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Exhibit

EXHIBIT 10.1

EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY
2018 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Effective January 26, 2018)
SECTION 1.    PURPOSE

The purpose of the Edgewell Personal Care Company 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to promote shareholder value and the future success of Edgewell Personal Care Company (the “Company”) by providing appropriate retention and performance incentives to the employees and non-employee directors of the Company and its Affiliates, and any other individuals who perform services for the Company or any of its Affiliates.

SECTION 2.    DEFINITIONS

2.1    “Affiliate” means any entity in which the Company has a direct or indirect equity interest of 50 percent or more, and any other entity in which the Company has a substantial ownership interest and which has been designated as an Affiliate for purposes of the Plan by the Committee in its sole discretion.

2.2    “Award” means any form of incentive or performance award granted under the Plan to a Participant by the Committee pursuant to any terms and conditions that the Committee may establish and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement.  Awards granted under the Plan may consist of:  (a) Stock Options granted pursuant to Section 7; (b) Stock Appreciation Rights granted pursuant to Section 8; (c) Restricted Stock granted pursuant to Section 9; (d) Restricted Stock Equivalents granted pursuant to Section 9; (e) Other Stock-Based Awards granted pursuant to Section 10; and (f) Performance Grants granted pursuant to Section 11.

2.3    “Award Agreement” means the written or electronic document(s) evidencing the grant of an Award to a Participant.

2.4    “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

2.5    “Change of Control” means the occurrence of a change of control of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act, whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement; provided that, without limitation, such a Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred if a Section 409A Change of Control occurs.  

2.6     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations promulgated and other official guidance issued thereunder.

2.7    “Committee” means the Nominating and Executive Compensation Committee of the Board, or any successor committee that the Board may designate to administer the Plan, provided such Committee consists of two or more individuals.  Each member of the Committee shall be (a) an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, (b) a “Non-Employee Director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, and (c) a non-employee director meeting the independence requirements for compensation committee members under the rules and regulations of the Exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are traded.  References to “Committee” shall include persons to whom the Committee has delegated authority pursuant to Section 3.4.

2.8    “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company, and stock of any other class or company into which such shares may thereafter be changed.

2.9    “Company” means Edgewell Personal Care Company, a Missouri corporation.

2.10    “Defined Event” means the death, Disability, retirement or involuntary termination of a Participant other than for cause, or, subject to Section 6.7, in connection with a Change of Control of the Company.

2.11    “Delay Period” has the meaning given such term in Section 13.2(c).

2.12    “Disability” with respect to a Participant, has the meaning assigned to such term under the long-term disability plan maintained by the Company or an Affiliate in which such Participant is covered at the time the determination is made, and if there is no such plan, means the permanent inability as a result of accident or sickness to perform any and every duty pertaining to such Participant’s occupation or employment for which the Participant is suited by reason of the Participant’s previous training, education and experience; provided that, to the extent an Award subject to Section 409A shall become payable upon a Participant’s Disability, a Disability shall not be deemed to have occurred for such purposes unless the circumstances would also result in a “disability” within the meaning of Section 409A, unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement.

2.13    “Effective Date” means the date on which the Plan is approved by the shareholders of the Company pursuant to Section 19.

2.14    “Exchange” means the New York Stock Exchange, or such other principal securities market on which the shares of Common Stock are traded.  

2.15    “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the regulations and interpretations thereunder.

2.16    “Fair Market Value” of a share of Common Stock as of any specific date means (a) the per share closing price reported by the Exchange on such date, or, if there is no such reported closing price on such date, then the per share closing price reported by the Exchange on the last previous day on which such closing price was reported, or (b) such other value as determined by the Committee in accordance with applicable law.  The Fair Market Value of any property other than shares of Common Stock means the market value of such property as determined by the Committee using such methods or procedures as it shall establish from time to time.

2.17    “Incentive Stock Option” means a Stock Option that qualifies as an incentive stock option under Section 422 of the Code.

2.18     “Nonqualified Stock Option” means a Stock Option that does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option or which is designated a Nonqualified Stock Option.

2.19    “Other Stock-Based Award” means an Award denominated in shares of Common Stock that is granted subject to certain terms and conditions pursuant to Section 10.

2.20    “Participant” means an individual who has been granted an Award under the Plan, or in the event of the death of such individual, the individual’s beneficiary under Section 15.

2.21    “Performance Grant” means an Award subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions described in Section 11, pursuant to which the Participant may become entitled to receive cash, shares of Common Stock or other property, or any combination thereof, as determined by the Committee.

2.22    “Plan” has the meaning given such term in Section 1.

2.23    “Prior Plan” means the Energizer Holdings, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2009 Incentive Stock Plan, as further amended.

2.24    “Qualifying Award” means an Award described in Section 12 granted under the Plan with the intent that such Award qualify as “performance-based compensation” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.  

2.25    “Remaining Number of Available Shares” has the meaning given such term in Section 5.1(a).

2.26    “Reprice” means:  (a) the reduction, directly or indirectly, in the per-share exercise price of an outstanding Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right by amendment, cancellation or substitution; (b) any action that is treated as a repricing under United States generally accepted accounting principles; (c) canceling a Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right in exchange for another Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right or other equity security (unless the cancellation and exchange occurs in connection with a merger, acquisition, or similar transaction); and (d) any other action that is treated as a repricing by the rules or regulations of the Exchange.

2.27     “Restricted Period” means the period during which Restricted Stock may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of. 

2.28    “Restricted Stock” means an Award of shares of Common Stock that is granted subject to certain terms and conditions pursuant to Section 9.

2.29    “Restricted Stock Equivalent” means an Award of a right to receive shares of Common Stock (or an equivalent value in cash or other property, or any combination thereof) that is granted subject to certain terms and conditions pursuant to Section 9.

2.30    “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code. 

2.31    “Section 409A Change of Control” means:

(a)    the acquisition by one person, or more than one person acting as a group, of ownership of stock of the Company that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50 percent of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company.  Notwithstanding the above, if any person or more than one person acting as a group, is considered to own more than 50 percent of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company, the acquisition of additional stock by the same person or persons will not constitute a Change of Control;

(b)    the acquisition by one person, or more than one person acting as a group, of ownership of stock of the Company, that together with stock of the Company acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or group, constitutes 30 percent or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Company.  Notwithstanding the above, if any person or more than one person acting as a group is considered to own 30 percent or more of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company, the acquisition of additional stock by the same person or persons will not constitute a Change of Control;

(c)    a majority of the members of the Company’s Board is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Company’s Board before the date of the appointment or election; or

(d)    one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or group) assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value (determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets) equal to or more than 40 percent of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Company immediately before such acquisition or acquisitions.

Persons will not be considered to be acting as a group solely because they purchase or own stock of the same corporation at the same time, or as a result of the same public offering.  However, persons will be considered to be acting as a group if they are owners of a corporation that enters into a merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock, or similar business transaction with the Company.  This definition of Change of Control shall be interpreted in accordance with, and in a manner that will bring the definition into compliance with, Section 409A.

2.32    “Stock Appreciation Right” means a right to receive (without payment to the Company) cash, shares of Common Stock or other property, or any combination thereof, as determined by the Committee, based on the increase in the value of a share of Common Stock over the per share exercise price, that is granted subject to certain terms and conditions pursuant to Section 8.

2.33    “Stock Option” means a right to purchase shares of Common Stock at a specified exercise price that is granted subject to certain terms and conditions pursuant to Section 7, and includes both Incentive Stock Options and Nonqualified Stock Options.

2.34    “Treasury Regulations” means the tax regulations promulgated under the Code.

SECTION 3.    ADMINISTRATION

3.1    Administration.  Except as otherwise specified herein, the Plan shall be administered solely by the Committee.  

3.2    Authority.  

(a)    Subject only to Section 6.3, the Committee has all the powers vested in it by the terms of the Plan set forth herein, such powers to include exclusive authority to select the employees and other individuals to be granted Awards under the Plan, to determine the type, size and terms of the Award to be made to each individual selected, to modify the terms of any Award that has been granted, to determine the time when Awards will be granted, to establish performance objectives, and to prescribe the form of Award Agreement.  

(b)    The Committee has the power and authority to make any adjustments necessary or desirable as a result of the granting of Awards to eligible individuals located outside the United States, and to adopt, to amend or to rescind rules, procedures or subplans relating to the operation and administration of the Plan in order to accommodate local laws, policies, customs, procedures or practices, and accounting, tax or other regulatory standards, or to facilitate the administration of the Plan, including, but not limited to, the authority to adopt, to amend or to rescind rules, procedures and subplans that limit or vary:  the methods available to exercise Awards; the methods available to settle Awards; the methods available for the payment of income taxes, social insurance contributions and employment taxes; the procedures for withholding on Awards; and the use of stock certificates or other indicia of ownership.  The Committee may also adopt rules, procedures or subplans applicable to particular Affiliates or locations.

(c)    The Committee is authorized to interpret the Plan and the Awards granted under the Plan, to establish, amend and rescind any rules and regulations relating to the Plan, and to make any other determinations that it deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.  The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award in the manner and to the extent the Committee deems necessary or desirable to carry it into effect.  Any decision of the Committee in the interpretation and administration of the Plan, as described herein, shall lie within its sole and absolute discretion and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties concerned.  

3.3    Repricing Prohibited Absent Shareholder Approval.  Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan, except for adjustments pursuant to Section 14, neither the Board nor the Committee may Reprice, adjust or amend the exercise price of Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights previously awarded to any Participant, whether through amendment, cancellation and replacement grant, or any other means, unless such action is approved by the shareholders of the Company.  In addition, notwithstanding any other provision in the Plan to the contrary, a Stock Option may not be surrendered in consideration of, or exchanged for cash, other Awards, or a new Stock Option having an exercise price below that of the Stock Option which was surrendered or exchanged, unless the exchange occurs in connection with a merger, acquisition, or similar transaction as set forth in Section 14, or such action is approved by the shareholders of the Company.  Any amendment or repeal of this Section 3.3 shall require the approval of the shareholders of the Company.

3.4    Delegation.  The Committee may authorize any one or more of its members or any officer of the Company to execute and deliver documents or to take any other action on behalf of the Committee with respect to Awards made or to be made to Participants, subject to the requirements of applicable law, including without limitation, Section 16 of the Exchange Act and Section 162(m) of the Code.  

3.5    Indemnification.  No member of the Committee and no officer of the Company shall be liable for anything done or omitted to be done by him, by any other member of the Committee or by any officer of the Company in connection with the performance of duties under the Plan, except for his own willful misconduct or gross negligence, or as expressly provided by applicable law, and the Company shall indemnify each member of the Committee and officer of the Company against any such liability.

SECTION 4.    PARTICIPATION

Consistent with the purposes of the Plan, the Committee shall have exclusive power to select the employees of the Company and its Affiliates and other individuals performing services for the Company and its Affiliates who may participate in the Plan and be granted Awards under the Plan, and the Board shall have exclusive power to select the non-employee directors of the Company and its Affiliates who may participate in the Plan and be granted Awards under the Plan.  

SECTION 5.    SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN AND SHARE LIMITS

5.1    Maximum Number of Shares that May Be Issued.

(a)    Available Shares.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 14, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for grant and issuance pursuant to the Plan as of the Effective Date shall be the number of remaining shares of Common Stock not issued or subject to outstanding grants under the Prior Plan on the Effective Date (the “Remaining Number of Available Shares”), plus any shares of Common Stock that are subject to awards granted under the Prior Plan that expire, are forfeited or canceled or terminate for any other reason after the Effective Date without the issuance of shares.  For the avoidance of doubt, any shares of Common Stock that are subject to outstanding awards granted under the Prior Plan that are used to pay the exercise price of an option or withheld to satisfy the tax withholding obligations related to any award under the Prior Plan after the Effective Date shall not become available under the Plan.  If the Plan is approved by the Company’s shareholders on the Effective Date, no awards may be granted under the Prior Plan on or after the Effective Date.  

(b)    Assumed or Substituted Awards.  Awards granted through the assumption of, or substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by a company acquired by the Company or any Affiliate, or with which the Company or any Affiliate combines, shall not reduce the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan as described in Section 5.1(a) or the maximum number of shares of Common Stock authorized for grant to an individual in any calendar year described in Section 5.2.

(c)    Share Counting.  

(i)    For purposes of counting shares against the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan as described in Section 5.1(a),  on the date of grant, Awards denominated solely in shares of Common Stock (such as Stock Options and Restricted Stock) and other Awards that may be exercised for, settled in or convertible into shares of Common Stock will be counted against the Plan reserve on the date of grant of the Award based on the maximum number of shares that may be issued pursuant to the Award, as determined by the Committee.  

(ii)    Any shares of Common Stock granted in connection with Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall be counted against the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan as described in Section 5.1(a) as one share for every one Option or Stock Appreciation Right granted, and any shares of Common Stock granted in connection with Awards other than Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall be counted against the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan as described in Section 5.1(a) as 1.95 shares of Common Stock for every one share of Common Stock granted in connection with such Award.

(d)    Shares Added Back.  Shares of Common Stock related to Awards issued under the Plan that are forfeited, canceled, expired or otherwise terminated without the issuance of shares of Common Stock will again be available for issuance under the Plan.  Any shares of Common Stock added back shall be added back as one share if such shares of Common Stock were subject to Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, and as 1.95 shares if such shares of Common Stock were subject to other Awards.  The following shares of Common Stock, however, may not again be made available for grant in respect of Awards under the Plan:  

(i)    shares of Common Stock delivered to, or retained by the Company, in payment of the exercise price of a Stock Option;

(ii)     shares of Common Stock delivered to, or retained by the Company, in satisfaction of the tax withholding obligations with respect to an Award;

(iii)    shares of Common Stock covered by a stock-settled Stock Appreciation Right or other Award that were not issued upon the settlement of the Stock Appreciation Right or other Award; and

(iv)    shares of Common Stock repurchased on the open market with the proceeds from the payment of the exercise price of a Stock Option.  

(e)    Source of Shares.  Shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Plan may be authorized but unissued shares, treasury shares, reacquired shares or any combination thereof.

(f)    Fractional Shares.  No fractional shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Plan, and unless the Committee determines otherwise, an amount in cash equal to the Fair Market Value of any fractional share of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable shall be paid in lieu of such fractional share of Common Stock.  The Committee may, in its sole discretion, cancel, terminate, otherwise eliminate or transfer or pay other securities or other property in lieu of issuing any fractional share of Common Stock.

5.2    Maximum Individual Limits:  For awards granted to individuals other than non-employee directors:

(a)    subject to adjustment as provided in Section 14, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be granted to any individual during any one calendar year under all Awards shall be 500,000; and

(b)    the maximum amount of cash that may be paid to a Participant during any one calendar year under all Performance Grants shall be $20,000,000.

For purposes of Section 5.2(b), the calendar year or years in which amounts under Awards are deemed paid or received shall be as determined by the Committee and any deferral of Award settlement or payment permitted or required by the Committee pursuant to Section 13 of the Plan shall be disregarded for purposes of such limits.

SECTION 6.    AWARDS UNDER THE PLAN

6.1    Types of Awards.  Awards under the Plan may include one or more of the following types:  Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Equivalents, Other Stock-Based Awards and Performance Grants.  As provided by Section 3.2(b), the Committee may also grant any other Award providing similar benefits, subject to such terms, conditions and restrictions as it may determine necessary or appropriate to satisfy non-U.S. law or regulatory requirements or avoid adverse consequences under such requirements.

6.2    Dividend Equivalents.  Other than with respect to Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, the Committee may choose, at the time of the grant of an Award or any time thereafter up to the time of the Award’s payment, to include or to exclude as part of such Award an entitlement to receive cash dividends or dividend equivalents, subject to such terms, conditions, restrictions or limitations, if any, as the Committee may establish.  Dividends and dividend equivalents shall be paid in such form and manner (i.e., lump sum or installments), and at such times as the Committee shall determine.  Dividends or dividend equivalents may be paid with respect to any Award only if, when and to the extent that the underlying Award vests.  Dividends and dividend equivalents may, at the Committee’s discretion, be held in escrow (with or without the accrual of interest), or be reinvested into additional shares of Common Stock subject to the same vesting or performance conditions as the underlying Award.

6.3    Non-Employee Director Awards.  In respect of Awards granted to non-employee directors of the Company or its Affiliates, the Board has all the powers otherwise vested in the Committee by the terms of the Plan set forth herein, including the exclusive authority to select the non-employee directors to be granted Awards under the Plan, to determine the type, size and terms of the Award to be made to each non-employee director selected, to modify the terms of any Award that has been granted to a non-employee director, to determine the time when Awards will be granted to non-employee directors and to prescribe the form of the Award Agreement embodying Awards made under the Plan to non-employee directors.  The aggregate maximum Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of grant) of the shares of Common Stock with respect to which Awards are granted under the Plan in any calendar year to any non-employee director in respect of services as a non-employee director shall not exceed $500,000.  The maximum amount that may be paid in any calendar 

year to any non-employee director in property other than shares of Common Stock (including cash) in respect of services as a non-employee director shall not exceed $500,000.

6.4    Transferability.  An Award and a Participant’s rights and interest under an Award may not be sold, assigned or transferred, hypothecated or encumbered in whole or in part either directly or by operation of law or otherwise (except in the event of the Participant’s death) including, but not by way of limitation, execution, levy, garnishment, attachment, pledge, bankruptcy or in any other manner; provided, however, that the Committee may allow a Participant to assign or transfer without consideration an Award to one or more members of his immediate family, to a partnership of which the only partners are the Participant or members of the Participant’s immediate family, to a trust established by the Participant for the exclusive benefit of the Participant or one or more members of his immediate family or pursuant to a domestic relations order (as defined in the Code).

6.5    Exclusion from Minimum Vesting Requirements.  Awards granted under Section 7, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10 and Section 11 shall be subject to the minimum vesting period and continued employment or provision of service requirement specified for the Award by such Section, as applicable, except that:  

(a)    up to a maximum of five percent of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to Section 5.1(a) may be issued pursuant to Awards granted under Section 7, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10 or Section 11 without regard for any minimum vesting period or continued employment or provision of service requirements set forth in such Sections; and 

(b)    continued employment or provision of service for exercisability or vesting shall not be required (i) as the Committee may determine or permit otherwise in connection with the occurrence of a Defined Event, and (ii) as may be required or otherwise be deemed advisable by the Committee in connection with an Award granted through the assumption of, or substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by a company acquired by the Company or any Affiliate or with which the Company or any Affiliate combines.

6.6    Award Agreement.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, each Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement in such form as the Committee shall prescribe from time to time in accordance with the Plan, including a written agreement, contract, certificate or other instrument or document containing the terms and conditions of an individual Award granted under the Plan which may, in the discretion of the Company, be transmitted electronically.  Each Award and Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

6.7    Change of Control.  The Committee may include in an Award Agreement provisions related to a Change of Control, including without limitation the acceleration of the exercisability, vesting or settlement of, or the lapse of restrictions or deemed satisfaction of performance objectives with respect to, an Award; provided that, in addition to any other conditions provided for in the Award Agreement:

(a)    any acceleration of the exercisability, vesting or settlement of, or the lapse of restrictions or deemed satisfaction of performance objectives with respect to, an Award in connection with a Change of Control may occur only if (i) the Change of Control occurs and (ii) either (A) the employment of the Participant is terminated (as set forth in the Award Agreement) (i.e., “double-trigger”) or (B) the acquirer does not agree to the assumption or substitution of outstanding Awards; and

(b)    with respect to any Award granted under the Plan that is earned or vested based upon achievement of performance objectives (including but not limited to Performance Grants), any amount deemed earned or vested in connection with a Change of Control or associated termination of employment shall be based upon the degree of performance attainment through the date of such Change of Control or associated termination of employment, as applicable, with such amount either paid in full or paid pro rata based on the period of time elapsed in the performance period as of the applicable date, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

6.8    Forfeiture Provisions.  The Committee may, in its discretion, provide in an Award Agreement that an Award shall be canceled if the Participant, without the consent of the Company, while employed by or providing services to the Company or any Affiliate or after termination of such employment or service, violates a non-competition, non-solicitation or non-disclosure covenant or agreement, or otherwise engages in activity that is in conflict with or adverse to the interest of the Company or any Affiliate, including fraud or conduct contributing to any financial restatements or irregularities, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the non-disclosure restrictions 

in this Section 6.8 or in any Award Agreement shall, or shall be interpreted to, impair the Participant from exercising any legally protected whistleblower rights (including under Rule 21F under the Exchange Act).

6.9    Recoupment Provisions.  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or in any Award Agreement to the contrary, the Company will be entitled to the extent required by applicable law (including, without limitation, Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any regulations promulgated with respect thereto) or Exchange listing conditions, in each case as in effect from time to time, to recoup compensation of whatever kind paid under the Plan by the Company at any time.

SECTION 7.    STOCK OPTIONS

7.1    Grant of Stock Options.  The Committee may grant Awards of Stock Options.  The Committee may grant Incentive Stock Options to any employee provided the terms of such grants comply with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code, and that any ambiguities in construction shall be interpreted in order to effectuate that intent.  Each Stock Option granted under the Plan shall comply with the following terms and conditions, and with such other terms and conditions, including, but not limited to, restrictions upon the Stock Option or the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise thereof or the attainment of performance objectives as the Committee may determine, including but not limited to such performance objectives described in Section 12.2, as the Committee, in its discretion, shall establish.

7.2    Exercise Price; Expiration Date.  Except for Stock Options granted through the assumption of, or substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by a company acquired by the Company or any Affiliate, or with which the Company or any Affiliate combines, the exercise price shall be equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Stock Option on the date that the Stock Option is granted.  The Committee in its discretion shall establish the expiration date of a Stock Option; provided that in no event shall the expiration date be later than 10 years from the date that the Stock Option is granted.

7.3    Number of Shares of Common Stock.  The Committee shall determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be subject to each Stock Option.

7.4    Minimum Vesting Period.  Except as otherwise permitted by Section 6.5, Stock Options shall not vest for at least one year after the date of grant.

7.5    Exercisability.  The Stock Option shall not be exercisable unless the Stock Option has vested, and payment in full of the exercise price for the shares of Common Stock being acquired thereunder at the time of exercise is made in such form as the Committee may determine in its discretion, including, but not limited to:

(a)    cash;

(b)    if permitted by the Committee, by instructing the Company to withhold a number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issued having a Fair Market Value equal to the applicable portion of the exercise price being so paid;

(c)    if permitted by the Committee, by tendering (actually or by attestation) to the Company a number of previously acquired shares of Common Stock that have been held by the Participant for at least six months (or such short period, if any, determined by the Committee in consideration of applicable accounting standards) and that have a Fair Market Value equal to the applicable portion of the exercise price being so paid;

(d)    if permitted by the Committee, by authorizing a third party to sell, on behalf of the Participant, the appropriate number of shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Participant upon the exercise of the Stock Option and to remit to the Company a sufficient portion of the sale proceeds to pay the entire exercise price and any tax withholding resulting from such exercise; or

(e)    any combination of the foregoing.

7.6    Limitations for Incentive Stock Options.  The terms and conditions of any Incentive Stock Options granted hereunder shall be subject to and shall be designed to comply with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code.  To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of grant) of the shares of Common Stock with 

respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any individual during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and its Affiliates) exceeds $100,000 (or such other limit that applies at the time the Incentive Stock Options are granted), such Incentive Stock Options or portions thereof which exceed such limit (according to the order in which they were granted) shall be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options.  If, at the time an Incentive Stock Option is granted, the employee recipient owns (after application of the rules contained in Section 424(d) of the Code) shares of Common Stock possessing more than 10 percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or its subsidiaries, then:  (a) the exercise price for such Incentive Stock Option shall be at least 110 percent of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Incentive Stock Option on the date of grant; and (b) such Incentive Stock Option shall not be exercisable after the date five years from the date such Incentive Stock Option is granted.  The maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to Incentive Stock Options may not exceed, in the aggregate, the Remaining Number of Available Shares.

SECTION 8.    STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

8.1    Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights.  The Committee may grant Awards of Stock Appreciation Rights.  Each Award of Stock Appreciation Rights granted under the Plan shall comply with the following terms and conditions, and with such other terms and conditions, including, but not limited to, restrictions upon the Stock Appreciation Rights or the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise thereof or the attainment of performance objectives as the Committee may determine, including but not limited to such performance objectives described in Section 12.2, as the Committee, in its discretion, may establish.

8.2    Exercise Price; Expiration Date.  Except for Stock Appreciation Rights granted through the assumption of, or substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by a company acquired by the Company or any Affiliate, or with which the Company or any Affiliate combines, the exercise price shall be equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Stock Appreciation Right on the date that the Stock Appreciation Right is granted.  The Committee in its discretion shall establish the expiration date of a Stock Appreciation Right; provided that in no event shall the expiration date be later than 10 years from the date that the Stock Appreciation Right is granted.

8.3    Number of Shares of Common Stock.  The Committee shall determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be subject to each Award of Stock Appreciation Rights.  

8.4    Minimum Vesting Period.  Except as otherwise permitted by Section 6.5, Stock Appreciation Rights shall not vest for at least one year after the date of grant.

8.5    Exercisability.  Stock Appreciation Rights shall not be exercisable unless the Stock Appreciation Rights have vested.

8.6    Exercise and Settlement.  An Award of Stock Appreciation Rights shall entitle the Participant to exercise such Award and to receive from the Company in exchange therefore, without payment to the Company, that number of shares of Common Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to (or, in the discretion of the Committee, less than) the excess of the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock, at the date of such exercise, over the exercise price per share, times the number of shares of Common Stock for which the Award is being exercised.  The Committee shall be entitled in its discretion to elect to settle the obligation arising out of the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right by the payment of cash or other property, or any combination thereof, as determined by the Committee, equal to the aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock it would otherwise be obligated to deliver.  

SECTION 9.    RESTRICTED STOCK; RESTRICTED STOCK EQUIVALENTS

9.1    Grant of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Equivalents.  The Committee may grant Awards of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Equivalents.  Each Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Equivalents under the Plan shall comply with the following terms and conditions, and with such other terms and conditions as the Committee, in its discretion, shall establish.

9.2    Number of Shares of Common Stock.  The Committee shall determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to a Participant pursuant to the Award, and the extent, if any, to which they shall be issued in exchange for cash, other consideration or a combination thereof.  

9.3    Restricted Stock Issuance.  Shares of Common Stock issued to a Participant in accordance with the Award of Restricted Stock may be issued in certificate form or through the entry of an uncertificated book position on the records of the Company’s transfer agent and registrar.  The Company may impose appropriate restrictions on the transfer of such shares of Common Stock, which shall be evidenced in the manner permitted by law as determined by the Committee in its discretion, including but not limited to (a) causing a legend or legends to be placed on any certificates evidencing such Restricted Stock, or (b) causing “stop transfer” instructions to be issued, as it deems necessary or appropriate.

9.4    Vesting Conditions.  The vesting of an Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Equivalents may be conditioned upon the attainment of specific performance objectives as the Committee may determine, including but not limited to such performance objectives described in Section 12.2.  

9.5    Minimum Vesting Period.  Except as otherwise permitted by Section 6.5, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Equivalents shall not vest for at least one year after the date of grant.

9.6    Shareholder Rights.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee in its discretion, prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, a Participant to whom an Award of Restricted Stock has been made shall have ownership of such shares of Common Stock, including the right to vote the same and to receive dividends or other distributions made or paid with respect to such shares of Common Stock, subject, however, to the restrictions and limitations imposed thereon pursuant to the Plan or Award Agreement.

SECTION 10.    OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS

10.1    Grant of Other Stock-Based Awards.  The Committee may grant Other Stock-Based Awards.  Each Other Stock-Based Award granted under the Plan shall comply with the following terms and conditions, and with such other terms and conditions as the Committee, in its discretion, shall establish.

10.2    Vesting Conditions.  The vesting of Other Stock-Based Awards may be conditioned upon the attainment of specific performance objectives as the Committee may determine, including but not limited to such performance objectives described in Section 12.2.  

10.3    Minimum Vesting Period.  Except as otherwise permitted by Section 6.5, Other Stock-Based Awards shall not vest for at least one year after the date of grant.

10.4    Settlement.  The Committee shall be entitled in its discretion to settle the obligation under an Other Stock-Based Award by the payment of cash, shares of Common Stock or other property, or any combination thereof.

SECTION 11.    PERFORMANCE GRANTS

11.1    Grant of Performance Grants.  The Committee may grant Awards of Performance Grants.  The Award of a Performance Grant to a Participant will entitle the Participant to receive an amount in cash, shares of Common Stock or other property, or any combination thereof, determined by the Committee if the terms and conditions in the Plan and the Award Agreement are satisfied.  The Award of a Performance Grant shall be subject to the following terms and conditions, and to such other terms and conditions, including but not limited to, restrictions upon any cash, shares of Common Stock or other property, or any combination thereof, issued in respect of the Performance Grant, as the Committee, in its discretion, shall establish.

11.2    Award Terms.  The Committee shall determine the value or the range of values of a Performance Grant to be awarded to each Participant selected for an Award of a Performance Grant and the performance objectives (which may but need not include the performance objectives described in Section 12.2) upon which the vesting, payment or settlement of the Performance Grant is conditioned.  Performance Grants may be issued in different classes or series having different names, terms and conditions.  

11.3    Minimum Vesting Period.  Except as otherwise permitted by Section 6.5, the vesting period shall be for a minimum of one year.

SECTION 12.    QUALIFYING AWARDS

12.1    Grant of Qualifying Awards.  

(a)    The Committee may, in its sole discretion, grant a Qualifying Award under the Plan to any key employee.  The provisions of this Section 12, as well as all other applicable provisions of the Plan not inconsistent with this Section 12, shall apply to all Qualifying Awards granted under the Plan, and any ambiguities in construction shall be interpreted to effectuate that intent.  Qualifying Awards shall be of the type set forth in Section 12.1(b).  However, nothing in the Plan shall be construed to require the Committee to grant any Qualifying Award and the Committee may, subject to the terms of the Plan, amend or take any other action with respect to previously granted Qualifying Awards in a way that disqualifies them as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code.  

(b)    Qualifying Awards may be issued as Performance Grants granted under Section 11 or as any other Award whose vesting or payment is conditioned upon the achievement of the performance objectives described in Section 12.2.

12.2    Performance Objectives.  Amounts earned under Qualifying Awards shall be based upon the attainment of performance objectives established by the Committee in accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code.  Such performance objectives may vary by Participant and by Award, and may be based upon the attainment of specific or per-share amounts of, or changes in, one or more, or a combination of two or more, of the following:  

(a)    earnings per share, net earnings per share or growth in such measures; 
		
	(b)
	revenue, net revenue, income, net income or growth in revenue or income (all either before or after   taxes); 

		
	(c)
	return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, investment, equity, revenue or sales); 

(d)    cash flow return on investments which equals net cash flows divided by owner’s equity; 
		
	(e)
	controllable earnings (a division’s operating profit, excluding the amortization of goodwill and intangible assets, less a charge for the interest cost for the average working capital investment by the division); 

(f)    operating earnings or net operating earnings; 
(g)    costs or cost control; 
(h)    share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures); 
(i)    total shareholder return (stock price appreciation plus dividends); 
(j)    economic value added; 
(k)    EBITDA; 
(l)    operating margin or growth in operating margin; 
(m)    market share or growth in market share; 
(n)    cash flow, cash flow from operations or growth in such measures; 
		
	(o)
	sales revenue or volume or growth in such measures, including total Company, divisional, or product line sales or net sales figures; 

(p)    gross margin or growth in gross margin; 
(q)    productivity; 
(r)    brand contribution; 
(s)    product quality; 
(t)    corporate value measures; 
(u)    goals related to acquisitions, divestitures or customer satisfaction; 
(v)    diversity; 
(w)    index comparisons; 
(x)    debt-to-equity or debt-to-stockholders’ equity ratio; 
(y)    working capital, 
(z)    risk mitigation; 
(aa)    sustainability and environmental impact; or 
(bb)    employee retention.

Performance may be measured on an individual, corporate group, business unit, subsidiary, division, department, region, function or consolidated basis and may be measured absolutely or relatively to the Company’s peers.  In establishing performance objectives, the Committee may account for:  

(i)    the effects of acquisitions, divestitures, extraordinary dividends, stock split-ups, stock dividends or distributions, recapitalizations, warrants or rights issuances or combinations, exchanges or reclassifications with respect to any outstanding class or series of the Company’s common stock;  

(ii)    a corporate transaction, such as any merger of the Company with another corporation; any consolidation of the Company and another corporation into another corporation; any separation of the Company or its business units (including a spin-off or other distribution of stock or property by the Company); 

(iii)    any reorganization of the Company (whether or not such reorganization comes within the definition of such term in Section 368 of the Code), or any partial or complete liquidation by the Company, or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; 

(iv)    the impact of changes in tax rates or currency fluctuations or changes in accounting standards or treatments; 

(v)    advertising or promotional spending or capital expenditures outside of annual business plans; 

(vi)    events such as plant closings, sales of facilities or operations, and business restructurings; or 

(vii)    the impact of other extraordinary, unusual, non-recurring or infrequently recurring items.  

In addition to the performance objectives, the Committee may also condition payment of any Qualifying Award upon the attainment of conditions, such as completion of a period of employment, notwithstanding that the performance objective specified in such Qualifying Award are satisfied.

12.3    Committee Negative Discretion.  The Committee shall have the discretion, by Participant and by Qualifying Award, to reduce (but not to increase) some or all of the amount that would otherwise be payable under a Qualifying Award by reason of the satisfaction of the performance objectives set forth in such Qualifying Award.  In making any such determination, the Committee is authorized in its discretion to take into account any such factor or factors it determines are appropriate, including but not limited to Company, business unit and individual performance.

SECTION 13.    PAYMENT OF AWARDS

13.1    Method of Payment.  The Committee may, in its discretion, settle any Award through the payment of cash, the delivery of shares of Common Stock or other property, or a combination thereof, as the Committee shall determine or as specified by the Plan or an Award Agreement.  Any Award settlement, including payment deferrals, may be subject to conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Committee shall determine.  

13.2    Deferred Compensation.  The Committee may, in its discretion, permit the deferral of payment of an employee’s cash bonus, other cash compensation or an Award to a Participant under the Plan in the form of either shares of Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents (with each Common Stock equivalent corresponding to a share of Common Stock), under such terms and conditions as the Committee may prescribe in the Award Agreement relating thereto or a separate election form made available to such Participant, including the terms of any deferred compensation plan under which such Common Stock equivalents may be granted.  In addition, the Committee may, in any year, provide for an additional matching deferral to be credited to an employee’s account under such deferred compensation plans.  The Committee may also permit hypothetical account balances of other cash or mutual fund equivalents maintained pursuant to such deferred compensation plans to be converted, at the discretion of the Participant, into the form of Common Stock equivalents, or to permit Common Stock equivalents to be converted into account balances of such other cash or mutual fund equivalents, upon the terms set forth in such plans as well as such other terms and conditions as the Committee may, in its discretion, determine.  The Committee may, in its discretion, determine whether any deferral in the form of Common Stock equivalents, including deferrals under the terms of any deferred compensation plans of the Company, shall be paid on distribution in the form of cash or in shares of Common Stock.  To the extent Section 409A is applicable, all actions pursuant to this Section 13.2 must satisfy the requirements of Section 409A, including but not limited to the following:

(a)    a Participant’s election to defer must be filed at such time as designated by the Committee, but in no event later than the December 31 preceding the first day of the calendar year in which the services are performed which relate to the 

compensation or Award being deferred.  An election may not be revoked or modified after such December 31.  However, notwithstanding the previous two sentences, if the compensation or Award is subject to a forfeiture condition requiring the Participant’s continued services for a period of at least 12 months from the date the Participant obtains the legally binding right to the compensation or Award, the Committee may permit a Participant to file an election on or before the 30th day after the Participant obtains the legally binding right to the compensation or Award, provided that the election is filed at least 12 months in advance of the earliest date at which the forfeiture condition could lapse;

(b)    a Participant’s election to defer must include the time and form of payment, within the parameters made available by the Committee, and such timing of payment must comply with Section 409A; and

(c)    if payment is triggered due to the Participant’s termination of employment or separation from service, such termination or separation must be a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A, and, for purposes of any such provision of the Plan or an election, references to a “termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall mean such a separation from service.  The determination of whether and when a separation from service has occurred for this purpose shall be made in accordance with the presumptions set forth in Section 1.409A-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations, unless the Committee has established other rules in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A.  If payment is made due to a Participant’s separation from service, and if at the time of the Participant’s separation from service, the Participant is a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A(2)(B)), then to the extent any payment or benefit that the Participant becomes entitled to under this provision on account of such separation from service would be considered nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A, such payment or benefit shall be paid or provided at the date which is the earlier of (i) six months and one day after such separation from service, and (ii) the date of the Participant’s death (the “Delay Period”).  All payments and benefits delayed pursuant to this provision shall be paid in a lump sum upon expiration of the Delay Period.

SECTION 14.    DILUTION AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS

14.1    Adjustment for Corporate Transaction or Change in Corporate Capitalization.  In the event of any change in the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company by reason of any corporate transaction or change in corporate capitalization such as a stock split, stock dividend, split-up, split-off, spin-off, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, rights offering, reorganization, combination, consolidation, subdivision or exchange of shares, a sale by the Company of all or part of its assets, any distribution to shareholders other than a normal cash dividend, partial or complete liquidation of the Company or other extraordinary or unusual event, the Committee or Board, as applicable, shall make such adjustment in (a) the class and maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be delivered under the Plan as described in Section 5.1 and the Award limits under Section 5.2 and Section 6.3, (b) the class, number and exercise price of outstanding Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, and (c) the class and number of shares subject to any other Awards granted under the Plan (provided that the number of shares of any class subject to Awards shall always be a whole number), as may be determined to be appropriate by the Committee or Board, as applicable, and such adjustments shall be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes of the Plan.

14.2    Adjustment for Merger or Consolidation.  In the event of any merger, consolidation or similar transaction as a result of which the holders of shares of Common Stock receive consideration consisting exclusively of securities of the surviving entity (or the parent of the surviving entity) in such transaction, the Committee or Board, as applicable, shall, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee or Board, as applicable, adjust each Award outstanding on the date of such merger, consolidation or similar transaction so that it pertains and applies to the securities which a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Award would have received in such merger, consolidation or similar transaction.

14.3    Assumption or Substitution of Awards.  In the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the Company; a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (on a consolidated basis); or a merger, consolidation or similar transaction involving the Company in which the holders of shares of Common Stock receive securities and/or other property, including cash, other than shares of the surviving entity in such transaction (or the parent of such surviving entity), the Committee or Board, as applicable, shall, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee or Board, as applicable, have the power to provide for the exchange of each Award (whether or not then exercisable or vested) for an Award with respect to:  (a) some or all of the property which a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Award would have received in such transaction; or (b) securities of the acquirer or surviving entity (or parent of such acquirer or surviving entity) and, incident thereto, make an equitable adjustment as determined by the Committee or Board, as applicable, in the exercise price of the Award, or the number of shares or amount of property subject to the Award or 

provide for a payment (in cash or other property) to the Participant to whom such Award was granted in partial consideration for the exchange of the Award; provided, however, that in the event that the acquirer does not agree to the assumption or substitution of Awards in the foregoing manner, the Committee shall, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee or Board, as applicable, have the power to cancel, effective immediately prior to the occurrence of such event, each Award (whether or not then exercisable or vested), and, in full consideration of such cancellation, pay to the Participant to whom such Award was granted an amount in cash, for each share of Common Stock subject to such Award, equal to the value, as determined by the Committee or Board, as applicable, of such Award, provided that with respect to any outstanding Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right such value shall be equal to the excess of (i) the value, as determined by the Committee or Board, as applicable, of the property (including cash) received by the holder of shares of Common Stock as a result of such event, over (ii) the exercise price of such Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right, provided further that the value of any outstanding Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be zero where the exercise price of such Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right is greater than the value, as determined by the Committee or Board, as applicable, of the property (including cash) received by the holder of shares of Common Stock as a result of such event; and that no change to the original timing of payment will be made to the extent it would violate Section 409A.

SECTION 15.    DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY BY PARTICIPANT 

A Participant may designate a beneficiary to exercise, or to receive any payment or settlement to which he may be entitled in respect of, any Award under the Plan in the event of his death in a manner determined by the Committee in its discretion.  If a Participant did not designate a beneficiary under this Section 15, or if no designated beneficiary survives the Participant and is living on the date on which any amount becomes payable to such Participant, the term “beneficiary” as used in the Plan and any Award Agreement shall be deemed to be the legal representatives of the Participant’s estate.  If there is any question as to the legal right of any beneficiary to receive a settlement or payment of (or to exercise) an Award under the Plan, the Committee in its discretion may determine that the Award in question be settled or paid to (or exercised by) the legal representatives of the Participant’s estate, in which event the Company, the Board and the Committee and the members thereof will have no further liability to anyone with respect to such Award.

SECTION 16.    AMENDMENT OF PLAN OR AWARDS

The Plan may be amended in whole or in part at any time and from time to time by the Board, and the terms of any outstanding Award under the Plan may be amended from time to time by the Committee or Board, as applicable, in its discretion in any manner that it deems necessary or appropriate; provided however, that no amendment may be made without shareholder approval if such amendment would:  

(a)    increase the number of shares available for grant specified in Section 5.1 (other than pursuant to Section 14); 

(b)    decrease the minimum Stock Option exercise price set forth in Section 7.2 or the minimum Stock Appreciation Rights exercise price set forth in Section 8.2 (in each case, other than changes made pursuant to Section 14); 

(c)    reduce the minimum vesting or performance periods set forth in Section 7.4, Section 8.4, Section 9.5, Section 10.3 and Section 11.3; 

(d)    change the Award limits set forth in Section 5.2 or Section 6.3 (other than pursuant to Section 14); or

(e)    amend or repeal the prohibition against repricing or exchange set forth in Section 3.3.

No such amendment shall adversely affect in a material manner any right of a Participant under an Award without his written consent.  Any shareholder approval requirement under the Plan will be met if such approval is obtained in accordance with applicable law.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment to the Plan or any outstanding Award under the Plan shall be made in a manner as to ensure that an Award intended to be exempt from Section 409A will continue to be exempt from Section 409A and that an Award intended to comply with Section 409A will continue to comply with Section 409A.

SECTION 17.    PLAN TERMINATION

17.1    Suspension.  The Plan may be suspended in whole or in part at any time and from time to time by the Board.  

17.2    Termination.  The Plan shall terminate upon the adoption of a resolution of the Board terminating the Plan.  No Award may be granted under the Plan after the date that is 10 years from the date the Plan was last approved and adopted by the shareholders of the Company.  No termination of the Plan shall materially alter or impair any of the rights or obligations of any person, without his consent, under any Award theretofore granted under the Plan, except that subsequent to termination of the Plan, the Committee may make amendments permitted under Section 16.

SECTION 18.    MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

18.1    Loans.  No loans from the Company or any Affiliate to a Participant shall be permitted in connection with the Plan.

18.2    Reservation of Rights of Company.  No employee or other person shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award under the Plan.  Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any employee or other person any right to continue to be employed by or perform services for the Company or any Affiliate, and the right to terminate the employment of or performance of services by any Participant at any time and for any reason is specifically reserved.

18.3    Non-Uniform Treatment.  Determinations made by the Committee under the Plan need not be uniform and may be made selectively among eligible individuals under the Plan, whether or not such eligible individuals are similarly situated.  

18.4    General Conditions of Awards.  No Participant or other person shall have any right with respect to the Plan, the shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan or in any Award, contingent or otherwise, until written evidence of the Award shall have been delivered to the recipient and all the terms, conditions and provisions of the Plan and the Award applicable to such recipient (and each person claiming under or through him) have been met.  

18.5    Rights as a Shareholder.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee in its discretion, a Participant holding Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Equivalents, Other Stock-Based Awards, Performance Grants or other Awards shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any shares of Common Stock (or as a holder with respect to other securities), if any, issuable pursuant to any such Award until the date of the issuance of a stock certificate to him or the entry on his behalf of an uncertificated book position on the records of the Company’s transfer agent and registrar for such shares of Common Stock or other instrument of ownership, if any.  Except as provided in Section 14, no adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights (whether ordinary or extraordinary, and whether in cash, securities, other property or other forms of consideration, or any combination thereof) for which the record date is prior to the date such book entry is made or a stock certificate or other instrument of ownership, if any, is issued.

18.6    Compliance with Applicable Laws.  No shares of Common Stock or other property shall be issued or paid hereunder with respect to any Award unless counsel for the Company shall be satisfied that such issuance will be in compliance with applicable federal, state, local and foreign legal, securities exchange and other applicable requirements.  The Company shall be under no obligation to effect the registration pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of any shares of Common Stock to be issued hereunder or to effect similar compliance under any state or local laws.  

18.7    Withholding of Taxes.  The Company and its Affiliates shall have the right to deduct from any payment made under the Plan the federal, state, local or foreign income or other taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such payment.  In accordance with rules and procedures established by the Committee, the required withholding obligations may be settled with shares of Common Stock, including shares of Common Stock that are part of the Award that gives rise to the withholding requirement (up to the Participant’s minimum required tax withholding rate or such other rate that will not trigger a negative accounting impact).  It shall be a condition to the obligation of the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other property, or any combination thereof, upon exercise, settlement or payment of any Award under the Plan, that the Participant pay to the Company, upon its demand, such amount as may be requested by the Company for the purpose of satisfying any liability to withhold federal, state, local or foreign income or other taxes.  If the amount requested is not paid, the Company may refuse to issue or pay shares of Common Stock or other property, or any combination thereof.  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee may, in its discretion, permit an eligible Participant to elect to pay a portion or all of the amount requested by the Company for such taxes with respect to such Award, at such time and in such manner as the Committee shall deem to be appropriate (including, but not limited to, by authorizing the Company to withhold, or agreeing to surrender to the Company on or about the date such tax liability is 

determinable, shares of Common Stock or other property, or any combination thereof that would otherwise be distributed, or have been distributed, as the case may be, pursuant to such Award to such person, having a fair market value equal to the amount of such taxes).

18.8    Unfunded Nature of Plan.  The Plan shall be unfunded.  The Company shall not be required to establish any special or separate fund or to make any other segregation of assets to assure the payment of any Award under the Plan, and the rights to the payment of Awards shall be no greater than the rights of the Company’s general creditors.

18.9    Consent.  By accepting any Award or other benefit under the Plan, each Participant and each person claiming under or through him shall be conclusively deemed to have indicated his acceptance and ratification of, and consent to, any action taken under the Plan by the Company, the Board or the Committee.

18.10    No Warranty of Tax Effect.  Although the Company may structure an Award to qualify for favorable federal, state, local or foreign tax treatment, or to avoid adverse tax treatment, no person connected with the Plan in any capacity, including, but not limited to, the Company and its directors, officers, agents and employees, makes any representation, commitment or guarantee that any intended tax treatment will be applicable with respect to any Award under the Plan, or that such tax treatment will apply to or be available to a Participant or his or her beneficiary.  Furthermore, the existence of an Award shall not affect the right or power of the Company or its shareholders to take any corporate action, regardless of the potential effect of such action on the tax treatment of an Award under the Plan.

18.11    Interpretation.  Unless the context indicates otherwise, references to “Sections” in the Plan refer to Sections of the Plan.  Headings of Sections herein are inserted only for convenience of reference and are not to be considered in the construction of the Plan.  In the Plan, the use of the masculine pronoun shall include the feminine and the use of the singular shall include the plural, as appropriate.

18.12    Severability.  If any provision of the Plan shall be held unlawful or otherwise invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall:  (a) be deemed limited to the extent that such court of competent jurisdiction deems it lawful, valid or enforceable and as so limited shall remain in full force and effect; and (b) not affect any other provision of the Plan or part thereof, each of which shall remain in full force and effect.

18.13    Choice of Law.  The validity, construction, interpretation, administration and effect of the Plan, and of its rules and regulations, and rights relating to the Plan and to Awards granted under the Plan, shall be governed by the substantive laws, but not the choice of law rules, of the State of Missouri.  

18.14    Venue.  Any legal action against the Plan, the Company, an Affiliate or the Committee may only be brought in the Circuit Court in St. Louis County or the United States District Court in St. Louis, Missouri. 

18.15    Section 409A.  Awards granted under the Plan are intended to qualify for an exception from or comply with Section 409A, and the Plan and Award Agreements shall be administered, construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent.  To the extent that an Award or the payment, settlement or deferral thereof is subject to Section 409A, the Award shall be granted, paid, settled or deferred in a manner that will comply with Section 409A and any Section 409A compliance policy of the Company.  To the extent any payment of an Award may be classified as a “short-term deferral” within the meaning of Section 409A, such payment will be deemed a short-term deferral, even if it may also qualify for an exemption from Section 409A under another provision of Section 409A.  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or any Award Agreement to the contrary, if a Participant is a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A(2)(B)) as of the date of such Participant’s separation from service (as determined pursuant to Section 409A), then to the extent any Award payable to such  Participant on account of such separation from service would be considered nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A, such payment or benefit shall be paid or provided in a lump sum upon expiration of the Delay Period.  Unless the Committee determines otherwise, any provision of the Plan that would cause the grant of an Award or the payment, settlement or deferral thereof to fail exemption from or compliance with Section 409A may be amended to qualify for exemption from or comply with Section 409A, which may be made on a retroactive basis, in accordance with Section 409A. 

SECTION 19.    SHAREHOLDER ADOPTION

The Plan shall be submitted to the shareholders of the Company for their approval and adoption at a meeting to be held on January 26, 2018, or at any adjournment thereof.  The Plan shall not be effective and no Award shall be made hereunder 

unless and until the Plan has been so approved and adopted.  The shareholders shall be deemed to have approved and adopted the Plan only if it is approved and adopted at a meeting of the shareholders duly held by vote taken in the manner required by the laws of the State of Missouri.EX-4.1

 Exhibit 4.1 

Execution Version 
  

 
 NOBLE HOLDING INTERNATIONAL
LIMITED, 
 as Issuer 

NOBLE CORPORATION, 
 as Parent
Guarantor 
 NOBLE 2018-I GUARANTOR LLC 

NOBLE 2018-II GUARANTOR LLC 

NOBLE 2018-III GUARANTOR LLC 

NOBLE 2018-IV GUARANTOR LLC, 

as Subsidiary Guarantors 

AND 
 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., 

as Trustee 
  

 
 INDENTURE 

Dated as of January 31, 2018 
  

 
 7.875% Senior
Guaranteed Notes due 2026 
  
  

 
  

 Table of Contents 

 

							
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	Article 1	 
	
	Definitions and Incorporation by Reference	 
			
	 SECTION 1.01
	 	 Definitions
	  	 	1	 
	 SECTION 1.02
	 	 Other Definitions
	  	 	14	 
	 SECTION 1.03
	 	 Rules of Construction
	  	 	15	 
	 SECTION 1.04
	 	 Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities
	  	 	15	 
	 SECTION 1.05
	 	 Currency
	  	 	16	 
	 SECTION 1.06
	 	 No Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
	  	 	16	 
	
	Article 2	 
	
	The Securities	 
			
	 SECTION 2.01
	 	 Form and Dating
	  	 	16	 
	 SECTION 2.02
	 	 Execution and Authentication
	  	 	16	 
	 SECTION 2.03
	 	 Registrar and Paying Agent
	  	 	17	 
	 SECTION 2.04
	 	 Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust
	  	 	17	 
	 SECTION 2.05
	 	 Lists of Holders of Securities
	  	 	17	 
	 SECTION 2.06
	 	 Transfer and Exchange
	  	 	18	 
	 SECTION 2.07
	 	 Replacement Securities
	  	 	18	 
	 SECTION 2.08
	 	 Outstanding Securities
	  	 	18	 
	 SECTION 2.09
	 	 Temporary Securities
	  	 	19	 
	 SECTION 2.10
	 	 Cancellation
	  	 	19	 
	 SECTION 2.11
	 	 Defaulted Interest
	  	 	19	 
	 SECTION 2.12
	 	 CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, etc.
	  	 	19	 
	 SECTION 2.13
	 	 Issuance of Additional Securities
	  	 	19	 
	
	Article 3	 
	
	Redemption	 
			
	 SECTION 3.01
	 	 Notices to Trustee
	  	 	20	 
	 SECTION 3.02
	 	 Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed
	  	 	20	 
	 SECTION 3.03
	 	 Notice of Redemption
	  	 	20	 
	 SECTION 3.04
	 	 Effect of Notice of Redemption
	  	 	21	 
	 SECTION 3.05
	 	 Deposit of Redemption Price
	  	 	22	 
	 SECTION 3.06
	 	 Securities Redeemed in Part
	  	 	22	 
	 SECTION 3.07
	 	 No Mandatory Redemption; Open Market Repurchase
	  	 	22	 
	 SECTION 3.08
	 	 Optional Redemption
	  	 	22	 
	 SECTION 3.09
	 	 Tax Redemption
	  	 	23	 

  
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	Article 4	 
	
	Covenants	 
			
	 SECTION 4.01
	 	 Payment of Securities
	  	 	24	 
	 SECTION 4.02
	 	 Change of Control Repurchase Event
	  	 	24	 
	 SECTION 4.03
	 	 Limitation on Liens
	  	 	26	 
	 SECTION 4.04
	 	 Limitation on Subsidiary Indebtedness
	  	 	27	 
	 SECTION 4.05
	 	 Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions
	  	 	29	 
	 SECTION 4.06
	 	 Future Guarantors
	  	 	30	 
	 SECTION 4.07
	 	 Waiver of Certain Covenants
	  	 	30	 
	 SECTION 4.08
	 	 Statement by Officer as to Compliance; Statement by Officer as to Default
	  	 	31	 
	 SECTION 4.09
	 	 Further Instruments and Acts
	  	 	31	 
	
	Article 5	 
	
	Consolidation, Amalgamation, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease of Company or Parent Guarantor	 
			
	 SECTION 5.01
	 	 Company and Parent Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc
	  	 	31	 
	 SECTION 5.02
	 	 Successor Company Substituted
	  	 	32	 
	
	Article 6	 
	
	Defaults and Remedies	 
			
	 SECTION 6.01
	 	 Events of Default
	  	 	32	 
	 SECTION 6.02
	 	 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
	  	 	34	 
	 SECTION 6.03
	 	 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
	  	 	36	 
	 SECTION 6.04
	 	 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	  	 	36	 
	 SECTION 6.05
	 	 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
	  	 	37	 
	 SECTION 6.06
	 	 Application of Money Collected
	  	 	37	 
	 SECTION 6.07
	 	 Limitation on Suits
	  	 	38	 
	 SECTION 6.08
	 	 Unconditional Contractual Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest
	  	 	39	 
	 SECTION 6.09
	 	 Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	  	 	39	 
	 SECTION 6.10
	 	 Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	  	 	39	 
	 SECTION 6.11
	 	 Delay or Omission Not Waiver
	  	 	39	 
	 SECTION 6.12
	 	 Control by Holders
	  	 	39	 
	 SECTION 6.13
	 	 Waiver of Past Defaults
	  	 	40	 
	 SECTION 6.14
	 	 Undertaking for Costs
	  	 	41	 
	SECTION 6.15	 	Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws	  	41	 

  
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	Article 7	 
	
	Trustee	 
			
	 SECTION 7.01
	 	 Duties of Trustee
	  	 	41	 
	 SECTION 7.02
	 	 Rights of Trustee
	  	 	43	 
	 SECTION 7.03
	 	 Individual Rights of Trustee
	  	 	44	 
	 SECTION 7.04
	 	 Trustee’s Disclaimer
	  	 	44	 
	 SECTION 7.05
	 	 Notice of Defaults
	  	 	44	 
	 SECTION 7.06
	 	 Compensation and Indemnity
	  	 	45	 
	 SECTION 7.07
	 	 Replacement of Trustee
	  	 	45	 
	 SECTION 7.08
	 	 Successor Trustee by Merger
	  	 	46	 
	 SECTION 7.09
	 	 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
	  	 	46	 
	
	Article 8	 
	
	Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance	 
			
	 SECTION 8.01
	 	 Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	  	 	47	 
	 SECTION 8.02
	 	 Defeasance
	  	 	47	 
	 SECTION 8.03
	 	 Covenant Defeasance
	  	 	47	 
	 SECTION 8.04
	 	 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	  	 	48	 
	 SECTION 8.05
	 	 Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions
	  	 	49	 
	 SECTION 8.06
	 	 Reinstatement
	  	 	50	 
	
	Article 9	 
	
	Satisfaction and Discharge	 
			
	 SECTION 9.01
	 	 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	  	 	50	 
	
	Article 10	 
	
	Amendment, Supplement and Waiver	 
			
	 SECTION 10.01
	 	 Without Consent of Holders
	  	 	51	 
	 SECTION 10.02
	 	 With Consent of Holders
	  	 	52	 
	 SECTION 10.03
	 	 Execution of Supplemental Indentures
	  	 	53	 
	 SECTION 10.04
	 	 Effect of Supplemental Indentures
	  	 	53	 
	 SECTION 10.05
	 	 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
	  	 	53	 
	 SECTION 10.06
	 	 Notice of Supplemental Indentures
	  	 	53	 
	
	Article 11	 
	
	Guarantees	 
			
	 SECTION 11.01
	 	 Guarantees
	  	 	54	 
	 SECTION 11.02
	 	 Limitation on Liability
	  	 	55	 
	 SECTION 11.03
	 	 Successors and Assigns
	  	 	55	 
	 SECTION 11.04
	 	 No Waiver
	  	 	55	 
	 SECTION 11.05
	 	 Modification
	  	 	56	 

  
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	 SECTION 11.06
	 	 Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
	  	 	56	 
	 SECTION 11.07
	 	 Release of Subsidiary Guarantor
	  	 	56	 
	 SECTION 11.08
	 	 Contribution
	  	 	57	 
	 SECTION 11.09
	 	 Execution and Delivery
	  	 	57	 
	
	Article 12	 
	
	Additional Amounts	 
			
	 SECTION 12.01
	 	 Payment of Additional Amounts
	  	 	57	 
	
	Article 13	 
	
	Miscellaneous	 
			
	 SECTION 13.01
	 	 Notices
	  	 	59	 
	 SECTION 13.02
	 	 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
	  	 	61	 
	 SECTION 13.03
	 	 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
	  	 	61	 
	 SECTION 13.04
	 	 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar
	  	 	62	 
	 SECTION 13.05
	 	 Legal Holidays
	  	 	62	 
	 SECTION 13.06
	 	 Governing Law
	  	 	62	 
	 SECTION 13.07
	 	 No Recourse Against Others
	  	 	62	 
	 SECTION 13.08
	 	 Successors
	  	 	62	 
	 SECTION 13.09
	 	 Multiple Originals
	  	 	62	 
	 SECTION 13.10
	 	 Table of Contents; Headings
	  	 	62	 
	 SECTION 13.11
	 	 U.S.A. Patriot Act
	  	 	63	 

  

					
	APPENDIXES	  		  	
			
	Appendix A	  		  	
			
	Exhibit 1.1 to Appendix A	  	–	  	Form of 144A Global Security
			
	Exhibit 1.2 to Appendix A	  	–	  	Form of Regulation S Global Security

  

			
	 Appendix B – Form of Certificate of Transfer

	
	 Appendix C – Form of Certificate of Exchange

	
	 Appendix D - Form of Supplemental Indenture to be delivered by Subsequent
Guarantors

  
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 INDENTURE dated as of January 31, 2018, among NOBLE HOLDING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, a Cayman
Islands exempted company (the “Company”), NOBLE CORPORATION, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Parent Guarantor”), the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined herein), and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as trustee (the
“Trustee”). 
 RECITALS 

The Company has duly authorized the issuance of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.875% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2026, and to
provide therefor the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture. 
 All things necessary to make the
Securities (as defined below), when executed by the Company, authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Company, the valid and binding obligations of the Company, and to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of
the Company and the Guarantors (as defined below), in accordance with its terms, have been done. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE
WITNESSETH: 
 For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually
covenanted and agreed, for the benefit of each other and the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as follows: 

Article 1 

Definitions and Incorporation by Reference 

SECTION 1.01    Definitions. 

“Additional Securities” means Securities issued under this Indenture after the Issue Date and in compliance with Sections 2.13
and 4.04, whether or not they bear the same CUSIP number, it being understood that any Securities issued in exchange for or in replacement of any Securities issued on the Issue Date shall not be Additional Securities. 

“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 the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. 

“Applicable Premium” as calculated by the Company and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee,
means, at any redemption date, the greater of (A) 1.00% of the principal amount of such Security and (B) the excess of (1) the present value at such redemption date of (a) the redemption price of such Security on February 1, 2021
(such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing in Section 3.08(c)) exclusive of any accrued interest plus (b) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due on such Security

  
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through February 1, 2021 (but excluding accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, over (2) the
then Outstanding principal amount of such Security on such redemption date. 
 “Applicable Procedures” means, with respect
to any transfer, redemption or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Security, the rules and procedures of the Depositary that apply to such transfer, redemption or exchange. 

“Attributable Indebtedness,” when used with respect to any Sale/Leaseback Transaction, means, as at the time of
determination, the present value (discounted at the rate set forth or implicit in the terms of the lease included in such transaction) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of
taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance, assessments, utilities, operating and labor costs and other items that do not constitute payments for property rights) during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction
(including any period for which such lease has been extended). In the case of any lease that is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such net amount shall be the lesser of the net amount determined assuming termination upon the
first day such lease may be terminated (in which case the net amount shall also include the amount of the penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so
terminated) or the net amount determined assuming no such termination. 
 “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11 of the United
States Code or any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors. 
 “Board of Directors” means the Board
of Directors of the Company or the Parent Guarantor, as applicable, or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company or the Parent Guarantor, as applicable. 

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or the
Parent Guarantor, as applicable, to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company or the Parent Guarantor, as applicable, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee. 

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

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

“Capitalized Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any
lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States, as in effect on December 31, 2017, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States, as in effect on December 31, 2017. 

  
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 “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (a) the
direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger, amalgamation, consolidation, plan or scheme of arrangement, exchange offer, business combination or similar transaction of the Parent Guarantor), in one
or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to any person (as such term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) other than the
Parent Guarantor or one of its Subsidiaries, or a Person controlled by the Parent Guarantor or one of its Subsidiaries (excluding a Redomestication of the Parent Guarantor); (b) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any
merger, amalgamation, consolidation, plan or scheme of arrangement, exchange offer, business combination or similar transaction) the result of which is that any person (as such term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) other than Noble-UK or any of its subsidiaries becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding Voting Stock of the Parent Guarantor (excluding a Redomestication of the Parent
Guarantor); (c) the adoption by the Board of Directors of the Parent Guarantor of a plan of liquidation or dissolution for the Parent Guarantor; and (d) either (i) the Parent Guarantor or any successor Person resulting from any transaction
permitted by Section 5.01 of this Indenture or (ii) in the event Noble-UK becomes a guarantor of the Securities, Noble-UK ceases to own, directly or
indirectly, 100% of all outstanding equity interests of the Company. 
 “Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the
occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event with respect to the Securities. 
 “Company” means the party
named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor. 
 “Consolidated Group”
means, collectively, the Parent Guarantor, the Company and their respective Subsidiaries. Each Person that is the Parent Guarantor, the Company or a Subsidiary included in the Consolidated Group at any time is referred to herein as a “Member
of the Consolidated Group.” 
 “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means the total amount of assets (less
applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting (1) all current liabilities (excluding the amount of those that are by their terms extendable or renewable at the option of the obligor to a date more than 12 months after
the date as of which the amount is being determined and current maturities of long-term debt) and (2) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangible assets, all as set forth on
the most recent quarterly balance sheet of the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries and determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any time its corporate trust business shall be
administered, which office at the date hereof is located at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 4300, Dallas, Texas 75202, Attention: Corporate Trust, Municipal and Escrow Services, or such other address as the Trustee may

  
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designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may
designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company). 
 “Credit Facilities” means one or more debt
facilities, including the Revolving Credit Facilities, or other financing arrangements (including, without limitation, commercial paper facilities or indentures) providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit or other long-term
indebtedness, including any notes, mortgages, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements or refundings thereof and
any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility
or indenture that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.04) or adds Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors
thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders. 
 “Currency Rate Protection
Agreement” means any foreign currency exchange and future agreements, arrangements and options designed to protect against fluctuations in currency exchange rates, regardless of whether such agreements or arrangements are subject to
hedge accounting. 
 “Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of
Default. 
 “Definitive Security” means a certificated Security registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in
accordance with Section 2.3 of Appendix A to this Indenture, in substantially the form of a Global Security hereto except that such Security shall not bear the Global Security Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of
Interests in the Global Security” attached thereto. 
 “Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities issuable or
issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 as the Depositary with respect to the Securities, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture. 
 “Disqualified Stock” of any Person means any Capital Stock that, by its terms
(or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund
obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date; provided that any class of Capital Stock of such Person that by its terms
authorizes such Person, at such Person’s sole option, to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Capital Stock that are not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any
Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the issuer thereof to repurchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an

  
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asset sale occurring prior to the 91st day after the Maturity Date will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the issuer may not repurchase or redeem
any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions prior to the Company’s purchase of the Securities as required under Section 4.02. 

“Equity Offering” means a primary offering of Capital Stock other than (i) Disqualified Stock, (ii) issuances to
any Subsidiary of Noble-UK or (iii) public offerings with respect to Noble-UK’s common shares, options, warrants or rights made pursuant to an employee benefit
plan only to employees of Noble-UK or its Subsidiaries. 
 “Exchange Act” means the
U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor statute. 
 “Fitch” means Fitch Ratings Inc. and
its successors. 
 “Funded Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness (including Indebtedness incurred under any revolving
credit, letter of credit or working capital facility) that by its terms matures on, or that is renewable at the option of any obligor thereon to, a date more than one year after the date on which such Indebtedness is originally incurred. 

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the statements and pronouncements of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect as of the date of determination. 

“Global Security Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.3(e)(3) of Appendix A to this Indenture, which is
required to be placed on all Global Securities issued under this Indenture. 
 “Guarantee” means any obligation, contingent
or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person: 

(1)    to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or
other obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to
take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise); or 

(2)    entered into for the primary purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such
Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); 

provided, however, that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of
business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning. 
 “Guarantors” means the Parent
Guarantor and the Subsidiary Guarantors. 

  
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 “Holder” means the Person in whose name a Security is registered on the
Registrar’s books. 
 “incur” means issue, assume, Guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for. The term
“incurrence” when used as a noun shall have a correlative meaning. 
 “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without
duplication, (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a portion thereof), (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit or other similar instruments (or reimbursement obligations with respect thereto), other than standby letters of credit,
performance bonds and other obligations issued by or for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of business, to the extent not drawn or, to the extent drawn, if such drawing is reimbursed not later than the third Business Day following
demand for reimbursement, (iv) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or services, except trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, (v) all
Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (vi) all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person (provided that if the obligations so secured
have not been assumed in full by such Person or are not otherwise such Person’s legal liability in full, then such obligations shall be deemed to be in an amount equal to the greater of (a) the lesser of (1) the full amount of such
obligations and (2) the fair market value of such assets, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of such Person, which determination shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution, and (b) the amount of obligations as have been
assumed by such Person or that are otherwise such Person’s legal liability), and (vii) all Indebtedness of others (other than endorsements in the ordinary course of business) Guaranteed by such Person to the extent of such Guarantee. 

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

“Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Security through a Participant. 

“Interest Rate Protection Agreement” means any interest rate swap, interest rate cap, interest rate collar, or other interest
rate hedging agreement or arrangement designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates, regardless of whether such agreements or arrangements are subject to hedge accounting. 

“Investment Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories
of Moody’s); a rating of BBB— or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P); and a rating of BBB— or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Fitch). 

“Investment Grade Ratings” means a rating of Investment Grade from at least two of three of Moody’s, S&P or
Fitch. 
 “Issue Date” means January 31, 2018. 

  
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 “Joint Venture” means any partnership, corporation or other entity in which up
to and including 50% of the partnership interests, outstanding voting stock or other equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Parent Guarantor and/or one or more Subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor. 

“Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions are not required by law or regulation to
be open in the State of New York. 
 “Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge or security interest. For
purposes of this Indenture, the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset that it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale
agreement, Capitalized Lease Obligation or other title retention agreement relating to such asset. 
 “Moody’s” means
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors. 
 “Net Cash Proceeds” means, with respect to any issuance or sale
of Capital Stock, the cash proceeds of such issuance or sale net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually incurred
in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof. 

“Noble-UK” means Noble Corporation plc, a public limited company incorporated under
the laws of England and Wales. 
 “Non-Recourse Indebtedness” means any of the
Parent Guarantor’s Indebtedness or any Indebtedness of any of its Subsidiaries in respect of which (a) the recourse of the holder of such Indebtedness, whether direct or indirect and whether contingent or otherwise, is effectively limited
to (i) Liens on specified assets and (ii) in respect of Indebtedness of a Subsidiary, Liens on assets of the Subsidiary acquired after the Issue Date, and with respect to such Indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor or any of its
Subsidiaries, neither the Parent Guarantor nor any of its Subsidiaries (other than the issuer of such Indebtedness) provides any credit support or is otherwise liable or obligated and (b) the occurrence of any event, or the existence of any
condition under any agreement or instrument relating to such Indebtedness, shall not at any time have the effect of accelerating, or permitting the acceleration of, the maturity of any other Indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor or any of its
Subsidiaries or otherwise permitting any such other Indebtedness to be declared due and payable, or to be required to be prepaid, purchased or redeemed, prior to the stated maturity thereof. 

“Offering Memorandum” means the offering memorandum dated as of January 17, 2018 relating to the offering of the
Securities on the Issue Date. 
 “Officer” means any one of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Chairman, any Deputy Chairman, the President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, the Controller, the Treasurer, the Secretary or any Director of the Company. 

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by any one of the Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Chief Executive Officer,
President, any Senior Vice President or any Vice President, 

  
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together with any one of the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, Controller, Assistant Controller, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or any Director, of the Company or the Parent Guarantor,
as applicable, and delivered to the Trustee. 
 “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
internal legal counsel for the Company, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. 
 “Outstanding”, when used
with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except: 

(1)    Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; 

(2)    Securities, or portions thereof for which 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 Securities;
provided that, if such Securities 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)    Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 8.02 and 8.03, with respect to which the
Company has effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article 8; and 

(4)    Securities which have been issued pursuant to Section 2.07 or in exchange for or in lieu of
which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a
“protected purchaser” (as defined in Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code) in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; 

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, or are present at a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes, Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or
of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Securities which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of
the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. 

“Parent Guarantor” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the
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 “Pari Passu Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness (including any Additional
Securities) of the Company or a Guarantor (including any guarantees thereof by the Company or any Guarantor), whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter created, incurred or assumed that ranks equally in right of payment to the Securities,
in the case of the Company, or the Securities Guarantees, in the case of any Guarantor (without giving effect to collateral arrangements). 

“Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, a Person who has an account with the Depositary. 

“Performance Guaranties” means all guaranties of performance (and not financial guarantees) of the Company, the Parent
Guarantor or any other Member of the Consolidated Group delivered in connection with the construction, operation, ownership or financing of Principal Property. 

“Performance Letters of Credit” means all letters of credit issued as support for
Non-Recourse Indebtedness or a Performance Guaranty. 
 “Permitted Liens” means:

 (1)    Liens existing on the Issue Date; 

(2)    Liens on property or assets of, or any shares of stock of, or other equity interests in, or
indebtedness of, any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or on property or assets at the time such property
or asset is acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of a Person to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company; 

(3)    Liens in favor of the Parent Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries; 

(4)    Liens in favor of governmental bodies to secure progress or advance payments; 

(5)    Liens securing industrial revenue or pollution control bonds, or similar indebtedness; 

(6)    Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.04(9); 

(7)    statutory liens or landlords’, carriers’, warehouseman’s, mechanics’,
suppliers’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and with respect to amounts not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; 

(8)    Liens on current assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries securing its Indebtedness or
Indebtedness of any such Subsidiary, respectively; 

  
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 (9)    Liens on the stock, partnership or other equity
interest of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any Joint Venture or any Subsidiary that owns an equity interest in such Joint Venture to secure Indebtedness; provided that the amount of such Indebtedness is contributed and/or advanced
solely to such Joint Venture; 
 (10)    Liens under workers’ compensation or similar legislation;

 (11)    Liens in connection with legal proceedings or securing tax assessments, which in each case are
being contested in good faith; 
 (12)    good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts
or leases; 
 (13)    deposits made in connection with maintaining self-insurance to obtain the benefits
of laws, regulations or arrangements relating to unemployment insurance, old age pensions, social security or similar matters or to secure surety, appeal or customs bonds; 

(14)    Liens securing Indebtedness and other obligations permitted to be incurred under
Section 4.04(11); and 
 (15)    any extensions, substitutions, replacements or renewals in whole or
in part of a Lien enumerated in clauses (1) through (14) above. 
 “Person” means an individual, partnership,
corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization or any other entity or organization, including any governmental authority. 

“Preferred Stock,” as applied to the Capital Stock of any Person, means Capital Stock of any class or classes (however
designated) that is preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over shares of Capital Stock of any other class of such Person. 

“Principal Property” means any jackup, semisubmersible, drillship, submersible or other mobile offshore drilling unit, or
integral portion thereof, owned or leased by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor and used for drilling offshore oil and gas wells, which, in the opinion of the Parent Guarantor’s Board of Directors, is of material
importance to the business of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, but no such jackup, semisubmersible, drillship, submersible or other mobile offshore drilling unit, or portion thereof, shall be deemed of material importance
if its net book value (after deducting accumulated depreciation) is less than 2.0% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries. 

“Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.3(e)(1) of Appendix A hereof to be placed on all
Securities issued under this Indenture except as otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture. 
 “QIB” means a
“qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A. 

  
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 “Rating Agencies” means, with respect to the Securities, (1) each of
Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, and their respective successors and (2) if any of the aforementioned ceases to rate such Securities or fails to make a rating of such Securities publicly available for reasons outside of the Parent
Guarantor’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act, selected by the Parent Guarantor as a replacement agency for each of the
aforementioned, or any of them, as the case may be. 
 “Rating Event” means, with respect to the Securities, the rating of
such Securities is lowered by at least two of three of the Rating Agencies to any rating below the rating received by such Securities upon issuance on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of
Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control (which 60-day period shall be extended so long as the
rating of such Securities is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by either of the Rating Agencies). 

“Redomestication” means: 

(1)    any amalgamation, merger, plan or scheme of arrangement, exchange offer, business combination,
reincorporation, reorganization, consolidation or similar action of Noble-UK with or into any other person (as such term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), or of any other person (as such term
is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) with or into Noble-UK, or the sale, distribution or other disposition (other than by lease) of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of Noble-UK or the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any other person (as such term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), 

(2)    any continuation, discontinuation, domestication, redomestication, amalgamation, merger, plan or
scheme of arrangement, exchange offer, business combination, reincorporation, reorganization, conversion, consolidation or similar action with respect to Noble-UK or the Parent Guarantor pursuant to the law of
the jurisdiction of its organization and of any other jurisdiction, or 
 (3)    the formation of a
Person that becomes, as part of the transaction or series of related transactions, the direct or indirect owner of substantially all of the voting shares of Noble-UK or the Parent Guarantor (the “New
Parent”), 
 if as a result thereof 

(a)    in the case of any action specified in clause (1), the entity that is the surviving, resulting or
continuing Person in such amalgamation, merger, plan or scheme of arrangement, exchange offer, business combination, reincorporation, reorganization, consolidation or similar action, or the transferee in such sale, distribution or other disposition,

 (b)    in the case of any action specified in clause (2), the entity that constituted Noble-UK or the Parent Guarantor immediately prior thereto (but disregarding for this purpose any change in its jurisdiction of organization), or 

  
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 (c)    in the case of any action specified in clause (3), the
New Parent 
 (in any such case, the “Surviving Person”) is a corporation or other entity, validly incorporated or formed and existing in
good standing (to the extent the concept of good standing is applicable) under the laws of any jurisdiction, whose voting shares of each class of Capital Stock issued and outstanding immediately following such action, and giving effect thereto,
shall be beneficially owned by substantially the same Persons, in substantially the same percentages, as was such Capital Stock or shares of the entity constituting Noble-UK or the Parent Guarantor (or in the
case of any action specified in clause (3), the direct or indirect owner of substantially all of the voting shares of Noble-UK or the Parent Guarantor) immediately prior thereto. For the purposes of this
definition, the Parent Guarantor shall also mean any successor Person resulting from any transaction permitted by Section 5.01. 

“Restricted Definitive Security” means one or more Definitive Securities bearing the Private Placement Legend. 

“Restricted Global Security” means 144A Global Securities and Regulation S Global Securities. 

“Revolving Credit Facilities” means (1) the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2017, among Noble
Holding UK Limited, as parent guarantor, Noble Cayman Limited, as borrower, Noble International Finance Company, as designated borrower, and certain additional subsidiaries from time to time party thereto, as guarantors, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time and (2) the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 26, 2015, among the Parent Guarantor, as
borrower, Noble International Finance Company, as designated borrower, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as successor administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, as amended,
supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time. 
 “Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the
Securities Act. 
 “Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act. 

“Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act. 

“Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act. 

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and its successors. 

“Sale/Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company leases any Principal Property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or the Subsidiary to such Person, other than (1) temporary leases for a term, including renewals at the option of the lessee, of not more than
five years, (2) leases between the Parent Guarantor and a Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor or between its Subsidiaries, or (3) leases of Principal Property executed by the time of, or within 12 months after the latest of, the
acquisition, the completion of construction, alteration, improvement or repair, or the commencement of commercial operation of the Principal Property. 

  
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 “SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 

“Securities” means the 7.875% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2026 issued on the Issue Date and the Additional Securities, if
any, treated as a single class. 
 “Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

“Securities Guarantee” means each Guarantee of the obligations with respect to the Securities issued by a Guarantor pursuant
to the term of this Indenture. 
 “Subsidiary Guarantors” means Noble 2018-I
Guarantor LLC, Noble 2018-II Guarantor LLC, Noble 2018-III Guarantor LLC and Noble 2018-IV Guarantor LLC and any other Subsidiary
of the Parent Guarantor that has issued a Securities Guarantee. 
 “Subsidiary” means, for any Person (the
“parent”), any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such
financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing
more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date,
otherwise controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent. 
 “Treasury Rate” means as of any date of
redemption of the Securities, the yield to maturity at the time of computation 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 or similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to
February 1, 2021; provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date to February 1, 2021 is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the
Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given,
except that if the period from the redemption date to February 1, 2021 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used. 

“Trustee” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.

 “Trust Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the
Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time
shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this
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 “Unrestricted Definitive Securities” means one or more Definitive Securities
that do not and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend. 
 “Unrestricted Global Securities” means one or
more Global Securities that do not and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend and are deposited with and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. 

“Voting Stock” of any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of
any date means the Capital Stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person. 

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, a corporation or other entity of which all of the outstanding stock or
other beneficial interests (other than any directors’ qualifying shares) having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the full board of directors or other governing body of such corporation or other entity
(irrespective of whether or not at the time stock or other beneficial interests of any other class or classes of such corporation or other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time
owned by such Person, or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person. 

SECTION 1.02    Other Definitions. 
  

			
	 Term
	 	 Defined in Section

	 “144A Global Security”
	 	Appendix A 2.1(a)
	 “Additional Amounts”
	 	12.01(a)
	 “Agent Members”
	 	Appendix A 2.1(b)
	 “Alternate Offer”
	 	4.02(h)
	 “Appendix A”

“Change of Control Offer”
	 	 2.01
 4.02(b)(2)

	 “Change of Control Payment”
	 	4.02(a)
	 “Change of Control Payment Date”
	 	4.02(b)(2)
	 “covenant defeasance”
	 	8.03
	 “defeasance”
	 	8.02
	 “DTC”
	 	2.03
	 “Event of Default”
	 	6.01
	 “General Secured Debt”
	 	4.03
	 “Global Security”
	 	Appendix A 2.1(a)
	 “Guaranteed Obligations”
	 	11.01
	 “Judgment Currency”
	 	6.06
	 “Maturity Date”
	 	4.04
	 “Paying Agent”
	 	2.03
	 “refinancing”
	 	4.04(a)(13)
	 “Registrar”
	 	2.03
	 “Regulation S Global Security”
	 	Appendix A 2.1(a)
	 “Required Currency”
	 	6.06
	 “Taxing Jurisdiction”
	 	12.01(a)
	 “Trust Indenture Act”
	 	1.06
	 “U.S. Government Obligations”
	 	8.04(2)
	 “Withholding Tax”
	 	12.01(a)

  
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 SECTION 1.03    Rules of Construction. Unless the context
otherwise requires: 
 (1)    a term has the meaning assigned to it; 

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

 (3)    “or” is not exclusive; 

(4)    “including” means including without limitation; 

(5)    words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular; 

(6)    all references to the date the Securities were originally issued shall refer to the Issue Date. 

SECTION 1.04    Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities. By the execution and
delivery of this Indenture, the Company and each Guarantor (i) irrevocably designates and appoints, and acknowledges that it has irrevocably designated and appointed, Noble Drilling Services Inc., 13135 South Dairy Ashford, Suite 800, Sugar
Land, Texas 77478 as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Securities, the Securities Guarantees or this Indenture that may be instituted in any United States
federal or New York state court in The City of New York or brought under federal or state securities laws or brought by the Trustee (whether in its individual capacity or in its capacity as Trustee hereunder) or, subject to Section 6.07, any
Holder of Securities or Securities Guarantees in any United States federal or New York state court in The City of New York, (ii) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any such
suit, action or proceeding, and (iii) agrees that service of process upon the Company and written notice of said service to the Company (mailed or delivered to its Secretary at its principal office specified in Section 13.01), shall be
deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit, action or proceeding. The Company further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and
instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of the Company in full force and effect so long as any of the Securities shall be Outstanding or any amounts shall be payable in respect of any Securities. 

Each of the Company and the Guarantors irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it
may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such action, suit or proceeding in any such court or any appellate court with respect thereto and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient
forum to the maintenance of any such action, suit or proceeding in any such court. 

  
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 To the extent that the Company or any Guarantor has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from
jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, each of them hereby irrevocably
waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Indenture, the Securities Guarantees and the Securities, to the extent permitted by law. 

SECTION 1.05    Currency. References herein to “$” are to lawful money of United States of America.

 SECTION 1.06     No Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. This Indenture is not qualified
under the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), and the Trust Indenture Act shall not apply to or in any way govern the terms of this Indenture. As a result, no provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act are incorporated into this Indenture. 
 Article 2 

The Securities 

SECTION 2.01    Form and Dating. Provisions relating to the Securities are set forth in Appendix A
attached hereto (“Appendix A”) which is hereby incorporated in, and expressly made part of, this Indenture. The Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.1
and Exhibit 1.2 to Appendix A, in the case of the 144A Global Securities and Regulation S Global Securities, respectively, which are hereby incorporated in, and expressly made a part of, this Indenture. The Securities 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 acceptable to the Company). Each Security
shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Securities set forth in Appendix A are part of the terms of this Indenture. 

SECTION 2.02    Execution and Authentication. An Officer shall sign the Securities for the Company by
manual or facsimile signature. 
 If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee
authenticates the Security, the Security shall be valid nevertheless. 
 A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the
Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture. 

The Trustee, upon a written order of the Company signed by an Officer of the Company, together with the other documents required by Sections
13.02 and 13.03, shall authenticate (i) Securities for original issue on the Issue Date in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $750,000,000 and (ii) subject to Sections 2.13 and 4.04, Additional Securities. Such written order
of the Company shall specify the amount of Securities to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated. 

  
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 The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to
authenticate the Securities. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes
authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands. 

SECTION 2.03    Registrar and Paying Agent. The Company shall maintain an office or agency where
Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”) and an office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a
register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Paying Agent” includes any
additional paying agent. 
 If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be
entitled to appropriate reasonable compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.06. The Company may change the Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to the Holders. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying
Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or transfer agent. 
 The Company initially appoints the Trustee as
Registrar and Paying Agent in connection with the Securities. 
 The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company
(“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Securities. 
 SECTION 2.04    Paying
Agent To Hold Money in Trust. Prior to each due date of the principal of and interest on any Security, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when so becoming due. The
Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders of Securities or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of
or interest on the Securities and shall notify the Trustee of any Default by the Company in making any such payment. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and
hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section, the Paying Agent
shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee. 
 SECTION 2.05    Lists of Holders of
Securities. 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 Holders of Securities. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee, in writing at least five Business Days before each interest payment date with respect to Securities and at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably 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 Holders of Securities. 

  
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 SECTION 2.06    Transfer and Exchange. The Securities shall
be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a Security for registration of transfer. When a Security is presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar, if any, with a
request to register a transfer, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if the requirements of this Indenture (including the Appendix A thereto) are met. When Securities are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar, if any, with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of other denominations, the Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. 

The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under
this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Definitive Security or Global Security)
other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial
compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof. 
 Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall have any
responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary. 
 SECTION 2.07    Replacement
Securities. If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee or either the Company or the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon
receipt of evidence of authentication in accordance with Section 2.02, shall authenticate a replacement Security if the Trustee’s requirements for replacement of Securities are met. An indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder
that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Trustee and the Company each may charge
such Holder for their expenses in replacing such Security. 
 Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the Company and
shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Securities duly issued hereunder. 

SECTION 2.08    Outstanding Securities. Securities Outstanding at any time are all Securities
authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. A Security does not cease to be Outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company holds the Security. 
 If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be Outstanding unless the Trustee and
the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Security is held by a protected purchaser (as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code). 

If the Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a redemption date or the Maturity Date money
sufficient to pay all principal (and premium, if any) and interest payable on that date with respect to the Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, then on and after that date such Securities (or portions
thereof) cease to be Outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue. 

  
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 SECTION 2.09    Temporary Securities. Until definitive
Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company
considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities and deliver them in exchange for temporary Securities. 

SECTION 2.10    Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel and dispose of in accordance with
the Trustee’s policy then in effect (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act) all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and deliver a certificate of such cancellation to
the Company upon written request unless the Company directs the Trustee to deliver canceled Securities to the Company. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation. 
 SECTION 2.11    Defaulted Interest. If the Company defaults in a payment of interest
on the Securities, the Company shall pay defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) in any lawful manner. The Company may pay the defaulted interest to the persons who are Holders of Securities on a
subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee and shall promptly send to each Holder of Securities a notice that states the
special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid. The Trustee will have no duty to determine whether any defaulted interest is payable or the amount thereof. The Trustee will have no duty whatsoever to determine
whether any defaulted interest is payable or the amount thereof. 
 SECTION 2.12    CUSIP Numbers, ISINs,
etc. The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers (in each case if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers, ISINs and “Common
Code” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as
contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company
shall advise the Trustee in writing of any change in any “CUSIP” numbers, ISINs or “Common Code” numbers applicable to the Securities. 

SECTION 2.13    Issuance of Additional Securities. After the Issue Date, the Company shall be entitled,
subject to its compliance with Section 4.04, to issue Additional Securities under this Indenture, which Securities shall have identical terms as the Securities issued on the Issue Date, other than with respect to the date of issuance and issue
price. All Securities issued under this Indenture (including any Additional Securities) shall be treated as a single class for all purposes of this Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. 

  
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 With respect to any Additional Securities, the Company shall set forth in a resolution of its
Board of Directors and an Officers’ Certificate, a copy of each which shall be delivered to the Trustee, the following information: 

(1)    the series and the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Securities to be authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture; and 
 (2)    the issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP number
and ISIN, if any, of such Additional Securities; provided, however, that if the Additional Securities are not fungible with the Securities issued on the Issue Date for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Additional Securities will have a separate
CUSIP number. 
 In addition to the foregoing, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a written order as described in Section 2.02,
an Opinion of Counsel as to enforceability of the Additional Securities, together with an Opinion of Counsel that all conditions precedent to the issuance and authentication of the Additional Securities have been satisfied. 

Article 3 

Redemption 

SECTION 3.01    Notices to Trustee. If the Company elects to redeem Securities pursuant to
Section 3.08 or Section 3.09, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date, the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed, the redemption price, if then ascertainable and the paragraph or subparagraph of such Article
or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur. 
 The Company shall give each notice to the Trustee provided for
in this Section at least five Business Days prior to notification of the Holders (unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period) by delivering to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such redemption will comply with the
provisions of this Indenture and the Securities.
 SECTION 3.02    Selection of Securities to Be
Redeemed. If fewer than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed on a pro rata basis or, if such Securities are in global form, in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary,
although no Security of $2,000 in original principal amount or less will be redeemed in part. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption. The
Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of the Securities or portions of Securities to be redeemed. 

SECTION 3.03    Notice of Redemption. At least 15 days but not more than 60 days before a date for
redemption of Securities, the Company shall send, or cause to be sent (in the case of Securities held in book-entry form, by electronic transmission) a notice of redemption to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at such Holder’s registered
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to be given to a holder of a global security (including any notice of redemption) such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary (or its designee) pursuant to the standing
instructions from the Depositary or its designee, including by electronic mail in accordance with Applicable Procedures. Notices of redemption may be subject to one or more conditions
precedent. 
 The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall state: 

(1)    the redemption date; 

(2)    the redemption price (if then determined, or otherwise, the method of determination); 

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

(4)    that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the
redemption price; 
 (5)    if fewer than all the Outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the
identification and principal amounts of the particular Securities to be redeemed; 
 (6)    that, unless
the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Securities (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date; 

(7)    the “CUSIP” number, ISIN or “Common Code” number, if any, printed on the
Securities being redeemed; 
 (8)    the paragraph of the Securities and/or Section of this Indenture
pursuant to which the Securities called for redemption are being redeemed; 
 (9)    any conditions
precedent to the redemption of the Securities; and 
 (10)    that no representation is made as to the
correctness or accuracy of the “CUSIP” number, ISIN, or “Common Code” number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Securities. 

At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s
expense. In such event, the Company shall provide the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate delivered five Business Days prior to notification of the Holders (unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period) containing the information
required by this Section. 
 SECTION 3.04    Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is sent,
Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice, unless the conditions described in the notice of redemption have not been satisfied. Upon surrender to the Paying
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right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment date), and such Securities shall be canceled by the Trustee. Failure to give
notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the applicable redemption date, interest shall cease to
accrue on the Securities and the only right of the Holders shall be to receive payment of the redemption price plus accrued interest to, but not including, the date of redemption. 

SECTION 3.05    Deposit of Redemption Price. On or prior to 11:00 a.m. Eastern time on the redemption
date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Securities or
portions thereof to be redeemed on that date other than Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption which have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation. 

SECTION 3.06     Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder (at the Company’s expense) a new Security equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered. 

SECTION 3.07    No Mandatory Redemption; Open Market Repurchase. The Company is not required to make mandatory
redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Securities. The Company and its Affiliates may at any time and from time to time acquire Securities through redemption, by tender offer, open market purchases, negotiated transactions or
otherwise, in accordance with applicable securities laws and regulations, so long as such acquisition does not otherwise violate the terms of this Indenture, upon such terms and at such prices as the Company or its Affiliates may determine. Any such
acquisition shall not operate as or be deemed for any purpose to be a redemption unless the Company has expressly stated that it is exercising its redemption rights hereunder. 

SECTION 3.08    Optional Redemption. 

(a)    Prior to February 1, 2021, the Company may, on one or more occasions, redeem up to a maximum of 40% of the
Securities (calculated giving effect to any issuance of Additional Securities) in an amount not to exceed the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings by Noble-UK (or in the event of a
Redomestication, any Surviving Person) that are contributed to the Parent Guarantor (or any successor Person resulting from any transaction permitted by Article 5) or that are used to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the
Parent Guarantor (or such successor Person), at a redemption price equal to 107.875% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders on the
relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however, that (1) after giving effect to any such redemption at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
(calculated giving effect to any issuance of Additional Securities) remains Outstanding; and (2) any such redemption by the Company must be made within 90 days of such Equity Offering. 

  
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 (b)    Prior to February 1, 2021, the Company shall be entitled at its
option to redeem the Securities, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date
(subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date). 

(c)    On or after February 1, 2021, the Company shall be entitled at its option to redeem the Securities, in whole
or in part, at the redemption prices applicable to the Securities (expressed as a percentage of principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the date of
redemption (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 12-month period beginning on February 1 of the
years indicated below: 
  

					
	 Year
	  	Percentage	 
	 2021
	  	 	105.906	% 
	 2022
	  	 	103.938	% 
	 2023
	  	 	101.969	% 
	 2024 and thereafter
	  	 	100.000	% 

 (d)    Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.08 shall be made pursuant to
Sections 3.01 through 3.06. 
 SECTION 3.09    Tax Redemption. (a) The Securities shall be subject to
redemption at any time, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof together with accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date fixed for redemption, upon the giving of a notice as described in
Section 3.03, if the Company determines that: 
 (1)    as a result of (A) any change in or
amendment to the laws or treaties (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of any Taxing Jurisdiction, or (B) any change in the official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws, treaties, regulations or
rulings by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (including a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction), which change or amendment becomes effective on or after (i) January 17, 2018, or (ii) the
date a party organized in a jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands becomes the Company’s successor, the Company or such successor, as applicable, has or will become obligated to pay, on the next succeeding date on which interest is due,
Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 12.01 with respect to any Security and, in any such case (x) the Company receives an Opinion of Counsel to that effect and (y) the Company, in its business judgment, determines that such
obligation cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to the Company; or 
 (2)    on
or after (i) January 17, 2018, or (ii) the date a party organized in a jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands becomes the Company’s successor, any action has been taken by any taxing authority of, or any decision has been
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Company’s successor is organized or a tax resident) or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, including any of those actions specified in Section 3.09(a)(1),
whether or not such action was taken or such decision was rendered with respect to the Company or such successor, as applicable, or any change, amendment, application or interpretation will be officially proposed, which, in any such case, in an
Opinion of Counsel, will result in the Company, or the successor, as applicable, becoming obligated to pay, on the next succeeding date on which interest is due, Additional Amounts with respect to any Security, and, in any such case, the Company, in
its business judgment, determines that such obligation cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to the Company. 

(b)    In the event that the Company elects to redeem the Securities pursuant to Section 3.09(a), the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the Company is entitled to redeem the Securities pursuant to their terms. 

(c)    Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to Sections 3.01, 3.03, 3.04 and 3.05;
provided, however, no notice of redemption for tax reasons may be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company, or the successor, as applicable, would be obligated to pay Additional Amounts if a
payment on the Securities were then due. 
 Article 4 

Covenants 

SECTION 4.01    Payment of Securities. The Company shall promptly pay the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and in this Indenture. Principal (and premium, if any) and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds in
accordance with this Indenture as of 11:00 a.m. Eastern time on the due date money sufficient to pay all principal (and premium, if any) and interest then due. 

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefor in the Securities, and it shall pay interest on overdue
installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful. 
 SECTION 4.02    Change of Control Repurchase
Event. (a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Securities, unless the Company has previously or concurrently exercised its right to redeem all of the Securities pursuant to Section 3.08
or Section 3.09, each Holder of Securities will have the right, except as provided below, to require that the Company repurchase all or any part (in minimum denominations of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that
Holder’s Securities for a cash price equal to 101.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of repurchase (the “Change of Control
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 (b)    Not later than 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase
Event, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holders of record of the Securities, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice: 

(1)    describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event;

 (2)    offering to repurchase, pursuant to the procedures required by this Indenture and described in
the notice (a “Change of Control Offer”), on a date specified in the notice, which shall be a Business Day not earlier than 30 days, nor later than 60 days, from the date the notice is delivered (the “Change of Control
Payment Date”), and for the Change of Control Payment, all Securities that are properly tendered by such Holder pursuant to such Change of Control Offer prior to 5:00 p.m. New York time on the second Business Day preceding the Change of
Control Payment Date; and 
 (3)    describing the procedures, as determined by the Company, consistent
with this Indenture, that Holders of record of the Securities must follow to accept the Change of Control Offer. 

(c)    On or before the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful, deposit with the Paying
Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of the Securities or portions of Securities properly tendered. 

(d)    On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful: 

(1)    accept for payment all Securities or portions of Securities (in minimum denominations of $2,000 or
integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; and 

(2)    deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities so accepted together with an
Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities or portions of Securities being purchased by the Company. 

(e)    The Paying Agent will promptly deliver to each Holder who has so tendered Securities the Change of Control Payment
for such Securities, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Security equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Securities so tendered, if any;
provided that each such new Security will be in a minimum principal amount of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. 

(f)    If the Change of Control Payment Date is on or after a regular record date and on or before the related interest
payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be paid on the relevant interest payment date to the Person in whose name a Security is registered at the close of business on such record date. 

(g)    A Change of Control Offer will be required to remain open for at least 20 Business Days or for such longer period
as is required by law. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the date of purchase. 

  
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 (h)    The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer
upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if (i) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times 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 Securities properly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer (an “Alternate Offer”) or (ii) the Company has given notice of the redemption of all of the Securities then
Outstanding pursuant to Section 3.08 or 3.09, unless and until there is a Default in the payment of the applicable redemption price. 

(i)    In the event that 90% or more of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities are purchased
pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or pursuant to an Alternate Offer, the Company shall have the right, upon not less than 15 days’ nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following the purchase pursuant to the
Change of Control Offer or Alternate Offer, to redeem all of the Securities that remain Outstanding following such purchase at a redemption price equal to the Change of Control Payment plus, to the extent not included in such payment, accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities that remain Outstanding, to the date of redemption (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to the redemption
date). 
 (j)    The Company shall comply with all applicable securities legislation in the United States, including,
without limitation, the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other applicable laws and regulations in connection with the purchase of Securities pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To
the extent that the provisions of any applicable securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.02, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its
obligations under this Section 4.02 by virtue of such compliance. 
 (k)    Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, conditional upon such Change of Control Repurchase Event, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the
time of making of the Change of Control Offer. 
 (l)    The provisions set forth in this Section 4.02 may be
waived, modified or terminated with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Outstanding Securities. 

SECTION 4.03    Limitation on Liens. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, issue, assume or guarantee any Indebtedness for borrowed money secured by any Lien upon any Principal Property or any shares of stock or indebtedness of any Subsidiary that owns or leases a Principal Property (whether such Principal Property,
shares of stock or indebtedness are now owned or hereafter acquired) without making effective provision whereby the Securities (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Indebtedness or other obligation) shall be secured equally
and ratably with (or, at the Company’s option, prior to) the Indebtedness so secured for so long as such Indebtedness is so secured. The foregoing restrictions do not, however, apply to Indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens. 

  
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 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and its Subsidiaries may, without securing the
Securities, issue, assume or guarantee secured Indebtedness that would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions in an aggregate principal amount that, together with (A) all other such Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries
that would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions (including Indebtedness permitted to be secured under clause (1) under the definition of Permitted Liens but excluding Indebtedness permitted to be secured under clauses
(2) through (15) thereunder) and (B) the aggregate amount of Attributable Indebtedness deemed outstanding with respect to Sale/Leaseback Transactions (other than those in connection with which the Company has voluntarily retired any of the
Securities, any Pari Passu Indebtedness or any Funded Indebtedness pursuant to clause (c) of Section 4.05 hereof), does not at any one time, measured at the time of incurrence, exceed the greater of (i) $500,000,000 and (ii) 4.75% of the
Parent Guarantor’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. The aggregate amount of Indebtedness included under clauses (A) and (B) of the foregoing sentence shall be referred to as the “General Secured Debt.” 

SECTION 4.04    Limitation on Subsidiary Indebtedness. (a) The Company shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to incur, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness other than: 
 (1)    existing
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of the Company outstanding on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (2) and (11) of this Section 4.04); 

(2)    Indebtedness represented by the Securities Guarantees (not including any Guarantees of Additional
Securities); 
 (3)    intercompany loans and advances between or among the Parent Guarantor, the Company
and the Subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor; provided that (a) if the obligor on such intercompany loan or advance is a Subsidiary Guarantor and the obligee is not the Parent Guarantor, the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor, then
such Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all obligations with respect to the Securities Guarantee; and (b)(i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Capital Stock that results in any such Indebtedness
being held by a Person other than the Parent Guarantor, the Company or a Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Parent Guarantor, the Company or a
Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor, will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by such Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause (3); 

(4)    Indebtedness under any Interest Rate Protection Agreements or any Currency Rate Protection
Agreements; 
 (5)    Indebtedness (i) under unsecured lines of credit for overdrafts or for working
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inadvertently drawing against insufficient funds, all such Indebtedness not to exceed $200,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding; provided that amounts under overdraft lines of
credit or outstanding as a result of drawings against insufficient funds shall be outstanding for one Business Day before being included in such aggregate amount; 

(6)    Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Member of the Consolidated Group
or is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Company or any other Member of the Consolidated Group and not incurred in contemplation of such transaction, and extensions, renewals or refinancings thereof that do not increase the amount
of such Indebtedness (other than amounts included to pay costs of such extension, renewal or refinancing); 

(7)    Indebtedness (i) under Performance Guaranties and Performance Letters of Credit, and
(ii) with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business; 

(8)    Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor that is subordinate in right of payment to the Securities
Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor; 
 (9)    Indebtedness (and Guarantees thereof) incurred to
finance all or any part of the acquisition, completion of construction and commencement of commercial operation, alteration, repair or improvement of any Principal Property (including (i) the purchase of the Capital Stock of any entity whose
assets consist primarily of Principal Property and/or other assets related thereto and (ii) any Guarantees of the Revolving Credit Facilities provided to permit the incurrence of such Indebtedness thereunder); provided that the
Indebtedness was incurred prior to, at the time of or within one year after the later of the acquisition, the completion of construction, alteration, repair or improvement or the commencement of commercial operation thereof and the aggregate
principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed 85% of the price of such acquisition, construction, alteration, repair or improvement; 

(10)    Pari Passu Indebtedness incurred by any Subsidiary Guarantor in an aggregate amount at any one time
outstanding under this clause (10) not to exceed the greater of (i) $750,000,000 and (ii) 7.25% of the Parent Guarantor’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets measured at the time of incurrence of any such Indebtedness and after giving effect
to such incurrence; 
 (11)    Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Credit Facilities (and Guarantees
thereof) in an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (11) not to exceed the greater of (i) $1,801,500,000 and (ii) 15% of the Parent Guarantor’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, measured at the time of incurrence
of any such Indebtedness and after giving effect to such incurrence; 
 (12)    in addition to the items
referred to in clauses (1) through (11) above, Indebtedness incurred by any Subsidiary (and Guarantees thereof) in an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (12) not to exceed the greater of (i)

  
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$750,000,000 and (ii) 7.25% of the Parent Guarantor’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, less the total General Secured Debt outstanding at the time of such incurrence (without
double-counting any Indebtedness incurred under this clause (12) that would also constitute General Secured Debt), measured at the time of incurrence of any such Indebtedness and after giving effect to such incurrence; and 

(13)    any extension, renewal, refunding, replacement or refinancing (collectively, a
“refinancing”) of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.04(a) (1), (2), (9) and this clause (13) (including, in each case, Guarantees thereof); provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of such
refinancing Indebtedness will not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness so refinanced plus an amount necessary to pay fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing and (ii) the scheduled maturity date thereof is not
shortened (except to the extent such shortened maturity date is subsequent to the maturity date of the Securities set forth therein as the fixed date for final payment of principal (the “Maturity Date”)), any scheduled amortization
of principal thereunder prior to the Maturity Date is not shortened, the interest rate per annum applicable thereto is not increased above the then prevailing market rates of interest for similar Indebtedness, and the principal payments thereunder
prior to the Maturity Date are not increased. 
 (b)    Indebtedness permitted by Section 4.04(a) need not be
permitted solely by reference to one provision of Section 4.04(a) permitting such Indebtedness but may be permitted in part by one such provision and in part by one or more other provisions of Section 4.04(a) permitting such
Indebtedness. In the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in Section 4.04(a), the Company shall be permitted, in its sole discretion, to divide, classify or
reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness and only be required to include the amount of such Indebtedness in one of such clauses of Section 4.04(a). 

(c)    Section 4.04(a) shall no longer apply following the first date that the Securities have Investment Grade Ratings
and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture. 

SECTION 4.05    Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Sale/Leaseback Transaction with any Person (other than the Parent Guarantor or a Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor), unless: 

(a) the Company or such Subsidiary would be entitled to incur Indebtedness in a principal amount equal to the Attributable Indebtedness
with respect to such Sale/Leaseback Transaction secured by a Lien on the property subject to such Sale/Leaseback Transaction pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof without equally and ratably securing the Securities pursuant to such covenant; 

(b)    within a period commencing nine months prior to the consummation of such Sale/Leaseback Transaction and ending nine
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ordinary course of business of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries an amount equal to all or a portion of the net proceeds of such Sale/Leaseback Transaction and the Company shall have
elected to designate such amount as a credit against such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (with any such amount not being so designated to be applied as set forth in clause (c) below or as otherwise permitted); or 

(c)    the Company, during the nine-month period after the effective date of such Sale/Leaseback Transaction, shall have
applied to either (i) the voluntary defeasance or retirement of any Securities, any Pari Passu Indebtedness or any Funded Indebtedness or (ii) the acquisition of one or more Principal Properties at fair value, an amount equal to the
greater of the net proceeds of the sale or transfer of the property leased in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction and the fair value, as determined by the Parent Guarantor’s Board of Directors, of such property as of the time of entering into such
Sale/Leaseback Transaction (in either case adjusted to reflect the remaining term of the lease and any amount expended by the Company as set forth in clause (b) above), less an amount equal to the sum of the principal amount of Securities, Pari
Passu Indebtedness and Funded Indebtedness voluntarily defeased or retired by the Company plus any amount expended to acquire any Principal Properties at fair value, within such nine-month period and not designated as a credit against any
other Sale/Leaseback Transaction entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company during such period. 

SECTION 4.06    Future Guarantors. (a) The Company shall cause that at all times the Subsidiary Guarantors
own, directly or indirectly, (i) assets comprising at least 85% of the revenue of the Consolidated Group with respect to the most recently completed fiscal year and (ii) Principal Property, whether in use, idle, or otherwise, the combined
book value of which comprises at least 85% of the combined book value of all Principal Property of the Consolidated Group with respect to the most recently completed fiscal year. 

(b)    A Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor may become a Subsidiary Guarantor if it executes and delivers
to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in the form attached to this Indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary will provide a Securities Guarantee. 

(c)    Section 4.06(a) shall no longer apply following the first date that the Securities have Investment Grade Ratings
and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture. 

SECTION 4.07    Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company may, with respect to any Securities, omit in any
particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 4.02 to 4.06, inclusive, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities shall
either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until
such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect. 

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to waive compliance with
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hereunder. If a record date is fixed, the Holders of such record date, or their duly appointed agents, and only such Persons shall be entitled to waive any such compliance, whether or not
such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that unless the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities shall have waived such compliance prior to the date which is 90 days after
such record date, any such waiver previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect. 

SECTION 4.08    Statement by Officer as to Compliance; Statement by Officer as to Default. The Company
shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers’ Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default
in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of Sections 4.02 to 4.06, inclusive, and if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have
knowledge. 
 SECTION 4.09    Further Instruments and Acts. The Company will execute and deliver such
further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture. 

Article 5 

Consolidation, Amalgamation, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease of Company or Parent Guarantor 

SECTION 5.01    Company and Parent Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms. (a) The
Company shall not consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into any other Person or sell, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person (other than a direct or indirect Wholly
Owned Subsidiary of the Company), and (b) the Parent Guarantor shall not consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into any Person, or sell, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets to
any Person (other than a direct or indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor), in each case, unless: 

(1)    either (i) the Company or the Parent Guarantor, as applicable, shall be the continuing Person
or (ii) the Person formed by such consolidation or amalgamation or into which the Company or the Parent Guarantor, as applicable, is merged, or the Person which acquires, by sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, all or
substantially all of the Company’s or the Parent Guarantor’s properties and assets, as applicable, shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on or
any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities and the performance of the Company’s or the Parent Guarantor’s, as applicable, covenants and obligations under this Indenture and the Securities, or, in the case of the Parent
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 (2)    immediately after giving effect to such transaction or
series of transactions, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; and 

(3)    the Company or the Parent Guarantor, as applicable, delivers to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the transaction and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture. 

SECTION 5.02    Successor Company Substituted. Upon any consolidation or amalgamation by the Company or
the Parent Guarantor, as applicable, with or merger by the Company or the Parent Guarantor, as applicable, into any other Person or any sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets
of the Company or the Parent Guarantor, as applicable, in accordance with Section 5.01, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or amalgamation or into which the Company or the Parent Guarantor, as applicable, is merged or to which
such sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or the Parent Guarantor, as applicable, under this Indenture with the same effect as
if such successor Person had been named as the Company or the Parent Guarantor, as applicable, herein and thereafter, and the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture, the Securities and the
Securities Guarantee of the Parent Guarantor, as applicable; provided that in the case of a lease of all or substantially all its assets, the predecessor Person will not be released from its obligations under this Indenture, the Securities or
the Securities Guarantee, as applicable. 
 Article 6 

Defaults and Remedies 

SECTION 6.01    Events of Default. Each of the following is an “Event of Default” with
respect to the Securities: 
 (1)    failure to pay principal of or premium (if any) on any Securities
when due and payable at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise; 
 (2)    failure to pay any interest on
or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security when such interest or Additional Amounts become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; 

(3)    default in the performance or breach of any covenant of the Company or of any Guarantor in this
Indenture, which default or breach continues uncured for a period of 90 days after there has been given to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; 

(4)    any Securities Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the
terms of such Securities Guarantee or pursuant to the terms of this Indenture) or any Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Securities Guarantee; 

  
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 (5)    the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Guarantor in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable U.S. federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar law of another country or
political subdivision of such country or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any Guarantor bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in
respect of the Company or any Guarantor under any applicable U.S. federal, state or similar law of another country or political subdivision of such country, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestration or other
similar official of the Company or such Guarantor or of any substantial part of their respective property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of their respective affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such
other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; 
 (6)    the
commencement by the Company or any Guarantor of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable U.S. federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar law of another country or political subdivision of such country or of any
other case or proceeding to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the Company or any Guarantor to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Guarantor in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable U.S. federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar law of another country or political subdivision of such country, or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against the Company or any
Guarantor, or the filing by the Company or any Guarantor, of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable U.S. federal, state or similar law of another country or political subdivision of such country, or the
consent by the Company or any Guarantor to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or any Guarantor or of any
substantial part of its property, or the making by the Company or any Guarantor of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by the Company or any Guarantor in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become
due; 
 (7)    default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness) by the Parent Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries or under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any
Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness) of the Parent Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries resulting in the acceleration of such Indebtedness (other than
Non-Recourse Indebtedness), or any default in payment of such Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness) (after expiration of any applicable grace periods and
presentation of any debt instruments, if required), if the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness) that has been so accelerated and with respect to which there has been
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rescission or annulment of all such accelerations or to discharge all such defaulted indebtedness within 20 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Parent
Guarantor by the Trustee or to the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that
such notice is a “Notice of Default” under this Indenture; and 
 (8)    the Company’s
failure to repurchase all of the Securities tendered for purchase upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event. 
 Upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default pursuant to this Section 6.01 with respect to Securities all or part of which is represented by a Global Security, a record date shall automatically and without any other action taken by any Person be set for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to join in any Notice of Default, which record date shall be the close of business on the day the Trustee shall have received such Notice of Default. The Holders of Outstanding
Securities on such record date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such Notice of Default, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that, unless such Notice
of Default shall have become effective by virtue of Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on such record date (or their duly appointed agents) having joined in such Notice of Default prior to the day which is 90 days
after such record date, such Notice of Default shall automatically and without any action by any Person be cancelled and of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder (or duly appointed agent thereof) from giving,
before or after expiration of such 90-day period, a Notice of Default contrary to or different from a Notice of Default previously given by a Holder, or from giving, after the expiration of such period, a
Notice of Default identical to a Notice of Default that has been cancelled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in any of which events a record date in respect thereof shall be set pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.01.

 SECTION 6.02    Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default occurs
and continues, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities may declare the entire principal of and interest on all the Securities issued under this Indenture to be due and payable immediately.
If an Event of Default occurs that is a result of an Event of Default described in clauses (5) or (6) of Section 6.01, the principal amount and interest on the Securities issued under this Indenture shall ipso facto become and be
immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. 
 At any time after such a
declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article 6, the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, 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 in U.S. dollars: 

(A)    all overdue interest, if any, on all Outstanding Securities; 

  
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 (B)    all unpaid principal of (and premium, if any, on) any
Outstanding Securities which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, and interest, if any, on such unpaid principal (and premium, if any) at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, 

(C)    to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue interest, if any, at the
rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, 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)    all Events of Default with respect to Securities other than the
non-payment of amounts of principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on Securities which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in
Section 6.13. 
 No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon. 

Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in the event of a declaration of acceleration in respect of the Securities because of an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.01(7) shall have occurred and be continuing, such declaration of acceleration shall be automatically annulled if the Indebtedness that is the subject of such Event of Default has been discharged or otherwise paid
in full. 
 Upon the Trustee providing any declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof pursuant to this
Section 6.02 with respect to Securities all or part of which is represented by a Global Security, a record date shall automatically and without any other action by any Person be set for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding
Securities entitled to join such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, which record date shall be the close of business on the date the Trustee shall have provided such declaration of acceleration, or
rescission and annulment, as the case may be. The Holders of Outstanding Securities on such record date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and
annulment, as the case may be, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that, unless such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall have become effective by virtue
of the requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the day which is 90 days after such record date (or their duly appointed agents), such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may by, shall automatically and
without any action by any Person be cancelled and of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder (or duly appointed agent thereof) from giving, before or after the expiration of such
90-day period, a declaration of acceleration, or a rescission and annulment of any such declaration, contrary to or different from a declaration previously given by a Holder, or from

  
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giving, after the expiration of such period, a declaration identical to a declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, as the case may be, that has been cancelled pursuant to
the proviso to the preceding sentence, in any of which events a new record date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.02. 

SECTION 6.03    Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The Company covenants
that if: 
 (1)    default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Security when
such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or 

(2)    default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security at the
Maturity thereof, 
 the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount
then due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and on any
overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, 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. 
 If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name, as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the
Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated. 

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce
its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in
this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy. 

SECTION 6.04    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, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company, any Guarantor or
of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities 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 or any Guarantor for the payment of overdue principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, 

  
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 (1)    to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities 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 and receive 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 other similar official in any such judicial proceeding
is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payment to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06. 

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 Securities 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 6.05    Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities. All rights of action and
claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the
Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for 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 of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered. 

SECTION 6.06    Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this
Article 6 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, if any, upon presentation of the Securities 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 7.06; 
 SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities
for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, respectively; and 
 THIRD: The balance, to the Person or Persons entitled
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 To the fullest extent allowed under applicable law, if for the purpose of obtaining judgment
against the Company in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, with respect to the Securities (the “Required Currency”) into a currency in which a
judgment will be rendered (the “Judgment Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the
Judgment Currency on the Business Day in The City of New York next preceding that on which final judgment is given. Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be liable for any shortfall nor shall it benefit from any windfall in payments to Holders
of Securities under this Section 6.06 caused by a change in exchange rates between the time the amount of a judgment against it is calculated as above and the time the Trustee converts the Judgment Currency into the Required Currency to make
payments under this Section 6.06 to Holders of Securities, but payment of such judgment shall discharge all amounts owed by the Company on the claim or claims underlying such judgment. 

SECTION 6.07    Limitation on Suits. Subject to Section 6.08, no Holder of any Security shall have
any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, the Securities, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless: 

(1)    such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with
respect to the Securities; 
 (2)    the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder; 

(3)    such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee
against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; 
 (4)    the
Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity or security has failed to institute any such proceeding; and 

(5)    no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities; 
 it being
understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing themselves of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such
Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders (it
being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not any such use by a Holder prejudices the rights of any other Holders or obtains preference or priority over such other Holders). 

  
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 SECTION 6.08    Unconditional Contractual Right of Holders to Receive
Principal, Premium and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the contractual right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment, as provided herein (including, if
applicable, Article 8) and in such Security of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Security on the Maturity Date (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of
any such payment, and such contractual rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment to, or deletion or waiver of any of the covenants described in Article 4 of this Indenture or any
action taken by the Company or Guarantors not prohibited hereunder (other than with respect to actions set forth in the first paragraph of Section 10.02) shall be deemed to impair or affect any rights of any Holder to receive payment of
principal of, and premium, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on, the Securities. 

SECTION 6.09    Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any
proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture 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, 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 6.10    Rights and Remedies
Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 2.07, 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 6.11    Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any
Securities 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 6
or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be. 

SECTION 6.12    Control by Holders. Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities may direct the time, method and place of: 
 (i) with respect to Securities, conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
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 (ii) with respect to all Securities issued under this Indenture that are affected, conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee and exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee relating to or arising other than as a result of such specified Events of Default; 

provided, however, the Trustee may refuse to follow any such direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture, is unduly prejudicial to the
rights of other Holders of the Securities, or would expose the Trustee to personal liability. In addition, prior to acting at the direction of Holders, the Trustee will be entitled to be indemnified by those holders against any loss and expenses
caused thereby. 
 Upon receipt by the Trustee of any such direction with respect to Securities all or part of which is represented by a
Global Security, a record date shall automatically and without any further action by any Person be set for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to join in such direction, which record date shall be the close of
business on the day the Trustee shall have received such direction. The Holders of Outstanding Securities on such record date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such direction, whether or not
such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that unless such direction shall have become effective by virtue of Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on such record date (or their duly appointed
agents) having joined therein on or prior to the 90th day after such record date, such direction shall automatically and without any action by any Person be cancelled and of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder
(or a duly appointed agent of a Holder) from giving, before or after the expiration of such 90-day period, a direction contrary to or different from a direction previously given by a Holder, or from giving,
after the expiration of such period, a direction identical to a direction that has been cancelled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in any of which events a new record date in respect thereof shall be set pursuant to the provisions
of this Section 6.12. 
 SECTION 6.13    Waiver of Past Defaults. Subject to Sections 6.02 and
10.02, the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may on behalf of the Holders of all the Outstanding Securities waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder, except a default 

(1)    in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security or the payment
of Additional Amounts, if any, or 
 (2)    in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under
Article 10 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected. 
 The Company may, but
shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date (or their duly designated
agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to waive any such default hereunder, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that unless such majority in principal amount shall have been obtained prior to
the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such waiver previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect. 

  
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 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 Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 

SECTION 6.14    Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any
Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit
instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder or group of Holders holding in the aggregate more than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of
the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security on or after the Maturity Date (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption date). 

SECTION 6.15    Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) that it will 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, which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted; provided that this Section shall not prohibit the Company from exercising any rights it may have under
this Indenture to contest any actions taken by the Trustee pursuant to this Section. 
 Article 7 

Trustee 

SECTION 7.01    Duties of Trustee. (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise 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
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 (b)    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 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. However, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by
any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or
investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein). 
 (c)    The Trustee may not be
relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that: 

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

(2)    the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer
unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and 
 (3)    the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.12. 

(d)    Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and
(c) of this Section 7.01. 
 (e)    The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it
except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. 
 (f)    Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. 
 (g)    No provision of this Indenture shall require
the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur 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 to believe that repayment of
such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. 
 (h)    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. 

  
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 SECTION 7.02    Rights of Trustee. Subject to
Section 7.01: 
 (a)    The Trustee may rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed
or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. 

(b)    Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of
Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. 

(c)    The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent
appointed with due care. 
 (d)    The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture. 

(e)    The Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating
to this Indenture and the Securities shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such
counsel. 
 (f)    The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this
Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might
be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction. 
 (g)    In no event shall the Trustee be responsible
or liable for special, indirect, punitive 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. 
 (h)    The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of
Default unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture. 

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

(j)    In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its
obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted
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 (k)    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 sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation. 

(l)    The Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles
of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture. 
 (m)    The Trustee shall
not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder. 

(n)    The permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty
unless so specified herein. 
 (o)    No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on
the Trustee to take or omit to take any action, in the performance of its duties or obligations under this Indenture, or to exercise any right or power thereunder, to the extent that taking or omitting to take such action would violate applicable
law binding upon it. 
 SECTION 7.03    Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or
any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar,
co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Section 7.09. 

SECTION 7.04    Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and
makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture (or any supplement thereto) or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for
any statement of the Company in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Securities or in the Securities other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication. 

SECTION 7.05    Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall give notice of any Default or Event of Default with
respect to the Securities known to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.02(h) to all Holders of Outstanding Securities within 90 days after the occurrence of such Default or Event of Default or, if it is not known to the Trustee as provided in
Section 7.02(h) within 90 days of the occurrence of the Default or Event of Default, promptly (and in any event within 10 Business Days) after it becomes known to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.02(h); provided, however,
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installment with respect to Securities, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that the withholding
of such notice is in the interest of the Holders. 
 SECTION 7.06    Compensation and Indemnity. The
Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to: (i) pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services as has been agreed to by the Company and the Trustee (which compensation shall not be limited by any
law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust); (ii) reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it,
including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services (such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts); and
(iii) indemnify, defend and protect and hold the Trustee and its agents against any and all loss, damage, claims, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with the administration
of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.06) and defending itself against any claim (whether
asserted by the Company, the Guarantors, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which
it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the
fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction to have been incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct or negligence. 
 To secure the
Company’s and the Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section 7.06, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay
principal of and interest on particular Securities. 
 The Company’s and the Guarantors’ payment obligations pursuant to this
Section shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee. When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(5) or (6) with respect
to the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law or any similar federal, provincial, territorial or state law for the relief of debtors. 

SECTION 7.07    Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the
Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities may remove the Trustee with respect to the Securities by so notifying the Trustee in writing not less than 30 days prior to the effective date of such removal and may
appoint a successor Trustee. The Company shall remove the Trustee if: 
 (1)    the Trustee fails to
comply with Section 7.09; 
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 (3)    a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the
Trustee or its property; or 
 (4)    the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting. 

If the Trustee resigns or is removed by the Company, or is removed by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities and such
Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint a
successor Trustee. 
 A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the
Company. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a
notice of its succession to Holders of the Securities. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.06. 

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee (at the
Company’s expense) or the Holders of 10% in principal amount of the Securities may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee. 

If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.09, any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee. 
 Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section, the
Company’s obligations under Section 7.06 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee. 

SECTION 7.08    Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into,
or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee. 

In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by
this Indenture any of the Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and in case
at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases
such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture. 

SECTION 7.09    Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. (a) There shall at all times be a Trustee
hereunder which shall be: 
 (1)    a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States, or of any state or territory thereof, or of the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority, or 

  
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 (2)    a corporation or other person organized and doing
business under the laws of a foreign government permitted to act as a Trustee pursuant to a rule, regulation or other order of the SEC, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, and subject to supervision or examination by
authority of such foreign government or a political subdivision thereof substantially equivalent to supervision or examination applicable to United States institutional trustees. 

(b)    The Trustee shall have at all times a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most
recent published annual report of condition. 
 Article 8 

Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance 

SECTION 8.01    Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The Company may, at its option and at
any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or Section 8.03 applied to all Outstanding Securities and Guarantees upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8. 

SECTION 8.02    Defeasance. Upon the Company’s exercise of the above option applicable to this
Section, the Company (and any applicable Guarantors) shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to the Outstanding Securities on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter,
“defeasance”). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities which shall thereafter be deemed to be
“Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (A) and (B) below and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as
such Securities 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: (A) the
rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 8.04 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such
Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 2.06, 2.07 and 2.09, and with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities as contemplated by
Section 12.01, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article 8. Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03. 
 SECTION 8.03    Covenant
Defeasance. Upon the Company’s exercise of the above option applicable to this Section, and unless and until the Company has exercised its option applicable to Section 8.02, the Company (and any applicable Guarantors) shall be
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Securities on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “covenant defeasance”, and such Securities shall thereafter be deemed not to be
“Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration (and the consequences 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 such Outstanding Securities the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any
covenants set out in Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05 and 4.06, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any
other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise of such covenant defeasance, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 below,
clauses (3), (4), (7) and (8) of Section 6.01 hereof shall not constitute “Events of Default”. 

SECTION 8.04    Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions to
application of either Section 8.02 or Section 8.03 to the Outstanding Securities: 
 (1)    the
Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 7.09 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article 8 applicable to it) as trust funds
in trust for the purpose of making the following payments; 
 (2)    pledged as security for, and
dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations applicable to such Securities (determined on the basis of the currency in which such Securities are then
specified as payable at the Maturity Date) which through the scheduled payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, in respect thereof in accordance with their terms shall provide, not later than one day before the due date of
any payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, under such Securities, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient in the case of (A), (B) or (C), in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
financial advisors or independent chartered professional accountants (expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Company, as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee), to pay and discharge, and which
shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Outstanding Securities on the Maturity Date (or redemption date, if applicable) of such principal
(and premium, if any) or interest, if any. For this purpose, “U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (x) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its
full faith and credit is pledged or (y) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities
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by such custodian or 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 U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such
custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; 
 (3)    no Event of Default or
event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit; 

(4)    such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a
default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which it is bound; 

(5)    in the case of an election under Section 8.02, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Opinion of Counsel in the United States stating that (x) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) since the date of this Indenture 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 shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities shall not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income
tax purposes as a result of such 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 defeasance had not occurred; 

(6)    in the case of an election under Section 8.03, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Opinion of Counsel in the United States to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities 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 U.S. Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred; and 

(7)    the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the defeasance under Section 8.02 or the covenant defeasance under Section 8.03 (as the case may be) have been complied with. 

SECTION 8.05    Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions. All money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.04 in respect of the Outstanding Securities shall be held in trust and applied
by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any paying agent (including the Company acting as its own paying agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders
of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. 

  
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 The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on
or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 or the principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for
the account of the Holders of the Outstanding Securities. 
 Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall
deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon a company request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 8.04 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of financial advisors or
independent public accountants (expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Company, together with an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee), are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be
deposited to effect an equivalent defeasance or covenant defeasance. 

SECTION 8.06    Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any paying agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with Section 8.05 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and such
Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with
Section 8.05; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any such Security following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or paying agent. 

Article 9 

Satisfaction and Discharge 

SECTION 9.01    Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. (a) This Indenture shall cease to be of
further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities expressly provided for herein or pursuant hereto and any right to receive Additional Amounts as contemplated by Article 12), 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 Securities that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Securities that have
been replaced or paid and Securities for which payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or 

(B)    all Securities and, in the case of (i) or (ii) below, not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
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	 	(i)	have become due and payable by reason of the delivery of a notice of redemption or otherwise, or 

  

	 	(ii)	shall become due and payable at the Maturity Date 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, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust
for the purpose an amount in the currency in which the Securities of such Securities are payable, sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Maturity Date or redemption date, as the case
may be; 
 (2)    the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company with respect to the Outstanding Securities (other than contingent obligations or liabilities for which no claim or demand for payment has been made); and 

(3)    the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel,
each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with. 

(b)    After the conditions to discharge contained in this Article 9 have been satisfied, and the Company or any Guarantor
has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder, and delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied, the
Trustee upon written request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Indenture. 

Article 10 

Amendment, Supplement and Waiver 

SECTION 10.01    Without Consent of Holders. The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, at any time and
from time to time, may amend or supplement this Indenture without notice to or consent of any Holder to: 

(1)    cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; 

(2)    provide for the assumption of the Company’s or a Guarantor’s obligations in the case of a
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 (3)    make any change that does not adversely affect the
rights of any Holder in any material respect; 
 (4)    provide for the issuance of Additional
Securities; 
 (5)    to allow a Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture or a Securities Guarantee
or to release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Securities Guarantee or the provisions of this Indenture, in accordance with the terms of such Securities Guarantee or pursuant to the terms of this Indenture; or 

(6)    conform the text of this Indenture to any provision of the section entitled “Description of the
Notes” contained in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such “Description of the Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of this Indenture (as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate). 

SECTION 10.02    With Consent of Holders. The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend this
Indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities affected (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Securities) and any past default
or compliance with any provisions may also be waived with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities affected. However, without the consent of each Holder of an Outstanding Security
affected thereby, an amendment or waiver may not: 
 (1)    change the Maturity Date of the principal of
or any installment of premium of or interest on any Security; 
 (2)    change any obligation of the
Company to pay Additional Amounts contemplated by Section 12.01, except as provided for in this Indenture; 

(3)    reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest, if any, on any Security; 

(4)    change any place of payment for any Security; 

(5)    change the currency of payment of principal on (or premium, if any) or interest, if any on any
Security; 
 (6)    amend the contractual right of any Holder to institute suit for the enforcement of
any payment due in respect of any Security on or after the Maturity Date; 
 (7)    reduce the percentage
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults and
their consequences provided for in this Indenture; 
 (8)    waive any default in the payment of
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 (9)    release any Guarantor from its obligations under the
Securities Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. 
 The Company may, but shall not be
obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to consent to any indenture supplemental hereto. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly designated agents, and only such
Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that unless such consent shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage
having been obtained prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such consent previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect. 

It shall not be necessary to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if the substance
thereof shall be approved. 
 SECTION 10.03    Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or
accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article 10 or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01)
shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and Officers’ Certificate stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated
to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. 

SECTION 10.04    Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture
under this Article 10, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and
delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby. 
 SECTION 10.05    Reference in Securities to Supplemental
Indentures. Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article 10 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 Securities 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 Securities. 

SECTION 10.06    Notice of Supplemental Indentures. Promptly after the execution by the Company and the
Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.03, the Company shall give notice thereof to the Holders of each Outstanding Security affected, in the manner set forth in Section 13.01, setting forth in
general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. 

  
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 Article 11 

Guarantees 

SECTION 11.01    Guarantees. Each Guarantor of Securities hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
guarantees, jointly and severally, on an unsecured senior basis to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (a) the full and punctual payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities when due,
whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, and all other monetary obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to the Securities and (b) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of
all other obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to the Securities (all the foregoing, being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Each Guarantor of Securities further agrees that
the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from such Guarantor and that such Guarantor will remain bound under this Article 11 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any
obligation. 
 Each Guarantor of Securities waives presentation to, demand of, payment from and protest to the Company of any of the
Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Guarantor of Securities waives notice of any default under the Securities or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder of
Securities shall not be affected by (1) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other Person (including any Guarantor) under this Indenture with respect
to the Securities or any other agreement or otherwise; (2) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (3) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture with respect to the Securities or
any other agreement; (4) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any of them; (5) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor
of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (6) except as set forth in Section 11.06, any change in the ownership of such Guarantor. 
 Each
Guarantor of Securities further agrees that its Securities Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any
Holder or the Trustee to any Security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations. 
 Except as expressly set forth in Sections 9.01,
11.02, 11.06 or 11.07, the obligations of each Guarantor of Securities hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or
compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor of Securities herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under
this Indenture with respect to the Securities or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or
omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of such Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of such Guarantor as a matter of law or equity. 

  
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 Each Guarantor of Securities further agrees that its Securities Guarantee herein shall continue
to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the
bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise. 
 In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which
any Holder of Securities or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall
become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or
cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (A) the unpaid amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (B) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not
prohibited by law) and (C) all other monetary Guaranteed Obligations of the Company to the Holders and the Trustee. 
 Each Guarantor
of Securities agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of such
Guarantor’s Securities Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of
acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article 6, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 11.01. 

Each Guarantor of Securities also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the
Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 11.01. 
 SECTION 11.02    Limitation on
Liability. Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by any Guarantor of Securities shall not exceed the maximum amount that can
be hereby guaranteed without rendering this Indenture, as it relates to such Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally. 

SECTION 11.03    Successors and Assigns. This Article 11 shall be binding upon each Guarantor and its
successors and assigns and shall enure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that
party in this Indenture and in the Securities shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture. 

SECTION 11.04    No Waiver. Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the
Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article 11 shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or 

  
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further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other
rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article 11 at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise. 

SECTION 11.05    Modification. No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article 11,
nor the consent to any departure by any Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances. 

SECTION 11.06    Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms. (a) No Subsidiary
Guarantor may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into any other Person, or sell, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to any Person, other than to the Parent Guarantor, the Company or one of the
Parent Guarantor’s other direct or indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, unless: 
 (1)    either
(i) such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving or resulting person or (ii) the Person (if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor) formed by such consolidation or amalgamation or into which such Subsidiary Guarantor is merged, or the Person
which acquires, by sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, all or substantially all of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s properties and assets, as applicable, shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, such Subsidiary
Guarantor’s obligations under its Securities Guarantee and, in which case such person would be substituted for such Subsidiary Guarantor in this Indenture with the same effect as if it had been an original party to this Indenture;
provided that no such assumption will be required in the event that immediately after giving effect to such consolidation, merger, amalgamation, sale or disposition, the Company will be in compliance with Section 4.06; and 

(2)    immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions, no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom. 
 (b)    Upon any consolidation, merger,
amalgamation, sale or disposition described in Section 11.06(a), the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations under this Article 11 (other than any obligation that may have arisen under
Section 11.08) and the Securities Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor. 
 SECTION 11.07    Release of
Subsidiary Guarantor.    (a) In addition to Section 11.06, a Subsidiary Guarantor will be automatically released from its obligations under this Article 11 (other than any obligation that may have arisen under
Section 11.08): 
 (1)    upon legal defeasance or covenant defeasance of the Securities pursuant to
Article 8 or if the Company’s obligations under this Indenture are satisfied and discharged pursuant to Article 9; 

  
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 (2)    upon any sale, transfer or disposition of the Capital
Stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor, if as a result of such sale, transfer or disposition, such Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor and immediately after giving effect thereto, the Company shall be in compliance with
Section 4.06; 
 (3)    upon the dissolution or liquidation of such Subsidiary Guarantor, if
immediately after giving effect thereto, the Company shall be in compliance with Section 4.06; or 

(4)    upon the first date that the Securities have Investment Grade Ratings and no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture. 
 (b)    At the request of the Company and upon delivery
of an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, if required, the Trustee shall execute and deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing the release of a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to this Section 11.07. 

SECTION 11.08    Contribution. Each Guarantor that makes a payment under its Securities Guarantee shall
be entitled upon payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations under this Indenture to a contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net
assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP. 

SECTION 11.09    Execution and Delivery. (a) To evidence its Securities Guarantee set forth in
Section 11.01, each Guarantor hereby agrees that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by an officer, director, general manager or person holding an equivalent title. 

(b)    Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Securities Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 shall remain in full
force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Securities Guarantee on the Securities. 

(c)    If the person whose signature is on this Indenture no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee
authenticates any Security, the Securities Guarantees shall be valid nevertheless. 
 (d)    The delivery of any
Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Securities Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors. 

Article 12 

Additional Amounts 

SECTION 12.01    Payment of Additional Amounts. 

(a)    The Company shall pay any amounts due with respect to payments on the Securities without deduction or withholding
for any and all present and future withholding taxes, levies, imposts and charges (each, a “Withholding Tax”) imposed by or for the account of the Cayman Islands or any other jurisdiction in which the Company is resident for tax
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any political subdivision or taxing authority of such jurisdiction (the “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. If such deduction or
withholding is at any time required, the Company will pay each Holder (subject to compliance by such Holder with any relevant administrative requirements) additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as will result in such
Holder’s receipt of such amounts as it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been required. 

(b)    If the Taxing Jurisdiction requires the Company to deduct or withhold any Withholding Tax, the Company shall
(subject to compliance by the Holder with any relevant administrative requirements) pay such Additional Amounts in respect of the principal amount, redemption price and interest (if any) in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this
Indenture; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to: 
 (1)    any
Withholding Tax that would not be payable or due but for the fact that (1) the Holder of a Security (or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary of, member or shareholder of, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation)
is a domiciliary, national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or fixed base or being physically present in, the Taxing Jurisdiction or otherwise having some present or former connection with the Taxing
Jurisdiction other than the holding or ownership of the Security or the collection of the principal amount, redemption price and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Security and this Indenture, or the enforcement of
the Security or (2) where presentation is required, the Security was presented more than 30 days after the date such payment became due or was provided for, whichever is later; 

(2)    any Withholding Tax attributable to any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, excise, personal
property or similar tax, levy, impost or charge; 
 (3)    any Withholding Tax attributable to any tax,
levy, impost or charge that is payable otherwise than by withholding from payment of the principal amount, redemption price and interest (if any); 

(4)    any Withholding Tax that would not have been imposed but for the failure to comply with
certification, identification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the relevant tax authority of the Holder or beneficial owner of a Security, if
(A) this compliance is required by statute or by regulation as a precondition to relief or exemption from such Withholding Tax and (B) at least 30 days prior to the first scheduled payment date for which compliance will be required, the
Parent Guarantor has notified Holders or beneficial owners of Securities that they must comply with such certification, identification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements; 

(5)    any Withholding Tax to the extent a Holder of a Security is entitled to a refund or credit in the
Taxing Jurisdiction of amounts required to be withheld by such Taxing Jurisdiction; or 
 (6)    any
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 (c)    With respect to Section 12.01(b)(5) above, in the absence of
evidence satisfactory to the Company, the Company may conclusively presume that a Holder of the Security is entitled to a refund or credit of all amounts required to be withheld. The Company shall not be required to pay any Additional Amounts to any
Holder of a Security who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of the Security to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner thereof,
would not have been entitled to the payment of such Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of the Security. 

(d)    Each Guarantor shall, with respect to its Securities Guarantee, pay Additional Amounts, subject to the above
requirements and limitations, with respect to any Withholding Tax imposed by or for the account of any Taxing Jurisdiction (which, for this purpose, includes any jurisdiction in which such Guarantor is resident for tax purposes or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof) with respect to any payments made under the Securities Guarantee. 
 (e)    The
Company or the relevant Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee evidencing the payment of any Withholding Taxes with respect to payments on the Securities. Copies of such
receipts will be made available to the Holders of the Securities or beneficial owners of the Securities upon written request. The Trustee will have no duty to determine whether any Additional Amounts are payable or the amount thereof. 

(f)    All references in this Indenture or the Securities to “interest” or other amounts payable with respect to
the Securities or the Securities Guarantees shall include (without duplication) any Additional Amounts due with respect thereto. 

Article 13 

Miscellaneous 

SECTION 13.01    Notices. Any notice or communication shall be in writing and mailed or emailed,
delivered in Person or by overnight air carrier guaranteeing next day delivery as follows: 
 if to the Company or any Guarantor:

 Noble Corporation 

Suite 3D, Landmark Square 
 64
Earth Close 
 George Town 

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, KY1-1206 

Attention: Alan R. Hay 

  
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 with a copy to: 

Noble Corporation 
 13135 South
Dairy Ashford 
 Suite 800 

Sugar Land, Texas 77478 

Attention: General Counsel 

Email: corporatetreasury@noblecorp.com 

if to the Trustee: 

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 
 1445
Ross Avenue, Suite 4300 
 Dallas, Texas 75202 

Attention: Corporate Trust, Municipal and Escrow Services 

Email: patrick.giordano@wellsfargo.com 

The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications. 
 All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time
delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day
delivery; and upon confirmation of receipt, if sent by email. 
 Any notice or communication mailed (or, in the case of Global Securities,
sent to the Depositary pursuant to Applicable Procedures) to a Holder shall be sent to the Holder at the Holder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so sent within the time
prescribed. 
 Failure to mail or otherwise send a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency
with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is sent in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it. 

The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however, that (a) the party providing such written instructions, subsequent to such transmission of written
instructions, shall provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the Trustee in a timely manner, and such originally executed instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized representative of the party providing such
instructions or directions. If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon
such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and
compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such
electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties. 

  
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 SECTION 13.02    Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions
Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee: 

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

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

SECTION 13.03    Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect
to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall include: 
 (1)    a
statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; 

(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 such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and 

(4)    a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant or condition has
been complied with. 
 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 or any Guarantor 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 of, or representation by, counsel 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
or any Guarantor stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or such Guarantor 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 13.04    Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for
action by or a meeting of Holders. The Registrar and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions. 

SECTION 13.05    Legal Holidays. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next
succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. If a regular record date is a Legal Holiday, the record date shall not be affected. 

SECTION 13.06    Governing Law. This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. 
 SECTION 13.07    No Recourse Against Others. A
director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or this Indenture or of such Guarantor under its Securities Guarantee or this
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the
consideration for the issue of the Securities. 
 SECTION 13.08    Successors. All agreements of the
Company and the Guarantors in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors. 

SECTION 13.09    Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Indenture by
facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g., a “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof. 

SECTION 13.10    Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings
of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. 

SECTION 13.11.    Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. 

  
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 SECTION 13.11    U.S.A. Patriot Act. The parties hereto
acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify and record
information that identities each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for
the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act. 
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	Noble Holding International Limited
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Alan R. Hay

		 	Name:	 	Alan R. Hay
		 	Title:	 	Director
	
	Noble Corporation
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Thomas B Sloan, Jr.

		 	Name:	 	Thomas B Sloan, Jr.
		 	Title:	 	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	
	Noble 2018-I Guarantor LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Thomas B Sloan, Jr.

		 	Name:	 	Thomas B Sloan, Jr.
		 	Title:	 	President
	
	Noble 2018-II Guarantor LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Thomas B Sloan, Jr.

		 	Name:	 	Thomas B Sloan, Jr.
		 	Title:	 	President
	
	Noble 2018-III Guarantor LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Thomas B Sloan, Jr.

		 	Name:	 	Thomas B Sloan, Jr.
		 	Title:	 	President
	
	Noble 2018-IV Guarantor LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Thomas B Sloan, Jr.

		 	Name:	 	Thomas B Sloan, Jr.
		 	Title:	 	President

  
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Indenture] 

 
					
	 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,

as Trustee

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Patrick T. Giordano

		 	Name:	 	Patrick T. Giordano
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  
 [Signature page to the
Indenture] 

 Appendix A 

PROVISIONS RELATING TO SECURITIES 

1.    Definitions. 

1.1    Definitions 

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

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

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

“Securities Custodian” means the custodian with respect to a Global Security (as appointed by the Depositary), or any
successor Person thereto and shall initially be the Trustee. 
 Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Appendix A shall
have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. 
 1.2    Other Definitions. 

 

			
	 Term
	  	 Defined in

Section:

	 “144A Global Security”
	  	2.1(a)
	 “Agent Members”
	  	2.1(b)
	 “Global Security”
	  	2.1(a)
	 “Regulation S Global Security”
	  	2.1(a)

 2.    The Securities. 

2.1    (a) Form and Dating. The Securities shall be issued initially in the form of one or more global
restricted Securities in definitive, fully registered form (the “144A Global Security”) and one or more global Regulation S Global Securities in definitive, fully registered form (the “Regulation S Global Security,”
and together with the 144A Global Securities, each, a “Global Security”) with the global securities legend set forth in Exhibit 1.1 and Exhibit 1.2 hereto, respectively, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the
Securities represented thereby with the Securities Custodian and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in the Indenture. The aggregate
principal amount of the Global Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee as hereinafter provided. 

(b)    Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.1(b) shall apply only to a Global Security deposited with or
on behalf of the Depositary. 

  
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 The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(b),
authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Securities that (a) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Global Securities or the nominee of such Depositary and (b) shall be delivered by the
Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary’s instructions or held by the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary. 

Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under the Indenture with respect to any
Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Trustee as the custodian of the Depositary or under such Global Security, and the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be entitled to treat the
Depositary as the absolute owner of such Global Security 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 Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of such Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a
beneficial interest in any Global Security. 
 (c)    Certificated Securities. Except as provided in this
Section 2.1 or Section 2.3 or 2.4, owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated Securities. 

2.2    Authentication. The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver: (1) on the Issue Date, an aggregate
principal amount of $750,000,000 7.875% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2026 and (2) any Additional Securities for an original issue in an aggregate principal amount specified in the written order of the Company pursuant to Section 2.02 of the
Indenture. In the case of any issuance of Additional Securities pursuant to Section 2.13 of the Indenture, a written order of the Company signed by an Officer or by an Officer and either an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of
the Company shall certify that such issuance is in compliance with Section 4.04 of the Indenture. 

2.3    Transfer and Exchange. 

(a)    Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Securities. The transfer and exchange of
beneficial interests in the Global Securities shall be effected through the Depositary in accordance with the provisions hereof and the Applicable Procedures; provided that no procedures set forth herein shall apply to transfers of beneficial
interests within a Global Security. Beneficial interests in Restricted Global Securities shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of
beneficial interests in Global Securities also shall require compliance with either clause (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following clauses, as applicable: 

(1)    Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Security. Beneficial interests in
any Restricted Global Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Security in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend
and any Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Security may 

  
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be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security. Except as may be required by any Applicable Procedures, no
written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.3(a)(1). 

(2)    All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities. In connection
with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.3(a)(1) above, the transferor of any such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A)(i) a written order from a Participant or an
Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Security in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be
transferred or exchanged and (ii) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) if permitted under Section 2.3(g)
hereof, (i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Security in an amount equal to the
beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (ii) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Security shall be registered to effect the transfer or
exchange referred to in (B)(i) above. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Securities contained in the Indenture and the Securities or otherwise applicable under the Securities
Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Security(s) pursuant to Section 2.3(g) hereof. 

(3)    Transfer of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Security to Another Restricted Global
Security. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Security may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Security if the transfer complies with the
requirements of Section 2.3(a)(2) above and the Registrar receives the following: 
 (A)    if the
transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a 144A Global Security, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Appendix C hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and 

(B)    if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global
Security, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Appendix C hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof. 

(4)    Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Security for Beneficial
Interests in an Unrestricted Global Security. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Security may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transferred to a Person who takes
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only if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.3(a)(2) above and the Registrar receives the following: 

(A)    if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such holder in the form of Appendix C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or 

(B)    if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to transfer such
beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such holder in the form of Appendix C hereto, including the certifications in item
(4) thereof; and, in each such case set forth in this clause 4, if the Company or the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Registrar to the
effect that such exchange or transfer shall be effected in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend shall no longer be required in order to maintain compliance with
the Securities Act. 
 If any such transfer is effected pursuant to this Section 2.3(a)(4) at a time when an Unrestricted Global
Security has not yet been issued, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred
pursuant to this Paragraph 4. 
 (5)    Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted
Global Securities for Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities Prohibited. Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Security may not be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of,
beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Security. 
 (b)    Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests in
Global Securities for Definitive Securities. 
 (1)    Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global
Securities to Restricted Definitive Securities. Subject to Section 2.4 hereof, if any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Security or
to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Security, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation: 

(A)    if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Security, a certificate from such holder in the form of Appendix C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof; 

  
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 (B)    if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a
QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Appendix C hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; 

(C)    if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a
“non-U.S. Person” (as defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Appendix C hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof; 
 (D)    if such beneficial interest is being
transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Appendix C hereto, including the certifications in item
(3)(a) thereof; 
 (E)    if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Appendix C hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof, 
 the Trustee
shall reduce or cause to be reduced in a corresponding amount pursuant to Section 2.3(g) hereof the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Security, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver a Restricted Definitive Security in the appropriate principal amount to the Person designated by the holder of such beneficial interest in instructions delivered to the Registrar by the Depositary and the applicable Participant or Indirect
Participant on behalf of such holder. Any Restricted Definitive Security issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.3(b)(1) shall be registered in such name or names and in such
authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall designate in such instructions. The Trustee shall deliver such Restricted Definitive Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so
registered. Any Restricted Definitive Security issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.3(b)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions
on transfer contained therein. 
 (2)    Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities to
Unrestricted Definitive Securities. Subject to Section 2.4 hereof, a holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Security or may transfer such
beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security only if the Registrar receives the following: 

(A)    if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Security, a certificate from such holder in the form of Appendix C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or 

  
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 (B)    if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Security proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security, a certificate from such holder in the form of Appendix C hereto, including the
certifications in item (4) thereof; 
 and, in each such case set forth in this clause 2, if the Registrar so requests or if the
Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer shall be effected in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on
transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend shall no longer be required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. 

Upon satisfaction of the conditions of this Section 2.3(b)(2) the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver an
Unrestricted Definitive Security in the appropriate principal amount to the Person designated by the holder of such beneficial interest in instructions delivered to the Registrar by the Depositary and the applicable Participant or Indirect
Participant on behalf of such holder, and the Trustee shall reduce or cause to be reduced in a corresponding amount pursuant to Section 2.3(g) hereof the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Security. 

(3)    Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities to Unrestricted Definitive
Securities. Subject to Section 2.4 hereof, if any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Security or to transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security, then, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 2.3(a)(2) hereof, the Trustee shall reduce or cause to be reduced in a
corresponding amount pursuant to Section 2.3(g) hereof the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Unrestricted Global Security, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver an Unrestricted Definitive
Security in the appropriate principal amount to the Person designated by the holder of such beneficial interest in instructions delivered to the Registrar by the Depositary and the applicable Participant or Indirect Participant on behalf of such
holder. Any Unrestricted Definitive Security issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.3(b)(3) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of
such beneficial interest shall designate in such instructions. The Trustee shall deliver such Unrestricted Definitive Security to the Persons in whose names such Security is so registered. Any Unrestricted Definitive Security issued in
exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.3(b)(3) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend. 

(c)    Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities for Beneficial Interests in Global Securities. 

(1)    Restricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global
Securities. If any holder of a Restricted Definitive Security proposes to exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security or to transfer such 

  
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Restricted Definitive Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following
documentation: 
 (A)    if the holder of such Restricted Definitive Security proposes to exchange such
Security for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security, a certificate from such holder in the form of Appendix C hereto, including the certifications in item (b) thereof; 

(B)    if such Restricted Definitive Security is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Appendix C hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; or 

(C)    if such Restricted Definitive Security is being transferred to a
“non-U.S. Person” (as defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Appendix C hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof, 
 the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Security, increase or cause to
be increased in a corresponding amount pursuant to Section 2.3(g) hereof the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Security, in the case of clause (B) above, a 144A Global
Security, and in the case of clause (C) above, a Regulation S Global Security. 

(2)    Restricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global
Securities. A holder of a Restricted Definitive Security may exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transfer such Restricted Definitive Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security only if the Registrar receives the following: 

(A)    if the holder of such Restricted Definitive Security proposes to exchange such Security for a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such holder in the form of Appendix C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or 

(B)    if the holder of such Restricted Definitive Security proposes to transfer such Security to a Person
who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such holder in the form of Appendix C hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; 

and, in each such case set forth in this clause 2, if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer shall be effected in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private
Placement Legend shall no longer be required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. 

  
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 Upon satisfaction of the conditions of this Section 2.3(c)(2), the Trustee
shall cancel such Restricted Definitive Security and increase or cause to be increased in a corresponding amount pursuant to Section 2.3(g) hereof the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Security. 

(3)    Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global
Securities. A holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Security may exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in
the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Security and increase or cause to be
increased in a corresponding amount pursuant to Section 2.3(g) hereof the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Securities. 

(4)    Transfer or Exchange of Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial Interests in Restricted
Global Securities Prohibited. An Unrestricted Definitive Security may not be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Security. 

(5)    Issuance of Unrestricted Global Securities. If any such exchange or transfer of a
Definitive Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security is effected pursuant to clause (2) or (3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and the Trustee
shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Securities so transferred. 

(d)    Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities for Definitive Securities. Upon request by a holder of
Definitive Securities and such holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.3(d), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Securities. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the
requesting holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Securities duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such holder. In addition, the
requesting holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.3(d). 

(1)    Restricted Definitive Securities to Restricted Definitive Securities. Any Restricted
Definitive Security may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Security if the Registrar receives the following: 

(A)    if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, a certificate in the form of Appendix C hereto,
including the certifications in item (1) thereof; 
 (B)    if the transfer will be made pursuant to
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 (C)    if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, a certificate in the form of Appendix C hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable. 

(2)    Restricted Definitive Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities. Any Restricted
Definitive Security may be exchanged by the holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Security or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security only if the Registrar receives the
following: 
 (A)    if the holder of such Restricted Definitive Security proposes to exchange such
Security for an Unrestricted Definitive Security, a certificate from such holder in the form of Appendix C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or 

(B)    if the holder of such Restricted Definitive Security proposes to transfer such Security to a Person
who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security, a certificate from such holder in the form of Appendix C hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; 

and, in each such case set forth in this clause 2, if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the
Company and the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer shall be effected in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend shall no longer be required in
order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. 
 Upon satisfaction of the conditions of this Section 2.3(d)(2)
the Trustee shall cancel the prior Restricted Definitive Security and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver an Unrestricted Definitive Security in the appropriate principal amount to the Person designated by the
holder of such prior Restricted Definitive Security in instructions delivered to the Registrar by such holder. 

(3)    Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities. A holder of an
Unrestricted Definitive Security may transfer such Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register such
Unrestricted Definitive Security pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof. 

(e)    Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Securities and Definitive
Securities issued under the Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of the Indenture. 

  
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 (1)    Private Placement Legend. 

(A)    Except as permitted by clause (B) below, each Global Security and each Definitive Security (and
all Securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form: 
 “THIS
NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR
OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES
SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, (B) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED
INVESTOR”) OR (C) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND (2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY
BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT
WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (E) IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000, TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A DULY COMPLETED AND SIGNED CERTIFICATE (THE FORM OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM
THE TRUSTEE) RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE, OR (F) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(C) ABOVE OR (2)(D) ABOVE, A DULY COMPLETED AND SIGNED CERTIFICATE (THE FORM OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) MUST BE DELIVERED TO THE
TRUSTEE. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(E) OR (F) ABOVE, THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO
DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY RULE 144 EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
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 (B)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Security or
Definitive Security issued pursuant to clauses (b)(4), (c), (c)(3), (d)(2) or (d)(3) to this Section 2.3 (and all Securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend. 

(2)    Regulation S Legend. Each Regulation S Global Security shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form: 
 “THE ACQUIRER AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT PRIOR TO THE END OF THE 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, ANY OFFER OR SALE OF THE NOTES SHALL NOT BE MADE BY IT TO A U.S. PERSON OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S.
PERSON WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 902 OF REGULATION S.” 
 (3)    Global Security
Legend. Each Global Security shall bear a legend in substantially the following form: 
 “THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE
DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH
NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.3 OF APPENDIX A TO THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.3 OF APPENDIX A TO THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY
BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.10 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY. 

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE
DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY UNLESS
THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS 

  
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AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE 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.” 

(f)    Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Securities. At such time as all beneficial interests in a
particular Global Security have been exchanged for Definitive Securities or a particular Global Security has been redeemed, repurchased or cancelled in whole and not in part, each such Global Security shall be returned to or retained and cancelled
by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.10 of the Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form
of a beneficial interest in another Global Security or for Definitive Securities, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the
Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another
Global Security, such other Global Security shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase. 

(g)    General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges. 

(1)    No service charge shall be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security or to a
Holder of a Definitive Security for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 

(2)    All Global Securities and Definitive Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange
of Global Securities or Definitive Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same Indebtedness, as the Global Securities or Definitive Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange and shall be
entitled to all of the benefits of the Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Securities duly issued hereunder. 

(3)    Neither the Registrar nor the Company shall be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer
of or to exchange any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Securities for redemption under Section 3.02 of the Indenture and ending at the close of business on the date of
selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a
Security between a record date (including a regular record date) and the next succeeding interest payment date. 

  
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 (4)    Prior to due presentment for the registration of a
transfer of any Security, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such
Security and for all other purposes, in each case regardless of any notice to the contrary. 
 (5)    All
certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile. 

(6)    The Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a letter of representation with the
Depositary in the form provided by the Company and to act in accordance with such letter. The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under the
Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfer between or among Participants or other beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of
such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, the Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express
requirements hereof. 
 (h)    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Appendix (other than the provisions set
forth in Section 2.4 hereof), a Global Security may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. 
 (i)    No
Obligation of the Trustee. 
 (1)    The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any
beneficial owner of a Global Security, a member of, or a participant in the Depositary or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any
ownership interest in the Securities or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or
with respect to such Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Securities shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which shall be
the Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Security). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Security shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. The
Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners. 

  
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 (2)    The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to
monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under the Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among Depositary
participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of the
Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof. 

2.4    Certificated Securities. 

(a)    A Global Security deposited with the Depositary or with the Trustee as Securities Custodian for the Depositary
pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof shall be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of certificated Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Security, in exchange for such Global
Security, only if such transfer complies with Section 2.3 hereof and (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security and the Depositary fails to appoint a successor
depositary or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act, in either case, and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, or (ii) an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (iii) the Company, in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of certificated Securities under the Indenture. 

(b)    Any Global Security that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall
be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee located at its principal Corporate Trust Office, in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, 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 Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of certificated Securities of authorized denominations. Any portion of a Global Security transferred pursuant to this
Section 2.4 shall be executed, authenticated and delivered only in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof and registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct. 

(c)    Subject to the provisions of Section 2.4(b) hereof, the registered Holder of a Global Security 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 the Indenture or the Securities. 

(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 Securities in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons. 

  
 A-14 

 EXHIBIT 1.1 

to 
 APPENDIX A 

[FORM OF FACE OF 144A SECURITY] 

[Global Securities Legend] 
 “THIS NOTE HAS
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A
BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE
INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, (B) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED
INVESTOR”) OR (C) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND (2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY
BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT
WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (E) IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000, TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A DULY COMPLETED AND SIGNED CERTIFICATE (THE FORM OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM
THE TRUSTEE) RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE, OR (F) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(C) ABOVE OR (2)(D) ABOVE, A DULY COMPLETED AND SIGNED CERTIFICATE (THE FORM OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) MUST BE DELIVERED TO THE
TRUSTEE. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(E) OR (F) ABOVE, THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO
DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY RULE 144 EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION

  
 Appendix A-1 

 
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS
HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.3 OF APPENDIX A TO THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.4 OF APPENDIX A TO THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.10 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY. 
 UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN
DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO
A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE 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. 
  

					
	No.                    	 		  	$            
		 		  	CUSIP NO.
		 		  	ISIN NO.

 NOBLE HOLDING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 

7.875% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2026 

Noble Holding International Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (herein called the “Company”, which
term includes any Successor Company under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of
                     UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($        ), subject to adjustments listed on the
Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto, on February 1, 2026. 

  
 Appendix A-2 

 Interest Rate: 7.875% per annum 

Interest Payment Dates: February 1 and August 1. 

Record Dates: January 15 and July 15. 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 [SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS] 

  
 Appendix A-3 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed manually or by facsimile by
its duly authorized officer. 
  

							
	Dated:                     	 		 	NOBLE HOLDING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
				
		 		 	 By:
	 	
                     
                    

		 		 		 	Name:
		 		 		 	Title:

 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

This is one of the 7.875% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2026 described in the within-mentioned Indenture. 

 

			
	 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., 

as Trustee

		
	By:	 	
                     
                    

		 	Authorized Signatory
		
	Dated:	 	  

  
 Appendix A-4 

 [FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF 144A SECURITY] 

NOBLE HOLDING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 

7.875% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2026 

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated. 

 

	1.	INTEREST. Noble Holding International Limited (the “Company”) promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at 7.875% per annum. The Company shall pay interest
semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing [                    ]. Interest on the Securities
shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from
[                    ]. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by this Security, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.

  

	2.	METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Securities at the close of business on the January 15 or
July 15 next preceding the interest payment date even if such Securities are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The
Company shall pay principal (and 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. Payments in respect of the Securities represented by a Global Security
(including principal, premium and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depositary. The Company shall make all payments in respect of a certificated Security (including principal,
premium and interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on a certificated Security of not less than $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Securities shall be made
by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such
account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion). 

  

	3.	PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America (the “Trustee”), shall act
as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar
or co-registrar. 

  

	4.	 INDENTURE. The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as of January 31, 2018 (the
“Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors and the 

  
 Appendix A-5 

	 	
Trustee. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of the Company designated as its 7.875% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2026, initially issued in the aggregate principal amount
of $750,000,000. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of those terms (which for greater certainty includes the right of exchange of the Securities provided
in Appendix A to the Indenture, which is an express term of this Security). Any term used in this Security that is defined in the Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Indenture. To the extent any provision of this
Security conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. 

  

	5.	OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. 

 (a)    Prior to February 1, 2021, the
Company may, on one or more occasions, redeem up to a maximum of 40% of the Securities (calculated giving effect to any issuance of Additional Securities) in an amount not to exceed the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings by Noble-UK (or in the event of a Redomestication, any Surviving Person) that are contributed to the Parent Guarantor (or any successor Person resulting from any transaction permitted by Article 5 of the Indenture) or
that are used to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Parent Guarantor (or such successor Person), at a redemption price equal to 107.875% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
to, but excluding, the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however, that (1) after giving effect to any such
redemption at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities (calculated giving effect to any issuance of Additional Securities) remains Outstanding; and (2) any such redemption by the Company must be made within 90 days of such
Equity Offering. 
 (b)    Prior to February 1, 2021, the Company shall be entitled at its option to redeem the
Securities, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to (but excluding), the redemption date (subject to the right
of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date). 
 (c)    On or
after February 1, 2021, the Company shall be entitled at its option to redeem the Securities, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices applicable to the Securities (expressed as a percentage of principal amount of the Securities to be
redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption (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 12-month period beginning on February 1 of the years indicated below: 
  

					
	 Year
	  	Percentage	 
	 2021
	  	 	105.906	% 
	 2022
	  	 	103.938	% 
	 2023
	  	 	101.969	% 
	 2024 and thereafter
	  	 	100.000	% 

  
 Appendix A-6 

	6.	CHANGE OF CONTROL REPURCHASE EVENT. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, unless the Company shall have exercised its option pursuant to Section 5 hereof to redeem the Securities, the
Company will be required to make an offer to each Holder of the Securities, to repurchase all or any part (in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Securities at a repurchase price in cash
equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on such Securities to, but excluding, the repurchase date. 

 

	7.	ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS. The Company and the Guarantors shall pay Additional Amounts, if any, as provided in the Indenture. All references in the Indenture or the Securities to “interest” or other amounts
payable with respect to the Securities or the Securities Guarantees shall include (without duplication) any Additional Amounts due with respect thereto. 

  

	8.	GUARANTEE. The payment by the Company of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Securities is fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several senior basis by each of the
Guarantors to the extent set forth in the Indenture. 

  

	9.	DENOMINATIONS; TRANSFER; EXCHANGE. The Securities are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may
transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and the Company will require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees
required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Security not to be
redeemed) or any Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection of Securities to be redeemed or 15 days before an interest payment date. Transfer may be restricted as provided in the Indenture. 

 

	10.	PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of this Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. 

  

	11.	UNCLAIMED MONEY. If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request unless an abandoned property
law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment. 

  

	12.	DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE. Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall be entitled to terminate some or all of its obligations under the Securities and the Indenture with respect to the Securities
if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity, as the case may be. 

  
 Appendix A-7 

	13.	AMENDMENT; SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. The Indenture or the Securities may be amended or supplemented as set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture. 

 

	14.	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. The Events of Default relating to the Securities are defined in Section 6.01 of the Indenture. 

  

	15.	TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may become a creditor of, or otherwise deal with the Company or any of its
Affiliates, with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. 

  

	16.	NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or the Trustee shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the
Indenture with respect to the Securities or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issue of the Securities. 

  

	17.	AUTHENTICATION. This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.

  

	18.	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 rights of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act). 

  

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

  

	20.	GOVERNING LAW. THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

  
 Appendix A-8 

 The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture. Requests may be made to: 
 Noble Corporation 

13135 South Dairy Ashford 
 Suite 800 

Sugar Land, Texas 77478 
 Attention: General Counsel 

  
 Appendix A-9 

 ASSIGNMENT FORM 

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

			
	Security to:	  	  

		  	(Insert assignee’s legal name)
	  

		  	(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
	  

	  

	  

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

 and irrevocably appoint
                                         
                                         
                           as agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may
substitute another to act for him. 
  

							
	Dated:                                     
                        	 		 	Your Signature:	 	  

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

			
		
	 Signature
 Guarantee:
	 	  

					
		 	(Signature must be guaranteed)

 Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the
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 Registrar in addition to,
or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

  
 Appendix A-10 

 [TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES] 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY 

The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made: 

 

									
	 Date of

Exchange
	 	 Amount of

decrease in

Principal amount
of this Global

Security
	 	 Amount of

increase in

Principal amount

of this Global

Security
	 	 Principal amount

of this Global
 Security

following such

decrease or
 increase)
	 	 Signature of

authorized
 officer of

Trustee or
 Securities

Custodian

		 		 		 		 	
		 		 		 		 	
		 		 		 		 	

  
 Appendix A-11 

 OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE 

If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02 of the Indenture, check the box: 

☐ 4.02 
 If you want to
elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount: $         

 

									
	Dated:                                    
                         	  		  	Your Signature:	 	  

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

  

									
	 Signature

Guarantee:                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
         

	(Signature must be guaranteed)

 Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the
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 Registrar in addition to,
or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

  
 Appendix A-12 

 EXHIBIT 1.2 

to 
 APPENDIX A 

[FORM OF FACE OF REGULATION S SECURITY] 

[Global Securities Legend] 
 “THIS NOTE HAS
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A
BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE
INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, (B) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED
INVESTOR”) OR (C) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND (2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY
BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT
WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (E) IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000, TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A DULY COMPLETED AND SIGNED CERTIFICATE (THE FORM OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM
THE TRUSTEE) RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE, OR (F) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(C) ABOVE OR (2)(D) ABOVE, A DULY COMPLETED AND SIGNED CERTIFICATE (THE FORM OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) MUST BE DELIVERED TO THE
TRUSTEE. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(E) OR (F) ABOVE, THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO
DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE 

  
 Appendix A-13 

 
AVAILABILITY OF ANY RULE 144 EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT THE ACQUIRER AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT PRIOR TO THE END OF THE 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, ANY OFFER OR SALE OF THE NOTES SHALL NOT BE MADE BY IT TO A U.S. PERSON OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S.
PERSON WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 902 OF REGULATIONS. 
 THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS
NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.3 OF APPENDIX
A TO THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.4 OF APPENDIX A TO THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.10 OF
THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY. 
 UNLESS AND UNTIL
IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW
YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE 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. 

  
 Appendix A-14 

			
	No.                     	  	$            

 CUSIP NO.      

ISIN NO.          

NOBLE HOLDING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 

7.875% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2026 

Noble Holding International Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (herein called the “Company”, which
term includes any Successor Company under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of
                     UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($        ), subject to adjustments listed on the
Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto, on February 1, 2026. 
 Interest Rate: 7.875% per annum 

Interest Payment Dates: February 1 and August 1. 

Record Dates: January 15 and July 15. 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 [SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS] 

  
 Appendix A-15 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed manually or by facsimile by
its duly authorized officer. 
  

							
	Dated:                     	 		 	NOBLE HOLDING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
				
		 		 	By:	 	
                     
                                         
           

		 		 		 	Name:
		 		 		 	Title:

 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

This is one of the 7.875% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2026 described in the within-mentioned Indenture. 

 

			
	 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
 as
Trustee

		
	By:	 	
                     
                                        

		 	Authorized Signatory
		
	Dated:	 	  

  
 Appendix A-16 

 [FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF REGULATION S SECURITY] 

NOBLE HOLDING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 

7.875% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2026 

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated. 

 

	1.	INTEREST. Noble Holding International Limited (the “Company”) promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at 7.875% per annum. The Company shall pay interest
semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing [                    ]. Interest on the Securities
shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from [            ]. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by this Security, and it shall pay interest on overdue
installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful. 

  

	2.	METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Securities at the close of business on the January 15 or
July 15 next preceding the interest payment date even if such Securities are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal
payments. The Company shall pay principal (and 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. Payments in respect of the Securities
represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depositary. The Company shall make all payments in respect of a
certificated Security (including principal, premium and interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on a certificated Security of not less than $1,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of Securities shall be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying
Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion). 

 

	3.	PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America (the “Trustee”), shall act
as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar
or co-registrar. 

  

	4.	 INDENTURE. The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as of January 31, 2018 (the
“Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors and the 

  
 Appendix A-17 

	 	
Trustee. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of the Company designated as its 7.875% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2026, initially issued in the aggregate principal amount
of $750,000,000. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of those terms (which for greater certainty includes the right of exchange of the Securities provided
in Appendix A to the Indenture, which is an express term of this Security). Any term used in this Security that is defined in the Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Indenture. To the extent any provision of this
Security conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. 

  

	5.	OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. 

 (a)    Prior to February 1, 2021, the
Company may, on one or more occasions, redeem up to a maximum of 40% of the Securities (calculated giving effect to any issuance of Additional Securities) in an amount not to exceed the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings by Noble-UK (or in the event of a Redomestication, any Surviving Person) that are contributed to the Parent Guarantor (or any successor Person resulting from any transaction permitted by Article 5 of the Indenture) or
that are used to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Parent Guarantor (or such successor Person), at a redemption price equal to 107.875% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
to, but excluding, the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however, that (1) after giving effect to any such
redemption at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities (calculated giving effect to any issuance of Additional Securities) remains Outstanding; and (2) any such redemption by the Company must be made within 90 days of such
Equity Offering. 
 (b)    Prior to February 1, 2021, the Company shall be entitled at its option to redeem the
Securities, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to (but excluding), the redemption date (subject to the right
of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date). 
 (c)    On or
after February 1, 2021, the Company shall be entitled at its option to redeem the Securities, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices applicable to the Securities (expressed as a percentage of principal amount of the Securities to be
redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption (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 12-month period beginning on February 1 of the years indicated below: 
  

					
	 Year
	  	Percentage	 
	 2021
	  	 	105.906	% 
	 2022
	  	 	103.938	% 
	 2023
	  	 	101.969	% 
	 2024 and thereafter
	  	 	100.000	% 

  
 Appendix A-18 

	6.	CHANGE OF CONTROL REPURCHASE EVENT. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, unless the Company shall have exercised its option pursuant to Section 5 hereof to redeem the Securities, the
Company will be required to make an offer to each Holder of the Securities, to repurchase all or any part (in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Securities at a repurchase price in cash
equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on such Securities to, but excluding, the repurchase date. 

 

	7.	ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS. The Company and the Guarantors shall pay Additional Amounts, if any, as provided in the Indenture. All references in the Indenture or the Securities to “interest” or other amounts
payable with respect to the Securities or the Securities Guarantees shall include (without duplication) any Additional Amounts due with respect thereto. 

  

	8.	GUARANTEE. The payment by the Company of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Securities is fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several senior basis by each of the
Guarantors to the extent set forth in the Indenture. 

  

	9.	DENOMINATIONS; TRANSFER; EXCHANGE. The Securities are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may
transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and the Company will require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees
required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Security not to be
redeemed) or any Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection of Securities to be redeemed or 15 days before an interest payment date. Transfer may be restricted as provided in the Indenture. 

 

	10.	PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of this Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. 

  

	11.	UNCLAIMED MONEY. If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request unless an abandoned property
law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment. 

  

	12.	DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE. Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall be entitled to terminate some or all of its obligations under the Securities and the Indenture with respect to the Securities
if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity, as the case may be. 

  
 Appendix A-19 

	13.	AMENDMENT; SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. The Indenture or the Securities may be amended or supplemented as set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture. 

 

	14.	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. The Events of Default relating to the Securities are defined in Section 6.01 of the Indenture. 

  

	15.	TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may become a creditor of, or otherwise deal with the Company or any of its
Affiliates, with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. 

  

	16.	NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or the Trustee shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the
Indenture with respect to the Securities or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issue of the Securities. 

  

	17.	AUTHENTICATION. This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.

  

	18.	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 rights of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act). 

  

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

  

	20.	GOVERNING LAW. THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

  
 Appendix A-20 

 The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture. Requests may be made to: 
 Noble Corporation 

13135 South Dairy Ashford 
 Suite 800 

Sugar Land, Texas 77478 
 Attention: General Counsel 

  
 Appendix A-21 

 ASSIGNMENT FORM 

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

Security to:                       
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
             
 (Insert assignee’s legal name) 

 
  

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.) 
  

 
  

 
  

 
 (Print or type assignee’s name,
address and zip code) 
 and irrevocably appoint
                                         
                                         
                           as agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may
substitute another to act for him. 
  

							
	Dated:                                     
                        	 		 	 Your
 Signature:
	 	                                     
                                         
              
				
		 		 		 	 (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this
Security.)

							
	
	 Signature

Guarantee:                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
         
 (Signature must be guaranteed)

 Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the
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 Registrar in addition to,
or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

  
 Appendix A-22 

 [TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES] 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY 

The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made: 

 

									
	 Date of

Exchange
	 	 Amount of

decrease in

Principal amount
of this Global

Security
	 	 Amount of

increase in

Principal amount

of this Global

Security
	 	 Principal amount

of this Global
 Security

following such

decrease or
 increase)
	 	 Signature of

authorized
 officer of

Trustee or
 Securities

Custodian

		 		 		 		 	
		 		 		 		 	
		 		 		 		 	

  
 Appendix A-23 

 OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE 

If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02 of the Indenture, check the box: 

☐ 4.02 
 If you want to
elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount: $         

 

							
	Dated:                                     
                        	 		 	Your Signature:	 	
                     
                    

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

							
	
	 Signature

Guarantee:                      
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
           
 (Signature must be guaranteed)

 Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the
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 Registrar in addition to,
or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

  
 Appendix A-24 

 APPENDIX B 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER 
 Noble
Corporation 
 Suite 3D, Landmark Square 
 64 Earth Close 

George Town 
 Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, KY1-1206 
 Attention: Alan R. Hay 

With a copy to: 
 Noble
Corporation 
 13135 South Dairy Ashford 

Suite 800 
 Sugar Land, Texas
77478 
 Attention: General Counsel 
 Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A. 
 Corporate Trust – DAPS REORG 
 600
Fourth Street South, 7th Floor 
 MAC N9300-070 

Minneapolis, MN 55415 
 Phone: 1-800-344-5128 
 Fax: 1-866-969-1290 
 Email: dapsreorg@wellsfargo.com 

 

	Re:	7.875% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2026 

 Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as
of January 31, 2018 (the “Indenture”), among Noble Holding International Limited, as issuer (the “Company”), the Guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee. Capitalized terms used but
not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. 

                    , (the
“Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the Security[ies] or interest in such Security[ies] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $         in such Security[ies]
or interests (the “Transfer”), to                      (the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A
hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that: 
 [CHECK ALL THAT APPLY] 

☐    Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Security or a Definitive
Security Pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further
certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Security is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Security for its own

  
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account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer”
within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Security will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Security and/or the
Definitive Security and in the Indenture and the Securities Act. 
 ☐    Check if Transferee will take delivery
of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security or a Definitive Security pursuant to Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and,
accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a Person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor
and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither
such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(a)
of Regulation S under the Securities Act, and (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Security will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note and/or the Definitive Security and in the
Indenture and the Securities Act. 
 ☐    Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a Definitive
Security pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Security and
Restricted Definitive Security and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one): 

☐    such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act; 

or 

☐    such Transfer is being effected to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; 

or 

☐    such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and
in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. 

  
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 ☐    Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest
in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. 
 ☐    Check if Transfer is pursuant
to Rule 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of
any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed
Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Security will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global
Security, on Restricted Definitive Security and in the Indenture. 
 ☐    Check if Transfer is Pursuant to
Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky
securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation
of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Security will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the
Restricted Global Security, on Restricted Definitive Security and in the Indenture. 
 ☐    Check if Transfer
is Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the
transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in
order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Security will not be subject to the restrictions
on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Security or Restricted Definitive Security and in the Indenture. 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company. 

 

			
	[Insert Name of Transferor]
		
	By:	 	
                     
                    

		 	Name:
		 	Title:
		
	Dated:	 	  

  
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 ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER 

 

							
	1.	 	The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:
	
	[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]
			
		 	 (a)
	 	☐ a beneficial interest in the:
				
		 		 	 (i)
	 	☐ 144A Global Note (CUSIP                     ), or
				
		 		 	 (ii)
	 	☐ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP                     ); or
			
		 	 (b)
	 	☐ a Restricted Definitive Note.
		
	2.	 	 After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:

	
	[CHECK ONE OF (a), (b) OR (c)]
			
		 	 (a)
	 	☐ a beneficial interest in the:
				
		 		 	 (i)
	 	☐ 144A Global Note (CUSIP                     ), or
				
		 		 	 (ii)
	 	☐ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP                     ), or
				
		 		 	 (iii)
	 	☐ Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP                     ); or
			
		 	 (b)
	 	☐ a Restricted Definitive Note; or
			
		 	 (c)
	 	☐ an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
	
	in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

  
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 APPENDIX C 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE 
 Noble
Corporation 
 Suite 3D, Landmark Square 
 64 Earth Close 

George Town 
 Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, KY1-1206 
 Attention: Alan R. Hay 

With a copy to: 
 Noble
Corporation 
 13135 South Dairy Ashford 

Suite 800 
 Sugar Land, Texas
77478 
 Attention: General Counsel 
 Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A. 
 Corporate Trust – DAPS REORG 
 600
Fourth Street South, 7th Floor 
 MAC N9300-070 

Minneapolis, MN 55415 
 Phone: 1-800-344-5128 
 Fax: 1-866-969-1290 
 Email: dapsreorg@wellsfargo.com 

 

	Re:	7.875% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2026 

 Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as
of January 31, 2018 (the “Indenture”), among Noble Holding International Limited, as issuer (the “Company”), the Guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee. Capitalized terms used but
not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. 

                    , (the
“Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the Security[ies] or interest in such Security [ies] specified herein, in the principal amount of $         in such Security[ies] or interests
(the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that: 
 Exchange of Restricted
Definitive Securities or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Security for Unrestricted Definitive Securities or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Security evidencing the same indebtedness as the Restricted Global Security

 ☐    Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to beneficial interest in
an Unrestricted Global Security. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security in an equal principal amount, the Owner
hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without 

  
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transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Security and pursuant to and in accordance with the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and
(iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. 

☐    Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to Unrestricted Definitive
Security. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security for an Unrestricted Definitive Security, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Security is being
acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Security and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities
Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Security is being acquired in
compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. 
 ☐    Check if
Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Security to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Security, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to
Restricted Definitive Security and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. 

☐    Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Security to Unrestricted Definitive Security. In
connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Security for an Unrestricted Definitive Security, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Security is being acquired for the Owner’s own account
without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Security and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer
contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky
securities laws of any state of the United States. 
 Exchange of Restricted Definitive Securities or Beneficial Interests in Restricted
Global Securities for Restricted Definitive Securities or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities 

☐    Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to Restricted Definitive
Security. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s 

  
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beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security for a Restricted Definitive Security with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Security is
being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Security issued will continue to be subject to the
restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Security and in the Indenture and the Securities Act. 

☐     Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Security to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Security. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Security for a beneficial interest in the [CIRCLE ONE] 144A Global Security or Regulation S Global Security with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby
certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Definitive
Security and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Security and in the Indenture and the Securities Act. 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company. 

 

			
		 	[Insert Name of Transferor]
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:
		
	Dated:	 	  

  
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 APPENDIX D 

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
 TO
BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS 
 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of
            , 20    , among
                     (the “Guarantor”), [a subsidiary of] [Noble Holding International Limited / Noble Corporation] (or its
permitted successor), a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “[Company / Parent Guarantor]”) and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”). 

W I T N E S S E T H 
 WHEREAS,
the [Noble Holding International Limited (or its permitted successor), a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”)][Company] has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”),
dated as of January 31, 2018 providing for the issuance of 7.875% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”); 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guarantor will execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental
indenture pursuant to which the Guarantor will unconditionally guarantee Guaranteed Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Note Guarantee”); and 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10.01 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 Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows: 
 1. CAPITALIZED
TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition will have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 
 2. AGREEMENT TO
GUARANTEE. The Guarantor hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Note Guarantee and in the Indenture including but not limited to Article 11 thereof. 

4. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Guarantor shall not have any liability for any
obligations of the Company or any Guarantor 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. By accepting a Security,
each Holder shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities. 

5. GOVERNING LAW. This Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
New York. 

  
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 6. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each
signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. 
 7. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings
herein are for convenience only and will not affect the construction hereof. 
 8. THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee will 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 Guarantor. 

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

 Dated:             , 20    . 

 

			
	[GUARANTOR]
		
	By:	 	
                     
                                         
   

	Name:	 	
                     
                                         
   

	Title:	 	
                     
                                         
   

	
	 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,

  as Trustee

		
	By:	 	
                     
                                         
   

	Name:	 	
                     
                                         
   

	Title:	 	
                     
                                         
   

  
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