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Exhibit 4.4

 Exhibit 4.4 
  

 
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 Dated as of October 20, 2014 

between 
 MPG HOLDCO I
INC. 
 THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO 

And 
 DEUTSCHE BANK
SECURITIES INC. 
 GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. 

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED 

as Representatives of the several Initial Purchasers listed on Schedule II hereto 

 
  

 This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and
entered into as of October 20, 2014, by and among the Company, the Guarantors listed in Schedule I, and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as
representatives (“Representatives”) of the several initial purchasers named in Schedule A attached to the Purchase Agreement (each such initial purchaser, an “Initial Purchaser” and, together, the
“Initial Purchasers”), each of whom has agreed to purchase the Company’s 7.375% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Initial Notes”) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below). 

This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated October 10, 2014 (the “Purchase
Agreement”), by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Representatives. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Initial Notes, the Company and the Guarantors (including those additional guarantors, if any, that
become party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 10(e) hereof) has agreed or will agree, as applicable, to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the
obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in 6(l) of the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (the
“Indenture”), between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), relating to the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes (as defined below).  

The parties hereby agree as follows: 

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS 
 As used in this
Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings: 
 Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. 
 Affiliate: As defined in Rule 144 of the
Act. 
 Agreement: As defined in the recitals. 

Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act. 

Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or at a
place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. 
 Closing Date: The date
hereof. 
 Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission. 

Company: MPG Holdco I Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any and all successors thereto. 

 Consummate: An Exchange Offer shall be deemed “Consummated” for purposes
of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (a) the filing and effectiveness under the Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (b) the maintenance of such Exchange
Offer Registration Statement continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof and (c) the delivery by the Company to the Registrar under the
Indenture of Exchange Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer. 

Consummation Deadline: As defined in Section 3(b) hereof. 

Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.  
 Exchange Notes: The Company’s 7.375% Senior Notes due 2022 to be issued pursuant to the Indenture
in the Exchange Offer. 
 Exchange Offer: The exchange and issuance by the Company of a principal amount of Exchange
Notes (which shall be registered under the Act pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) equal to the outstanding principal amount of Initial Notes that are validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders in connection with such
exchange and issuance pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. 
 Exchange Offer Registration
Statement: The Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus. 
 Free Writing
Prospectus: Each offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Initial Notes or the Exchange Notes that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” (if the offering of the Initial Notes or the Exchange Notes was made
pursuant to a registered offering under the Securities Act) as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company in connection with the sale of the Initial Notes or the
Exchange Notes. 
 Guarantor: Each of the parties named as such in the recitals and any new party to this Agreement
pursuant to Section 10(e) hereof.  
 Holders: As defined in Section 2 hereof. 

indemnified party: As defined in Section 8(c) hereof. 

indemnifying party: As defined in Section 8(c) hereof. 

Indenture: As defined in the recitals. 

Initial Notes: As defined in the recitals. 

Initial Purchasers: As defined in the recitals. 

  
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 Interest Payment Date: As defined in the Initial Notes and Exchange Notes.

 Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement at the time such Registration Statement is declared
effective, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus. 

Purchase Agreement: As defined in the recitals. 

Recommencement Date: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof. 

Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof. 

Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors relating to (a) an offering of Exchange
Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, (i) that is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement,
(ii) including the Prospectus included therein, and (iii) including all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein. 

Rule 144: Rule 144 promulgated under the Act. 

Shelf Effectiveness Deadline: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof. 

Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof. 

Suspension Notice: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof. 

Suspension Rights: As defined in Section 6(c)(i) hereof. 

TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Section 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture. 

Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Initial Note until the earliest to occur of (a) the date on which such Initial Note has
been exchanged in the Exchange Offer by a Person other than a Broker-Dealer for an Exchange Note entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Act, (b) following the
exchange by a Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer of an Initial Note for an Exchange Note, the date on which such Exchange Note is sold to a purchaser who receives from such Broker-Dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the Prospectus
contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (c) the date on which such Initial Note has been effectively registered under the Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or (d) the date on which such
Initial Note is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144, provided that on or prior to the date of such distribution either (x) the Exchange Offer has been Consummated or (y) a Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective
by the Commission. 

  
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 SECTION 2. HOLDERS 

A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a “Holder”) whenever such Person owns
Transfer Restricted Securities. 
 SECTION 3. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER 

(a) If either the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company (“Parent Company”) becomes subject to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company and the Guarantors shall (i) cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission, (ii) use reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act, (iii) in connection with the foregoing, (A) file all pre-effective amendments to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause it
to become effective, (B) file, if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement and (C) cause all necessary filings, if any, in connection with the registration and qualification of the Exchange Notes
to be made under the Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and (iv) unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permitted by applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set
forth in Section 6(a)(i) below have been complied with), upon the effectiveness of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, commence and Consummate the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting
(i) registration of the Exchange Notes to be offered in exchange for the Initial Notes that are Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) resales of Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers that tendered into the Exchange Offer Initial Notes that
such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates) as contemplated by Section 3(c) below.

 (b) The Company and the Guarantors shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be
effective continuously, and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however,
that in no event shall such period be less than 20 Business Days. The Company and the Guarantors shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws. No securities other than the Exchange Notes and the
Guarantees thereof shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company and the Guarantors shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on or prior to the 180th day after the date either the
Company or Parent Company first becomes subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (such date, or such later date required by the federal securities laws, being the “Consummation Deadline”). 

(c) The Company shall include a “Plan of Distribution” section in the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement and indicate therein that any Broker-Dealer who holds Transfer Restricted Securities that were acquired for the account of such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Initial Notes
acquired directly from the Company or any Affiliate of the Company), may exchange such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer. Such “Plan of Distribution” 

  
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section shall also contain all other information with respect to such sales by such Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit such sales pursuant thereto, but such
“Plan of Distribution” shall not name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer, except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in policy, rules
or regulations after the date of this Agreement. See the Shearman & Sterling no-action letter (available July 2, 1993). 

Because such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act and must, therefore, deliver a
prospectus meeting the requirements of the Act in connection with its initial sale of any Exchange Notes received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, the Company and Guarantors shall permit the use of the Prospectus contained in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement by such Broker-Dealer to satisfy such prospectus delivery requirement; provided that such Broker-Dealer, in its reasonable judgment, determines that it is subject to such prospectus delivery requirement.
To the extent necessary to ensure that the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is available for sales of Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers, if requested by one or more Broker-Dealers, the Company and the Guarantors agree
to use reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current as required by and subject to the provisions of Sections 6(a) and (c) hereof and in conformity with the
requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of 180 days from the date on which the Exchange Offer is Consummated or such shorter period as will
terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities held by such requesting Broker-Dealers covered by such Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto. The Company and the Guarantors shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of
such Prospectus to such Broker-Dealers, promptly upon request, and in no event later than two Business Days after such request, at any time during such period. 

SECTION 4. SHELF REGISTRATION 
 (a)
Shelf Registration. If either the Company or Parent Company are subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and (i) are not permitted to Consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable
law or Commission policy (after the Company and the Guarantors have complied with the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below), (ii) an Exchange Offer is not consummated by the Consummation Deadline, (iii) any Holder notifies
the Company prior to the 20th Business Day following Consummation of the Exchange Offer that (A) such Holder, alone or together with Holders who hold in the aggregate at least $1.0 million in principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities,
was prohibited by law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, (B) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Notes acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and the Prospectus
contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates,
then the Company and the Guarantors, subject to the Suspension Rights set forth in Section 6(c)(i) below, or (iv) in the case of any Holder that participates in the Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive Exchange Notes on the date of
the exchange that may be sold without restriction under state and federal securities laws (other than due solely to the status of such holder as an affiliate of ours within the meaning of the Securities Act), then, in each case, the Company shall:

 (x) promptly deliver to the Holders and the Trustee written notice thereof, 

  
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 (y) at our sole expense, (a) promptly file a shelf registration statement
(“Shelf Registration Statement”) covering resales of the Transfer Restricted Securities and (b) use our reasonable best efforts to keep effective the Shelf Registration Statement until the earliest of (i) two years
after the original issue date of the Initial Notes, (ii) such time as all of the Transfer Restricted Securities have been sold thereunder or (iii) the date upon which all notes covered by the Shelf Registration Statement become eligible
for resale, without regard to volume, manner of sale or other restrictions contained in Rule 144, and 
 (z) use reasonable
best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective under the Act on or prior to 180 days after the date on which the Company or Parent Company becomes subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (such 180th day
the “Shelf Effectiveness Deadline”).  
 If, after the Company and the Guarantors have filed an
Exchange Offer Registration Statement that satisfies the requirements of Section 3(a) above, the Company and the Guarantors are required to file and make effective a Shelf Registration Statement solely because the Exchange Offer is not
permitted under applicable federal law (i.e., clause (a)(i)(B) above), then the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of clause (z) above; provided that, in such event, the
Company and the Guarantors shall remain obligated to meet the Shelf Effectiveness Deadline set forth in clause (z) above. 
 To the
extent necessary to ensure that the Shelf Registration Statement is available for sales of Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a) and the other securities required to be registered
therein pursuant to Section 6(b)(ii) hereof, the Company and the Guarantors shall use reasonable best efforts to keep any Shelf Registration Statement required by this Section 4(a) continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current
as required by and subject to the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof and in conformity with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a
period of at least two years (as extended pursuant to Section 6(c)(i) or 6(d)) following the Closing Date, or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been
sold pursuant thereto or are no longer Transfer Restricted Securities. The Company and the Guarantors may include other securities in any Shelf Registration Statement in connection with an exchange offer or exchange offers relating to such
securities. 
 (b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder may
include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company in writing, within 20 days after receipt of a request therefor, the information
specified in Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, of the Act for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. No Holder shall be entitled to additional interest
pursuant to Section 5 hereof unless and until (and from and after such time) such Holder shall have provided all such required information. Each selling Holder agrees to promptly furnish additional information required to be disclosed in

  
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order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading and shall promptly supply such other information as the Company may from time to time
reasonably request. 
 SECTION 5. ADDITIONAL INTEREST 

Subject to the Suspension Rights referred to in Section 6(c)(i) below, if (i) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated by the
Consummation Deadline with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (ii) the Shelf Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the Shelf Effectiveness Deadline, as applicable or
(iii) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or usable for its intended purpose (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iii), a
“Registration Default”), then the Company and the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree to pay to each Holder affected thereby additional interest in an amount equal to a per annum rate of 0.25% on the principal amount of Transfer
Restricted Securities held by such Holder while the Registration Default continues for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default, with such rate increasing by an additional per annum rate of 0.25% with
respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of additional interest for all Registration Defaults of 1.0% per annum of the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities;
provided that the Company and the Guarantors shall in no event be required to pay additional interest for more than one Registration Default at any given time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, (1) upon filing of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement), in the case of clause (i) above, (2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in the case of clause
(ii) above, (3) upon the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, if applicable, in the case of clause (iii) above, (4) upon Consummation of the Exchange Offer, in the case of clause (iv) above, or (5) upon
the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or an additional Registration Statement that causes the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement) to again be declared
effective or made usable in the case of clause (v) above, the additional interest payable with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities as a result of such clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v), as applicable, shall cease. All accrued
additional interest shall be paid by the Company and the Guarantors (or the Company and the Guarantors will cause the Paying Agent to make such payment on their behalf) to the Holders entitled thereto, in the manner provided for the payment of
interest in the Indenture, on the next scheduled Interest Payment Date, as more fully set forth in the Indenture, the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes. All accrued additional interest shall be computed in the manner provided for the computation
of interest in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the fact that any securities for which additional interest are due cease to be Transfer Restricted Securities, all obligations of the Company and the Guarantors to pay additional interest with respect to
securities that accrued prior to the time that such securities ceased to be Transfer Restricted Securities shall survive until such time as such obligations with respect to such securities shall have been satisfied in full. 

  
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 SECTION 6. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES 

(a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall (x) comply
with all applicable provisions of Section 6(c) below, (y) use reasonable best efforts to effect such exchange and to permit the resale of Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers that tendered in the Exchange Offer Initial Notes that such
Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result of its market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates) being sold in accordance with the intended
method or methods of distribution thereof, and (z) comply with all of the following provisions: 
 (i) If, following the
date hereof there has been announced a change in Commission policy with respect to exchange offers such as the Exchange Offer, that in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company raises a substantial question as to whether the Exchange Offer is
permitted by applicable federal law, the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the Company and the Guarantors to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Transfer
Restricted Securities. The Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to pursue the issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level but shall not be required to take action not commercially reasonable to affect a change of Commission policy.
In connection with the foregoing, the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to take all such other actions as may be requested by the Commission or otherwise required in connection with the issuance of such decision, including without limitation
(A) participating in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) delivering to the Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such
an Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently pursuing a resolution (which need not be favorable and which need not be a written resolution) by the Commission staff. 

(ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer, each Holder (including, without limitation, any Holder who is a
Broker-Dealer) shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to the Consummation of the Exchange Offer, a written representation to the Company and the Guarantors (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an Affiliate of the Company, or, if it is an Affiliate of the Company, that such Holder will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act to
the extent applicable, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (C) it
is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business and (D) only if such Holder is a Broker-Dealer that will receive Exchange Notes in exchange for Initial Notes, that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own private account as a
result of market making or other trading activities, it will deliver a Prospectus, as required by law, in connection with any sale of such Exchange Notes. As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer each Holder using the Exchange Offer
to participate in a distribution of the Exchange Notes shall acknowledge and agree that, if the resales are of Exchange Notes obtained by such Holder in exchange for Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or an

  
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Affiliate thereof, it (1) could not, under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement, rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co.,
Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action
letters (including, if applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and
that such a secondary resale transaction must be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K. 

(iii) Prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall provide a
supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Company and the Guarantors are registering the Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available
May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and, if applicable, any no-action letter obtained
pursuant to clause (i) above, (B) including a representation that neither the Company nor any Guarantor has entered into any arrangement or understanding with any Person to distribute the Exchange Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer
and that, to the best of the Company’s and each Guarantor’s information and belief, each Holder participating in the Exchange Offer is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or understanding
with any Person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes received in the Exchange Offer and (C) any other undertaking or representation required by the Commission as set forth in any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause
(i) above, if applicable. 
 (b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company
and the Guarantors shall: 
 (i) comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) below and use reasonable best efforts to
effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof (as indicated in the information furnished to the Company pursuant to
Section 4(b) hereof), and pursuant thereto the Company and the Guarantors will prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Act, which form shall be available for
the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof within the time periods and otherwise in accordance with the provisions hereof, and 

(ii) issue to any Holder or purchaser of Initial Notes covered by any Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by this
Agreement, upon the request of any such Holder or purchaser, registered Initial Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes in the names as such Holder or purchaser shall designate. 

  
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 (c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement and any related
Prospectus required by this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors shall: 
 (i) use reasonable best efforts to
keep such Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial statements for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement, as applicable. Upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such
Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (B) not to be effective and usable
for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement curing such defect, and, if Commission review is
required, use reasonable best efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective as soon as practicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and the Guarantors may allow the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, at any time after
Consummation of the Exchange Offer (if otherwise required to keep it effective), or the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus to cease to remain effective and usable or may delay the filing or the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement if not then filed or effective, as applicable (“Suspension Rights”), for one or more periods of 90 days in aggregate in any twelve month period if (x) the board of directors of the Company (the
“Board”) (or a duly-appointed committee of the Board having power over the subject matter) determines in good faith that it is in the best interests of the Company not to disclose the existence of or facts surrounding any
proposed or pending material corporate transaction involving the Company and the Guarantors, and the Company mails notification to the Holders within five Business Days after the Board makes such determination, or (y) the Prospectus contained
in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, contains an untrue statement of the material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the 180-day period referred to in Section 3(c) during which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is required to be effective and usable or the
two-year period referred to in Section 4(a) hereof during which the Shelf Registration Statement is required to be effective and usable shall be extended by the number of days during which such Registration Statement was not effective or usable
pursuant to the foregoing provisions (which such extension shall be the Holders’ sole remedy for the exercise by the Company of the Suspension Rights during the time period permitted hereunder, but only to the extent that any suspension period
does not violate the 90-day period set forth above).  
 (ii) Subject to the Suspension Rights set forth in
Section 6(c)(i) above, prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set
forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as the case may be; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, and to comply fully with Rules 424, 430A
and 462, as applicable, under the Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to the disposition of all securities 

  
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covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration
Statement or supplement to the Prospectus; 
 (iii) advise (a) each Holder whose Transfer Restricted Securities have
been included in a Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) and (b) each Holder who has provided notice to the Company promptly and, if requested by such Holder, confirm such advice in writing, (A) when
the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any applicable Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request
by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement under the Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of
the preceding purposes, and (D) of the happening of any event that requires the Company to make changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement
thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein do not contain an untrue statement of material fact nor omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory
authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or Blue Sky laws, the Company and the Guarantors shall use all commercially reasonable efforts
to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time; 
 (iv) subject to Section 6(d), if any
fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) above shall exist or have occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or
file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; 
 (v) furnish to each
Holder whose Transfer Restricted Securities have been included in a Shelf Registration Statement, if any, and each Initial Purchaser in connection with the Exchange Offer, before filing with the Commission, electronic copies of any Registration
Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus, which documents will be subject to the reasonable review and comment of such Holders in connection with such sale, if
any, for a period of at least three Business Days, and the Company will not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment 

  
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or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus to which such Holders shall reasonably object within three Business Days after the receipt thereof. The objection of a Holder, if
any, shall be deemed to be reasonable if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading or fails to comply with the applicable requirements of the Act; 
 (vi) promptly prior
to the filing of any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or Prospectus in connection with such exchange, registration or sale, if any, provide electronic copies of such document to each Holder whose
Transfer Restricted Securities have been included in a Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) in connection with such exchange, registration or sale, if any, make the Company’s and the Guarantors’
representatives available for discussion of such document and other customary due diligence matters, and include such information in such document prior to the filing thereof as such Holders may reasonably request; 

(vii) make available, at reasonable times, for inspection by each Holder whose Transfer Restricted Securities have been
included in a Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents of the Company and the Guarantors
reasonably requested and cause the Company’s and the Guarantors’ officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement or
any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness; provided that any Holder or representative thereof requesting or receiving such information shall agree to be bound by reasonable
confidentiality agreements and procedures with respect thereto; 
 (viii) if requested by any Holders whose Transfer
Restricted Securities have been included in a Shelf Registration Statement or a Broker-Dealer participating in an Exchange Offer, in connection with such exchange, registration or sale, promptly include in any Registration Statement or Prospectus,
pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such Holders may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation, information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the
Transfer Restricted Securities and the use of the Registration Statement or Prospectus for market making activities; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company is
notified of the matters to be included in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; 
 (ix) furnish to each
Holder whose Transfer Restricted Securities have been included in a Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) in connection with such exchange, registration or sale, upon written request and without charge, at
least one copy of the Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto, including all documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein by reference); 

  
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 (x) deliver to each Holder whose Transfer Restricted Securities have been
included in a Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement), upon written request and without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as
such Holders reasonably may request; the Company and the Guarantors hereby consent to the use (in accordance with law and subject to Section 6(d) hereof and any Suspension Rights) of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by
each selling Holder in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto; 

(xi) enter into such agreements (including an underwriting agreement containing customary indemnification provisions by
the Company and the Guarantors), and make such representations and warranties, and take all such other actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any
Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, all to such extent as may be customarily and reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or, in the case of registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement, by any Holder or Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities who hold at least $25 million in aggregate principal amount of such class of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, that, the Company and the Guarantors
shall not be required to enter into any such agreement more than once with respect to all of the Transfer Restricted Securities and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, may delay entering into such agreement if the Board determines in
good faith that it is in the best interests of the Company and the Guarantors not to disclose the existence of or facts surrounding any proposed or pending material corporate transaction involving the Company and the Guarantors. In such connection,
the Company and the Guarantors shall: 
 (A) upon the request of any Holder, furnish (or in the case of paragraphs
(2) and (3), use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be furnished) to each such Holder (in the case of the Shelf Registration Statement) and any underwriter, upon Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement, as the case may be: 
 (1) a certificate, dated such date, signed on behalf of the Company by
(x) the Chief Executive Officer or any Vice President and (y) a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, confirming, as of the date thereof, such matters as such Holders may reasonably request; 

(2) an opinion, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
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request, and in any event including a statement to the effect that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company and the Guarantors and
representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company and the Guarantors and representatives of the underwriters, if any, and their counsel at which the contents of the Registration Statement and related matters were discussed and,
although such counsel need not pass upon or assume responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements (relying as to materiality to the extent such counsel deems appropriate upon the statements of officers and other
representatives of the Company and the Guarantors and without independent check or verification), no facts came to such counsel’s attention that caused such counsel to believe that the applicable Registration Statement, at the time such
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto became effective and, in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as of the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus contained in such Registration Statement as of its date and, in the case of the opinion dated the date
of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, as of the date of Consummation, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. Such counsel may state further that such counsel assumes no responsibility for, and has not independently verified, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the financial statements, schedules or other
financial data included in any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement or the related Prospectus and need express no view as to the accounting or financial records from which such financial statements, schedules and data are derived;
and 
 (3) a customary comfort letter, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, or as of the date of
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, from the Company’s independent accountants, in the customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters to underwriters in connection with
underwritten offerings, and affirming the matters set forth in the comfort letters delivered pursuant to Section 8(q) of the Purchase Agreement; and 

(B) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the selling Holders to evidence compliance
with the matters covered in clause (A) above and with any customary conditions contained in any agreement entered into by the Company and the Guarantors pursuant to this clause (xi); 

  
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 (xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities,
cooperate with the selling Holders and their counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders may request and do
any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement; provided, however, that neither the Company nor
any Guarantor shall be required to register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions
relating to the Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject; 
 (xiii) in connection
with any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities that will result in such securities no longer being Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer
Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and to register such Transfer Restricted Securities in such denominations and such names as the selling Holders may request at least two Business Days prior to such sale of
Transfer Restricted Securities; 
 (xiv) use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the disposition of the Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such
Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in clause (xii) above; 
 (xv) provide a CUSIP number
for all Transfer Restricted Securities not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement covering such Transfer Restricted Securities and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for the Transfer Restricted
Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company; 
 (xvi) otherwise use all
commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its security holders with regard to any applicable Registration Statement, as soon as practicable, a consolidated
earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 under the Act (which need not be audited) covering a twelve-month period beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as such term is defined in paragraph (c) of Rule
158 under the Act); 
 (xvii) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not later than the effective date of the
first Registration Statement required by this Agreement and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the
terms of the TIA; and execute and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to enable
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 (xviii) provide promptly to each Holder, upon request, each document filed with
the Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. 
 (d) Restrictions on
Holders. Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of the notice referred to in Section 6(c)(i) or 6(c)(iii)(C) or any notice from the Company of the existence of any fact of the kind described
in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof (in each case, a “Suspension Notice”), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until
(i) such Holder has received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(iv) hereof, or (ii) such Holder is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has
received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (in each case, the “Recommencement Date”). Each Holder receiving a Suspension Notice hereby agrees that it will
either (i) destroy any Prospectuses, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holder’s possession which have been replaced by the Company with more recently dated Prospectuses or (ii) deliver to the Company (at the
Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holder’s possession of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of the Suspension Notice. The time
period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days in the period from and including the date of delivery of the
Suspension Notice to the Recommencement Date; provided, however, notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing shall delay or otherwise effect the Consummation Deadline with respect to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement and commencing and Consummating the Exchange Offer as provided in Section 3. Each Holder, by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security, further agrees to hold the fact that it has received any Suspension Notice, and
any communication from the Company to the Holder relating to an event giving rise to a Suspension Notice, in confidence. 
 SECTION 7. REGISTRATION
EXPENSES 
 (a) All expenses incident to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ performance of or compliance with this Agreement
will be borne by the Company, regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses; (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal
securities and state Blue Sky or securities laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and
telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors and one special counsel for all of the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities selected by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Transfer
Restricted Securities being registered; and (v) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to
such performance); provided, however, that in no event shall the Company or the Guarantors be responsible for any underwriting discounts, commissions or fees attributable to the sale or other disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities.

  
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 The Company will, in any event, bear its and the Guarantors’ internal expenses (including,
without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Company or the
Guarantors. 
 (b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), the Company and the Guarantors will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities who are tendering Initial Notes in the Exchange Offer and/or
selling or reselling Initial Notes or Exchange Notes pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and
disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be Latham & Watkins LLP, unless another firm shall be chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration
Statement is being prepared. 
 SECTION 8. INDEMNIFICATION 

(a) The Company and the Guarantors agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold harmless each selling Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities whose Transfer Restricted Securities are included in a Registration Statement, its affiliates, directors, officers and each Person, if any, who controls such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments, (including without limitation, any legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any action
that could give rise to any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments) that arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, preliminary
prospectus or Prospectus, Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act) filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act (or any amendment or supplement
thereto), or that arise out of or are based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or judgments arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is based upon information relating to any Holder furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of
such Holder expressly for use therein. 
 (b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and
the Guarantors, the other selling Holders and their respective directors and officers, and each Person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company, the Guarantors and
the other selling Holders to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Guarantors set forth in section (a) above, but only with reference to information relating to such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by or
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Statement. In no event shall any Holder, its directors, officers or any Person who controls such Holder be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of the amount by which the total amount
received by such Holder with respect to its sale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds the sum of: (i) the amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities plus (ii) the
amount of any damages that such Holder, its directors, officers or any Person who controls such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. 

(c) In case any action shall be commenced involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a)
or 8(b) (the “indemnified party”), the indemnified party shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing (provided,
that the failure to notify the indemnifying person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under this Section 8 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or
defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the indemnifying person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 8) and
the indemnifying party shall assume the defense of such action, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party and the payment of all fees and expenses of such counsel, as incurred (except that in the case of
any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to both Sections 8(a) and 8(b), a Holder shall not be required to assume the defense of such action pursuant to this Section 8(c), but may employ separate counsel and participate
in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel, except as provided below, shall be at the expense of the Holder). Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the
defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnified party unless (i) the employment of such counsel has been specifically authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the
indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense of such action or employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnified
party and the indemnifying party, and the indemnified party has been advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party (in which
case the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party), in any of which events such fees and expenses of counsel shall be borne by the indemnifying person. In any such case, the
indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of
more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified parties and all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by a majority of the Holders,
in the case of the parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a), and by the Company and Guarantors, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The indemnifying party shall indemnify and hold harmless the indemnified party
from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments by reason of any settlement of any action effected with the written consent of the indemnifying party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). No indemnifying
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pending or threatened action in respect of which the indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity or contribution may be or could have been sought hereunder by the indemnified
party, unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability on claims that are or could have been the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a
statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party. 
 (d) To the extent
that the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to therein, then each indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received
by the Company and the Guarantors from the offering of the Notes and the Exchange Notes, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from their sale of Transfer Restricted Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 8(d)(i)
above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 8(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and of the
Holder, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company and the
Guarantors, on the one hand, and of the Holder, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material
fact relates to information supplied by the Company or such Guarantor, on the one hand, or by the Holder, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement
or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8(c) hereof, any legal or
other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim. 
 The Company,
the Guarantors and each Holder agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other
method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
judgments referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or
defending any matter, including any action that could have given rise to such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Holder, its directors, its officers or any Person, if any, who
controls such Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the total amount received by such Holder with respect to the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration
Statement exceeds the sum of: (i) the amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities plus (ii) the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged
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meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute
pursuant to this Section 8(d) are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by each Holder hereunder and not joint. 

The remedies provided for in this Section 8 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available
to any indemnified party at law or in equity. 
 The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 8 shall remain
operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder or any Person controlling any Holder, or by or on behalf of the Company or the Guarantors
or the officers or directors of or any Person controlling the Company or the Guarantors, (iii) acceptance of any of the Exchange Notes and (iv) any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement. 

SECTION 9. RULE 144A AND RULE 144 
 The
Company and each Guarantor agrees with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding and during any period in which the Company or such Guarantor (i) is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, to make available, upon request of any Holder, to such Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities designated by such
Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A under the Act, and (ii) is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, to make all filings required thereby in a timely manner in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144. 

SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS 
 (a)
Remedies. The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that any failure by the Company and/or the Guarantors to comply with their respective obligations under Sections 3 and 4 hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the
Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain
such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under Sections 3 and 4 hereof. The Company and the Guarantors further agree to waive the defense in any action for specific performance
that a remedy at law would be adequate. 
 (b) Free Writing Prospectus. The Company represents, warrants and covenants that it
(including its agents and representatives) will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) in connection with the issuance and sale of the Initial
Notes and the Exchange Notes, other than (i) any communication pursuant to Rule 134, Rule 135 or Rule 135c under the Securities Act, (ii) any document constituting an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Initial Notes or
the Exchange Notes that falls within the exception from the definition of prospectus in Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or (iii) a prospectus satisfying the requirements of section 10(a) of the Securities Act or of Rule 430, Rule
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 (c) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor will, on or after
the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof; provided that the Holders
acknowledge and agree that the Company and the Guarantors may include other securities in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement in connection with an exchange offer or exchange offers relating to such
securities, and can enter into agreements that permit the same. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor has previously entered into, nor is currently a party to, any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to its securities to any
Person that would require such securities to be included in any Registration Statement filed hereunder. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of
the Company’s and the Guarantors’ securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof. 
 (d) Amendments and
Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless (i) in the case of Section 5 hereof and this
Section 10(d)(i), the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the case of all other provisions hereof, the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of a
majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities (excluding Transfer Restricted Securities held by the Company or its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions
hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer, and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose Transfer Restricted
Securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer, may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities subject to such Exchange Offer. 

(e) Additional Guarantors. The Company shall cause any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Indenture) that becomes, prior to the
consummation of the Exchange Offer, a Guarantor in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Indenture to become a party to this Agreement as a Guarantor. 

(f) Third Party Beneficiary. The Holders shall be third party beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the
Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may deem such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of
Holders hereunder. 
 (g) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing
by hand-delivery, first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), email, telex, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery: 

(i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar
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 (ii) if to the Company or the Guarantors: 

c/o Metaldyne Performance Group Inc. 

47659 Halyard Drive 
 Plymouth,
Michigan 
 Facsimile: (734) 207-6471 

Attention: Chief Financial Officer 

Attention: General Counsel 

With a copy to: 
 Weil,
Gotshal & Manges LLP 
 767 Fifth Avenue 

New York, NY 10153 
 Fax:
(212) 310-8531. 
 Attention: Todd R. Chandler, Esq. 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five
Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied or emailed; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery. 

Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at
the address specified in the Indenture. 
 (h) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other
disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities in violation of the terms hereof or of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Transfer Restricted Securities in any manner, whether by operation of law or
otherwise, such Transfer Restricted Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Transfer Restricted Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to
perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, including the restrictions on resale set forth in this Agreement and, if applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof. 

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

  
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 (j) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and
shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. 
 (k) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE
ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
 (l)
Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in
every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby. 
 (m) Entire
Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter
contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

  

			
	MPG HOLDCO I INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Mark Blaufuss
	Name:  Mark Blaufuss
	Title:    Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer
	
	METALDYNE PERFORMANCE GROUP INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Mark Blaufuss
	Name:  Mark Blaufuss
	Title:    Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer

 [Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement] 

 
			
	 ASP GREDE INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LLC

ASP GREDE ACQUISITIONCO LLC
 ASP HHI INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS,
INC.
 ASP HHI INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS II, INC.
 ASP HHI
ACQUISITION CO., INC.
 ASP MD INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
 ASP
MD INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS II, INC.

 
			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Kevin Penn

 
			
	Name:	 	Kevin Penn
	Title:	 	President
	
	 GSC RIII-GREDE CORP.
 SHOP IV
SUBSIDIARY INVESTMENT (GREDE), INC.
 GREDE MACHINING LLC

CITATION LOST FOAM PATTERNS, LL
 GREDE WISCONSIN SUBSIDIARIES
LLC

 
			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Douglas J. Grimm

 
			
	Name:	 	Douglas J. Grimm
	Title:	 	President
	
	 GREDE HOLDINGS LLC
 GREDE II
LLC

 
			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Douglas J. Grimm

 
			
	Name:	 	Douglas J. Grimm
	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer and President

 [Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement] 

 
			
	ASP HHI HOLDINGS, INC.

 
			
		
	By:	 	/s/ George Thanopoulos

 
			
	Name:	 	George Thanopoulos
	Title:	 	President
	
	 JERNBERG INDUSTRIES, LLC
 HHI
FORMTECH, LLC
 HHI HOLDINGS, LLC
 JERNBERG HOLDINGS, LLC

HHI FORMTECH HOLDINGS, LLC
 HHI FUNDING II,
LLC

 
			
		
	By:	 	/s/ George Thanopoulos

 
			
	Name:	 	George Thanopoulos
	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer
	
	 IMPACT FORGE GROUP, LLC
 KYKLOS
BEARING INTERNATIONAL, LLC
 HHI FORGING, LLC
 FORGING HOLDINGS,
LLC
 HEPHAESTUS HOLDINGS, LLC
 IMPACT FORGE HOLDINGS, LLC

BEARING HOLDINGS, LLC
 GEARING HOLDINGS, LLC

KYKLOS HOLDINGS, LLC
 CLOYES GEAR HOLDINGS,
LLC

 
			
		
	By:	 	/s/ George Thanopoulos

 
			
	Name:	 	George Thanopoulos
	Title:	 	President and CEO

 [Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement] 

 
			
	 CLOYES GEAR AND PRODUCTS, INC.
 THE
MESH COMPANY, LLC.
 CLOYES ACQUISITION COMPANY

		
	By:	 	/s/ M. Trevor Myers

 
			
	Name:	 	M. Trevor Myers
	Title:	 	President and CEO

 
			
	
	 ASP MD HOLDINGS, INC.
 MD INVESTORS
CORPORATION
 METALDYNE, LLC
 METALDYNE POWERTRAIN COMPONENTS,
INC.
 PUNCHCRAFT MACHINING AND TOOLING, LLC
 METALDYNE
SINTERFORGED PRODUCTS, LLC
 METALDYNE SINTERED RIDGWAY, LLC

METALDYNE BSM, LLC
 METALDYNE M&A BLUFFTON, LLC

		
	By:	 	/s/ Mark Blaufuss

 
			
	Name:	 	Mark Blaufuss
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer

 [Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement] 

 
			
	 Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                     Incorporated

Goldman, Sachs & Co.
 As representatives of the several
Initial Purchasers named in Schedule II hereto

	
	By: DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
		
	By	 	/s/ Edwin E. Roland
	Authorized Signatory
		
	By	 	/s/ Frank Fazio
	Authorized Signatory
	
	By: GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
		
	By	 	/s/ Robert Ehudin
	Authorized Signatory
	
	 By: MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

                          
           INCORPORATED

		
	By	 	/s/ Mark W. Kennelley
	Authorized Signatory

 [Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement] 

 SCHEDULE I 

Guarantors 
  

			
	 Name
	  	 Jurisdiction of Incorporation

	Metaldyne Performance Group Inc.	  	Delaware
	ASP Grede Intermediate Holdings LLC	  	Delaware
	Grede Holdings LLC	  	Delaware
	ASP Grede AcquisitionCo LLC	  	Delaware
	GSC RIII-Grede Corp.	  	Delaware
	Shop IV Subsidiary Investment (Grede), Inc.	  	Delaware
	Grede II LLC	  	Delaware
	Grede Machining LLC	  	Delaware
	Citation Lost Foam Patterns, LL	  	Delaware
	Grede Wisconsin Subsidiaries LLC	  	Wisconsin
	ASP HHI Holdings, Inc.	  	Delaware
	ASP HHI Intermediate Holdings, Inc.	  	Delaware
	ASP HHI Intermediate Holdings II, Inc.	  	Delaware
	ASP HHI Acquisition Co., Inc.	  	Delaware
	Jernberg Industries, LLC	  	Delaware
	Impact Forge Group, LLC	  	Delaware
	HHI Formtech, LLC	  	Delaware
	Kyklos Bearing International, LLC	  	Delaware
	Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc.	  	Ohio
	The Mesh Company, LLC.	  	Arkansas
	HHI Forging, LLC	  	Delaware
	HHI Holdings, LLC	  	Delaware
	Forging Holdings, LLC	  	Delaware
	Hephaestus Holdings, LLC	  	Delaware
	Jernberg Holdings, LLC	  	Delaware
	Impact Forge Holdings, LLC	  	Delaware
	HHI Formtech Holdings, LLC	  	Delaware
	Bearing Holdings, LLC	  	Delaware
	Gearing Holdings, LLC	  	Delaware
	Kyklos Holdings, LLC	  	Delaware
	Cloyes Gear Holdings, LLC	  	Delaware
	Cloyes Acquisition Company	  	Delaware
	HHI Funding II, LLC	  	Delaware
	ASP MD Holdings, Inc.	  	Delaware
	ASP MD Intermediate Holdings, Inc.	  	Delaware
	ASP MD Intermediate Holdings II, Inc.	  	Delaware
	MD Investors Corporation	  	Delaware
	Metaldyne, LLC	  	Delaware
	Metaldyne Powertrain Components, Inc.	  	Delaware
	Punchcraft Machining and Tooling, LLC	  	Delaware

			
	Metaldyne SinterForged Products, LLC	  	Delaware
	Metaldyne Sintered Ridgway, LLC	  	Delaware
	Metaldyne BSM, LLC	  	Delaware
	Metaldyne M&A Bluffton, LLC	  	Delaware

 SCHEDULE II 

Initial Purchasers 
 Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc. 
 Goldman, Sachs & Co. 
 Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated 
 KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. 

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC 
 Nomura Securities
International, Inc. 
 RBC Capital Markets, LLCExhibit 10.14

 Exhibit 10.14 

NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT 

THIS NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of August 4, 2014 (the “Replacement
Grant Date”), is entered into between Metaldyne Performance Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the optionee named on the signature page hereto (the “Optionee”). 

W I T N E S S E T H: 

WHEREAS, the ASP MD Holdings, Inc. Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) was previously established by ASP MD Holdings, Inc.
(“Metaldyne”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan; 

WHEREAS, the Optionee was previously granted an option to purchase 576,153 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Metaldyne on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in that certain Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (the “Prior Award”) entered into by and between Metaldyne and the Optionee as of February 19, 2013 (such original
grant date, the “Vesting Commencement Date”); 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of
July 31, 2014 (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among the Company, Grede Merger Sub, LLC, Metaldyne Merger Sub, Inc., HHI Merger Sub, Inc., ASP Grede Intermediate Holdings LLC (“Grede”), ASP HHI
Holdings, Inc., Metaldyne, and ASP Grede Holdings LLC, each of Grede, Metaldyne, and HHI became wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company (the “Merger”); 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, the Plan and all Awards issued and outstanding thereunder as of the consummation of the Merger were
assigned to and assumed by the Company and the outstanding Awards were equitably adjusted as provided in the Merger Agreement to cover shares of common stock of the Company, as a result of which the Prior Award was equitably adjusted to provide now
for an option to purchase the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company listed on the signature page hereto (the “Shares”), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement and in the Plan; 
 WHEREAS, the award of Options granted pursuant to this Agreement is being issued in replacement of previously
issued options under the Plan pursuant to a conversion intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code and by accepting the award of Options granted pursuant to this Agreement, the Optionee hereby agrees that any and all outstanding Options
granted under the Prior Award, whether vested or unvested, are hereby cancelled and terminated and shall be of no further force or effect and Optionee shall have no rights thereunder; and 

WHEREAS, the Optionee either (i) is a party to the Stockholders’ Agreement or (ii) will become a party to the
Stockholders’ Agreement prior to the exercise of Options. 

 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements contained in this
Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings
set forth below: 
 “Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble hereto. 

“Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble hereto. 

“Competitive Business” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7(b) of this Agreement. 

“Disability” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Plan; provided, that if the Optionee is party to an
employment, severance or similar agreement with the Company or any of its affiliates and such agreement contains a definition of “Disability,” the definition of “Disability” contained in the Plan shall be deemed replaced and
superseded, with respect to the Optionee, by the definition of “Disability” used in such agreement. 
 “Employment
Term” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7(b) of this Agreement. 
 “Exercise
Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5(a) of this Agreement. 
 “Exercise
Price” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2(a) of this Agreement. 
 “Good
Reason” shall mean the Optionee’s resignation from employment or other engagement with the Company and its Affiliates if and to the extent such resignation satisfies the terms and conditions of the definition of “Good
Reason” or similar term of like import, if any, set forth in the Optionee’s employment or other service agreement, if any, in effect as of the time of the Optionee’s termination of employment or other engagement with the Company and
its Affiliates. 
 “Option Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2(a) of this
Agreement. 
 “Option Term” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3 of this Agreement. 

“Optionee” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble hereto. 

“Original Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 1, 2012, by
and among ASP MD Intermediate Holdings II, Inc., MD Investors Corporation, ASP MD Acquisition Co., Inc., Carlyle CIM Agent, L.L.C., and Carlyle Strategic Partners II, L.P. 

  
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 “Person” shall mean any individual, person, entity, general partnership,
limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, corporation, joint venture, trust, business trust, cooperative, association, foreign trust or foreign business organization. 

“Plan” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the recitals hereto. 

“Restricted Period” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7(b) of this Agreement. 

“Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the recitals hereto. 

“Stockholders’ Agreement” means that certain Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2014, by
and among the Company, ASP MD Investco LP, ASP HHI Investco LP, ASP Grede Investco LP, and the minority investors identified therein, as it may be amended from time to time. 

“Time-Based Options” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4(a) of this Agreement. 

2. Grant of Option; Option Price. 

(a) On the terms and subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement, the Company hereby grants to the Optionee the Option
to purchase up to the number of Shares listed on the signature page hereto (the “Option Shares”) at an exercise price of $26.97 per Share (the “Exercise Price”). The Optionee acknowledges receipt of a
copy of the Plan and acknowledges that the definitive records pertaining to the grant of this Option, and exercises of rights hereunder, shall be retained by the Company. The Option is not intended to be an “incentive stock option” within
the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. 
 (b) The Company agrees that at all times there shall be made available for issuance upon
exercise of the Option the Option Shares (or the remaining unexercised portion of the Option, if less) without regard to whether or the extent to which the Option is then exercisable, and that the par value of those Option Shares will at all times
be less than the Exercise Price. The Company further represents and agrees that all Option Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the Option will, upon issuance, be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from liens and
charges arising from actions of the Company with respect to the issuance thereof. 
 3. Term. The term of the Option (the
“Option Term”) shall commence on the Replacement Grant Date and expire on the tenth anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date, unless the Option shall theretofore have been terminated in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement or the Plan. 

  
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 4. Vesting. 

(a) Unless accelerated as otherwise provided in Section 4(b) or (c), the Option shall become exercisable as to all Option Shares granted
hereunder (“Time-Based Options”) on the fifth anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date, with 20% of the Time-Based Options becoming exercisable on each of the first five anniversaries of the Vesting Commencement Date, in
each case for so long as the Optionee continues to be an Employee or Key Non-Employee through such vesting date. 
 (b) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, upon the consummation of a Transaction, any portion of the Option not then exercisable shall immediately become exercisable, so long as the Optionee has been an Employee or Key Non-Employee at all times from the
Grant Date through the Transaction. In addition, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if an operating division of the Company or an Affiliate is sold, the Board may, in its discretion, accelerate the vesting of some or all of the Option
if the Optionee’s employment is transferred in connection with such sale. 
 (c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon
the Optionee’s termination of employment or other engagement with the Company and its Affiliates due to death, Disability, by the Company without Cause, or by the Optionee for Good Reason during the Option Term, 100% of all Option Shares that
have not then already vested pursuant to this Section 4 shall vest upon such termination of employment or other engagement and shall be exercisable in accordance with Section 6 below. 

5. Procedure for Exercise. 

(a) The Option may be exercised with respect to Shares that are exercisable, from time to time, in whole or in part, by delivery of a written
notice (the “Exercise Notice”) from the Optionee to the Company at its principal executive office, at least ten (10) days before the date on which the Optionee wishes to exercise the Option, which Exercise Notice shall: 

(i) state that the Optionee elects to exercise the Option; 

(ii) specify the number of Shares with respect to which the Optionee is exercising the Option; 

(iii) include any representations of the Optionee required under Section 9 hereof; 

(iv) in the event that the Option shall be exercised by the representative of the Optionee’s estate pursuant to Section 10, include
appropriate proof of the right of such Person to exercise the Option; 
 (v) state the date upon which the Optionee desires to consummate
the purchase of such Shares (which date must be prior to the termination of the Option); and 

  
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 (vi) comply with such further provisions as the Company may reasonably require. 

(b) Payment of the Exercise Price for the Shares to be purchased on the exercise of the Option (plus any applicable federal, state or local
withholding taxes) shall be made in one or more of the following, as elected by the Optionee: (i) in cash, by check payable to the order of the Company or, at the discretion of the Board, upon such other terms and conditions as the Board shall
approve, (ii) by transferring previously owned Shares to the Company, (iii) by having Shares otherwise deliverable upon the exercise withheld or (iv) following an IPO, pursuant to a “cashless exercise” procedure (provided
that the Committee has expressly approved such form of exercise in advance). Any Shares transferred to or withheld by the Company as payment of the Exercise Price shall be valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise of the Option. 

(c) Subject to the immediately following sentence, after payment of the Exercise Price (and related withholding taxes) for the Shares by the
Optionee, the Company shall, on the date such Shares are purchased by the Optionee, deliver to the Optionee an original certificate representing the Shares. As a condition to the exercise of the Option and prior to the issuance of any Shares, the
Optionee (or the representative of his estate) shall be required to execute the Stockholders’ Agreement. 
 (d) In addition to the
other restrictions contained in the Stockholders’ Agreement, the Optionee (or the representative of his estate) acknowledges and agrees that he or she shall be subject to the repurchase rights set forth in Article IV of the Stockholders’
Agreement following the date the Optionee ceases to be an Employee or Key Non-Employee and any Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of the Option shall be subject to a Call Option (as defined in the Stockholders’ Agreement) under Article IV
of the Stockholders’ Agreement. 
 (e) The Company shall be entitled to require as a condition of delivery of the Shares that the
Optionee agree to remit when due an amount in cash sufficient to satisfy all current or estimated future federal, state and local withholding and employment taxes relating thereto or otherwise satisfy such taxes in a manner specified in
Section 5(b). 
 6. Termination of Service with the Company and its Affiliates. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the contrary, any portion of the Option which is not exercisable upon the Optionee’s termination of employment or other engagement with the Company and its Affiliates for any reason shall terminate as of the date on which such termination of
employment or other engagement occurs; provided that if Optionee’s employment or other engagement terminates for Cause, the Option, whether exercisable or nonexercisable, shall be deemed to have terminated as of the day preceding such
termination of employment or other engagement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon an Optionee’s (i) death or termination of employment or other engagement for a Disability, the Optionee (or his representative) shall be entitled to
exercise any portion of the Option that was exercisable on the date of termination of employment or other engagement until (a) the date which is six months after such date of termination, or (b) the end of the Option Term, if earlier or
(ii) termination of employment or other engagement other than for Cause, death or Disability, the Optionee (or his representative) shall be entitled to exercise any portion of the Option that was exercisable on the date of termination of
employment or other engagement until (a) the date which is ninety (90) days after such date of termination, or (b) the end of the Option Term, if earlier. 

  
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 7. Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation. 

(a) The following provisions of this Section 7 shall only apply to the Optionee to the extent the Optionee is not subject to a
non-compete or non-solicit agreement with the Company or its Affiliates. 
 (b) Optionee acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive
nature of the businesses of the Company and its Affiliates and accordingly agrees as follows: 
 (i) During the term of the Optionee’s
employment or other engagement with the Company or any of its Affiliates (the “Employment Term”) and until the later of (a) eighteen (18) months following the termination of the Employment Term and
(b) thirty-six (36) months following consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Original Merger Agreement (the “Restricted Period”), Optionee will not directly or indirectly participate in, work for or
provide consulting, financial or other services to, engage in, conduct, manage or operate, or acquire or own any capital stock of or other equity interest in, any Person or business anywhere in the world that competes with the business of the
Company, its parent company or any of their respective subsidiaries (including, without limitation, businesses which the Company, its parent company or any of their respective subsidiaries have specific plans to conduct in the future and of which
Optionee is aware), as such businesses exist or are in process during the Employment Term or on the date of the termination or expiration of the Employment Term (a “Competitive Business”); provided that nothing in this
Section 7(b)(i) shall be deemed to prohibit the acquisition or holding of not more than 2% of the shares or other securities of a publicly traded entity involved in a Competitive Business as long Optionee has no active participation in the
business of such entity; and provided, further, that Optionee may, without violating this Section 7(b)(i), serve as an employee, consultant or independent contractor to any Person or business engaging in a Competitive Business through any
division or subsidiary provided such Competitive Business generates less than 20% of the annual revenue of such Person or business and provided that Executive does not participate in, work for or provide any services to such Person or business in
connection with such Competitive Business. 
 (ii) During the Restricted Period, Optionee will not, whether on Optionee’s own behalf
or on behalf of or in conjunction with any Person, directly or indirectly (A) solicit any business related in any way to the business of the Company, its parent company or any of their respective subsidiaries from any customer of the Company,
its parent company or any of their respective subsidiaries or from any prospective customer of the Company, its parent company or any of their respective subsidiaries which Optionee has reason to know was such a prospective customer during the
Restricted Period, (B) request, induce or advise any such customer or prospective customer to withdraw, curtail adversely (to the Company, its parent company or any of their respective subsidiaries) modify or cancel any such business with the
Company, its parent company or any of their respective subsidiaries or (C) contact, solicit, canvass or approach any Person who provides products or services to the Company, its parent company or any of their respective subsidiaries for the
purpose of causing such Person to cease providing such products or services to the Company, its parent company or any of their respective subsidiaries. 

  
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 (iii) During the Restricted Period, Optionee will not, whether on Optionee’s own behalf or
on behalf of or in conjunction with any Person, directly or indirectly, (A) employ, engage or retain any individual who is at the time an employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company, its parent company or any of their
respective subsidiaries, or had been an employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company, its parent company or any of their respective subsidiaries within six (6) months prior to the last day of the Employment Term or
(B) solicit, induce or persuade in any way any such individual to terminate or modify his employment relationship with the Company, its parent company or any of their respective subsidiaries. 

(c) Optionee agrees that the covenants set forth in this Section 7 are reasonable covenants under the circumstances, and further agrees
that if in the opinion of any court of competent jurisdiction such restraint is not reasonable in any respect, such court shall have the right, power and authority to excise or modify such provision or provisions of these covenants as such court
shall deem necessary to cause the provisions hereof (as modified) to be valid and enforceable and to enforce the remainder of the covenants as so amended. Optionee agrees that any breach of any covenant contained in this Section 7 would
irreparably injure the Company. Accordingly, Optionee agrees that the Company, in addition to pursuing any other remedies it may have in law or in equity, shall be entitled to a decree or order of specific performance and an injunction against
Optionee from any court having jurisdiction over the matter, restraining any further violation of this Section 7 without proof of actual damages. 

(d) If the Optionee breaches any of the material provisions of this Section 7, any exercise, payment or delivery made pursuant to this
Agreement during the two (2) year period prior to such breach shall be rescinded. The Company shall notify the Optionee in writing of any such rescission within one (1) year of the date it acquires actual knowledge of such breach. Within
ten (10) days after receiving such a notice from the Company, the Optionee shall pay to the Company the amount of any gain realized or payment received as a result of the exercise, payment or delivery pursuant to the Option. Such payment shall
be made either in cash or by returning to the Company the number of Shares that the Optionee received in connection with the rescinded exercise, payment or delivery. 

8. No Rights as a Stockholder. The Optionee shall not have any rights or privileges of a stockholder with respect to any of the Shares
subject to the Option until the date of acceptance by the Company of payment for such Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Option in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and until the Optionee has become a party to
and bound by the Stockholders’ Agreement. 
 9. Additional Provisions Related to Exercise. In the event of the exercise of the
Option at a time when there is not in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to the Shares, the Optionee hereby represents and warrants, and by virtue of such exercise shall be deemed to represent and warrant, to the
Company that the Shares are being acquired for investment only and not with a view to the distribution thereof except in compliance with the Act, and the Optionee shall provide the Company with such further representations and

  
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warranties as the Board may reasonably require in order to ensure compliance with applicable federal and state securities, “blue sky” and other laws. No Shares shall be purchased upon
the exercise of the Option unless and until the Company and/or the Optionee shall have complied with all applicable federal or state registration, listing and/or qualification requirements and all other requirements of law or of any regulatory
agencies having jurisdiction. 
 10. Restriction on Transfer. 

(a) The Option may not be transferred, pledged, assigned, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of in any way by the Optionee and may be
exercised during the lifetime of the Optionee only by the Optionee. If the Optionee should die during the Option Term, the portion of the Option which is exercisable at such time shall thereafter be exercisable by the individual who is entitled to
do so pursuant to the Optionee’s will or by the law of descent and distribution to the full extent to which it was exercisable by the Optionee at the time of his death. The Option shall not be subject to lien execution, lien attachment or
similar process. Any attempted assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition of the Option contrary to the provisions hereof, and the levy of any execution, attachment or similar process upon the Option, shall be null and void and
without effect. 
 (b) All Shares issued to the Optionee upon exercise of the Option shall be subject to the restrictions contained in the
Stockholders’ Agreement. 
 11. Restrictive Legend. All stock certificates representing shares issued upon exercise of the
Option shall, unless otherwise determined by the Board, have affixed thereto a legend substantially in the form set forth in the Stockholders’ Agreement. 

12. No Right to Employment. Nothing in the Option shall confer upon the Optionee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or
any of its Affiliates or interfere in any way with the right of the Company or its Affiliates or stockholders, as the case may be, to terminate the Optionee’s employment or to increase or decrease the Optionee’s compensation at any time.

 13. Notices. All notices, claims, certificates, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be deemed to have been duly given and delivered if personally delivered or if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier by telecopy or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, addressed as follows: 

 

	 	(a)	if to the Company, at: 

 Metaldyne Performance Group Inc. 

c/o American Securities LLC 

299 Park Avenue, 34th Floor 

New York, New York 10171 
 Fax:
(212) 697-5524 
 Attention: Loren Easton and Eric L. Schondorf, Esq. 

  
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 with copy to: 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 

767 Fifth Avenue 
 New York, New
York 10153 
 Facsimile: (212) 310-8007 

Attention: Michael E. Lubowitz, Esq. 

(b) if to the Optionee, at the address most recently supplied to the Company and set forth in the Company’s records, with a copy to his
attorney at such address as shall have been provided to the Company; 
 or to such other address as the party to whom notice is to be given may have
furnished to the other party in writing in accordance herewith. Any such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the date of such delivery (or if such date is not a business day, on
the next business day after the date received), (ii) in the case of nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next business day after the date sent, (iii) in the case of telecopy transmission, when received (or if not sent on a
business day, on the next business day after the date sent), and (iv) in the case of mailing, on the third business day following the date on which the piece of mail containing such communication is posted. 

14. Waiver of Breach. The waiver by either party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement must be in writing and shall not
operate or be construed as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. Any of the provisions of this Agreement may be waived only by an instrument in writing executed by the party or parties whose rights are being waived. 

15. Optionee’s Undertaking. The Optionee hereby agrees to take whatever additional actions and execute whatever additional
documents the Company may in its reasonable judgment deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out or effect one or more of the obligations or restrictions imposed on the Optionee pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. 

16. Amendment. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, this Agreement may not be amended, terminated, suspended or otherwise modified
except in a written instrument, duly executed by both parties. Waivers of or amendments to this Agreement shall be binding as against the Company only if approved by the Board. 

17. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without
giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws). 
 18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts,
and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one agreement. 
 19.
Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Plan (and the other writings incorporated by reference herein) constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior written or oral
negotiations, commitments, representations and agreements with respect thereto including, without limitation, the Prior Award. 

  
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 20. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement should
be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect in any jurisdiction, such provision or provisions shall be automatically deemed amended, but only to the extent necessary to render such provision or provisions valid, legal and enforceable in
such jurisdiction, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 

21. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 10 hereof. 
 22. Prior Award Cancellation. The award of
options granted pursuant to this Agreement is being issued in replacement of previously issued options under the Plan pursuant to a conversion intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code. By accepting the award of options granted pursuant
to this Agreement, the Optionee hereby agrees that any and all outstanding options to purchase common stock of Metaldyne and the Company and any and all other rights held by the Optionee to acquire equity of Metaldyne and the Company, in each case,
under the Prior Award, whether vested or unvested, are hereby cancelled and terminated and shall be of no further force and effect and the Optionee shall have no rights thereunder. 

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

			
	METALDYNE PERFORMANCE GROUP INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Eric Schondorf

		 	Name: Eric Schondorf
		 	Title: Vice President and Secretary
	
	OPTIONEE
	
	 /s/ Thomas A. Amato

	Name: Thomas A. Amato

  

			
	
        OPTIONEE        
	  	TOTAL NUMBER
OF OPTION
SHARES
	 Thomas A. Amato
	  	123,290

 [Signature Page to Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement – Tranche A]

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