Document:

EX-4.1

 Exhibit 4.1 
  

 
  

SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY, 

as ISSUER 
 AND 

REGIONS BANK 
 as
TRUSTEE 
 INDENTURE 

Dated as of August 30, 2021 
  

 
  

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
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	ARTICLE I	 
	
	DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE	 
			
	 Section 1.01
	 	Definitions	  	 	1	 
	 Section 1.02
	 	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act	  	 	7	 
	 Section 1.03
	 	Rules of Construction	  	 	7	 
	
	ARTICLE II	 
	
	THE SECURITIES	 
			
	 Section 2.01
	 	Forms Generally	  	 	8	 
	 Section 2.02
	 	Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication	  	 	8	 
	 Section 2.03
	 	Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series	  	 	9	 
	 Section 2.04
	 	Execution and Authentication	  	 	11	 
	 Section 2.05
	 	Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest	  	 	12	 
	 Section 2.06
	 	Registration, Transfer and Exchange	  	 	13	 
	 Section 2.07
	 	Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities	  	 	15	 
	 Section 2.08
	 	Global Security Legend	  	 	18	 
	 Section 2.09
	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities	  	 	19	 
	 Section 2.10
	 	Temporary Securities	  	 	20	 
	 Section 2.11
	 	Cancellation of Securities	  	 	20	 
	 Section 2.12
	 	CUSIP and ISIN Numbers	  	 	20	 
	 Section 2.13
	 	Defaulted Interest	  	 	20	 
	 Section 2.14
	 	Additional Securities	  	 	21	 
	
	ARTICLE III	 
	
	COVENANTS	 
			
	 Section 3.01
	 	Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and, Interest	  	 	22	 
	 Section 3.02
	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency	  	 	22	 
	 Section 3.03
	 	Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust; Unclaimed Money	  	 	23	 
	 Section 3.04
	 	Existence	  	 	24	 
	 Section 3.05
	 	Reports by the Company	  	 	24	 
	 Section 3.06
	 	Annual Compliance Certificate; Notice of Defaults or Events of Default	  	 	25	 
	 Section 3.07
	 	Waiver of Certain Covenants	  	 	25	 
	 Section 3.08
	 	Further Instruments and Acts	  	 	25	 

  
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	ARTICLE IV	 
	
	CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE OF ASSETS	 
			
	 Section 4.01
	 	Consolidation and Mergers of the Company	  	 	26	 
	 Section 4.02
	 	Successor Company Substituted	  	 	26	 
	 Section 4.03
	 	Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets by a Security Guarantor	  	 	26	 
	 Section 4.04
	 	Opinion of Counsel to Trustee	  	 	27	 
	
	ARTICLE V	  

	
	REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES	  

			
	 Section 5.01
	 	Applicability of Article	  	 	27	 
	 Section 5.02
	 	Selection of Securities to be Redeemed	  	 	27	 
	 Section 5.03
	 	Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions	  	 	27	 
	 Section 5.04
	 	Payment of Securities Called for Redemption	  	 	29	 
	
	ARTICLE VI	  

	
	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES	  

			
	 Section 6.01
	 	Events of Default	  	 	30	 
	 Section 6.02
	 	Acceleration	  	 	31	 
	 Section 6.03
	 	Other Remedies	  	 	32	 
	 Section 6.04
	 	Waiver of Past Defaults	  	 	33	 
	 Section 6.05
	 	Control by Majority	  	 	33	 
	 Section 6.06
	 	Limitation on Suits	  	 	33	 
	 Section 6.07
	 	Rights of Holders to Receive Payment	  	 	34	 
	 Section 6.08
	 	Collection Suit by Trustee	  	 	34	 
	 Section 6.09
	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	  	 	34	 
	 Section 6.10
	 	Priorities	  	 	35	 
	 Section 6.11
	 	Undertaking for Costs	  	 	36	 
	
	ARTICLE VII	  

	
	TRUSTEE	  

			
	 Section 7.01
	 	Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee	  	 	36	 
	 Section 7.02
	 	Rights of Trustee	  	 	38	 
	 Section 7.03
	 	Individual Rights of Trustee	  	 	39	 
	 Section 7.04
	 	Trustee’s Disclaimer	  	 	39	 
	 Section 7.05
	 	Notice of Default	  	 	39	 
	 Section 7.06
	 	Reports by the Trustee to Holders	  	 	40	 
	 Section 7.07
	 	Compensation and Indemnity	  	 	40	 
	 Section 7.08
	 	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee	  	 	41	 
	 Section 7.09
	 	Successor Trustee by Merger	  	 	44	 

  
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	 Section 7.10
	 	Eligibility; Disqualification	  	 	44	 
	 Section 7.11
	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company	  	 	44	 
	 Section 7.12
	 	Communications with the Trustee	  	 	44	 
	
	ARTICLE VIII	  

	
	DEFEASANCE	  

			
	 Section 8.01
	 	Applicability of the Article; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance	  	 	44	 
	 Section 8.02
	 	Legal Defeasance and Discharge	  	 	45	 
	 Section 8.03
	 	Covenant Defeasance	  	 	45	 
	 Section 8.04
	 	Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance	  	 	46	 
	 Section 8.05
	 	Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions	  	 	47	 
	 Section 8.06
	 	Repayment to the Company	  	 	47	 
	 Section 8.07
	 	Indemnity for Moneys and U.S. Government Obligations Held in Trust	  	 	47	 
	 Section 8.08
	 	Reinstatement	  	 	48	 
	
	ARTICLE IX	  

	
	DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE	  

			
	 Section 9.01
	 	Satisfaction and Discharge	  	 	48	 
	 Section 9.02
	 	Application of Trust Money	  	 	49	 
	
	ARTICLE X	  

	
	AMENDMENTS	  

			
	 Section 10.01
	 	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders	  	 	49	 
	 Section 10.02
	 	With Consent of Holders	  	 	51	 
	 Section 10.03
	 	Effect of Supplemental Indenture	  	 	52	 
	 Section 10.04
	 	Compliance with TIA; Documents to Be Given to Trustee	  	 	52	 
	 Section 10.05
	 	Notation on or Exchange of Securities	  	 	52	 
	 Section 10.06
	 	Trustee to Sign Amendments and Supplements	  	 	53	 
	
	ARTICLE XI	  

	
	SECURITY GUARANTEES	  

			
	 Section 11.01
	 	Applicability of the Article; Company’s Option to Implement Security Guarantees	  	 	53	 
	 Section 11.02
	 	Security Guarantees	  	 	53	 
	 Section 11.03
	 	Limitation on Liability; Termination; Release and Discharge	  	 	55	 
	 Section 11.04
	 	Reserved	  	 	56	 
	 Section 11.05
	 	Right of Contribution	  	 	56	 
	 Section 11.06
	 	No Subrogation	  	 	56	 

  
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	ARTICLE XII	  

	
	CONCERNING THE HOLDERS	  

			
	 Section 12.01
	 	Evidence of Action Taken by Holders	  	 	56	 
	 Section 12.02
	 	Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Securities; Record Date	  	 	57	 
	 Section 12.03
	 	Who May Be Deemed Owners of Securities	  	 	57	 
	 Section 12.04
	 	Record Date for Action by Holders	  	 	57	 
	 Section 12.05
	 	Right of Revocation of Action Taken	  	 	58	 
	
	ARTICLE XIII	  

	
	HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY	  

			
	 Section 13.01
	 	Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders	  	 	58	 
	 Section 13.02
	 	Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders	  	 	59	 
	 Section 13.03
	 	Reports by the Trustee	  	 	60	 
	
	ARTICLE XIV	  

	
	MISCELLANEOUS	  

			
	 Section 14.01
	 	Trust Indenture Act Controls	  	 	60	 
	 Section 14.02
	 	Notices	  	 	60	 
	 Section 14.03
	 	Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent	  	 	62	 
	 Section 14.04
	 	Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion	  	 	62	 
	 Section 14.05
	 	Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar	  	 	63	 
	 Section 14.06
	 	Legal Holidays	  	 	63	 
	 Section 14.07
	 	Parties	  	 	63	 
	 Section 14.08
	 	Governing Law, Etc.	  	 	63	 
	 Section 14.09
	 	No Recourse Against Others	  	 	64	 
	 Section 14.10
	 	Successors	  	 	64	 
	 Section 14.11
	 	Duplicate and Counterpart Originals	  	 	64	 
	 Section 14.12
	 	Severability	  	 	64	 
	 Section 14.13
	 	Table of Contents; Headings	  	 	64	 
	 Section 14.14
	 	PATRIOT ACT Compliance	  	 	65	 

  
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 CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE* 

 

			
	 Trust Indenture Act Section
	  	Indenture Section
	 310 (a)(1)
	  	7.10
	 310 (a)(2)
	  	7.10
	 310 (a)(3)
	  	Not Applicable
	 310 (a)(4)
	  	Not Applicable
	 310 (a)(5)
	  	7.10
	 310 (b)
	  	7.10
	 311 (a)
	  	7.11
	 311(b)
	  	7.11
	 312 (a)
	  	13.02
	 312 (b)
	  	14.02(g)
	 312 (c)
	  	14.02(g)
	 313 (a)
	  	13.03
	 313 (b)(1)
	  	13.03
	 313 (b)(2)
	  	13.03
	 313 (c)
	  	13.03
	 313 (d)
	  	13.03
	 314 (a)
	  	3.05; 3.06
	 314 (b)
	  	Not Applicable
	 314 (c)(1)
	  	14.03
	 314 (c)(2)
	  	14.03
	 314 (c)(3)
	  	14.04
	 314 (d)
	  	Not Applicable
	 314 (e)
	  	14.04
	 314 (f)
	  	Not Applicable
	 315 (a)
	  	7.01
	 315 (b)
	  	7.05
	 315 (c)
	  	7.01
	 315 (d)
	  	7.01
	 315 (e)
	  	6.11
	 316 (a) (last sentence)
	  	1.01
	 316 (a)(1)(A)
	  	6.05
	 316 (a)(1)(B)
	  	6.04
	 316 (a)(2)
	  	Not Applicable
	 316 (b)
	  	6.07
	 316 (c)
	  	2.13
	 317 (a)(1)
	  	6.08
	 317 (a)(2)
	  	6.09
	 317 (b)
	  	3.03
	 318 (a)
	  	14.01
	 318 (b)
	  	Not Applicable
	 318 (c)
	  	14.01

  

	*	 This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture. 

  
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 INDENTURE, dated as of August 30, 2021, between Southwestern Energy Company, a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and Regions Bank, a national banking association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”). 

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders from time to time of
the Company’s unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be issued hereunder in one or more series as provided in this Indenture. 

ARTICLE I 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 

Section 1.01    Definitions. 

“Additional Securities” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.14. 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by
or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common
control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
agreement, or otherwise. No natural person who is an executive officer or director of such Person shall, solely by virtue of such position, be deemed to control such Person. 

“Agent Members” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.07(b). 

“Authenticating Agent” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.04(e). 

“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal, state or non-U.S.
law for the relief of debtors. 
 “Bankruptcy Law Event of Default” means: 

(1)    the entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of: (i) a decree or order for relief in respect
of any Bankruptcy Party in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law or (ii) a decree or order (A) adjudging any Bankruptcy Party a bankrupt or insolvent, (B) approving as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of, or in respect of, any Bankruptcy Party under any Bankruptcy Law, (C) appointing a Custodian of any Bankruptcy Party or of all or substantially all of the property of the Company on a
consolidated basis, or (D) ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of any Bankruptcy Party , and in each case, 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 60 consecutive calendar days; or 

 (2)    (i) the commencement by any Bankruptcy Party of a
voluntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, (ii) the consent by any Bankruptcy Party to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of any
Bankruptcy Party in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law against any Bankruptcy Party , (iii) the filing by any Bankruptcy Party
of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any Bankruptcy Law, (iv) the consent by any Bankruptcy Party to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a Custodian of any Bankruptcy
Party or of any substantial part of the property of the Company on a consolidated basis, (v) the making by any Bankruptcy Party of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (vi) the approval by stockholders of any Bankruptcy Party of
any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of such Bankruptcy Party. 
 “Bankruptcy Party” means the Company
or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company. 
 “Board of Directors” means, as to any Person, the board of directors,
management committee or similar governing body of such Person or any duly authorized committee thereof. 
 “Board
Resolution” means, with respect to any Person, a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in full force and effect
on the date of such certification. 
 “Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which a
Payment Office or commercial banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in New York City. 

“Certificated Securities” means Securities in physical certificated form issued, in registered form, pursuant to
Section 2.07(e) in exchange for interest in a Global Security or otherwise. 
 “Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 
 “Company” means the party named as such in the introductory paragraph to this
Indenture and its successors and assigns, including any Successor Company that becomes such in accordance with Article IV. 

“Company Order” means a written order of the Company signed by an Officer of the Company. 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any time its corporate trust business shall be
principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 3773 Richmond Avenue, Suite 1100, Houston, Texas 77046, Attention: Corporate Trust, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to 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 Company). For purposes of Sections 2.06 and
3.02, the Corporate Trust Office shall be located at Regions Bank, 

  
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3773 Richmond Avenue, Suite 1100, Houston, Texas 77046, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of
any successor Trustee (or such other address in New York City as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Company). 

“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.03. 

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

 “Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of
Default. 
 “Defaulted Interest” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.05(d). 

“Depositary” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors and assigns, or such other
depositary institution hereinafter appointed by the Company that is a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act. 
 “Event
of Default” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 6.01. 
 “Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
 “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by
such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, consistently applied. 
 “Global
Securities” and “Global Security” each has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.07(a). 

“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.02(a). 

“Holder” or other similar terms mean a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register. 

“Indenture” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time, and shall include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder. 
 “Interest Payment Date,” when used with respect to any
Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security. 
 “Legal Defeasance” has the meaning
assigned to it in Section 8.02. 
 “Legal Holiday” has the meaning assigned to it in
Section 14.06. 

  
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 “Maturity Date,” when used with respect to any Security, means the stated
due date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise. 

“Notice of Default” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 7.05. 

“Officer” means, when used in connection with any action to be taken by the Company or a Security Guarantor, as the case may
be, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Controller or the Secretary of the Company or such Security Guarantor, as the case may be. 

“Officer’s Certificate” means, when used in connection with any action to be taken by the Company or a Security
Guarantor, as the case may be, a certificate signed by an Officer of the Company or such Security Guarantor, respectively, and delivered to the Trustee. 

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who, unless otherwise indicated in this Indenture, may be an
employee of or counsel for the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries or any Security Guarantor, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. 

“Outstanding” means, when used with reference to Securities of a series, subject to the provisions of
Article XII, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities of such series previously authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except: 

(1)    Securities thereto for canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; 

(2)    Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment, redemption or purchase of which money in the
necessary amount has been therefore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Security Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust, by the Company, any Security Guarantor,
an Affiliate of the Company or a third party (if the Company, such Security Guarantor, such Affiliate or such third party is acting as the Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if the Securities (or portions thereof) are
to be redeemed or purchased, notice of such redemption or purchase has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; 

(3)    Securities which have been surrendered pursuant to Section 2.09 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 bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and 

(4)    solely to the extent provided in Article VIII, Securities which are
subject to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance as provided in Article VIII; 

  
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 provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
aggregate Principal Amount of Outstanding Securities of any series have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities of such series owned by the Company, a Security Guarantor or any other
obligor upon the Securities of such series 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 of such series which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities of such series 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 the Securities of such series and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other
obligor upon the Securities of such series or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. 
 “Paying Agent”
means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Securities on behalf of the Company. The Company may act as Paying Agent with respect to any Securities issued hereunder. The term
“Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent that the Company may authorize. 
 “Payment Office,” when
used with respect to the Securities of or within any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities are payable as specified as contemplated by Sections 2.03
and 3.01. 
 “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, limited partnership corporation,
company, limited liability company, joint stock company, unincorporated organization, trust, business trust, joint venture, or other entity or organization, including a governmental or political subdivision or any agency or instrumentality thereof.

 “Principal Amount” means, when used with respect to any Security, the amount of principal of such Security that could be
declared due and payable pursuant to Section 6.02. 
 “Redemption Price” means, when used with
respect to any Security to be redeemed, the price (including premium, if any) at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture and such Securities. 

“Registrar” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.06(a). 

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date
specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 2.03. 
 “SEC” means the Securities and
Exchange Commission or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument the SEC is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time. 

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

  
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 “Security” or “Securities” means any of the Company’s
Security or Securities, as the case may be, issued and authenticated pursuant to this Indenture. 
 “Security Custodian”
means the custodian with respect to any Global Security appointed by the Depositary, or any successor Person thereto, and shall initially be the Trustee with respect to each series of Securities unless otherwise specified in the terms thereof. 

“Security Guarantee” means, at any time, the guarantee of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the
Securities by each Securities Guarantor pursuant to Article XI. 
 “Security Guarantor” means, at
any time, each Person guaranteeing Securities under this Indenture pursuant to Article XI. 
 “Security
Register(s)” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.06. 
 “Senior Credit Facility”
means the Credit Agreement dated April 26, 2018 among Southwestern Energy Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, as such agreement has been or may be amended, restated, refinanced, replaced
or refunded from time to time. 
 “Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that would be a
“significant subsidiary” of the Company as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such
regulation is in effect on the date of this Indenture. 
 “Special Record Date” has the meaning assigned to it in
Section 2.13(a). 
 “Stated Maturity” means, when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, the date specified in such Security or a coupon representing such installment of interest as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is
due and payable. 
 “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company,
association, partnership or other legal entity of which, in the case of a corporation, more than 50% of the issued and outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation
(irrespective of whether at the time capital stock or any other class or classes of such corporation has or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency) or, in the case of any partnership or other legal entity, more than 50% of
the ordinary equity capital interests, is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by one or more of such Person’s other Subsidiaries. 

“Successor Company” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.01(a). 

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at the date as of which this Indenture
was originally executed, and “TIA,” when used in respect of an indenture supplemental hereto, means such Act as in force at the time such indenture supplemental hereto becomes effective. 

  
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 “Trust Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer
assigned to Corporate Trust department (or any successor division or unit) of the Trustee located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and for the purposes of
Section 7.01(c) and the second sentence of Section 7.05 shall also include any other officer of the Trustee to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge
of and familiarity with the particular subject. 
 “Trustee” means the party named as such in the introductory paragraph of
this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder; provided, however, that if at
any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean only the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series. 

“U.S. Government Obligations” means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such
obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the
issuer’s option. 
 “U.S. Legal Tender” means such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. 
 Section 1.02    Incorporation by
Reference of Trust Indenture Act. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the rights or duties that would be imposed by any of Sections 310 to 317 of the Trust Indenture Act through operation of Section 318(c)
thereof on any Person if this Indenture were qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control. 
 The following
Trust Indenture Act term used in this Indenture has the following meaning: 
 “obligor” on the Securities means the Company, each
Security Guarantor and any successor obligor upon the Securities. 
 All other Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture, other than
any other term that is defined in Section 1.01, that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined in the Trust Indenture Act by reference to another statute, or defined by rules or regulations of the SEC have the
meanings assigned to them by such definitions. 
 Section 1.03    Rules of Construction. Unless the context
otherwise requires: 
 (a)    a term has the meaning assigned to it; 

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

(c)    “or” is not exclusive; 

(d)    “including” means including without limitation; 

  
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 (e)    words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural
include the singular; 
 (f)    references to payment of principal of the Securities shall include applicable premium,
if any; 
 (g)    the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar
import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and 

(h)    references herein to Article and Section numbers are references to Articles and Sections, respectively, of this
Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires. 
 ARTICLE II 

THE SECURITIES 

Section 2.01    Forms Generally. (a) The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the forms as
shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, an Officer’s Certificate or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required
or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such notations, legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required by law, stock exchange rule or Depositary rule or usage or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the Officer or Officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a
copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by
Section 2.04 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. 
 (b)    The
Trustee’s certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be in substantially the form set forth in Section 2.02. 

(c)    The definitive Securities, as applicable, shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel-engraved borders or
may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the Officer or Officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. 

Section 2.02    Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. The Trustee’s
certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the following form: 
 “This is one of the Securities of the series designated
therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 

  
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	 REGIONS BANK,
 as
Trustee

		
	By:	 	
                     
                   

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	
	Authorized Signatory”

 Section 2.03    Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. 

(a) The aggregate Principal Amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. 

(b)    The Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series. Prior to the issuance of Securities of any
series, there shall be established in or pursuant to (i) a Board Resolution; (ii) action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.05) set forth, or determined in the manner
provided, in an Officer’s Certificate; or (iii) one or more indentures supplemental hereto: 

(1)    the title of the Securities of such series (which shall distinguish the Securities of such series
from all other Securities issued pursuant to this Indenture); 
 (2)    the purchase price, denomination
and any limit upon the aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities of such series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for any Securities of such series authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of,
in lieu of, or in exchange for, other Securities of such series pursuant to Sections 2.04, 2.06, 2.07, 2.09, 2.11, 5.03 or 10.05); 

(3)    the date or dates on which the principal of and premium, if any, on the Securities of such series
is payable and the method of determination thereof; 
 (4)    the rate or rates at which the Securities
of such series shall bear interest, if any, or the method of calculating such rate or rates of interest; 

(5)    the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue or the method by which such date or dates
shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date; 

(6)    if the Securities of such series will have the benefit of any Security Guarantees, the terms and
conditions of any such guarantee or guarantees and the identities of any Security Guarantor or Guarantors; 

(7)    the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on
Securities of the series shall be payable; 
 (8)    the place or places where the Securities may be
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 (9)    the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which, and the other terms and conditions upon which Securities of such series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, if the Company is to
have that option and, if other than as provided in Section 5.02, the manner in which the particular Securities of such series (if less than all Securities of such series are to be redeemed) are to be selected for
redemption; 
 (10)    the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of such
series in whole or in part pursuant to any sinking fund or upon the happening of a specified event or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the other terms and conditions upon
which Securities of such series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; 

(11)    if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in
which Securities of such series shall be issuable; 
 (12)    if the payments of principal of, or
interest or premium, if any, on the Securities of such series are to be made, at the election of the Company or a Holder, in a currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) other than that in which such Securities are denominated or
designated to be payable, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which such payments are to be made, the terms and conditions of such payments and the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments shall be
determined, and the particular provisions applicable thereto; 
 (13)    if the amount of payments of
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of such series shall be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on a currency or
currencies (including currency unit or units) other than that in which the Securities of such series are denominated or designated to be payable), the index, formula or other method by which such amounts shall be determined; 

(14)    if, other than the Principal Amount thereof, the portion of the Principal Amount of Securities of
such series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity Date thereof pursuant to Section 6.02 or the method by which such portion shall be determined; 

(15)    any modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or the covenants of the Company or any
Security Guarantor set forth in this Indenture with respect to Securities of such series; 

(16)    under what circumstances, if any, the Company will pay additional amounts on the Securities of
such series held by a Person who is not a U.S. Person in respect of taxes or similar charges withheld or deducted and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such additional amounts (and the terms
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 (17)    if either or both of
Section 8.02 and Section 8.03 shall be inapplicable to the Securities of such series (provided, that if no such inapplicability shall be specified, then both Section 8.02
and Section 8.03 shall be applicable to the Securities of such series); 

(18)    if other than the Trustee, the identity of the Registrar and any Paying Agent; 

(19)    if the Securities of such series shall be issued in whole or in part in global form, (i) the
Depositary for such Global Securities; (ii) the form of any legend which shall be borne by such Global Securities; (iii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any Securities of the series in global form may exchange such interests for
Certificated Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination; and (iv) the circumstances under which any such exchange may occur; and 

(20)    any other terms of the series. 

(c)    All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may
otherwise be provided (i) by a Board Resolution; (ii) by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.05) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an
Officer’s Certificate; or (iii) in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders,
for issuances of Additional Securities of such series, which shall be issued pursuant to Section 2.14 below. 

(d)    If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution,
a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate setting forth, or providing the
manner for determining, the terms of the Securities of such series, and an appropriate record of any action taken pursuant thereto in connection with the issuance of any Securities of such series shall be delivered to the Trustee prior to the
authentication and delivery thereof. 
 Section 2.04    Execution and Authentication. (a) Upon the
execution and delivery of this Indenture, or from time to time thereafter, any one or more Officers of the Company (one of whom in each case shall be the Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Executive
Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or any Vice President of the Company) may execute Securities on behalf of the Company and such Securities shall be delivered to the Trustee for authentication. 

(b)    The Securities shall be signed for the Company by one or more Officers of the Company (one of whom in each case
shall be the Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or any Vice President of the Company), by manual or facsimile signature, with or without a corporate seal

  
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affixed thereon. 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, and any
Security may be signed on behalf of the Company by such Persons as at the actual date of execution of such Security shall be the proper Officers of the Company, as the case may be, even though at the date of the execution and delivery of this
Indenture any such Person was not such Officer. 
 (c)    Upon execution and delivery to the Trustee of Securities of a
series together with all documents and certificates required by this Indenture, the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and make available for delivery said Securities upon receipt of a Company Order, without any further action by the Company. Such
Company Order shall specify the amount of the Securities to be authenticated and the date on which such issue of Securities is to be authenticated. 

(d)    A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually authenticates the Security
substantially in the form hereinabove recited. The signed certificate of authentication of the Trustee on a Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly and validly authenticated and issued under
this Indenture. 
 (e)    The Trustee may appoint an agent (the “Authenticating Agent”) reasonably
acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Securities. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, any such Authenticating Agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication
by the Trustee includes authentication by the Authenticating Agent. 
 (f)    In case a Successor Company has executed
an indenture supplemental hereto with the Trustee pursuant to Article IV, any of the Securities authenticated or delivered prior to such transaction may, from time to time, at the request of the Successor Company, be
exchanged for other Securities executed in the name of the Successor Company with such changes in phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but otherwise identical to the Securities surrendered for such exchange and of like Principal Amount; and
the Trustee, upon Company Order of the Successor Company, shall authenticate and deliver Securities as specified in such order for the purpose of such exchange. If Securities shall at any time be authenticated and delivered in any new name of a
Successor Company pursuant to this Section 2.04(f) in exchange or substitution for or upon registration of transfer of any Securities, such Successor Company, at the option of the Holders but without expense to them, shall
provide for the exchange of all Securities at the time Outstanding for Securities authenticated and delivered in such new name. 

Section 2.05    Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest. (a) The Securities shall be
issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 2.03. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities, the Securities shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof. The Securities shall be numbered, lettered, or otherwise distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plans as the Officer(s) of the Company executing the same may determine with the approval of the Trustee.

  
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 (b)    Any of the Securities may be issued with appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and variations, and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such legend or legends, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, as may be required to comply with any law or with any rules or
regulations pursuant thereto, including those required by Section 2.04, or with the rules of any securities market in which the Securities are admitted to trading, or to conform to general usage. 

(c)    Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication, shall bear interest from the applicable date and shall
be payable on the Interest Payment Dates specified on the face of the form of such Security. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.03 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each
series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 

(d)    The person in whose name any Security is registered at the close of business on any Regular Record Date with
respect to any Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the interest, if any, payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of such Security subsequent to the Regular Record Date and prior to such Interest
Payment Date, except if and to the extent the Company shall default in the payment of the interest due on such Interest Payment Date, in which case such defaulted interest (“Defaulted Interest”), plus (to the extent lawful) any
interest payable on the Defaulted Interest, shall be paid to the persons in whose names Outstanding Securities are registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date (which shall be not less than five Business Days prior to the date of
such payment) established by notice given by mail (or, when the Securities are Global Securities, given pursuant to the applicable procedures of the applicable Depositary) or on behalf of the Company to the Holders of Securities not less than 15
days preceding such subsequent record date; provided that if interest is paid within an applicable grace period, such interest, together with any interest thereon, may be paid on the Regular Record Date with respect to the original Interest Payment
Date. 
 Section 2.06    Registration, Transfer and Exchange. (a) The Securities are issuable only in
registered form. The Company shall maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York (the “Registrar”) and, for each series of Securities, a register or registers (the “Security
Register(s)”) where, subject to such reasonable regulations as the Registrar may prescribe, Securities may be presented for payment and for the service of notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this
Indenture. The Registrar shall keep the Security Register(s) and will register the ownership of, and will register the transfer of, Securities as provided in this Article. Such Security Register or Security Registers shall be in written form in the
English language or in any other form capable of being converted into such form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times such Security Register or Security Registers shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. The initial Registrar shall
be the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office. The Company may appoint one or more co-Registrars and one or more Paying Agents. The term “Registrar” includes any
co-Registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional Paying Agents. 

(b)    The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-Registrar not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the terms of the Trust Indenture Act. Any such agreement shall implement the provisions of this 

  
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Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of each such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee
shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar,
co-Registrar or transfer agent. 
 (c)    Upon due presentation for registration
of transfer of any Security of any series at each such office or agency, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in the name of the designated transferee or transferees a new Security or
Securities of the same series, in each case, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate Principal Amount; provided that any Securities presented or surrendered for registration of transfer shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar or co-Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. 

(d)    At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series (except a Global Security) may be exchanged for other
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate Principal Amount and Stated Maturity, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for
exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. 

(e)    A Holder may transfer a Security only by written application to the Registrar stating the name of the proposed
transferee and otherwise complying with the terms of this Indenture. No such transfer shall be effected until, and such transferee shall succeed to the rights of a Holder only upon, final acceptance and registration of the transfer by the Registrar
in the Security Register. Prior to the registration of any transfer by a Holder as provided herein, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-Registrar and any of their respective
agents shall treat the person in whose name the Security is registered as the owner thereof for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not the Security shall
be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-Registrar or any of their respective agents shall be affected by notice to the contrary. Furthermore, any Holder of a
Global Security shall, by acceptance of such Global Security, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Security may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by the Holder of such Global Security (or its agent) and
that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Security shall be required to be reflected in a book entry. When Securities are presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to register the
transfer or to exchange them for an equal Principal Amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if the requirements for such transactions set forth herein are
met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges and subject to the other terms and conditions of this Article II, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Securities and Certificated
Securities at the Registrar’s or co-Registrar’s request. 
 (f)    No
service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, 

  
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assessments or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charges payable upon exchange or transfer
pursuant to Sections 2.10, 5.04 or 10.05). No service charge to any Holder shall be made for any such transaction. 

(g)    Neither the Registrar nor the Company shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of: 

(i)    any Securities of any series for a period beginning 15 days next preceding the first giving of
notice of redemption of Securities of such series to be redeemed and ending at the close of business of the day of such giving; 

(ii)    any Securities of any series selected, called or being called for redemption except, in the case of
any Security of such series where public notice has been given that such Security is to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so to be redeemed; 

(iii)    any Securities of any series for which a change of control offer or similar offer, if any, as
defined in such supplemental indenture applicable to the Securities of such series, has been made and which Securities have been tendered to the Company pursuant to such Offer and not withdrawn; or 

(iv)    any Securities of any series for a period beginning 15 days before an Interest Payment Date and
ending on such Interest Payment Date. 
 (h)    All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities shall
be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange. 

(i)    The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to
this Article II. The Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Registrar.

 (j)    None of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall have any 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,
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 this Indenture,
and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof. 

Section 2.07    Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities. (a) If Securities of or within a series are
issuable in whole or in part in global form (such Securities in global form, “Global Securities”, and each such Security in global form, a “Global Security”), then each Global Security of such series initially
shall: 
 (i)    be registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary; 

  
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 (ii)    be delivered to the Security Custodian; 

(iii)    bear the appropriate legend as set forth in Section 2.08. 

Any Global Security may be represented by more than one certificate. 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 Security Custodian and the Depositary or its nominee as provided in this Indenture. 

(b)    Except as provided below, members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) shall
have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Security Custodian, or under any Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee, the Security
Custodian, the Paying Agent, the Registrar and any of their respective agents as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, the
Security Custodian, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any of their respective agents from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by Depositary or impair, as between Depositary and its Agent Members, the
operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of an owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Security. The registered Holder of a Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent
Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent members, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities. 

(c)    None of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall have any responsibility or obligation to any
beneficial owner in a Global Security, an Agent Member or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any Agent Member, with respect to any ownership interest in the Securities or with respect to
the delivery to any Agent 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 and this Indenture 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 the
Global Security). Except to the extent otherwise set forth in this Section 2.07, the rights of beneficial owners in the Global Security shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to its applicable procedures.
Except to the extent otherwise set forth in this Section 2.07, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar shall be entitled to rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary
with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners. The Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Security Registrar shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary, and any nominee thereof, that is the registered holder of any Global
Security for all purposes of this Indenture relating to such Global Security (including the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest and additional amounts, if any, and the giving of instructions or directions by or to the owner or holder
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and shall have no obligations to the beneficial owners thereof. None of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any acts or omissions of the
Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for the records of any such Depositary, including records in respect of beneficial ownership interests in respect of any such Global Security, for any transactions between the Depositary and any Agent
Member or between or among the Depositary, any such Agent Member and/or any holder or owner of a beneficial interest in such Global Security, or for any transfers of beneficial interests in any such Global Security. 

(d)    Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities will not be entitled to receive
Certificated Securities. 
 (i)    The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that
the Securities of a series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global Securities. 

(ii)    Certificated Securities shall be issued to all owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security
in exchange for such interests if (1) the applicable Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary and a successor Depositary is not appointed within 90 days, (2) the Depositary ceases to be
registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act and a successor Depositary is not appointed within 90 days, or (3) an Event of Default occurs with respect to a series of Securities and the Holders of Securities request Certificated
Securities. 
 (e)    In connection with any transfer of a portion of the beneficial interests in a Global Security to
beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 2.07, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the Principal Amount of such Global Security in an
amount equal to the Principal Amount of the beneficial interest in such Global Security to be transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, one or more Certificated Securities of like
tenor and amount. In connection with the exchange of an entire Global Security for Certificated Securities pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 2.07, such Global Security shall be deemed to be
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interest
in such Global Security, an equal aggregate Principal Amount of Certificated Securities of such series of like tenor and terms and in authorized denominations. 

(f)    Transfers of a Global Security shall be limited to transfers of such Global Security in whole, but not in part, to
the Depositary for such series, its successors or their respective nominees. If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of such series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary or if at any time the
Depositary shall no longer be qualified to serve as Depositary, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, Certificated Securities shall be issued to all owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security in exchange for such interests as provided in
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 (g)    Interests of beneficial owners in a Global Security may be
transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary. Any beneficial interest in a Global Security that is transferred to a person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in another Global Security will, upon transfer,
cease to be an interest in the first such Global Security and become an interest in the second such Global Security and, accordingly, will thereafter be subject to all transfer restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to beneficial
interests in such other Global Security for as long as it remains such an interest. 
 (h)    In the event that
Certificated Securities are not issued to each Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security promptly after the Registrar has received a request from the Holder of a Global Security to issue such Certificated Securities in accordance with
Section 2.07(c), the Company expressly acknowledges, with respect to the right of any Holder to pursue a remedy pursuant to Section 6.06 or Section 6.07 hereof, the right
of any beneficial Holder of Securities to pursue such remedy with respect to the portion of the Global Security that represents such beneficial Holder’s Securities as if such Certificated Securities had been issued. 

Section 2.08    Global Security Legend. Any Global Security shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form on the face thereof, or in such other form as may be necessary or appropriate to reflect the arrangements with or to comply with the requirements of any Depositary: 

“THIS IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER, AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR
A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES. 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
 TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN
WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF THE 

  
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DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.” 
 Section 2.09    Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities. (a) If a mutilated Security is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall execute, and upon
Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange for any such mutilated Security or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a replacement Security of like tenor and Principal Amount, bearing a
number not contemporaneously Outstanding, if: (i) the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York are met, (ii) the Holder satisfies any other
reasonable requirements of the Trustee and the Company, and (iii) neither the Company nor the Trustee has received notice that such Security has been acquired by a protected purchaser. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder
shall furnish an affidavit of loss and indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company, any Security Guarantor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar, any
co-Registrar and the Security Custodian from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. 

(b)    Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 2.09, the Company may require
the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses of the Company (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee and counsel) in connection therewith. 

(c)    Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section 2.09 in exchange for any mutilated
Security, or in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, any Security Guarantor and any other obligor upon the Securities, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder. 

(d)    In case any Security which has matured or is about to mature, or has been called for redemption in full, shall
become mutilated or defaced or be apparently destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Security of the same series, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a
mutilated or defaced Security), if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and to the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee such security or indemnity as any of them may require to save each of them harmless from
all risks, however remote, and, in every case of apparent destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the apparent
destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof. 
 (e)    The provisions of this
Section 2.09 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities. 

  
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 Section 2.10    Temporary Securities. Pending the
preparation and delivery of Certificated Securities of any series, the Company may execute and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery temporary Certificated Securities of such series. Temporary Securities
shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities, including such reference to any provisions of this Indenture as may be appropriate. Without
unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and execute and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities; provided, that such execution and authentication shall be upon the same conditions and in substantially the same
manner, and with like effect, as for the definitive Securities of such series. After the preparation of definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary
Securities at any office or agency maintained by the Company for that purpose and such exchange shall be without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities, the Company shall execute and, upon
Company Order and delivery to the Trustee of any other documents and certificates required by this Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of such series
representing an equal Principal Amount of Securities of such series. Until so exchanged, the Holder of temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as a Holder of definitive Securities. 

Section 2.11    Cancellation of Securities. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration
of transfer or exchange, if surrendered to the Company or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it; and no Securities shall be issued in
lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of cancelled Securities in its customary manner and policy of disposal and in accordance with prudent business practices. If the Company
shall acquire any of the Securities, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. 

Section 2.12    CUSIP and ISIN Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities of any series may use a
“CUSIP” and, if desired or required, an “ISIN” number (if then generally in use), and, if desired, other similar identifying number or numbers. The Trustee shall use the CUSIP numbers or ISIN numbers, as the case
may be, in notices of redemption, exchange or similar transactions as a convenience to Holders of such series; provided, that any such notice shall 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 redemption or exchange 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 promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers, ISIN numbers or such other identifying numbers as may be in use at such time. 

Section 2.13    Defaulted Interest. Unless otherwise specified in the terms of any series of Securities or in
Section 2.05, when any installment of interest with respect to any series of Securities becomes Defaulted Interest, such installment shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holders in whose names the Securities of such
series were registered on the Regular Record Date applicable to such installment of interest, and such Defaulted Interest (including any interest on such Defaulted Interest) shall be paid by the Company, at its election, as provided in
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 (a)    The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest
(including any interest payable on such Defaulted Interest) to the Holders in whose names the Securities of the relevant series are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest (a
“Special Record Date”), which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time
the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior
to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Holders entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this Section 2.13(a). Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be not more than 15 calendar days and not less than ten calendar days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than ten calendar days after the receipt by the
Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the Special Record Date therefor to be sent, first-class mail, postage prepaid (or when the Securities are Global Securities, given pursuant to the applicable procedures of the applicable Depositary), to each Holder at such Holder’s address as
it appears in the Securities Register, not less than ten calendar days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been given as aforesaid, such Defaulted
Interest shall be paid to the Holders in whose names the Securities are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to Section 2.13(b); or 

(b)    Alternatively, the Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest (including any interest on such Defaulted
Interest) in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of such series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Section 2.13(b), such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. The Trustee shall in the name and at the expense of the Company cause
prompt notice of the proposed payment and the date thereof to be sent, first-class mail, postage prepaid (or when the Securities are Global Securities, given pursuant to the applicable procedures of the applicable Depositary) to each Holder at such
Holder’s address as it appears in the Security Register. 
 Section 2.14    Additional Securities.
(a) The Company may, from time to time, subject to compliance with any other applicable provisions of this Indenture and the relevant Securities, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue pursuant to this Indenture additional
Securities of any series of Securities (“Additional Securities”) that shall have terms and conditions identical to those of the other Outstanding Securities, except with respect to: 

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 (ii)    the amount of interest payable on the first
Interest Payment Date after issuance of the Additional Securities; 
 (iii)    the issue price; 

(iv)    any adjustments necessary in order to conform to and ensure compliance with the Securities Act (or
other applicable securities laws), the Code and any registration rights or similar agreement applicable to such Additional Securities, which are not adverse in any material respect to the Holder of any Outstanding Securities (other than such
Additional Securities); and 
 (v)    any other terms that may be specified in any prospectus supplement
relating to such issuance. 
 The Securities of a series previously issued and any Additional Securities in respect of such series of Securities shall be
treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture; provided that the Additional Securities will have a separate CUSIP number unless (i) the Additional Securities have no more than a de minimis amount of original issue discount for
U.S. federal income tax purposes or (ii) such issuance would constitute a “qualified reopening” for U.S. federal income tax purposes. 

(b)    With respect to Additional Securities of any series of Securities, the Company will set forth in an Officer’s
Certificate pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, copies of which will be delivered to the Trustee, the following information: 

(i)    the series and aggregate Principal Amount of such Additional Securities to be authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture; and 
 (ii)    the issue date and the issue price of such
Additional Securities. 
 ARTICLE III 

COVENANTS 

Section 3.01    Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and, Interest. The Company covenants and agrees for the
benefit of the Holders of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such
series, any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture. An installment of principal, premium, if any, or interest shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent holds on that date money designated for and
sufficient to pay the installment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Company may, to the extent it is required to do so by law, deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States of
America from principal, premium or interest payments hereunder. 
 Section 3.02    Maintenance of Office or
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may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with
the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands. 
 (b)    The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies
(in or outside the City of New York) where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind any such designation; provided, however, that no such
designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company shall give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and any change in the location of any such other office or agency. 

(c)    Unless otherwise specified pursuant to the terms of the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall initially serve
as Paying Agent with respect to each series of Securities. 
 Section 3.03    Money for Securities Payments to
Be Held in Trust; Unclaimed Money. (a) If the Company or an Affiliate of the Company shall at any time act as the Company’s own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, the Company or such Affiliate, as the case may be,
will, on or before each due date of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal, premium,
if any, or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its action or failure so to act. Upon any proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law with respect to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company that is acting as Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, the Trustee shall replace the Company or such Affiliate as Paying Agent with respect to such series
of Securities. 
 (b)    When the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, the Company
will cause each such Paying Agent for any series of Securities (other than the Trustee) to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this
Section 3.03, that such Paying Agent will: 
 (i)    comply with the provisions
of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent; 
 (ii)    hold all sums held by it for
the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on Securities of such series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided; 

  
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 (iii)    give the Trustee notice of any Default by the
Company or any Security Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of such series; and (iv) at any time during the continuance of
any such Default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of such series. 

(c)    The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for
any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held
by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Security Guarantor) shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money. 

(d)    Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of
any principal, premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Order, or (if then held by
the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security and coupon, if any, shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying
Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, shall at
the written request and at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, or at the discretion of the Company cause to be given to such Holder, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 calendar days from the date of such publication, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. 
 Section 3.04    Existence.
Subject to Article IV, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence. 

Section 3.05    Reports by the Company. The Company covenants and agrees that it shall file with the Trustee,
within 30 days after it files such annual and quarterly reports, information, documents and other reports with the SEC, copies of its annual report and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the
foregoing the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, that any such annual and quarterly reports, information, documents and
other reports and information filed with the SEC may be provided by the Company to the Trustee electronically. The Company shall comply with the other provisions of Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Company will be deemed to have
furnished such reports and information the Trustee (the Trustee shall be deemed to have delivered such reports and information to the Holders of the Securities)if the Company has filed such reports or information, respectively, with the SEC using
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successor filing system of the SEC) or, if the SEC will not accept such reports or information, the Company has posted such reports or information, respectively, on its website, and such reports
or information, respectively, are available to Holder of Securities through internet access. Delivery of such information, documents and reports to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not
constitute actual or constructive knowledge or notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates). The Trustee shall not be obligated to monitor or confirm, on a continuing basis or otherwise, the Company’s compliance with the foregoing covenants. 

Section 3.06    Annual Compliance Certificate; Notice of Defaults or Events of Default. The Company covenants
and agrees to deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers’ Certificate that complies with Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act stating that in the course of the performance
by the signers of their duties as Officers of the Company, they would normally have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default under this Indenture and whether or not the signers know of any Default or Event of Default under this Indenture that
occurred during such period. If they do, the certificate shall describe such Default or Event of Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. The Company also shall comply with any other
applicable requirements of Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act. 
 Section 3.07    Waiver of
Certain Covenants. The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision, or condition set forth in the provisions of any supplemental indenture specified in such supplemental indenture, with respect to the
Securities of any series if the Holders of a majority in Principal Amount of all Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by act of such Holders in accordance with Section 12.01, either waive such compliance in such
instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision, or condition, but no such waiver will 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 will remain in full force and effect. 

Section 3.08    Further Instruments and Acts. The Company and each Security Guarantor shall execute and
deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper or as the Trustee may reasonably request to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture. 

  
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 ARTICLE IV 

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE OF ASSETS 

Section 4.01    Consolidation and Mergers of the Company. The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into
any other Person or sell, lease, convey or transfer all or substantially all of its assets (determined on a consolidated basis) to any Person, unless: 

(a)    either (i) in the case of a consolidation or merger, the Company shall be the continuing or surviving Person
or (ii) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer the assets of the Company substantially as an entirety (the “Successor Company”) shall
be a Person formed, organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on all the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture of the part of the Company to be performed or observed; 

(b)    immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no Default, shall have happened and
be continuing; and 
 (c)    the Company or the Successor Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or transfer and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this
Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with. 

Section 4.02    Successor Company Substituted. Upon any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or
transfer in accordance with Section 4.01 hereof, the Successor Company shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other
disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the “Company” shall instead refer to the Successor Company and not to Southwestern Energy Company), and may exercise every right and power of the Company under the Indenture
with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be released from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities. 

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or transfer, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance)
may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate. 
 Section 4.03    Consolidation,
Merger or Sale of Assets by a Security Guarantor. 
 (a)    In the event there are Security Guarantors, no Security
Guarantor may: 
 (1)    consolidate with or merge with or into any Person, or 

(2)    sell, convey, transfer or dispose of, all or substantially all its assets as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, to any Person, or 

(3)    permit any Person to merge with or into the Security Guarantor unless 

(i)    the other Person is the Company or any Subsidiary that is a Security Guarantor or becomes a Security
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 (ii)    (1) either (x) the Security Guarantor is
the continuing Person or (y) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person expressly assumes by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the Security Guarantor to guarantee the Securities of a particular series; and 

(2)    immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default has occurred and is continuing; or

 (iii)    the transaction constitutes a sale or other disposition (including by way of consolidation or
merger) of the Security Guarantor or the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Security Guarantor (in each case other than to the Company or a Security Guarantor) otherwise permitted by this Indenture. 

Section 4.04    Opinion of Counsel to Trustee. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and
7.02, may receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, conveyance, sale, transfer, lease, exchange or other disposition complies with the applicable provisions of this Indenture. 

ARTICLE V 

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES 

Section 5.01    Applicability of Article. Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated
Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.03 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article. 

Section 5.02    Selection of Securities to be Redeemed. 

(a)    No Securities of a series of $2,000 of Principal Amount or less will be redeemed in part. If any Security is to be
redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Security shall state the portion of the Principal Amount of that Security to be redeemed. A new Security in Principal Amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original
Security presented for redemption will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Security. Securities called for redemption, subject to any condition included in such notice of redemption, become due on the date
fixed for redemption. On and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on the Securities or portions of them called for redemption unless we default on payment of the Redemption Price. 

Section 5.03    Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions. (a) The Company shall give or cause the
Trustee (in the name and at the expense of the Company) to give notice of redemption to the Holders of Securities of any series to be redeemed as a whole or in part by giving notice of such redemption, not less than 15 days nor more than 60 days
prior to the date fixed for redemption, to each Holders of the Securities to be redeemed at their last addresses as they shall appear in the Security Register or otherwise in accordance with the applicable procedures of the applicable depositary;
provided, however, that redemption notices may be given more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of a series of Securities pursuant to Article VIII of
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a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. Notices of redemption may be conditional and, at the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any such
conditions shall be satisfied. If the Trustee does not give the redemption notice, the Company shall deliver a copy of the notice to the Trustee. Any notice which is given in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been
duly given, whether or not the Holder receives the notice. Failure to give notice by mail (or when the Securities are Global Securities, given pursuant to the applicable procedures of the applicable Depositary) or any defect in the notice to the
Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security. 

Once notice of redemption is given in accordance with Section 5.03, the Securities called for redemption, subject to any condition
included in the applicable notice of redemption, become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the Redemption Price. 
 All
notices of redemption shall state: 
 (i)    the series of Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP,
ISIN or other identifying numbers, although no representation need be made as to the accuracy or correctness of such CUSIP, ISIN or other identifying numbers); 

(ii)    the date fixed for redemption; 

(iii)    the Redemption Price (or the method by which it will be determined) and the amount of any accrued
interest or premium, if any, payable upon redemption; 
 (iv)    whether the Company is redeeming all the
Outstanding Securities of such series; 
 (v)    if the Company is not redeeming all Outstanding
Securities of such series, the aggregate Principal Amount of Securities that the Company is redeeming, the aggregate Principal Amount of Securities that will be Outstanding after the partial redemption and the identification of the particular
Securities, or portions of the particular Securities, that the Company is redeeming; 
 (vi)    if the
Company is redeeming only part of a Security, the notice that relates to that Security shall state that on and after the redemption date, upon surrender of the Security, the Holder will receive without charge a new Security or Securities of
authorized denominations for the Principal Amount of the Security remaining unredeemed; 
 (vii)    the
place or places where a Holder must surrender its Securities for payment of the Redemption Price; 

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 (ix)    that, upon satisfaction of any conditions to
such redemption set forth in the notice of redemption and unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice; and 

(x)    that on and after said date interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to
accrue. 
 In addition, if such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall describe each
such condition and, if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be
rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the redemption date stated in such notice, or by the redemption date as so delayed. 

(b)    If the Company is not redeeming all Outstanding Securities of a series, the Trustee shall select the Securities to
be redeemed pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (provided that, in the case of Global Securities, the Depositary shall select Global Securities for redemption pursuant to its applicable
procedures). The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the Principal Amount of the Securities to be redeemed. 

(c)    For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the
redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the Principal Amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed. 

(d)    On or prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the redemption date specified in the notice of redemption given as
provided in this Section 5.03, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 3.03) an
amount of money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and accrued interest, if any, on, all the Securities of a series that the Company is redeeming on that date. The Trustee or Paying Agent shall promptly return
to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the Redemption Price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed. 

Section 5.04    Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. 

(a)    If the Company, or the Trustee on behalf of the Company, gives notice of redemption in accordance with this
Article V, the Securities, or the portions of the Securities, called for redemption in such notice shall, on the date fixed for redemption, become due and payable at the Redemption Price specified in the notice (together with accrued interest,
if any, to the date fixed for redemption), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Securities at the Redemption Price and accrued interest) the Securities or the portions of Securities so called for
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such Securities for redemption in accordance with the redemption notice, said Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable Redemption
Price, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption; provided that any payment of interest becoming due on the date fixed for redemption shall be payable to the holders of such Securities registered as such on the relevant Regular
Record Date subject to the terms and provisions of Section 2.05 hereof. 
 (b)    Unless the
Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, or a condition to the redemption described in the notice of redemption is not satisfied, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or portions thereof
called for redemption. The Securities called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. Notwithstanding Section 5.02(b), if less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select Securities for redemption
as follows: (1) if the Securities are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Securities are listed; or (2) if the Securities are not so
listed, on a pro rata basis (subject to the procedures of the Depositary) or, to the extent a pro rata basis is not permitted, by lot or in such other manner as the Trustee shall deem to be fair and appropriate. 

(c)    If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal
shall, until paid or duly provided for, bear interest from the date fixed for redemption at the rate borne by the Security. 

(d)    Upon surrender of any Security that is to be redeemed in part, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery to or on the order of the Holder of such Security at the expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities of any authorized denominations as requested by the Holder, in an aggregate Principal Amount
equal to, and in exchange for, the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered; provided that each new Security shall be in a Principal Amount equal to the minimum denomination of such series of Securities or any or any
minimum specified integral multiple in excess thereof. 
 ARTICLE VI 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES 

Section 6.01    Events of Default. (a) An “Event of Default” occurs with respect to the
Securities of any series if: 
 (i)    the Company defaults for 30 days or more in the payment of any
interest on any Security of that series or any coupon appertaining thereto or any additional amount payable with respect to any Security of that series as specified in the applicable prospectus supplement when due; 

(ii)    the Company defaults in the payment of the principal, or premium if any, on any Security of that
series at its Maturity Date or Redemption Date when and as due, or in the making of a mandatory sinking fund payment, if applicable, when and as due by the terms of the Securities of that series; 

  
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 (iii)    the Company defaults for 90 days after written
notice to the Company by the Trustee for such series, or by the Holders of 25% in aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding, in any material respect in the performance of any other agreement in the Securities of
that series (or in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or Board Resolution referred to therein) under which the Securities of that series have been issued; 

(iv)    the Company or any Significant Subsidiary fails to pay the principal of or interest on indebtedness
for borrowed money of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary within any applicable grace period after such payment is due, or the principal thereof is accelerated by the holders thereof because of a default, and the total Principal Amount of such
indebtedness that is not so paid or that so accelerated, in either case exceeds $100.0 million, and such acceleration is not rescinded or annulled within 30 days or such indebtedness is not repaid in full within 30 days; provided that
such Event of Default will be cured or waived, without further action upon the part of either the Trustee or any Holder, if (A) the default that resulted in the acceleration of such other indebtedness is cured or waived; and (B) the
acceleration is rescinded or annulled 
 (v)    a Bankruptcy Law Event of Default; 

(vi)    in the case where a Security Guarantor guarantees such Securities, except as otherwise provided for
in this Indenture, any Security Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect, or any Security Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligation under its Security Guarantee; or 

(vii)    any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series. 

The foregoing will constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary
or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body. 

Section 6.02    Acceleration. (a) If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(a)(v) above with respect to the Company) shall have occurred with respect to a series of Securities and be continuing and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee, by written notice to the Company, or the Holders
of not less than 25% in aggregate Principal Amount of the then Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the unpaid principal of (and premium, if any) and any accrued and unpaid interest on
all the Securities of the affected series to be immediately due and payable. Any such notice shall specify the Event of Default and that it is a “Notice of Acceleration.” If an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(a)(v) above occurs with respect to the Company, then the unpaid principal of (and premium, if any) and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities shall ipso facto become immediately due and
payable without further notice or action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. 

  
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 (b)    At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect
to the Securities of any series has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article VI provided, the Holders of a majority in Principal
Amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if 

(i)    the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay: 

(A)    all overdue interest on all of the Securities of that series; 

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

(C)    to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate
or rates prescribed therefor in the Securities of that series; and 
 (D)    all sums paid or advanced
by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements, and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel and 

(ii)    all Events of Default with respect to the Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of the Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.04. 

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default or impair any rights relating thereto. 

Section 6.03    Other Remedies. (a) If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities of such series or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities of such series or this
Indenture. 
 (b)    The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities of such
series or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. 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. A delay or omission by the
Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All
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 Section 6.04    Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities of any series then Outstanding may, by written notice to the Trustee, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such series waive any existing Default or Event of
Default and its consequences under this Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Security of such series. 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 hereunder. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to
waive any default hereunder, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose
of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 

Section 6.05    Control by Majority. (a) With respect to the Securities of any series, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the then Outstanding Securities of that series, on behalf of all Holders of the Outstanding Securities of that series, may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedies
available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. Subject to Sections 7.01 and 7.02, however, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this
Indenture, that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of that series or that may involve or cause the Trustee any potential liability unless the Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity;
provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. 

(b)    Upon receipt by the Trustee of any such direction with respect to the Securities of such series, a record date
shall automatically and without any other action by any Person be set for determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series entitled to join in such direction, which record date shall be the close of business on the day the Trustee
receives such direction. The Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series 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. 
 Section 6.06    Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any series shall have
any right to institute any proceeding with respect to this Indenture or the Securities of the applicable series for any remedy thereunder, unless: 

(i)    such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of
Default; 
 (ii)    Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Principal Amount of the then Outstanding
Securities of that series have also made such a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy; 

  
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 (iii)    such Holder or Holders of the Securities have
provided to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense in connection with the institution of such proceedings; 

(iv)    the Trustee does not comply with the request delivered in clause (ii) within 90 calendar days
of such notice; and 
 (v)    during or prior to such 90-day
period, the Trustee has not received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding have not given the Trustee a written direction that, in the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent
with such request; provided, however, that the limitations in this Section 6.06 do not apply to a suit initiated by a Holder for the enforcement of payment of the principal of, or premium or interest, if any,
on such Securities on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Securities after any applicable grace periods have expired. 
 A
Holder may not use this Indenture either to prejudice the rights of, or to obtain a preference or priority over, another Holder of Securities of the same series in case of any Event of Default described in clause (i), (ii)
or (vi) of Section 6.01 or of another Holder of any series of Securities in the case of any Event of Default described in clauses (iii), (iv) or (v) of
Section 6.01. 
 Section 6.07    Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture (including, without limitation, Section 6.06), the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security of
any series held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates, redemption dates or repurchase dates expressed in this Indenture or in such series of Securities, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such
respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder. 

Section 6.08    Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(a)(i) or (ii) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company or any Security Guarantor (if any) for
the whole amount then due and owing (together with applicable interest on any overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest on overdue interest) and the amounts provided in Section 7.07. 

Section 6.09    Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. 

(a)    The Trustee is authorized to (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities of such series is then due):

 (i)    file such proofs of claim and 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 the Holders of the Securities of such series allowed in any bankruptcy,
insolvency, liquidation or other judicial proceedings relative to the Company, any Security Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities, or their respective creditors or properties; and 

  
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 (ii)    collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable in respect of any such claims and distribute them in accordance with this Indenture. 
 Any receiver, trustee,
liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, taxes, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 7.07. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money,
securities and other properties which the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. 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 of any series 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. 
 (b)    Nothing in this Indenture 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 of any series 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 6.10    Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money, or any money or property distributable pursuant
to this Article after the occurrence of any Event of Default, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order: 
 FIRST: to
the Trustee (including and predecessor trustee), its agents and counsel for amounts due under Section 7.07; 

SECOND: if the Holders proceed against the Company directly without the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture, to Holders for their
collection costs; 
 THIRD: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities of any series for principal and interest, if any,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities of such series for principal and interest, respectively; and 

FOURTH: to the Company or, to the extent the Trustee collects any amount pursuant to Article XI hereof from any
Security Guarantor, to such Security Guarantor, or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct. 

  
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 The Trustee may, upon at least five Business Days’ notice to the Company, fix a record
date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10. 

Section 6.11    Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its
discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This
Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by the Company, a suit by a Holder of Securities of the affected series pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10%
in Principal Amount of Outstanding Securities. 
 ARTICLE VII 

TRUSTEE 

Section 7.01    Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee. The Trustee, with respect to the Securities of any
series, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default with respect to the Securities of such series which may have occurred, undertakes to
perform such duties and only such duties with respect to such series as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. 

(a)    If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series has occurred and is continuing (and has not been
cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture with respect to such series and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. 
 (b)    Except during the continuance of an Event of
Default: 
 (i)    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 

(ii)    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 that by any
provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such 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, statements, opinions or conclusions 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 bad faith or willful misconduct, except that: 
 (i)    this
paragraph (c) does not limit the effect of paragraphs (b) and (f) of this Section 7.01; 

  
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 (ii)    the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer or Trust Officers unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and 

(iii)    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 Sections 6.02, 6.04, 7.05 or otherwise exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture. 

(d)    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. 
 (e)    All moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held
in trust by the Trustee for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be under any liability for
interest on any moneys received by it hereunder, except as otherwise agreed with the Company. 
 (f)    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. This Section 7.01 is in furtherance of and subject to Sections 315 and 316 of the Trust Indenture
Act. 
 (g)    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 Article VII and to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act. 

(h)    Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company
shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company. 
 (i)    The Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against
the costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction. 

(j)    Wherever in this Article VII a negligence, misconduct or bad faith standard with respect
to the Trustee is referred to, it shall mean a negligence, misconduct or bad faith standard as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. 

  
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 Section 7.02    Rights of Trustee. Subject to
Section 7.01: 
 (a)    The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in
acting or refraining from acting on any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document reasonably 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 any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document; 
 (b)    Any request or
direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; 

(c)    The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence
of any agent appointed with due care by it hereunder; 
 (d)    The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes,
suffers or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith; 

(e)    The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or any Opinion of Counsel with respect to
legal matters relating to this Indenture and any series of 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)    If the Trustee shall reasonably determine it necessary or advisable after
due inquiry of the Company, 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, during normal business hours upon reasonable prior notice, and shall
incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation; 
 (g)    The Trustee
shall not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless a Trust Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or has received written notice from the Company, the Paying Agent or any Holder of
any event that is in fact such a default at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture; 

(h)    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 to each agent, Custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder; 

  
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 (i)    The Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate
setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of the Officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officer’s Certificate,
including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded; 

(j)    Anything in this Indenture notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee be liable for special, indirect, punitive
or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to loss of profit), even if the Trustee has been advised as to the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action; and 

(k)    The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under
this Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage;
epidemics; pandemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; acts of civil or military authority and governmental action. 

Section 7.03    Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner or pledgee of Securities of any series and may otherwise deal with the Company, any Security Guarantors or any of their respective Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event the Trustee
acquires any conflicting interest pursuant to Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee, or resign. Any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar may do the same with like rights and duties. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11. 

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 of the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from any of 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 any of the Securities or in any Securities other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to
execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company, are
true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. The Trustee shall not be responsible to make any calculation with respect to any matter under this Indenture, unless it agrees to do so in writing with the Company. The Trustee
shall have no duty to monitor or investigate the Company’s compliance with or the breach of, or cause to be performed or observed, any representation, warranty or covenant made in this Indenture. 

Section 7.05    Notice of Default. If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to
the Securities of any series and if a Trust Officer has actual knowledge thereof, the Trustee shall give to each Holder of Securities of such series, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, notice
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such Default or Event of Default has been waived or cured prior to such giving of the Notice of Default). Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, or
interest or premium, if any, of any Security of such series (including payments pursuant to the redemption or required repurchase provisions of such Security, if any) or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of
such series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a committee of directors and/or Trust Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the
interests of the Holders of Securities of such series. 
 Section 7.06    Reports by the Trustee to Holders.
The Trustee shall comply with Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Company agrees to notify promptly the Trustee whenever any Securities become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof. 

Section 7.07    Compensation and Indemnity. (a) The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time
reasonable compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee
of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by it,
including costs of collection, costs of preparing and reviewing reports, certificates and other documents, costs of preparation and giving of notices to Holders and reasonable costs of counsel retained by the Trustee in connection with the delivery
of an opinion of counsel or otherwise, in addition to the compensation for its services, except for any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. Such expenses shall include the
reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants, experts and other Persons not regularly in its employ. 

(b)    The Company shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all loss, liability or expense (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it without negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on its part in connection with the acceptance and administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and
expenses of enforcing this Indenture (including this Section 7.07) and of defending itself against any claims (whether asserted by any Holder, the Company, any Security Guarantor or otherwise). 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; provided that the Company shall not be required to pay such fees and expenses if it assumes the Trustee’s defense, and, in the reasonable judgment of outside counsel to the
Trustee, there is no conflict of interest between the Company and the Trustee in connection with such defense. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the
Trustee’s own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. 
 (c)    To secure the Company’s payment
obligations in this Section 7.07, 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 a particular Security. The Trustee’s right to receive payment of any amounts due under this Section 7.07 shall not be subordinate to any other liability or indebtedness of the Company. 

  
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 (d)    The Company’s payment obligations pursuant to this
Section 7.07 shall survive the discharge of the Securities, the termination for any reason of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection
with the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Law Event of Default, the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law; provided that this shall not
affect the Trustee’s rights as set forth in this Section 7.07 or Section 7.11. “Trustee” for purposes of this Section shall include any predecessor Trustee; provided, however,
that the negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of any Trustee hereunder shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee hereunder. 

Section 7.08    Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee. (a) The Trustee may resign at
any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice of resignation to the Company and to the Holders of Securities of such series, such notice to the Holders to be given by mailing (by first-class mail), or
complying with applicable electronic notice provisions of the applicable Depositary, the same within 15 days after such notice is given to the Company. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee
by written instrument in duplicate, executed by authority of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed
and have accepted appointment within 60 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning trustee may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any
Holder of the Securities of the affected series who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities of the affected series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the
appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee. 

(b)    The Company shall remove the Trustee if: 

(i)    the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of
Section 7.10 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder of Securities; 

(ii)    the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act, after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months; 

(iii)    the Trustee shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent; 

(iv)    a receiver or liquidator of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer
shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation; or 

  
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 (v)    the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of
acting, then, in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors of the Company, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to
the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months may on behalf of
himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee. 
 (c)    The Holders of a majority in aggregate
Principal Amount of the Securities of any series at the time outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee for that series and appoint a successor trustee by delivering to the Trustee so removed, to the successor trustee so appointed and to the
Company the evidence provided for in Section 12.01 of the action in that regard taken by the Holders. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment 60 days after the giving of such
notice of removal, the trustee being removed may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, appoint a successor trustee. 
 (d)    Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and any appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 7.08 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided herein. 

(e)    The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of
any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by giving written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, or by applicable electronic notice in compliance with applicable
provisions of the applicable Depositary, to all Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office. 
 (f)    In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor
Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of
the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or
the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges and subject to its lien provided for in Section 7.07, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights,
powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder. 

  
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 (g)    In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each
successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which: 
 (i)    shall contain such provisions as
shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor Trustee relates; 
 (ii)    if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all
Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring
Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee; and 
 (iii)    shall add to
or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, 

it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees
of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee. Upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture
the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and
deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates. 

(h)    Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and
certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 7.08, as the case may be. 

(i)    No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee
shall be qualified and eligible under the Trust Indenture Act. 
 (j)    Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee
pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee. 

  
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 Section 7.09    Successor Trustee by Merger. (a) If the
Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another Person, the resulting, surviving or transferee Person without any further act shall be the successor
Trustee; provided, that such entity shall otherwise be qualified and eligible under this Article VII. 

(b)    In case at the time such successor or successors 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 provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any
predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation. 

Section 7.10    Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of
Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with
Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of
interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act are met. 

Section 7.11    Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. The Trustee shall comply with
Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture
Act to the extent indicated. 
 Section 7.12    Communications with the Trustee. Any and all notices,
certificates, opinions or filings with the SEC required or permitted to be provided by the Company to the Trustee under this indenture shall be in writing and shall be personally delivered, sent via an internationally recognized overnight delivery
service or sent by facsimile or electronic transmission to the address or telecopy number of the Corporate Trust Office. 

ARTICLE VIII 

DEFEASANCE 

Section 8.01    Applicability of the Article; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance. Unless pursuant to Section 2.03 provision is made for the inapplicability of either or both of (a) defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 8.02 or
(b) covenant defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 8.03, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together with the other provisions of this Article, shall be

  
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applicable to the Securities of such series, and the Company may, at its option, by resolution of the Board of Directors, at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02
or Section 8.03 applied to the Outstanding Securities of a series upon compliance with the conditions set forth in this Article VIII. 

Section 8.02    Legal Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Company’s exercise under
Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be
deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities on the date all of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”).
For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series, which shall thereafter be deemed to be Outstanding only for the
purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 8.02, and to have satisfied all
its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until
otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: 
 (i)    the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities
of such series to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 8.04 hereof, 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; 
 (ii)    the Company’s obligations with respect to such
Securities under Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 2.10, 3.02, 8.05, 8.06 and 8.07 hereof; 

(iii)    the rights (including indemnity rights under Article VII), powers,
trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith; and 

(iv)    the Company’s obligations under this Article VIII. 

Subject to compliance with this Article VIII, the Company may exercise its option under this
Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof with respect to the Securities of such series. 

Section 8.03    Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Company’s exercise under
Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be
released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Article III (other than Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.07) and Section 4.01 hereof and
the covenants contained in any supplemental indenture applicable to such series, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant
Defeasance”), and the Securities of such series shall thereafter be deemed not Outstanding for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such
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understood that such Securities shall not be deemed Outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such
series, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference 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 and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01(a)(iii),
(iv), (v) (other than with respect to the Company), (vi) or (vii) hereof with respect to Outstanding Securities of such series, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and of the Securities of
such series shall be unaffected thereby. 
 Section 8.04    Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance. The
Company may exercise its Legal Defeasance option or its Covenant Defeasance option with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a particular series only if: 

(a)    The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee
satisfying the requirements of Section 7.10 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article VIII applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following
payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities: (i) an amount in such currency, currencies or currency unit in which such Securities and any related coupons are then
specified as payable at Stated Maturity, or (ii) non-callable U.S. Government Obligations that through the scheduled payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms
will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or
firm of independent public accountants in the United States in the case of U.S. Government Obligations, to pay and discharge, and that 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 such Outstanding Securities on the stated maturity date of such principal and any installment of principal, or interest or premium, if any; 

(b)    In the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Company shall have delivered to
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that: (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date hereof, there has been a change in the applicable federal
income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred; 

(c)    In the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Company shall have delivered to
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject
to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred; 

  
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 (d)    No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of
such series, other than resulting from the borrowing of funds, or liens related thereto, to be applied to such deposit or similar deposits for other series of securities, shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (it being
understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period); 
 (e)    Such Legal
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound (other
than a breach, violation or default resulting from the borrowing of funds, or liens related thereto, to be applied to such deposit or similar deposits for other series of securities); and 

(f)    The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. 

Section 8.05    Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions. Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, the Trustee shall hold in trust all money, U.S. Legal Tender and/or non- callable U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds
thereof) deposited with it in respect of the Outstanding Securities of a particular series pursuant to this Article VIII. The Trustee shall apply the deposited money and the U.S. Legal Tender from the U.S. Government
Obligations through the Paying Agent and in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities. 

Section 8.06    Repayment to the Company. Notwithstanding anything in this
Article VIII to the contrary, (a) the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any excess money, non-callable U.S. Government Obligations
or other securities held by them as provided in Section 8.04 hereof upon payment of all the obligations with respect to the relevant series of Securities under this Indenture (such excess to be determined in the opinion of
a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants and expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(a) hereof)), and
(b) subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations held by them as provided
in Section 8.04 hereof for the payment of principal of, premium or interest on the Securities that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, Holders entitled to the money will be deemed general creditors of the
Company with respect to the money and must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment. 

Section 8.07    Indemnity for Moneys and U.S. Government Obligations Held in Trust. The Company shall pay and
indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the moneys or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.04
hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof, other than any such tax, fee or other charge that by law is for the account of the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series. 

  
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 Section 8.08    Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying
Agent is unable to apply any U.S. Legal Tender, other moneys or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article VIII, as the case may be, by reason of any
legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Securities of the relevant
series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article VIII until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such U.S. Legal Tender, other moneys or U.S.
Government Obligations in accordance with this Article VIII; provided, however, that, if the Company has made any payment of principal of, or premium or interest, if any, on any Security because of the
reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Security to receive such payment from the U.S. Legal Tender, other moneys or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent. 

ARTICLE IX 

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE 

Section 9.01    Satisfaction and Discharge. This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of
further effect with respect to any series of Securities (except as to any surviving rights or registration of transfer, exchange or conversion of the Securities of such series expressly provided for in this Indenture or in the form of Security for
such series) as to all Outstanding Securities of such series when: 
 (a)    either 

(i)    all Securities of such series theretofore executed, authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen
or destroyed Securities of such series that have been replaced or paid and Securities of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been (x) deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the
Company or discharged from such trust or (y) paid to any State or the District of Columbia pursuant to its unclaimed property or similar laws) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or 

(ii)    all Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation 

(A)    have become due and payable; or 

(B)    will become due and payable at their stated maturity within one year; or 

(C)    are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for
the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company, in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee, as trust funds in
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such series are payable, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such series of 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 Stated Maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, together with irrevocable instructions from the
Company directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment; 
 (b)    the Company has paid or caused to be paid
all other sums payable hereunder with respect to such Securities; and 
 (c)    the Company has delivered to the Trustee
an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each to the effect that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been satisfied. 

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under
Section 7.07 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (ii) of paragraph (a) of this Section 9.01, the
obligations of the Trustee under Section 9.02 and the last paragraph of Section 3.03 shall survive. 

Section 9.02    Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of
Section 3.03, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the 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 Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, for whose
payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee. 
 ARTICLE X 

AMENDMENTS 

Section 10.01    Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. (a) The Company, the Security
Guarantors, if any, and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of any series without the consent of any Holder: 

(i)    to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; 

(ii)    to comply with Article IV hereof or in any provision in any supplemental
indenture in respect of the assumption by a Successor Company or successor Security Guarantor of the obligations of the Company or a Security Guarantor under the Securities of any or all series and this Indenture; 

(iii)    to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities,
provided, however, that the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code; 

  
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 (iv)    to add guarantees with respect to the Securities
or to secure the Securities; 
 (v)    to add to the covenants of the Company or any Security Guarantor
for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company in this Indenture; 

(vi)    to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of the Securities; 

(vii)    to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with effecting or maintaining the
qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; 
 (viii)    to make any change that would
provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of all or any series of Securities or that does not, in the opinion of the Trustee, adversely affect the rights of any Holder of such Securities in any material respect; 

(ix)    to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor trustee and to
add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee; 

(x)    to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by
Sections 2.01 and 2.03; 
 (xi)    to make any change necessary to make
this Indenture, the Securities of any series or the Security Guarantee relating to any series of Securities, as applicable, consistent with the description of the Securities in the prospectus or any related prospectus supplement relating to such
Securities; 
 (xii)    to conform the text of this Indenture, the Securities of any series or the
Security Guarantee relating to any series of Securities, as applicable, with the description of the Securities in the prospectus or any related prospectus supplement relating to such Securities to the extent such provision this Indenture, the
Securities of any series or the Security Guarantee relating to any series of Securities, as applicable, was intended to be a substantially verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Securities of any series or the Security Guarantee
relating to any series of Securities, as applicable, as determined in good faith by the Company (which intent will be established by an Officer’s Certificate); 

(xiii)    to correct or supplement any provision of this Indenture that may be inconsistent with any other
provision of this Indenture or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture; provided, such actions shall not adversely affect the interests of any Holder; or 

(xiv)    to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture; provided, that any such change or
elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of any such provision. 

  
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 (b)    After an amendment or supplement under this
Section 10.01 becomes effective, the Company shall give to Holders of the affected Securities a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not
impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 10.01. 

Section 10.02    With Consent of Holders. (a) Subject to Section 10.01, except
as provided in the next succeeding paragraphs, the Company, the Security Guarantors, if any, and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of any series without notice to any Holder but with the written consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding affected by such modification or amendment (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender
offer or exchange offer for, such Securities). Without the consent of each Holder affected hereby, however, an amendment or waiver may not: 

(i)    reduce the Principal Amount of Securities of any series whose Holders must consent to an amendment,
supplement or waiver; 
 (ii)    reduce the rate of or change or have the effect of changing the time for
payment of interest, including Defaulted Interest, on any Securities; 
 (iii)    reduce the Principal
Amount of or change or have the effect of changing the stated maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of, any Securities, or change the date on which any Securities may be subject to redemption (provided that this shall not
apply to changes in the notice period for redemptions), or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or the Redemption Price therefor; 

(iv)    make any Securities payable in currency other than that stated in the Securities; 

(v)    make any change in the provisions of this Indenture entitling each Holder to receive payment of
principal of, premium and interest on such Securities on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption date) or to bring suit to enforce such payment, or permitting Holders of a majority in Principal
Amount of Outstanding Securities to waive Defaults or Events of Default; 
 (vi)    amend, change or
modify in any material respect any obligations of the Company to make and consummate a change of control offer in respect of a change of control event that has occurred, to the extent any such change of control may be required under the terms of any
such series of Securities; 
 (vii)    eliminate or modify in any manner the obligations of a Security
Guarantor with respect to its Security Guarantee which adversely affects Holders in any material respect, except as expressly otherwise provided for in this Indenture; or 

  
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 (viii)    change any obligation of the Company to
maintain an office or agency in the place and for the purposes specified in Section 3.02. 
 Subject to
Section 6.04, the Holder or Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding may waive any existing Default or compliance by the Company with any provision of this
Indenture or the Securities of any series affected by such default or compliance. 
 (b)    It shall not be necessary
for the consent of the Holders under this Section 10.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. 

(c)    After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 10.02 becomes effective, the
Company shall give to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity
of any such amendment, supplement o waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities then Outstanding affected may waive compliance in a
particular instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or such Securities. 

Section 10.03    Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant
to the provisions hereof, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company
and the Holders shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of
the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes. 
 Section 10.04    Compliance with TIA;
Documents to Be Given to Trustee. Every such supplemental indenture shall comply with the TIA as then in effect. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, may receive an Officer’s
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such supplemental indenture complies with the applicable provisions of this Indenture. 

Section 10.05    Notation on or Exchange of Securities. Securities authenticated and delivered after the
adoption of any amendment or supplement pursuant to the provisions of this Article may bear a notation approved by the Trustee as to form (but not as to substance) as to any matter provided for by such amendment or supplement or as to any action
taken at any such meeting. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Securities of any series then Outstanding will execute and upon Company Order the Trustee will authenticate and make available for
delivery new Securities of such series that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue new Securities shall not affect the validity of such amendment or supplement. 

  
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 Section 10.06    Trustee to Sign Amendments and Supplements.
Upon receipt of a Company Order accompanied by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors authorizing the execution of a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 10.01 or Section 10.02
hereof, and upon receipt by the Trustee of: 
 (i)    the documents described in
Section 10.04 hereof; and 
 (ii)    with respect to an amendment pursuant to
Section 10.02, evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders as aforesaid, 
 the Trustee shall join with the
Company in the execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver, including any supplemental indenture, and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained, unless such amendment, supplement or waiver
affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amendment, supplement or waiver. In signing such
amendment, supplement or waiver, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and to receive, and (subject to Sections 7.01 and 7.02) shall be fully protected in relying upon such
evidence as it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, solely an Opinion of Counsel and an Officer’s Certificate stating that such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that all conditions
precedent to the execution of such amendment, supplement or waiver have been complied with. 
 ARTICLE XI 

SECURITY GUARANTEES 

Section 11.01    Applicability of the Article; Company’s Option to Implement Security
Guarantees. If pursuant to Section 2.03 provision is made for the applicability of either Security Guarantees with respect to the Securities of a series under this Article XI, then the
provisions of this Article XI, together with the other provisions of the Securities of such series, shall be applicable to the Securities of such series, as such provisions may be modified by any supplemental indenture in
respect of such series of Securities. 
 Section 11.02    Security Guarantees. (a) Each Security
Guarantor hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees, jointly and severally with each other Security Guarantor, to each Holder and the Trustee, the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or
otherwise, of the obligations (such guaranteed obligations, the “Guaranteed Obligations”) of the Securities of any series that are subject to Security Guarantees. Unless terminated hereunder, each such Security Guarantor further
agrees (to the extent permitted by law) that such obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from it, and that it shall remain bound by the provisions of this Article XI,
to the extent otherwise applicable, notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any such obligation. Each Security Guarantor hereby agrees to pay, in addition to the amounts stated above, any and all expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and
expenses) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing or exercising any rights under any Security Guarantee. 

  
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 (b)    Each Security Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment
from and protest to the Company of any of the obligations under such Securities or this Indenture and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Security Guarantor waives notice of any default under this Indenture, the Securities of such
series or any other agreement. The obligations of each Security Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other Person
under this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the
Securities of such series or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the obligations under the Securities or this Indenture; (v) the failure of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy
against the other Security Guarantors with respect to the Securities of such series; or (vi) any change in the ownership of the Company. 

(c)    Each Security Guarantor further agrees that its Security Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment when
due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder to any security held for payment of the obligations under such Securities. 

(d)    The obligations of each Security Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment
or termination for any reason (other than payment of the obligations under the Securities in full), 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 obligations under the Securities or this Indenture. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Security
Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, 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 under the Securities or this Indenture, 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 Security Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of such Security Guarantor as a matter of law or equity. 

(e)    Each Security Guarantor further agrees that its Security 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 or interest on any of the Company’s obligations with respect to the Securities of such series is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder
upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise. 
 (f)    In furtherance of the foregoing and not in
limitation of any other right which the Trustee or any Holder has at law or in equity against each Security Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay any of the Company’s obligations with respect to the Securities of
such series when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, each Security Guarantor hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be
paid, in cash, to the Holders an amount equal to the sum of: 
 (i)    the unpaid amount of such
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 (ii)    accrued and unpaid interest on such obligations
under the Securities and this Indenture then due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by law); provided, that any delay by the Trustee in giving such written demand shall in no event affect any Security Guarantor’s
obligations under its Security Guarantee. 
 (g)    Each Security Guarantor further agrees that, as between such
Security Guarantor on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand: 
 (i)    the maturity of the
obligations with respect to Securities of such series guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in this Indenture for the purposes of its Security Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such
acceleration in respect of such obligations; and 
 (ii)    in the event of any such declaration of
acceleration of such obligations, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Security Guarantor for the purposes of such Security Guarantee. 

Section 11.03    Limitation on Liability; Termination; Release and Discharge. 

(a)    The obligations of each Security Guarantor hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series shall be limited
to the maximum amount as shall, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Security Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Security Guarantor in respect
of the obligations of such other Security Guarantor under its Security Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Security Guarantor under its Security Guarantee not constituting a
fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law. 
 (b)    If no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, a Security Guarantor will be released and relieved of its obligations under its Security Guarantee: 

(i)    automatically upon any sale, exchange or transfer, whether by way of merger or otherwise, to any
Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company, of all of the Company’s direct or indirect equity interests in the Security Guarantor; 

(ii)    automatically upon the liquidation and dissolution of the Security Guarantor; 

(iii)    following delivery of a written notice by the Company to the Trustee, upon the release of all
guarantees or other obligations of the Security Guarantor with respect to the obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under the Senior Credit Facility; provided that if at any time following any release of a Security Guarantor
from its guarantee of the Securities pursuant to this subsection (iii), the Security Guarantor again guarantees, becomes a co-obligor with respect to or otherwise provides direct credit support for any of
the obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under the Senior Credit Facility, then the Company shall cause the Security Guarantor to again guarantee the Securities in accordance with this Indenture. 

  
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 (c)    If there is a Legal Defeasance or a Covenant Defeasance, or if
the Company satisfies its obligations under the Securities pursuant to Section 9.01, then all of the Security Guarantors will be released and relieved of their obligations under their respective Security Guarantees. 

Section 11.04    Reserved. [Reserved]. 

Section 11.05    Right of Contribution. Each Security Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under a
Security Guarantee will be entitled, upon payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations under the Securities, to a contribution from each other Security Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Security Guarantor’s pro rata portion of
such payment, based on the respective net assets of all the Security Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP. The provisions of this Section 11.05 shall in no respect limit the obligations
and liabilities of each Security Guarantor to the Trustee and the Holders and each Security Guarantor shall remain liable to the Trustee and the Holders for the full amount guaranteed by such Security Guarantor hereunder. 

Section 11.06    No Subrogation. Each Security Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of
subrogation in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations until payment in full in cash or cash equivalents of all the Company’s obligations under the relevant Securities. If any amount shall be paid to any Security Guarantor on account of such
subrogation rights at any time when all of the such obligations shall not have been paid in full in cash or cash equivalents, such amount shall be held by such Security Guarantor in trust for the Trustee and the Holders, segregated from other funds
of such Security Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Security Guarantor, be turned over to the Trustee in the exact form received by such Security Guarantor (duly endorsed by such Security Guarantor to the Trustee, if required), to
be applied against the such obligations. 
 ARTICLE XII 

CONCERNING THE HOLDERS 

Section 12.01    Evidence of Action Taken by Holders. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of any series may be embodied in and evidenced: 

(a)    by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly
appointed in writing; 
 (b)    by the record of the Holders of Securities of such series voting in favor thereof at any
meeting of Holders duly called and held; or 
 (c)    by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such
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 and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument
or instruments are delivered to the Trustee. Proof of execution of any instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Sections 7.01 and
7.02) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Article. 

Section 12.02    Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Securities; Record Date. Subject to
Sections 7.01 and 7.02, the execution of any instrument by a Holder or his agent or proxy may be proved in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner
as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register or by a certificate of the Registrar thereof. The Company may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of holders of
Securities entitled to vote or consent to any action referred to in Section 12.01, which record date may be set at any time or from time to time by notice to the Trustee, for any date or dates (in the case of any
adjournment or resolicitation) not more than 90 days nor less than 20 days prior to the proposed date of such vote or consent, and thereafter, notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, only holders of Securities of record on such record date
shall be entitled to so vote or give such consent or to withdraw such vote or consent. 
 Section 12.03    Who
May Be Deemed Owners of Securities. The Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent and any Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name any Security of any series shall be registered in the Security Register on the applicable record date as
the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, on such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to, or upon the order
of, any Holders shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability of moneys payable upon any such Security. 

Section 12.04    Record Date for Action by Holders. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that Holders of
a specified percentage in aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities of any series may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any direction, notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), other
than any action taken at a meeting of Holders of such series, the Company, pursuant to a resolution of its Board of Directors, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding, may
request the Trustee to fix a record date for determining Holders entitled to notice of and to take any such action. In case the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above specified shall desire to request Holders of such
series to take any action and shall request the Trustee to fix a record date with respect thereto by written notice setting forth in reasonable detail the Holder action to be requested, the Trustee shall promptly (but in any event within five days
of receipt of such request) fix a record date that shall be a business day not less than 15 nor more than 20 days after the date on which the Trustee receives such request. If the Trustee shall fail to fix a record date as hereinabove provided, then
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less than 15 nor more than 20 days after the date on which such written notice shall be given) to the Trustee. If a record date is fixed according to this Section 12.04,
only persons shown as Holders of the Securities of such series on the Security Register at the close of business on the record date so fixed shall be entitled to take the requested action and the taking of such action by the Holders of Securities of
such series on the record date of the required percentage of the aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities shall be binding on all Holders of such series; provided, that the taking of the requested action by the Holders of Securities of such
series on the record date of the percentage in aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities in connection with such action shall have been evidenced to the Trustee, as provided in Section 12.01, not later than 180 days
after such record date. 
 Section 12.05    Right of Revocation of Action Taken. At any time prior to (but
not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 12.01, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities of any series specified in this Indenture
in connection with such action, any holder of a Security the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included among the serial numbers of the Securities of the series the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing
written notice at the Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of holding as provided in this Article, revoke such action so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the holder of any Security shall be conclusive and
binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners of such Security and of any Securities issued in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon any such Security. Any
action taken by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities of any series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee and the holders of all
the Securities of such series. 
 ARTICLE XIII 

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY 

Section 13.01    Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The Company will furnish or cause
to be furnished to the Trustee: 
 (a)    semi-annually, not later than 15 days after the Regular Record Date for each
series of Securities, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities as of such Regular Record Date (unless the Trustee has such information), or if there is no Regular Record Date
for interest for such series of Securities, semi-annually, upon such dates as are set forth in the Board Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto authorizing such series, and 

(b)    at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any
such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished. 

  
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 Section 13.02    Preservation of Information; Communications to
Holders. 
 (a)    The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and
addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 13.01 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as the Registrar. The Trustee may
destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 13.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. 

(b)    If three or more Holders (referred to in this Section 13.02(b) as
“applicants”) apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such
application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants
propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either 

(i)    afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance
with Section 13.02(a); or 
 (ii)    inform such applicants as to the
approximate number of Holders whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 13.02(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing or otherwise giving to
such Holders the form of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such application. 
 If the Trustee shall elect not to afford
such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants, give to each Holder whose name and address appears in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with
Section 13.02(a) a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for
the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing (or, when the Securities or Global Securities, given pursuant to the applicable procedures of the applicable Depositary), unless within five days after such tender the Trustee shall give to such
applicants and file with the SEC, together with a copy of the material to be sent, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such delivery would be contrary to the best interest of the Holders or would be in violation of
applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the SEC, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such
objections or if, after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the SEC shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee
shall give copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their
application. 
 (c)    Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the
Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with
Section 13.02(b), regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of giving any material pursuant to a request made under
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 Section 13.03    Reports by the Trustee. (a) The
Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. If required by
Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall, within 60 days after each May 15th following the date of this Indenture deliver to Holders a brief report, dated as of such May 15th, which complies with the provisions of such
Section 313(a). The Trustee shall also comply with Section 313(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. 
 (b)    A copy
of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each securities exchange upon which Securities of any series are listed, with the SEC and with the Company. The Company will promptly notify the
Trustee when any Securities are listed on any securities exchange and of any delisting thereof. 
 ARTICLE XIV 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Section 14.01    Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or
conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act, the provision required by the Trust Indenture Act shall control. Each Security Guarantor in addition to performing its obligations under
its Subsidiary Guarantee shall perform such other obligations as may be imposed on it with respect to this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. 

Section 14.02    Notices. 

(a)    Any notice or communication shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, or by overnight courier service addressed as follows: 
 if to the Company: 

Southwestern Energy Company, 

10000 Energy Drive, 
 Spring,
Texas 77389, 
 Attention: Chief Financial Officer; 

if to the Trustee: 
 Regions
Bank, 
 3773 Richmond Avenue, Suite 1100 

Houston, Texas 77046 

Attention: Corporate Trust. 

  
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 The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different
addresses for subsequent notices or communications. 
 Any notice or communication to a Holder, when the Securities are Global Securities,
will be given pursuant to the applicable procedures of the applicable Depositary. 
 Failure to give a notice or communication to a Holder
or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. 
 (b)    Any notice or communication
mailed to a registered Holder shall be mailed or delivered by an overnight delivery service to the Holder at the Holder’s address as it appears on the Security Register and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed or delivered within the time
prescribed. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. In case by reason of suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification to Holders as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, shall constitute a sufficient notification to such Holders for every
purpose hereunder. 
 (c)    Any notices or communications given to the Trustee shall be effective only upon actual
receipt by the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, and any notices or communications given to the Company shall be effective only upon actual receipt by the Company at the address shown in Section 14.02(a). 

(d)    Any notice or communication delivered to the Company under the provisions herein shall constitute notice to the
Security Guarantors, if any. 
 (e)    The Trustee shall have the right, but shall not be required, to rely upon and
comply with instructions and directions sent by e-mail, facsimile and other similar unsecured electronic methods by Persons believed by the Trustee to be authorized to give instructions and directions on
behalf of the Company; provided that no such reliance shall be permitted in cases of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence. The Trustee shall have no duty or obligation to verify or confirm that the person who sent such instructions or
directions is, in fact, a person authorized to give instructions or directions on behalf of the Company; and (absent negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct) the Trustee shall have no liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses
incurred or sustained by the Company as a result of such reliance upon or compliance with such notices, instructions, directions or other communications. The Company shall use all reasonable endeavors to ensure that any such notices, instructions,
directions or other communications transmitted to the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture are complete and correct. Any such notices, instructions, directions or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to be valid instructions from the
Company to the Trustee for the purposes of this Indenture. 
 (f)    Where this Indenture provides for notice in any
manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. The Trustee may waive notice to it of any provision herein, and
such waiver shall be deemed to be for its convenience and discretion. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

  
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 (g)    Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other
Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Company, any Security Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c). 

Section 14.03    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: 

(a)    an Officer’s Certificate 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 
 (b)    an Opinion of
Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any
provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. 

Section 14.04    Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of
Counsel 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 and the definitions herein relating thereto; 
 (2)    a brief statement as to the nature and
scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; 

(3)    a statement that, in the opinion of 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. 
 Any certificate, statement or opinion of an Officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal
matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by counsel, unless such officer knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as
aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous. Any certificate, statement or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters or information which is in the possession
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the certificate, statement or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise
of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous. Any certificate, statement or opinion of an Officer of the Company or of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or
representations by an accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Company unless such Officer or counsel knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his certificate, statement
or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous. 

Section 14.05    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 14.06    Legal Holidays. A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on
which a Payment Office or commercial banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to be closed in New York City. 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 Regular Record Date shall not be affected. 

Section 14.07    Parties. Nothing expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be construed to give any
Person, firm or corporation, other than the Holders of the Securities and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture or any provision herein contained. 

Section 14.08    Governing Law, Etc. 

(a)    THIS INDENTURE (INCLUDING ANY SECURITY GUARANTEES) AND THE SECURITIES OF ANY SERIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO, AND EACH HOLDER OF A SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES OF ANY SERIES OR ANY TRANSACTION RELATED HERETO OR THERETO TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. 

(b)    Each of the Company and any Security Guarantor hereby: 

(i)    agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of or relating to this Indenture
(including any Security Guarantees) or the Securities of any series, as the case may be, may be instituted in any Federal or state court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York; 

(ii)    waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which it may now or
hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, and any claim that any suit, action or proceeding in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum; 

  
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 (iii)    irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding; 

(iv)    agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court shall be
conclusive and binding may be enforced in the courts of the jurisdiction of which it is subject by a suit upon judgment; and 

(v)    agrees that service of process by mail to the addresses specified herein shall constitute personal
service of such process on it in any such suit, action or proceeding. 
 (c)    Nothing in this
Section 14.08 shall affect the right of the Trustee or any Holder of Securities to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. 

Section 14.09    No Recourse Against Others. An incorporator, director, officer, employee, stockholder,
member, manager, partner or controlling Person, as such, of the Company or any Security Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under any Security of any series, this Indenture or any Security Guarantee or for any
claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting of the Securities of such series, 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 of such series. 
 Section 14.10    Successors. All agreements of the Company
and any Security Guarantor in this Indenture and the Securities of any series shall bind its respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors. 

Section 14.11    Duplicate and Counterpart Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Indenture. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies
of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or electronic format (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in
lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or electronic format (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. 

Section 14.12    Severability. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities of any series
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 

Section 14.13    Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents and headings of the Articles and Sections
of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. 

  
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 Section 14.14    PATRIOT ACT Compliance. The parties hereto
acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT ACT the Trustee, like all financial institutions, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each Person or legal entity that establishes a
relationship or opens account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may reasonably request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the USA PATRIOT ACT.

 [Signatures on following pages] 

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

			
	SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY,
	as Company
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Carl Giesler, Jr.

	Name:	 	Carl Giesler, Jr.
	Title:	 	Executive Vice Preside and Chief Financial Officer

  
 [Signature Page to
Indenture] 

 
			
	REGIONS BANK,
	as Trustee
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Doug Milner

	Name:	 	Doug Milner
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

  
 [Signature Page to
Indenture]EX-4.2

 Exhibit 4.2 
  

 
  

SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY 

as Issuer 
 the Security
Guarantors named herein 
 5.375% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2030 

FIRST 
 SUPPLEMENTAL

 INDENTURE 

Dated as of August 30, 2021 

REGIONS BANK, 
 as
Trustee 
  
  

 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
	 	  	 	  	Page	 
	ARTICLE I	  			
		
	GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES	  			
			
	 Section 1.01
	  	 Establishment
	  	 	1	 
		
	ARTICLE II	  			
		
	DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE	  			
			
	 Section 2.01
	  	 Definitions
	  	 	2	 
	 Section 2.02
	  	 Other Definitions
	  	 	14	 
		
	ARTICLE III	  			
		
	THE NOTES	  			
			
	 Section 3.01
	  	 Form
	  	 	15	 
		
	ARTICLE IV	  			
		
	REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT	  			
			
	 Section 4.01
	  	 Optional Redemption
	  	 	15	 
		
	ARTICLE V	  			
		
	ADDITIONAL COVENANTS	  			
			
	 Section 5.01
	  	 Limitations on Liens
	  	 	15	 
	 Section 5.02
	  	 Restriction of Sale-Leaseback Transactions
	  	 	16	 
	 Section 5.03
	  	 Future Security Guarantors
	  	 	16	 
	 Section 5.04
	  	 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control Event
	  	 	16	 
		
	ARTICLE VI	  			
		
	CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE OF ASSETS	  			
		
	ARTICLE VII	  			
		
	SECURITY GUARANTEES	  			
			
	 Section 7.01
	  	 Security Guarantees
	  	 	18	 
	 Section 7.02
	  	 Release of Guarantees
	  	 	18	 

  
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	ARTICLE VIII	  			
		
	EVENTS OF DEFAULT	  			
			
	 Section 8.01
	  	 Applicability
	  	 	19	 
		
	ARTICLE IX	  			
		
	MISCELLANEOUS	  			
			
	 Section 9.01
	  	 Integral Part
	  	 	19	 
	 Section 9.02
	  	 Adoption, Ratification and Confirmation
	  	 	19	 
	 Section 9.03
	  	 Counterparts
	  	 	19	 
	 Section 9.04
	  	 The Trustee
	  	 	19	 
	 Section 9.05
	  	 Governing Law
	  	 	19	 
			
	 EXHIBIT A:
	  	 Form of Note
	  			

  
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 FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of August 30, 2021 (this “First
Supplemental Indenture”) among SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Security Guarantors party hereto and Regions Bank, as trustee (the “Trustee”). 

W I T N E S S E T H: 

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore entered into an Indenture, dated as of August 30, 2021 (the “Base Indenture”), with
Regions Bank, as trustee; 
 WHEREAS, the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, is herein called the
“Indenture”; 
 WHEREAS, under the Base Indenture, a new series of Securities may at any time be established by the Board
of Directors of the Company in accordance with the provisions of the Base Indenture and the form and terms of such series may be established by a supplemental indenture executed by the Company and the Trustee; 

WHEREAS, the Company proposes to create under the Indenture a new series of Securities; 

WHEREAS, the Security Guarantors party hereto have determined that it is advisable and in their best interests to enter into this First
Supplemental Indenture in order to provide Security Guarantees with respect to the new series of Securities; 
 WHEREAS, additional
Securities of other series hereafter established, except as may be limited in the Base Indenture as at the time supplemented and modified, may be issued from time to time pursuant to the Base Indenture as at the time supplemented and modified; and

 WHEREAS, all conditions necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture and to make it a valid and
binding obligation of the Company have been done or performed. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set
forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 

ARTICLE I 

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES 

Section 1.01    Establishment. 

(a)    There is hereby established a new series of Securities to be issued under the Indenture, to be designated as the
5.375% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”). 

  
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 (b)    There are to be authenticated and delivered $1,200,000,000
principal amount of Notes on the date hereof, and from time to time thereafter there may be authenticated and delivered an unlimited principal amount of additional Notes as Additional Securities. 

(c)    The Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Securities, in substantially the form set out
in Exhibit A hereto. The interest rate, Interest Payment Dates, record dates and maturity date of the Notes shall be as set forth in such form, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. The Depositary with
respect to the Notes shall be The Depository Trust Company. 
 (d)    Each Note shall be dated the date of
authentication thereof and shall bear interest from the date of original issuance thereof or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for. 

(e)    If and to the extent that the provisions of the Base Indenture are duplicative of, or in contradiction with, the
provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture shall govern. 
 ARTICLE II

 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 

Section 2.01    Definitions. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined below shall have the
meanings ascribed thereto in the Base Indenture. The following are additional definitions used in this First Supplemental Indenture and shall, with respect to the Notes, replace any inconsistent definitions in the Base Indenture: 

“ACNTA” means (without duplication), as of the date of determination: 

(a)    the sum of: 

(i)    discounted future net revenue from proved crude oil and natural gas reserves of the Company and its
Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with SEC guidelines before any state or federal income taxes, as estimated in a reserve report prepared as of the end of the Company’s most recently completed fiscal year, which reserve report is prepared
or audited by independent petroleum engineers as to at least 80% of the value of the reserves covered thereby, provided, however, that in lieu of using commodities prices and costs determined under SEC guidelines in such reserve report and for all
purposes of this definition, such discounted future net revenue shall be adjusted using NYMEX prices after giving further effect to commodity derivatives contracts in effect on the date of determination and estimates of costs in light of prevailing
market conditions in effect as of the date of determination, in each case as determined in good faith by the Company, as increased by, as of the date of determination, the discounted future net revenue before any state or federal income taxes of:

 (A)    estimated proved crude oil and natural gas reserves of the Company and its Subsidiaries
attributable to acquisitions consummated since the date of such year-end reserve report, and 

  
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 (B)    estimated proved crude oil and natural gas
reserves of the Company and its Subsidiaries attributable to extensions, discoveries and other additions and upward determinations of estimates of proved crude oil and natural gas reserves (including previously estimated development costs incurred
during the period and the accretion of discount since the prior year-end) due to exploration, development or exploitation, production or other activities which reserves were not reflected in such year-end reserve report (as adjusted for pricing and costs as set forth above), 
 in the case of the
determination made under each of clauses (A) and (B) above, calculated in accordance with SEC guidelines (except utilizing commodities prices and costs as set forth above) before any state or federal income taxes, and as decreased by, as
of the date of determination, the discounted future net revenue before any state or federal income taxes attributable to: 

(C)    estimated proved crude oil and natural gas reserves of the Company and its Subsidiaries reflected
in such year-end reserve report (as adjusted for pricing and costs as set forth above) produced or disposed of since the date of such year-end reserve report, and 

(D)    reductions in the estimated proved crude oil and natural gas reserves of the Company and its
Subsidiaries reflected in such year-end reserve report (as adjusted for pricing and costs as set forth above) since the date of such year-end reserve report attributable
to downward determinations of estimates of proved crude oil and natural gas reserves due to exploration, development or exploitation, production or other activities conducted or otherwise occurring since the date of such year-end reserve report, in each case calculated in accordance with SEC guidelines (except utilizing the commodities prices and costs as set forth above) before any state or federal income taxes; 

provided, however, that, in the case of each of the determinations made pursuant to clauses (A) through (D) above, such
increases and decreases shall be as estimated in good faith by the Company; 
 (ii)    the capitalized
costs that are attributable to crude oil and natural gas properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries to which no proved crude oil and natural gas reserves are attributed, based on the Company’s books and records as of a date no earlier than
the date of the Company’s latest annual or quarterly financial statements; 
 (iii)    the Net
Working Capital, excluding unrealized gains and losses related to unsettled derivatives, on a date no earlier than the date of the Company’s latest annual or quarterly financial statements; and 

  
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 (iv)    the greater of (I) the net book value on a
date no earlier than the date of the Company’s latest annual or quarterly financial statements and (II) the appraised value, as estimated by independent appraisers within the immediately preceding 12 months, of other tangible assets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries (provided that the Company shall not be required to obtain such an appraisal of such assets if no such appraisal has been performed); 

minus 

(b)    to the extent not otherwise taken into account in the immediately preceding clause (a), the sum of: 

(i)    minority interests; 

(ii)    any net gas or other balancing liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries reflected in the
Company’s latest audited consolidated financial statements; 
 (iii)    the discounted future net
revenue, calculated in accordance with SEC guidelines (except utilizing the commodities prices and costs set forth above) before any state or federal income taxes, attributable to reserves that are required to be delivered to third parties to fully
satisfy the obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to Volumetric Production Payments on the schedules specified with respect thereto; and 

(iv)    the discounted future net revenue, calculated in accordance with SEC guidelines before any state or
federal income taxes, attributable to reserves subject to Dollar Denominated Production Payments that, based on the estimates of production included in determining the discounted future net revenue specified in the immediately preceding
clause (a)(i) (except utilizing the commodities prices and costs set forth above), would be necessary to satisfy fully the obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to Dollar Denominated Production Payments on the schedules
specified with respect thereto. 
 For the avoidance of doubt, references in this definition to “oil and natural gas reserves”
shall include any reserves attributable to natural gas liquids and other hydrocarbons. 
 “Applicable Premium” means, with
respect to any Note at any Redemption Date, the greater of: 
  

	 	(1)	 1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; or 

 

	 	(2)	 the excess of: 

  

	 	(a)	 the present value at such Redemption Date of the Redemption Price of the Note at March 15, 2025 (such
Redemption Price being set forth in the table in Section 5 of the form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A) plus (y) all required interest payments due on the Note through March 15, 2025 (in each case excluding accrued but
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Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the applicable Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis
(assuming a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30 day months); over 

 the principal amount of the Note. 

“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for, or any tender or surrender of, beneficial
interests in any Global Security, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream Luxembourg that apply to such transfer, exchange, tender or surrender. 

“Attributable Debt” means, in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, as at the time of determination, the present value
(discounted at the interest rate borne by the Notes, compounded semi-annually) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction (including any period
for which such lease has been extended); provided, however, that if such Sale and Leaseback Transaction results in a Finance Lease Obligation, the amount of indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition
of “Finance Lease Obligation.” 
 “Borrowing Base” means, with respect to borrowings under the Credit Agreement
and any amendment to and/or modification or replacement thereof in the form of a reserve-based borrowing base credit facility, in each case with lenders that include commercial banks regulated by the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency,
the maximum amount determined or re-determined by the lenders thereunder as the aggregate lending value to be ascribed to the Oil and Gas Properties and other assets of the Company and its subsidiaries against
which such lenders are prepared to provide loans, letters of credit or other indebtedness to the Company and its subsidiaries under the Credit Agreement, using customary practices and standards for determining reserve-based loans and which are
generally applied to borrowers in the Oil and Gas Business by commercial lenders, as determined semi-annually during each year and/or on such other occasions as may be required or provided for by the Credit Agreement, and which is based upon, inter
alia, the review by such lenders of the hydrocarbon reserves, royalty interests and assets and liabilities of the Company and its subsidiaries. 

“Capital Stock” means, as to any Person, any and all shares, units of beneficial 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 or other indebtedness convertible into such equity. 

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: 

(1)    any “person,” as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, becoming
the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company; provided that a transaction in which the Company becomes a Subsidiary of another Person shall not constitute a Change of Control
if, immediately following such transaction, (a) the Persons who were 

  
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stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transactions continue to beneficially own, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, 50% or more of the voting power of the
outstanding Voting Stock of such other Person of whom the Company has become a Subsidiary and (b) no Person other than such other Person of whom the Company has become a Subsidiary beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the
voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company; 
 (2)    the merger or consolidation of the Company
with or into another Person or the merger of another Person with or into the Company, or the sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Company (determined on a consolidated basis) to another Person, other than
(i) (A) a transaction following which in the case of a merger or consolidated transaction, holders of securities that represented 100% of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction (or other securities into which such
securities are converted as part of such merger or consolidation transaction) own directly or indirectly at least a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person (or any parent thereof) in such merger or consolidation
transaction immediately after such transaction or (B) a transaction that would be permitted under the proviso to clause (1) of this definition of “Change of Control”; or (ii) in the case of a sale, lease or other disposition
of all or substantially all assets transaction, a transaction in which each transferee becomes an obligor in respect of the Notes and a Subsidiary of the transferor of such assets; or 

(3)    the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company. 

“Change of Control Event” means the occurrence of either of the following: 

(1)    if the Notes do not have an Investment Grade Rating from both of the Ratings Agencies on the first
day of the Trigger Period, the Notes are downgraded by at least one rating category (e.g., from BB+ to BB or Ba1 to Ba2) from the applicable rating of the Notes on the first day of the Trigger Period by both of the Ratings Agencies on any date
during the Trigger Period; or 
 (2)    if the Notes have an Investment Grade Rating from both of the
Ratings Agencies on the first day of the Trigger Period, the Notes cease to have an Investment Grade Rating by both of the Ratings Agencies on any date during the Trigger Period; 

provided, however, that for so long as any of the Company’s Existing Senior Securities are outstanding, if the Company is required to offer to
purchase any such Existing Senior Securities as a result of the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined in such Existing Senior Securities), then the occurrence of such Change of Control shall constitute a Change of Control Event. For purposes
of the foregoing, “Existing Senior Securities” means, to the extent then outstanding, the Company’s 4.10% Senior Notes due 2022, the Company’s 4.95% Senior Notes due 2025, the Company’s 7.50% Senior Notes due 2026,
the Company’s 7.75% Senior Notes due 2027 and the Company’s 8.375% Senior Notes due 2028. 

  
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 If a Ratings Agency is not providing a rating for the Notes at the commencement of the
Trigger Period, a Change of Control Event shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to such Ratings Agency as a result of the related Change of Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Change of Control Event will be deemed to have occurred in
connection with any particular Change of Control unless and until such Change of Control has actually occurred. 
 “Change of
Control Notice” means notice of a Change of Control Offer made pursuant to Section 5.04, which shall be mailed first-class, postage prepaid (or, when the Notes are Global Securities, given pursuant to the
applicable procedures of the applicable Depositary), to each record Holder of Notes as shown on the Note Register within 30 days following a Change of Control Event, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of
Control Offer and shall state: 
 (1)    that a Change of Control Event has occurred and that pursuant to
Section 5.04, such Holder has the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part of such Holder’s Notes for the Change of Control Payment; 

(2)    the Change of Control Payment Date; 

(3)    that any Notes not properly tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest; 

(4)    that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment with respect
thereto, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date; 

(5)    that any Holder electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be
required to surrender such Notes (in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, if in global form), with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such Notes completed, to the Paying Agent at the address
specified in the Change of Control Notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date; 

(6)    that any Holder shall be entitled to withdraw its tendered Notes and such election to require the
Company to purchase such Notes, provided that the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter, setting forth the
name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing such tendered Notes and such Holder’s election to have such Notes purchased pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; 

(7)    that Holders electing to have their Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer must
specify the principal amount that is being tendered for purchase, which principal amount of the portion of Notes tendered must be equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 thereafter; 

(8)    any conditions to the Change of Control Offer; 

  
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 (9)    the procedures determined by the Company,
consistent with the Indenture, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Notes purchased; and 

(10)    any other information necessary to enable any Holder to tender Notes and to have such Notes
purchased pursuant to the Indenture. 
 “Change of Control Payment Date” means a Business Day no earlier than 30 calendar
days nor later than 60 calendar days subsequent to the date that a Change of Control Notice is mailed (or, when the Securities or Global Securities, give pursuant to the applicable procedures of the applicable Depositary) (other than as may be
required by law). 
 “Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2018, by and among
the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders from time to time party thereto, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced in any manner (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or
refinanced in whole or in part from time to time, in each case with one or more reserve-based borrowing base credit facilities with lenders that include commercial banks regulated by the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. 

“Credit Facilities” means one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Company’s senior credit
facility), indentures or commercial paper facilities, in each case with banks, investment banks, insurance companies, mutual funds and/or other institutional lenders or investors providing for debt financing, revolving credit loans, term loans,
receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from (or sell receivables to) such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended,
extended, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced (in each case with credit facilities), supplemented or otherwise modified (in whole or in part and without limitation as to amount, terms, conditions, covenants and other provisions) from
time to time. 
 “Finance Lease Obligation” means an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted for as a
finance lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of indebtedness represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in accordance with GAAP; and the stated maturity
thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty. 

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of
the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a
significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect on the date of the Indenture. 
 “guarantee” means
any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any indebtedness of any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, 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 of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to

  
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keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services (unless such purchase arrangements are on arm’s-length terms and are entered into in the
ordinary course of business), to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (2) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other
manner the obligee of such indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or
deposit in the ordinary course of business, letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of its business or other signature guarantees made by a Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business. The term “guarantee” used as a verb has
a corresponding meaning. 
 “hydrocarbons” means oil, natural gas, casing head gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline,
condensate, distillate, liquid hydrocarbons, gaseous hydrocarbons and all constituents, elements or compounds thereof and products refined or processed therefrom. 

“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or greater than (i) BBB- by
S&P or (ii) Baa3 by Moody’s, or (iii) the equivalent thereof under any new ratings system if the ratings system of either such agency shall be modified after the date hereof, or (iv) the equivalent rating or any other Ratings
Agency selected by the Company as provided by the definition of Ratings Agency. 
 “Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, lien,
charge, security interest, conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other encumbrance of any nature whatsoever. 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Services, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof. 

“Net Working Capital” means: 

(a)    all current assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, minus 

(b)    all current liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries, except current liabilities included in
indebtedness; in each case determined in accordance with GAAP. 
 “NYMEX prices” means, as of any date of determination,
the forward month prices for the most comparable hydrocarbon commodity applicable to such future production month for a five year period (or such shorter period if forward month prices are not quoted for a reasonably comparable hydrocarbon commodity
for the full five year period), with such prices held constant thereafter based on the last quoted forward month price of such period, as such prices are (i) quoted on the New York Mercantile Exchange (or its successor) as of a date within 30
days of the date of determination and (ii) adjusted for energy content, quality and basis differentials; provided that with respect to estimated future production for which prices are defined, within the meaning of SEC guidelines, by
contractual arrangements excluding escalations based upon future conditions, then such contract prices shall be applied to future production subject to such arrangements. 

“Oil and Gas Business” means (i) the acquisition, exploration, exploitation, development, production, treatment,
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oil, gas and other hydrocarbon properties (including the acquisition of properties and interests therein the Company in its reasonable judgment deems necessary or appropriate for the activities
described in the foregoing), (ii) the gathering, marketing, treating, processing, storage, selling and transporting of any production from such interests or properties, (iii) any business relating to exploration for or exploitation,
development, production, treatment, operation, servicing, processing, refining, storage, transportation or marketing of oil, natural gas and other hydrocarbon product and other minerals and products produced in association therewith and
(iv) any activity that is ancillary or incidental to or necessary or appropriate for the activities described in clauses (i) through (iii) of this definition. 

“Oil and Gas Properties” means all properties, including equity or other ownership interest therein, owned by such Person or
any of its subsidiaries which contain or are believed to contain “proved oil and gas reserves” as defined in Rule 4-10 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act.

 “Ordinary Course Lien” means any: 

(1)    Lien incurred in the ordinary course of business to secure the obtaining of advances or the payment
of the deferred purchase price of property; 
 (2)    Lien created by any interest or title of a lessor
under any lease entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and covering only the assets so leased; 

(3)    Lien arising from precautionary UCC financing statements or similar filings made in respect of
operating leases; 
 (4)    Lien that is a contractual right of
set-off (a) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of indebtedness, (b) relating to pooled deposits or sweep accounts to permit
satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or (c) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered in the ordinary course of business; 

(5)    oil, gas or mineral lease arising in the ordinary course of business where the Lien arises from the
rights of lessors; 
 (6)    customary initial deposits and margin deposits and any similar Lien
attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts that are not for speculative purposes and arise in the ordinary course of business; 

(7)    Lien on cash and cash equivalents in favor of, and letters of credit issued for the benefit of,
counterparties to Swap Agreements securing obligations under such Swap Agreements; 
 (8)    Lien arising
from the sale or other transfer in the ordinary course of business of (A) crude oil, natural gas, other petroleum hydrocarbons or other minerals in place for a period of time until, or in an amount such that, the purchaser or other transferee
will realize therefrom a specified amount of money (however determined) or a specified amount of such minerals, or (B) any other interest in property of the character commonly referred to as a “production payment,” “overriding
royalty,” “forward sale” or similar interest; 

  
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 (9)    Liens which may be attached to undeveloped real
estate not containing oil or gas reserves presently owned by the Company in the ordinary course of the Company’s real estate, sales, development and rental activities; 

(10)    Lien in favor of the United States of America, any State, any foreign country or any department,
agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of any such jurisdiction, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute or to secure any indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part
of the purchase price or cost of constructing, refurbishing, developing or improving any property subject thereto, including without limitation, any Lien to secure indebtedness of pollution control or industrial revenue bond type; and 

(11)    Lien arising from any right which any municipal or governmental body or agency may have by virtue
of any franchise, license, contract or statute to purchase, or designate a purchaser of or order the sale of, any property of the Company or any Subsidiary upon payment of reasonable compensation therefor or to terminate any franchise, license or
other rights or to regulate the property and business of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company. 
 “Permitted Lien”
means any Lien incurred, assumed or guaranteed that do not arise from indebtedness for borrowed money and, without limiting the foregoing, Liens on Principal Property: 

(1)    upon any Principal Property (including any related contract rights) existing at the time of
acquisition thereof by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (whether such acquisition is direct or by acquisition of stock, assets or otherwise, provided any such Lien is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition); 

(2)    securing indebtedness under Credit Facilities of any Subsidiary of the Company provided that
the aggregate principal amount of any indebtedness under such Credit Facilities shall not exceed $500.0 million at any time outstanding; 

(3)    upon or with respect to any property (including any related contract rights) acquired, constructed,
refurbished or improved by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including, but not limited to, any Lien to secure all or any part of the cost of construction, alteration or repair of any building, equipment, facility or other improvement on, all
or any part of such property, including any pipeline financing) after the date of this First Supplemental Indenture which are created, incurred or assumed contemporaneously with, or within 360 days after, the latest to occur of the acquisition
(whether by acquisition of stock, assets or otherwise), completion of construction, refurbishment or improvement, or the commencement of commercial operation, of such property (or, in the case of Liens on contract rights, the completion of
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relate, regardless of the date when the contract was entered into) to secure or provide for the payment of any part of the purchase price of such property or the cost of such construction,
refurbishment or improvement; provided, however, that in the case of any such construction, refurbishment or improvement, the Lien shall relate only to indebtedness reasonably incurred to finance such construction, refurbishment or
improvement; 
 (4)    securing indebtedness owing by any of the Company’s Subsidiaries to the
Company or to other Subsidiaries; 
 (5)    arising from the deposit of funds or securities in trust for
the purpose of decreasing or defeasing indebtedness; 
 (6)    for the sole purpose of extending,
renewing or replacing (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole or in part, any Lien referred to in the foregoing subsections (1), or (3) above or this subsection (6) of this definition of “Permitted
Liens”; provided, however, that the principal amount of indebtedness secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of indebtedness at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or
replacement shall be limited to all or part of the property subject to the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced (plus refurbishment of or improvements on or to such property); and 

(7)    any Ordinary Course Lien arising, but only so long as continuing, in the ordinary course of the
Company’s business or the business of the Company’s Subsidiaries. 
 In each case set forth above, notwithstanding any stated
limitation on the assets that may be subject to such Lien, a Lien on a specified asset or group or type of assets may include Liens on all improvements, additions and accessions thereto and all products and proceeds thereof (including, without
limitation, dividends, distributions and increases in respect thereof). 
 “Permitted Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means
any Sale and Leaseback Transaction: 
 (i)    between the Company and any of its Subsidiaries or between
any of the Company’s Subsidiaries; or 
 (ii)    for which, at the time the transaction is entered
into, the term of the related lease to the Company or its Subsidiary of the property sold pursuant to such transaction is three years or less. 

“Principal Transmission Facility” means any transportation or distribution facility, including pipelines, of the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company located in the United States of America other than (i) any such facility which in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company is not of material importance to the business conducted by the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) any such facility in which interests are held by the Company or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by the Company and one or more of its Subsidiaries and by others and the aggregate interest held by
the Company and all of its Subsidiaries does not exceed 50%. 

  
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 “Productive Property” means any property interest owned by the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company in land (including submerged land and rights in and to oil, gas and mineral leases) located in the United States of America classified by the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, as productive of crude oil,
natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons in paying quantities; provided that such term shall not include any exploration or production facilities on said land, including any drilling or producing platform. 

“Ratings Agency” means any of: 

(1)    Moody’s; 

(2)    S&P; or 

(3)    if S&P or Moody’s ceases to rate the Notes or ceases to make a rating on the Notes publicly
available, an entity registered as a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (registered as such pursuant to Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act) then making a rating on such Notes publicly available selected by the
Company (as certified by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee), which shall be substituted for S&P or Moody’s, as the case may be. 

“Redemption Date” means, with respect to any redemption of Notes, the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to the
Indenture and the Notes. 
 “Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any direct or indirect arrangement with any Person, or
to which any such Person is a party, providing for the leasing to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company of any property, whether owned as of the date of this Indenture or thereafter acquired, which has been or is to be sold or transferred by
the Company or such Subsidiary to such Person, or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property, in each case provided that the completion of construction or the commencement of
commercial operation of the property subject to such transaction shall have occurred more than 180 days prior thereto. 
 “Secured
Debt” means any indebtedness for borrowed money incurred, assumed or guaranteed by the Company or one its Subsidiaries that is secured by a Lien. 

“Security Guarantors” means the Subsidiaries of the Company executing this First Supplemental Indenture and any other
Subsidiary of the Company that becomes a Security Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, in each case until the Security Guarantee of such Subsidiary has been released in accordance with the Indenture. 

“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, or any successor to the rating agency business thereof. 

“Swap Agreement” means (a) any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option
or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value
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is governed by or subject to any master agreement and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed
by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement, including any such obligations or liabilities under any
master agreement; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, Officers, employees or consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be a
“Swap Agreement.” 
 “Treasury Rate” means, in respect of any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity, as of the
time of computation, of the most recently issued United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 that has become publicly available at least two
Business Days prior to such time (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to March 15, 2025; provided, however,
that if the period from the Redemption Date to March 15, 2025 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. The Company will (a)
calculate the Treasury Rate no later than the second (and no earlier than the First) Business Day preceding the applicable Redemption Date and (b) prior to such Redemption Date, file with the Trustee a statement setting forth the Applicable Premium
and the Treasury Rate and showing the calculation of each in reasonable detail; provided that the Trustee shall not be responsible for any such calculation. 

“Trigger Period” means the period commencing on the day of the first public announcement by the Company of any Change of
Control (or pending Change of Control) and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control (which Trigger Period will be extended following consummation of a Change of Control for so long as either of the Ratings Agencies has
publicly announced that it is considering a possible ratings downgrade related to such Change of Control). 
 “Volumetric Production
Payments” mean production payment obligations recorded as deferred revenue in accordance with GAAP, together with all undertakings and obligations in connection therewith. 

“Voting Stock” of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without
regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof. 

Section 2.02    Other Definitions. 
  

					
	 Term
	  	Defined in Section	 
	Base Indenture	  	 	Recitals	 
	Change of Control Offer	  	 	5.04	(a) 
	Change of Control Payment	  	 	5.04	(a) 
	Company	  	 	Preamble	 
	First Supplemental Indenture	  	 	Preamble	 
	 Indenture
	  	 	Recitals	 
	 Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	  	 	5.03	 
	 Notes
	  	 	1.01	(a) 
	 Principal Property
	  	 	5.01	 
	 Trustee
	  	 	Preamble	 

  
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 ARTICLE III 

THE NOTES 

Section 3.01    Form. The Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Securities. The
Notes will be issued in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, the terms of which are incorporated in and made a part of
this First Supplemental Indenture, and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. 

ARTICLE IV 

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT 

Section 4.01    Optional Redemption. The Company may redeem the Notes at its option as provided in
Section 5 of the form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A. The provisions of Article V of the Base Indenture in respect of the Notes shall apply to any optional redemption of the Notes. 

ARTICLE V 

ADDITIONAL COVENANTS 

The following covenants, in addition to the covenants set forth in Article III of the Base Indenture, shall apply to the Notes: 

Section 5.01    Limitations on Liens. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
incur, assume, or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money secured by a Lien on any (a) any Productive Property, (b) any Principal Transmission Facility or (c) any shares of stock of any Subsidiary (collectively (a), (b) and (c),
“Principal Property”), if the sum, without duplication, of: 
 (x)    the aggregate
principal amount of all Secured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Secured Debt secured by a Permitted Lien); and 

(y)    all Attributable Debt of the Company or its Subsidiaries in respect of Sale and Leaseback
Transactions involving any Principal Property (other than Permitted Sale and Leaseback Transactions), 

  
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 exceeds the greatest of (i) $2.0 billion, (ii) 25% of the Company’s ACNTA at the
time of incurrence and (iii) with respect to borrowings under the Credit Agreement, the Borrowing Base, unless the Company provides that the Notes will be secured equally and ratably with (or, at the Company’s option, prior to) such
Secured Debt. 
 Section 5.02    Restriction of Sale-Leaseback Transactions. Neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries shall enter into, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable with respect to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction involving any Principal Property, unless after giving effect thereto the sum of all Attributable Debt in respect of
such Sale and Leaseback Transactions (other than Permitted Sale and Leaseback Transactions) does not exceed $250.0 million. 

Section 5.03    Future Security Guarantors. If, in the future, any Subsidiary of the Company that is not a
Security Guarantor (a “Non-Guarantor Subsidiary”) subsequently becomes a borrower or guarantor under, or grants a Lien to secure, any indebtedness of the Company or of a Security Guarantor
under (i) the Credit Agreement or any future Credit Facility or (ii) any other indebtedness for borrowed money, in each case with an outstanding principal amount in excess of $500.0 million, then the Company will cause that Non-Guarantor Subsidiary to become a Security Guarantor and guarantee the Notes as provided in Article VII hereof by executing a supplement to the Indenture and delivering such supplement to the Trustee promptly
(but in any event within ten Business Days) following the date that that such Non-Guarantor Subsidiary so subsequently becomes a borrower or guarantor under or so grants a Lien to secure such indebtedness of
the Company or of a Security Guarantor. No such Subsidiary shall be required to become a Security Guarantor if it merges into the Company or merges into an existing Security Guarantor and the surviving entity remains a Security Guarantor. 

Section 5.04    Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control Event. 

(a)    If a Change of Control Event occurs with respect to the Notes, each Holder of such Notes shall have the right to
require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 thereafter) of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Holder’s Notes,
plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to but excluding the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”), subject to the right of Holders on a Regular Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest
Payment Date as described in Section 5.04(c) below. Within 30 days following a Change of Control Event, if the Company has not (prior to the Change of Control Event) sent a redemption notice for all of the Notes in
connection with an optional redemption permitted by Article IV of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Company shall mail (or, when the Securities or Global Securities, give pursuant to the applicable procedures of the
applicable Depositary) a Change of Control Notice (the “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder of such Notes, with a copy to the Trustee. On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful: 

(1)    accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes (of at least $2,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000 thereafter) properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; 

  
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 (2)    deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to
the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered and not properly withdrawn; and 

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

(b)    The Paying Agent shall promptly mail (or, when the Securities or Global Securities, give pursuant to the applicable
procedures of the applicable Depositary) to each Holder of Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry, or, if
such Notes are in global form, make such payments through the facilities of the Depositary) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each such new Note
shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 thereafter. Any Note so accepted for payment shall cease to accrue interest on and after the Change of Control Payment Date unless the Company defaults in making the Change
of Control Payment. 
 (c)    If the Change of Control Payment Date is on or after a Regular Record Date for the payment
of interest and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name the relevant Note is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date, and no further interest
shall be payable to Holders who tender pursuant to the Change of Control Offer. 
 (d)    The provisions described in
this Section 5.04 shall be applicable to any Change of Control Event whether or not any other provisions of the Indenture are applicable. 

(e)    The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control Event if 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 the Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not
properly withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. 
 (f)    The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable,
with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the purchase of Notes in connection with a Change of Control Event. To the extent that
the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of the Indenture, or compliance with the Change of Control Event provisions of the Indenture would constitute a violation of any such laws or regulations, the Company
shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in the Indenture by virtue of its compliance with such securities laws or regulations. 

  
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 ARTICLE VI 

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE OF ASSETS 

The provisions of Article IV of the Base Indenture shall apply with respect to the Notes. 

ARTICLE VII 

SECURITY GUARANTEES 

Section 7.01    Security Guarantees. The Security Guarantors hereby fully, unconditionally and absolutely
guarantee on a senior, unsecured basis the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture in accordance with Article XI of the Base Indenture, except as set forth below in Section 7.02. Each Security Guarantor
hereby agrees that its Security Guarantee set forth herein and in Article XI of the Base Indenture shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Security Guarantee on the Notes. The
delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof under the Indenture, shall constitute due delivery of the Security Guarantee set forth in the Indenture on behalf of the Security Guarantors. 

Section 7.02    Release of Guarantees. With respect to the Notes, the provisions of this
Article VII shall replace and preempt the provisions of Section 11.03(b) of the Base Indenture in their entirety. If no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, a Security Guarantor shall be released
and relieved of its obligations under its Security Guarantee: (i) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of, or all of the Company’s direct or indirect limited partnership,
limited liability company or other equity interests in, such Security Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) an Affiliate of the Company;
(ii) upon the merger of such Security Guarantor into the Company or any other Security Guarantor or the liquidation or dissolution of such Security Guarantor; (iii) upon Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance in accordance with Article
VIII of the Base Indenture or upon satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture under Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture; or (iv) upon delivery of written notice to the Trustee of the release of all guarantees or other
obligations of such Security Guarantor under the Credit Agreement or any future Credit Facility or other indebtedness for borrowed money that had so required such Security Guarantor to provide a guarantee of the Notes such that the Subsidiary would
not be required to be a Security Guarantor under Section 5.03 of this First Supplemental Indenture. If, at any time following any release of a Security Guarantor from its initial Guarantee of the Notes pursuant to
clause (iv) in the preceding sentence, the Security Guarantor again incurs obligations under the Credit Agreement or any future Credit Facility or other indebtedness for borrowed money such that the Subsidiary would be required to be a Security
Guarantor under Section 5.03 of this First Supplemental Indenture, then the Company shall cause such Security Guarantor to again guarantee the Notes in accordance with the Indenture. 

  
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 ARTICLE VIII 

EVENTS OF DEFAULT 

Section 8.01    Applicability. The provisions of Article VI of the Base Indenture shall apply with respect to
the Notes. 
 ARTICLE IX 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Section 9.01    Integral Part. This First Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the
Indenture. 
 Section 9.02    Adoption, Ratification and Confirmation. The Base Indenture, as supplemented
and amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed. 

Section 9.03    Counterparts. This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which when so executed shall be deemed an original; and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this First Supplemental Indenture by facsimile or electronic
transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this First Supplemental Indenture. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like
import in or relating to this First Supplemental Indenture or any document to be signed in connection with this First Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to include electronic signatures (except with respect to the authentication of the Notes by
the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent), deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a
paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means. 

Section 9.04    The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect
of the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by the Company. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of
the Notes or the proceeds thereof. All of the provisions contained in the Base Indenture in respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and duties of the Trustee shall be applicable in respect of the Notes and this First Supplemental
Indenture or fully and with like effect as if set forth in full herein. 
 Section 9.05    Governing Law.
THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

[Signatures on following pages] 

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

			
	SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Carl Giesler, Jr.

	Name:	 	Carl Giesler, Jr.
	Title:	 	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	
	A.W. REALTY COMPANY, LLC
	ANGELINA GATHERING COMPANY, L.L.C.
	SWN DRILLING COMPANY, LLC
	SWN E & P SERVICES, LLC
	SWN ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY, LLC
	SWN INTERNATIONAL, LLC
	SWN MIDSTREAM SERVICES COMPANY, LLC
	SWN PRODUCER SERVICES, LLC
	SWN PRODUCTION COMPANY, LLC
	SWN PRODUCTION (OHIO), LLC
	SWN WATER RESOURCES COMPANY, LLC
	SWN WELL SERVICES, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Carl Giesler, Jr.

	Name:	 	Carl Giesler, Jr.
	Title:	 	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 [Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture] 

 
			
	REGIONS BANK, AS TRUSTEE
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Doug Milner

	Name:	 	Doug Milner
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

  
 [Signature Page
to First Supplemental Indenture] 

 EXHIBIT A 

FORM OF NOTE 
 [Include the following
legend for Global Securities only: 
 “THIS IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER. 

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

  
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 FORM OF FACE OF NOTE 

Southwestern Energy Company 

5.375% Senior Notes due 2030 
  

			
	No. [    ]	  	Principal Amount $[            ]

 as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases 

in Global Security attached hereto 

CUSIP NO.                      

Southwestern Energy Company, a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to
[                    ], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [        ] Dollars as
revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto, on March 15, 2030. 
  

			
	Interest Payment Dates:	 	March 15 and September 15
		
	Regular Record Dates:	 	Close of business on the immediately preceding March 1 or September 1, as applicable.

 Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note. 

 

			
	 SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY,

the Company

		
	By:	 	
                     
           

 
			
	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	

  

			
	TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
	AUTHENTICATION
	Regions Bank,
	as Trustee, certifies
	that this is one of
	the Securities of the series
	designated therein referred
	to in the within mentioned Indenture.
		
	By:	 	
                     
                   

		 	Authorized Signatory
		
	Dated:	 	
                    

  
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 FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE 

Southwestern Energy Company 

5.375% Senior Notes due 2030 
  

	1.	 Indenture 

Southwestern Energy Company, a Delaware corporation (such corporation and its successors and assigns under the Indenture (as defined below) hereinafter
referred to, the “Company”) issued the Notes as part of a series of Securities designated the 5.375% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”) under an Indenture, dated as of August 30, 2021, between the Company and
the Trustee (the “Base Indenture”) as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 30, 2021, among the Company, the Security Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (the “First Supplemental
Indenture” and, with the Base Indenture as so supplemented, the “Indenture”). The Notes are guaranteed by the Security Guarantors as provided in the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture
and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the TIA. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms. Each Holder by accepting a Note, agrees to be bound by all
of the terms and provisions of the Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. 

The Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company. Subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company may issue additional Notes as
Additional Securities. All Notes shall be treated as one class of securities under the Indenture. 
 The Indenture imposes certain limitations on, among
other things, the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to: incur Liens; enter into Sale and Leaseback Transactions; or consolidate or merge or transfer or convey all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. 

 

	2.	 Interest 

The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate of 5.375% per annum. 

The Company will pay interest semiannually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, commencing March 15, 2022. Interest on the Notes will accrue from
the most recent date to which interest has been paid on the Notes or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 
 The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy
Law) on overdue principal (plus interest on such interest to the extent lawful), at the rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful and, to the extent such payments are lawful, the Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (“Defaulted Interest”) without regard to any applicable grace periods at the same rate as the rate shown on this Note, in each case as provided in the
Indenture. 

  
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	3.	 Method of Payment 

Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the date on which any principal of or interest on any Note is due and payable, the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee or the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay such principal and/or interest. The Company will pay interest (except Defaulted Interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
preceding the Interest Payment Date even if Notes are canceled, repurchased or redeemed after the Regular Record Date and on or before the relevant Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.13 of the Base Indenture (as defined
below) with respect to Defaulted Interest. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and interest in U.S. Legal Tender. 

Payments in respect of Notes represented by a Global Security (including principal and interest) will be made by the transfer of immediately available funds
to the accounts specified by DTC. The Company will make all payments in respect of a Certificated Note (including principal and interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof as set forth in the Note Register;
provided, however, that payments on the Notes may also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least $5,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, 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 15 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other
date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion). 
  

	4.	 Paying Agent and Registrar 

Initially, the Trustee, will act as Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar without notice to any Holder. 

 

	5.	 Optional Redemption 

On or after March 15, 2025, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon notice as provided in the Indenture, at
the Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to, but excluding, the applicable date of redemption, if redeemed during the twelve-month period
beginning on March 15 of the years indicated below, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date: 

 

					
	 Year
	  	Percentage	 
	 2025
	  	 	102.688	% 
	 2026
	  	 	101.792	% 
	 2027
	  	 	100.896	% 
	 2028 and thereafter
	  	 	100.000	% 

 At any time prior to March 15, 2025, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon
notice as provided in the Indenture, at a Redemption Price 

  
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equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus the relevant Applicable Premium, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption, subject to
the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date. 
 If the optional redemption date
is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, the accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be paid to the Person in whose name the Note is registered at the close of business on such record date. 

 

	6.	 Repurchase Provisions 

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Event, each Holder shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an
integral multiple of $1,000 thereafter) of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price, in cash, equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Holder’s Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to but excluding the
date of purchase pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Indenture. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Event, if the Company has not (prior to the Change of Control Event) sent a redemption notice for all the Notes in
connection with an optional redemption permitted by Section 4.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture or as otherwise provided under the Indenture, the Company shall make a Change of Control Offer pursuant to a Change of
Control Notice. As more fully described in the Indenture, the Change of Control Notice shall state, among other things, the Change of Control Payment Date, which must be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date the Change of
Control Notice is mailed (or, when the Securities or Global Securities, give pursuant to the applicable procedures of the applicable Depositary), other than as may be required by applicable law. 

 

	7.	 Denominations; Transfer; Exchange 

The Notes are in fully registered form without coupons, and only in denominations of principal amount of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 thereafter. A
Holder may transfer or exchange Notes at the Registrar in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law
or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange (i) any Notes selected for repurchase or redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be repurchased
or redeemed) for a period beginning 15 days before the mailing of a notice of Notes to be repurchased or redeemed and ending on the date of such mailing or (ii) any Notes for a period beginning 15 days before an Interest Payment Date and ending
on such Interest Payment Date. 
  

	8.	 Persons Deemed Owners 

The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. 

 

	9.	 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 will be deemed general creditors of the Company with respect to the money and must look only to the Company and not to the
Trustee for payment. 

  
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	10.	 Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity 

Subject to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the
Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be. 

 

	11.	 Amendment, Waiver 

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the written consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes and (ii) any default (other than with respect to nonpayment or in respect of a provision that cannot be amended or supplemented without the written consent of each
Holder affected) or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without
the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, comply with Article IV of the Base Indenture, provide for uncertificated
Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, add guarantees with respect to the Notes or to secure the Notes, add additional covenants or surrender rights and powers conferred on the Company, comply with any requirement of the SEC in
connection with qualifying the Indenture under the TIA, make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder, add additional Events of Default, provide
evidence for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee, and to modify provisions in the Indenture therefor, establish the form or terms of the Notes, make any change necessary to make the Indenture, the Notes or the Security Guarantee
relating to the Notes, consistent with the description of the Notes in the prospectus or any related prospectus supplement relating to such Notes, correct or supplement any provision of the Indenture that may be inconsistent with any other provision
of the Indenture so long as such action shall not adversely affect the interests of any Holder, change or eliminate any of the provisions of the Indenture; provided, that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there
is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of any such provision. 
  

	12.	 Defaults and Remedies 

If an Event of Default, other than a Bankruptcy Law Event of Default with respect to the Company, shall have occurred with respect to the Notes and be
continuing and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee, by written notice to the Company, or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate Principal Amount of the then Outstanding Notes, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the
unpaid principal of (and premium, if any) and any accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes to be immediately due and payable. If a Bankruptcy Law Event of Default occurs with respect to the Company, then the unpaid principal of (and premium, if any)
and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Notes shall ipso facto become immediately due and payable without further notice or action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. 

  
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 Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may
refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives indemnity or security satisfactory to it. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of
any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal or interest, if any, on the Notes) if it determines that withholding notice
is in their interest. 
  

	13.	 Trustee Dealings with the Company and the Security Guarantors 

Subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company, the Security Guarantors or their 
 Affiliates and may
otherwise deal with the Company, the Security Guarantors or their Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. 
  

	14.	 No Recourse Against Others 

An incorporator, director, officer, employee, stockholder, member, manager, partner or controlling Person, as such, of the Company or any Security Guarantor
shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes, the Indenture or any Security Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes. 
  

	15.	 Authentication 

This Note 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 Note. 
  

	16.	 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 entirety), 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). 
  

	17.	 CUSIP, ISIN or Other Similar Numbers 

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures the Company has caused CUSIP, ISIN or other similar
numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use such numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. 

  
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 No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained
in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon. 
  

	18.	 Governing Law 

This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. 

The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: Southwestern
Energy Company, 10000 Energy Drive, Spring, Texas 77389. 

  
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 ASSIGNMENT FORM 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below: 
 I or we assign
and transfer this Note to (Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code) 
 (Insert assignee’s Social Security or Tax I.D. Number) and
irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him. 
  

			
	Date:                     	  	Your
Signature:                                       
                     
		
	Signature Guarantee:                                  
                          	  	
	(Signature must be guaranteed)	  	

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

The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with
membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 17Ad-15. 

  
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 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
 signatory of

Trustee or
Security
Custodian

		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	

  
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 OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 5.04 of the Indenture, check the box below: 

☐    Section 5.04 
 If
you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 5.04 of the Indenture, state the principal amount (which must be $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 thereafter) that you want to have purchased
by the Company: $ 
  

			
	Date:                     	  	Your
Signature:                                       
                              
	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Note)
		
	Signature
Guarantee:                                       
                  	  	
	(Signature must be guaranteed)	  	

 The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations
and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 17Ad-15. 

  
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