire Restricted Payment
capacity under Section 1010(b)(16) below shall have been used. 
 (b) The foregoing provisions shall not prohibit: 

(1) the payment of any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of
declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture; 
 (2) the redemption,
repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests (“Retired Capital Stock”) or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, in exchange
for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Company (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock); 

(3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement of (a) Subordinated Indebtedness of the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of such Person or (b) Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary made by exchange for,
or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Disqualified Stock of such Person that, in each case, is incurred in compliance with Section 1011 of this Indenture so long as: 

(A) the principal amount of such new Indebtedness or liquidation preference of such new Disqualified Stock does not exceed
the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Subordinated Indebtedness or the liquidation preference of the Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired for value, plus the amount of any
reasonable premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired and any reasonable fees and expenses incurred in
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 (B) such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes at least to the same
extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired; 
 (C) such
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than (x) the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, acquired or
retired or (y) one year after the final stated maturity of the Notes; and 
 (D) such Indebtedness or
Disqualified Stock has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than (x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, acquired or
retired or (y) one year after the final stated maturity of the Notes; 
 (4) a Restricted Payment to pay for
the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies held by any future, present or former employee, director,
manager or consultant of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parent companies, or their estates or the beneficiaries of such estates, pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other
management or employee benefit plan or agreement; provided that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (4) do not exceed in any calendar year $15.0 million (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to
succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $30.0 million in any calendar year); provided, further, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to
exceed 
 (A) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company
and, to the extent contributed to the Company, Equity Interests of any of the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies, in each case to members of management, directors, managers or consultants of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or
any of its direct or indirect parent companies that occurs after the Issue Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of clause
(C) of Section 1010(a), plus 
 (B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies
received by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date, less 
 (C) the amount of
any Restricted Payments previously made pursuant to subclauses (A) and (B) of this clause (4); 
 and
provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company from members of management, directors, managers or consultants of the Company, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any Restricted Subsidiary in
connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies shall not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 1010 or any other provision of this Indenture;

  
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 (5) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or
series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary issued in accordance with Section 1011 to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of “Fixed Charges”; 

(6) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests
represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants; 
 (7) the declaration and payment of
dividends on the Company’s common stock following the first public offering of the Company’s common stock or the common stock of any of its direct or indirect parent companies after the Issue Date, of up to 6% per annum of the net
proceeds received by or contributed to the Company in or from any such public offering, other than public offerings with respect to the Company’s common stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8; 

(8) the declaration and payment of dividends by the Company to, or the making of loans to, its direct parent company in
amounts required for the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies to pay: 
 (A) franchise taxes and
other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain their corporate existence; 
 (B) Federal, state and local
income taxes, to the extent such income taxes are attributable to the income of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the extent of the amount actually received from its Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in amounts required to pay such taxes
to the extent attributable to the income of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries; 
 (C) customary salary, bonus and
other benefits payable to officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries; 
 (D) general corporate overhead expenses of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company
(including indemnification claims made by directors or officers of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company) to the extent such expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 (E) reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with any unsuccessful debt or equity offering by such
direct or indirect parent company of the Company; and 
 (F) any non-cash “deemed dividend” resulting
from a parent company offsetting income against losses of the Company which does not involve any cash distribution by the Company; 
 (9) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness in connection with events similar to those described under Section 1017 and
Section 1018 of this Indenture; provided that, prior to such repurchase, redemption or other acquisition, the Company (or a third party to the extent permitted by this Indenture) shall have made a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale
Offer, as the case may be, with respect to the Notes and shall have repurchased all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn in connection with such Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer; 

(10) distributions or payments of Receivables Fees; 

(11) other Restricted Payments in an amount which, when taken together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to
this clause (11) and then outstanding, does not exceed $50.0 million; provided, however, that, after March 31, 2013, neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary may make any Restricted Payment under this clause (11) until
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 (12) Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions;

 (13) [Reserved]; 
 (14) at any time when the Consolidated Total Debt Ratio of the Company as of the end of each of the last four prior consecutive fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available did
not exceed 2.75 to 1.00, the Company may make Restricted Payments in such amounts and at such times as the Company may determine; provided that, immediately after making any such Restricted Payment, the Consolidated Total Debt Ratio of the Company
would not exceed 2.75 to 1.00, calculated as of the end of such four consecutive fiscal quarters on a pro forma basis after making any such Restricted Payment and giving effect to the incurrence of any Indebtedness to finance such payment
(incorporating such pro forma adjustments as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio with such calculations made in good faith by a responsible financial or
accounting officer of the Company); provided, however, that neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary may make any Restricted Payment under this clause (14) until after April 1, 2013; and provided, further, that
neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary may make any Restricted Payment under this clause (14) until after using the entire Restricted Payment capacity under Section 1010(b)(16) below; 

(15) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of, and the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition of, the
Series A Exchangeable Preferred Stock; and 
 (16) the Permitted Dividend Payments; 

provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clause (11) or (14) no
Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof. 
 (c) In determining whether any
Restricted Payment is permitted by this Section 1010, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may allocate all or any portion of such Restricted Payment among the categories described in clauses (1) through (16) of
Section 1010(b) or among such categories and the types of Restricted Payments described in Section 1010(a) (including categorization in whole or in part as a Permitted Investment); provided that, at the time of such allocation, all such
Restricted Payments, or allocated portions thereof, would be permitted under the various provisions of this Section 1010 and provided further that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may reclassify all or a portion of such Restricted
Payment or Permitted Investment in any manner that complies with this Section 1010 (based on circumstances existing at the time of such reclassification), and following such reclassification such Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment shall
be treated as having been made pursuant to only the clause or clauses of this Section 1010 to which such Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment has been reclassified. 
 (d) As of the Issue Date, all of the Company’s Subsidiaries shall be Restricted Subsidiaries, other than Aleris Asia Pacific Limited, Aleris Aluminum (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. and Aleris (Shanghai) Trading
Co., Ltd. and any of their direct and indirect Subsidiaries, which shall be Unrestricted Subsidiaries. The Company shall not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of the
definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the
Subsidiary so designated shall be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of “Investments.” Such designation shall be permitted only if a Restricted Payment in such
amount would be permitted at such time, whether pursuant to Section 1010(a) or under clause (11), (12) or (14) of Section 1010(b) or pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Investments,” and if such Subsidiary
otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unrestricted Subsidiaries shall not be subject to any of the restrictive covenants set forth in this Indenture. 
 SECTION 1011. Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock. (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
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create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, “incur” and collectively, an “incurrence”)
with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), and the Company shall not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock;
provided that the Company may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock or
issue shares of Preferred Stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio on a consolidated basis for the Company’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are
available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma
application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of the proceeds therefrom had occurred at the
beginning of such four-quarter period; provided that the amount of Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock that may be incurred or issued, as applicable, pursuant to the foregoing by Restricted
Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors shall not exceed $125.0 million at any one time outstanding. 
 (b) The
foregoing limitations shall not apply to any of the following items (collectively, “Permitted Debt”): 
 (1) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Credit Facilities by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that immediately after giving pro forma effect to any such incurrence (including a pro forma
application of the net proceeds therefrom), the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (a) and then outstanding does not exceed the greatest of (i) $750.0 million, (ii) the sum of (A) 85.0% of
the net book value of accounts receivable of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) 70.0% of the net book value of inventory of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (with accounts receivable and inventory calculated on the
basis that all Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and disposed operations that have been made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries prior to or substantially contemporaneous with the date of any calculation
shall be included or excluded, as the case may be, on a pro forma basis with such calculations made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company) and (iii) the product of (A) 3.5 and (B) EBITDA on a
consolidated basis for the Company’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred
(calculated in the same manner as for the purposes of the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio); 
 (2) the
incurrence by the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness represented by the Notes issued on the Issue Date and the Subsidiary Guarantees thereof and the Exchange Notes and related exchange guarantees to be issued in exchange for the
Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement (other than any Additional Notes, but including Exchange Notes and related exchange guarantees to be issued in exchange for Additional Notes otherwise permitted to be
incurred hereunder pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement); 
 (3) the incurrence by the
Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness represented by the 6% Senior Subordinated Exchangeable Notes and the
7 5/8% Senior Notes; 
 (4) Existing Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of this Section 1011(b)); 

(5) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred by the Company
or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, to finance the development, construction, purchase, lease (other than the lease, pursuant to Sale and Lease-Back Transactions) of property (real or personal), equipment or other fixed or capital assets owned by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as of the Issue Date or acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date in exchange for, or with the proceeds of the sale of, such assets owned by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary as of the Issue Date), repairs, additions or improvement of property (real or personal), equipment or other fixed or capital assets that are used or useful in a Similar Business, whether through the

  
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direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets and any Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, replace or refinance any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and
Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (5); provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (5) (including any such Refinancing Indebtedness) does not exceed
the greater of (x) $175.0 million and (y) 10.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at any one time outstanding; 
 (6) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business, including letters
of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims; provided that upon the drawing of such letters of credit or the incurrence
of such Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within 30 days following such drawing or incurrence; 
 (7)
Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business,
assets or a Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided that 

(A) such Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (contingent
obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet shall not be deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (7)(A); and 

(B) the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds
including noncash proceeds (the fair market value of such noncash proceeds being measured at the time received and without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value) actually received by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in
connection with such disposition; 
 (8) Indebtedness of the Company to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that
any such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which
results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of
such Indebtedness; 
 (9) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or another Restricted
Subsidiary; provided that if a Subsidiary Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary
Guarantor; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of Capital Stock or any other event that results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness
(except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness; 
 (10) Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which
results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an
issuance of such shares of Preferred Stock; 
 (11) Hedging Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations entered
into for speculative purposes) for the purpose of managing: (A) interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be outstanding, (B) exchange rate risk with respect to any currency
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 (12) Indebtedness and obligations in respect of (x) self-insurance and
obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business, (y) deferred compensation or other
similar arrangements incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (z) the financing of insurance premiums or take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements incurred in the ordinary course of business; 

(13) (x) any guarantee by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other Obligations of any Restricted
Subsidiary, so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness by such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Indenture or (y) any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Company permitted to be incurred
under the terms of this Indenture; provided that such guarantee is incurred in accordance with Section 1015; 
 (14) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock that serves to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew, defease or retire any
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred as permitted under Section 1011(a) and clauses (2), (3) and (4) above, this clause (14), and clauses (15) and (21)(B) below of this Section 1011(b) or
any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued to so extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew, defease or retire such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock including additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or
Preferred Stock incurred to pay premiums and fees in connection therewith (the “Refinancing Indebtedness”) prior to its respective maturity; provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness: 

(A) has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than
(x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed, defeased or retired or (y) one year after the final stated maturity of
the Notes; 
 (B) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness extends, replaces, refunds, refinances, renews or
defeases (i) Indebtedness subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantee at least to the same extent as the
Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased or (ii) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, respectively; and 

(C) shall not include: 
 (x) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company; 

(y) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor that
refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor; or 
 (z)
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; 

  
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 (15) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (x) of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred to finance the acquisition of any Person or assets or (y) of Persons that are acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided that either 
 (A) after giving effect to such
acquisition or merger, either: 
 (i) the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 1011(a); or 
 (ii) the
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis is greater than immediately prior to such acquisition or merger; or 

(B) such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (i) is not Secured Indebtedness and is Subordinated
Indebtedness with then current customary subordination terms, as attested to by a Board Resolution, (ii) is not incurred while a Default exists and no Default shall result therefrom, (iii) does not mature (and is not mandatorily redeemable
in the case of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock) and does not require any payment of principal prior to the final maturity of the Notes, (iv) is incurred by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor and (v) in the case of sub-clause
(y) above only, is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition or merger; 
 (16) Indebtedness arising
from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of its
incurrence; 
 (17) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary supported by a letter of credit
issued pursuant to a Credit Facility, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit; 
 (18) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary incurred to finance or assumed in connection with an acquisition and any Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund,
replace or refinance any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (18) which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred
pursuant to this clause (18) and then outstanding (including any such Refinancing Indebtedness) does not exceed $50.0 million (it being understood that any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause
(18) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (18) but shall be deemed incurred pursuant to Section 1011(a) from and after the first date on which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could
have incurred such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 1011(a) without reliance on this clause (18)); 
 (19) Indebtedness incurred by a Foreign Subsidiary which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (19) and then outstanding, does not
exceed the greater of (x) $175.0 million and (y) 10.0% of Consolidated Total Assets (it being understood that any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (19) shall cease to be deemed
incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (19) but shall be deemed incurred pursuant to Section 1011(a) from and after the first date on which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 1011(a) without reliance on this clause (19)); 

(20) Indebtedness issued by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to current or former employees, directors, managers
and consultants thereof, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company to the extent described in
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 (21) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which, when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and
Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (21) and then outstanding, does not at any one time outstanding exceed the sum of: 
 (A) $200.0 million (it being understood that any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (21) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for
purposes of this clause (21) but shall be deemed incurred pursuant to Section 1011(a) from and after the first date on which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred
Stock pursuant to Section 1011(a) without reliance on this clause (21); plus 
 (B) the net cash proceeds
received by the Company since after the Issue Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company or cash contributed to the capital of the Company (in each case, other than proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) as determined in accordance with clauses (c)(2) and (c)(3) of Section 1010(a) of this Indenture to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses to make
Restricted Payments or to make other investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to Section 1010(b) of this Indenture or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (a) and (c) of the
definition thereof); and 
 (22) Attributable Debt incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant
to Sale and Lease-Back Transactions of property (real or personal), equipment or other fixed or capital assets owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as of the Issue Date or acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the
Issue Date in exchange for, or with the proceeds of the sale of, such assets owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as of the Issue Date and any Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, replace or refinance any Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (22), provided that the aggregate amount of Attributable Debt incurred under this clause (22) (including any such Refinancing Indebtedness) does not exceed $50.0 million.

 (c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 1011: 

(1) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock meets the criteria of more than one
of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (22) of Section 1011(b) or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 1011(a), the Company, in its sole discretion, shall classify or reclassify, or later
divide, classify or reclassify (based on circumstances existing at the time of such reclassification), such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) and shall only be required to include the amount and
type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock in one or more of the above clauses; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the ABL Facility on the Issue Date shall be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance
on the exception in clause (1) of Section 1011(b); 
 (2) at the time of incurrence, the Company shall
be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in Section 1011(a) and (b) without giving pro forma effect to the Indebtedness incurred pursuant to
Section 1011(b) when calculating the amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred pursuant to Section 1011(a); 
 (3) with respect to Indebtedness incurred under a Credit Facility, reborrowings of amounts previously repaid pursuant to “cash sweep” provisions or any similar provisions under such Credit
Facility that provide that Indebtedness is deemed to be repaid daily (or otherwise periodically) shall only be deemed for purposes of Section 1011 to have been incurred on the date such Indebtedness was first incurred and not on the date of any
subsequent reborrowing thereof; and 
 (4) any Credit Facility incurred under clause (1) of
Section 1011(b) may be refinanced at any time if such refinancing does not exceed the aggregate principal amount of the Credit Facility being refinanced (together with any premiums or fees associated with such refinancing) and such refinancing
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 (d) The accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest in
the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 1011. 

(e) For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S.
dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed
or incurred (as determined by the Company), in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such
extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such extension,
replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of
such Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased. 
 (f) The principal amount of any
Indebtedness incurred to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased, shall be calculated
based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance. 

SECTION 1012. Liens. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Subsidiary Guarantors to, directly or indirectly,
create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) that secures obligations under any Indebtedness on any asset or property of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits
therefrom, or assign or convey any right to receive income therefrom, unless: 
 (1) in the case of Liens
securing Subordinated Indebtedness, the Notes or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, are secured by a Lien on such property or assets that is senior in priority to such Liens; and 

(2) in all other cases, the Notes or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be,
are equally and ratably secured; 
 provided that any Lien which is granted to secure the Notes under this Section 1012 shall be
discharged at the same time as the discharge of the Lien (other than through the exercise of remedies with respect thereto) that gave rise to the obligation to so secure the Notes. 

SECTION 1013. Limitations on Transactions with Affiliates. (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding,
loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $10.0 million, unless 

(1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary
than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person and 
 (2) the Company delivers to the Trustee with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $30.0 million, a
Board Resolution adopted by the majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause
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 (b) The foregoing provisions shall not apply to the following: 

(1) transactions between or among the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; 

(2) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 1010 of this Indenture and the definition of Permitted Investments;

 (3) transactions pursuant to compensatory, benefit and incentive plans and agreements with officers,
directors, managers or employees of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith; 

(4) the payment of reasonable and customary fees and reimbursements paid to, and indemnities provided on behalf of,
officers, directors, managers, employees or consultants of the Company, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any Restricted Subsidiary; 
 (5) payments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Sponsors or any Co-Investors for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment
banking activities, including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, and any customary indemnities related thereto, which payments are approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith;

 (6) transactions in which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, delivers to the
Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (1) of Section 1013(a);

 (7) payments or loans (or cancellations of loans) to employees or consultants of the Company, any of its
direct or indirect parent companies or any Restricted Subsidiary and employment agreements, employee benefit plans, stock option plans and other compensatory or severance arrangements with such employees or consultants that are, in each case,
approved by the Company in good faith; 
 (8) any agreement, instrument or arrangement as in effect as of the
Issue Date, or any amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment is not disadvantageous to the Holders in any material respect as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Issue Date as reasonably determined by the Company in good
faith, as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate); 
 (9) the existence of, or the performance by the Company
or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any stockholders agreement or its equivalent (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date
and any similar agreements which it may enter into thereafter; provided, however that the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of obligations under any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under
any similar agreement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (9) to the extent that the terms of any such existing agreement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, or new agreement are not
otherwise more disadvantageous to the Holders in any material respect than the terms of the original agreement in effect on the Issue Date as reasonably determined in good faith by the Company; 

(10) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, joint venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods or services
(including pursuant to joint venture agreements), in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture that are fair to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable
determination of the Board of Directors or the senior management of the Company, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party; 

  
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 (11) the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the
Company to any Permitted Holder or to any director, manager, officer, employee or consultant of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company thereof; 
 (12) transactions with a China Entity; 
 (13) investments by the
Sponsors and the Co-Investors in newly-issued securities of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries so long as (i) the investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (ii) the
investment constitutes less than such investor’s pro rata share (based on its holdings of the common equity of Parent) of the proposed or outstanding issue amount of such new class of securities; 

(14) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, in connection with any Receivables Facility; 

(15) transactions with Affiliates solely in their capacity as holders of Indebtedness or Equity Interests of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, so long as such transaction is with all holders of such class (and there are such non-Affiliate holders) and such Affiliates are treated no more favorably than all other holders of such class generally; provided,
however, that with regard to an issue of indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, such Affiliate holds no more than 15% of such issue; 
 (16) any transaction in which the only consideration paid by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary consists of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; 

(17) transactions with any joint venture engaged in a Similar Business; provided that all the outstanding ownership
interests of such joint venture are owned only by the Company, its Restricted Subsidiaries and Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company; 
 (18) any merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Company with an Affiliate of the Company solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in a new jurisdiction; 

(19) any agreement that provides customary registration rights to the equityholders of the Company or any parent of the
Company and the performance of such agreements; and 
 (20) transactions between the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary and any person that is an Affiliate of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary solely because a director of such Person is also a director of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company; provided that such director
abstains from voting as a director of the Company or any direct or indirect parent, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other Person. 
 SECTION 1014. Limitations on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to: 

(a) (1) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary on its Capital Stock or with respect to
any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits; 
 (2) pay any Indebtedness owed to the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; 
 (3) make loans or advances to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
or 
 (b) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; except (in each
case) for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of: 
 (1)
contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date, including pursuant to the ABL Facility and the related documentation (including security documents and intercreditor agreements), Hedging Obligations, the 6% Senior Subordinated
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 (2) this Indenture, the Notes, the Exchange Notes, any Additional Notes
permitted to be incurred under this Indenture and the guarantees thereof; 
 (3) purchase money obligations for
property acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capital Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (b) above on the property so acquired; 

(4) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order; 

(5) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in existence at the
time of such acquisition (but not created in connection therewith or in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or
assets of the Person, so acquired; 
 (6) contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with
respect to a Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary; 

(7) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Sections 1011 and 1012 of this Indenture that
limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness; 
 (8) restrictions on cash or
other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; 
 (9) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred after the Issue Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 1011 of this Indenture;

 (10) customary provisions in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale and leaseback agreements
and other similar agreements; 
 (11) customary provisions contained in leases and other agreements entered into
in the ordinary course of business; 
 (12) restrictions created in connection with any Receivables Facility;
provided that in the case of Receivables Facilities established after the Issue Date, such restrictions are necessary or advisable, in the good faith determination of the Company, to effect such Receivables Facility; 

(13) restrictions or conditions contained in any trading, netting, operating, construction, service, supply, purchase,
sale or other agreement to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party entered into in the ordinary course of business; provided that such agreement prohibits the encumbrance of solely the property or assets of the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary that are the subject of such agreement, the payment rights arising thereunder or the proceeds thereof and does not extend to any other asset or property of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary or the assets
or property of any other Restricted Subsidiary; and 
 (14) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred
to in clauses (a) and (b) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses
(1) through (13) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Company, not materially more
restrictive with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing;

  
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provided, further, that with respect to contracts, instruments or obligations existing on the Issue Date, any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases,
supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially more restrictive with respect to such encumbrances and other restrictions than those contained in such contracts, instruments or obligations as in effect on the Issue Date.

 SECTION 1015. Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries. The Company shall not permit any of
its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries (and non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries if such non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries guarantee other capital markets debt securities) of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, other than a
Subsidiary Guarantor or a Foreign Subsidiary, to guarantee the payment of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor unless: 
 (1) such Restricted Subsidiary within 30 days executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to this Indenture providing for a Subsidiary Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary, except that with respect
to a guarantee of Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, that is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee, any such guarantee by such Restricted
Subsidiary with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Subsidiary Guarantee substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes; 

(2) such Restricted Subsidiary waives and shall not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of,
any rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary as a result of any payment by such Restricted Subsidiary under its Subsidiary Guarantee; and 

(3) such Restricted Subsidiary shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that: 

(a) such Subsidiary Guarantee has been duly executed and authorized; and 

(b) such Subsidiary Guarantee constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of such Restricted Subsidiary,
except insofar as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers) and except insofar as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of
equity, 
 provided that this Section 1015 shall not be applicable to any guarantee of any Restricted Subsidiary that existed at the
time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary and was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary. 
 SECTION 1016. Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction with respect
to any property unless: 
 (1) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to (A) incur
Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt with respect to such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction pursuant to Section 1011 of this Indenture and (B) create a Lien on such property securing such Attributable Debt without equally
and ratably securing the Notes pursuant to Section 1012; 
 (2) the Company applies the proceeds of such
transaction in compliance with Section 1018 of this Indenture. 
 SECTION 1017. Change of Control. 

(a) If a Change of Control occurs, the Company shall make an offer to purchase all of the Notes pursuant to the offer described below
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Interest, if any, to the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, except to the
extent the Company has elected to redeem the Notes under Section 1101 of this Indenture. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, except to the extent the Company has elected to redeem the Notes under Section 1101 of this Indenture,
the Company shall send notice of such Change of Control Offer electronically or by first class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register, with the following information:

 (1) a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 1017 and all Notes properly tendered
pursuant to such Change of Control Offer shall be accepted for payment; 
 (2) the purchase price and the
purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”); 

(3) any Note not properly tendered shall remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest; 

(4) unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant
to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date; 
 (5)
Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer shall be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Notes completed, to the paying
agent specified in the notice at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date; 

(6) Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election to require the Company to purchase such
Notes; provided that the paying agent receives, not later than the close of business on the last day of the offer period, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes
tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such Notes purchased; and 
 (7) Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to
$2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. 
 (b) While the Notes are in global form and the Company makes a
Change of Control Offer, a Holder may exercise its option to elect for the purchase of the Notes through the facilities of DTC, subject to its rules and regulations. 
 (c) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in
connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable
securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in this Indenture by virtue thereof. 
 (d) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent permitted by law, 
 (1) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, 
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 (3) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation the
Notes so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof have been tendered to and purchased by the Company. 
 (e) The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to each Holder a new Note equal in principal
amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results
of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date. 
 (f) The Company shall
not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the time and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture
applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer or (2) a notice of redemption has been given for all of the Notes pursuant to
Section 1106 of this Indenture. A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the
Change of Control Offer. 
 SECTION 1018. Asset Sales. 

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, cause, make or suffer to exist an Asset Sale, unless:

 (1) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such
Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Company) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of (notwithstanding the foregoing, the consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries from (A) the sale of the Saginaw, Michigan facility on terms materially consistent with the terms, as in effect as of October 6, 2003, set forth in Exhibit 5 to the Long Term Agreement as in effect as of October 6,
2003 between General Motors Corporation and Alchem Aluminum Inc., dated as of February 26, 1999, (B) the sale of an investment in Aleris Zhenjiang as required by the Zhenjiang Agreement as existing on the Issue Date and (C) sales,
transfers and other dispositions of Investments in other joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture agreements and similar binding
agreements, shall, in each case, be deemed to be fair market value for purposes of this Section 1018(a)); and 
 (2) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash
Equivalents; provided that the amount of 
 (A) any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such
Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes, that are assumed by the transferee of any such
assets (or a third party on behalf of the transferee) and for which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary has been validly released by all creditors in writing, 

(B) any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such
transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received) within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale and 

(C) any Designated Noncash Consideration received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having
an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Noncash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (C) that has not previously been converted to cash, not to exceed the greater of (x) $100.0 million and
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Consolidated Total Assets at the time of receipt of such Designated Noncash Consideration, with the fair market value of each item of Designated Noncash Consideration being measured at the time
received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, 
 shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this provision
and for no other purpose. 
 (b) Within 450 days after any of the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s receipt of
the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may, at its option, apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale: 
 (1) to permanently reduce 
 (x) Obligations under the ABL Facility
or any other Senior Indebtedness, in each case, of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor and, in the case of Obligations under revolving credit facilities or other similar Indebtedness, to correspondingly permanently reduce commitments with
respect thereto (other than Obligations owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary); provided that if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall so reduce Obligations under any Senior Indebtedness that is not Secured Indebtedness, the
Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor shall, equally and ratably, reduce Obligations under the Notes by, at its option, (A) redeeming Notes if the Notes are then redeemable as provided by Section 1101, (B) making an offer (in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1018) to all Holders to purchase their Notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the
principal amount of Notes to be repurchased or (C) purchasing Notes through open market purchases (to the extent such purchases are at a price equal to or higher than 100% of the principal amount thereof) in a manner that complies with this
Indenture and applicable securities law; or 
 (y) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Subsidiary Guarantor, other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; or 
 (2) to
make an investment in (A) any one or more businesses; provided that such investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock and results in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary owning an amount of the
Capital Stock of such business such that it constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary, (B) properties, (C) capital expenditures and (D) acquisitions of other assets, that in each of (A), (B), (C) and (D), are used or useful in a
Similar Business or replace the businesses, properties and assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale; or 

(3) any combination of the foregoing. 
 (c) Any Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale that are not invested or applied in accordance with the preceding paragraph within 450 days from the date of the receipt of such Net Proceeds shall be deemed to
constitute “Excess Proceeds”; provided that if during such 450-day period the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary enters into a definitive binding agreement committing it to apply such Net Proceeds in accordance with the
requirements of clause (2) of Section 1018(b) after such 450th day, such 450-day period shall be extended with respect to the amount of Net Proceeds so committed until such Net Proceeds are required to be applied in accordance with such
agreement (but such extension shall in no event be for a period longer than 180 days) (or, if earlier, the date of termination of such agreement). When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $35.0 million, the Company shall make an offer to
all Holders and, if required by the terms of any Senior Indebtedness, to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (other than with respect to Hedging Obligations) (an “Asset Sale Offer”), to purchase the maximum aggregate principal
amount of Notes and such Senior Indebtedness that is an amount equal to at least $2,000 that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and
unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. The Company shall commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within
ten Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceed $35.0 million by mailing or electronically sending the notice required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee. The Company may satisfy the foregoing
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Sale by making an Asset Sale Offer with respect to such Net Proceeds prior to the expiration of the relevant 450 days (or such longer period provided above) or with respect to Excess Proceeds of
$35.0 million or less. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and such Senior Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate
purposes, subject to the other covenants contained in this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes or the Senior Indebtedness surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Company shall select or cause
to be selected the Notes and such Senior Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Notes or such Senior Indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the
amount of Excess Proceeds related to such Asset Sale Offer shall be reset at zero. 
 (d) Pending the final application of any
Net Proceeds pursuant to this Section 1018, the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary may apply such Net Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit facility or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds
in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. 
 (e) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the
Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any
securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in this Indenture by
virtue thereof. 
 (f) If the Company is repurchasing less than all of the Notes at any time, the Company shall select the Notes
to be repurchased (a) if the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which such Notes are listed or (b) if such Notes are not so listed, on
a pro rata basis to the extent practicable; provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less shall be repurchased in part. 
 (g) Within
30 days after the Company becomes obligated to make an Asset Sale Offer, the Company shall send notice of that Asset Sale Offer electronically or by first class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder to the address of that Holder appearing
in the security register with the following information: 
 (1) that an Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant
to this Section 1018, the total amount of the Asset Sale Offer, and that all Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall be accepted for payment, subject to prorating if the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered is
greater than the amount of the Asset Sale Offer, as contemplated by Section 1018(b); 
 (2) the purchase
price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Asset Sale Payment Date”); 

(3) any Note not properly tendered shall remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest; 

(4) unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Asset Sale Offer, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the
Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest on the Asset Sale Payment Date; 
 (5) Holders electing to have
any Notes purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer shall be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Notes completed, to the paying agent specified in the notice at
the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Asset Sale Payment Date; 
 (6) Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election to require the Company to purchase such Notes; provided that the paying agent receives, not later than the close of
business on the last day of the offer period, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered
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 (7) Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part shall be issued new
Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. 

(h) While the Notes are in global form and the Company makes an Asset Sale Offer, a Holder may exercise its option to elect for the
purchase of the Notes through the facilities of DTC, subject to its rules and regulations. 
 (i) On the Asset Sale Payment
Date, the Company shall, to the extent permitted by law, 
 (1) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof
properly tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, 
 (2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the
aggregate payment of the Asset Sale Offer, and 
 (3) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for
cancellation the Notes so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof have been tendered to and purchased by the Company. 
 (j) The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder the payment for such Notes in respect of the Asset Sale Offer, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to each Holder a new Note equal
in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Company shall publicly
announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Asset Sale Payment Date. The Paying Agent, if not the Company, shall return to the Company any cash that remains unclaimed, together with interest, if any, thereon,
held by the Paying Agent for the payment of the amount required pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. 
 SECTION 1019. No
Amendment to Subordination Provisions. Without the consent of the Holders of a majority in outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Notes, the Company shall not amend, modify or alter the 6% Senior Subordinated Debt Documents in any way to:

 (1) increase the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any 6% Senior Subordinated Exchangeable
Notes; 
 (2) increase the principal of, advance the final maturity date of or shorten the Weighted Average Life
to Maturity of any 6% Senior Subordinated Exchangeable Notes; 
 (3) alter the redemption provisions or the price
or terms at which the Company is required to offer to purchase any 6% Senior Subordinated Exchangeable Notes; or 

(4) amend the provisions of the Senior Subordinated Debt Documents that relate to subordination. 

SECTION 1020. Reserved. 
 SECTION 1021. Covenant Termination. 
 If on any date following the date of
this Indenture: 
 (1) the Notes are rated Baa3 or better by Moody’s and BBB- or better by S&P (or, if
either such entity ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the control of the Company, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any other “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule
15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a replacement agency); and 
 (2) no
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 then, beginning on that day, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will no longer be
subject to the following provisions of this Indenture: 
 (1) Section 1018; 

(2) Section 1010; 
 (3) Section 1011; 
 (4) Section 1016; 

(5) Section 801(a)(4); 
 (6) Section 1013; 
 (7) Section 1014; and 

(8) Section 1015. 
 ARTICLE ELEVEN 
 REDEMPTION OF NOTES 

SECTION 1101. Right of Redemption. 
 (a) [Reserved]. 
 (b) At any time prior to November 1, 2015, the Company may
also redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest
and Additional Interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date. 

(c) From and after November 1, 2015, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60
days’ prior notice at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, and Additional Interest, if any, thereon to the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of
Holders on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on November 1 of each of the years indicated below: 

 

					
	Year	  	Percentage	 
	 2015
	  	 	105.906	% 
	 2016
	  	 	103.938	% 
	 2017
	  	 	101.969	% 
	 2018 and thereafter
	  	 	100.000	% 

 (d) Prior to November 1, 2015, the Company may, at its option, redeem up to 40% of the sum of the
original aggregate principal amount of Notes (and the original principal amount of any Additional Notes) issued under this Indenture at a redemption price equal to 107.875% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest
and Additional Interest, if any, thereon to the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity
Offerings of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company to the extent such net cash proceeds are contributed to the Company; provided that at least 60% of the sum of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued
under this Indenture and the aggregate principal amount of any Additional Notes issued under this Indenture after the Issue Date remains Outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption; provided, further, that each
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 SECTION 1102. Mandatory Redemption. The Company shall not be required to make any
mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. 
 SECTION 1103. Applicability of Article.
Redemption of Notes at the election of the Company or otherwise, as permitted or required by any provision of this Indenture or the Notes, shall be made in accordance with such provision and this Article Eleven. 

SECTION 1104. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 1101 hereof,
it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least five Business Days before notice of redemption is required to be sent or mailed or caused to be sent or mailed to Holders pursuant to Section 1106 hereof (unless a shorter notice shall be agreed to by
the Trustee), an Officers’ Certificate setting forth (i) the paragraph or subparagraph of such Note and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the Redemption Date, (iii) the principal
amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the Redemption Price. Any notice to the Trustee delivered pursuant to this Section 1104 may be revoked by the Company prior to the delivery of any notice of redemption sent to Holders.

 SECTION 1105. Selection by Trustee of Notes to Be Redeemed. 

(a) If the Company is redeeming less than all of the Notes at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed (a) if the
Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which such Notes are listed or (b) if such Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis to the
extent practicable; provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. 
 (b) If any Note is to be
redeemed in part only, any notice of redemption that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. 
 (c) A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of any Note redeemed in part shall be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. Notes called for
redemption become due and payable on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the Redemption Date, unless the Company defaults in the redemption payment, interest shall cease to accrue on the Note or portions thereof called for redemption.

 SECTION 1106. Notice of Redemption. Notices of redemption shall be sent electronically or mailed by first class mail,
postage prepaid, or otherwise provided in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder at such Holder’s registered address, except that notices of
redemption may be sent or mailed more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. In connection with any redemption of Notes
(including with the net cash proceeds of an Equity Offering), any such redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including any related Equity Offering. 

All notices of redemption shall state: 
 (1) the Redemption Date, 
 (2) the Redemption Price and the amount
of accrued interest to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1108, if any, 
 (3) if less than
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 (4) in case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which
relates to such Note shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, the Holder shall receive, without charge, a new Note or Notes of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed,

 (5) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price (and accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date
payable as provided in Section 1108) shall become due and payable upon each such Note, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed, and that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date, subject to any condition precedent in that
notice, 
 (6) the place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest, if any, 
 (7) the name and address of the Paying Agent, 

(8) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price, 

(9) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to
accrue on and after the Redemption Date, 
 (10) the “CUSIP” number, ISIN or “Common Code”
number and that no representation is made as to the accuracy or correctness of the “CUSIP” number, ISIN or “Common Code” number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes, 

(11) the paragraph of the Notes or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes are to be redeemed, and

 (12) any conditions precedent to which the redemption or notice is subject to and that, in the Company’s
discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been
satisfied by the Redemption Date, or by the Redemption Date so delayed. 
 At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give
the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense; provided that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least five Business Days before notice of redemption is required to be sent or mailed or caused to be
sent or mailed to Holders pursuant to this Section 1106 (unless a shorter notice shall be agreed to by the Trustee), an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in
such notice as provided in Section 1104. 
 SECTION 1107. Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption
is mailed in accordance with Section 1106 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the Redemption Date at the Redemption Price, subject to any condition precedent set forth in that notice. The notice, if sent or
mailed in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for
redemption in whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note. Subject to Section 1108 hereof, on and after the Redemption Date, interest and Additional Interest, if any, shall cease to
accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption. 
 SECTION 1108. Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to 12:00
noon (Eastern Time) on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money
sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, on, all the Notes that are to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with
the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased. In addition, all money, if
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 SECTION 1109. Notes Payable on Redemption Date. 

(a) Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Notes so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date and assuming the
satisfaction of any conditions precedent, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified (together with accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the Company
shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Notes shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Note for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Note shall be paid by the Company at the
Redemption Price, together with accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the Redemption Date and such Notes shall be canceled by the Trustee; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Notes, or one or more Predecessor Notes, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 306.

 (b) If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium,
if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Notes. 
 SECTION 1110. Notes
Redeemed in Part. Any Note which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the provisions of this Article Eleven) shall be surrendered at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 1002 (with, if
the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing), and
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Note without service charge, a new Note or Notes, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and
in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Note so surrendered; provided that no Note of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. 
 ARTICLE TWELVE 
 GUARANTEES 

SECTION 1201. Guarantees. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally irrevocably
guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, the Notes and obligations of the Company hereunder and thereunder, and guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and to the Trustee for itself and on
behalf of such Holder, that: (1) the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on, or Additional Interest in respect of, the Notes shall be paid in full when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise (including the
amount that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Law), subject to any applicable grace period, together with interest on the overdue principal, if any, and interest on any overdue
interest, to the extent lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder shall be paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (2) in case of any
extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or of any such other obligations, the same shall be paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise, subject to any applicable grace period, and subject, however, in the case of clauses (1) and (2) above, to the limitation set forth in Section 1204 hereof. 

(a) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that (to the extent permitted by law) its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional,
irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, any release of any other
Subsidiary Guarantor, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Subsidiary Guarantor. 

  
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 (b) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) the benefits of
diligence, presentment, demand for payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company or any other Person, protest, notice and all demands
whatsoever and covenants that the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall not be discharged as to any Note except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Note, this Indenture and such Subsidiary Guarantee. Each
Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges that the Subsidiary Guarantee is a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due and not of collection. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agrees that, in the event of a default in payment of
principal (or premium, if any) or interest on such Note, whether at its Stated Maturity, by acceleration, purchase or otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of such Note, subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in this Indenture, directly against each of the Subsidiary Guarantors to enforce such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee without first proceeding against the Company or any other Subsidiary Guarantor. Each
Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that if, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee or any of the Holders are prevented by applicable law from exercising their respective rights to accelerate the Maturity of the
Notes, to collect interest on the Notes, or to enforce or exercise any other right or remedy with respect to the Notes, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall pay to the Trustee for the account of the Holder, upon demand therefor, the amount that would
otherwise have been due and payable had such rights and remedies been permitted to be exercised by the Trustee or any of the Holders. 
 (c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in
relation to either the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, any amount paid by any of them to the Trustee or such Holder, the Subsidiary Guarantee of each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in
full force and effect. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between each Subsidiary Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee on the other hand, (1) subject to this Article Twelve, the Maturity of the obligations
guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Five hereof for the purposes of the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of
the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any acceleration of such obligation as provided in Article Five hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by each Subsidiary
Guarantor for the purpose of the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor. The Subsidiary Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Subsidiary Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair
the rights of the Holders under the Subsidiary Guarantees. 
 (d) Each Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain in full force and
effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company for liquidation, reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be
appointed for all or any significant part of the Company’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Notes are,
pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Notes, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent transfer” or otherwise, all as though such payment
or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Notes shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and
not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned. 
 SECTION 1202. Severability. In case any provision of any Subsidiary
Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby to the extent permitted by applicable law. 

SECTION 1203. Reserved. 
 SECTION 1204. Limitation of Subsidiary Guarantors’ Liability. Each Subsidiary Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such
parties that the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of the Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar
federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Subsidiary Guarantee or the provisions of its local law relating to fraudulent transfer or conveyance. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and each such Subsidiary

  
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Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such
maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor that are relevant under such laws and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any
other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Subsidiary Guarantor under this Article Twelve, result in the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or
fraudulent transfer under applicable law. 
 SECTION 1205. Contribution. Each Subsidiary Guarantor that makes a payment
under its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be entitled upon payment in full of all guaranteed Obligations under this Indenture to a contribution from each other Subsidiary Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Subsidiary Guarantor’s pro
rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Subsidiary Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP. 
 SECTION 1206. Subrogation. Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the
provisions of Section 1201; provided, however, that, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right
of subrogation until all amounts then due and payable by the Company under this Indenture or the Notes shall have been paid in full. 
 SECTION 1207. Reinstatement. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees (and each Person who becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor shall agree) that the Subsidiary Guarantee provided for in Section 1201
shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time, payment, or any part thereof, of any obligations or interest thereon is properly rescinded or must otherwise be restored by a Holder to the Company upon the
bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor. 
 SECTION 1208. Release of a Subsidiary Guarantor.
The Subsidiary Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor shall automatically and unconditionally be released and discharged, and no further action by such Subsidiary Guarantor, the Company or the Trustee is required for the release of such Subsidiary
Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee, upon: 
 (1) (A) the sale, disposition or other transfer (including
through merger or consolidation) of all of the Capital Stock (or any sale, disposition or other transfer of Capital Stock following which such Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary), or all or substantially all the assets, of
such Subsidiary Guarantor (other than a sale, disposition or other transfer to a Restricted Subsidiary) if such sale, disposition or other transfer is permitted by the applicable provisions of this Indenture; 

(B) the designation by the Company of such Subsidiary Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with
Section 1010 of this Indenture and the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”; 
 (C) the release
or discharge of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its guarantee of Indebtedness under the ABL Facility or the guarantee that resulted in the obligation of such Subsidiary Guarantor to guarantee the Notes, in each case, if such Subsidiary Guarantor
would not then otherwise be required to guarantee the Notes pursuant to Section 1015 of this Indenture (treating any guarantees of such Subsidiary Guarantor that remain outstanding as incurred at least 30 days prior to such release or
discharge); or 
 (D) the exercise by the Company of its Legal Defeasance of the Notes under Section 1302 of
this Indenture or its Covenant Defeasance of the Notes under Section 1303 of this Indenture or if the Company’s obligations under this Indenture are discharged in accordance with Section 401 of this Indenture; and 

(2) in the case of clause (1)(A) above, the release or discharge of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its guarantee, if
any, of and all pledges and security, if any, granted by such Subsidiary Guarantor in connection with, the ABL Facility. 

  
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 SECTION 1209. Benefits Acknowledged. Each Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges that it
shall receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and from its guarantee and waivers pursuant to its Subsidiary Guarantees under this Article Twelve. 

ARTICLE THIRTEEN 
 LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE 
 SECTION 1301. Company’s
Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The Company may, at its option, and at any time, elect to have either Section 1302 or Section 1303 be applied to all Outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set
forth below in this Article Thirteen. 
 SECTION 1302. Legal Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Company’s exercise
under Section 1301 of the option applicable to this Section 1302, each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be deemed to have been discharged from its respective obligations with respect to all Outstanding Notes on the date
the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Legal Defeasance means that each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 1305 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (1) and
(2) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture insofar as such Notes and their related Subsidiary Guarantees are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: 
 (1) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on such Notes when such payments are due, solely out of the trust
created pursuant to this Indenture (as described in Sections 1304 and 1305), 
 (2) the Company’s
obligations with respect to such Notes under Sections 303, 304, 305, 1002 and 1003, 
 (3) the rights, powers,
trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, and the obligations of each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors in connection therewith and 
 (4) this Article Thirteen. 
 Subject to compliance with this Article Thirteen, the
Company may exercise its option under this Section 1302 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 1303 with respect to the Notes. 
 SECTION 1303. Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 1301 of the option applicable to this Section 1303, each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors
shall be released from its respective obligations under any covenant contained in Sections 801 and 802 and in Sections 1005 and 1009 through and including 1018 and 1019 with respect to the Outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set
forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not to be “Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the
consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Notes,
the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference
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Event of Default under Sections 501(3), 501(4), 501(5) and 501(7) and, with respect to only any Significant Subsidiary and not the Company, Section 501(6), but, except as specified above,
the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. 
 SECTION 1304. Conditions to Legal Defeasance
or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section 1302 or Section 1303 to the Outstanding Notes: 
 (1) the Company shall irrevocably have deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 608 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article Thirteen
applicable to it) in trust for the benefit of Holders of such Notes; (A) cash in U.S. dollars, or (B) non-callable Government Securities, or (C) a combination thereof, in such amounts as shall be 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 , and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay, the principal of, premium,
if any, and interest due on the Outstanding Notes on the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such cash or the proceeds of such Government Securities
to said payments with respect to the Notes; before such a deposit, the Company may give to the Trustee, in accordance with Section 1104 hereof, a notice of its election to redeem all of the Outstanding Notes at a future date in accordance with
Article Eleven hereof, which notice shall be irrevocable; such irrevocable redemption notice, if given, shall be given effect in applying the foregoing; 
 (2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary
assumptions and exclusions, 
 (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the United
States Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or 
 (B) since the issuance of the Notes, there has been a change in
the applicable U.S. Federal income tax law, 
 in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel in
the United States shall confirm that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Notes shall not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance
and shall be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred; 

(3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the
United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Notes shall not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a
result of such Covenant Defeasance and shall be subject to such tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred; 

(4) no Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and the granting of
Liens in connection therewith) shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit; 
 (5) such
Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any Credit Facility, the 6% Senior Subordinated Debt Documents, the 6% Senior Subordinated Exchangeable Notes or any other material
agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which, the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor is bound; 

  
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 (6) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or others; and 

(7) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel in the United
States of America (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been
complied with. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel required by clause (2) above with respect to Legal
Defeasance need not be delivered if all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (A) have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise, (B) will become due and payable within
one year or (C) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company. 

SECTION 1305. Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. All cash and
Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 1305, the “Qualifying Trustee”) pursuant to Section 1304 in respect
of the Outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Qualifying Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company or a
Subsidiary acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Qualifying Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, but such money or Government
Securities need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. 
 The Company shall pay and indemnify
the Qualifying Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or
other charge which by law is for the account of the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Notes. 
 Anything in this Article
Thirteen to the contrary notwithstanding, the Qualifying Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 1304 which, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Qualifying Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent
Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this Article Thirteen. 
 SECTION 1306.
Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 1305 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or
otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s and each Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Outstanding Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to
Section 1302 or 1303, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 1305; provided, however, that (a) if the
Company makes any payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money
or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent; and (b) unless otherwise required by any legal proceeding or any other order or judgment of any court or governmental authority, the Trustee or Paying Agent (if other than the
Company) shall return all such money and Government Securities to the Company promptly after receiving a written request therefor at any time, if such reinstatement of the Company’s obligations has occurred and continues to be in effect.

 SECTION 1307. Repayment to Company. Subject to any laws relating to abandoned property, any money deposited with the
Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium and
Additional Interest, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the 

  
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Holder of such Note shall thereafter look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of
the day and year first above written. 
  

					
	ALERIS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Sean M. Stack

		 	Name:	 	Sean M. Stack
		 	Title:	 	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

  
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	 ALERIS ROLLED PRODUCTS, INC.

ALERIS ROLLED PRODUCTS, LLC

ALERIS ROLLED PRODUCTS SALES CORPORATION

IMCO RECYCLING OF OHIO, LLC

ALERIS RECYCLING, INC.

ALERIS RECYCLING BENS RUN, LLC

ALERIS SPECIFICATION ALLOYS, INC.

ALERIS SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.

ETS SCHAEFER, LLC

ALERIS OHIO MANAGEMENT, INC.

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Sean M. Stack

		 	Name:	 	Sean M. Stack
		 	Title:	 	President

  
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		 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
		
	By:	 	 /s/ James Kowalski

		 	Name:	 	James Kowalski
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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 SCHEDULE I 
 Subsidiary Guarantors 
  

					
	No.	  	Subsidiaries	  	Jurisdiction
	 1
	  	 Aleris Rolled Products, Inc.
	  	Delaware
	 2
	  	 Aleris Rolled Products, LLC
	  	Delaware
	 3
	  	 Aleris Rolled Products Sales Corporation
	  	Delaware
	 4
	  	 IMCO Recycling of Ohio, LLC
	  	Delaware
	 5
	  	 Aleris Recycling, Inc.
	  	Delaware
	 6
	  	 Aleris Recycling Bens Run, LLC
	  	Delaware
	 7
	  	 Aleris Specification Alloys, Inc.
	  	Delaware
	 8
	  	 Aleris Specialty Products, Inc.
	  	Delaware
	 9
	  	 ETS Schaefer, LLC
	  	Ohio
	 10
	  	 Aleris Ohio Management, Inc.
	  	Delaware

 Rule 144A / Regulation S Appendix 

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL NOTES, 
 PRIVATE EXCHANGE NOTES 
 AND EXCHANGE NOTES 

 

	1.	Definitions 

 1.1
Definitions. 
 For the purposes of this Appendix the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:

 “Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Temporary Regulation S
Global Note or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depository for such a Temporary Regulation S Global Note, to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time. 

“Certificated Note” means a certificated Initial Note or Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note (other than a Global Note)
bearing, if required, the appropriate restricted notes legend set forth in Section 2.3(e) of this Appendix. 

“Depository” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors. 

“Distribution Compliance Period,” with respect to any Notes, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including
the later of (i) the day on which such Notes are first offered to Persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in reliance on Regulation S and (ii) the issue date with respect to such Notes.

 “Exchange Notes” means (1) 7 7/8% Senior Notes Due 2020 issued pursuant to the Indenture in connection with a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement and (2) Additional Notes, if any, issued pursuant
to a registration statement filed with the SEC under the Securities Act. 
 “Initial Notes”
means (1) $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7 7/8% Senior Notes Due 2020 issued on the Issue Date and (2) Additional Notes, if any, issued in a transaction exempt from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act. 
 “Initial Purchasers” means (1) with respect to the
Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date each of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Moelis & Company LLC and UBS Securities LLC and (2) with respect to each issuance of Additional Notes, the Persons purchasing such Additional Notes under the related Purchase Agreement.

 “Notes” means the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes, the Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes, treated
as a single class. 
 “Notes Custodian” means the custodian with respect to a Global Note (as appointed by the
Depository), or any successor Person thereto and shall initially be the Trustee. 
 “Private Exchange” means the offer
by the Company, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, to the Initial Purchasers to issue and deliver to each Initial Purchaser, in exchange for the Initial Notes held by the Initial Purchaser as part of its initial distribution, a like
aggregate principal amount of Private Exchange Notes. 
 “Private Exchange Notes” means any 7 7/8% Senior Notes Due 2020 issued in connection with a Private Exchange. 

 “Purchase Agreement” means (1) with respect to the Initial Notes issued on
the Issue Date, the Purchase Agreement dated October 18, 2012, among the Company and the Initial Purchasers, and (2) with respect to each issuance of Additional Notes, the purchase agreement or underwriting agreement among the Company and
the Persons purchasing such Additional Notes. 
 “QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in
Rule 144A. 
 “Registered Exchange Offer” means the offer by the Company, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement,
to certain Holders of Initial Notes, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Initial Notes, a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes registered under the Securities Act. 

“Registration Rights Agreement” means (1) with respect to the Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date, the Registration
Rights Agreement dated as of October 23, 2012, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers and (2) with respect to each issuance of Additional Notes issued in a transaction exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, the registration rights agreement, if any, among the Company and the Persons purchasing such Additional Notes under the related Purchase Agreement. 

“Rule 144A Notes” means all Notes offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A. 

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

“Shelf Registration Statement” means the registration statement issued by the Company in connection with the offer and sale of
Initial Notes or Private Exchange Notes pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement. 
 “Transfer Restricted Notes”
means Notes that bear or are required to bear the legend relating to restrictions on transfer relating to the Securities Act set forth in Section 2.3(e) hereto. 
 1.2 Other Definitions. 
  

					
	Term	  	Defined in
Section:	 
		
	 “Agent Members”
	  	 	2.1	(b) 
	 “Global Notes”
	  	 	2.1	(a) 
	 “Permanent Regulation S Global Note”
	  	 	2.1	(a) 
	 “Regulation S”
	  	 	2.1	(a) 
	 “Regulation S Global Note”
	  	 	2.1	(a) 
	 “Rule 144A”
	  	 	2.1	(a) 
	 “Rule 144A Global Note”
	  	 	2.1	(a) 
	 “Temporary Regulation S Global Note”
	  	 	2.1	(a) 

 1.3 Capitalized terms used in this Appendix, but not defined, have the meanings ascribed to such terms in
the Indenture to which this Appendix is attached. 
  

	2.	The Notes. 

 2.1 (a)
Form and Dating. The Initial Notes shall be offered and sold by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. The Initial Notes shall be resold initially only to (i) QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule
144A”) and (ii) Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”). Initial Notes may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs and purchasers
in reliance on Regulation S, subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein. Initial Notes initially resold pursuant to Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global Notes in definitive, fully registered
form (collectively, the “Rule 144A Global Note”); and Initial Notes initially resold pursuant to Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more temporary global notes in fully registered form (collectively, the
“Temporary Regulation S Global Note”), in each case without interest coupons and with the global notes legend and the applicable restricted notes legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto, which shall be

  
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deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Initial Notes represented thereby with the Notes Custodian and registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository, duly executed
by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in this Indenture. Except as set forth in this Section 2.1(a), beneficial ownership interests in the Temporary Regulation S Global Note shall be held only through the Euroclear System
(“Euroclear”) and Clearstream Banking, S.A. (“Clearstream”) (as indirect participants in the Depository) and shall not be exchangeable for interests in the Rule 144A Global Note, a permanent Regulation S global note in fully
registered form (the “Permanent Regulation S Global Note,” and together with the Temporary Regulation S Global Note, the “Regulation S Global Note”) or any other Note prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period
and then, after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, may be exchanged for interests in a Rule 144A Global Note or the Permanent Regulation S Global Note only upon certification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 3 or otherwise
in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that beneficial ownership interests in such Temporary Regulation S Global Note are owned either by Non-U.S. Persons or U.S. Persons who purchased such interests in a transaction that is exempt from
the registration requirements under the Securities Act. 
 Prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period,
beneficial interests in Temporary Regulation S Global Notes may be exchanged for interests in Rule 144A Global Notes if (1) such exchange occurs in connection with a transfer of Notes in compliance with Rule 144A and (2) the transferor of
the beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Note first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate (in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit 2) to the effect that the beneficial interest in the Temporary
Regulation S Global Note is being transferred (a) to a Person who the transferor reasonably believes to be a QIB that is purchasing for its own account or the account of a QIB in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and
(b) in accordance with all applicable securities laws of the States of the United States and other jurisdictions. 

Beneficial interests in a Rule 144A Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in a
Regulation S Global Note, whether before or after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, only if the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate (in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit 2)
to the effect that such transfer is being made in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S or Rule 144 (if applicable). 

The Rule 144A Global Note, the Temporary Regulation S Global Note and the Permanent Regulation S Global Note are collectively referred to
herein as “Global Notes.” The aggregate principal amount of the Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depository or its nominee as hereinafter provided.

 (b) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.1(b) shall apply only to a Global Note deposited with or on behalf of
the Depository. 
 The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(b), authenticate
and deliver initially one or more Global Notes that (a) shall be registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of the Depository and (b) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depository or pursuant to the Depository’s
instructions or held by the Trustee as custodian for the Depository. 
 Members of, or participants in, the Depository
(“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depository or by the Trustee as the custodian of the Depository or under such Global Note, and the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be entitled to treat the Depository as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any
agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of such
Depository governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Note. 
 (c) Certificated
Notes. Except as provided in this Section 2.1 or Section 2.3 or 2.4, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Certificated Notes. 

2.2 Authentication. The Trustee shall upon receipt of a Company Order specified in Section 202 of the
Indenture authenticate and deliver: (1) on the Issue Date, an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 7 7/8% 

  
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Senior Notes Due 2020, (2) any Additional Notes for an original issue in an aggregate principal amount specified in the written order of the Company pursuant to Section 202 of the
Indenture and (3) Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes for issue only in a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange, respectively, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, for a like principal amount of Initial Notes, in each
case upon a Company Order signed by two Officers or by an Officer and either an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of the Company. Such Company Order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the
original issue of Notes is to be authenticated and, in the case of any issuance of Additional Notes pursuant to Section 312 of the Indenture, shall certify that such issuance is in compliance with Section 1011 of the Indenture. 

2.3 Transfer and Exchange. 
 (a) Transfer and Exchange of Certificated Notes. When Certificated Notes are presented to the Note Registrar with a request: 

(x) to register the transfer of such Certificated Notes; or 

(y) to exchange such Certificated Notes for an equal principal amount of Certificated Notes of other authorized
denominations, 
 the Note Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for such
transaction are met; provided, however, that the Certificated Notes surrendered for transfer or exchange: 
 (i) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Note Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or its attorney
duly authorized in writing; and 
 (ii) if such Certificated Notes are required to bear a restricted notes
legend, they are being transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, pursuant to Section 2.3(b) or pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C) below, and are accompanied by the following
additional information and documents, as applicable: 
 (A) if such Certificated Notes are being delivered to the
Note Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification from such Holder to that effect; or 
 (B) if such Certificated Notes are being transferred to the Company, a certification to that effect; or 
 (C) if such Certificated Notes are being transferred (x) pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144A, Regulation S or Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or (y) in
reliance upon another exemption from the requirements of the Securities Act: (i) a certification to that effect (in the form set forth on the reverse of the Note) and (ii) if the Company so requests, an Opinion of Counsel or other evidence
reasonably satisfactory to it as to the compliance with the restrictions set forth in the legend set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i). 
 (b) Restrictions on Transfer of a Certificated Note for a Beneficial Interest in a Global Note. A Certificated Note may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note or a
Permanent Regulation S Global Note except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Certificated Note, duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, together with: 
 (i) certification, in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit
2, that such Certificated Note is either (A) being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A or (B) being transferred after expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period by a Person who initially purchased such Note in reliance
on Regulation S to a buyer who elects to hold its interest in such Note in the form of a beneficial interest in the Permanent Regulation S Global Note; and 
 (ii) written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Notes Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Rule 144A Global Note (in the case of a
transfer pursuant to clause (b)(i)(A)) or Permanent Regulation S Global Note (in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (b)(i)(B)) to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Notes represented by the Rule 144A Global Note or
Permanent Regulation S Global Note, as applicable, such instructions to contain information regarding the Depository account to be credited with such increase, then the Trustee shall cancel such Certificated Note and cause, or direct the Notes
Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depository and the Notes Custodian, the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by the Rule 144A Global Note or Permanent Regulation S
Global Note, as applicable, to be increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Certificated Note to be exchanged and shall credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the
Rule 144A Global Note or Permanent Regulation S Global Note, as applicable, equal to the principal amount of the Certificated Note so canceled. If no Rule 144A Global Notes or Permanent Regulation S Global Notes, as applicable, are then outstanding,
the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon receipt of a Company Order, a new Rule 144A Global Note or Permanent Regulation S Global Note, as applicable, in the appropriate principal amount. 

  
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 (c) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. 

(i) The transfer and exchange of Global Notes or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance
with this Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures of the Depository therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall deliver to the Note Registrar a written order
given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depository to be credited with a beneficial interest in the Global Note. The Note Registrar shall, in accordance with such
instructions instruct the Depository to credit to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Note and to debit the account of the Person making the transfer the beneficial interest in the Global Note
being transferred. 
 (ii) If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global Note to a beneficial
interest in another Global Note, the Note Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Note to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the principal amount of
the interest to be so transferred, and the Note Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a corresponding decrease in the principal amount of the Global Note from which such interest is being transferred. 

(iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Appendix (other than the provisions set forth in Section 2.4), a Global Note may
not be transferred as a whole except by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a
nominee of such successor Depository. 
 (iv) In the event that Global Note is exchanged for Certificated Notes pursuant to
Section 2.4 of this Appendix, prior to the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such Notes, such Notes may be exchanged only in accordance with such procedures as are
substantially consistent with the provisions of this Section 2.3 (including the certification requirements set forth on the reverse of the Initial Notes (as set forth in Exhibit 2, hereto) intended to ensure that such transfers comply with Rule
144A, Regulation S or another applicable exemption under the Securities Act, as the case may be) and such other procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Company. 
 (d) Restrictions on Transfer of Temporary Regulation S Global Notes. During the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in Temporary Regulation S Global Notes may only be
sold, pledged or transferred in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and only (i) to the Company, (ii) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S (other than a transaction resulting in an exchange for an interest in a
Permanent Regulation S Global Note), (iii) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any State of the United States. 

  
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 (e) Legend. 
 (i) Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv), each Note certificate evidencing the Global Notes (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof), in
the case of Notes offered otherwise than in reliance on Regulation S shall bear a legend in substantially the following form: 
 THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR
FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR
(B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO ALERIS
INTERNATIONAL, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN ACCREDITED
INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3), OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR”) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES (OR HAS FURNISHED ON ITS BEHALF BY A U.S. BROKER-DEALER) TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED
LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE FOR THIS SECURITY), (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (F) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS) OR (G) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM
THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT. 
 Each certificate evidencing a Note offered in reliance on Regulation S shall, in addition to the
foregoing, bear a legend in substantially the following form: 
 THIS SECURITY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A
TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT
PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. 

Each Certificated Note shall also bear the following additional legend: 

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE NOTE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND
OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS. 

  
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 (ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Note (including any Transfer
Restricted Note represented by a Global Note) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the Note Registrar shall permit the transferee thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a certificated Note that does not bear the legend set
forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Note, if the transferor thereof certifies in writing to the Note Registrar that such sale or transfer was made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in
the form set forth on the reverse of the Note). 
 (iii) After a transfer of any Initial Notes or Private Exchange Notes
pursuant to and during the period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such Initial Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, all requirements pertaining to legends on such Initial Note or such Private
Exchange Note shall cease to apply, the requirements requiring any such Initial Note or such Private Exchange Note issued to certain Holders be issued in global form shall cease to apply, and a certificated Initial Note or Private Exchange Note or
an Initial Note or Private Exchange Note in global form, in each case without restrictive transfer legends, shall be available to the transferee of the Holder of such Initial Notes or Private Exchange Notes upon exchange of such transferring
Holder’s certificated Initial Note or Private Exchange Note or directions to transfer such Holder’s interest in the Global Note, as applicable. 
 (iv) Upon the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial Notes, all requirements pertaining to such Initial Notes that Initial Notes issued to certain Holders be issued in
global form shall still apply with respect to Holders of such Initial Notes that do not exchange their Initial Notes, and Exchange Notes in certificated or global form, in each case without the restricted notes legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto
shall be available to Holders that exchange such Initial Notes in such Registered Exchange Offer. 
 (v) Upon the consummation
of a Private Exchange with respect to the Initial Notes, all requirements pertaining to such Initial Notes that Initial Notes issued to certain Holders be issued in global form shall still apply with respect to Holders of such Initial Notes that do
not exchange their Initial Notes, and Private Exchange Notes in global form with the global notes legend and the applicable restricted notes legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto shall be available to Holders that exchange such Initial Notes in such
Private Exchange. 
 (f) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Note. At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global
Note have been exchanged for Certificated Notes, redeemed, purchased or canceled, such Global Note shall be returned to the Depository for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any
beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for certificated Notes, redeemed, purchased or canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the
Trustee (if it is then the Notes Custodian for such Global Note) with respect to such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Notes Custodian, to reflect such reduction. 
 (g) No Obligation of the Trustee. 
 (i) The Trustee shall have no
responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depository or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee or of any participant or member
thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment
of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which
shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depository subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee may
rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners. 
 (ii) 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 Note (including any transfers between or among Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) 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. 

  
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 2.4 Certificated Notes. 

(a) A Global Note deposited with the Depository or with the Trustee as Notes Custodian for the Depository pursuant to Section 2.1
shall be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of Certificated Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note, in exchange for such Global Note, only if such transfer complies with
Section 2.3 hereof and (i) the Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for such Global Note and the Depository fails to appoint a successor depository or if at any time such Depository
ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act, in either case, and a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, or (ii) a Default has occurred and is continuing or
(iii) if requested by a Holder of beneficial interest in a Global Note. 
 (b) Any Global Note that is transferable to the
beneficial owners thereof pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be surrendered by the Depository to the Trustee located at its principal Corporate Trust Office to be so transferred, in whole or from time to time in part, without charge, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes of authorized denominations. Any portion of a Global Note transferred pursuant to this
Section 2.4 shall be executed, authenticated and delivered only in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof and registered in such names as the depository shall direct. Any Certificated Note
delivered in exchange for an interest in the Transfer Restricted Note shall, except as otherwise provided by Section 2.3(e) hereof, bear the applicable restricted notes legend and certificated notes legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto.

 (c) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.4(b) hereof, the registered Holder of a Global Note shall be entitled to
grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes. 

(d) In the event of the occurrence of one of the events specified in Section 2.4(a) hereof, the Company shall promptly make
available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Certificated Notes in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons. In the event that such Certificated Notes are not issued, the Company expressly acknowledges, with respect to the right
of any Holder to pursue a remedy pursuant to this Indenture, including pursuant to Section 507, the right of any beneficial owner of Notes to pursue such remedy with respect to the portion of the Global Note that represents such beneficial
owner’s Notes as if such Certificated Notes had been issued. 

  
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 EXHIBIT 1 
 to Rule 144A / Regulation S Appendix 
 [FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL NOTE]

 [Global Notes Legend] 
 UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR
TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN. 
 TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR
TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF. 

[[FOR REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE ONLY] UNTIL 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF COMMENCEMENT OR COMPLETION OF THE OFFERING, AN OFFER OR SALE OF
SECURITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES BY A DEALER (AS DEFINED IN THE SECURITIES ACT) MAY VIOLATE THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT IF SUCH OFFER OR SALE IS MADE OTHERWISE THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A THEREUNDER.] 

[Restricted Notes Legend for Notes offered otherwise 
 than in Reliance on Regulation S] 
 THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION
HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION
IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO ALERIS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE
UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3), OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN
“ACCREDITED INVESTOR”) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES (OR HAS FURNISHED ON ITS BEHALF BY A U.S. BROKER-DEALER) TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE FOR THIS SECURITY), (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) PURSUANT TO THE
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (F) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE COMPANY SO
REQUESTS) OR (G) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. AS USED
HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. 

 [Restricted Notes Legend for Notes Offered in Reliance on Regulation S] 

THIS SECURITY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. 
 [Temporary Regulation S Global Note Legend] 
 EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW,
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE WILL NOT BE EXCHANGEABLE FOR INTERESTS IN THE PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE OR ANY OTHER NOTE REPRESENTING AN INTEREST IN THE NOTES REPRESENTED HEREBY WHICH DO NOT
CONTAIN A LEGEND CONTAINING RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE “40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 903(b)(2) OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THEN ONLY UPON CERTIFICATION IN
FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH BENEFICIAL INTERESTS ARE OWNED EITHER BY NON-U.S. PERSONS OR U.S. PERSONS WHO PURCHASED SUCH INTERESTS IN A TRANSACTION THAT DID NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. DURING SUCH
40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE MAY ONLY BE SOLD, PLEDGED OR TRANSFERRED (I) TO THE COMPANY, (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN A TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (III) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (III) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE
UNITED STATES. HOLDERS OF INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE WILL NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO ABOVE, IF THEN APPLICABLE. 

AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
EXCHANGED FOR INTERESTS IN A RULE 144A GLOBAL NOTE ONLY IF (1) SUCH EXCHANGE OCCURS IN CONNECTION WITH A TRANSFER OF THE NOTES IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A AND (2) THE TRANSFEROR OF THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE FIRST DELIVERS TO THE
TRUSTEE A WRITTEN CERTIFICATE (IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THIS CERTIFICATE) TO THE EFFECT THAT THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE IS BEING TRANSFERRED (A) TO A PERSON WHO THE TRANSFEROR REASONABLY BELIEVES TO BE A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN
THE MEANING OF RULE 144A, (B) TO A PERSON WHO IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, AND (C) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES
LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS. 
 BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A RULE 144A GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
TRANSFERRED TO A PERSON WHO TAKES DELIVERY IN THE FORM OF AN INTEREST IN THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE, WHETHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD, ONLY IF THE TRANSFEROR FIRST DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A
WRITTEN CERTIFICATE (IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THIS CERTIFICATE) TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR 904 OF REGULATION S OR RULE 144 (IF AVAILABLE). 

  
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 [Certificated Notes Legend] 

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE NOTE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION
AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS. 

  
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	No.             	  	$        

7 
7/8% Senior Notes Due 2020 

CUSIP No. [        ] 
 ISIN No. [            ] 
 Aleris International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to                     , or
registered assigns, the principal sum of             U.S. Dollars on November 1, 2020. 
 Interest Payment Dates: May 1 and November 1. 
 Record Dates: April 15 and
October 15. 
 Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note. 

Dated: 
  

			
	ALERIS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

  
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	 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 
 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee certifies that this is one of the
Notes referred to in the Indenture.

		
	By	 	  

		 	Authorized Signatory

  
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 [FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL NOTE] 

7 
7/8% Senior Note Due 2020 

Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Indenture. 

 

	1.	Principal and Interest. 

Aleris International, Inc. (the “Company”) shall pay the principal of this Note on November 1, 2020. 

The Company promises to pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the principal amount of this Note on each Interest Payment Date,
as set forth below, at the rate set forth below (subject to adjustment as provided below). 
 Interest on
the Notes shall accrue at the rate of
7 7/8% per annum and be payable in cash. 
 Interest, and Additional
Interest, if any, shall be payable semi-annually (to the Holders of the Notes at the close of business on April 15 or October 15 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date) on each Interest Payment Date, commencing May 1, 2013.

 The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2012,
among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers named therein (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), including with respect to Additional Interest. 

Interest on this Note shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from
October 23, 2012; provided that, if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest and if this Note is authenticated between a Regular Record Date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date,
interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 
 The Company shall pay interest and Additional Interest if any, on overdue principal and premium, if any, and interest on overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at a rate per annum equal
to the rate of interest applicable to the Notes. 
  

	2.	Method of Payment. 

 The
Company shall pay interest (except Defaulted Interest) on the principal amount of the Notes on each May 1 and November 1 to the Persons who are Holders (as reflected in the Note Register at the close of business on April 15 and
October 15 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date), in each case, even if the Note is transferred or exchanged after such Regular Record Date, except as provided in Section 306(b) with respect to Defaulted Interest;
provided that, with respect to the payment of principal, the Company shall make payment to the Holder that surrenders this Note to any Paying Agent on or after November 1, 2020. 

The Company shall pay principal (premium, if any) and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender
for payment of public and private debts. However, the Company may pay principal (premium, if any) and interest by its check payable in such money. The Company may pay interest on the Notes either (a) by mailing a check for such interest to a
Holder’s registered address (as reflected in the Note Register) or (b) by wire transfer to an account located in the United States maintained by the payee. If a payment date is a date other than a Business Day at a place of payment,
payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. 

  
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	3.	Paying Agent and Note Registrar. 

 Initially, U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”) shall act as Paying Agent and Note Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Note Registrar upon written notice thereto and
without notice to the Holders. The Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of them may act as Paying Agent, Note Registrar or co-registrar. 
  

	4.	Indenture. 

 The Company
issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of October 23, 2012 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the
Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted by applicable law, in the
event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control. 
 The Notes are unsecured senior obligations of the Company. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of the Notes. Subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company may
issue Additional Notes. 
  

	5.	Mandatory Redemption. 

The Company is not required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. 

 

	6.	Optional Redemption. 

 At
any time prior to November 1, 2015, the Company may also redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the
Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

 From and after November 1, 2015, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days’ prior notice at the Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, and Additional Interest, if any, thereon to the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the
right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on November 1 of each of the years indicated below: 

 

					
	 Year
	  	Percentage	 
	 2015
	  	 	105.906	% 
	 2016
	  	 	103.938	% 
	 2017
	  	 	101.969	% 
	 2018 and thereafter
	  	 	100.000	% 

 Prior to November 1, 2015, the Company may, at its option, redeem up to 40% of the sum of the
original aggregate principal amount of Notes (and the original principal amount of any Additional Notes) issued under the Indenture at a redemption price equal to 107.875% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest,
and Additional Interest, if any, thereon to the Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings of
the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company to the extent such net proceeds are contributed to the Company; provided that at least 60% of the sum of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under the Indenture
and the aggregate principal amount of any Additional Notes issued under the Indenture after the Issue Date remain Outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption; provided, further, each such redemption occurs
within 180 days of the date of closing of each such Equity Offering. 

  
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	7.	Repurchase upon a Change of Control and Asset Sales. 

 Upon the occurrence of (a) a Change of Control, the Holders shall have the right to require that the Company purchase such Holder’s Outstanding Notes, in whole or in part, at a purchase price of
101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of purchase and (b) Asset Sales, the Company may be obligated to make offers to purchase Notes and Senior Indebtedness of the
Company with a portion of the Net Proceeds of such Asset Sales at a purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of purchase. 

 

	8.	Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. 

 The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with
the Indenture. The Note Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the
Indenture. The Note Registrar need not register the transfer or exchange of a Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or any Note or portion
of a Note for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or 15 days before an Interest Payment Date. 
  

	9.	Persons Deemed Owners. 

 A
registered Holder may be treated as the owner of a Note for all purposes. 
  

	10.	Unclaimed Money. 

 Subject
to any laws relating to abandoned property, if money for the payment of principal (premium, if any) or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request or (if then held
by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust. After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment and all liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such money, and all liability of the Company
as trustee thereof, shall cease. 
  

	11.	Discharge and Defeasance Prior to Redemption or Maturity. 

 Subject to satisfaction of conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company irrevocably deposits
with the Trustee cash or Government Securities or a combination thereof sufficient for the payment of the then outstanding principal of and interest on the Notes to Redemption or Stated Maturity, as the case may be. 

 

	12.	Amendment; Supplement; Waiver. 

 Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes,
including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or Exchange Offer for, the Notes, and any existing Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake,
defect or inconsistency and make any change that does not adversely affect the legal rights of any Holder. 

  
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	13.	Restrictive Covenants. 

The Indenture contains certain covenants, including covenants with respect to the following matters: (i) Restricted Payments;
(ii) incurrence of Indebtedness and issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock; (iii) Liens; (iv) transactions with Affiliates; (v) dividend and other payment restrictions affecting Restricted Subsidiaries;
(vi) guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries; (vii) changes to the terms of certain Subordinated Indebtedness; (viii) merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all assets; (ix) purchase of Notes upon a
Change in Control; (x) sale and lease-back transactions; and (xi) disposition of proceeds of Asset Sales. Within 120 days (or the successor time period then in effect under the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act) after the end of
each fiscal year, the Company must report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations. 
  

	14.	Successor Persons. 

 When
a successor Person or other entity assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture, the predecessor Person shall be released from those obligations, subject to certain exceptions. 

 

	15.	Remedies for Events of Default. 

 If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may declare all Outstanding Notes to
be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, the Notes automatically become immediately due and payable. Subject to the
provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee, in case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any
of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any loss, liability or expense. Subject to certain restrictions, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes are given
the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts
with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder of a Note or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. 

 

	16.	Subsidiary Guarantees. 

The Company’s obligations under the Notes are fully, irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis, to the
extent set forth in the Indenture, by each of the Subsidiary Guarantors. 
  

	17.	Trustee Dealings with Company. 

 The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may make loans to, accept deposits from, perform services for, and otherwise deal
with, the Company and its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee. 
  

	18.	Authentication. 

 This
Note shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note. 
  

	19.	Abbreviations. 

 Customary
abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and
U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act). 

  
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	20.	CUSIP and ISIN Numbers. 

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP and
ISIN numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP and ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or
as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon. 
  

	21.	Holders’ Compliance with the Registration Rights Agreement. 

 Each Holder of a Note, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges and agrees to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2012, including the obligations of the Holders
with respect to a registration and the indemnification of the Company to the extent provided therein. 
  

	22.	Governing Law. 

 THIS
SECURITY AND INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
 The
Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to Aleris International, Inc., 25825 Science Park Drive, Suite 400, Cleveland, Ohio 44122, Attention: General Counsel.

  
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 EXHIBIT 2 
 to Rule 144A / Regulation S Appendix 
 ASSIGNMENT/TRANSFER FORM 

To assign and transfer this Note, fill in the form below: 
 I or we assign and transfer this Note to 
  

 
 (Print or type assignee’s
name, address and zip code) 
  
  

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.) 
 and irrevocably appoint                      agent to transfer this Note on the books of the
Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him. 
  

									
	Date:	 	  
	 		 	Your Signature:	 	  

 Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note. 

In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring prior to the expiration of the period
referred to in Rule 144(d) under the Securities Act after the later of the date of original issuance of such Notes and the last date, if any, on which such Notes were owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned confirms
that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms: 
 CHECK ONE BOX BELOW 

to the Company; or 
  

					
	(1)	 	 ̈	  	pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or
			
	(2)	 	 ̈	  	inside the United States to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the
account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or
			
	(3)	 	 ̈	  	outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended; or
			
	(4)	 	 ̈	  	pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee shall refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by
this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (4) is checked, the Trustee shall be entitled to require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes,
such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, such as the exemption provided by Rule 144 under such Act. 
  

			
	Signature	  	  

  

			
	Signature Guarantee:	  	  

					
	  
 Signature must be guaranteed
	 		 	  
 Signature

 Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note
Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to,
or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
 TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF
(2) ABOVE IS CHECKED. 
 The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with
respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it
is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that
the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A. 
  

							
	Dated: 	 	  
	 		  	  

		 		 		  	Notice: To be executed by an executive officer

  
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 [TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL NOTES] 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE 
 The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made: 
  

									
	Date of Exchange	 	 Amount of decrease in
 Principal amount of this
 Global Note
	 	 Amount of increase in
 Principal amount of this
 Global Note
	 	 Principal amount of this

Global Note following
such decrease or
increase
	 	 Signature of authorized

officer of Trustee or
Notes Custodian

		 		 		 		 	
		 		 		 		 	
		 		 		 		 	
		 		 		 		 	
		 		 		 		 	

  
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 OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 1017 or 1018 of the Indenture, check the
box:     ̈ 
 If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased
by the Company pursuant to Section 1017 or 1018 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount: $         
  

									
	Dated:	 	  
	 		 	Your Signature:	 	  

		 		 		 		 	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.)

  

			
	 Signature Guarantee:
	  	  

		  	(Signature must be guaranteed)

 Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note
Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to,
or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

 EXHIBIT 3 
 to Rule 144A / Regulation S Appendix 
 FORM OF NON-U.S. BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

 CERTIFICATION BY EURO CLEAR OR CLEARSTREAM LUXEMBOURG 
 [Date] 
 U.S. Bank National Association 

Re: 7 7/8% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”) of Aleris International, Inc.
(the “Company”) 
 Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of October 23, 2012 (as
amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings given them in the Indenture. 
 This is to certify with respect to
$         principal amount of the Notes that, except as set forth below, we have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission, from member organizations appearing in our records as
persons being entitled to a portion of such principal amount (our “Member Organizations”) certifications with respect to such portion, that such portion is beneficially owned by (a) Non-U.S. Person(s) or (b) U.S. Person(s)
who purchased the portion beneficially owned by such U.S. Person(s) in transactions that did not require registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”). As used in this paragraph the term “U.S.
Person” has the meaning given to it by Regulation S under the Act. 
 We further certify: 

(i) that we are not making available herewith for exchange (or, if relevant, exercise of any rights or collection of any
interest) any portion of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note excepted in such certifications; and 
 (ii) that
as of the date hereof we have not received any notification from any of our Member Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member Organizations with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for exchange (or, if
relevant, exercise of any rights or collection of any interest) are no longer true and cannot be relied upon as the date hereof. 
 We understand that this certification is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or
threatened in connection with which this certification is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you or the Company to produce this certification to any interested party in such proceedings. 

Dated:             , 20 

 

			
	Yours faithfully,
	
	[Euroclear or Clearstream Luxembourg]
		
	By	 	  

 EXHIBIT A 
 [FORM OF FACE OF EXCHANGE NOTE 
 OR PRIVATE EXCHANGE
NOTE]1, 2 
  

			
	No.            	  	$        

7 
7/8% Senior Notes Due 2020 

CUSIP No. [        ] 
 ISIN No. [            ] 
 Aleris International Inc., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to                     , or
registered assigns, the principal sum of              U.S. Dollars on November 1, 2020. 
 Interest Payment Dates: May 1 and November 1. 
 Record Dates: April 15 and
October 15. 
 Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note. 

 

	1 	 [If the Note is to be issued in global form add the Global Notes Legend from Exhibit 1 to Appendix A and the attachment from such Exhibit 1 captioned
“[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL NOTES] SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE.” 

	2 	 [If the Note is a Private Exchange Note issued in a Private Exchange to an Initial Purchaser holding an unsold portion of its initial allotment, add
the Restricted Notes Legend from Exhibit 1 to Appendix A and replace the Assignment Form included in this Exhibit A with the Assignment Form included in such Exhibit 1.] 

 Dated: 
  

			
	ALERIS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

  
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	 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 
 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee certifies that this is one of the
Notes referred to in the Indenture.

		
	By	 	  

		 	Authorized Signatory

  
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 [FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF EXCHANGE NOTE 

OR PRIVATE EXCHANGE NOTE] 
 7 7/8% Senior Note Due 2020 
 Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Indenture. 
  

	1.	Principal and Interest. 

Aleris International, Inc. (the “Company”) shall pay the principal of this Note on November 1, 2020. 

The Company promises to pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the principal amount of this Note on each Interest Payment Date,
as set forth below, at the rate set forth below (subject to adjustment as provided below). 
 Interest on
the Notes shall accrue at the rate of
7 7/8% per annum and be payable in cash. 
 Interest, and Additional
Interest, if any, shall be payable semi-annually (to the Holders of the Notes at the close of business on April 15 or October 15 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date) on each Interest Payment Date, commencing May 1, 2013.

 The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2012,
among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers named therein (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), including with respect to Additional Interest. 

Interest on this Note shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from
October 23, 2012; provided that, if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest and if this Note is authenticated between a Regular Record Date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date,
interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 
 The Company shall pay interest and Additional Interest if any, on overdue principal and premium, if any, and interest on overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at a rate per annum equal
to the rate of interest applicable to the Notes. 
  

	2.	Method of Payment. 

 The
Company shall pay interest (except Defaulted Interest) on the principal amount of the Notes on each May 1 and November 1 to the Persons who are Holders (as reflected in the Note Register at the close of business on April 15 and
October 15 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date), in each case, even if the Note is transferred or exchanged after such Regular Record Date, except as provided in Section 306(b) with respect to Defaulted Interest;
provided that, with respect to the payment of principal, the Company shall make payment to the Holder that surrenders this Note to any Paying Agent on or after November 1, 2020. 

The Company shall pay principal (premium, if any) and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender
for payment of public and private debts. However, the Company may pay principal (premium, if any) and interest by its check payable in such money. The Company may pay interest on the Notes either (a) by mailing a check for such interest to a
Holder’s registered address (as reflected in the Note Register) or (b) by wire transfer to an account located in the United States maintained by the payee. If a payment date is a date other than a Business Day at a place of payment,
payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. 

  
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	3.	Paying Agent and Note Registrar. 

 Initially, U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”) shall act as Paying Agent and Note Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Note Registrar upon written notice thereto and
without notice to the Holders. The Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of them may act as Paying Agent, Note Registrar or co-registrar. 
  

	4.	Indenture. 

 The Company
issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of October 23, 2012 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the
Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted by applicable law, in the
event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control. 
 The Notes are unsecured senior obligations of the Company. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of the Notes. Subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company may
issue Additional Notes. 
  

	5.	Mandatory Redemption. 

The Company is not required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. 

 

	6.	Optional Redemption. 

 At
any time prior to November 1, 2015, the Company may also redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the
Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

 From and after November 1, 2015, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days’ prior notice at the Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, and Additional Interest, if any, thereon to the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the
right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on November 1 of each of the years indicated below: 

 

					
	 Year
	  	Percentage	 
	 2015
	  	 	105.906	% 
	 2016
	  	 	103.938	% 
	 2017
	  	 	101.969	% 
	 2018 and thereafter
	  	 	100.000	% 

 Prior to November 1, 2015, the Company may, at its option, redeem up to 40% of the sum of the
original aggregate principal amount of Notes (and the original principal amount of any Additional Notes) issued under the Indenture at a redemption price equal to 107.875% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest,
and Additional Interest, if any, thereon to the Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings of
the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company to the extent such net proceeds are contributed to the Company; provided that at least 60% of the sum of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under the Indenture
and the aggregate principal amount of any Additional Notes issued under the Indenture after the Issue Date remain Outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption; provided, further, each such redemption occurs
within 180 days of the date of closing of each such Equity Offering. 

  
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	7.	Repurchase upon a Change of Control and Asset Sales. 

 Upon the occurrence of (a) a Change of Control, the Holders shall have the right to require that the Company purchase such Holder’s Outstanding Notes, in whole or in part, at a purchase price of
101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of purchase and (b) Asset Sales, the Company may be obligated to make offers to purchase Notes and Senior Indebtedness of the
Company with a portion of the Net Proceeds of such Asset Sales at a purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of purchase. 

 

	8.	Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. 

 The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with
the Indenture. The Note Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the
Indenture. The Note Registrar need not register the transfer or exchange of a Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or any Note or portion
of a Note for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or 15 days before an Interest Payment Date. 
  

	9.	Persons Deemed Owners. 

 A
registered Holder may be treated as the owner of a Note for all purposes. 
  

	10.	Unclaimed Money. 

 Subject
to any laws relating to abandoned property, if money for the payment of principal (premium, if any) or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request or (if then held
by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust. After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment and all liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such money, and all liability of the Company
as trustee thereof, shall cease. 
  

	11.	Discharge and Defeasance Prior to Redemption or Maturity. 

 Subject to satisfaction of conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company irrevocably deposits
with the Trustee cash or Government Securities or a combination thereof sufficient for the payment of the then outstanding principal of and interest on the Notes to Redemption or Stated Maturity, as the case may be. 

 

	12.	Amendment; Supplement; Waiver. 

 Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes,
including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or Exchange Offer for, the Notes, and any existing Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake,
defect or inconsistency and make any change that does not adversely affect the legal rights of any Holder. 

  
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	13.	Restrictive Covenants. 

The Indenture contains certain covenants, including covenants with respect to the following matters: (i) Restricted Payments;
(ii) incurrence of Indebtedness and issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock; (iii) Liens; (iv) transactions with Affiliates; (v) dividend and other payment restrictions affecting Restricted Subsidiaries;
(vi) guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries; (vii) changes to the terms of certain Subordinated Indebtedness; (viii) merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all assets; (ix) purchase of Notes upon a
Change in Control; (x) sale and lease-back transactions; and (xi) disposition of proceeds of Asset Sales. Within 120 days (or the successor time period then in effect under the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act) after the end of
each fiscal year, the Company must report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations. 
  

	14.	Successor Persons. 

 When
a successor Person or other entity assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture, the predecessor Person shall be released from those obligations, subject to certain exceptions. 

 

	15.	Remedies for Events of Default. 

 If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may declare all Outstanding Notes to
be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, the Notes automatically become immediately due and payable. Subject to the
provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee, in case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any
of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any loss, liability or expense. Subject to certain restrictions, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes are given
the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts
with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder of a Note or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. 

 

	16.	Subsidiary Guarantees. 

The Company’s obligations under the Notes are fully, irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis, to the
extent set forth in the Indenture, by each of the Subsidiary Guarantors. 
  

	17.	Trustee Dealings with Company. 

 The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may make loans to, accept deposits from, perform services for, and otherwise deal
with, the Company and its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee. 
  

	18.	Authentication. 

 This
Note shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note. 
  

	19.	Abbreviations. 

 Customary
abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and
U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act). 

  
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	20.	CUSIP and ISIN Numbers. 

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP and
ISIN numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP and ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or
as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon. 
  

	21.	Holders’ Compliance with the Registration Rights Agreement. 

 Each Holder of a Note, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges and agrees to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2012, including the obligations of the Holders
with respect to a registration and the indemnification of the Company to the extent provided therein. 
  

	22.	Governing Law. 

 THIS
SECURITY AND INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
 The
Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to Aleris International, Inc., 25825 Science Park Drive, Suite 400, Cleveland, Ohio 44122, Attention: General Counsel.

  
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 ASSIGNMENT/TRANSFER FORM 
 To assign and transfer this Note, fill in the form below: 
 I or we assign and transfer this Note
to 
  
  

 
 (Print or type assignee’s name,
address and zip code) 
  
  

 
 (Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or
tax I.D. No.) 
 and irrevocably appoint
                     agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him. 

 

									
	Date:	 	  
	 		 	Your Signature:	 	  

 Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note. 

  
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 OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE 
 If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 1017 or 1018 of the Indenture, check the
box:     ̈ 
 If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased
by the Company pursuant to Section 1017 or 1018 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount: $         
  

									
	Dated:	 	  
	 		 	Your Signature:	 	  

		 		 		 		 	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.)

  

			
	Signature Guarantee:	 	  

		 	(Signature must be guaranteed)

 Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note
Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to,
or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

  
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 EXHIBIT B 
 FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
 TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS

 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of
            , 20    , among (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of Aleris International, Inc. (or its permitted successor), a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Company, the other Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the
“Trustee”). 
 W I T N E S S E T H 

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee a senior unsecured indenture (the
“Indenture”), dated as of October 23, 2012 providing for the issuance of 7 7/8% Senior Notes Due 2020 (the “Notes”); 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a
supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Subsidiary
Guarantee”); and 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 901 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and
deliver this Supplemental Indenture. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows: 

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

 2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Subsidiary Guarantee on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Note Guarantee and in the Indenture including but not limited to Article 12 thereof. 
 3. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any
obligations of the Company or any Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Notes, any Note Guarantees, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder
of the Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it
is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy. 
 4. GOVERNING LAW. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
 5. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any
number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile, .pdf
transmission or other electronic means shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or .pdf transmission or other electronic means shall
be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. 

 6. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction hereof. 
 7. THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in
respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Company. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first
above written. 
 Dated:             , 20    

  

					
	[GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	
		 	Title:	 	
	
	ALERIS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	
		 	Title:	 	
	
	[Existing Guarantors]
		
	By:	 	  

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

		 	Authorized Signatory

  
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 Exhibit 4.3 

 
  
 EXECUTION VERSION 
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

Dated as of October 23, 2012 
 Among 
 ALERIS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 

and 
 THE
GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN 
 as Issuers, 
 and 
 J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC, 

BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC., 
 DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., 
 CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC, 

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., 
 MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, 
 KEYBANC CAPITAL
MARKETS INC., 
 MOELIS & COMPANY LLC , and 
 UBS SECURITIES LLC 
 as Initial Purchasers 

$500,000,000 7.875% Senior Notes due 2020 
  

 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
	 	 	 	  	Page	 
			
	 Section 1
	 	 Definitions
	  	 	1	  
	 Section 2.
	 	 Exchange Offer
	  	 	4	  
	 Section 3.
	 	 Shelf Registration
	  	 	8	  
	 Section 4.
	 	 Additional Interest
	  	 	10	  
	 Section 5.
	 	 Registration Procedures
	  	 	11	  
	 Section 6.
	 	 Registration Expenses
	  	 	18	  
	 Section 7.
	 	 Indemnification and Contribution
	  	 	19	  
	 Section 8.
	 	 Rules 144 and 144A
	  	 	22	  
	 Section 9.
	 	 Underwritten Registrations
	  	 	22	  
	 Section 10.
	 	 Miscellaneous
	  	 	23	  

  
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 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of October 23, 2012, among ALERIS INTERNATIONAL,
INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the subsidiaries of the Company listed on the signature page hereto (collectively, and together with any entity that in the future executes a supplemental indenture pursuant to which
such entity agrees to guarantee the Notes (as defined below), the “Guarantors,” and together with the Company, the “Issuers”) and the initial purchasers listed on the cover hereto (the “Initial
Purchasers”). 
 This Agreement is entered into in connection with the Purchase Agreement, dated as of
October 18, 2012 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, the Guarantors and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, for itself and on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, which provides for, among other things, the sale by the
Company to the Initial Purchasers of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.875% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”). The Notes are issued under an indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as amended or supplemented from time
to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture, each Guarantor is required to guarantee on an unsecured senior basis
(collectively, the “Guarantees”) the Company’s obligations under the Notes. References to the “Securities” shall mean, collectively, the Notes and, when issued, the Guarantees. In order to induce the Initial
Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Issuers have agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and any subsequent holder or holders of the Securities. The execution
and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the Initial Purchasers’ obligations under the Purchase Agreement. 
 The
parties hereby agree as follows: 
  

	 	Section 1.	Definitions 

 As used in
this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 
 Additional Interest: Shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 4(a) hereof. 
 Advice: Shall have the meaning set forth in the last paragraph of
Section 5 hereof. 
 Agreement: Shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto. 

Applicable Period: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof. 

Business Day: Any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York are authorized or
required by law to be closed. 
 Company: Shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto and shall also include
the Company’s successors. 

 Effectiveness Period: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) hereof.

 Event Date: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c) hereof. 

Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

 Exchange Notes: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof. 

Exchange Offer: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof. 

Exchange Offer Registration Statement: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof. 

Exchange Securities: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof. 

FINRA: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(s) hereof. 

Guarantees: Shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto. 

Guarantors: Shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto and shall also include any Guarantor’s successors.

 Holder: Any holder of a Registrable Security or Registrable Securities. 

Indenture: Shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto. 

Information: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(o) hereof. 

Initial Purchasers: Shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto. 

Initial Shelf Registration: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) hereof. 

Inspector: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(o) hereof. 

Issue Date: October 23, 2012, the date of original issuance of the Notes. 

Issuer FWP: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a) hereof. 

Issuers: Shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto. 

New Guarantees: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof. 

Notes: Shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto. 

Participant: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a) hereof. 

Participating Broker-Dealer: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof. 

  
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 Person: An individual, trustee, corporation, partnership, limited partnership,
limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, union, business association, firm or other legal entity. 
 Private Exchange: Shall have the meaning set forth Section 2(b) hereof. 
 Private Exchange Notes: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof. 
 Private Guarantees: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof. 
 Prospectus: The prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, any prospectus subject to completion and a prospectus that includes any information previously
omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Securities Act and any term sheet filed pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any
prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such
Prospectus. 
 Purchase Agreement: Shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto. 

Records: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(o) hereof. 

Registrable Securities: Each Security upon its original issuance and at all times subsequent thereto, each Exchange Security as
to which Section 2(c)(v) hereof is applicable upon original issuance and at all times subsequent thereto and each Private Exchange Note (and the related guarantees) upon original issuance thereof and at all times subsequent thereto, until, in
each case, the earliest to occur of (i) a Registration Statement (other than, with respect to any Exchange Securities as to which Section 2(c)(v) hereof is applicable, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) covering such Security,
Exchange Security or Private Exchange Note (and the related guarantees) having been declared effective by the SEC and such Security, Exchange Security or such Private Exchange Note (and the related guarantees), as the case may be, has been disposed
of in accordance with such effective Registration Statement or not tendered in connection with the Exchange Offer (provided that the Holder of such Security was eligible to participate in the Exchange Offer), (ii) such Security has been
exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Security or Exchange Securities that may be resold without restriction under state and federal securities laws, or (iii) such Security, Exchange Security or Private Exchange Note (and the
related guarantees), as the case may be, ceases to be outstanding for purposes of the Indenture. 
 Registration
Statement: Any registration statement of the Issuers that covers any of the Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Notes (and the related guarantees) filed with the SEC under the Securities Act, including the Prospectus,
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement. 

Rule 144: Rule 144 under the Securities Act. 

  
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 Rule 144A: Rule 144A under the Securities Act. 

Rule 405: Rule 405 under the Securities Act. 
 Rule 415: Rule 415 under the Securities Act. 
 Rule 424:
Rule 424 under the Securities Act. 
 SEC: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 

Securities: Shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto. 

Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

 Shelf Effectiveness Date: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof. 

Shelf Notice: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c) hereof. 

Shelf Registration: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) hereof. 

Shelf Registration Statement: Any Registration Statement relating to a Shelf Registration. 

Subsequent Shelf Registration: Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) hereof. 

TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. 
 Trustee: The trustee under the Indenture and the trustee (if any) under any indenture governing the Exchange Securities and Private Exchange Notes (and the related guarantees). 

Underwritten registration or underwritten offering: A registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter
for reoffering to the public. 
 Except as otherwise specifically provided, all references in this Agreement to acts, laws,
statutes, rules, regulations, releases, forms, no-action letters and other regulatory requirements (collectively, “Regulatory Requirements”) shall be deemed to refer also to any amendments thereto and all subsequent Regulatory
Requirements adopted as a replacement thereto having substantially the same effect therewith; provided that Rule 144 shall not be deemed to amend or replace Rule 144A. 

 

	 	Section 2.	Exchange Offer 

 (a)
Unless the Exchange Offer would violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC or would not be permitted by the staff of the SEC, the Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be filed with
the SEC a Registration Statement (the “Exchange Offer Registration Statement”) on an appropriate registration form with respect to a registered offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange any and all of the Registrable

  
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Securities for a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Company (the “Exchange Notes”), guaranteed with respect to Exchange Notes issued in exchange for Notes
on an unsecured senior basis (the “New Guarantees” and, together with the Exchange Notes, the “Exchange Securities”), that have terms substantially identical in all material respects to the Notes, except that
(i) the Exchange Notes shall contain no restrictive legend thereon and (ii) interest thereon shall accrue from the last date on which interest was paid on the Notes, or, if no such interest has been paid, from the Issue Date, and which are
entitled to the benefits of the Indenture or a trust indenture which is identical in all material respects to the Indenture (other than the changes to the Indenture or any such identical trust indenture as are necessary to comply with the TIA) and
which, in either case, has been qualified under the TIA. The Exchange Offer shall comply with all applicable tender offer rules and regulations under the Exchange Act and other applicable laws. The Issuers shall (x) use their commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act; (y) keep the Exchange Offer open for at least 20 Business Days (or longer if required by applicable law) after the date
that notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to Holders; and (z) consummate the Exchange Offer on or prior to the 360th day following the Issue Date; provided, however, that if such day would otherwise fall on a day that is not a
Business Day, then such Exchange Offer must be consummated not later than the next succeeding Business Day. 
 Each Holder
(including, without limitation, each Participating Broker-Dealer) who participates in the Exchange Offer will be required to represent to the Company in writing (which may be contained in the applicable letter of transmittal) that: (i) any
Exchange Securities acquired in exchange for Registrable Securities tendered are being acquired in the ordinary course of business of the Person receiving such Exchange Securities, whether or not such recipient is such Holder itself; (ii) at
the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer neither such Holder nor, to the knowledge of such Holder, any other Person receiving Exchange Securities from such Holder has an arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the
distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act; (iii) neither the Holder nor, to the knowledge of such Holder, any other Person receiving Exchange
Securities from such Holder is an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405) of the Company or, if such Holder or other Person is an affiliate of the Company, it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act to the extent applicable and will provide information to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with Section 5 hereof in order to have their Securities included in the Shelf Registration Statement and
benefit from the provisions regarding Additional Interest in Section 4 hereof; (iv) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, neither such Holder nor, to the knowledge of such Holder, any other Person receiving Exchange Securities from such
Holder is engaging in or intends to engage in a distribution of the Exchange Securities; and (v) if such Holder is a Participating Broker-Dealer, such Holder has acquired the Registrable Securities as a result of market-making activities or
other trading activities and that it will comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act (including, but not limited to, the prospectus delivery requirements thereunder). 

Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with this Section 2, the provisions of this Agreement shall continue to
apply, mutatis mutandis, solely with respect to Registrable Securities that are Private Exchange Notes (and the related guarantees), Exchange Securities as to which Section 2(c)(v) is applicable and Exchange Securities held by
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Broker-Dealers, and the Issuers shall have no further obligation to register Registrable Securities (other than Private Exchange Notes (and the related guarantees) and Exchange Securities as to
which clause 2(c)(v) hereof applies) pursuant to Section 3 hereof. 
 No securities other than the Exchange
Securities shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. 
 (b) The Issuers shall include within the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section entitled “Plan of distribution,” reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, which shall contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made
by the staff of the SEC with respect to the potential “underwriter” status of any broker-dealer that is the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Exchange Notes received by such
broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), whether such positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the SEC or such positions or policies represent the prevailing views of the
staff of the SEC. Such “Plan of distribution” section shall also expressly permit, to the extent permitted by applicable policies and regulations of the SEC, the use of the Prospectus by all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act, including, to the extent permitted by applicable policies and regulations of the SEC, all Participating Broker-Dealers, and include a statement describing the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell
the Exchange Securities in compliance with the Securities Act. 
 The Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable efforts
to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the Prospectus contained therein in order to permit such Prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of
the Securities Act for such period of time as is necessary to comply with applicable law in connection with any resale of the Exchange Securities; provided, however, that such period shall not be required to exceed 180 days or such
longer period if extended pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 5 hereof (the “Applicable Period”). 

If, prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer, the Initial Purchasers hold any Notes acquired by them that have the status of an
unsold allotment in the initial distribution, the Issuers, upon the request of the Initial Purchasers, shall simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Notes issue and deliver to the Initial Purchasers, in exchange (the “Private
Exchange”) for such Notes held by any such Holder, a like principal amount of notes (the “Private Exchange Notes”) of the Company, guaranteed with respect to Private Exchange Notes issued in exchange for Notes on an
unsecured senior basis (the “Private Guarantees”) by the Guarantors, that have terms substantially identical in all material respects to the Exchange Notes except for the placement of a restrictive legend on such Private Exchange
Notes. The Private Exchange Notes shall be issued pursuant to the same indenture as the Exchange Notes and bear the same CUSIP number and ISIN as the Exchange Notes if permitted by the CUSIP Service Bureau. 

In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Issuers shall: 

(i) mail, or cause to be mailed, to each Holder of record entitled to participate in the Exchange Offer a copy of the
Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents; 

  
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 (ii) use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer
open for not less than 20 Business Days after the date that notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to Holders (or longer if required by applicable law); 
 (iii) utilize the services of a depositary for the Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York; 

(iv) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Notes at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last
Business Day on which the Exchange Offer remains open; and 
 (v) otherwise comply in all material respects with
all applicable laws, rules and regulations. 
 As soon as reasonably practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer and the
Private Exchange, if any, the Issuers shall: 
 (1) accept for exchange all Registrable Securities validly tendered and not
validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange, if any; 
 (2) deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation all Registrable Securities so accepted for exchange; and 
 (3) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver
promptly to each Holder of Notes, Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, with New Guarantees or Private Guarantees, as the case may be, and equal in principal amount to the Notes of such Holder so accepted for exchange;
provided that, in the case of any Notes held in global form by a depositary, authentication and delivery to such depositary of one or more replacement Notes 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. 
 The Exchange Offer and
the Private Exchange shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that (i) the Exchange Offer or Private Exchange, as the case may be, does not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC; (ii) no
action or proceeding shall have been instituted or threatened in any court or by any governmental agency which might materially impair the ability of the Issuers to proceed with the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, and no material adverse
development shall have occurred in any existing action or proceeding with respect to the Issuers; and (iii) all governmental approvals shall have been obtained, which approvals the Issuers deem necessary for the consummation of the Exchange
Offer or Private Exchange. If the Company determines in its reasonable judgment that any of the foregoing conditions is not satisfied, the Company may (a) refuse to accept any Registrable Securities and return all tendered Registrable
Securities to the tendering Holders, (b) extend the Exchange Offer and retain all Registrable Securities tendered before the expiration of the Exchange Offer, subject, however, to the rights of Holders to withdraw those Registrable Securities,
or (c) waive the unsatisfied conditions with respect to the Exchange Offer and accept all properly tendered Registrable Securities that have not been withdrawn. 

  
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 The Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Notes (and the related guarantees) shall
be issued under (i) the Indenture or (ii) an indenture identical in all material respects to the Indenture, with such changes as are necessary to comply with any requirements of the SEC to effect or maintain the qualification thereof under
the TIA, and which, in either case, have been qualified under the TIA or are exempt from such qualification and shall provide that the Exchange Securities shall not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture. The Indenture or
such identical indenture shall provide that the Notes and the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that none of the Exchange Notes, the Private
Exchange Notes or the Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter. 
 (c) If,
(i) because of any change in law or in currently prevailing interpretations of the staff of the SEC, the Issuers are not permitted to effect the Exchange Offer, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not consummated within 360 days of the Issue
Date; provided, however, that if such day would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, then such Exchange Offer must be consummated not later than the next succeeding Business Day, (iii) any Holder of Private Exchange
Notes so reasonably requests in writing to the Company at any time after the consummation of the Exchange Offer, (iv) because of any change in law or in currently prevailing interpretation of the staff of the SEC, a Holder is not permitted to
participate in the Exchange Offer or (v) in the case of any Holder that participates in the Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive Exchange Securities on the date of the exchange that may be sold without restriction under state and
federal securities laws (other than due solely to the status of such Holder as an affiliate of the Issuers within the meaning of the Securities Act) and so notifies the Company within 60 days after the consummation of the Exchange Offer, in the case
of each of clauses (i) to and including (v) of this sentence, then the Issuers shall promptly deliver to the Holders and the Trustee written notice thereof (the “Shelf Notice”) and, in lieu of (or in the case of the
preceding clauses (iii) and (v), in addition to) effecting registration of the Exchange Securities, shall file a Shelf Registration pursuant to Section 3 hereof. 

 

	 	Section 3.	Shelf Registration 

 If
at any time a Shelf Notice is delivered as contemplated by Section 2(c) hereof, then: 
 (a) Shelf Registration.
The Issuers shall as reasonably promptly as practicable file with the SEC a Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable Securities (the “Initial Shelf
Registration”). The Initial Shelf Registration shall be on Form S-3 or another appropriate form permitting registration of such Registrable Securities for resale by Holders in the manner or manners designated by them (including, without
limitation, one or more underwritten offerings). The Issuers shall not permit any securities other than the Registrable Securities and the guarantees thereof to be included in the Initial Shelf Registration or any Subsequent Shelf Registration (as
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 The Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf Registration
to be declared effective under the Securities Act and to keep the Initial Shelf Registration continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date that is two years from the Issue Date or such shorter period ending when all Registrable
Securities covered by the Initial Shelf Registration have been sold in the manner set forth and as contemplated in the Initial Shelf Registration or, if applicable, a Subsequent Shelf Registration (the “Effectiveness Period”);
provided, however, that the Effectiveness Period in respect of the Initial Shelf Registration shall be extended to the extent required to permit dealers to comply with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements of Rule 174 under
the Securities Act and as otherwise provided herein. 
 In the event that the Company is required to file an Initial Shelf
Registration Statement solely as a result of the matters referred to in clause 2(c)(ii) hereof, but the Exchange Offer is subsequently completed prior to the sale of all Registrable Securities eligible to be sold under such Initial Shelf
Registration Statement, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer the Company will no longer be required to file, have declared effective or continue the effectiveness of the Initial Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to such clause 2(c)(ii)
(without prejudice to its obligations under clause 2(c)(i), (iii), (iv) or (v) hereof). 
 (b) Withdrawal of
Stop Orders; Subsequent Shelf Registrations. If the Initial Shelf Registration or any Subsequent Shelf Registration required hereby ceases to be effective for any reason at any time during the Effectiveness Period (other than because of the sale
of all of the Securities registered thereunder), the Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness thereof, and in any event shall within 30 days of such cessation
of effectiveness amend such Shelf Registration Statement in a manner to obtain the withdrawal of the order suspending the effectiveness thereof, or file an additional Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable
Securities covered by and not sold under the Initial Shelf Registration or an earlier Subsequent Shelf Registration (each, a “Subsequent Shelf Registration”). If a Subsequent Shelf Registration is filed, the Issuers shall use their
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Subsequent Shelf Registration to be declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as reasonably practicable after such filing and to keep such subsequent Shelf Registration continuously effective
for a period equal to the number of days in the Effectiveness Period less the aggregate number of days during which the Initial Shelf Registration or any Subsequent Shelf Registration was previously continuously effective. As used herein the term
“Shelf Registration” means the Initial Shelf Registration and any Subsequent Shelf Registration. 
 (c)
Supplements and Amendments. The Issuers shall promptly supplement and amend the Shelf Registration if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used for such Shelf Registration, if required by the
Securities Act, or if reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities (or their counsel) covered by such Registration Statement with respect to the information included therein with
respect to one or more of such Holders, or by any underwriter of such Registrable Securities with respect to the information included therein with respect to such underwriter. 

  
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	 	Section 4.	Additional Interest 

(a) The Issuers and the Initial Purchasers agree that the Holders will suffer damages if the Issuers fail to fulfill their obligations
under Section 2 or Section 3 hereof. Accordingly, the Issuers jointly and severally agree to pay as liquidated damages, additional interest on the Notes (“Additional Interest”) if (A) the Issuers have not consummated
an Exchange Offer in which they exchange Exchange Securities for all Securities validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer on or prior to the 360th day after the Issue Date, (B) notwithstanding clause (A), the Issuers
are required to file a Shelf Registration Statement and such Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to (i) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement required by Section 2(c)(i) or (ii), the 360th day after
the Issue Date or (ii) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement required by Section 2(c)(iii), (iv) or (v), within the later of 360 days after the Issue Date and 30 days after the date the Company receives the relevant request or
notice or otherwise becomes aware of the requirement to file the Shelf Registration Statement (any such deadline, the “Shelf Effectiveness Deadline), or (C) if applicable, a Shelf Registration has been declared effective and such Shelf
Registration ceases to be effective at any time during the Effectiveness Period (other than because of the sale of all of the Securities registered thereunder), then Additional Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the Registrable
Securities at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90 day period commencing on the (x) 361st day after the Issue Date, in the case of (A) above, (y) the day next succeeding the Shelf Effectiveness Deadline if such Shelf
Registration Statement is not declared effective in the case of (B) above or (z) the day such Shelf Registration ceases to be effective in the case of (C) above (which rate will be increased by an additional 0.25% per annum for
each subsequent 90 day period that such Additional Interest continues to accrue, provided that the rate at which such Additional Interest accrues may in no event exceed 1.00% per annum) (such Additional Interest to be calculated by the Issuer);
provided, however, that upon the exchange of the Exchange Securities for all Securities tendered (in the case of clause (A) of this Section 4), upon the effectiveness of the applicable Shelf Registration Statement which
had not been declared effective (in the case of (B) of this Section 4(a)), or upon the effectiveness of the applicable Shelf Registration Statement which had ceased to remain effective (in the case of (C) of this Section 4(a)),
Additional Interest on the Registrable Securities in respect of which such events relate as a result of such clause (or the relevant subclause thereof), as the case may be, shall cease to accrue. 

(b) The parties hereto agree that the liquidated damages provided for in Section 4(a) hereof constitute a reasonable estimate of
the monetary damages that will be suffered by the Holders by reason of the failure of the Issuers to comply with their obligations under Section 2 or Section 3 hereof. 

(c) The Issuers shall notify the Trustee within one Business Day after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which
Additional Interest is required to be paid (an “Event Date”). Any amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 4 will be payable in the same form and on the same dates as interest is payable
pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. The amount of Additional Interest will be determined by multiplying the applicable Additional Interest rate by the principal amount of the Registrable Securities, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of days such Additional Interest rate was applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a 360 day year comprised of twelve 30 day months and, in the case of a partial month, the actual number of days
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	 	Section 5.	Registration Procedures 

In connection with the filing of any Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2 or 3 hereof, the Issuers shall effect such
registrations to permit the sale of the securities covered thereby in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto and in connection with any Registration Statement filed by the Issuers hereunder each
of the Issuers shall: 
 (a) Prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement or Registration Statements as prescribed by
Section 2 or 3 hereof, and use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause each such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective as provided herein; provided, however, that if (1) such filing is
pursuant to Section 3 hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who
seeks to sell Exchange Securities during the Applicable Period relating thereto from whom the Company has received prior written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, before filing any Registration Statement or
Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Issuers shall furnish to and afford the Holders of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (with respect to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3
hereof) or each such Participating Broker-Dealer (with respect to any such Registration Statement), as the case may be, their counsel (in the case of counsel for Holders, such counsel shall be selected by a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Registrable Securities covered) and the managing underwriters, if any, a reasonable opportunity to review copies of all such documents (including copies of any documents to be incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits thereto) proposed
to be filed. The Issuers shall not file any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto if the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration
Statement, their counsel, or the Participating Broker-Dealers or the managing underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object on a timely basis. 
 (b) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Shelf Registration Statement or Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as the case may be, as may be necessary to
keep such Registration Statement continuously effective for the Effectiveness Period, the Applicable Period or until consummation of the Exchange Offer, as the case may be; cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any Prospectus supplement
required by applicable law, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act applicable to it with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such
Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented and with respect to the subsequent resale of any securities being sold by an Participating Broker-Dealer covered by any such Prospectus. The Issuers shall be deemed not to
have used their commercially reasonable efforts to keep a Registration Statement effective if any Issuer voluntarily takes any action that would result in selling Holders of the Registrable Securities covered thereby or Participating Broker-Dealers
seeking to sell Exchange Securities not being able to sell such Registrable Securities or such Exchange Securities during that period unless such action is required by applicable law or permitted by this Agreement. 

  
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 (c) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or
(2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during
the Applicable Period relating thereto from whom the Company has received written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, notify the selling Holders of Registrable Securities (with respect to a Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof), or each such Participating Broker-Dealer (with respect to any such Registration Statement), as the case may be, their counsel (in the case of counsel for Holders, such counsel shall be selected by
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities covered) and the managing underwriters, if any, as promptly as possible, and, if requested by any such Person, confirm such notice in writing, (i) when a Prospectus or any
Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective under the Securities Act (including in such notice a written
statement that any Holder may, upon request, obtain, at the sole expense of the Issuers, one conformed copy of such Registration Statement or post-effective amendment including financial statements and schedules, documents incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference and exhibits), (ii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iii) if at any time when a prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Registrable Securities or resales of Exchange Securities by Participating
Broker-Dealers the representations and warranties of the Issuers contained in any agreement (including any underwriting agreement) contemplated by Section 5(n) hereof cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (iv) of the
receipt by any Issuer of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of a Registration Statement or any of the Registrable Securities or the Exchange Securities to be sold by any Participating
Broker-Dealer for offer or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the happening of any event, the existence of any condition or any information becoming known that makes any
statement made in such Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in or amendments or
supplements to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (vi) of the Issuers’ determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate. 

(d) Use their commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration
Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of a Prospectus or suspending the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities or the Exchange Securities to be sold by any Participating

  
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Broker-Dealer, for sale in any jurisdiction, and, if any such order is issued, use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest practicable
moment. 
 (e) If a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 and if requested during the Effectiveness Period by
the managing underwriter or underwriters (if any), the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold in connection with an underwritten offering or any Participating Broker-Dealer, (i) as promptly
as practicable incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the managing underwriter or underwriters (if any), such Holders, any Participating Broker-Dealer or counsel for any of them reasonably request to
be included therein, (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company has received notification of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment, and (iii) supplement or make amendments to such Registration Statement. 
 (f) If
(1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by
any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during the Applicable Period, furnish to each selling Holder of Registrable Securities (with respect to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof) and to
each such Participating Broker-Dealer who so requests (with respect to any such Registration Statement) and to their respective counsel (in the case of counsel for Holders, such counsel shall be selected by a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Registrable Securities covered) and each managing underwriter, if any, at the sole expense of the Issuers, one conformed copy of the Registration Statement or Registration Statements and each post-effective amendment thereto, including
financial statements and schedules, and, if requested, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits. 
 (g) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is
required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during the Applicable Period, deliver to each selling Holder of Registrable Securities (with respect to a Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof), or each such Participating Broker-Dealer (with respect to any such Registration Statement), as the case may be, their respective counsel (in the case of counsel for Holders, such counsel shall be
selected by a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities covered), and the underwriters, if any, at the sole expense of the Issuers, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of preliminary
prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto and any documents incorporated by reference therein as such Persons may reasonably request; and, subject to the last paragraph of this Section 5, the Issuers hereby consent to the use of such
Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Securities or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and the underwriters or agents, if any, and dealers, if any, in connection
with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by, or the sale by Participating Broker-Dealers of the Exchange Securities pursuant to, such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto. 

  
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 (h) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities or any delivery of a Prospectus
contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during the Applicable Period, use their commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify, and to cooperate with the
selling Holders of Registrable Securities or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel (in the case of counsel for Holders, such counsel shall be
selected by a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities covered) in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale
under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer, or the managing underwriter or underwriters reasonably request in writing; provided, however, that
where Exchange Securities held by Participating Broker-Dealers or Registrable Securities are offered other than through an underwritten offering, the Issuers agree to cause their counsel to perform Blue Sky investigations and file registrations and
qualifications required to be filed pursuant to this Section 5(h), keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period such Registration Statement is required to be kept effective and do any and all
other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Exchange Securities held by Participating Broker-Dealers or the Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement;
provided, however, that no Issuer shall be required to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so required to be qualified, (B) take any action that would subject it to general service of
process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject, (C) subject itself to taxation in excess of a nominal dollar amount in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or (D) make any change to its certificate of
incorporation or bylaws. 
 (i) If a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, cooperate with the selling
Holders of Registrable Securities and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold, which certificates shall not bear any
restrictive legends and shall be in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company; and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations (subject to applicable requirements contained in the Indenture) and registered in
such names as the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or Holders may request in a reasonable period of time prior to sales of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration. 

(j) Use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered
with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter or underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, except as may
be required solely as a consequence of the nature of such selling Holder’s business, in which case the Issuers will cooperate in all reasonable respects with the filing of such Registration Statement and the granting of such approvals.

 (k) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2) a Prospectus contained in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during the Applicable Period, upon the
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event contemplated by paragraph 5(c)(v) or 5(c)(vi) hereof, as promptly as reasonably practicable prepare and (subject to Section 5(a) hereof) file with the SEC, at the sole expense of
the Issuers, a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document so
that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder (with respect to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof) or to the purchasers of the Exchange Securities to whom such
Prospectus will be delivered by a Participating Broker-Dealer (with respect to any such Registration Statement), any such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 
 (l) Use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement or the Exchange Securities, as the case may be, to be rated with the appropriate
rating agencies, if so requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or the Exchange Securities, as the case may be, or the managing underwriter or underwriters,
if any. 
 (m) Prior to the effective date of the first Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Securities,
(i) provide the Trustee with certificates for the Registrable Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and (ii) provide a CUSIP number and ISIN for the Registrable Securities. 

(n) In connection with any underwritten offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration, enter into an underwriting
agreement as is customary in underwritten offerings of debt securities similar to the Securities, and take all such other actions as are reasonably requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters in order to expedite or facilitate the
registration or the disposition of such Registrable Securities and, in such connection, (i) make such representations and warranties to, and covenants with, the underwriters with respect to the business of the Issuers (including any acquired
business, properties or entity, if applicable), and the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, in each case, as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in
underwritten offerings of debt securities similar to the Securities, and confirm the same in writing if and when requested; (ii) obtain the written opinions of counsel to the Issuers, and written updates thereof in form, scope and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriter or underwriters, addressed to the underwriters covering the matters customarily covered in opinions reasonably requested in underwritten offerings; (iii) obtain “cold comfort”
letters and updates thereof in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriter or underwriters from the independent certified public accountants of the Issuers (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public
accountants of the Issuers, or of any business acquired by the Issuers, for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement), addressed to each of the
underwriters, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters in connection with underwritten offerings of debt securities similar to the Securities; and (iv) if an
underwriting agreement is entered into, the same shall contain indemnification provisions and procedures to be agreed to among the Issuers and the managing underwriter or underwriters. The above shall be done at each closing under such underwriting
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 (o) If a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, make available for
inspection by a representative of any Holders of such Registrable Securities being sold (with respect to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof) (any such representative, the “Inspector”), upon written
request, at the offices where normally kept, during reasonable business hours, all pertinent financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and instruments of the Issuers and subsidiaries of the Issuers (collectively, the
“Records”), as shall be reasonably necessary to enable the Inspector to exercise any applicable due diligence responsibilities, and cause the officers, directors and employees of the Issuers and any of their respective subsidiaries
to supply all information (“Information”) reasonably requested by the Inspector in connection with such due diligence responsibilities; provided, however, that the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall
be coordinated by the Initial Purchasers and, on behalf of the other parties, by one counsel designated by a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement. The Inspector shall agree in
writing that it will keep the Records and Information confidential and that it will not disclose any of the Records or Information that any Issuer determines, in good faith, to be confidential and notifies the Inspector in writing are confidential
unless (i) the disclosure of such Records or Information is necessary to avoid or correct a material misstatement or omission in such Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the release of such Records or Information is ordered pursuant
to a subpoena or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction, (iii) disclosure of such Records or Information is necessary or advisable, in the opinion of counsel for the Inspector, in connection with any action, claim, suit or
proceeding, directly or indirectly, involving or potentially involving the Inspector and arising out of, based upon, relating to, or involving this Agreement, the Indenture or the Purchase Agreement, or any transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby or arising hereunder or thereunder, or (iv) the information in such Records or Information has been made generally available to the public other than by the Inspector or an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405) thereof;
provided, however, that prior notice, to the extent not legally prohibited, shall be provided as soon as practicable to the Company of the potential disclosure of any information by the Inspector pursuant to clauses (i) or
(ii) of this sentence to permit the Issuers to obtain a protective order (or waive the provisions of this paragraph (o)) and that the Inspector shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary at the Issuer’s expense to protect the
confidentiality of such information (if practicable) to the extent such action is otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment of or in derogation of the rights and interests of the Holder or the Inspector. 

(p) Provide an indenture trustee for the Registrable Securities or the Exchange Securities, as the case may be, and cause the Indenture
or the trust indenture provided for in Section 2(a) hereof, as the case may be, to be qualified under the TIA not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Securities; and in connection
therewith, cooperate with the trustee under any such indenture and the Holders of the Registrable Securities, to effect such changes (if any) to such indenture as may be required for such indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of
the TIA; and execute, and use its reasonable efforts to cause such 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 such indenture to be so
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 (q) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make generally
available to the Company’s securityholders with regard to any applicable Registration Statement, a consolidated earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any
similar rule promulgated under the Securities Act) no later than 45 days after the end of any fiscal quarter (or 90 days after the end of any 12-month period if such period is a fiscal year) (i) commencing at the end of any fiscal
quarter in which Registrable Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or efforts underwritten offering and (ii) if not sold to underwriters in such an offering, commencing on the first day of the first fiscal quarter of the
Company, after the effective date of a Registration Statement, which statements shall cover said 12-month periods. 
 (r) Upon
consummation of the Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange, if requested by a Holder, obtain an opinion of counsel to the Issuers, in a form customary for underwritten transactions, addressed to the Trustee for the benefit of all Holders of
Registrable Securities participating in the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, that the Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, the related guarantees and the related indentures constitute legal, valid
and binding obligations of the Issuers, enforceable against the Issuers in accordance with their respective terms, subject to customary exceptions and qualifications. If the Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated, upon delivery of
the Registrable Securities by Holders to the Company (or to such other Person as directed by the Company), in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, the Issuers shall mark, or cause to be marked, on
such Registrable Securities that such Registrable Securities are being cancelled in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Notes (and the related guarantees), as the case may be; in no event shall such Registrable Securities be
marked as paid or otherwise satisfied. 
 (s) Cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities covered by any Registration
Statement and each underwriter, if any, participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
(“FINRA”). 
 (t) Use their commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the
registration of the Exchange Securities and/or Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby. 

The Issuers may require each seller of Registrable Securities as to which any registration is being effected to furnish to the Issuers
such information regarding such seller and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Issuers may, from time to time, reasonably request. The Issuers may exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities of any seller so long as
such seller fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request and the failure to include any such seller shall not be deemed to be a default hereunder. Each seller as to which any Shelf Registration is being
effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Issuers all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Issuers by such seller not materially misleading. 

If any such Registration Statement refers to any Holder by name or otherwise as the holder of any securities of the Issuers, then such
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insertion therein of language, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Holder, to the effect that the holding by such Holder of such securities is not to be construed as a
recommendation by such Holder of the investment quality of the securities covered thereby and that such holding does not imply that such Holder will assist in meeting any future financial requirements of the Issuers, or (ii) in the event that
such reference to such Holder by name or otherwise is not required by the Securities Act or any similar federal statute then in force, the deletion of the reference to such Holder in any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement filed or
prepared subsequent to the time that such reference ceases to be required. 
 Each Holder of Registrable Securities and each
Participating Broker-Dealer agrees by its acquisition of such Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities to be sold by such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, that, upon actual receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening
of any event of the kind described in Section 5(c)(ii), 5(c)(iv), 5(c)(v), or 5(c)(vi) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or Prospectus or Exchange
Securities to be sold by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, until such Holder’s or Participating Broker-Dealer’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(k)
hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any amendments or supplements thereto. In the event that the Issuers shall
give any such notice, each of the Applicable Period and the Effectiveness Period shall be extended by the number of days during such periods from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when each seller of
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or Exchange Securities to be sold by such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, shall have received (x) the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated
by Section 5(k) hereof or (y) the Advice. 
  

	 	Section 6.	Registration Expenses 

All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Issuers shall be borne, jointly and
severally, by the Issuers, whether or not the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or any Shelf Registration Statement is filed or becomes effective or the Exchange Offer is consummated, including, without limitation, (i) all registration and
filing fees (including, without limitation, (A) fees with respect to filings required to be made with FINRA in connection with an underwritten offering and (B) fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or Blue Sky laws
(including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities and determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Securities or Exchange
Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions (x) where the holders of Registrable Securities are located, in the case of the Exchange Securities, or (y) as provided in Section 5(h) hereof, in the case of Registrable
Securities or Exchange Securities to be sold by a Participating Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period)), (ii) printing expenses, including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities or Exchange
Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and of printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, by the Holders of a majority in aggregate
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sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period, as the case may be, (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Issuers and, in the case of a Shelf Registration, reasonable fees and disbursements of one special counsel for all of the sellers of Registrable Securities (exclusive of any counsel retained pursuant to Section 7 hereof), (v) fees and
disbursements of all independent certified public accountants referred to in Section 5(n)(iii) hereof (including, without limitation, the expenses of any “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance),
(vi) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Issuers desire such insurance, (vii) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Issuers, (viii) internal expenses of the Issuers (including, without limitation, all salaries
and expenses of officers and employees of the Issuers performing legal or accounting duties), (ix) the expense of any annual audit, (x) any fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the securities to be registered on any
securities exchange, and the obtaining of a rating of the securities, in each case, if applicable and (xi) the expenses relating to printing, word processing and distributing all Registration Statements, underwriting agreements, indentures and
any other documents necessary in order to comply with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions of any underwriters with respect to
any Registrable Securities sold by or on behalf of it. 
  

	 	Section 7.	Indemnification and Contribution. 

 (a) The Issuers agree jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Registrable Securities and each Participating Broker-Dealer selling Exchange Securities during the Applicable
Period, and each Person, if any, who controls such Person or its affiliates within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, a “Participant”) against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities to which any Participant may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: 

(i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement 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 not misleading; or 

(ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus, or “issuer free
writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) (an “Issuer FWP”) filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
 and will reimburse, as
incurred, the Participant for any legal or other expenses incurred by the Participant in connection with investigating, defending against or appearing as a third-party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action;
provided, however, none of the Issuers will be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
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Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if any of the Issuers shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus or any Issuer FWP or any amendment or
supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Participant furnished to the Issuers by such Participant specifically for use therein. The indemnity provided for in this Section 7 will be in addition to
any liability that the Issuers may otherwise have to the indemnified parties. The Issuers shall not be liable under this Section 7 for any settlement of any claim or action effected without their prior written consent, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld. 
 (b) Each Participant, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers,
their directors, their officers and each person, if any, who controls the Issuers within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Issuers or any
such director, officer or controlling person may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement 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 not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus, or an Issuer FWP, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made
in reliance upon and in conformity with information concerning such Participant, furnished to the Issuers by the Participant, specifically for use therein; and subject to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, will reimburse, as
incurred, any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by the Issuers or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending against or appearing as a third party witness in connection with any such
loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof. The indemnity provided for in this Section 7 will be in addition to any liability that the Participants may otherwise have to the indemnified parties. The Participants shall not be
liable under this Section 7 for any settlement of any claim or action effected without their consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. 
 (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 7 of notice of the commencement of any action for which such indemnified party is entitled to indemnification under this
Section 7, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 7, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof in writing; but the omission to so notify
the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from any liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and
(ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) above. In case any such action is brought against
any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly
notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, that if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the

  
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indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party shall have been advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, or (iii) the
indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after receipt by the indemnifying party of notice of the institution of such action,
then, in each such case, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties and such indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to
defend such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. After notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and approval by such indemnified party of counsel appointed to
defend such action, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 7 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with the defense thereof, unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that in connection with such action
the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to local counsel) in any one action or separate but substantially similar actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general
allegations or circumstances, designated by Participants who sold a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities and Exchange Securities sold by all such Participants in the case of paragraph (a) of this Section 7 or the Issuers in
the case of paragraph (b) of this Section 7, representing the indemnified parties under such paragraph (a) or paragraph (b), as the case may be, who are parties to such action or actions) or (ii) the indemnifying party has
authorized in writing the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party. All fees and expenses reimbursed pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. After such notice from
the indemnifying party to such indemnified party, the indemnifying party will not be liable for the costs and expenses of any settlement of such action effected by such indemnified party without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), unless such indemnified party waived in writing its rights under this Section 7, in which case the indemnified party may effect such a settlement without such consent. No indemnifying party
shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement or compromise of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party, or indemnity could have been
sought hereunder by any indemnified party, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional written release of the indemnified party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, from all liability on claims that
are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. 

(d) In circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7 is unavailable to,
or insufficient to hold harmless, an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), each indemnifying party, in order to provide for just and equitable contribution, shall contribute to
the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the
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indemnified party on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, not only such
relative benefits but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions or alleged statements or omissions that resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof). The relative benefits received by the Issuers on the one hand and such Participant on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total proceeds from the offering
(before deducting expenses) of the Securities received by the Company bear to the total net profit received by such Participants in connection with the sale of the Securities. The relative fault of the parties 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 Issuers on the one hand, or the Participants on the other, the
parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission or alleged statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate in the circumstances. The parties
agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the first
sentence of this paragraph (d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph (d), no Participant shall be obligated to make contributions hereunder that in the aggregate exceed the total net profit received by such Participant in connection
with the sale of the Securities, less the aggregate amount of any damages that such Participant has otherwise been required to pay by reason of the untrue or alleged untrue statements or the omissions or alleged omissions to state a material fact,
and no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this paragraph (d),
each Participant shall have the same rights to contribution as the Participants, and each director of any Issuer, each officer of any Issuer and each person, if any, who controls any Issuer within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act, shall have the same rights to contribution as the Issuers. 
  

	 	Section 8.	Rules 144 and 144A 

Each of the Issuers covenants and agrees that, if at any time the Company or any Guarantor is not required to file reports required to
be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder, the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, will, upon the request of any Holder or beneficial owner of Registrable
Securities, make available such information necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144A. Each of the Issuers further covenants and agrees, for so long as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding that it will take such further action as
any Holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions
provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act and Rule 144A. 
  

	 	Section 9.	Underwritten Registrations 

 If any of the Registrable Securities covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or

  
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managers that will manage the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Registrable Securities included in such offering and shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Issuers. 
 No Holder of Registrable Securities may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder
unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder’s Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes
all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. 
  

	 	Section 10.	Miscellaneous 

 (a)
No Inconsistent Agreements. None of the Issuers has, as of the date hereof, and none of the Issuers shall, after the date of this Agreement, entered into any agreement with respect to any of its securities that is inconsistent with the rights
granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. 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 the Issuers’ other issued and outstanding securities under any such agreements. 
 (b) Adjustments Affecting
Registrable Securities. The Issuers shall not, directly or indirectly, take any action with respect to the Registrable Securities as a class that would adversely affect the ability of the Holders of Registrable Securities to include such
Registrable Securities in a registration undertaken pursuant to this Agreement. 
 (c) Amendments and Waivers. The
provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, otherwise than with the prior written consent of (I) the Issuers, and (II)(A) the
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Registrable Securities and (B) in circumstances that would adversely affect the Participating Broker-Dealers, the Participating Broker-Dealers holding not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Exchange Securities held by all Participating Broker-Dealers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates
exclusively to the rights of Holders of Registrable Securities whose securities are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect, impair, limit or compromise the rights of other Holders of
Registrable Securities may be given by Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold pursuant to such Registration Statement. 

  
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 (d) Notices. All notices and other communications (including, without limitation,
any notices or other communications to the Trustee) provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, next-day air courier or facsimile: 

(i) if to a Holder of the Registrable Securities or any Participating Broker-Dealer, at the most current address of such
Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, set forth on the records of the registrar under the Indenture, with a copy in like manner to the Initial Purchasers as follows: 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC 
 383 Madison Avenue 
 New York, New York 10179 

Facsimile No.: (212) 270-1063 
 Attention: David Dwyer, Managing Director 
 with a copy to: 

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP 
 80 Pine Street 
 New York, New York 10005 

Facsimile No.: (212) 269-5420 
 Attention: William Gannett, Esq. 
 (ii) if to the Initial
Purchasers, at the address specified in Section 10(d)(i); 
 (iii) if to the Issuers, at the address as
follows: 
 Aleris International, Inc. 
 25825 Science Park Drive, Suite 400 
 Cleveland, Ohio 44122 

Facsimile No.: (216) 910-3400 
 Attention: Christopher R. Clegg, Esq. 
 with a copy to: 

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP 
 One New York Plaza 
 New York, New York 10004 

Facsimile No.: (212) 859-8000 
 Attention: Daniel J. Bursky, Esq. 
 All such notices and communications shall be
deemed to have been duly given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; one Business Day after being timely delivered to a next-day air courier; and upon
written confirmation, if sent by facsimile. 
 Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address and in the manner specified in the Indenture. 
 (e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto, the Holders and the Participating
Broker-Dealers; provided, however, 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. 

  
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 (f) 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. 

(g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof. 
 (h) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED
TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT WOULD
REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW. 
 (i) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of
this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way
be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared
invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable. 
 (j) Securities Held by the Issuers or Their Affiliates. Whenever the consent
or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the Issuers or their affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405) shall not be counted in determining whether
such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage. 
 (k) Third-Party Beneficiaries. Holders
of Registrable Securities and Participating Broker-Dealers are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement, and this Agreement may be enforced by such Persons. 

  
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 (l) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Purchase Agreement and the
Indenture, is intended by the parties as a final and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein and any and all prior oral or written agreements,
representations, or warranties, contracts, understandings, correspondence, conversations and memoranda between the Holders on the one hand and the Issuers on the other, or between or among any agents, representatives, parents, subsidiaries,
affiliates, predecessors in interest or successors in interest with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof are merged herein and replaced hereby. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written
above. 
  

							
	ALERIS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Sean M. Stack

		 		 	Name:	 	Sean M. Stack
		 		 	Title:	 	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 
							
	 ALERIS ROLLED PRODUCTS, INC.
  

ALERIS ROLLED PRODUCTS, LLC
  
 ALERIS ROLLED PRODUCTS SALES CORPORATION
  
 IMCO RECYCLING OF OHIO, LLC
  

ALERIS RECYCLING, INC.
  
 ALERIS RECYCLING BENS RUN, LLC
  

ALERIS SPECIFICATION ALLOYS, INC.
  

ALERIS SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.
  

ETS SCHAEFER, LLC
  
 ALERIS OHIO MANAGEMENT, INC.

			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Sean M. Stack

		 		 	Name:	 	Sean M. Stack
		 		 	Title:	 	President

  
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	 The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Initial Purchasers as of the date first above
written.

	
	J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,
			
		 	By:	 	J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
			
		 		 	Acting on behalf of itself and as representative of the several Initial Purchasers
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Brian C. Dolan

		 		 	Name:	 	Brian C. Dolan
		 		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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