Document:

Exhibit 10.2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

 

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO TERM LOAN AGREEMENT, dated as of February 9, 2015 (this “Amendment”), is by and among Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as agent for the Lenders (as hereinafter defined) pursuant to the Credit Agreement as defined below (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, and any replacement, in such capacity, “Agent”), the parties to the Credit Agreement as lenders (individually, each a “Lender” and collectively, “Lenders”), Colt Defense LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Colt Defense”), Colt Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Colt Finance”), New Colt Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation (“New Colt”), Colt’s Manufacturing Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CMC”), Colt Canada Corporation, a Nova Scotia corporation (“Colt Canada”, and together with Colt Defense, Colt Finance, New Colt, CMC and Colt Canada, each individually, a “Borrower” and collectively, “Borrowers”), Colt Defense Technical Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CDTS”), and Colt International Coöperatief U.A., a cooperative organized under the laws of the Netherlands (“Colt Netherlands” and, together with CDTS, each individually a “Guarantor” and collectively, “Guarantors”).  All terms used herein that are defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, Agent, Lenders, Borrowers and Guarantors are parties to that certain Term Loan Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2014 (as amended, amended and restated modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among Agent, Lenders, Borrowers and the Guarantors and the other Loan Documents;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Agent consent to the refinancing of that certain Credit Agreement dated as of September 29, 2011 (as amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated, refinanced, or replaced from time to time, the “Existing ABL Credit Agreement”), by and among Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as agent, the lenders party thereto, Colt Defense, Colt Canada, CMC, New Colt, Colt Finance, CDTS, Colt Netherlands, and the other parties party thereto with a Credit Agreement dated as of February 9, 2015 (as amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated, refinanced, or replaced from time to time, the “ABL Credit Agreement”) by and among Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as agent (in such capacity, together with its successor and assigns, and any replacement, in such capacity, “ABL Agent”), the lenders party thereto, Colt Defense, Colt Canada, CMC, New Colt, Colt Finance, CDTS, Colt Netherlands, and the other parties party thereto , by and among ABL Agent, the lenders party thereto, Colt Defense, Colt Canada, CMC, New Colt, Colt Finance, CDTS, Colt Netherlands, and the other parties party thereto.

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower also has requested that Agent and Lenders make certain amendments to the Credit Agreement, each as set forth below.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

 

1.        Definitions.  Any capitalized term used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement.

 

2.        Amendments to Credit Agreement.

 

(a)    Section 2.4(f)(iii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“(iii)  With respect to any mandatory prepayment required by Section 2.4(e)(ii): (A) if the proceeds are from any sale or disposition of, or insurance or any condemnation, taking or other casualty with respect to, any ABL Priority Collateral, such proceeds shall be applied (x) first, to the ABL Obligations, to the extent required by the ABL Credit Agreement (as in effect on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date) until paid in full, and (y) second, to the principal of the Term Loan, until paid in full; and (B) if the proceeds are from the sale or disposition of, or insurance or any condemnation, taking or other casualty with respect to, any other assets of the Loan Parties not described in subclause (A), such proceeds shall be applied to the principal of the Term Loan, until paid in full.”

 

(b)    Section 4.8 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“4.8  Compliance with Laws.  No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) is in violation of any applicable material laws, rules, regulations, executive orders, or codes (including Environmental Laws) in any material respect except as set forth on Schedule 4.11 or (b) is subject to or in default in any material respect with respect to any material final judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign.”

 

(c)     Section 4.9 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“4.9  No Material Adverse Change.  All historical financial statements relating to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries that have been delivered by any Borrower to the Lenders have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except (x) in the case of unaudited financial statements, for the lack of footnotes and being subject to year-end audit adjustments, (y) as set forth on Schedule 4.9 and (z) as such statements relate to the Bargaining Unit Defined Benefit Plan Calculation Error) and present fairly in all material respects (except as such statements relate to the Bargaining Unit Defined Benefit Plan Calculation Error), the Loan Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ consolidated financial condition as of the date thereof and results of operations for the period then ended.  Since December 31, 2013 (but without regard to any change or development expressly included in

 

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any reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on forms 8-K, 10-Q or 12b-25 on or prior to November 12, 2014)  no event, circumstance, or change has occurred that has or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.”

 

(d)    Section 4.11(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“(b)  Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11, (i) each Loan Party and each of the ERISA Affiliates has complied in all material respects with the terms of ERISA, the IRC and all other applicable laws regarding each Employee Benefit Plan, (ii) no material liability to the PBGC (other than for the payment of current premiums which are not past due) by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate has been incurred or is reasonably expected by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate to be incurred with respect to any Pension Plan, (iii) no Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries maintains, sponsors, administers, contributes to, participates in or has any material liability in respect of any Specified Canadian Pension Plan, nor has any such Person ever maintained, sponsored, administered, contributed or participated in any Specified Canadian Pension Plan, (iv) the Canadian Pension Plans are duly registered under the Income Tax Act (Canada) and any other applicable laws which require registration have been administered in accordance with the Income Tax Act (Canada) and such other applicable law and no event has occurred which could reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such registered status, (v) all obligations of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries (including fiduciary, funding, investment and administration obligations) required to be performed in connection with the Specified Canadian Pension Plans and the funding agreements therefor have been performed on a timely basis, and (vi) all contributions or premiums required to be made or paid by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries to the Specified Canadian Pension Plans have been made on a timely basis in accordance with the terms of such plans and all applicable laws.”

 

(e)     Section 4.11(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“(c)  Each Employee Benefit Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the IRC has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service or an application for such letter is currently being processed by the Internal Revenue Service. To the best knowledge of each Loan Party and the ERISA Affiliates after due inquiry, except as set forth on Schedule 4.11, nothing has occurred which would reasonably be expected to prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification.”

 

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(f)     Section 4.11(d) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“(d)  Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11, no Notification Event which could reasonably be expected to result in any material liability to any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate exists or has occurred in the past six (6) years.”

 

(g)     Section 4.16 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“4.16  Complete Disclosure(h).  All factual information taken as a whole (other than forward-looking information and projections and information of a general economic nature and general information about Borrowers’ industry and historical information related to the Bargaining Unit Defined Benefit Plan Calculation Error provided prior to February 9, 2015) furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in writing to Agent or any Lender (including all information contained in the Schedules hereto or in the other Loan Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and all other such factual information taken as a whole (other than forward-looking information and projections and information of a general economic nature and general information about Borrowers’ industry) hereafter furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in writing to Agent or any Lender will be, true and accurate, in all material respects, on the date as of which such information is dated or certified and not incomplete by omitting to state any fact necessary to make such information (taken as a whole) not misleading in any material respect at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information was provided.  The Projections delivered to the Lenders on November 6, 2014, represent, and as of the date on which any other Projections are delivered to Agent, such additional Projections represent, Borrowers’ good faith estimate, on the date such Projections are delivered, of the Loan Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ future performance for the periods covered thereby based upon assumptions believed by Borrowers to be reasonable at the time of the delivery thereof to the Lenders (it being understood that such Projections are subject to uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, that no assurances can be given that such Projections will be realized, and that actual results may differ in a material manner from such Projections).”

 

(g)     Section 4.17 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“4.17  Material Contracts(g).  Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11, each Material Contract is not in default due to the action or inaction of the applicable Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries.”

 

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(h)    Section 4.20 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

Payment of Taxes.  All tax returns and reports of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries required to be filed by any of them have been timely filed, and all Taxes shown on such tax returns to be due and payable and all governmental assessments, fees and other charges upon a Loan Party and its Subsidiaries and upon their respective assets, income, businesses and franchises that are due and payable have been paid when due and payable, except (a) to the extent the validity of such Taxes shall be the subject of a Permitted Protest or (b) for failures which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.  No Loan Party knows of any proposed tax assessment against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that is not being actively contested by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary diligently, in good faith, and by appropriate proceedings; provided such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made or provided therefor.  Set forth on Schedule 4.20 is a summary list of legal, accounting and other out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred or reimbursed by the Loan Parties on or prior to the Closing Date in connection with, related to, or arising from any evaluation or analysis related to (i) any discharge of indebtedness income arising from any exchange offer in respect of the Senior Notes and (ii) the formation of New Holdco, the merger described in Section 6.3(a)(v) and the effectuation of the contemplated structure associated therewith (such type of costs and expenses referred to herein, the “New Holdco Expenses”).

 

(i)         Section 4.25 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“4.25  Amended ABL Loan Documents.  Borrowers have delivered or made available to the Lenders true and correct copies of the ABL Loan Documents.  The transactions contemplated by the ABL Loan Documents will be, contemporaneously with the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, consummated in accordance with their respective terms and all of the representations and warranties of Parent or its Subsidiaries in the ABL Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date or, to the extent that any such representation or warranty relates solely to an earlier date, as of such earlier date.”

 

(j)       Section 4.31 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replace with the following:

 

“4.31      Senior Note Indenture.  All Obligations, including, without limitation, those to pay principal of and interest (including post-petition

 

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interest) on the Term Loan and fees and expenses in connection therewith, constitute Indebtedness (under and as defined in the Senior Note Indenture) that is permitted under Section 3.2(b)(1) of the Senior Note Indenture.  The Obligations constitute Indebtedness senior in priority to the obligations of the Borrowers under the Senior Note Indenture.  Parent acknowledges that Agent and the Lenders are entering into this Agreement, and extending their Commitments, in reliance upon this Section 4.31.”

 

(k)      Section 5.6 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“5.6  Insurance.  Each Loan Party shall, at such Loan Party’s expense, (a) maintain insurance respecting each Loan Party’s assets wherever located, covering liabilities, losses or damages as are customarily are insured against by other Persons engaged in same or similar businesses and similarly situated and located.  All such policies of insurance shall be with financially sound and reputable insurance companies reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders (it being agreed that, as of the Closing Date, the insurance companies identified on Schedule 4.32 are acceptable to the Required Lenders) and in such amounts as is carried generally in accordance with sound business practice by companies in similar businesses similarly situated and located and, in any event, in amount, adequacy, and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders (it being agreed that the amount, adequacy, and scope of the policies of insurance of the Loan Parties in effect as of the Closing Date are acceptable to the Required Lenders and it being further agreed and understood that with respect to insurance in respect of director and officer liability, the amount, adequacy and scope of the policies of such insurance shall be determined in the sole discretion of Parent).  All property insurance policies covering the Collateral are to be made payable to Agent for the benefit of Agent and the Lenders, as their interests may appear, in case of loss, pursuant to a standard loss payable endorsement with a standard noncontributory “lender” or “secured party” clause and are to contain such other provisions as Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably require to fully protect the Lenders’ interest in the Collateral and to any payments to be made under such policies (and any payments received by Agent shall be applied by Agent or otherwise returned to Borrowers in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Agreement).  All certificates of property and general liability insurance are to be delivered to Agent, with the loss payable (but only in respect of Collateral) and additional insured endorsements (other than directors and officers policies and workers compensation) in favor of Agent and shall provide for not less than 30 days (10 days in the case of non-payment) prior written notice to Agent of the exercise of any right of cancellation.  If any Loan Party fails to maintain such insurance, Agent (upon the direction of the Required Lenders) shall arrange for such insurance, but at such Loan Party’s expense and without any responsibility on Agent’s part for

 

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obtaining the insurance, the solvency of the insurance companies, the adequacy of the coverage, or the collection of claims.  Borrowers shall give Agent prompt notice of any loss exceeding $50,000 covered by any Loan Party’s casualty or business interruption insurance.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent (upon the direction of the Required Lenders) shall have the sole right to file claims under any property and general liability insurance policies (and not under business interruption policies) in respect of the Collateral (other than any ABL Priority Collateral), to receive, receipt and give acquittance for any payments that may be payable thereunder, and to execute any and all endorsements, receipts, releases, assignments, reassignments or other documents that may be necessary to effect the collection, compromise or settlement of any claims under any such insurance policies.  The Loan Parties shall give prior written notice to the Required Lenders prior to any change (outside of the ordinary course consistent with past practice) to any insurance policy listed on Schedule 4.32 related to executive risk or directors and officers insurance (including any change to coverage, amount insured or deductible).”

 

(l)      Section 5.8 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“5.8  Compliance with Laws(m).  Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11, comply with the requirements of all applicable material laws, rules, regulations, and orders of any Governmental Authority in all material respects.”

 

(l)      Section 5.16 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“5.16  Compliance with ERISA and the IRC(m).  In addition to and without limiting the generality of Section 5.8, (a) comply in all material respects with applicable provisions of ERISA and the IRC with respect to all Employee Benefit Plans, (b) except in connection with a Bargaining Unit Defined Benefit Plan Calculation Error to the extent it does not result in a Bargaining Unit Defined Benefit Plan Calculation Error Event, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, not take any action or fail to take action the result of which could reasonably be expected to  result in a Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate incurring a material liability to the PBGC or to a Multiemployer Plan (other than  to pay contributions or premiums payable in the ordinary course), (c) not participate in any prohibited transaction that could reasonably be expected to result in a material civil penalty, excise tax, fiduciary liability or correction obligation under ERISA or the IRC, and (d) furnish to Agent upon the Required Lenders’ written request such additional information about any Employee Benefit Plan for which any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate could reasonably expect to incur any material liability.  With respect to each Pension Plan

 

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(other than a Multiemployer Plan) except as could not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Loan Parties and except in connection with a Bargaining Unit Defined Benefit Plan Calculation Error to the extent it does not result in a Bargaining Unit Defined Benefit Plan Calculation Error Event, the Loan Parties and the ERISA Affiliates shall (i) satisfy in full and in a timely manner, without incurring any late payment or underpayment charge or penalty and without giving rise to any Lien, all of the contribution and funding requirements of the IRC and of ERISA, and (ii) pay, or cause to be paid, to the PBGC in a timely manner, without incurring any late payment or underpayment charge or penalty, all premiums required pursuant to ERISA.  In addition to and without limiting the foregoing take all actions required under Schedule 5.16 in the manner and on the time frames set forth therein.”

 

(m)   A new Section 5.18 is hereby added to the Credit Agreement as follows:

 

“5.18  Chief Restructuring Officer.  Retain by no later than March 11, 2015, and thereafter keep retained at all times, a chief restructuring officer acceptable to the Required Lenders with responsibilities reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders; provided that at such time as Loan Parties’ financial condition materially improves and with the consent of the Required Lenders, such a restructuring officer shall no longer be required.”

 

(n)    A new Section 5.19 is hereby added to the Credit Agreement as follows:

 

“5.19  Collateral Access Agreement.  Use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a Collateral Access Agreement in respect of leased property located at 1099 Shady Lane, Kissimee, Florida, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Required Lenders, except as otherwise required under Section 6.21.”

 

(o)    A new Section 5.20 is hereby added to the Credit Agreement as follows:

 

“5.20  Post-Closing Obligations1..  Subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, upon formation of New Holdco, deliver to Agent a 100% pledge of the Equity Interests in Colt Defense LLC together with powers indorsed in blank, together with a joinder to the Security Agreement signed by New Holdco.”

 

(p)    Section 6.3(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“(a) Enter into any merger, amalgamation, consolidation, reorganization, or recapitalization, or reclassify its Equity Interests except for mergers, consolidations and amalgamations (i) between US Loan Parties, (ii) between Canadian Loan Parties, (iii) between Dutch Loan Parties,

 

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provided that, a Borrower is the surviving entity of such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, (iv) between Subsidiaries of Parent which are not Loan Parties, (v) between Parent and a subsidiary of a newly formed corporation (“New Holdco”), in which Parent is the survivor, following which New Holdco owns some or all of the Equity Interests of Parent and (vi) between Guarantors to the extent required for a Permitted Acquisition; provided, that, nothing in this Section 6.3 or in Section 6.5 shall restrict or prohibit Colt Canada from registering as a limited company under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada (Colt Canada currently being an unlimited company) or from continuing as a corporation under the laws of another Canadian provincial, territorial or federal jurisdiction, so long as Colt Canada otherwise complies with the provisions of Section 6.5 concerning change of corporate name, if applicable, and Section 5.12.”

 

(q)    A new Section 6.3(d) is hereby added to the Credit Agreement as follows:

 

“(d)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 6.5 or any other provision of the Loan Documents to the contrary, Parent shall not change its legal form to a C corporation or otherwise change its classification to that of a corporation for federal income tax purposes (such changes, a “Conversion”); provided, however, that Parent may consummate a Conversion so long as: (x) Parent determines in good faith that such action is in the best interests of Parent and its Subsidiaries and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders (it being understood that Parent will remain a Borrower hereunder and will take such steps as Required Lenders reasonably request to ensure the continued validity of the security interests granted by Parent under the Loan Documents and the continued priority thereof) and (y) the Required Lenders have provided their prior written consent to such Conversion.”

 

(r)     Section 6.5 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“6.5  Change Name. Change the name, organizational identification number, jurisdiction of organization or organizational identity of any Loan Party; provided, that, any Loan Party may change its name so long as such Loan Party gives 30 days prior written notice to Agent of such change.”

 

(s)     Section 6.7(a)(vii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“(vii) the Loan Parties may make any payment, prepayment, redemption, retirement, retirement, defeasance, purchase or sinking fund payment or other acquisition for value of Indebtedness evidenced by the Senior Note Indenture (each of the foregoing, a “Buyback”) so long as the following conditions are met and the Agent shall have received (at least two (2)

 

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Business Days prior to committing to any such Buyback) a certificate of the chief financial officer of Parent certifying that the following conditions have been met: (x) the purchase price is at a discount to the face value of the Senior Notes; and (y) (a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately prior to or following such Buyback, (b) pro forma for such Buyback, the aggregate cash interest expense of the Loan Parties has been reduced, and (c) immediately following such Buyback, the amount of Unrestricted Cash as shown on the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP that is deposited in accounts located in the United States will be at least $10,000,000 (any such Buybacks meeting these conditions, “Permitted Senior Note Discounted Buybacks”);”

 

(t)     Section 6.8(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“(b)  Permit the amount of the Senior Note Indenture Secured Debt Cap with respect to the Loan Parties at any time to be less than the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan (including any accrued PIK Interest), plus $33,000,000.”

 

(u)    Section 6.9(e) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“(e)  for each taxable year ending after the Closing Date with respect to which Parent is treated as a partnership or a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, Parent may make distributions, advances or other payments to each owner of its Equity Interests, in an amount equal to the product of (i) the portion of Parent’s “taxable income” (as modified below) allocable to such member for such year and (ii) the highest combined marginal federal, state and/or local income tax rate (including the tax on net investment income under Section 1411 of the IRC and taking into account the deductibility of state and local income taxes for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the character of the taxable income in question (i.e., long term capital gain, qualified dividend income, etc.)) applicable to any such owner for such year; provided, that, for purposes of this clause (e), Parent’s “taxable income” for any year shall be computed (A) (i) with respect to any taxable year (or portion thereof) through and including Parent’s fiscal quarter ending September 28, 2014, without any deduction for any interest expense for such year attributable to any indebtedness of Parent used to finance distributions (as determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.163-8T) or any indebtedness treated as having refinanced any such indebtedness, and (ii) without reduction for any other interest expense incurred by Parent; provided that, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), such interest expense is not treated as deductible for federal income tax purposes by each holder of Equity Interests issued by Parent against the income of the

 

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taxable year in question; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, such interest will be taken into account in any subsequent year or years in which such interest is deductible by such holders, (B) with respect to any taxable year, whether ended prior to or after the Closing Date, by including any increases to taxable income for such year as a result of any tax examination, audit or other adjustment, (C) with a reduction for any cumulative net taxable loss with respect to all prior taxable years ending after the date hereof (determined as if all such taxable years were one taxable period) to the extent such cumulative net taxable loss is of a character (ordinary or capital) that would permit such loss to be deducted by the owners against the income of the taxable year in question (but taking into account, for the avoidance of doubt (i) solely with respect to a direct owner of a majority of the outstanding membership interests in Parent, any limitations on deductibility arising under Section 382 of the IRC or state law equivalent and (ii) any other provisions of state income tax law that uniformly limit the deductibility of losses by holders of a majority in interest of the outstanding membership interests in Parent)) ; provided that if the current taxable year of Parent terminates prior to March 1, 2015 as a result of a transaction described in Section 6.3(d) or a transfer of Parent Equity Interests to a corporation, any taxable loss for such taxable year shall not be taken into account for purposes of this clause (C), (D) without taking into account any discharge of indebtedness income (within the meaning of Section 108 of the IRC) arising from any exchange offer consummated in respect of the Senior Notes outstanding on the date hereof; (E) without taking into account any reduction in the tax basis of the direct or indirect assets of Parent under Section 108 of the IRC (for example, for purposes of calculating depreciation deductions or taxable gain from a sale of an asset), (F) without taking into account any adjustments in basis resulting from an election pursuant to Section 754 of the IRC, and (G) for the avoidance of doubt, without taking into account any taxable income recognized by any such owner of Parent’s Equity Interests under Section 357(c) of the IRC upon a change in Parent described in Section 6.3(e) of this Agreement;

 

(v)      Section 6.9(f) of the Credit Agreement is hereby renumbered as Section 6.9(i).

 

(w)      A new Section 6.9(f) is hereby added to the Credit Agreement as follows:

 

“(f)  Parent may make distributions to fund New Holdco Expenses; provided, however, that such distributions made after the Closing Date for New Holdco Expenses that are not incurred by Colt Defense shall not be in an aggregate amount in excess of $200,000;”

 

(x)      A new Section 6.9(g) is hereby added to the Credit Agreement as follows:

 

“(g)  to the extent New Holdco has been formed and owns a majority of the Equity Interests in Parent, Parent may make distributions to New

 

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Holdco to fund any accounting or tax-related expenses and corporate maintenance expenses (such as filing fees) incurred in the ordinary course; provided, that, it is understood and agreed by the Loan Parties that such distributions shall in no event be permitted hereunder or made if such expenses are with respect to tax planning, New Holdco Expenses, sales taxes or income taxes;”

 

(y)      A new Section 6.9(h) is hereby added to the Credit Agreement as follows:

 

“(h)  to the extent New Holdco has been formed and owns a majority of the Equity Interests in Parent, Parent may make distributions to fund ordinary course reimbursement of reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses paid to and indemnities provided on behalf of, the directors of New Holdco; and”

 

(z)       The first sentence of Section 6.12 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“Directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction with any Affiliate (including without limitation; any transaction to purchase, acquire or lease any property from, or sell, transfer or lease any property to, any officer, director or other Affiliates of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries), except for:”

 

(aa)    A new Section 6.21 is hereby added to the Credit Agreement as follows:

 

“6.21  Collateral Access Agreement.  Permit any assets with a fair market value in excess of $20,000 (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, capitalized leasehold improvements) to be held or located at that certain leased property located at 1099 Shady Lane, Kissimee, Florida, unless a Collateral Access Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders has been executed and delivered to Agent prior to such movement of assets.”

 

(bb)    A new Section 6.22 is hereby added to the Credit Agreement as follows:

 

“6.22  New Holdco Expenses.  After the Closing Date, incur or pay any New Holdco Expenses unless the Board of Directors of such Loan Party has approved the incurrence and payment of such New Holdco Expenses.  At the request of the Required Lenders from time to time, the Loan Parties shall provide a summary list of New Holdco Expenses incurred by the Loan Parties after the Closing Date.”

 

(cc)     A new Section 6.23 is hereby added to the Credit Agreement as follows:

 

“6.23  Cash in Deposit Accounts.  Permit any Cash to be held in any account other than a Deposit Account (or, to the extent permitted under the Security Agreement, the Excluded Accounts (as defined in the

 

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Security Agreement)) subject to a Control Agreement in favor of the Agent.”

 

(dd)    Section 8.8 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“8.8  If any warranty, representation, certificate, statement, or Record made herein or in any other Loan Document or delivered in writing to Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document proves to be untrue in any material respect (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of the date of issuance or making or deemed making thereof;”

 

(ee)     Section 8.16 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“8.16  ( a) The occurrence of an event or condition which could reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, which could reasonably be expected to result in liability in excess of $2,500,000; (b) the imposition of any liability in excess of $2,500,000 under Title I or Title IV of ERISA, other than PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates, (c) the occurrence of a nonexempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 or 407 of ERISA for which any Loan Party may be directly or indirectly liable and which is reasonably expected to result in a liability to any Loan Party in excess of $1,000,000, (d)  receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of notice of the failure of any Employee Benefit Plan to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of any Employee Plan to fail to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or (e) the imposition of any lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates, in either case pursuant to Title IV of ERISA, and which lien secures a liability in excess of $1,000,000; provided that any of the foregoing (other than with respect to clauses (a) and (c)) that occurs in connection with a Bargaining Unit Defined Benefit Plan Calculation Error Event shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents;”

 

(ff)     Schedule 1.1 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the definitions of “Excess Availability” and “Required Availability” in their entirety.

 

(gg)     Schedule 1.1 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting clause (b) of the definition of “Permitted Acquisition” in its entirety and replacing it with the below:

 

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“(b) (i) the daily average amount of Unrestricted Cash shown on the Borrowers’ consolidated balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP for the thirty (30) day period immediately preceding and, as projected on a pro forma basis (after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition) for the thirty (30) day period immediately following, such Permitted Acquisition shall not be less than $20,000,000, and (ii) as of the date of such Permitted Acquisition and immediately after giving effect thereto, the amount of Unrestricted Cash shown on the Borrowers’ consolidated balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP shall not be less than $20,000,000,”

 

(hh)    Schedule 1.1 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting clause (d) of the definition of “Permitted Disposition” in its entirety and replacing it with the below:

 

“(d) the non-exclusive licensing or sublicensing of Intellectual Property or other general intangibles (other than the exclusive licenses in effect on the Closing Date as set forth on Schedule L-1) and licenses, leases or subleases of other property, in each case, in the ordinary course of business and so long as any such transaction shall not: (i) materially interfere with the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries, (ii) adversely affect, limit or restrict the rights of Agent to use any Intellectual Property of Loan Parties to sell or otherwise dispose of any Inventory or other Collateral, (iii) have a material and adverse effect on the value  of such Intellectual Property, or (iv) otherwise adversely limit or interfere in any respect with the use of any such Intellectual Property by Agent in connection with the exercise of its rights or remedies hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents;”

 

(ii)       Schedule 1.1 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting clause (w) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” and replacing it with the below and by adding clause (x) as follows:

 

“(w)    Indebtedness evidenced by the ABL Credit Agreement and any refinancings thereof in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $33,000,000 any time outstanding, and

 

(x)      Indebtedness with respect to letters of credit issued by, or a letter of credit facility with, a letter of credit issuer reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, in an aggregate face amount not to exceed $7,000,000.”

 

(jj)      Schedule 1.1 to the Credit Agreement is further amended by deleting clauses (aa) and (bb) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” and replacing them with the below and by adding clause (cc) as follows:

 

“(aa) Liens securing Permitted Indebtedness pursuant to clause (w) of the definition or “Permitted Indebtedness”, provided that such Liens are subject to the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement,

 

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(bb) any Lien arising out of a prejudgment remedy to the extent ordered by the court overseeing any Covered Claim, including any prejudgment writ of attachment, solely to the extent that each of the following conditions have been satisfied, as certified by Parent within three (3) Business Days of the date any such prejudgment remedy is ordered by such Court: (i) the allocated amount available for satisfaction of such Covered Claim in the Employee Litigation Escrow Fund (the “Allocated Escrow”) shall not be less than the amount specified in such prejudgment writ of attachment (collectively, the “Claim Amount”), (ii) the Employee Litigation Escrow Fund shall be valid and in full force and effect at all times that such Covered Claim is secured by such Lien, (iii) to the extent the Claim Amount exceeds the Allocated Escrow, the Loan Parties shall have posted bonds, cash collateral or other financial assurances acceptable to such Court sufficient to satisfy the amount specified in such prejudgment writ of attachment (the “Additional Security”), and (iv) such Lien shall be junior to the Liens securing the Obligations pursuant to applicable law, and

 

(cc)     Liens on cash deposits to secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (x) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”.”

 

(kk)    Schedule 1.1 to the Credit Agreement is further amended by adding or replacing, as applicable, the following definitions in alphabetical order:

 

““ABL Agent” means Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, and its permitted successors and assigns.”

 

““ABL Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of February 9, 2015, entered into by, among others, the Loan Parties and ABL Agent, as amended, supplemented, modified, restated, renewed, refinanced or replaced, except to the extent prohibited by the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.”

 

““Amendment No. 2” shall mean Amendment No. 2 to Term Loan Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, by and among Borrowers, Guarantors, Agent, Lenders and the other parties thereto, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated, restructured, refinanced or replaced.”

 

““Amendment No. 2 Effective Date” shall mean the date on which all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 2 have been satisfied or waived.”

 

““Amendment No. 2 Transactions” means the transactions entered into in connection with, or as contemplated by, Amendment No. 2.”

 

““Bargaining Unit Defined Benefit Plan Calculation Error” has the meaning specified therefor on Schedule 4.11 to the Agreement.”

 

““Bargaining Unit Defined Benefit Plan Calculation Error Event” means any event or series of events related to or arising from the Bargaining Unit Defined

 

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Benefit Plan Calculation Error which individually or in the aggregate for all such events do not result in liability to Parent and its Subsidiaries of more than $5,000,000.”

 

““Closing Date Transactions” means, collectively, the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and the ABL Loan Documents (as in effect on the Closing Date), as amended in connection with each of the foregoing.”

 

““Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, as to any Person and its Subsidiaries, for any period, the amount equal to (without duplication): (a) the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period determined in accordance with GAAP, plus (b) as to such Person and its Subsidiaries, each of the following (in each case to the extent deducted in or excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period (in accordance with GAAP)): (i) the Interest Expense for such period, (ii) all Taxes of such Person and its Subsidiaries paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP for such period, including any Permitted Tax Distributions, (iii) depreciation and amortization (including, but not limited to, imputed interest and deferred compensation) for such period, all in accordance with GAAP, (iv) extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring charges, expenses or losses that are incurred outside the ordinary course of business, other than contract start-up costs and losses, and other non-cash charges, expenses or losses; provided, however, in the case of the Loan Parties, the aggregate amount added back to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (iv) shall not exceed $1,000,000, and (v) other non-cash charges, expenses or losses, (vi) costs and expenses in connection with the Closing Date Transactions in an aggregate amount not exceeding $2,500,000, (vii) any non-recurring costs and expenses in connection with the Amendment No. 2 Transactions and (viii) any non-recurring costs and expenses in connection with any exchange offers (whether or not any such transaction is successful or consummated) related to the Senior Notes.”

 

““New Holdco” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 6.3(a) of the Agreement.”

 

““New Holdco Expenses” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 4.20 of the Agreement.”

 

““Repayment Fee” means 4.00% times the outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan to be prepaid on such date (or if the Term Loan is being prepaid in full, the outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan on the date immediately prior to the date of determination).”

 

““Senior Note Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of November 10, 2009, by and among Parent, Colt Finance Corp. and Wilmington Trust FSB, as trustee with respect to 8.75% Senior Notes due 2017, as may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, or any replacement indenture governing Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Notes.”

 

““Senior Note Indenture Secured Debt Cap” means, on any date, the maximum principal amount of all Term Advances (as such term is defined in the ABL Credit

 

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Agreement), plus the Term Loan and any other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by the Loan Parties and remain outstanding on a fully secured basis as to the assets of the Loan Parties pursuant to the Senior Note Indenture.”

 

(ll)     Schedule 3.6 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting item 3.b. therefrom and replacing it with the following:

 

“[Reserved].”

 

(mm) Schedule 4.11 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such schedule in its entirety and replacing it with Schedule 4.11 attached as Annex A hereto.

 

(nn)  A new Schedule 4.20 to the Credit Agreement is hereby added as attached as Annex B hereto.

 

(oo)  Schedule 5.1 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such schedule in its entirety and replacing it with Schedule 5.1 attached as Annex C hereto.

 

(pp)  A new Schedule 5.16 to the Credit Agreement is hereby added to the Credit Agreement, and inserted immediately after Schedule 5.2, as attached as Annex D hereto.

 

3.        Representations and Warranties.  Each Borrower and Guarantor, jointly and severally, hereby represents and warrants to Lender Group as follows:

 

(a)    This Amendment and each of the documents, instruments and agreements executed and delivered in connection herewith (collectively, with this Amendment, the “Amendment Documents”) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all necessary action of each Loan Party party hereto and thereto and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of each such Loan Party party thereto enforceable against each Loan Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally;

 

(b)    The execution, delivery, and performance by each Loan Party of this Amendment and each other Amendment Document to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not require any registration with, consent, or approval of, or notice to, or other action with or by, any Governmental Authority, other than registrations, consents, approvals, notices, or other actions that have been obtained and that are still in force and effect where the failure to obtain the foregoing has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change;

 

(c)     As to each Loan Party, the execution, delivery, and performance by such Loan Party of this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) violate any provision of federal, provincial, state, or local law or regulation applicable to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, or any order, judgment, or decree of any court or other Governmental Authority binding on any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, where such violation has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change, (ii) violate any provisions of the Governing Documents of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, (iii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Material Contract of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries where any such conflict,

 

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breach or default has or could individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien of any nature whatsoever upon any assets of any Loan Party, other than Permitted Liens, or (v) require any approval of any holders of Equity Interests of a Loan Party or any approval or consent of any Person under any Material Contract of any Loan Party, other than consents or approvals that have been obtained and that are still in force and effect and except, in the case of Material Contracts, for consents or approvals, the failure to obtain could not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change; and

 

(d)    No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

4.        Conditions Precedent.  This Amendment shall only be effective upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Agent:

 

(a)    Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment, duly authorized, executed and delivered by Borrowers, Guarantors and Lenders;

 

(b)    Agent shall have received true, correct and complete copies of the ABL Loan Documents in effect on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Lenders;

 

(c)     Agent shall have received, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, Certificates from the Secretary or similar officer or authorized representative of each Borrower and Guarantor (i) attesting to (among other things) the resolutions of such Borrower’s or Guarantor’s Board of Directors or other governing board authorizing its execution, delivery and performance of the Amendment and the transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) to the extent applicable, authorizing specific officers of such Borrower or Guarantor to execute the same, and (iii) attesting to the incumbency and signatures of such specific officers or authorized representatives of such Borrower or Guarantor;

 

(d)    the Lenders shall have received a non-refundable closing fee in an amount equal to $500,000 payable in immediately available funds;  and

 

(e)     the Borrowers shall have paid all fees and expenses of Agent and Lenders then due and payable as provided for herein or in any of the other Loan Documents.

 

5.        RELEASE.  EACH BORROWER, THE OTHER LOAN PARTIES, AND THEIR AFFILIATES ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY DEFENSES, COUNTERCLAIMS, OFFSETS, CROSS-COMPLAINTS, CLAIMS OR DEMANDS OF ANY KIND OR NATURE WHATSOEVER THAT CAN BE ASSERTED TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE ALL OR ANY PART OF  THE LIABILITY OF BORROWER TO REPAY LENDERS AS PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR TO SEEK AFFIRMATIVE RELIEF OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE FROM AGENT OR ANY LENDER PARTY HERETO.  EACH OF BORROWER, THE OTHER LOAN PARTIES, AND THEIR AFFILIATES ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES HEREBY VOLUNTARILY AND KNOWINGLY

 

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RELEASES AND FOREVER DISCHARGES AGENT, LENDERS PARTY HERETO AND AGENT’S AND EACH LENDER PARTY HERETO’S PREDECESSORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, FROM ALL POSSIBLE CLAIMS, DEMANDS, ACTIONS, CAUSES OF ACTION, DAMAGES, COSTS, OR EXPENSES, AND LIABILITIES WHATSOEVER, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, ANTICIPATED OR UNANTICIPATED, SUSPECTED OR UNSUSPECTED, FIXED, CONTINGENT, OR CONDITIONAL, AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, ORIGINATING IN WHOLE OR IN PART ON OR BEFORE THE DATE THIS AGREEMENT IS FULLY EXECUTED, WHICH ANY OF BORROWER, THE OTHER LOAN PARTIES, AND THEIR AFFILIATES OR THEIR RELATED PARTIES MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AGAINST AGENT OR ANY LENDER PARTY HERETO IN THEIR CAPACITIES AS SUCH, AND AGENT’S OR ANY LENDER PARTY HERETO’S PREDECESSORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, IF ANY,  IN THEIR CAPACITIES AS SUCH, AND IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER ANY SUCH CLAIMS ARISE OUT OF CONTRACT, TORT, VIOLATION OF LAW OR REGULATIONS, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS AND REMEDIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT.

 

6.        General.

 

(a)    Effect of this Amendment.  Except as expressly provided herein, no other changes or modifications to the Loan Documents are intended or implied, and in all other respects the Loan Documents are hereby specifically ratified, restated and confirmed by all parties hereto as of the date hereof.  On and after the date hereof this Amendment shall for all purposes constitute a Loan Document.

 

(b)    Governing Law.  THE VALIDITY OF THIS AMENDMENT, THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

(c)     Binding Effect.  This Amendment and each of the other Amendment Documents, shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties hereto.

 

(d)    Counterparts, etc.  Each Amendment Document may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of each Amendment Document by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of such Amendment Document.  Any party delivering an executed counterpart of each Amendment Document by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of such Amendment Document but the failure to

 

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deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of such Amendment Document.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

	
 
    	
COLT DEFENSE LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Dennis Veilleux
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Dennis Veilleux
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: 
    	
President and
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Chief Executive Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
COLT FINANCE CORP.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Dennis Veilleux
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Dennis Veilleux
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
President and
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Chief Executive Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
NEW COLT HOLDING CORP.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Dennis Veilleux
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Dennis Veilleux
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
President and
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Chief Executive Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
COLT’S MANUFACTURING COMPANY LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Dennis Veilleux
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Dennis Veilleux
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
President and
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Chief Executive Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
COLT DEFENSE TECHNICAL SERVICES LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Dennis Veilleux
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Dennis Veilleux
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
President and
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Chief Executive Officer
    

 

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COLT CANADA CORPORATION
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Dennis Veilleux
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Dennis Veilleux
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
President and
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Chief Executive Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
COLT INTERNATIONAL COÖPERATIEF U.A.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Dennis Veilleux
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Dennis Veilleux
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
President and
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Chief Executive Officer
    

 

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AGENT AND LENDERS
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
WILMINGTON   SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB,   as Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Kristin L. Moore
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Kristin L. Moore
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice President
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
MORGAN   STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ John Ragusa
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
John Ragusa
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Authorized Signatory
    

 

23EX-4.1

 Exhibit 4.1 
  

 
  

 
 JAMES HARDIE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
LIMITED 
 as Issuer, 
 the
Guarantors named herein 
 and 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS 

as Trustee 
  

 
 INDENTURE 

Dated as of February 10, 2015 
  

 
 5.875% Senior
Notes due 2023 
  
  

 
  
  

 

  
  

 

 TRUST INDENTURE ACT CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE* 

					
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Section
		 Indenture

Section

			
	310		(a)(1)		7.10
			(a)(2)		7.10
			(a)(3)		N.A.
			(a)(4)		N.A.
			(a)(5)		7.10
			(b)		7.10
			(b)(1)		7.10
			(c)		N.A.
	311		(a)		7.11
			(b)		7.11
			(c)		N.A.
	312		(a)		N.A.
			(b)		10.03
			(c)		10.03
	313		(a)		7.06
			(b)(1)		N.A.
			(b)(2)		7.06
			(c)		7.06; 10.02
			(d)		7.06
	314		(a)		4.13(c)
			(a)(4)		4.06
			(b)		N.A.
			(c)(1)		N.A.
			(c)(2)		N.A.
			(c)(3)		N.A.
			(d)		N.A.
			(e)		N.A.
			(f)		N.A.
	315		(a)		N.A.
			(b)		N.A.
			(c)		N.A.
			(d)		N.A.
			(e)		N.A.
	316		(a)		N.A.
			(a)(1)(A)		6.05
			(a)(1)(B)		6.04(a)
			(a)(2)		N.A.
			(b)		N.A.
			(c)		N.A.
	317		(a)(1)		N.A.
			(a)(2)		N.A.
			(b)		N.A.
	318		(a)		N.A.

  
  

N.A. means Not Applicable 
 *This Cross-Reference Table shall not,
for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of this Indenture 

  
  

 

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	ARTICLE ONE	  
	
	DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE	  
		
	SECTION 1.01.    Definitions		 	1	  
	SECTION 1.02.    Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act		 	31	  
	SECTION 1.03.    Rules of Construction		 	31	  
	
	ARTICLE TWO	  
	
	THE SECURITIES	  
		
	SECTION 2.01.    Amount of Notes		 	32	  
	SECTION 2.02.    Form and Dating; Legends		 	32	  
	SECTION 2.03.    Execution and Authentication		 	33	  
	SECTION 2.04.    Registrar and Paying Agent		 	34	  
	SECTION 2.05.    Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust		 	35	  
	SECTION 2.06.    Noteholder Lists		 	35	  
	SECTION 2.07.    Transfer and Exchange		 	35	  
	SECTION 2.08.    Replacement Notes		 	36	  
	SECTION 2.09.    Outstanding Notes		 	37	  
	SECTION 2.10.    Treasury Notes		 	37	  
	SECTION 2.11.    Temporary Notes		 	37	  
	SECTION 2.12.    Cancellation		 	38	  
	SECTION 2.13.    Defaulted Interest		 	38	  
	SECTION 2.14.    CUSIP and ISIN Numbers		 	39	  
	SECTION 2.15.    Deposit of Moneys		 	39	  
	SECTION 2.16.    Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes		 	39	  
	SECTION 2.17.    Transfer and Exchange of Notes		 	41	  
	SECTION 2.18.    Computation of Interest		 	48	  
	
	ARTICLE THREE	  
	
	REDEMPTION	 
		
	SECTION 3.01.    Election To Redeem; Notices to Trustee		 	48	  
	SECTION 3.02.    Selection by Trustee of Notes To Be Redeemed		 	49	  
	SECTION 3.03.    Notice of Redemption		 	49	  
	SECTION 3.04.    Effect of Notice of Redemption		 	51	  
	SECTION 3.05.    Deposit of Redemption Price		 	51	  
	SECTION 3.06.    Notes Redeemed in Part		 	51	  
	SECTION 3.07.    Mandatory Redemption, Etc		 	52	  

  
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	ARTICLE FOUR	  
	
	COVENANTS	  
		
	SECTION 4.01.    Payment of Notes		 	52	  
	SECTION 4.02.    Maintenance of Office or Agency		 	53	  
	SECTION 4.03.    Legal Existence		 	54	  
	SECTION 4.04.    [Reserved]		 	54	  
	SECTION 4.05.    Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws		 	54	  
	SECTION 4.06.    Compliance Certificate		 	55	  
	SECTION 4.07.    Taxes		 	55	  
	SECTION 4.08.    Repurchase at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control		 	55	  
	SECTION 4.09.    Limitation on Asset Disposition		 	58	  
	SECTION 4.10.    Limitation on Restricted Payments		 	60	  
	SECTION 4.11.    Limitation on Liens		 	66	  
	SECTION 4.12.    Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions		 	70	  
	SECTION 4.13.    Reports to Holders		 	71	  
	SECTION 4.14.    Additional Note Guarantees		 	72	  
	SECTION 4.15.    Termination of Covenants		 	73	  
	
	ARTICLE FIVE	  
	
	SUCCESSOR CORPORATION	  
		
	SECTION 5.01.    Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets		 	73	  
	SECTION 5.02.    Successor Person Substituted		 	74	  
	
	ARTICLE SIX	  
	
	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES	  
		
	SECTION 6.01.    Events of Default		 	75	  
	SECTION 6.02.    Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission		 	77	  
	SECTION 6.03.    Other Remedies		 	77	  
	SECTION 6.04.    Waiver of Existing Defaults and Events of Default		 	78	  
	SECTION 6.05.    Control by Majority		 	78	  
	SECTION 6.06.    Limitation on Suits		 	79	  
	SECTION 6.07.    No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders		 	79	  
	SECTION 6.08.    Rights of Holders To Receive Payment		 	80	  
	SECTION 6.09.    Collection Suit by Trustee		 	80	  
	SECTION 6.10.    Trustee May File Proofs of Claim		 	80	  
	SECTION 6.11.    Priorities		 	81	  
	SECTION 6.12.    Undertaking for Costs		 	81	  

  
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	ARTICLE SEVEN	  
	
	TRUSTEE	 
		
	SECTION 7.01.    Duties of Trustee		 	82	  
	SECTION 7.02.    Rights of Trustee		 	84	  
	SECTION 7.03.    Individual Rights of Trustee		 	85	  
	SECTION 7.04.    Trustee’s Disclaimer		 	85	  
	SECTION 7.05.    Notice of Defaults		 	86	  
	SECTION 7.06.    Reports by Trustee to Holders		 	86	  
	SECTION 7.07.    Compensation and Indemnity		 	86	  
	SECTION 7.08.    Replacement of Trustee		 	88	  
	SECTION 7.09.    Successor Trustee by Consolidation, Merger, etc		 	89	  
	SECTION 7.10.    Eligibility; Disqualification		 	89	  
	SECTION 7.11.    Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer		 	89	  
	SECTION 7.12.    Paying Agents		 	89	  
	
	ARTICLE EIGHT	  
	
	AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER	  
		
	SECTION 8.01.    Without Consent of Noteholders		 	90	  
	SECTION 8.02.    With Consent of Noteholders		 	91	  
	SECTION 8.03.    Compliance with Trust Indenture Act		 	92	  
	SECTION 8.04.    Revocation and Effect of Consents		 	92	  
	SECTION 8.05.    Notation on or Exchange of Notes		 	93	  
	SECTION 8.06.    Trustee To Sign Amendments, etc		 	93	  
	
	ARTICLE NINE	  
	
	DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE; GUARANTEE	  
		
	SECTION 9.01.    Discharge of Indenture		 	94	 
	SECTION 9.02.    Legal Defeasance		 	95	  
	SECTION 9.03.    Covenant Defeasance		 	96	  
	SECTION 9.04.    Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance		 	96	  
	SECTION 9.05.    Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations To Be Held in Trust		 	98	  
	SECTION 9.06.    Reinstatement		 	98	  
	SECTION 9.07.    Moneys Held by Paying Agent		 	99	  
	SECTION 9.08.    Moneys Held by Trustee		 	99	  
	SECTION 9.09.    Guarantee		 	99	  

  
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	SECTION 9.10.    Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee		 	100	  
	SECTION 9.11.    Release of Guarantors		 	101	  
	SECTION 9.12.    Waiver of Subrogation		 	102	  
	SECTION 9.13.    Notice to Trustee		 	102	  
	SECTION 9.14.    Limitation on Guarantor’s Liability		 	103	  
	
	ARTICLE TEN	  
	
	MISCELLANEOUS	  
		
	SECTION 10.01.    Trust Indenture Act Controls		 	103	  
	SECTION 10.02.    Notices		 	104	  
	SECTION 10.03.    Communications by Holders with Other Holders		 	106	  
	SECTION 10.04.    Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent		 	106	  
	SECTION 10.05.    Statements Required in Certificate and Opinion		 	106	  
	SECTION 10.06.    Rules by Trustee and Agents		 	107	  
	SECTION 10.07.    Business Days; Legal Holidays		 	107	  
	SECTION 10.08.    Governing Law		 	107	  
	SECTION 10.09.    No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements		 	107	  
	SECTION 10.10.    Successors		 	107	  
	SECTION 10.11.    Multiple Counterparts		 	108	  
	SECTION 10.12.    Table of Contents, Headings, etc		 	108	  
	SECTION 10.13.    Separability		 	108	  
	SECTION 10.14.    Waiver of Jury Trial		 	108	  
	SECTION 10.15.    Consent to Jurisdiction and Service		 	108	  
	SECTION 10.16.    Force Majeure		 	109	  
	SECTION 10.17.    U.S.A. Patriot Act		 	109	  

  

							
	EXHIBITS	  
			
	Exhibit A-1.		Form of Restricted Note		 	A-1-1	  
	Exhibit A-2.		Form of Unrestricted Note		 	A-2-1	  
	Exhibit B.		Form of Private Placement Legend		 	B-1	  
	Exhibit C.		Form of Legend for Global Note		 	C-1	  
	Exhibit D.		Form of Regulation S Legend		 	D-1	  
	Exhibit E.		Form of Certificate of Transfer		 	E-1	  
	Exhibit F.		Form of Certificate of Exchange		 	F-1	  
	Exhibit G.		Form of Note Guarantee		 	G-1	  
	Exhibit H.		Form of Supplemental Indenture to be Delivered by Subsequent Guarantors		 	H-1	  

  
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 INDENTURE, dated as of February 10, 2015 among James Hardie International Finance Limited,
a private limited company duly incorporated under the laws of Ireland (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors (as defined below) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the
“Trustee”). 
 Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of
the Holders of the Notes. 
 ARTICLE ONE 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 
  

	SECTION 1.01.	Definitions. 

 “Additional Amounts” means, in the event any
withholding or deduction (including, without limitation, because the Notes are not listed on the Irish Stock Exchange) is required for or on account of Taxes imposed by a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction from any payments made under or with respect to
the Notes or under any Note Guarantee (including payments of principal, redemption price, interest or premium (if any)), such additional amounts the payment of which by the Issuer or a Guarantor, as applicable, may be necessary so that the net
amount received by each Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes after such withholding or deduction (including any withholding or deduction attributable to the Additional Amounts) will equal the amount such Holder or beneficial owner would have
received if such Taxes had not been required to be withheld or deducted; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Additional Amounts shall not include amounts payable in respect of, or on account of, the following: 

(1) any Taxes that would not have been imposed but for the existence of any present or former connection between a Holder or
the beneficial owner of Notes and the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (including being a citizen, resident or national of, or being engaged in business in, the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction), other than a connection arising from the acquisition,
ownership, holding or disposition of the Notes, or enforcement of rights under the Notes or any Note Guarantee, or the receipt of payments under or in respect of the Notes or any Note Guarantee; 

(2) any Taxes that are imposed by reason of the failure of a Holder or beneficial owner of Notes to satisfy any certification,
identification or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction of such Holder or beneficial owner that is required by applicable law, regulation or administrative
practice of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of, such Taxes, but in each case only to the extent such Holder or beneficial owner is legally eligible to provide
such certification or other documentation; provided, however, that the Issuer has delivered a request to such Holder to comply with such requirements at least 30 days prior to the date by which such compliance is required; 

  
  

 
  

  
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 (3) any Taxes that would not have been imposed if the presentation of Notes
(where presentation is required) for payment had occurred within 30 days after the date such payment was due and payable or was duly provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that a Holder or beneficial owner of Notes would have been
entitled to Additional Amounts had the Note been presented within such 30-day period; 
 (4) any Taxes payable otherwise
than by deduction or withholding in respect of a payment on the Notes or any Note Guarantee; 
 (5) any estate, inheritance,
gift, value-added, personal property or similar Taxes; 
 (6) any Taxes imposed on a payment to an individual that is
required to be made pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC (the “Directive”) or any other directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of 26–27 November, 2000 on the taxation of savings
income, or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, the Directive; 
 (7) any Taxes
that could have been avoided by the presentation of Notes (where presentation is required) for payment to another paying agent in a member state of the European Union; or 

(8) any combination of items (1) though (7) above. 

“Additional Assets” means: 

(1) any property or assets (other than Indebtedness and Capital Stock) to be used by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary; 

(2) the Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by Holdings
or another Restricted Subsidiary; or 
 (3) Capital Stock constituting a non-controlling interest in any Person that at such
time is a Subsidiary. 
 “Additional Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01. 

“Adjusted Net Income” means in respect of a Fiscal Year, the consolidated net income for the Parent and any Person which
Parent is required to consolidate in its audited financial statements (which shall, for the avoidance of doubt, deduct any tax expense or add 

  
  

 
  

  
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any tax credit arising in such Fiscal Year) (but excluding any Excluded Entity) for such Fiscal Year as set out in the Parent’s audited financial statements for such Fiscal Year, adjusted,
to the extent included in calculating such consolidated net income, by excluding, without duplication: 
 (a) non-cash
provisions (including asbestos provisions) required under GAAP in respect of which the audited financial statements are prepared with respect to the payments by the Performing Subsidiary to AICF pursuant to the terms of the AFFA; and 

(b) the portion of consolidated net income allocable to minority interests. 

“AFFA” means (i) the Amended and Restated Final Funding Agreement dated as of November 21, 2006 (as amended prior
to the Issue Date and as further amended from time to time) between AICF, James Hardie Industries SE, James Hardie 117 Pty Limited, and any other Performing Subsidiary party thereto from time to time, and the State of New South Wales together with
(ii) the Amending Agreement – Parent Guarantee dated as of June 23, 2009 between AICF, the State of New South Wales and the Parent. 

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and
“under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. 
 “Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, Depository
Custodian, or agent for service or notices and demands. 
 “Agent Members” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.16(a). 
 “AICF” means Asbestos Injuries Compensation Fund Limited in its personal capacity and as trustee
for the Asbestos Injuries Compensation Fund. 
 “AICF Payments” means amounts paid by any member of the Consolidated Group
(x) to the Performing Subsidiary in connection with the Performing Subsidiary’s payments to AICF pursuant to the terms of the AFFA (including, for the avoidance of doubt, amounts paid in respect of intercompany obligations from time to
time owed by a member of the Consolidated Group to the Performing Subsidiary) or (y) under any Guarantee in connection therewith. 

  
  

 
  

  
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 “amend” means to amend, supplement, restate, amend and restate or otherwise
modify; and “amendment” shall have a correlative meaning. 
 “Applicable Treasury Rate” for any
Make-Whole Redemption Date means the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) that has
become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to such Make-Whole Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the
Make-Whole Redemption Date to February 15, 2018; provided, however, that if the period from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to February 15, 2018 is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for
which a weekly average yield is given, the Applicable Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields
are given except that if the period from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to February 15, 2018 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall
be used. 
 “asset” means any asset or property, whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible. 

“Asset Disposition” means any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition (or series of related sales, leases, transfers or
dispositions) by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary, including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”), of: 

(1) any shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares required by
applicable law to be held by a Person other than Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary); 
 (2) all or substantially all the
assets of any division or line of business of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary; or 
 (3) any other assets or property
of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary outside of the ordinary course of business of Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the following shall be deemed to be an Asset Disposition: 

(1) a disposition by a Restricted Subsidiary to Holdings or by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary;

  
  

 
  

  
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 (2) for purposes of Section 4.09 only, a disposition of all or substantially
all the assets of the Issuer in compliance with Section 5.01 or a disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture; 

(3) a sale, contribution, conveyance or other transfer of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the
definition of Qualified Receivables Transaction by or to a Receivables Entity in a Qualified Receivables Transaction; 
 (4)
the license, sublicense or cross-license of intellectual property or other intangibles; 
 (5) the lease, assignment or
sublease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business; 
 (6) any surrender or waiver of contract
rights or settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims in the ordinary course of business; 

(7) the granting of Security Interests not prohibited by Section 4.11; 

(8) the disposition by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business of (i) cash and
cash equivalents, (ii) inventory and other assets acquired and held for resale in the ordinary course of business, (iii) damaged, worn out or obsolete assets or assets that, in Holdings’ reasonable judgment, are no longer used or
useful in the business of Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries, or (iv) rights granted to others pursuant to leases or licenses, to the extent not materially interfering with the operations of Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries; 

(9) a Restricted Payment that does not violate Section 4.10 or any Investment by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary that
does not constitute a Restricted Payment; 
 (10) any exchange of assets for assets (including a combination of assets)
(which assets may include Equity Interests or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Equity Interests, but which assets may not include any Indebtedness) of comparable or greater market value or usefulness to the
business of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, which in the event of an exchange of assets with a fair market value in excess of (a) $50.0 million shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate and (b) $100.0
million shall be set forth in a resolution approved by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Holdings; provided that Holdings may apply any cash or cash equivalents received in any such exchange of assets as
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 (11) dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or
collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements; 

(12) the issuance by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of preferred stock or any convertible securities; 

(13) any sale of assets received by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary upon foreclosure on a Security Interest; 

(14) the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations (including sales under forward contracts); 

(15) any dispositions to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture
parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding agreements; 
 (16) the lease or sublease of office
space; 
 (17) the abandonment, farm-out, lease, assignment, sub-lease, license or sub-license of any real or personal
property in the ordinary course of business; 
 (18) dispositions of property pursuant to casualty events; 

(19) a single transaction or series of related transactions that involve the disposition of assets with a fair market value
(as determined in good faith by Holdings) of less than $50.0 million; and 
 (20) any sale or disposition of Equity
Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary. 
 “Attributable Indebtedness,” when
used with respect to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, means, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at a rate borne by the Notes, compounded on a semiannual basis) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments
during the remaining term of the lease included in any such Sale and Leaseback Transaction. 
 “Bankruptcy Law” means
Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any similar federal, state, local or foreign law for the relief of debtors. 

“Bilateral Credit Facilities” means the following term loan facilities (in each case as amended, restated, supplemented,
waived or otherwise modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time in one or more agreements or indentures (in each case, with the same or new agents, lenders, creditors or groups of lenders or creditors), including

  
  

 
  

  
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any agreement or indenture extending the maturity of or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness thereunder or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering
the maturity thereof (including increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder or adding Subsidiaries of Holdings as borrowers or guarantors thereunder)): 

(1) US$25,000,000 Bullet Facility Agreement between the Issuer, James Hardie Building Products Inc. (“JHBPI”)
and Westpac Banking Corporation dated April 29, 2014; 
 (2) US$25,000,000 Bullet Facility Agreement between the
Issuer, JHBPI and Commonwealth Bank of Australia dated April 29, 2014; 
 (3) US$50,000,000 Bullet Facility Agreement
between the Issuer, JHBPI and HSBC Bank plc. dated April 29, 2014; 
 (4) US$50,000,000 Bullet Facility Agreement
between the Issuer, JHBPI and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. dated May 6, 2014; 
 (5) US$50,000,000 Bullet Facility Agreement
between the Issuer, JHBPI and Westpac Banking Corporation dated March 27, 2013; 
 (6) US$75,000,000 Three Year Bullet
Facility Agreement between the Issuer, JHBPI and Commonwealth Bank of Australia dated March 27, 2013; 
 (7)
US$75,000,000 Four Year Bullet Facility Agreement between the Issuer, JHBPI and Commonwealth Bank of Australia dated March 27, 2013; 

(8) US$40,000,000 Bullet Facility Agreement between the Issuer, JHBPI and HSBC Bank plc. dated March 27, 2013; 

(9) US$75,000,000 Bullet Facility Agreement between the Issuer, JHBPI and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. dated March 27, 2013;
and 
 (10) US$125,000,000 Bullet Facility Agreement between the Issuer, JHBPI and Bank of America, N.A. dated November 25, 2014
(which replaces the US$40,000,000 Bullet Facility Agreement between the Issuer, JHBPI and Bank of America, N.A. dated March 28, 2013). 

“Board of Directors” means, with respect to any Person, the board of directors or comparable governing body of such Person.

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 “Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person for any period, any
expenditure in respect of the purchase or other acquisition of any fixed or capital asset (excluding normal replacements and maintenance which are properly charged to current operations). For purposes of this definition, the purchase price of
equipment that is purchased simultaneously with the trade-in of existing equipment or with insurance proceeds shall be included in Capital Expenditures only to the extent of the gross amount by which such purchase price exceeds the credit granted by
the seller of such equipment for the equipment being traded in at such time or the amount of such insurance proceeds, as the case may be. 

“Capital Stock” means: 

(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; 

(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other
equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; and 
 (3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company,
partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited). 
 “Capitalized Lease” means a lease required to be
capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Capitalized Lease Obligations” of any Person
means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a Capitalized Lease, and the amount of such obligation shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP. 

“Change in Tax Law” means the occurrence of either of the following: 

(1) any change in, or amendment to, the law (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of a Relevant Taxing
Jurisdiction, which change or amendment is publicly announced and becomes effective after the Issue Date (or, if the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction became a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction on a date after the Issue Date, after such later date); or 

(2) any change in, or amendment to, the official application, administration, or interpretation of such laws, regulations or
rulings (including by virtue of a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction) of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, which change or amendment is publicly announced and becomes effective after the Issue Date (or, if the Relevant
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 “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the
following: 
 (1) any Transfer (other than by way of merger or consolidation) of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) or “group” (as defined in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than any Transfer to
Holdings or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries of Holdings; 
 (2) the adoption of a plan for the liquidation or
dissolution of the Issuer (other than in a transaction that complies with Section 5.01); 
 (3) the Parent, Holdings or
any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings becomes aware (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) that a “person” (as defined above) or
“group” (as defined above) has become, directly or indirectly, the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Parent, other than
as a result of (i) any transaction where the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Parent immediately prior to such transaction constitutes or is converted into or exchanged for a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of such
beneficial owner or (ii) any merger or consolidation of the Parent with or into any “person” (as defined above) (a “Permitted Person”) or a Subsidiary of a Permitted Person, in each case, if immediately after such
transaction no person (as defined above) is the beneficial owner (as defined above), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of such Permitted Person; or 

(4) the Parent ceases to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer. 

“Change of Control Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.08(a). 

“Change of Control Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.08(a). 

“Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.08(b). 

“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. 

“Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period: 

(1) the sum of, without duplication, the amounts for such period, taken as a single accounting period, of: 

  
  

 
  

  
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 (a) Consolidated Net Income; 

(b) Consolidated Interest Expense; 

(c) Consolidated Income Tax Expense (other than income tax expense (either positive or negative) attributable to
extraordinary gains or losses); 
 (d) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense; and 

(e) Consolidated Non-cash Charges; less 

(2) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than (a) the accrual of revenue consistent
with past practice, and (b) reversals of prior accruals or reserves for cash items previously excluded in the calculation of Consolidated Non-cash Charges; 

provided, that the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA shall (i) exclude any Excluded Amounts and (ii) be reduced by the aggregate
amount of AICF Payments during such period, in each case, to the extent such exclusion or reduction, as applicable, is not already reflected in the component definitions of the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA. 

In calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for any period, if any Asset Disposition or Asset Acquisition (whether pursuant to a stock or an
asset transaction), in each case with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by Holdings) greater than $10.0 million, shall have occurred since the first day of any twelve month period for which Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA is being
calculated, such calculation shall give pro forma effect to such Asset Disposition or Asset Acquisition including, for the avoidance of doubt, any indebtedness incurred in connection with such Asset Disposition or Asset Acquisition. 

For the purposes of calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, “Asset Acquisition” means any acquisition of property or
series of related acquisitions of property that constitutes all or substantially all of the assets of a business, unit or division of a Person or constitutes all or substantially all of the common stock (or equivalent) of a Person; and
“Asset Disposition” means any disposition of property or series of related dispositions of property that involves all or substantially all of the assets of a business, unit or division of a Person or constitutes all or substantially
all of the common stock (or equivalent) of a Subsidiary. 
 “Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means
with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including amortization of deferred financing fees, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and
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 “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means the ratio of Consolidated
Adjusted EBITDA of the Consolidated Group during the most recent four consecutive full fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available (the “Four-Quarter Period”) ending on or prior to the date of the transaction giving
rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (the “Transaction Date”) to Consolidated Fixed Charges of the Consolidated Group for the Four-Quarter Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set
forth in the definitions of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense (and all component definitions referenced in such definitions), whenever pro forma effect is to be given to the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness or the
issuance or redemption of Preferred Stock, the pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible officer of the Parent or Holdings. 

For purposes of this definition, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and Consolidated Fixed Charges shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro
forma basis for the period of such calculation to the incurrence of any Indebtedness or the issuance of any Preferred Stock of any Consolidated Group member (and the application of the proceeds thereof) and any repayment of Indebtedness or
redemption of other Preferred Stock (and the application of the proceeds therefrom) (other than the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes pursuant to any revolving credit arrangement)
occurring during the Four-Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four-Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such incurrence, repayment, issuance or redemption, as the case may be (and the application
of the proceeds thereof), occurred on the first day of the Four-Quarter Period. 
 In calculating Consolidated Fixed Charges for purposes
of determining the denominator (but not the numerator) of this Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio: 
 (a) interest on
outstanding Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of the Transaction Date and which will continue to be so determined thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness
in effect on the Transaction Date (although interest with respect to any Indebtedness for periods while the same was actually outstanding during the respective period shall be calculated using the actual rates applicable thereto while the same was
actually outstanding); 
 (b) if interest on any Indebtedness actually incurred on the Transaction Date may optionally be
determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rates, then the interest rate in effect on the Transaction Date will be deemed to have been in effect during the
Four-Quarter Period (although interest with respect to any Indebtedness for periods while the same was actually outstanding during the respective period shall be calculated using the actual rates applicable thereto while the same was actually
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 (c) notwithstanding clause (a) or (b) above, interest on Indebtedness
determined on a fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by agreements relating to Hedging Obligations, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to the operation of these agreements. 

“Consolidated Fixed Charges” for any period means the sum, without duplication, of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense of
the Consolidated Group for such period, plus (b) the product of (x) all dividend payments on any series of Disqualified Equity Interests of the Consolidated Group or any Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any
such Disqualified Equity Interests or any Preferred Stock held by any Consolidated Group member or to the extent paid in Qualified Equity Interests) for such period, multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the
denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of the Consolidated Group, expressed as a decimal. 

“Consolidated Group” means Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the Consolidated Group shall
exclude, for the avoidance of doubt, (a) any Unrestricted Subsidiary and (b) any Excluded Entity. 
 “Consolidated Income
Tax Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period as determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP. 
 “Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, the interest expense of the Consolidated
Group for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP (including amortization of original issue discount and deferred financing costs, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of all payments associated with
Capitalized Lease Obligations, capitalized interest, net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate-related Hedging Obligations and imputed interest with respect to Attributable Indebtedness but excluding write-offs associated with the amendment
and restatement or repayment of indebtedness and excluding, to the extent otherwise included therein, any Excluded Amounts). 

“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of the Consolidated Group for such
period as determined in accordance with GAAP (net of the aggregate amount of AICF Payments made during such period), adjusted, to the extent included in calculating such net income, by excluding, without duplication: 

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 (2) the portion of net income of the Consolidated Group members allocable to
minority interests in unconsolidated Persons to the extent that cash dividends or distributions have not actually been received by such Consolidated Group members; 

(3) gains or losses in respect of any sales of capital stock or asset sales outside the ordinary course of business (including
in a Sale and Leaseback Transaction) by such Consolidated Group members; 
 (4) any gain or loss realized as a result of the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles; 
 (5) any fees, expenses and other costs incurred or paid (and
write-offs recorded) in connection with the offering of the Notes, the Bilateral Credit Facilities, or other Indebtedness; 

(6) nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses; 

(7) the net after-tax effects of adjustments in the inventory, property and equipment, goodwill and intangible assets line
items in the Consolidated Group’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of purchase accounting or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof; 

(8) any fees and expenses incurred (and write-offs recorded) during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period,
in connection with any acquisition, investment, asset sale, issuance or repayment or amendment or restatement of indebtedness, issuance of stock, stock options or other equity-based awards, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any
debt instrument (including without limitation any such transaction undertaken but not completed); 
 (9) any gain or loss
recorded in connection with the designation of a discontinued operation (exclusive of its operating income or loss); 
 (10)
any non-cash compensation or other non-cash expenses or charges arising from the grant of or issuance or repricing of stock, stock options or other equity-based awards or any amendment, modification, substitution or change of any such stock, stock
options or other equity-based awards; 
 (11) any expenses or charges (including any break costs, early redemption premium,
make-whole payments, liquidated damages or other penalties) related to any Equity Offering, Asset Disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, arrangement, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted
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 (12) any non-cash impairment, restructuring or special charge or asset write-off
or write-down, and the amortization or write-off of intangibles; 
 (13) Excluded Amounts; and 

(14) any swap break or reset costs incurred and paid as part of any termination of any Hedging Obligations. 

Consolidated Net Income for such period of any Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or
distributions or other payments in respect of equity that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) by such Unrestricted Subsidiary to a Consolidated Group member in respect of such period. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.10 only (other than clause (c)(4) of the first paragraph of
Section 4.10), there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any income arising from any sale of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case only to the extent
such amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under clause (c)(4) of the first paragraph of Section 4.10. 

“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, in each case, with respect to the Consolidated Group the total amount of assets
(less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting therefrom (i) all liabilities and liability items, except for Indebtedness payable by its terms more than one year from the date of incurrence thereof (or renewable
or extendable at the option of the obligor for a period ending more than one year after such date of incurrence), capitalized rent, capital stock (including redeemable preferred stock) and surplus, surplus reserves and deferred income taxes and
credits and other non-current liabilities, and (ii) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount, unamortized expenses incurred in the issuance of debt, and other like intangibles which, in each case, under
generally accepted accounting principles in effect on the date of this Indenture would be included on a consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Group; provided, that the calculation of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets shall exclude, to
the extent otherwise included therein, any Excluded Amounts. 
 “Consolidated Non-cash Charges” means, with respect to any
Person for any period, the aggregate non-cash expenses of the Person and its Subsidiaries (including without limitation any minority interest) reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
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 “Corporate Trust Office” means the designated office of the Trustee at which
any time its corporate trust business in relation to this Indenture shall be administered, which at the date hereof is located at 60 Wall Street, 16th Floor, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Corporates Team – James Hardie International
Finance Limited, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Issuer, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may
designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Issuer). 
 “Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning set forth
in Section 9.03. 
 “Covenant Termination Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.15(a). 

“Credit Facilities” means one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Bilateral Credit Facilities,
commercial paper facilities, note purchase agreements or indentures providing for the sale of debt securities), in each case with banks, trustees or other lenders or investors providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit or
debt securities (including, without limitation, additional debt securities permitted under any such note purchase agreement or indenture), in each case as any such agreement may be amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or
refinanced, including any agreement(s) extending the maturity of or refinancing (including increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder or adding Holdings or Restricted Subsidiaries of Holdings as borrowers or guarantors thereunder) all
or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement(s) or any successor or replacement agreement and whether by the same or any other agent, trustee, lender, investor, note holder or group of lenders, investors or note holders or other creditor
or group of creditors. 
 “Default” means (1) any Event of Default or (2) any event, act or condition that,
after notice or the passage of time or both, would be an Event of Default. 
 “Depository” means, with respect to the
Global Notes, The Depository Trust Company or another Person designated as depository by the Issuer, which Person must be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act. 

“Depository Custodian” means the Trustee as custodian with respect to the Global Notes or any successor entity thereto. 

“Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Disposition that is designated as “Designated Non-cash Consideration” pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or cash
equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale, redemption or payment of, on or with respect to such Designated Non-cash Consideration. 

  
  

 
  

  
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 “Disqualified Equity Interests” of any Person means any class of Equity
Interests of such Person that, by its terms, or by the terms of any related agreement or of any security into which it is convertible, puttable or exchangeable, is, or upon the happening of any event or the passage of time would be, required to be
redeemed by such Person, whether or not at the option of the holder thereof, or matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date which is 91 days after the final
maturity date of the Notes; provided, however, that any class of Equity Interests of such Person that, by its terms, authorizes such Person to satisfy in full its obligations with respect to the payment of dividends or upon maturity,
redemption (pursuant to a sinking fund or otherwise) or repurchase thereof or otherwise by the delivery of Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interests, and that is not convertible, puttable or exchangeable for Disqualified Equity
Interests or Indebtedness, will not be deemed to be Disqualified Equity Interests so long as such Person satisfies its obligations with respect thereto solely by the delivery of Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interests;
provided, further, however, that any Equity Interests that would not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof (or the holders of any security into or for which such Equity
Interests are convertible, exchangeable or exercisable) the right to require the Issuer to redeem such Equity Interests upon the occurrence of a change in control occurring prior to the 91st day after the final maturity date of the Notes shall not
constitute Disqualified Equity Interests if the change of control provisions applicable to such Equity Interests are no more favorable to such holders than the provisions of Section 4.08 and such Equity Interests specifically provide that the
Issuer will not redeem any such Equity Interests pursuant to such provisions prior to the Issuer’s purchase of the Notes as required pursuant to Section 4.08. 

“Dividend Period” has the meaning set forth in clause (g) of the second paragraph of Section 4.10. 

“Equity Interests” of any Person means (1) any and all shares or other equity interests (including common stock,
preferred stock, limited liability company interests and partnership interests) in such Person and (2) all rights to purchase, warrants or options (whether or not currently exercisable), participations or other equivalents of or interests in
(however designated) such shares or other interests in such Person, but excluding any debt securities that are convertible into such shares or other interests in such Person. 

“Equity Offering” means a public or private sale for cash of common stock of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent
company of Holdings to the extent the net cash proceeds therefrom are contributed to Holdings), other than (i) public offerings with respect to common stock of Holdings registered on Form F-4, Form S-4 or Form S-8 or (ii) any sale to
any Subsidiary of Holdings. 
 “Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01. 

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 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. 
 “Excluded Amounts” means with respect to any Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries, without duplication, the total amount of (i) asbestos-related liabilities, assets, income, gains, losses and charges, other than AICF Payments, (ii) AICF selling, general & administrative expenses,
(iii) Australian Securities and Investments Commission-related expenses, recoveries and asset impairments and (iv) New Zealand product liability expenses incurred by such Persons for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise in
accordance with GAAP. 
 “Excluded Entities” means AICF (and Asbestos Injuries Compensation Fund Limited in its personal
capacity) and each of the following entities: (i) Amaba Pty Limited (ACN 000 387 342), (ii) Amaca Pty Limited (ACN 000 035 512), (iii) ABN 60 Pty Limited (ACN 000 009 263), and (iv) Marlew Mining Pty Limited (formerly known as
Asbestos Mines Pty Limited) (ACN 000 049 650). 
 “Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Parent, which at the date
hereof ends on March 31. 
 “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be
approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States, which are in effect on the Issue Date; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that any leases that are not or would not be characterized as Capitalized Leases
under GAAP as in effect on the Issue Date shall not be reclassified as Capitalized Leases and additional liabilities associated with such leases shall not be classified as Indebtedness as a result of any changes in interpretive releases or
literature regarding GAAP or any requirements by the independent auditors of Holdings. At any time after the Issue Date, Holdings may elect to apply International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) accounting principles in lieu
of GAAP and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP and GAAP concepts shall thereafter be construed to refer to IFRS and corresponding IFRS concepts (except as otherwise provided in this Indenture); provided that any such election,
once made, shall be irrevocable; provided further, any calculation or determination in this Indenture that requires the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to Holdings’ election to apply IFRS shall
remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of this Indenture, the term “consolidated” with respect to any Person means such Person consolidated with its Restricted Subsidiaries and does not include
any Unrestricted Subsidiary. 
 “Global Note Legend” means the legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit
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 “Global Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(a). 

“Guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of
business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, through letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness. “Guarantee” when used as a verb shall have a
corresponding meaning. 
 “Guarantor” means: 

(1) each Subsidiary that executes and delivers a Note Guarantee pursuant to Section 4.14; and 

(2) each Subsidiary that otherwise executes and delivers a Note Guarantee, 

in each case, until such time as such Person is released from its Note Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. 

“Hedging Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person under swap, cap, collar, forward purchase or
similar agreements or arrangements dealing with interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices or availability, either generally or under specific contingencies, and including both physical and financial settlement transactions. 

“Holder” or “Noteholder” means any registered holder, from time to time, of any Notes. 

“Holdings” means James Hardie International Group Limited, a private limited company duly incorporated under the laws of
Ireland. 
 “Indebtedness” of any Person at any date means, without duplication: 

(a) all liabilities, contingent or otherwise, of such Person for borrowed money; 

(b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments; 

(c) all reimbursement obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit, letters of guaranty, bankers’
acceptances and similar credit transactions; 
 (d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase
price of property or services, except trade payables and accrued expenses incurred by such Person in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining goods, materials or services and except obligations to pay a contingent purchase price
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 (e) the maximum fixed redemption or repurchase price of all Disqualified Equity
Interests of such Person (but excluding any accrued but unpaid dividends); 
 (f) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such
Person; 
 (g) all Indebtedness of others secured by a Security Interest on any asset of such Person, whether or not such
Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; 
 (h) all Indebtedness of others guaranteed by such Person to the extent of such
guarantee; provided that Indebtedness of (i) the Consolidated Group that is guaranteed by any Consolidated Group member shall only be counted once in the calculation of the amount of Indebtedness of the Consolidated Group on a
consolidated basis and (ii) Holdings or the Restricted Subsidiaries that is guaranteed by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary shall only be counted once in the calculation of the amount of Indebtedness of Holdings and the Restricted
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; and 
 (i) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title
retention agreements relating to assets purchased by such Person. 
 The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the
outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above, the maximum liability of such Person for any such contingent obligations at such date and, in the case of clause (g), the lesser of (a) the fair market value
(as determined in good faith by Holdings) of any asset subject to a Security Interest securing the Indebtedness of others on the date that the Security Interest attaches and (b) the amount of the Indebtedness secured. For purposes of clause
(e), the “maximum fixed redemption or repurchase price” of any Disqualified Equity Interests that do not have a fixed redemption or repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Equity Interests as
if such Disqualified Equity Interests were redeemed or repurchased on any date on which an amount of Indebtedness outstanding shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture. For the avoidance of doubt, the obligations and liabilities
in respect to AICF Payments do not constitute Indebtedness. 
 “Indenture” means this Indenture as amended, restated or
supplemented from time to time. 
 “Initial Purchasers” means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated,
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. 
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 “interest” means interest payable with respect to the Notes. 

“Interest Payment Date” means the stated maturity of an installment of interest on the Notes. 

“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and a rating equal
to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, in each case with stable outlook, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency. 

“Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in
the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit and advances to customers and commission, travel and similar advances to officers, employees and consultants made in the
ordinary course of business and any assets or securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and any prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business),
purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet of such Person in the same manner as
the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. 
 For
purposes of the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary and Section 4.10, (a) “Investments” shall include the portion (proportionate to Holdings’ equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets
of a Subsidiary at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; (b) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as
determined in good faith by Holdings; and (c) any transfer of Capital Stock that results in an entity which became a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an Investment in an
amount equal to the fair market value (as determined by Holdings in good faith as of the date of initial acquisition) of the Capital Stock of such entity owned by Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries immediately after such transfer. 

“Issue Date” means February 10, 2015, the date on which Notes were first issued under this Indenture. 

“Legal Defeasance” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.02. 

“Legal Holiday” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07. 

“Make-Whole Premium” means, with respect to a Note at any Make-Whole Redemption Date, an amount equal to the greater of
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premium that would be payable on such Note on February 15, 2018 and all remaining interest payments to and including February 15, 2018 (but excluding any interest accrued to the
Make-Whole Redemption Date), discounted on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) from February 15, 2018 to the Make-Whole Redemption Date at a per annum interest rate equal to the Applicable Treasury
Rate plus 50 basis points, over (y) the outstanding principal amount of such Note. 
 “Make-Whole Redemption Date”
with respect to a redemption at the Make-Whole Premium, means the date such redemption is effectuated. 
 “Maturity Date”
when used with respect to any Note, means the date on which the principal amount of such Note becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided. 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business. 

“Net Available Cash” from an Asset Disposition means cash payments received therefrom (including any cash payments received
by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness or
other obligations relating to such properties or assets or received in any other noncash form), in each case net of: 
 (1)
all legal, accounting, investment banking, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees (including financial and other advisory fees) and expenses incurred, and all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be
paid or accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Disposition; 
 (2) all payments made on any
Indebtedness which is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Disposition, in accordance with the terms of any lien upon or other security agreement of any kind with respect to such assets, or which must by its terms, or in order to obtain a
necessary consent to such Asset Disposition, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Disposition; 

(3) all distributions and other payments required to be made to non-controlling interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint
ventures as a result of such Asset Disposition; and 
 (4) appropriate amounts provided by the seller as a reserve, in
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 “Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person. 

“Note Guarantee” means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture
and the Notes, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture. 
 “Notes” means the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2023 issued by
the Issuer pursuant to this Indenture. The Notes issued on the Issue Date and any Additional Notes of the same series issued under this Indenture shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, and unless the context
otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Notes issued on the Issue Date and any Additional Notes. 

“Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.09(c). 

“Offering Memorandum” means the Offering Memorandum of the Issuer, dated February 5, 2015, relating to the offering of
the Notes on the Issue Date. 
 “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate from any authorized person designated by
the applicable board of Holdings or the Issuer, as the case may be, with such authorization certified to the Trustee by the applicable corporate secretary of the Parent, whether or not required to be provided or delivered herein by the Issuer to the
Trustee. 
 “Officers” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Financial Officer, Treasurer, Controller, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President of such Person or any other authorized officer or director of such Person. 

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to Holdings or any of
its Subsidiaries, or other counsel, which is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 10.05, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof. 

“Parent” means James Hardie Industries plc, a public limited company duly incorporated under the laws of Ireland. 

“Pari Passu Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor that ranks pari passu in right of
payment with the Notes or the Note Guarantees, as applicable. 
 “Paying Agent” has the meaning set forth in
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 “Performing Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Parent primarily liable to
make funding payments to AICF under the AFFA, it being understood that the Performing Subsidiary, as of the Issue Date, is James Hardie 117 Pty Limited. 

“Permitted Security Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.11. 

“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated organization, trust or
joint venture, or a governmental agency or political subdivision thereof. 
 “Physical Notes” means certificated Notes in
registered form that are not Global Notes. 
 “Preferred Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all preferred
or preference stock or other equity interests (however designated) of such Person having a preference or priority over other Equity Interests (however designated) of such Person, whether now outstanding or issued after the Issue Date. 

“principal” of a Note means the principal of the Note plus the premium, if any, payable on the Note which is due or overdue
or is to become due at the relevant time. 
 “Principal Facility” means any land, building, machinery or equipment, or
leasehold interests and improvements in respect of the foregoing, owned, on the date of this Indenture or thereafter, by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary, which has a gross book value (without deduction for any depreciation reserves) at the date
as of which the determination is being made of in excess of 1.0% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, other than any such land, building, machinery or equipment, or leasehold interests and improvements in respect of the foregoing which, in the
opinion of the Board of Directors of Holdings (evidenced by a board resolution), is not of material importance to the business conducted by Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole. 

“Private Placement Legend” means the legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B. 

“Qualified Equity Interests” of any Person means Equity Interests of such Person other than Disqualified Equity Interests;
provided that such Equity Interests shall not be deemed Qualified Equity Interests to the extent sold to a Subsidiary of such Person or financed, directly or indirectly, using funds (1) borrowed from such Person or any Subsidiary of such
Person until and to the extent such borrowing is repaid or (2) contributed, extended, guaranteed or advanced by such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person (including, without limitation, in respect of any employee stock ownership or benefit
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 “Qualified Institutional Buyer” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 144A
promulgated under the Securities Act. 
 “Qualified Receivables Transaction” means any transaction or series of
transactions that may be entered into by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to which Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to: 

(1) a Receivables Entity (in the case of a transfer by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), or 

(2) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Entity), 

or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all Guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other
assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable; provided, however, that the financing terms, covenants,
termination events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms in all material respects at the time of such transaction (as determined in good faith by Holdings). The grant of a Security Interest in any accounts receivable of Holdings or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries to secure Indebtedness under Credit Facilities shall not be deemed a Qualified Receivables Transaction. 

“Rating Agencies” means Moody’s and S&P or if Moody’s or S&P or both cease to rate the Notes for reasons
outside of the control of the Issuer, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization or organizations, as the case may be, within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, selected by the Parent which shall be substituted
for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be. 
 “Receivables Entity” means (a) a Wholly Owned Subsidiary
of Holdings that is designated by the Board of Directors of Holdings (as provided below) as a Receivables Entity or (b) another Person engaging in a Qualified Receivables Transaction with Holdings, which Person engages in the business of the
financing of accounts receivable, and in the case of either clause (a) or (b): 
 (1) no portion of the Indebtedness or
any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such entity: 
 (A) is Guaranteed by Holdings or any Restricted
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 (B) is recourse to or obligates Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings in any way (other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), or 
 (C) subjects any property or asset
of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof (other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings); 

(2) the entity is not an Affiliate of Holdings or is an entity with which neither Holdings nor any Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms that Holdings reasonably believes to be no less favorable to Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from
Persons that are not Affiliates of Holdings; and 
 (3) is an entity to which neither Holdings nor any Restricted Subsidiary
of Holdings has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results. 

Any such designation by the Board of Directors of Holdings shall be evidenced to the Trustee by providing the Trustee a certified copy of the
resolution of the Board of Directors of Holdings giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions. 

“Redemption Date” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Notes, means the date
fixed for such redemption pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and the Notes. 
 “Registrar” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2.04. 
 “Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act. 

“Regulation S Global Note” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(a). 

“Regulation S Legend” means the legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D. 

“Regulation S Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02. 

“Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction” means any of the following, including any political subdivision or governmental authority
thereof or therein: 
  

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	 	(2)	any jurisdiction from or through which any payment made by or on behalf of the Issuer or any Guarantor under or with respect to the Notes or any Note Guarantee is made; or 

 

	 	(3)	any other jurisdiction in which the Issuer or any Guarantor is incorporated, organized, engaged in business for tax purposes or otherwise resident for tax purposes. 

“Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer in the corporate trust department of the
Trustee including any director, vice president, assistant vice president or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, in each
case having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and any other officer to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. 

“Restricted Global Note” means a Global Note that is a Restricted Note. 

“Restricted Note” has the same meaning as “restricted security” set forth in Rule 144(a)(3) promulgated under the
Securities Act; provided that the Trustee shall be entitled to request (at the expense of the Issuer) and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel with respect to whether any Note is a Restricted Note. 

“Restricted Payment” means any of the following: 

(a) the declaration or payment of any dividend or any other distribution on Equity Interests of Holdings or any payment made
to the direct or indirect holders (in their capacities as such) of Equity Interests of Holdings, including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving Holdings but excluding dividends or distributions
payable solely in Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings or through accretion or accumulation of such dividends on such Equity Interests; 

(b) the redemption of any Equity Interests of Holdings, including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any
merger or consolidation involving Holdings; or 
 (c) any Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary. 

“Restricted Payments Basket” has the meaning set forth in clause (c) of the first paragraph of Section 4.10. 

“Restricted Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.17(b)(i). 

  
  

 
  

  
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 “Restricted Physical Note” means a Physical Note that is a Restricted Note.

 “Restricted Subsidiary” means, at any time, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of Holdings that is not then an
Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of Restricted Subsidiary. 

“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act. 

“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act. 

“Rule 144A Global Note” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(a). 

“Rule 144A Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02. 

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any
successor to its rating agency business. 
 “Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any sale or transfer made by Holdings
or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries (except a sale or transfer made to Holdings or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries) of any Principal Facility that (in the case of a Principal Facility which is a building or equipment) has been in operation,
use or commercial production (exclusive of test and start-up periods) by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary for more than 180 days prior to such sale or transfer, or that (in the case of a Principal Facility that is a parcel of real property not
containing a building) has been owned by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary for more than 180 days prior to such sale or transfer, if such sale or transfer is made with the intention of leasing, or as part of an arrangement involving the lease of
such Principal Facility to Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary (except a lease for a period not exceeding 36 months made with the intention that the use of the leased Principal Facility by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary will be discontinued
on or before the expiration of such period); provided, however, that the creation of any Secured Debt permitted under Section 4.11 shall not be deemed to create or be considered a Sale and Leaseback Transaction. 

“Secured Debt” means outstanding Indebtedness of Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary which is secured by (a) a Security
Interest in any property or assets of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary, or (b) a Security Interest in any shares of stock owned directly or indirectly by Holdings in a Restricted Subsidiary. The securing in the foregoing manner of any
previously unsecured debt shall be deemed to be the creation of Secured Debt at the time such security is given. The amount of Secured Debt at any time outstanding shall be the aggregate principal amount then owing thereon by Holdings and the
Restricted Subsidiaries. 
 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
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 “Security Interest” means any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or other
security interest which secures payment or performance of an obligation. 
 “Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio” means, as
of the date of determination, the ratio of (a) the Total Net Debt of the Consolidated Group secured by a Security Interest to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Consolidated Group for the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period
ending immediately prior to such date for which financial statements are available. In the event that any Consolidated Group member incurs, redeems, retires, defeases or extinguishes any Total Net Debt (other than Indebtedness under a revolving
credit facility unless such Indebtedness has been permanently paid and not replaced) subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to or simultaneously with the event for
which the calculation of the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio is made, then the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, redemption, retirement, defeasance or extinguishment of Total Net Debt
as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” (and all component definitions referenced in such
definitions), whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any Asset Acquisition, Asset Disposition (in each case with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by Holdings) greater than $10.0 million) or incurrence, redemption, retirement,
defeasance or extinguishment of Total Net Debt, the pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible officer of the Parent or Holdings. 

“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1,
Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the Issue Date. 

“Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by Holdings
or any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings that, taken as a whole, are customary in an accounts receivable transaction (as determined in good faith by Holdings). 

“Subordinated Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary that is expressly subordinated in
right of payment to the Notes or the guarantees of the Notes by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be. 

“Subsidiary” means a corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which more than 50%
of the outstanding Voting Stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by Holdings or by one or more other Subsidiaries of Holdings. 

“Tax” means any tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment, deduction, withholding or other charge imposed by any governmental
authority (including penalties, additions to tax, interest and any other liabilities related thereto). 

  
  

 
  

  
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 “Terminated Covenants” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.15(a). 

“TIA” or “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
(15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture (except as amended to the extent required by law, or as provided in Section 8.03). 

“Total Net Debt” means, at any date of determination, the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness (less any
unrestricted cash and cash equivalents to the extent not constituting Excluded Amounts) of the Consolidated Group determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of Section 4.11, a binding
commitment to lend under a revolving credit facility shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness in the full amount of such commitment on the date that such commitment is entered into, regardless of whether the full amount of such revolving
credit facility is actually borrowed, and thereafter the amount of such commitment shall be deemed fully borrowed at all times. 

“Total Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of the date of determination, the ratio of (a) the Total Net Debt of the
Consolidated Group to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Consolidated Group for the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period ending immediately prior to such date for which financial statements are available. In the event that any
Consolidated Group member incurs, redeems, retires, defeases or extinguishes any Total Net Debt (other than Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility unless such Indebtedness has been permanently paid and not replaced) subsequent to the
commencement of the period for which the Total Net Leverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of the Total Net Leverage Ratio is made, then the Total Net Leverage Ratio shall be
calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, redemption, retirement, defeasance or extinguishment of Total Net Debt as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary set forth in the definition of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (and all component definitions referenced in such definitions), whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any Asset Acquisition, Asset Disposition (in each case with a fair
market value (as determined in good faith by Holdings) greater than $10.0 million) or incurrence, redemption, retirement, defeasance or extinguishment of Total Net Debt, the pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible
officer of the Parent or Holdings. 
 “Transfer” means to sell, assign, transfer, lease (other than pursuant to an
operating lease entered into in the ordinary course of business), convey or otherwise dispose of, including by Sale and Leaseback Transaction, consolidation, merger, liquidation, dissolution or otherwise, in one transaction or a series of
transactions. 
 “Treasury Management Arrangement” means any agreement or other arrangement governing the provision of
treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, overdraft, credit or debit card, funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation
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 “Trustee” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor
replaces it pursuant to this Indenture and thereafter means such successor. 
 “Unrestricted Global Note” means a Global
Note that is not a Restricted Note. 
 “Unrestricted Notes” means Notes that are not Restricted Notes. 

“Unrestricted Physical Note” means a Physical Note that is not a Restricted Note. 

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (a) James Hardie 117 Pty Ltd (unless, such Person has been designated as a Restricted
Subsidiary after the Issue Date as provided below) and (b) any other Subsidiary of Holdings other than the Issuer that at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the Board of Directors of Holdings after the
Issue Date, as provided below) and (c) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors of Holdings may designate any Subsidiary of Holdings (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed
Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any lien on, any property of, Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings (other than any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated), provided that (i) such designation complies with Section 4.10 and (ii) each of (1) the Subsidiary to be so designated and (2) its
Subsidiaries has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of
the assets of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors of Holdings may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of
Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, and such designation will only be permitted if immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing. Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be notified by Holdings to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the board resolution giving effect to such designation and an
Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions. For the avoidance of doubt, Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to any of the restrictive covenants set forth in this Indenture. 

“U.S. Government Obligations” means marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed as to full and
timely payment by, the United States Government or issued by any agency or instrumentality thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America that, in each case, mature within one year from the date of acquisition
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 “U.S. Person” means a “U.S. person” as defined in Rule 902(k)
under the Securities Act. 
 “Voting Stock” means any class or classes of Capital Stock pursuant to which the holders
thereof have power to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of any Person (irrespective of whether or not, at the time, stock of any other class or classes shall have, or might have, voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency). 
 “Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital
Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries of such Person. 
  

	SECTION 1.02.	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. 

 Whenever this Indenture refers to
a provision of the TIA, the portion of such provision required to be incorporated herein in order for this Indenture to be qualified under the TIA is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. All other terms used in this
Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined in the TIA by reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have the meanings therein assigned to them. 
  

	SECTION 1.03.	Rules of Construction. 

 Unless the context otherwise requires: 

(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it herein, whether defined expressly or by reference; 

(2) “or” is not exclusive; 

(3) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular; 

(4) words used herein implying any gender shall apply to both genders; 

(5) “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subsection; 
 (6) unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein
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 (7) “$” and “U.S. Dollars” each refer to United States
dollars, or such other money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; 

(8) “will” shall be interpreted to express a command; and 

(9) “including” means including without limitation. 

ARTICLE TWO 
 THE SECURITIES 

 

	SECTION 2.01.	Amount of Notes. 

 The Trustee shall initially authenticate $325,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of Notes for original issue on the Issue Date upon a written order of the Issuer signed by one Officer, together with an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer and an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall cover the
enforceability of such Notes as well as what is required by Sections 10.04 and 10.05 hereof. The Trustee shall authenticate additional notes (“Additional Notes”) thereafter from time to time in unlimited amount for original issue
upon a written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer’s Certificate in aggregate principal amount as specified in such order together with an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall cover the enforceability of such Notes as well as what
is required by Sections 10.04 and 10.05 hereof. The Trustee shall also authenticate (i) replacement Notes as provided in Section 2.08, (ii) temporary Notes as provided in Section 2.11, (iii) Notes issued in connection with
certain transfers and exchanges as provided in Sections 2.07, 2.16 and 2.17, (iv) Notes issued in connection with a partial redemption of the Notes as provided in Section 3.06 or a partial repurchase of a Note as provided in
Section 4.08 and (v) Notes exchanged as provided in Section 8.05, in each case upon a written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer’s Certificate in aggregate principal amount as specified in such order. Each such written
order shall specify the principal amount of Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated. 
  

	SECTION 2.02.	Form and Dating; Legends. 

 The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication with respect thereto shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 (in the case of the Restricted Notes) and Exhibit A-2 (in the case of Unrestricted Notes), each of
which is incorporated in and forms a part of this Indenture. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. 

  
  

 
  

  
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 The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, rule or usage to which
the Issuer is subject. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Notes offered and sold to Qualified Institutional Buyers in reliance on Rule 144A (“Rule 144A Notes”), Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions in
reliance on Regulation S (“Regulation S Notes”) and all other Restricted Notes shall bear the Private Placement Legend. All Global Notes shall bear the Global Note Legend. Regulation S Notes shall bear the Regulation S Legend. 

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the extent
applicable, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and agree to be bound thereby. If there is a conflict between the terms of the Notes and this
Indenture, the terms of this Indenture shall govern. 
 The Notes may be presented for registration of transfer and exchange at the offices
of the Registrar. 
  

	SECTION 2.03.	Execution and Authentication. 

 The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by
an Officer of the Issuer. The signature of the Officer on the Notes may be manual or facsimile. 
 If the Officer whose signature is on a
Note was an Officer at the time of such execution but no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless. 

No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Note a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Note shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Issuer, and the Issuer shall deliver such Note to the Trustee for cancellation
as provided in Section 2.12, for all purposes of this Indenture such Note shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. 

The Trustee may appoint one or more authenticating agents, at the expense of the Issuer, to authenticate the Notes. Unless otherwise provided
in the appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate the Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same
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 Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $200,000 and
any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. 
  

	SECTION 2.04.	Registrar and Paying Agent. 

 The Issuer shall maintain (a) an office or agency
where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”), (b) an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, the State of New York or in the city in the United States
in which the Trustee’s Corporate Trust Office is located, where Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”) and (c) an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer, if any, in respect of the
Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Registrar shall provide a copy of such register from time to time upon request of the Issuer. The Issuer may appoint one
or more co-registrars and one or more additional Paying Agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrars. The term “Paying Agents” means the Paying Agent and any additional Paying Agents. The Issuer or any Affiliate
thereof may act as Registrar or a Paying Agent. 
 The Issuer shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement, which shall incorporate the
provisions of the TIA, with any Agent that is not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any such
Agent. If the Issuer fails to maintain a Registrar or any required co-registrar or Paying Agent, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation in accordance with
Section 7.07. 
 The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent and Depository Custodian. 

The Issuer initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as Depository with respect to the Global Notes. The Issuer may change the
Depository at any time without notice to any Holder, but the Issuer will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any new Depository. 

The Issuer shall be responsible for making calculations called for under the Notes, including but not limited to determination of redemption
price, premium (including the Make-Whole Premium), if any, and any additional amounts, defaulted interest or other amounts payable on the Notes. The Issuer will make the calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, its calculations will be
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The Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on the accuracy of the Issuer’s calculations without independent verification. The Trustee shall forward the Issuer’s calculations referred
to above in this paragraph to any Holder of the Notes upon the written request of such Holder. 
  

	SECTION 2.05.	Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust. 

 The Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the
benefit of the Noteholders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or premium or interest on the Notes (whether such money has been paid to it by the Issuer, one or more of the Guarantors or any other
obligor on the Notes), and the Issuer and the Paying Agent shall notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Issuer (or any other obligor on the Notes) in making any such payment. Money held in trust by a Paying Agent need not be segregated
except as required by law and in no event shall a Paying Agent be liable for any interest on any money received by it hereunder. The Issuer at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and account for any funds
disbursed and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2), upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to pay forthwith all money so held by it to the
Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. Upon making such payment, such Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee. 
  

	SECTION 2.06.	Noteholder Lists. 

 The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of the Noteholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee at least five Business Days before each Interest Payment Date, and at such
other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Noteholders. 

 

	SECTION 2.07.	Transfer and Exchange. 

 Subject to Sections 2.16 and 2.17, when Notes are presented to
the Registrar with a request from the Holder of such Notes to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested. Every Note
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorneys
duly authorized in writing. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall issue and execute and, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer’s Certificate in accordance with Section 2.01,
the Trustee shall authenticate new Notes (and the Guarantors shall execute the Guarantees thereon) evidencing such transfer or exchange. No service charge shall be made to the Noteholder for any registration of transfer

  
  

 
  

  
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or exchange. The Issuer or the Trustee may require from the Noteholder payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer taxes or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation to a
transfer or exchange, but this provision shall not apply to any exchange pursuant to Section 2.11, 3.06, 4.08 or 8.05 (in which events the Issuer shall be responsible for the payment of such taxes). The Issuer and the Registrar shall not be
required to exchange or register a transfer of any Note for a period of 15 days immediately preceding the mailing of notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed or of any Note selected, called or being called for redemption except the unredeemed
portion of any Note being redeemed in part. 
 Any Holder of a Global Note shall, by acceptance of such Global Note, agree that transfers
of the beneficial interests in such Global Note may be effected only through a book entry system maintained by the Holder of such Global Note (or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Global Note shall be required to be
reflected in a book entry. By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private Placement Legend, each Holder of such Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend and agrees
that it will transfer such Note only as provided in this Indenture. 
  

	SECTION 2.08.	Replacement Notes. 

 If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or the
Trustee, or if the Holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer’s Certificate in accordance with
Section 2.01, the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note (and the Guarantors shall execute the Guarantees thereon) if the Holder of such Note furnishes to the Issuer and the Trustee evidence reasonably acceptable to them of the ownership
and the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date of this Indenture are met. An indemnity bond shall
also be posted, sufficient in the judgment of all to protect the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar and any Paying Agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if such Note is replaced. The Issuer may charge such Holder for the
Issuer’s reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in replacing such Note and the Trustee may charge the Issuer for the Trustee’s reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements) in
replacing such Note and may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment, fee or other charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses of the
Trustee) connected therewith. Every replacement Note shall constitute a contractual obligation of the Issuer. The provisions of this Section 2.08 are exclusive and will preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect
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	SECTION 2.09.	Outstanding Notes. 

 The Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes that have been
authenticated by the Trustee except for (a) those canceled by or on behalf of the Trustee, (b) those accepted by the Trustee for cancellation, (c) to the extent set forth in Sections 9.01 and 9.02, on or after the date on which
the conditions set forth in Section 9.01 or 9.02 have been satisfied, those Notes theretofore authenticated by the Trustee hereunder and (d) those described in this Section 2.09 as not outstanding. Subject to Section 2.10, a Note
does not cease to be outstanding because the Issuer or one of its Affiliates holds the Note. 
 If a Note is replaced pursuant to
Section 2.08, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to the Trustee and the Issuer that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Note is a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Issuer. 
 If a Paying Agent holds, in its capacity as such, on any Maturity Date, U.S. Dollars sufficient to pay all accrued interest
and principal with respect to the Notes payable on that date and is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders thereof pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes shall cease to be outstanding and
interest on them shall cease to accrue. 
  

	SECTION 2.10.	Treasury Notes. 

 In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount
of Notes have concurred in any declaration of acceleration or notice of default or direction, waiver or consent or any amendment, modification or other change to this Indenture, Notes owned by the Issuer or any other Affiliate of the Issuer shall be
disregarded as though they were not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent or any amendment, modification or other change to this Indenture,
only Notes as to which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actually received an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Notes are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith shall not be
disregarded if the pledgee established to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to the Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, a Guarantor, any other obligor on the Notes or any of their respective
Affiliates. 
  

	SECTION 2.11.	Temporary Notes. 

 Until definitive Notes are prepared and ready for delivery, the
Issuer may prepare and, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer’s Certificate in accordance with Section 2.01, the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the
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shall prepare and, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer’s Certificate in accordance with Section 2.01, the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes
in exchange for temporary Notes. Until such exchange, temporary Notes shall be entitled to the same rights, benefits and privileges as definitive Notes. 
  

	SECTION 2.12.	Cancellation. 

 The Issuer at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange,
payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of such canceled Notes in its customary manner. The Issuer may not reissue or resell or issue new Notes to replace Notes that the Issuer has redeemed or paid, or that have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation. 
  

	SECTION 2.13.	Defaulted Interest. 

 If the Issuer defaults on a payment of interest on the Notes, the
Issuer shall pay the defaulted interest then borne by the Notes plus (to the extent permitted by law) any interest payable on the defaulted interest, in accordance with the terms hereof, to the Persons who are Holders thereof on a subsequent special
record date, which date shall be at least five Business Days prior to the payment date. If such default continues for thirty (30) days, the Issuer shall fix such special record date and payment date. At least 10 days before such special record
date, the Issuer (or upon the written request of the Issuer, the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer) shall mail to each affected Noteholder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted
interest, and interest payable on defaulted interest, if any, to be paid. The Issuer may make payment of any defaulted interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements (if applicable) of any securities exchange on which the
Notes may be listed and, upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after written notice given by the Issuer to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this sentence, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the
Trustee. If the Issuer elects for the Trustee to send such notice to the Holders then the Issuer shall provide such notice to the Trustee along with a written notice to the Trustee instructing the Trustee to send such notice to the Holders at least
five (5) days (or such shorter time as may be agreed by the Trustee in its discretion) before such notice is required to be mailed to the Holders. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any interest which is paid prior to the expiration of the 30-day period set forth in Section 6.01(1)
shall be paid to Holders as of the record date for the Interest Payment Date for which interest has not been paid. 
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interest no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the proposed payment date for the defaulted interest and such notice shall set forth the amount of defaulted interest to be paid by the
Issuer on such payment date. The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to the Holders to determine the defaulted interest, or with respect to the nature, extent, or calculation of the amount of defaulted interest owed, or
with respect to the method employed in such calculation of the defaulted interest. 
  

	SECTION 2.14.	CUSIP and ISIN Numbers. 

 The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” and
“ISIN” numbers, and if so used, such CUSIP and ISIN numbers shall be included in notices as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the
CUSIP or ISIN numbers printed in the notice or on the Notes, that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such notice shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such CUSIP or ISIN
numbers. The Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee, in writing, of any such CUSIP or ISIN number used by the Issuer in connection with the issuance of the Notes and of any change in any such CUSIP or ISIN number. 

 

	SECTION 2.15.	Deposit of Moneys. 

 Prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on each Interest Payment
Date and Maturity Date, the Issuer shall have deposited with the Paying Agent in immediately available funds U.S. Dollars sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be, in a timely
manner which permits such Paying Agents to remit payment to the Holders on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be. The principal and interest on Global Notes shall be payable to the Depository or its nominee, as the case may
be, as the sole registered owner and the sole Holder of the Global Notes represented thereby. The principal and interest on Physical Notes shall be payable, either in person, by wire transfer or by mail, at the office of the Paying Agent, such
payment information to be received by the Paying Agent at least 15 days prior to the applicable payment date. Final payment of principal at maturity with respect to a Physical Note will only be made by the Trustee upon surrender of the related Note
to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office. 
  

	SECTION 2.16.	Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes. 

 (a) Rule 144A Notes initially shall be
represented by one or more Notes in registered, global form without interest coupons (collectively, the “Rule 144A Global Note”). Regulation S Notes initially shall be represented by one or more Notes in registered, global form
without interest coupons (collectively, the “Regulation S Global Note”). The term “Global Notes” means the Rule 144A Global Note and the Regulation S Global Note. The Global Notes shall bear the Global Note
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in the name of the Depository or the nominee of such Depository, in each case for credit to an account of an Agent Member, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depository
and (iii) bear the Private Placement Legend. 
 Members of, or direct or indirect participants in, the Depository (“Agent
Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depository or under the Global Notes. The Depository may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or
the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Notes for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee from giving effect to any written
certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note. None of the
Issuer, the Trustee, the Paying Agent nor the Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any acts or omissions of the Depository with respect to such Global Note, for the records of the Depository, including records in respect of the
beneficial owners of any such Global Note, for any transactions between the Depository and any Agent Member or between or among the Depository, any such Agent Member and/or any Holder or beneficial owner of such Global Note, or for any transfers of
beneficial interests in any such Global Note. Neither the Trustee nor any agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depository. 

(b) Transfers of Global Notes shall be limited to transfer in whole, but not in part, to the Depository, its successors or their respective
nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Notes may be transferred or exchanged for Physical Notes only in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository and the provisions of Section 2.17. In addition, a
Global Note shall be exchangeable for Physical Notes (i) if requested by a holder of such interests upon receipt by the Trustee of written instructions from the Depository or its nominee on behalf of any beneficial owner and in accordance with
the rules and procedures of the Depository and provisions of this Section 2.16 or (ii) if the Depository notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for such Global Note and the Issuer thereupon fail to
appoint a successor depository within 120 days or (iii) if the Depository has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act or (iv) if there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such
Global Note and the Depository has requested such exchange. In all cases, Physical Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests therein shall be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested
by or on behalf of the Depository in accordance with its customary procedures. 
 (c) In connection with the transfer of a Global Note as
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procedures, and the Issuer shall execute and, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer’s Certificate in accordance with Section 2.01, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depository in writing in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Physical Notes of authorized denominations. 

(d) Any Restricted Physical Note delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Note pursuant to Section 2.17 shall, except as
otherwise provided in Section 2.17, bear the Private Placement Legend. 
 (e) The Holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and
otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes. 

 

	SECTION 2.17.	Transfer and Exchange of Notes. 

 (a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A
Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except as set forth in Section 2.16(b). Global Notes will not be exchanged by the Issuer for Physical Notes except under the circumstances described in Section in Section 2.16(b). Global Notes
also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.08 and 2.11. Beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.17(b) or 2.17(f). 

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global
Notes shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. Beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on
transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Beneficial interests in Global Notes shall be transferred or exchanged only for beneficial interests in Global Notes. Transfers and exchanges of beneficial
interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable: 

(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be
transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however, that
prior to the 40th day after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Notes represented by a Regulation S Global Note and the issue date of such Notes (such period through and including such 40th day, the “Restricted
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Purchaser). A beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No
written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.17(b)(i). 

(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and
exchanges of beneficial interests in any Global Note that is not subject to Section 2.17(b)(i), the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar (1) a written order from an Agent Member given to the Depository in
accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository directing the Depository to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or
exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository containing information regarding the Agent Member account to be credited with such increase. Upon satisfaction of all of the
requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.17(f). 

(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.17(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the
following: 
 (A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note,
then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit E, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and 

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

(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted
Global Note. A beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.17(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following: 

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a
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 (B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit E, including the
certifications in item (4) thereof, 
 and, in each such case, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to
the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (iv) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer in the form of an
Officer’s Certificate in accordance with Section 2.01, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred or
exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (iv). 
 (v) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted
Global Note for Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note. Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note. 
 (c) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for Physical Notes. A beneficial
interest in a Global Note may not be exchanged for a Physical Note except under the circumstances described in Section 2.16(b). A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of
a Physical Note except under the circumstances described in Section 2.16(b). 
 (d) Transfer and Exchange of Physical Notes for
Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. Transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i), (ii) or (ii) below, as applicable: 

(i) Restricted Physical Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted
Physical Note proposes to exchange such Restricted Physical Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Physical Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation: 
 (A) if the Holder of such
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 (B) if such Restricted Physical Note is being transferred to a Qualified
Institutional Buyer in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit E, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; 

(C) if such Restricted Physical Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with
Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit E, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; 

(D) if such Restricted Physical Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit E, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof; 

(E) [reserved]; or 

(F) if such Restricted Physical Note is being transferred to the Issuer or a Subsidiary thereof, a certificate to the effect
set forth in Exhibit E, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof, 
 the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted
Physical Note in accordance with its customary procedures, and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the appropriate Restricted Global Note. 

(ii) Restricted Physical Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Physical
Note may exchange such Restricted Physical Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Physical Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note only if the Registrar receives the following: 
 (A) if the Holder of such Restricted Physical Note proposes to
exchange such Restricted Physical Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit F, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or 

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thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit E, including the certifications in item (4) thereof,

 and, in each such case, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer
is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon satisfaction of the conditions
of this subparagraph (ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Physical Notes in accordance with its customary procedures and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note. If any such transfer
or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (ii) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer’s
Certificate in accordance with Section 2.01, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Restricted Physical Notes transferred or exchanged
pursuant to this subparagraph (ii). 
 (iii) Unrestricted Physical Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global
Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Physical Note may exchange such Unrestricted Physical Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Unrestricted Physical Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form
of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Physical Note in accordance with its customary procedures and
increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet
been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer’s Certificate in accordance with Section 2.01, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Unrestricted Physical Notes transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (iii). 

(iv) Unrestricted Physical Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. An Unrestricted Physical Note
cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. 

(e) Transfer and Exchange of Physical Notes for Physical Notes. Upon written request by a Holder of Physical Notes and such
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Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Physical Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as
applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.17(e). 
 (i) Restricted Physical Notes
to Restricted Physical Notes. A Restricted Physical Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Physical Note if the Registrar receives the following: 

(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit E, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; 
 (B) if the
transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit E, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; 

(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in
accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit E, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof; 

(D) [reserved]; and 

(E) if such transfer will be made to the Issuer or a Subsidiary thereof, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit
E, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof. 
 (ii) Restricted Physical Notes to Unrestricted
Physical Notes. Any Restricted Physical Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Physical Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Physical Note if the Registrar receives
the following: 
 (1) if the Holder of such Restricted Physical Note proposes to exchange such Restricted Physical Note for
an Unrestricted Physical Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit F, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or 

(2) if the Holder of such Restricted Physical Note proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery
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 and, in each such case, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer to the
effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 (iii) Unrestricted Physical Notes to Unrestricted Physical Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Physical Note may
transfer such Unrestricted Physical Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Physical Note at any time. Upon receipt of a written request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted
Physical Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof. 
 (iv) Unrestricted Physical Notes to Restricted
Physical Notes. An Unrestricted Physical Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of, a Restricted Physical Note. 

(f) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been
exchanged for Physical Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.12. At
any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Physical Notes, the
principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Registrar to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or
transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Registrar to
reflect such increase. 
 (g) Private Placement Legend. Upon the registration of transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes not
bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend. Upon the registration of transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall
deliver only Notes that bear the Private Placement Legend unless (i) there is delivered to the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer to the effect that neither such legend nor the related restrictions on transfer
are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act or (ii) such Note has been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and the Registrar has received an Officer’s
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 (h) General. All Global Notes and Physical Notes issued upon any registration of transfer
or exchange of Global Notes or Physical Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Physical Notes surrendered upon such registration of
transfer or exchange. 
 The Registrar shall retain for a period of two years copies of all letters, notices and other written
communications received pursuant to Section 2.16 or this Section 2.17. The Issuer shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of
reasonable notice to the Registrar. 
 None of the Issuer, the Trustee, Paying Agent nor any Agent of the Issuer shall have any
responsibility or liability in any respect of the records relating to or payment made on account of beneficial interests in a Global Note, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. 

Neither the Trustee nor the Registrar shall have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any
restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Agent Members or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note)
other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial
compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof. 
  

	SECTION 2.18.	Computation of Interest. 

 Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months and, in the case of an incomplete month, the actual days elapsed. 
 ARTICLE THREE 

REDEMPTION 
  

	SECTION 3.01.	Election To Redeem; Notices to Trustee. 

 If the Issuer elects to redeem Notes pursuant
to paragraph 5 of the Notes at least 30 days prior to the Redemption Date but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date, the Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date, the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and
the redemption price(s) (or manner of calculation if not then known), and deliver to the Trustee (1) an Officer’s Certificate stating that such redemption will comply with the conditions contained in paragraph 5 of the Notes;
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the basis for such redemption is a Change in Tax Law, such Officer’s Certificate (A) shall be delivered to the Trustee by the Issuer prior to the giving of any notice of such redemption
and (B) shall further set forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer to so redeem have occurred (including that the obligation to pay Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the Issuer taking
reasonable measures available to it) and (2) in the case of a redemption due to a Change in Tax Law only, an opinion of independent tax counsel of recognized standing qualified under the laws of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction and reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that the Issuer is or would be obligated to pay Additional Amounts as a result of a Change in Tax Law. Notice given to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 3.01 may not be revoked after the time that
notice is given to Noteholders pursuant to Section 3.03. If the redemption price is not known at the time such notice is to be given, the actual redemption price, calculated as described in the terms of the Notes, will be set forth in an
Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee no later than two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date. 
  

	SECTION 3.02.	Selection by Trustee of Notes To Be Redeemed. 

 If less than all of the Notes are to be
redeemed at any time, selection of Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee on a pro rata basis (or, in the case of Global Notes, the Notes will be selected for redemption based on the Depository’s applicable procedures);
provided that no Notes with a principal amount of $200,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. For all purposes of this Indenture unless the context otherwise requires, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption
also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. In the case of Physical Notes, redemption amounts shall only be paid upon presentation and surrender of any such Notes to be redeemed to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office. 

 

	SECTION 3.03.	Notice of Redemption. 

 At least 30 days, and no more than 60 days, before a Redemption
Date, the Issuer shall send, or cause to be sent, a notice of redemption electronically or by first-class mail to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at his or her last address as the same appears on the registry books maintained by the Registrar
pursuant to Section 2.06, in accordance with paragraph 6 of the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such notice of redemption as a result of a Change in Tax Law will be given (a) earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on
which the Issuer would be obligated to pay Additional Amounts as a result of a Change in Tax Law, and (b) unless, at the time such notice is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts remains in effect. The Issuer may instruct the
Trustee in writing to send the notice of redemption in the name of and at the expense of the Issuer provided the Trustee receives such written instruction at least 15 days (or such shorter time as the Trustee may agree) prior to the date such notice
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 The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including the CUSIP and/or ISIN numbers
thereof) and shall state: 
 (1) the Redemption Date; 

(2) the redemption price and the amount of premium (or manner of calculation if not then known) and accrued interest to be
paid; 
 (3) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and
that, after the Redemption Date and upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued; 

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

(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price; 

(6) that unless the Issuer defaults in making the redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue
on and after the Redemption Date; 
 (7) that paragraph 5 of the Notes is the provision of the Notes pursuant to which the
redemption is occurring; 
 (8) the aggregate principal amount of Notes that are being redeemed; 

(9) any conditions precedent to such redemption in reasonable detail; and 

(10) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP or ISIN numbers printed in the notice or on
the Notes, and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. 
 If any notice of redemption is
subject to one or more conditions precedent, any such redemption may be rescinded in whole and not in part at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Redemption Date if the Issuer delivers an Officer’s
Certificate to the Trustee describing the failure of the condition in reasonable detail and rescinding the redemption and instructing the Trustee to provide such Officer’s Certificate to the Holders. The Trustee shall promptly provide a copy of
such Officer’s Certificate to the Holders in the same manner in which the notice of redemption was given. 
 The Issuer may provide in
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	SECTION 3.04.	Effect of Notice of Redemption. 

 Once the notice of redemption described in
Section 3.03 is sent and subject to the proviso to this sentence, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the redemption price, including any premium, plus interest accrued to the Redemption Date;
provided, however, that any redemption and notice thereof pursuant to this Indenture may, in the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent described in such notice and in which case if
and/or to the extent such condition(s) precedent is/are not satisfied the Issuer shall have no obligation to redeem Notes on such Redemption Date. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the redemption price, including any
premium, plus interest accrued to the Redemption Date; provided that if the Redemption Date is after a regular record date and on or prior to the Interest Payment Date, the accrued interest shall be payable to the Holder of the redeemed Notes
registered on the relevant record date; and provided, further, that if a Redemption Date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest shall accrue for the period from such Redemption
Date to such succeeding Business Day. 
  

	SECTION 3.05.	Deposit of Redemption Price. 

 On or prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on
each Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Dollars sufficient to pay the redemption price of, including premium, if any, and accrued interest on any and all Notes to be redeemed on that date (other than Notes or
portions thereof called for redemption on that date which have been delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee for cancellation). 
 On and
after any Redemption Date, if money sufficient to pay the redemption price of, including premium, if any, and accrued interest on all Notes called for redemption shall have been made available in accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph,
the Notes called for redemption will cease to accrue interest and the only right of the Holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of the redemption price of and, subject to the first proviso in Section 3.04, accrued and unpaid interest
on such Notes to the Redemption Date. If any Note surrendered for redemption shall not be so paid, interest will be paid, from the Redemption Date until such redemption payment is made, on the unpaid principal of the Note and (to the extent
permitted by applicable law) any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate and in the manner provided in the Notes. 
  

	SECTION 3.06.	Notes Redeemed in Part. 

 Upon surrender of a Physical Note that is redeemed in part,
the Issuer shall execute and, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer’s Certificate in accordance with Section 2.01, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder thereof a new Note equal in principal amount
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	SECTION 3.07.	Mandatory Redemption, Etc. 

 Except as set forth in Sections 4.08 and 4.09, the Issuer
shall not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. 
 In addition, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, the Issuer shall be permitted to acquire or repurchase the Notes by means other than as set forth in this Article Three, including by tender offers, open market purchases, negotiated transactions or otherwise, in
each case in accordance with applicable securities laws; provided that such acquisitions or repurchases do not otherwise violate the terms of this Indenture. 

ARTICLE FOUR 
 COVENANTS 

 

	SECTION 4.01.	Payment of Notes. 

 (a) The Issuer shall pay the principal of and interest on the Notes
on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and this Indenture. An installment of principal or interest shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or the Paying Agents hold by 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time on that date U.S.
Dollars designated for and sufficient to pay such installment. 
 (b) The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal (including
post-petition interest in a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law), and overdue interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate specified in the Notes. 

(c) (1) All payments made by or on behalf of the Issuer or any Guarantor under or with respect to the Notes or any Note Guarantee will be
made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future Taxes unless required by law or by the interpretation or administration thereof. The Issuer or the applicable Guarantor, as the case may be, will
pay any applicable Additional Amounts. 
 (2) The applicable withholding agent will (i) make any required withholding
or deduction, and (ii) remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in accordance with applicable law. The Issuer or any Guarantor, as applicable, will use all reasonable efforts to obtain certified copies of
tax receipts evidencing the payment of Taxes so deducted or withheld from each Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction imposing such Taxes and will provide such certified copies to the Trustee. If certified copied of such tax receipts are not reasonably
obtainable, the Issuer or such Guarantor, as applicable, shall provide the Trustee with other reasonable evidence of payment. Such certified copies or other evidence shall be made available to Holders of Notes upon written request. 

  
  

 
  

  
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 (3) Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of
amounts based upon the principal amount of the Notes or of principal, premium (if any), interest or of any other amount payable under or with respect to any of the Notes, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional
Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were, or would be payable in respect thereof. 
 (4) In
addition, the Issuer shall pay any present or future stamp, issue, registration, court, documentary, excise, property, or similar Taxes (i) imposed by any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in respect of the execution, issuance, delivery, or
registration of the Notes, any Note Guarantee, this Indenture, or any other document or instrument referred to therein or herein, or the receipt of any payments with respect to the Notes, or (ii) imposed by any jurisdiction in respect of the
enforcement of the Notes, any Note Guarantee, this Indenture, or any other document or instrument referred to therein or herein. 

(5) If the Issuer or any Guarantor is required to pay Additional Amounts with respect to the Notes, Holdings will notify the
Trustee pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate that specifies the Additional Amounts payable and when the Additional Amounts are payable. Without limiting any obligation of the Issuer or any Guarantor to pay Additional Amounts, if the Trustee
does not receive such Officer’s Certificate, the Trustee may rely on the absence of such an Officer’s Certificate in assuming that no such Additional Amounts are payable. 

(6) The preceding provisions of this Section 4.01(c) shall survive any termination, defeasance, or discharge of this
Indenture and shall apply mutatis mutandis to any successor of the Issuer or any Guarantor, and to any jurisdiction in which such successor is incorporated, organized, engaged in business for tax purposes or otherwise resident for tax
purposes, and any political subdivision or governmental authority thereof or therein. 
  

	SECTION 4.02.	Maintenance of Office or Agency. 

 (a) The Issuer shall maintain in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee or Registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to
maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. 

  
  

 
  

  
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 (b) The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its
obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office
or agency. 
 (c) The Issuer hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, or its Agent, in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, as such office or agency of the Issuer in accordance with Section 2.04. 
  

	SECTION 4.03.	Legal Existence. 

 Except as permitted by Article Five, Holdings shall do or cause to
be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (i) its legal existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational
documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of Holdings and each such Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) the material rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of Holdings and such Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that
Holdings shall not be required to preserve any such right, franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries if the Board of Directors of Holdings shall determine that the preservation thereof is no
longer desirable in the conduct of the business of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders. 

 

	SECTION 4.04.	[Reserved]. 

  

	SECTION 4.05.	Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. 

 The Issuer and each of the Guarantors
covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, or plead (as a defense or otherwise) or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or
other law which would prohibit or forgive the Issuer and the Guarantors from paying all or any portion of the principal of, premium, if any, and/or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in
force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) the Issuer and each of the Guarantors hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants
that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted. 

  
  

 
  

  
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	SECTION 4.06.	Compliance Certificate. 

 (a) The Issuer shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to
the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, an Officer’s Certificate (as enumerated by and in compliance with Section 314(a)(4) of the TIA) stating that the Officer has conducted or supervised a review of the activities
of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries and the performance of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries under this Indenture during such Fiscal Year, and further stating, as to such Officer signing such certificate, that, to the best of such
Officer’s knowledge, based upon such review, Holdings has fulfilled all obligations under this Indenture or, if there has been a Default under this Indenture that is continuing, a description of the event and what action Holdings and its
Restricted Subsidiaries are taking or propose to take with respect thereto. 
 (b) The Issuer shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to
the Trustee, within 15 Business Days after an executive officer of Holdings becomes aware of any Default or Event of Default, a statement in the form of an Officer’s Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and the action which
Holdings proposes to take with respect thereto. 
  

	SECTION 4.07.	Taxes. 

 Holdings shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, pay
prior to delinquency all material Taxes, assessments, and governmental levies; provided, however, that, neither Holdings nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any
such Tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respects to the Holders of the
Notes. 
  

	SECTION 4.08.	Repurchase at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control. 

 (a) Upon the occurrence
of a Change of Control, each Holder of Notes shall have the right to require the Issuer to repurchase all or any part (equal to $200,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described
below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at an offer price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control
Payment”). 
 (b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control or, at the Issuer’s option, prior to the consummation of
such Change of Control but after the public announcement thereof, the Issuer will mail (or to the extent permitted or required by applicable Depository procedures or regulations with respect to Global Notes, sent electronically in .pdf format), a
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date specified in such notice (which must be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent, other than as required by law) (the “Change of Control
Payment Date”) pursuant to the procedures required by this Indenture and described in such notice. Such notice shall state: 

(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.08 and that all Notes validly tendered and
not validly withdrawn will be accepted for payment; 
 (2) the offer price and the Change of Control Payment Date; 

(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest; 

(4) that, unless the Issuer defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of
Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date; 
 (5) that Holders electing to have
a Note purchased pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent and Registrar for the
Note at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date; 

(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the third Business
Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is
withdrawing its election to have such Note purchased; 
 (7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be
issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided, however, that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount of $200,000 or integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess thereof; and 
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 (c) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuer shall, to the extent lawful: 

(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof (in minimum amounts of $200,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in
excess thereof) properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; 
 (2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount
equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered; and 
 (3) deliver or cause
to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Notes so accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes (or portions thereof) being purchased by the Issuer. 

The Paying Agent will promptly remit to each Holder of Notes so tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Issuer shall
execute and, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer’s Certificate in accordance with Section 2.01, the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each
Holder of Notes a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of $200,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such
Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Issuer, or any other Person making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Issuer as described below, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Issuer will have the
right, upon not less than 15 nor more than 30 days’ prior notice, given not more than 15 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described above, to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase
at a redemption price in cash equal to the applicable Change of Control Payment plus, to the extent not included in the Change of Control Payment, accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the Change of Control Payment Date. 

Upon the payment of the Change of Control Payment, the Trustee shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.16, return the Notes
purchased to the Issuer for cancellation. The Trustee may act as the Paying Agent for purposes of any Change of Control Offer. 
 (d) The
Issuer will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this
Section 4.08 with respect to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuer and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer or (2) notice of redemption has been given or will be given pursuant to
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to the date the Issuer is required to send notice of the Change of Control Offer to the Holders of the Notes, unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditioned upon the consummation of such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of
Control at the time the Change of Control Offer is made and such Change of Control Offer is otherwise made in compliance with the provisions of this Section 4.08. 

(e) The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations
thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of
this Section 4.08, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.08 by virtue thereof. 

 

	SECTION 4.09.	Limitation on Asset Disposition. 

 (a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit
Holdings or any other Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, consummate any Asset Disposition unless: 
 (1)
Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary receives consideration at least equal to the fair market value (such fair market value to be determined in good faith by Holdings on the date of contractually agreeing to such Asset Disposition) of the equity
and assets subject to such Asset Disposition; 
 (2) at least 75% of the consideration received by Holdings or such
Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or cash equivalents, Additional Assets or any combination thereof (collectively, the “Cash Consideration”); and 

(3) within 365 days from the later of the date of such Asset Disposition or the receipt of such Net Available Cash, an amount
equal to 100% of the Net Available Cash from such Asset Disposition is applied by Holdings (or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be): 

(A) to the extent Holdings elects (or is required by the terms of any applicable Indebtedness), (i) to prepay, repay,
redeem or purchase Secured Debt of Holdings, the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor or Indebtedness of a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Holdings that is a Restricted Subsidiary but is not a Guarantor (in each case other than Indebtedness owed to
Holdings or an Affiliate of Holdings), provided such prepayment, repayment, redemption or purchase permanently retires, or reduces the related loan commitment (if any) for, such Indebtedness in an amount equal to the principal amount so
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 (B) to the extent Holdings elects, to acquire Additional Assets or to make any
other Capital Expenditures; 
 (C) to make an offer to the Holders of the Notes (and to holders of other Pari Passu
Indebtedness designated by the Issuer) to purchase Notes (and such other Pari Passu Indebtedness) pursuant to and subject to the conditions contained herein, as set forth below, and in the instruments governing such Pari Passu Indebtedness; and 

(D) to the extent of the balance of such Net Available Cash after application in accordance with clauses (A), (B) and
(C), for any purpose permitted by the terms of this Indenture. 
 Pending application of Net Available Cash pursuant to this
Section 4.09, such Net Available Cash may be applied to temporarily reduce revolving credit Indebtedness or in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. 

(b) For the purposes of this Section 4.09, the following are deemed to be Cash Consideration: 

(1) any liabilities (as reflected on the Consolidated Group’s most recent consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes
thereto, or if incurred or accrued subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on the Consolidated Group’s consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence or accrual
had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet, as determined in good faith by Holdings) of Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets; 

(2) any securities, notes or other obligations received by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are
converted by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or cash equivalents within 180 days after such Asset Disposition, to the extent of the cash and cash equivalents received in that conversion; and 

(3) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Disposition
having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause that has at that time not been converted into cash or a cash equivalent, not to exceed the greater of $100.0
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 (c) The amount of Net Available Cash not applied or invested as provided above will constitute
“Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds equals or exceeds $100.0 million, the Issuer shall make an offer to purchase Notes (an “Offer”) within ten Business Days thereof, and shall purchase
Notes tendered pursuant to an Offer by the Issuer for the Notes and other Pari Passu Indebtedness that contemporaneously requires the purchase, prepayment or redemption of such Indebtedness with the proceeds of sales of assets at a purchase price of
100% of their principal amount without premium, plus accrued but unpaid interest to, but not including, such date of redemption (or, in respect of such other Pari Passu Indebtedness of the Issuer, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by
the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness) in accordance with the procedures (including prorating in the event of oversubscription) set forth in this Indenture and the terms of such other Pari Passu Indebtedness. If any Excess Proceeds remain after
consummation of an Offer and the contemporaneous offer with respect to any other Pari Passu Indebtedness contemplated above, the Issuer may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate
purchase price of the securities tendered exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Issuer shall allocate the Excess Proceeds between such securities on a pro rata basis and will select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis but in
denominations of $200,000 principal amount or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The remainder of the Excess Proceeds allocable to the other Pari Passu Indebtedness will be repurchased as provided pursuant to the terms of such
Indebtedness. Upon completion of such an Offer to purchase, Excess Proceeds will be deemed to be reset to zero. 
 (d) The Issuer shall
comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes
pursuant to this Section 4.09. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.09, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not
be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.09 by virtue of its compliance with such securities laws or regulations. 
  

	SECTION 4.10.	Limitation on Restricted Payments. 

 Holdings will not, and will not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make any Restricted Payment if at the time of such Restricted Payment: 

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 (b) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment (including, without
limitation, the incurrence of any Indebtedness to finance such Restricted Payment), the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would be less than 2:00 to 1:00; or 

(c) the amount of such Restricted Payment, when added to the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made after the
Issue Date (other than Restricted Payments made pursuant to clauses (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (i), (k) or (l) of the next paragraph), exceeds the sum (the “Restricted Payments Basket”) of (without duplication): 

(1) 50% of Consolidated Net Income determined in accordance with GAAP for the period (taken as one accounting period)
commencing on the first day of the fiscal quarter during which the Issue Date occurs to and including the last day of the fiscal quarter ended immediately prior to the date of such calculation for which consolidated financial statements are
available (or, if such Consolidated Net Income shall be a deficit, minus 100% of such aggregate deficit), plus 

(2) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by Holdings, of property
and marketable securities, in each case received by Holdings from (a) the issuance and sale of Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings) after the Issue Date or (b) the issuance or sale
of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings) or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings), in
each case that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings), or (c) any capital contribution made to Holdings, in each case other than (A) any such
proceeds which are used to effect a Make-Whole Redemption (as defined in paragraph 5 of the Notes) of Notes, (B) any such proceeds or assets received from a Subsidiary of Holdings or (C) contributions to the extent such amounts have been
applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (c) of the next succeeding paragraph, plus  

(3) the aggregate amount by which Indebtedness (other than any Subordinated Indebtedness) incurred by Holdings or any
Restricted Subsidiary subsequent to the Issue Date is reduced on the consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Group upon the conversion or exchange into Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent company of
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 (4) to the extent not already included in Consolidated Net Income, 100% of the
aggregate amount received in cash and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by Holdings, of property and marketable securities received by means of the sale (other than to Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Capital Stock of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary or a distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than in each case to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (h) of the next succeeding
paragraph) or a dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus 
 (5) in the case of the redesignation of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or the merger or consolidation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary into Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary or the transfer of assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary,
the fair market value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary, as determined by Holdings in good faith at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of such merger, consolidation
or transfer of assets (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (h) of the next succeeding paragraph). 

The foregoing provisions will not prohibit: 

(a) the payment by Holdings of any dividend or the consummation of any redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration
thereof or the giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if on the date of declaration or notice, the dividend or redemption payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture; 

(b) the redemption of any Equity Interests of Holdings in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially
concurrent issuance and sale of, Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings; 
 (c) payments by Holdings (including indirectly
through any direct or indirect parent) to redeem Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof) held by officers, directors or employees or former officers, directors or employees (or their transferees, estates or
beneficiaries under their estates) of Holdings or its Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof), upon their death, disability, retirement, severance or termination of employment or service or other repurchase event pursuant to
any management equity plan or stock option plan, shareholders’ agreement or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or arrangement; provided that the aggregate cash consideration paid for all such redemptions shall not
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amounts being available to be used in the following calendar year but not any succeeding calendar year) plus (B) the amount of any net cash proceeds received by Holdings from the issuance
and sale after the Issue Date of Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof) to officers, directors or employees of Holdings or the Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof) that
have not been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments pursuant to this clause (c), plus (C) the net cash proceeds of any “key-man” life insurance policies that have not been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments pursuant
to this clause (c); provided, that neither (x) cancellation of Indebtedness owing to Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof) from any current or former officer, director or employee (or any permitted transferees thereof) of
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof), in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof) from such Persons nor (y) any payments or
other obligations arising in respect of Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof) held by officers, directors or employees or former officers, directors or employees (or their transferees, estates or
beneficiaries under their estates) in connection with or resulting from the announcement or consummation of a Change of Control, will be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 4.10 or any other provisions of this
Indenture; 
 (d) repurchases, acquisitions or retirements for value of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise
of stock options, warrants, rights to acquire Equity Interests or other convertible securities if the Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price thereof, or in connection with the withholding of a portion of the Equity Interests
granted or awarded to an employee to pay for the taxes payable by such employee upon such grant or award (and related payments by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect thereof); 

(e) the payment of (and Restricted Payments to any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings to allow the payment of) cash
in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon (i) the exercise of options or warrants, (ii) the conversion or exchange of any convertible or exchangeable debt securities, or (iii) the conversion or exchange of Equity Interests of
any Person (including in a merger, consolidation, amalgamation or similar transaction) and payments of cash to dissenting shareholders in connection with a merger, consolidation, amalgamation, transfer of assets; 

(f) the payment of any dividend (or, in the case of any partnership or limited liability company, any similar distribution) by
a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings to any class or classes of holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis; 
 (g)
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amount not to exceed, in any period of two consecutive Fiscal Years (the “Dividend Period”), 75% of the aggregate Adjusted Net Income in respect of the two Fiscal Years ending at
the end of the first Fiscal Year of the Dividend Period (and after deducting from the dividends included in that calculation any dividends to the extent such dividends are reinvested by the Parent in the Parent or any Subsidiary thereof (for the
avoidance of any doubt, excluding the Excluded Entities) or are replaced pursuant to an underwritten dividend reinvestment plan or equivalent program); 

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

(i) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, any AICF Payments; 

(j) other Restricted Payments if, at the time of the making of such payments, and after giving effect thereto (including,
without limitation, the incurrence of any Indebtedness to finance such payment), the Total Net Leverage Ratio would not exceed 3.00 to 1.00; 

(k) Restricted Payments under or in respect of hedge and warrant transactions entered into in connection with a convertible
notes offering of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary (or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings); provided that the proceeds of such offering are contributed to Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary; 

(l) the declaration and payment of dividends by Holdings to, or the making of loans to, any direct or indirect parent company
of Holdings in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent company to pay: 
 (i) franchise and excise taxes and
other fees and expenses required to maintain its organizational existence; 
 (ii) with respect to any taxable year (or
portion thereof) with respect to which Holding is a member of a consolidated, combined or similar income tax group of which a direct or indirect parent of Holdings is the common parent, foreign, federal, state and local income and similar taxes
(including any interest or penalties related thereto) of such tax group, to the extent such taxes are attributable to the income, revenue, receipts, capital or margin of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries

  
  

 
  

  
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and, to the extent of the amount actually received from its Unrestricted Subsidiaries in amounts required to pay such taxes to the extent attributable to the income of such Unrestricted
Subsidiaries; provided that in each case the amount of such payments in any fiscal year does not exceed the amount that Holdings, its Restricted Subsidiaries and its Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) would be required to pay
in respect of such foreign, federal, state and local income and similar taxes for such fiscal year had Holdings, its Restricted Subsidiaries and its Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) been a stand-alone taxpayer (separate from
any such direct or indirect parent company of Holdings) for all fiscal years ending after the Issue Date; 
 (iii)
customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers, employees, directors and managers and consultants of any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings to the extent such salaries, bonuses,
benefits and indemnities are attributable to the ownership or operation of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries; 

(iv) general corporate or other operating (including, without limitation, expenses related to auditing or other accounting
matters) and overhead costs and expenses of any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings; 
 (v) amounts required for
any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings to pay fees and expenses incurred by any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings related to transactions of such parent company of Holdings of the type described in clauses (8) and
(11) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”; and 
 (vi) amounts required for the purpose of
enabling any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings to pay interest on Indebtedness issued by such Person after the Issue Date to the extent the net cash proceeds therefrom are contributed to the Issuer; 

(m) the distribution, as a dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to Holdings or a
Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries; or 
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 provided that (i) in the case of any Restricted Payment pursuant to subsection (c) or
(j) of the second paragraph of this Section 4.10, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or occur as a consequence thereof, (ii) no issuance and sale of Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect
parent company thereof) that are used to make a payment pursuant to clauses (b) or (c)(B) of the second paragraph of this Section 4.10 shall increase the Restricted Payments Basket; (iii) Restricted Payments permitted to be made under
clause (g) of the second paragraph of this Section 4.10 shall first be made from amounts available under such clause (g) before amounts available under clause (c) of the first paragraph of this Section 4.10 and clause
(j) of the second paragraph of this Section 4.10 are utilized and thereafter shall be made with amounts available under clause (c) of the first paragraph of this Section 4.10 before clause (j) of the second paragraph of this
Section 4.10 is utilized, and (iv) in the case of any Restricted Payment pursuant to clause (j) of the second paragraph of this Section 4.10, such Restricted Payment shall not be made prior to the utilization of any amount
available under clause (c) of the first paragraph of this Section 4.10 or, if applicable, clause (g) of the second paragraph of this Section 4.10. 
  

	SECTION 4.11.	Limitation on Liens. 

 Holdings will not at any time create, incur, assume or
guarantee, and will not cause or permit a Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or guarantee, any Secured Debt (the “Initial Security Interest”), and Holdings will not at any time create, and will not cause or permit a
Restricted Subsidiary to create, any Security Interest securing any indebtedness existing on the date hereof which would constitute Secured Debt if it were secured by a Security Interest, without first making effective provision whereby the debt
securities then outstanding hereunder and any other indebtedness of or guaranteed by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary then entitled thereto, subject to applicable priorities of payment, shall be secured by the Security Interest securing such
Secured Debt equally and ratably with any and all other obligations and indebtedness so secured, so long as such other obligations and indebtedness shall be so secured; provided, however, that the foregoing prohibition will not prevent
the creation, incurrence, assumption or guarantee of the following permitted Security Interests (the “Permitted Security Interests”): 

(1) Security Interests on property acquired, constructed, developed or improved after the date of this Indenture by Holdings
or a Restricted Subsidiary and created prior to or contemporaneously with, or within 180 days after such acquisition, construction, development or improvement; 

(2) Security Interests on property at the time of the acquisition thereof, which secure obligations assumed by Holdings or a
Restricted Subsidiary, or on the property or on the outstanding shares or indebtedness of a corporation or firm at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary, or on
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that the Security Interests may not extend to any other property of Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary other than proceeds and products of such property, shares or indebtedness and accessions
thereto; 
 (3) Security Interests arising from conditional sales agreements or title retention agreements with respect to
property acquired by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary; 
 (4) Security Interests securing indebtedness of a Restricted
Subsidiary owing to Holdings or to another Restricted Subsidiary; 
 (5) Security Interests (a) to secure obligations
under Credit Facilities or (b) in accounts receivable and related assets of the types specified in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction, in an aggregate
principal amount under clauses (a) and (b) combined not to exceed the greater of (x) $1,000.0 million and (y) the maximum amount that would not cause the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio to exceed 3.50 to 1.00 after giving
effect to the incurrence of the obligations to be secured by such Security Interests; 
 (6) Security Interests existing on
the Issue Date; 
 (7) any Security Interest arising by reason of deposits with, or the giving of any form of security to,
any governmental agency or any body created or approved by law or governmental regulations, which is required by law or governmental regulation as a condition to the transaction of any business, or the exercise of any privilege, franchise or
license; 
 (8) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’ and other statutory liens arising in the ordinary
course of business (including construction of facilities) in respect of obligations that are not more than 90 days overdue or that are being contested in good faith; 

(9) Security Interests for taxes, assessments or governmental charges that are not more than 90 days overdue or for taxes,
assessments or governmental charges that are being contested in good faith; 
 (10) Security Interests (including judgment
liens) arising in connection with legal proceedings so long as such proceedings are being contested in good faith and, in the case of judgment liens, execution thereon is stayed or does not give rise to an Event of Default; 

  
  

 
  

  
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 (11) landlords’ liens on fixtures on premises leased in the ordinary course
of business; 
 (12) Security Interests to secure the performance of statutory obligations, insurance, surety or appeal
bonds, performance bonds, or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business (including Security Interests to secure letters of credit issued to assure payment of such obligations); 

(13) Security Interests on assets of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries securing Hedging Obligations or Treasury
Management Arrangements; 
 (14) survey exceptions, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses,
rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real property that were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and that do not in the aggregate
materially impair the use of said properties in the operation of the business of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries; 

(15) Security Interests on insurance policies and proceeds thereof, or other deposits, to secure insurance premium financings;

 (16) filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements as a precautionary measure in connection with operating
leases; 
 (17) bankers’ liens and rights of setoff; 

(18) Security Interests in cash, cash equivalents or other property arising in connection with the defeasance, discharge or
redemption of Indebtedness; 
 (19) Security Interests on specific items of inventory or other goods (and the proceeds
thereof) of Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or trade-related letters of credit issued or created in the ordinary course of business for the account of such Person to
facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods; 
 (20) grants of intellectual property
licenses (including software and other technology licenses) in the ordinary course of business; 
 (21) Security Interests
incurred or pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security and employee health and disability benefits (including pledges or
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 (22) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure
liability to insurance carriers; 
 (23) Security Interests to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments or any
indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of construction, development, or substantial repair, alteration or improvement of the property subject to such Security Interests if the commitment
for the financing is obtained not later than 180 days after the later of the completion of or the placing into operation (exclusive of test and start-up periods) of such property; 

(24) Security Interests on the Capital Stock of any Unrestricted Subsidiary or joint venture which secures Indebtedness or
other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or joint venture; 
 (25) Security Interests on the assets of any
Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and which secures Indebtedness or other obligations of such Restricted Subsidiary (or of another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor); 

(26) Security Interests to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancing,
refunding, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Security Interest referred to in the foregoing clauses (1), (2), (6) or (23) above; provided that (x) such new Security
Interest shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Security Interest (plus improvements thereof, accessions thereto and proceeds thereof) and (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Security Interest at such
time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (1), (2), (6) or (23) above at the time the original
Security Interest became a Permitted Security Interest under this Section 4.11 and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement; or 

(27) other Security Interests securing Indebtedness, in an aggregate principal amount for Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries together with the amount of Attributable Indebtedness incurred in connection with Sale and Leaseback Transactions, not exceeding at the time such Security Interest is created or assumed the greater of $150.0 million and 7.5% of
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. 
 Additionally, such permitted Secured Debt includes any extension, renewal or refunding, in whole or in
part, of any Secured Debt permitted at the time of the original incurrence thereof, provided that the Security Interest securing the extended, renewed or refunded Secured Debt is limited to all or part of the same property and assets that
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 Any Security Interest created for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes pursuant to this
Section 4.11 shall provide by its terms that such Security Interest shall be unconditionally and automatically released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Initial Security Interest. 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.11, a Security Interest securing an item of Secured Debt need not be
permitted solely by one category of Permitted Security Interest but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof, and if a Permitted Security Interest meets the criteria or more than one of the exceptions described in clauses
(1) through (27) of this Section 4.11, Holdings may, in its sole discretion, classify the Permitted Security Interest in any manner that complies with this Section 4.11. 

 

	SECTION 4.12.	Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. 

 Holdings will not, and will not permit
any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any Sale and Leaseback Transaction unless: 
 (1) Holdings or such Restricted
Subsidiary would be entitled to incur Secured Debt pursuant to Section 4.11 equal in amount to the net proceeds of the property sold or transferred or to be sold or to be transferred pursuant to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction and secured
by a Security Interest on the property to be leased, without equally and ratably securing the debt securities outstanding under this Indenture as provided under Section 4.11; or 

(2) Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary shall apply, within 180 days after the effective date of such sale or transfer, an
amount equal to such net proceeds to (i) the acquisition, construction, development or improvement of properties, facilities or equipment which are, or upon such acquisition, construction, development or improvement will be, a Principal
Facility or Principal Facilities or a part thereof or (ii) the redemption of Notes issued under this Indenture or to the repayment or redemption of long-term Indebtedness of the Issuer, Holdings or of any Restricted Subsidiary, or in part to
such acquisition, construction, development or improvement and in part to such redemption and/or repayment. In lieu of applying an amount equal to such net proceeds to such redemption the Issuer may, within 180 days after such sale or transfer,
deliver to the appropriate indenture trustee Notes issued under this Indenture or long-term Indebtedness for cancellation and thereby reduce the amount to be applied to the redemption of such Notes or long-term Indebtedness by an amount equivalent
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	SECTION 4.13.	Reports to Holders. 

 (a) Whether or not the Issuer or the Parent is subject to the
reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise reports on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Commission, so long
as any Notes are outstanding this Indenture, the Issuer or the Parent will furnish to the Trustee and Holders the following: 

(1) within the time period specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations for non-accelerated filers, annual reports
of the Parent on Form 20-F or 10-K (as then applicable to the Parent) (or any successor or comparable form) containing the information required to be contained therein (or required in such successor or comparable form); 

(2) within the time period specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations for non-accelerated filers, quarterly
reports of the Parent on Form 6-K or 10-Q (as then applicable to the Parent) (or any successor or comparable form) containing the information required to be contained in such Form (or required in such successor or comparable form); and 

(3) at or prior to such times as would be required to be filed or furnished to the Commission if the Parent was then a
“foreign private issuer” subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, all such other reports and information of the Parent that the Parent would have been required to file or furnish pursuant thereto; 

provided that, in the case of clauses (1) and (2) above, to the extent such reports are being provided by the Parent, such reports shall
include, or the Issuer shall otherwise deliver at the time of delivery of such reports, a qualitative disclosure of differences between the Parent’s consolidated financial statements and Holdings’ consolidated financial statements
consistent with such disclosure set forth in the Offering Memorandum; provided, further, that to the extent that the Parent ceases to qualify as a “foreign private issuer” within the meaning of the Exchange Act, whether or
not the Parent is then subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Issuer or the Parent will furnish to the Trustee and the Holders, so long as any Notes are outstanding, within 30 days of the respective dates on which the Parent
would be required to file such documents with the Commission if it was required to file such documents under the Exchange Act, all reports and other information of the Parent that would be required to be filed with (or furnished to) the Commission
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. 
 (b) In addition, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of
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above (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to Holders of the Notes upon request. In addition, the Issuer (or the Parent) and the Guarantors
shall, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, furnish to the Holders of such Notes and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the
Securities Act. 
 (c) Whether the Parent files such reports with the Commission or posts such reports on its website, the public posting
of such reports shall satisfy any requirement hereunder to deliver such reports to the Trustee and Holders of the Notes; provided, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not such reports and information
have been so filed or posted. The Issuer or the Parent will at all times comply with the provisions of TIA §314(a). The terms of this Indenture shall not impose any duty on the Issuer of the Parent under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the
related Commission rules that would not otherwise be applicable to it. 
 (d) Delivery of such reports and information to the Trustee shall
be for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of them shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s or the
Parent’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates delivered pursuant to this Indenture, including without limitation Officer’s Certificates
delivered pursuant to Section 4.06(a)). 
  

	SECTION 4.14.	Additional Note Guarantees. 

 If, on or after the Issue Date: 

(1) Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires or creates another Subsidiary that Guarantees any Indebtedness
under Credit Facilities of the Issuer or a Guarantor (other than Indebtedness owing to Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) in an aggregate principal amount greater than or equal to $150.0 million; or 

(2) any Subsidiary of Holdings that Guarantees any Indebtedness under Credit Facilities of the Issuer or a Guarantor (other
than Indebtedness owing to Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) in an aggregate principal amount greater than or equal to $150.0 million, and that Subsidiary was not a Guarantor immediately prior to such Guarantee (an “Additional
Obligor”), 
 then that newly acquired or created Subsidiary or Additional Obligor, as the case may be (i) shall become a Guarantor and
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 In addition, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such supplemental indenture complies with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, that all conditions precedent in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied, and such Opinion of
Counsel shall additionally state that such supplemental indenture is enforceable against the new Guarantor, subject to customary qualifications. 
  

	SECTION 4.15.	Termination of Covenants. 

 (a) If on any date following the Issue Date (i) the
Notes have Investment Grade Ratings from both Rating Agencies, and (ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being collectively
referred to as a “Covenant Termination Event”), Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to Sections 4.09, 4.10, 4.12 and 4.14 hereof (collectively, the “Terminated Covenants”). 

(b) In the event that a Covenant Termination Event occurs, (x) the Issuer shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate stating that such Covenant Termination Event has occurred, and (y) Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries will no longer be subject to the Terminated Covenants, regardless of whether on any subsequent date one or
both of the Rating Agencies withdraw their Investment Grade Rating or downgrade the rating assigned to the Notes below an Investment Grade Rating. 

(c) The Trustee shall have no responsibility to monitor any change in the rating of the Notes or to determine whether a Covenant Termination
Event has occurred. The Trustee may deliver a copy of any Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 4.15(b)(x) above to the Holders upon written request. 

ARTICLE FIVE 
 SUCCESSOR
CORPORATION 
  

	SECTION 5.01.	Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets. 

 (a) (i) The Issuer will not consolidate or
merge with or into any other Person or Transfer all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole and (ii) Holdings will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, in a single
transaction or a series of related transactions, Transfer all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case, to, another Person unless: 

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under the laws of the United States or a state thereof, Australia or a state thereof, Canada or a province thereof, or a member state of the European Union, and the successor Person expressly
assumes by a supplemental indenture or amendment of the relevant documents the Issuer’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture; 

(2) the Issuer or the successor Person, as the case may be, shall not immediately after such transaction, in default in the
performance of any covenant or condition under this Indenture; and 
 (3) after giving effect to the transaction, no Event
of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred or be continuing. 

The Issuer shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each to the
effect that such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer, lease or other disposition complies with the requirements of this Indenture and that the conditions precedent to such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance,
assignment, transfer, lease or other disposition have been satisfied, and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the Notes, this Indenture and Note Guarantees, as applicable, constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuer or applicable Guarantor
or other surviving entity, subject to customary exceptions. 
 This Section 5.01 will not apply to any Transfer of assets between or
among the Issuer and any one or more of its Subsidiaries or other Subsidiaries of Holdings or between or among any one or more of Holdings’ Subsidiaries. Clause (3) of the first paragraph of this Section 5.01 will not apply to
(1) any merger or consolidation of the Issuer with or into one of Holdings’ Subsidiaries for any purpose or (2) any merger or consolidation of the Issuer or a Subsidiary solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Issuer or a
Subsidiary in another jurisdiction. 
  

	SECTION 5.02.	Successor Person Substituted. 

 Upon any consolidation, combination or merger of the
Issuer, or any Transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in accordance with the foregoing provisions of Section 5.01, in which the Issuer is not the continuing obligor under the
Notes, the surviving entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged or to which such Transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, is made will succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes with the same effect as if such surviving entity had been named therein as the Issuer and, the Issuer and each Guarantor will be released from
the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on such Notes or in respect of its related Note Guarantee, as the case may be, and all of the Issuer’s or such Guarantor’s other obligations and covenants under such Notes, this Indenture
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 ARTICLE SIX 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES 
  

	SECTION 6.01.	Events of Default. 

 Each of the following constitutes an “Event of
Default” with respect to the Notes: 
 (1) default for 30 consecutive days in the payment when due of interest with
respect to the Notes; 
 (2) default in payment when due of principal or premium, if any, on the Notes at maturity, upon
redemption or otherwise; 
 (3) failure by the Issuer for 60 consecutive days after receipt of notice from the Trustee or
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding under this Indenture (with a copy to the Trustee) to comply with any of the provisions under Section 4.08; 

(4) failure by the Issuer, Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary for 60 consecutive days after receipt of notice from the
Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding under this Indenture (with a copy to the Trustee) to comply with any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture (other than the covenants and
agreements specified in clauses (1) through (3) of this Section 6.01); 
 (5) default under any mortgage,
indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary or the payment of which is Guaranteed by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary (other
than Indebtedness owed to the Parent, Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary), whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists or is created after the Issue Date, which default (a) is caused by a failure to pay when due at final stated maturity
(giving effect to any grace period related thereto) principal of such Indebtedness (a “Payment Default”) or (b) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its stated maturity, and, in each case, the principal
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 (6) failure by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay final and
non-appealable judgments (net of any amounts covered by insurance and as to which such insurer has not denied responsibility or coverage in writing) aggregating $100.0 million or more, which judgments are not paid, discharged, bonded, stayed or
waived within 60 days after such judgment becomes final, and in the event such judgment is covered in full by insurance, an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree which is not promptly stayed; 

(7) (A) a court of competent jurisdiction over the Issuer, Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary enters (x) a decree or
order for relief in respect of the Issuer, Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law or (y) a decree or order adjudging the Issuer, Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Issuer, Holdings or any such Restricted Subsidiary or group of Restricted
Subsidiaries under any Bankruptcy Law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer, Holdings or any such Restricted Subsidiary or group of Restricted Subsidiaries or of any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days or
(B) the Issuer, Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary (i) commences a voluntary case under any Bankruptcy
Law or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any Bankruptcy Law, (ii) consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar
official of the Issuer, Holdings or any such Restricted Subsidiary or group of Restricted Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all the property and assets of the Issuer, Holdings or any such Restricted Subsidiary or group of Restricted
Subsidiaries, (iii) effects any general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (iv) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; and 

(8) any Note Guarantee of any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect in all material
respects (other than in accordance with the terms of such Note Guarantee and this Indenture) or is declared null and void and unenforceable or found to be invalid or any Guarantor denies its liability under its Note Guarantee (other than by reason
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	SECTION 6.02.	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission. 

 If any Event of Default occurs and is
continuing under this Indenture, either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, may declare all Notes to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Issuer and the Trustee, in the
case of notice by Holders, specifying the respective Event of Default and that it is a “notice of acceleration” and the same shall become immediately due and payable; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if
an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(7) occurs with respect the Issuer, all outstanding Notes shall become due and payable without further action or notice. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if after such acceleration but before a judgment or decree based on such acceleration is obtained by the
Trustee, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes may rescind and annul such acceleration if: 

(1) all Events of Default, other than nonpayment of principal, premium, if any, or interest that has become due solely because
of the acceleration, have been cured or waived; 
 (2) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on
overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid; 

(3) the Issuer has paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements,
indemnities and advances; and 
 (4) in the event of the cure or waiver of an Event of Default of the type described in
Section 6.01(7), the Trustee shall have received an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel that such Event of Default has been cured or waived. 

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto. 

 

	SECTION 6.03.	Other Remedies. 

 If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture and may take any
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 The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not
produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Noteholder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the
Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative. Any costs associated with actions taken by the Trustee under this Section 6.03 shall be reimbursed to the Trustee by the Issuer and the
Guarantors. 
  

	SECTION 6.04.	Waiver of Existing Defaults and Events of Default. 

 (a) Subject to Sections 2.10,
6.02, 6.08 and 8.02, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall have the right to waive any existing Defaults or Events of Default under this Indenture except a Default or Event of Default in the payment
of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on any Note as specified in clauses (1) and (2) of Section 6.01. The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the requisite percentage of Holders
have consented to such waiver and attaching copies of such consents. In case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder and under the Notes, respectively. This
subsection (a) of this Section 6.04 shall be in lieu of TIA § 316(a)(1)(B), and TIA § 316(a)(1)(B) is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by the TIA. 

(b) Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured
for every purpose of this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto. 
  

	SECTION 6.05.	Control by Majority. 

 Subject to Sections 2.10 and 7.01, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee by this
Indenture. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of another Holder not taking part in such direction, and the Trustee
shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not any such directions are unduly prejudicial to such Holders) if the Trustee, being
advised by counsel, determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer, determine that the proceedings so directed may involve it in personal liability; provided
that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction. In the event the Trustee takes any action or follows any direction pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to
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and security satisfactory to it against any cost, liability or expense that might be caused by taking such action or following such direction. This Section 6.05 shall be in lieu of TIA
§ 316(a)(1)(A), and TIA § 316(a)(1)(A) is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by the TIA. 
  

	SECTION 6.06.	Limitation on Suits. 

 Subject to Section 6.08, a Holder may not pursue any remedy
with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless: 
 (1) the Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default; 
 (2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding make a
written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy; 
 (3) such Holder or Holders offer the Trustee security or indemnity
satisfactory to the Trustee against any costs, liability or expense; 
 (4) the Trustee does not comply with the request
within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity against any cost, liability or expense that might be caused by complying with such request; and 

(5) during such 60-day period, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes do not give
the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with the request. 
 A Noteholder may not use any provision of this Indenture to disturb or
prejudice the rights of another Noteholder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Noteholder. 
  

	SECTION 6.07.	No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders. 

 No
director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Parent, any Guarantor, the Issuer or of any other Subsidiary of the Parent, or any affiliate of the foregoing, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or the
Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture or the Note Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. This
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	SECTION 6.08.	Rights of Holders To Receive Payment. 

 Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on such Note on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such
payment, on or after such respective due dates, is absolute and unconditional and shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder. 
  

	SECTION 6.09.	Collection Suit by Trustee. 

 If an Event of Default pursuant to clause (1) or
(2) of Section 6.01 occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuer or any Guarantor (or any other obligor on the Notes) for the whole amount of unpaid
principal and accrued interest remaining unpaid, together with interest on overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest, in each case at the rate set forth in the Notes,
and such further amounts as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel. 

 

	SECTION 6.10.	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. 

 The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other
papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts
due the Trustee under Section 7.07) and the Noteholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or any Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to
collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same after deduction of its charges and expenses to the extent that any such charges and expenses are not paid out of the estate in any
such proceedings and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Noteholder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Noteholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07. 

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

  
  

 
  

  
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	SECTION 6.11.	Priorities. 

 If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article
Six, and after an Event of Default any money or other property distributable in respect of the Company’s or Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture, such money or property shall be paid out or distributed in the following order: 

FIRST: to the Trustee, its agents and any predecessor Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07; 

SECOND: to Noteholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes; and 
 THIRD: to the Issuer or,
to the extent the Trustee collects any amount from any Guarantor, to such Guarantor. 
 The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date
for any payment to Noteholders pursuant to this Section 6.11. 
  

	SECTION 6.12.	Undertaking for Costs. 

 In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in
its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This
Section 6.12 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Noteholder pursuant to Section 6.08 or a suit by Noteholders of more than 10% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. 

  
  

 
  

  
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 ARTICLE SEVEN 

TRUSTEE 
  

	SECTION 7.01.	Duties of Trustee. 

 (a) If a Default or Event of Default actually known to a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person under the
circumstances would exercise or use under the same circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs. 
 Except for an Event of
Default pursuant to Section 6.01(1) or 6.01(2) (upon the occurrence of which the Trustee if then acting as Paying Agent will be deemed to have knowledge thereof), the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of
any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default or Event of Default by the Issuer or by the Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes by written notice of such event sent to the Trustee in accordance with Section 10.02, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture. 

(b) Except during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge: 

(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. 
 (2) In the absence of bad faith on its
part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture but, in the
case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform on their face to the
requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein). Whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be
proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may require and, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an
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 (c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that: 
 (1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of
subsection (b) of this Section 7.01. 
 (2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good
faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts. 

(3) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
direction received by it from a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. 

(4) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial
liability in the performance of any of its rights, powers or duties. The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers or duties hereunder. 

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, subsections (a), (b), (c) and (e) of this Section 7.01 shall govern every
provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee. 
 (e) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction (including, but in no way limited to, the fees and disbursements of agents and attorneys). The Trustee’s fees, expenses and indemnities (in each
of its capacities under this Indenture) (including, but in no way limited to, the fees and disbursements of agents and attorneys) are included in the amounts guaranteed by the Note Guarantees. 

(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer or
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	SECTION 7.02.	Rights of Trustee. 

 Subject to Section 7.01: 

(1) The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. 

(2) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require and shall be entitled to receive an Officer’s
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, or both, which shall conform to the provisions of Section 10.05. The Trustee shall be protected and shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate
or opinion. 
 (3) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder directly or
indirectly or by or through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any attorney or agent appointed by it with due care. 

(4) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be
authorized or within its rights or powers; provided that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute negligence or willful misconduct. 

(5) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, at the expense of the Issuer, and the advice or opinion of such
counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. 

(6) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its
right to be compensated, reimbursed and indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder (including but not limited to as Registrar, Paying Agent and Depository Custodian), and each agent,
custodian and other person employed to act hereunder. 
 (7) The right of the Trustee to perform any discretionary act
enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty, and the Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its own negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of such act. 

(8) The Trustee may from time to time request that the Issuer deliver an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the names of
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Certificate may be signed by any persons authorized to sign an Officer’s Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not
superseded. 
 (9) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential
loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action. 

(10) The Trustee will not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness, or other paper or document, or inquire as to the performance by the Issuer or the Guarantors of any of their
covenants in this Indenture, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall
be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuers or the Guarantors, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Issuers and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or
investigation. 
  

	SECTION 7.03.	Individual Rights of Trustee. 

 The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may
become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may make loans to, accept deposits from, perform services for or otherwise deal with either the Issuer or any Guarantor, or any Affiliates thereof, with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest as defined in the Trust Indenture Act, it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the Commission for permission to continue as Trustee or resign. Any Agent may do
the same with like rights. The Trustee shall also be subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11. 
  

	SECTION 7.04.	Trustee’s Disclaimer. 

 The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no
representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes or any Note Guarantee, it shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s or any Guarantor’s use of the proceeds from the sale of Notes, it will not be responsible for
the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent (other than itself as Paying Agent) or any money paid to the Issuer or any Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the
Notes, the Note Guarantees or this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any statement in the Offering Memorandum or any other document utilized by the Issuer in connection with the sale of
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	SECTION 7.05.	Notice of Defaults. 

 If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing (which
shall not be cured or waived) and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee (pursuant to Section 7.01(a) hereof), the Trustee shall give to each Noteholder a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after
it occurs in the manner and to the extent provided in the TIA and otherwise as provided in this Indenture. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of the principal of or interest on any Note (including payments
pursuant to a redemption or repurchase of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture), the Trustee may withhold the notice, and shall be fully protected in so withholding, if and so long as it in good faith determines that withholding
the notice is in the interests of Holders. 
  

	SECTION 7.06.	Reports by Trustee to Holders. 

 If required by TIA § 313(a), within 60 days
after July 1 of any year, commencing on the July 1 following the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA § 313(a). The Trustee also shall
comply with TIA § 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA § 313(c) and TIA § 313(d). 

Reports pursuant to this Section 7.06 shall be transmitted by mail (or, in the case of a Global Note, sent in accordance with applicable
procedures of the Depository): 
 (1) to all Holders of Notes, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the
Registrar’s books; and 
 (2) to such Holders of Notes as have, within the two years preceding such transmission, filed
their names and addresses with the Trustee for that purpose. 
 A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be filed
with the Commission and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed. The Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee, in writing, when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange or delisted therefrom. 

 

	SECTION 7.07.	Compensation and Indemnity. 

 The Issuer and the Guarantors shall pay to the Trustee
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trust). The Issuer and the Guarantors shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable disbursements, expenses and advances incurred or made by it in connection with the Trustee’s
duties under this Indenture, including the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and external counsel. 

The Issuer and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall indemnify each of the Trustee and its agents, employees, stockholders, directors
and officers and any predecessor Trustee for, and hold each of them harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or expense, including without limitation taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee) and reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses (collectively, “Losses”) incurred by each of them in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture or the performance of its duties under this Indenture or the exercise of its
rights and powers under the Notes and the Guarantees, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture (including this Section 7.07), the Notes and the Guarantees or otherwise arising under this Indenture and including the
reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by any Holder, the Issuer, any Guarantor or otherwise) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its rights, powers or duties hereunder
(including, without limitation, settlement costs). The Trustee shall notify the Issuer and the Guarantors in writing promptly of any third party claim of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge asserted against the Trustee
for which it may seek indemnity (each, a “Third Party Claim”); provided that the failure by the Trustee to so notify the Issuer and the Guarantors shall not relieve the Issuer and Guarantors of their obligations hereunder
except to the extent the Issuer and the Guarantors are actually prejudiced thereby. Neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor need pay for any settlement or provide any indemnification for any other Losses associated therewith to the extent such
settlement is made in connection with any Third Party Claim without its consent, which consent may be withheld in its sole discretion. The Trustee shall have the right to its own counsel and the Issuer shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of
such counsel in connection with any Third Party Claim to the extent the Trustee reasonably determines that a conflict of interest exists or is required in connection with the performance of its duties under this Indenture. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer and the Guarantors need not reimburse the Trustee for any expense or indemnify it against any loss
or liability to have been incurred by the Trustee through its own negligence or willful misconduct. 
 To secure the payment obligations of
the Issuer and the Guarantors in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee except for such money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on
particular Notes. Such lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. 
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the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall be joint and several liabilities of each Issuer and each of the Guarantors and shall survive the
resignation or removal of the Trustee and the satisfaction, discharge or other termination of this Indenture, including any termination or rejection hereof under any Bankruptcy Law. 

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01 (7) occurs, the expenses
and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Bankruptcy Law. 
 For
purposes of this Section 7.07, the term “Trustee” shall include any trustee appointed pursuant to this Article Seven, provided, however, that the negligence or willful misconduct of any Trustee hereunder shall not affect
the rights of any other Trustee hereunder. The provisions of this Section 7.07 shall apply to Trustee in its capacity as Paying Agent, Registrar and any other Agent under this Indenture. 

 

	SECTION 7.08.	Replacement of Trustee. 

 The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer
and the Guarantors in writing. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by notifying the Issuer and the removed Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the Issuer’s
written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Issuer may remove the Trustee at its election if: 

(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10; 

(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any
Bankruptcy Law; 
 (3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or 

(4) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting. 

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a
successor Trustee. 
 If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the
retiring Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may petition at the expense of the Issuer any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee. 

If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, Noteholders holding at least 10% in principal amount of the Notes may petition any
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 A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring
Trustee and to the Issuer. Immediately following such delivery, the retiring Trustee shall, subject to its rights under Section 7.07, transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each Noteholder. Notwithstanding
replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Issuer’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee. 
  

	SECTION 7.09.	Successor Trustee by Consolidation, Merger, etc. 

 If the Trustee consolidates with,
merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust assets to, another corporation, subject to Section 7.10, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee; provided
that such entity shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article Seven. 
  

	SECTION 7.10.	Eligibility; Disqualification. 

 This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who
satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5) in every respect. The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in the most recent applicable published annual report of
condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA § 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of
interest or participation in other securities of the Issuer are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are met. 
  

	SECTION 7.11.	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer. 

 The Trustee is subject to and shall
comply with TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated therein. 

 

	SECTION 7.12.	Paying Agents. 

 The Issuer shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
execute and deliver to it and the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 7.12: 

(A) that it will hold all sums held by it as agent for the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the
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 (B) that it will at any time during the continuance of any Event of Default, upon
written request from the Trustee, deliver to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by it together with a full accounting thereof; and 

(C) that it will give the Trustee written notice within three Business Days of any failure of the Issuer (or by any obligor on
the Notes) in the payment of any installment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes when the same shall be due and payable. 

ARTICLE EIGHT 
 AMENDMENT,
SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER 
  

	SECTION 8.01.	Without Consent of Noteholders. 

 Notwithstanding Section 8.02, the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee may modify and amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees without the consent of any Holder for any of the following purposes: 

(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; 

(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of Physical Notes; 

(3) to provide for the assumption of the Issuer’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders in the case of a
merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Issuer’s or such Guarantor’s assets; 
 (4) to
secure the Notes; 
 (5) to add any Guarantor or release any Guarantor from its Note Guarantee if such release is in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture; 
 (6) to conform the text of this Indenture, the Notes, or the Note Guarantees
to any provision of the “Description of the Notes” set forth in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in the “Description of the Notes” set forth in the Offering Memorandum was intended to be a verbatim
recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Notes, or the Note Guarantees, which intent may be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate to that effect; 

(7) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture as of the
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 (8) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to
the Holders or that does not adversely affect the rights under this Indenture of any Holder in any material respect; or 

(9) to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the
TIA. 
 After an amendment or supplement under this Section 8.01 becomes effective, the Issuer shall send to the Holders a notice
briefly describing the amendment or supplement. Any failure of the Issuer to send such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amendment or supplement. 

 

	SECTION 8.02.	With Consent of Noteholders. 

 (a) Except to the extent provided in Section 8.01
and subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 8.02, this Indenture, the Notes or any Note Guarantee may be amended with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting
as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, tender offer or exchange offer for Notes), and any existing Default or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or any Note
Guarantee may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, tender
offer or exchange offer for Notes). 
 (b) Except as provided in Section 8.02(a), without the consent of each Holder of Notes issued
under this Indenture affected thereby, an amendment or waiver may not (with respect to any Note held by a non-consenting Holder): 

(1) reduce the principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or
waiver; 
 (2) reduce the principal amount of or change the Maturity Date of any Notes, or alter the provisions with respect
to the redemption of any such Notes other than, except as set forth in clause (7) of this Section 8.02(b), the provisions of Sections 4.08 and 4.09; 

(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any such Notes; 

(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any such Notes
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 (5) make any such Note payable in currency other than that stated in such Note;

 (6) make any change to the provisions of this Indenture relating to waiver of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of
the Notes issued hereunder to receive payments of principal of or interest on the Notes; 
 (7) after the Issuer’s
obligation to purchase Notes arises hereunder, amend, change or modify in any material respect the obligations of the Issuer to make and consummate a Change of Control Offer with respect to a Change of Control that has occurred, including, without
limitation, in each case, by amending, changing or modifying any of the definitions relating thereto; 
 (8) release the
Issuer or any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary from any of its obligations under its Note Guarantee or this Indenture otherwise than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; or 

(9) modify or change any provision of this Indenture affecting the ranking of the Notes or Note Guarantees in a manner adverse
to the Holders of Notes. 
 (c) It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 8.02 to approve the
particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. 
 (d)
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 8.02 becomes effective, the Issuer shall send to the Holders a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Issuer to send such notice, or any
defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amendment, supplement or waiver. 
  

	SECTION 8.03.	Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. 

 Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture,
the Notes or the Note Guarantees shall comply with the TIA as then in effect. 
  

	SECTION 8.04.	Revocation and Effect of Consents. 

 (a) After an amendment, supplement, waiver or
other action becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent conclusive and binding upon such Holder and every subsequent Holder of the same Note or portion thereof, and of any Note issued upon the transfer thereof
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 (b) The Issuer may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Noteholders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies),
and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement, or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Noteholders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or
effective for more than 90 days after such record date unless the consent of the requisite number of Noteholders has been obtained. 
 (c)
After an amendment, supplement, waiver or other action under Section 8.01 or Section 8.02 becomes effective, it shall bind every Noteholder, unless it makes a change described in any of clauses (1) through (9) of
Section 8.02(b). In that case the amendment, supplement, waiver or other action shall bind each Noteholder who has consented to it and every subsequent Noteholder or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s
Note. 
  

	SECTION 8.05.	Notation on or Exchange of Notes. 

 If an amendment, supplement, or waiver changes the
terms of a Note, the Trustee (in accordance with the specific written direction of the Issuer) shall, in the case of a Physical Note, request the Holder of the Note (in accordance with the specific written direction of the Issuer) to deliver it to
the Trustee. In such case, the Trustee shall place an appropriate notation on the Note about the changed terms and return it to the Noteholder. Alternatively, if the Issuer or the Trustee so determines, the Issuer in exchange for the Note shall
issue, the Guarantors shall endorse and, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer’s Certificate in accordance with Section 2.01, the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver. 
  

	SECTION 8.06.	Trustee To Sign Amendments, etc. 

 The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or
waiver authorized pursuant to this Article Eight if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the
Trustee, the Trustee may, but need not, sign such amendment, supplement or waiver. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in signing or refusing to sign an amendment, supplement or waiver the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and,
subject to Section 7.01, shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating, in addition to the matters required by Sections 10.04 and 10.05, that the execution of such amendment, supplement
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and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment, supplement or waiver is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer and the Guarantors, enforceable against the Issuer and the
Guarantors in accordance with its terms (subject to customary exceptions). 
 ARTICLE NINE 

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE; GUARANTEE 
  

	SECTION 9.01.	Discharge of Indenture. 

 This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of
further effect as to all Notes and Note Guarantees, and the Trustee, at the expense and upon the written request of the Issuer, will execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the Notes and the Note
Guarantees, when all amounts due to the Trustee shall have been paid and either: 
 (1) the Issuer delivers to the Trustee
all outstanding Notes issued under this Indenture (other than (i) Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.08 hereof and (ii) Notes for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust) for cancellation; or 

(2) (a) all Notes outstanding under this Indenture (I) have become due and payable, whether at maturity or as a result of
the sending of a notice of redemption, or (II) will become due and payable within one year, or are to be called for redemption within one year, under arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the
Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer, and the Issuer or any Guarantor irrevocably deposits with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. Dollars, U.S. Government Obligations or a
combination thereof in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on the Notes outstanding under this Indenture on the maturity date or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be; (b) no Default or Event of Default (other than resulting from the granting of any Security Interests
securing any borrowing of funds to be applied to make such deposit) shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default (other than resulting from the granting of any Security Interests securing any borrowing of funds to be applied to make such deposit) under, any Credit Facilities or other material agreement or instrument (other than this
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Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by the Issuer or any Guarantor under this Indenture; and (d) the Issuer have delivered (I) irrevocable instructions to the
Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and (II) an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with and that such satisfaction and discharge does not result in a default under any agreement or instrument then known to such
counsel which binds or affects the Issuer. 
 Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Issuer in Article Two and in Sections 4.01, 4.02, 7.07, 9.05 and 9.06 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge (in the case of obligations under Article Two, Sections 4.01 and 4.02, until the Notes are no longer outstanding). 

 

	SECTION 9.02.	Legal Defeasance. 

 The Issuer may, at its option and at any time, elect to have all of
its obligations and the obligations of the Guarantors discharged with respect to the outstanding Notes on a date the conditions set forth in Section 9.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, such
Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture insofar as such
Notes are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Issuer, shall, subject to Section 9.06, execute instruments in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Issuer acknowledging the same), except for the
following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: 
 (1) the rights of the Holders of the
outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust described in Section 9.04 and as more fully set forth in Section 9.04, payments in respect of the principal amount of, premium, if any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are
due, 
 (2) the Issuer’s obligations with respect to issuing temporary Notes, registration of Notes or mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, in each case under Article Two and Section 4.02, 
 (3) the rights, powers, trusts,
duties, and immunities of the Trustee hereunder (including claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07) and the Issuer’s obligations in connection therewith, and 

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 Concurrently with any Legal Defeasance, the Issuer may, at its further option, cause to be
terminated, as of the date on which such Legal Defeasance occurs, all of the obligations under any or all of the Note Guarantees, if any, then existing and obtain the release of the Note Guarantees of any or all Guarantors. In order to exercise such
option regarding a Note Guarantee, the Issuer shall provide the Trustee with written notice of their desire to terminate such Note Guarantee prior to the delivery of the Opinions of Counsel referred to in Section 9.04. 

Subject to compliance with this Article Nine, the Issuer may exercise its option under this Section 9.02 with respect to the Notes
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 9.03 below with respect to the Notes. 
  

	SECTION 9.03.	Covenant Defeasance. 

 The Issuer may, at its option and at any time, elect to have its
obligations and the obligations of the Guarantors under Sections 4.01(c), 4.03, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13 and 4.14 (except for obligations mandated by the TIA) and Section 5.01(a) released with respect to the
outstanding Notes on a date the conditions set forth in Section 9.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Issuer may
fail to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any
reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this
Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Issuer’s exercise of the option in this Section 9.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 9.04, Sections
6.01(3), (4), (5), (6) and (8) shall not constitute Events of Default. 
 Notwithstanding any discharge or release of any
obligations under this Indenture pursuant to Section 9.02 or this Section 9.03, the Issuer’s obligations in Article Two and Sections 7.07, 9.05, 9.06, 9.07 and 9.08 shall survive until such time as the Notes have been paid in full.
Thereafter, the Issuer’s obligations in Sections 7.07, 9.05, 9.07 and 9.08 shall survive. 
  

	SECTION 9.04.	Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. 

 The following shall be the
conditions to application of Section 9.02 or Section 9.03 to the outstanding Notes: 
 (1) the Issuer must
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U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants (such opinion shall
be delivered to the Trustee, and upon which the Trustee shall have no liability in relying), to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes outstanding under this Indenture on the stated maturity or on the applicable Redemption
Date, as the case may be, and the Issuer must specify whether such Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular Redemption Date; 

(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States
(upon which the Trustee shall have no liability in relying) confirming that (a) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (b) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a
change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Notes outstanding under this Indenture will not recognize income, gain or loss
for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not
occurred; 
 (3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in
the United States (upon which the Trustee shall have no liability in relying) confirming that the Holders of the Notes outstanding under this Indenture will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such
Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred; 

(4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or
Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) or insofar as Events of Default from bankruptcy or insolvency events are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;

 (5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default
under any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is bound; 

(6) the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuer
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 (7) the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. 
  

	SECTION 9.05.	Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations To Be Held in Trust. 

 All money and
U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.04 in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such
Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agents, to the Holders of such Notes, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest, but such money need not
be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. 
 The Issuer and the Guarantors shall (on a joint and several basis)
pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 9.04 or the principal, premium, if any, and interest received in respect thereof
other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes. 
 Anything in this
Article Nine to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon a written request of the Issuer any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 9.04 which, in
the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an
equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. 
  

	SECTION 9.06.	Reinstatement. 

 If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or
U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 9.01, 9.02 or 9.03 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, each Issuer’s and each Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article Nine until such time as the
Trustee or such Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 9.01; provided that if the Issuer or the Guarantors have made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or
accrued interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of their obligations, the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or U.S.
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	SECTION 9.07.	Moneys Held by Paying Agent. 

 In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture, all moneys and U.S. Government Obligations then held by any Paying Agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon written demand of the Issuer, be paid or delivered to the Trustee, or if sufficient moneys and U.S.
Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 9.04, to the Issuer upon a request of the Issuer (or, if such moneys and U.S. Government Obligations had been deposited by the Guarantors, to such Guarantors), and thereupon such
Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys. 
  

	SECTION 9.08.	Moneys Held by Trustee. 

 Any moneys and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the
Trustee or any Paying Agent or then held by the Issuer or the Guarantors in trust for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any Note that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the Holder of such Note for two years
after the date upon which the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on such Note shall have respectively become due and payable shall be repaid or returned to the Issuer (or, if appropriate, the Guarantors) upon a written request of the
Issuer, or if such moneys and U.S. Government Obligations are then held by the Issuer or the Guarantors in trust, such moneys and U.S. Government Obligations shall be released from such trust; and the Holder of such Note entitled to receive such
payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer and the Guarantors for the payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust moneys and U.S. Government Obligations
shall thereupon cease. 
 GUARANTEE OF SECURITIES 
  

	SECTION 9.09.	Guarantee. 

 The Guarantors, by execution of this Indenture, jointly and severally,
guarantee to each Holder and to the Trustee (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on each Note, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise,
the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, to the extent lawful, and the due and punctual payment of all other obligations and due and punctual performance of all obligations of the Issuer to the
Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms of such Note and this Indenture and (ii) in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in
full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Each Guarantor, by execution of this Indenture, agrees that, subject only to the applicable provisions, if any, of
Section 9.14, its obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of any such Note or this Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions
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any such Note or this Indenture, any waiver, modification or indulgence granted to the Issuer with respect thereto by the Holder of such Note, or any other circumstances which may otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or such Guarantor. Each Guarantor further agrees that its Note Guarantee herein constitutes a Guarantee of payment when due (and not a Guarantee of collection). 

Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand for payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy
of the Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, protest or notice with respect to any such Note or the Indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged as
to any such Note except by payment in full of the principal thereof and interest thereon. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that, as between such Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Six for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby,
and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article Six, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by each Guarantor for the purpose of this
Guarantee. 
 The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right
does not impair the rights of the Trustee or any Holder under the Note Guarantees. 
  

	SECTION 9.10.	Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee. 

 To further evidence the Note Guarantee set
forth in Section 9.09, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Note Guarantee, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G, shall be endorsed on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and such
Note Guarantee shall be executed by either manual or facsimile signature of an Officer of each Guarantor. The validity and enforceability of any Note Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact that it is not affixed to any particular Note. 

Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 9.09 shall be in full force and effect notwithstanding
any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee. 
 If an Officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on this Indenture
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 The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall
constitute due delivery of any Note Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantor. 
  

	SECTION 9.11.	Release of Guarantors. 

 (a) A Note Guarantee of a Guarantor will be unconditionally
and automatically released and discharged upon any of the following: 
 (1) any Transfer (including, without limitation, by
way of consolidation or merger) by any Guarantor to any Person that is not a Guarantor of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of, such Guarantor; provided that such Guarantor is also released from all of its obligations in
respect of Indebtedness under each Credit Facility and any other Indebtedness that gave rise to the obligation to provide such Note Guarantee; or 

(2) any Transfer directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, by way of consolidation or merger) to any Person that
is not a Guarantor of Equity Interests of a Guarantor or any issuance by a Guarantor of its Equity Interests, such that such Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary; provided that such Guarantor is also released from all of its obligations in
respect of Indebtedness under each Credit Facility and any other Indebtedness that gave rise to the obligation to provide such Note Guarantee; or 

(3) the release of such Guarantor from all guarantee obligations of such Guarantor in respect of other Indebtedness that gave
rise (or would give rise) to the obligation to provide such Note Guarantee; or 
 (4) upon Legal Defeasance, Covenant
Defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture in accordance with Article Nine; or 
 (5) such Guarantor is
designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. 
 (b) No such release or discharge of a Note
Guarantee of a Guarantor shall be effective against the Trustee or the Holders of Notes to which such Note Guarantee relates (i) if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under this Indenture as of the time of such
proposed release until such time as such Default or Event of Default is cured and waived (unless such release is in connection with the sale of the Equity Interests in such Guarantor constituting collateral for a Credit Facility in connection with
the exercise of remedies against such Equity Interests or in connection with a Transfer permitted by this Indenture if, but for the existence of such Default or Event of Default, such Guarantor would otherwise be entitled to be released from its
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and (ii) until the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this
Indenture relating to such transactions have been complied with and that such release and discharge is authorized and permitted under this Indenture. 

(c) If the Note Guarantee of any Guarantor is deemed to be released or is automatically released, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate stating the identity of the released Guarantor, the basis for release in reasonable detail, and that such release complies with this Indenture. At the written request of the Issuer, and upon delivery to the Trustee of an
Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that a Guarantor has been released and that execution by the Trustee of an appropriate instrument evidencing the release of such Guarantor from its Guarantee complies with this
Indenture, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by either the Issuer or a Guarantor in order to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee endorsed on the Notes and under this Article Nine
(it being understood that the failure to obtain any such instrument shall not impair any automatic release pursuant to this Section 9.11). 
  

	SECTION 9.12.	Waiver of Subrogation. 

 Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any claim or other
rights which it may now or hereafter acquire against the Issuer that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of such Guarantor’s obligations under its Note Guarantee and this Indenture, including, without limitation, any
right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification, and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of any Holder of Notes against the Issuer, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity, or under contract, statute
or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Issuer, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or Note on account of such claim or other rights. If any
amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence and the Notes shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall have been deemed to have been paid to such Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust for the benefit
of, the Holders of the Notes, and shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the benefit of such Holders to be credited and applied upon the Notes, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Each Guarantor
acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the waiver set forth in this Section 10.14 is knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits. 

 

	SECTION 9.13.	Notice to Trustee. 

 The Issuer or any Guarantor shall give prompt written notice to
the Trustee of any fact known to such Issuer or any such Guarantor which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office in respect of the Note Guarantees. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article
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the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Note Guarantees, unless and
until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Issuer no later than three Business Days prior to such payment; and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of this Section 9.13, and subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received
the notice referred to in this Section 9.13 at least three Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such payment may become payable for any purpose under this Indenture (including, without limitation, the payment of
the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purpose for which such
money was received and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it less than three Business Days prior to such date. 
  

	SECTION 9.14.	Limitation on Guarantor’s Liability. 

 Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance
hereof, each Holder and the Trustee, hereby confirm that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of a Guarantor does not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Title 11 of the United States Code, as
amended, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar U.S. Federal or state or other applicable law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, each Holder and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the
obligations of a Guarantor under its Note Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor result in the obligations of such Guarantor not constituting such
a fraudulent transfer or conveyance. 
 ARTICLE TEN 

MISCELLANEOUS 
  

	SECTION 10.01.	Trust Indenture Act Controls. 

 If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or
conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies any TIA provision that may be so modified, such TIA provision shall be
deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified. If any provision of this Indenture excludes any TIA provision that may be so excluded, such TIA provision shall be excluded from this Indenture. 

  
  

 

  
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 The provisions of TIA §§ 310 through 317 that impose duties on any Person
(including the provisions automatically deemed included unless expressly excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture, whether or not physically contained herein. 

 

	SECTION 10.02.	Notices. 

 Except for notice or communications to Holders, any notice or communication
shall be given in writing in English and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, addressed as follows: 

If to the Issuer or any Guarantor: 

James Hardie International Finance Limited 

Europa House 2nd Floor 

Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Street 

Dublin 2, Ireland 
 Facsimile:
+353-1-479-1128 
 E-mail: treasury@jameshardie.com 

Attention: The Treasurer 
 With
copies to: 
 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 

200 Park Avenue 
 New York, New
York 10166 
 Facsimile: (212) 351-5237 

Attention: Andrew L. Fabens, Esq. 

If to the Trustee: 
 Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas 
 60 Wall Street, 16th Floor 

MS: NYC60-1630 
 New York, New
York 10005 
 Facsimile: 732-578-4635 

Attention: Corporates Team – James Hardie International Finance Limited 

  
  

 

  
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 With copies to: 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas 

c/o Deutsche Bank National Trust Company 

100 Plaza One, 6th Floor 

MS: JCY03-0699 
 Jersey City,
New Jersey 
 Facsimile: 732-578-4635 

Attention: Corporates Team – James Hardie International Finance Limited 

The Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee by written notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent
notices or communications. 
 All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given at
the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five (5) calendar days after mailing if sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid (except that a notice of change of address shall not be deemed to have been given until actually
received by the addressee); when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery. 

The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions, directions, reports, notices and other communications or information pursuant to this
Indenture sent by unsecured electronic transmissions (including email and .pdf attachments); provided that (i) the Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to verify or confirm that the Person sending instructions, directions,
reports, notices or other communications or information by electronic transmission is, in fact, a Person authorized to give such instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information on behalf of the party purporting to
send such electronic transmission; and the Trustee shall not have any liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses incurred or sustained directly or indirectly by any party as a result of such reliance upon or compliance with such
instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information and (ii) each other party agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of electronic methods to submit instructions, directions, reports, notices or other
communications or information to the Trustee, including the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, notices, reports or other communications or information, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties. If the party
elects to give the Trustee email or facsimilie instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be
deemed controlling. 
 Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt
requested, sent in accordance with the Depository’s applicable procedures in the case of a Global Note, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar (or to the extent
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Notes, sent electronically in .pdf format). Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA § 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to
mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) to a
Holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depository (or its designee) pursuant to the standing instructions from the Depository or its designee, including by electronic mail in
accordance with the Depository’s applicable procedures. 
 If a notice or communication to a Holder is mailed in the manner provided
above, it shall be deemed duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it. 
 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any
notice to the Trustee shall be deemed given when actually received. 
  

	SECTION 10.03.	Communications by Holders with Other Holders. 

 Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA
§ 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar, each Agent and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c). 

 

	SECTION 10.04.	Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. 

 Upon any request or application
by the Issuer or any Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, such Issuer or such Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee: 

(1) an Officer’s Certificate (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 10.05 below) stating that, in
the opinion of the signatory, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and 

(2) an Opinion of Counsel (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 10.05 below) stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been complied with. 
  

	SECTION 10.05.	Statements Required in Certificate and Opinion. 

 Each certificate and opinion with
respect to compliance by or on behalf of the Issuer or any Guarantor with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include: 

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 (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; 
 (3) a statement
that, in the opinion of such Person, it or he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable it or him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and 

(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such covenant or condition has been complied with. 

 

	SECTION 10.06.	Rules by Trustee and Agents. 

 The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or
meetings of Noteholders. The Registrar and Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for their functions. 
  

	SECTION 10.07.	Business Days; Legal Holidays. 

 A “Business Day” is a day that is not
a Legal Holiday. A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York, the State of New York are authorized or required by law to close. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a
place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. 
  

	SECTION 10.08.	Governing Law. 

 This Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, but without giving effect to applicable principles of conflicts of law to the extent that the application of the law of another jurisdiction would be required thereby. 

 

	SECTION 10.09.	No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. 

 This Indenture may not be used to
interpret another indenture, loan, security or debt agreement of the Issuer or any Subsidiary thereof. No such indenture, loan, security or debt agreement may be used to interpret this Indenture. 

 

	SECTION 10.10.	Successors. 

 All agreements of the Issuer and the Guarantors in this Indenture and the
Notes shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee, any additional trustee and any Agents in this Indenture shall bind its successor. 

  
  

 

  
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	SECTION 10.11.	Multiple Counterparts. 

 The parties may sign multiple counterparts of this Indenture.
Each signed counterpart shall be deemed an original, but all of them together represent one and the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution
and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all
purposes. 
  

	SECTION 10.12.	Table of Contents, Headings, etc. 

 The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and
headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. 

 

	SECTION 10.13.	Separability. 

 Each provision of this Indenture shall be considered separable and if
for any reason any provision which is not essential to the effectuation of the basic purpose of this Indenture or the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not
in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 
  

	SECTION 10.14.	Waiver of Jury Trial. 

 THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE, AND EACH HOLDER OF
A NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES, THE NOTE GUARANTEES OR ANY
TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. 
  

	SECTION 10.15.	Consent to Jurisdiction and Service. 

 Each of the Issuer and any Guarantor not
organized in the United States hereby appoint CT Corporation as its agent for service of process in any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees and for actions brought under the U.S. federal or
state securities laws brought in any U.S. federal or state court located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York. In relation to any legal action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Indenture, the Notes and the Note
Guarantees, the Issuer and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, County and State of New York, United States. 

  
  

 

  
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	SECTION 10.16.	Force Majeure. 

 The Trustee shall not incur any liability for not performing any act
or fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility hereunder by reason of any occurrence beyond the control of the Trustee (including but not limited to any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, any
act of God or war, civil unrest, local or national disturbance or disaster, any act of terrorism, or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility). 

 

	SECTION 10.17.	U.S.A. Patriot Act. 

 In order to comply with the laws, rules, regulations and
executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including, without limitation, those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering, including Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act of the
United States (“Applicable Law”), the Trustee is required to obtain, verify, record and update certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the Trustee. Accordingly, each of the
parties agree to provide to the Trustee, upon their request from time to time such identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to enable the Trustee to comply with Applicable Law. 

[Signature Pages Follow] 

  
  

 

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

			
	JAMES HARDIE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LIMITED,
	as Issuer
		
	By:		 /s/ Lorcan Murtagh

			Name: Lorcan Murtagh
			Title:
	
	GUARANTORS:
	
	 JAMES HARDIE INTERNATIONAL GROUP LIMITED,

as a Guarantor

		
	By:		 /s/ Lorcan Murtagh

			Name: Lorcan Murtagh
			Title:
	
	 JAMES HARDIE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED,

as a Guarantor

		
	By:		 /s/ Lorcan Murtagh

			Name: Lorcan Murtagh
			Title:
	
	 JAMES HARDIE BUILDING PRODUCTS INC.,

as a Guarantor

		
	By:		 /s/ Matthew Marsh

			Name: Matthew Marsh
			Title: CFO

 [Signature Page to James Hardie Indenture] 

  
  

 

			
	DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
		
	By:		Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
		
	By:		 /s/ Jacqueline Bartnick

			Name:  Jacqueline Bartnick
			Title:    Director
		
	By:  		 /s/ Annie Jaghatspanyan

			Name:  Annie Jaghatspanyan
			Title: Vice President

  
 [Signature Page to James
Hardie Indenture] 
  
  

 EXHIBIT A-1 

[FORM OF RESTRICTED NOTE] 

JAMES HARDIE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LIMITED 

5.875% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2023 

[Insert Global Note Legend, if applicable] 

[Insert Private Placement Legend] 

 

			
	No. [    ]		CUSIP No. [            ]
			ISIN No. [            ]
			$[            ]

 JAMES HARDIE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LIMITED, a private limited company duly incorporated under the laws of
Ireland (the “Issuer”), for value received promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns the principal sum of [            ] (or such other principal amount
as shall be set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in Global Note attached hereto), on February 15, 2023. 
 Interest Payment
Dates:    February 15 and August 15, commencing August 15, 2015. 
 Record
Dates:      February 1 and August 1 (whether or not a Business Day). 
 Reference is made to the
further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 

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

			
	JAMES HARDIE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LIMITED
		
	By:  		  

			Name:
			Title:

  
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 Certificate of Authentication 

This is one of the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2023 referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 

 

			
	DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
	as Trustee
		
	By:		Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
		
	By:  		  

			Authorized Signatory

 Dated: February 10, 2015 

  
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 [FORM OF REVERSE OF RESTRICTED NOTE] 

JAMES HARDIE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LIMITED 

5.875% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2023 
 1.
Interest. JAMES HARDIE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LIMITED, a private limited company duly incorporated under the laws of Ireland (the “Issuer”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount set forth on the face hereof at a
rate of 5.875% per annum. Interest hereon will accrue from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including February 10, 2015 to but excluding the date on which
interest is paid. Interest shall be payable in arrears on each February 15 and August 15, commencing August 15, 2015. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and, in the case of an incomplete
month, the actual days elapsed. The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal and on overdue interest (to the full extent permitted by law) at the rate borne by the Notes. 

2. Method of Payment. The Issuer will pay interest hereon (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at the
close of business on February 1 or August 1 preceding the Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). Holders of Physical Notes must surrender such Physical Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. Prior to 10:00
A.M., New York City time, on each Interest Payment Date and Maturity Date, the Issuer shall have deposited with the Paying Agent in immediately available funds U.S. Dollars sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date
or Maturity Date, as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits such Paying Agents to remit payment to the Holders on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be. The principal and interest on Global Notes shall be payable
to the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as the sole registered owner and the sole Holder of the Global Notes represented thereby. The principal and interest on Physical Notes shall be payable, either in person, by wire transfer or by
mail, at the office of the Paying Agent, such payment information to be received by the Paying Agent at least 15 days prior to the applicable payment date. Final payment of principal at maturity with respect to a Physical Note will only be made by
the Trustee upon surrender of the related Note to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office. 
 3. Paying Agent and Registrar.
Initially, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the “Trustee”) will act as a Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to the Holders. The Issuer or any Affiliate thereof
may act as Paying Agent or Registrar. 
 4. Indenture. The Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of February 10,
2015 (the “Indenture”) among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee. This is one of an issue of Notes of the Issuer issued, or to be issued, under the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and
those made part of the Indenture 

  
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by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as amended from time to time. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to
the Indenture and such Act for a statement of them. Capitalized and certain other terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the Indenture. 

5. Optional Redemption. 

At any time prior to February 15, 2018, the Issuer may on any one or more occasions redeem up to (i) 35% of the original aggregate
principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture on the Issue Date and (ii) all or a portion of any Additional Notes issued after the Issue Date, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to Holders of Notes, at a redemption
price equal to 105.875% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the Redemption Date, with an amount of cash no greater than the cash proceeds (net of underwriting discounts and
commissions) of all Equity Offerings by Holdings since the Issue Date; provided that: 
 (1) at least 65% (calculated after
giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) of the original aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture (excluding Notes held by the Issuer, Holdings and Holdings’ Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after
the occurrence of such redemption; and 
 (2) the redemption occurs within 120 days of the date of the closing of such
Equity Offering. 
 In addition, prior to February 15, 2018, the Issuer may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the applicable Make-Whole Redemption Date (subject to the rights of Holders of Notes to be redeemed on or after a record date
for the payment of interest to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date), plus the applicable Make-Whole Premium (a “Make-Whole Redemption”). The Issuer shall notify the Trustee of the Make-Whole Premium by delivering
to the Trustee promptly after the calculation of such Make-Whole Premium, on or before the applicable Redemption Date, an Officer’s Certificate showing the calculation thereof in reasonable detail, and the Trustee shall have no responsibility
for verifying or otherwise for such calculation or calculation of any redemption price or the Make-Whole Premium. 
 On or after
February 15, 2018, the Issuer may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to Holders of Notes, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal
amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to but excluding the applicable Redemption Date (subject to the rights of Holders of Notes to be redeemed on or after a record date for the payment of interest
to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date), if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on February 15 of the years indicated below: 

  
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	 Year
		 Percentage

	 2018
		104.406%
	 2019
		102.938%
	 2020
		101.469%
	 2021 and thereafter
		100.000%

 The Issuer may, at its option, at any time upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to
Holders of Notes, redeem all (but not less than all) of the Notes then outstanding, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to but excluding the applicable
Redemption Date (subject to the rights of Holders of Notes to be redeemed on or after a record date for the payment of interest to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date), and all Additional Amounts, if any, then due and which shall
become due on the applicable Redemption Date as a result of the redemption or otherwise, if the Issuer reasonably determines in good faith that, as a result of a Change in Tax Law, the Issuer is, or on the next Interest Payment Date in respect of
the Notes would be, required to pay any Additional Amounts, and such obligation to pay Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by taking reasonable measures available to the Issuer (including, without limitation, making payment through a paying agent
located in another jurisdiction). 
 For the avoidance of doubt, the Notes shall not be redeemable due to a Change in Tax Law because the
Notes have not been listed or fail to remain listed on the Irish Stock Exchange, unless such failure is caused by a Change in Tax Law that otherwise could serve as a basis for redemption of the Notes due to a Change in Tax Law. 

The foregoing provisions related to redemption due to a Change in Tax Law shall apply mutatis mutandis to any successor to the Issuer.

 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph 5, the payment of accrued but unpaid interest in connection with the
redemption of Notes is subject to the rights of a Holder of Notes on a record date for the payment of interest whose Notes are to be redeemed on or after such record date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date to receive interest on
such Interest Payment Date. 
 6. Notice of Redemption. Notices of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail at least 30 but
not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address (or to the extent permitted or required by applicable Depository procedures or regulations with respect to Global Notes, sent
electronically in .pdf format). The Issuer may instruct the Trustee in writing to send the notice of redemption in the name or and at the expense of the Issuer provided the Trustee receives such written instruction at least 15 days (or such shorter
time as the Trustee may agree) prior to the date such notice of redemption is to be sent. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed. Any redemption and notice thereof may, in the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent described in the notice relating to such redemption. 

  
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 7. Offers To Purchase. The Indenture provides that upon the occurrence of a Change of
Control or an Asset Disposition and subject to further limitations contained therein, the Issuer shall make an offer to purchase outstanding Notes in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. 

8. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $200,000 and any integral
multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to
pay to it any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Issuer shall not be required to (i) transfer or exchange any Note selected for redemption or (ii) transfer or exchange any note for a period of 15 days before
a mailing of notice of redemption. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes or portion of a Note selected for redemption, or register the transfer of or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days before a mailing of
notice of redemption. 
 9. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of this Note for
all purposes. 
 10. Unclaimed Money. If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee
will pay the money back to the Issuer at its written request. After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer and the Guarantors for payment as general creditors unless an “abandoned property” law designates another
Person. 
 11. Amendment, Supplement, Waiver, Etc. The Issuer and the Trustee may, without the consent of the Holders of any
outstanding Notes, amend, waive or supplement the Indenture or the Notes for certain specified purposes, including, among other things, curing ambiguities, omissions, defects or inconsistencies, maintaining the qualification of the Indenture under
the TIA, providing for the assumption by a successor to the Issuer of its obligations to the Holders and making any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect. Other amendments and modifications of the
Indenture or the Notes may be made by the Issuer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, subject to certain exceptions requiring the consent of the
Holders of the particular Notes to be affected. 
 12. Restrictive Covenants. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the
ability of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries to, among other things, create liens, make Restricted Payments, enter into Sale and Leaseback Transactions or consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and its
Subsidiaries and requires the Issuer to provide reports to Holders of the Notes. Such limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. Pursuant to Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Issuer must annually report to
the Trustee on compliance with such limitations. 

  
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 13. Successor Corporation. When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of
its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture and the transaction complies with the terms of Article Five of the Indenture, the predecessor corporation will, except as provided in Article Five, be released from those obligations. 

14. Defaults and Remedies. Events of Default are set forth in the Indenture. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing under the
Indenture, either the Trustee, by notice in writing to the Issuer, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by notice in writing to the Issuer and the Trustee specifying the respective Event of
Default and that it is a “notice of acceleration”, may declare the principal of and premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any, on the Notes to be due and payable, and upon such declaration of acceleration, such principal of and
premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any, shall be immediately due and payable; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(7) occurs with respect to the Issuer,
the principal of and premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any, on the Notes then outstanding shall become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if after such acceleration but before a judgment or decree based on such acceleration is obtained by the
Trustee, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes may rescind and annul such acceleration if: 

(1) all Events of Default, other than nonpayment of principal, premium, if any, or interest that has become due solely because
of the acceleration, have been cured or waived; 
 (2) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on
overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid; 

(3) the Issuer has paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and
advances; and 
 (4) in the event of the cure or waiver of an Event of Default of the type described in
Section 6.01(7), the Trustee shall have received an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel that such Event of Default has been cured or waived. 

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto. 

Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it
before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The

  
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Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes) if
it determines that withholding notice is in their best interests. 
 15. Trustee Dealings with the Issuer. The Trustee, in its
individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from and perform services for the Issuer or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates, as if it were not Trustee. 

16. No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Parent, any Guarantor, the Issuer
or of any other Subsidiary of the Parent, or any affiliate of the foregoing, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture or the Note Guarantees or for any claim based on, in
respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. This waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws. 

17. Discharge. The Issuer’s obligations pursuant to the Indenture will be discharged, except for obligations pursuant to certain
sections thereof, subject to the terms of the Indenture, upon the payment of all the Notes or upon the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee of cash in U.S. Dollars, U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be
sufficient to pay when due principal of and interest on the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be. 
 18. Guarantees.
From and after the Issue Date, the Notes will be entitled to the benefits of certain Note Guarantees made for the benefit of the Holders. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights,
duties and obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders. 
 19. Authentication. This Note shall not be
valid until the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note. 
 20. Governing Law. THIS
NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE
REQUIRED THEREBY. 
 21. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (=
tenants in common), TENANT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act). 

  
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 The Issuer will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture. Requests may be made to: 
 James Hardie International Finance Limited 

Europa House 2nd Floor 

Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Street 

Dublin 2, Ireland 
 Facsimile:
+353-1-479-1128 
 E-mail: treasury@jameshardie.com 

Attention: The Treasurer 

  
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 ASSIGNMENT 

I or we assign and transfer this Note to: 
  

 
 (Insert assignee’s social
security or tax I.D. number) 
  
  

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

			
	and irrevocably appoint		  

 Agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The Agent may substitute another to act for him. 

 

									
	Date: 		  
				Your Signature: 		  

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

 Signature
Guarantee:                                       
                                  

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

  
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 OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE 

If you want to elect to have all or any part of this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.08 or Section 4.09 check
the appropriate box: 
  ̈        
Section 4.08                         ̈      
  Section 4.09 
 If you want to have only part of the Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.08 or
Section 4.09 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased: 

$                         
                                    

($200,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 

in excess thereof; provided that the part not 

purchased must be at least $200,000) 

Date:                         
                            

 

			
	Your Signature: 		  

			(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

  

                          
                                         
      
                 Signature Guaranteed

 SIGNATURE GUARANTEE 

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

  
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 SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF
INTERESTS IN GLOBAL NOTE* 

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Physical Note, or exchanges of a part
of another Global Note or Physical Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made: 
  

									
	 Date of Exchange
		 Amount of decrease in

Principal Amount
 of

this Global Note
		 Amount of increase in

Principal Amount
 of

this Global Note
		 Principal Amount

of this Global Note
 following
such
 decrease

(or increase)
		 Signature of authorized

signatory of Trustee

 
  
  

 
  

* Insert in Global Securities only. 

  
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 EXHIBIT A-2 

[FORM OF UNRESTRICTED NOTE] 

JAMES HARDIE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LIMITED 

5.875% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2023 

[Insert Global Note Legend, if applicable] 

 

			
	No. [    ]		CUSIP No. [            ]
			ISIN No. [            ]
			$[            ]

 JAMES HARDIE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LIMITED, a private limited company duly incorporated under the laws of
Ireland (the “Issuer”), for value received promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns the principal sum of [            ] (or such other principal amount
as shall be set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in Global Note attached hereto), on February 15, 2023. 
 Interest Payment
Dates:    February 15 and August 15, commencing August 15, 2015. 
 Record Dates:    February 1
and August 1 (whether or not a Business Day). 
 Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will
for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Issuer has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by
its duly authorized officer. 
  

			
	JAMES HARDIE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LIMITED
		
	By: 		  

			Name:
			Title:

  
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 Certificate of Authentication 

This is one of the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2023 referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 

 

			
	DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
	as Trustee
		
	By: 		  

 Dated:  February 10, 2015 

  
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 [FORM OF REVERSE OF UNRESTRICTED NOTE] 

JAMES HARDIE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LIMITED 

5.875% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2023 
 1.
Interest. JAMES HARDIE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LIMITED, a private limited company duly incorporated under the laws of Ireland (the “Issuer”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount set forth on the face hereof at a
rate of 5.875% per annum. Interest hereon will accrue from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including February 10, 2015 to but excluding the date on which
interest is paid. Interest shall be payable in arrears on each February 15 and August 15, commencing August 15, 2015. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and, in the case of an incomplete
month, the actual days elapsed. The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal and on overdue interest (to the full extent permitted by law) at the rate borne by the Notes. 

2. Method of Payment. The Issuer will pay interest hereon (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at the
close of business on February 1 or August 1 preceding the Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). Holders of Physical Notes must surrender such Physical Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. Prior to 10:00
A.M., New York City time, on each Interest Payment Date and Maturity Date, the Issuer shall have deposited with the Paying Agent in immediately available funds U.S. Dollars sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date
or Maturity Date, as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits such Paying Agents to remit payment to the Holders on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be. The principal and interest on Global Notes shall be payable
to the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as the sole registered owner and the sole Holder of the Global Notes represented thereby. The principal and interest on Physical Notes shall be payable, either in person, by wire transfer or by
mail, at the office of the Paying Agent, such payment information to be received by the Paying Agent at least 15 days prior to the applicable payment date. Final payment of principal at maturity with respect to a Physical Note will only be made by
the Trustee upon surrender of the related Note to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office. 
 3. Paying Agent and Registrar.
Initially, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the “Trustee”) will act as a Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to the Holders. The Issuer or any Affiliate thereof
may act as Paying Agent or Registrar. 
 4. Indenture. The Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of February 10,
2015 (the “Indenture”) among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee. This is one of an issue of Notes of the Issuer issued, or to be issued, under the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and
those made part of the Indenture 

  
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by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as amended from time to time. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to
the Indenture and such Act for a statement of them. Capitalized and certain other terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the Indenture. 

5. Optional Redemption. 

At any time prior to February 15, 2018, the Issuer may on any one or more occasions redeem up to (i) 35% of the original aggregate
principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture on the Issue Date and (ii) all or a portion of any Additional Notes issued after the Issue Date, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to Holders of Notes, at a redemption
price equal to 105.875% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the Redemption Date, with an amount of cash no greater than the cash proceeds (net of underwriting discounts and
commissions) of all Equity Offerings by Holdings since the Issue Date; provided that: 
 (1) at least 65% (calculated after
giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) of the original aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture (excluding Notes held by the Issuer, Holdings and Holdings’ Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after
the occurrence of such redemption; and 
 (2) the redemption occurs within 120 days of the date of the closing of such
Equity Offering. 
 In addition, prior to February 15, 2018, the Issuer may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the applicable Make-Whole Redemption Date (subject to the rights of Holders of Notes to be redeemed on or after a record date
for the payment of interest to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date), plus the applicable Make-Whole Premium (a “Make-Whole Redemption”). The Issuer shall notify the Trustee of the Make-Whole Premium by delivering
to the Trustee promptly after the calculation of such Make-Whole Premium, on or before the applicable Redemption Date, an Officer’s Certificate showing the calculation thereof in reasonable detail, and the Trustee shall have no responsibility
for verifying or otherwise for such calculation or calculation of the redemption price. 

  
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 On or after February 15, 2018, the Issuer may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a
part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to Holders of Notes, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes
redeemed, to but excluding the applicable Redemption Date (subject to the rights of Holders of Notes to be redeemed on or after a record date for the payment of interest to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date), if redeemed during
the twelve-month period beginning on February 15 of the years indicated below: 
  

			
	 Year
		 Percentage

	 2018
		104.406%
	 2019
		102.938%
	 2020
		101.469%
	 2021 and thereafter
		100.000%

 The Issuer may, at its option, at any time upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to
Holders of Notes, redeem all (but not less than all) of the Notes then outstanding, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to but excluding the applicable
Redemption Date (subject to the rights of Holders of Notes to be redeemed on or after a record date for the payment of interest to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date), and all Additional Amounts, if any, then due and which shall
become due on the applicable Redemption Date as a result of the redemption or otherwise, if the Issuer reasonably determines in good faith that, as a result of a Change in Tax Law, the Issuer is, or on the next Interest Payment Date in respect of
the Notes would be, required to pay any Additional Amounts, and such obligation to pay Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by taking reasonable measures available to the Issuer (including, without limitation, making payment through a paying agent
located in another jurisdiction). 
 For the avoidance of doubt, the Notes shall not be redeemable due to a Change in Tax Law because the
Notes have not been listed or fail to remain listed on the Irish Stock Exchange, unless such failure is caused by a Change in Tax Law that otherwise could serve as a basis for redemption of the Notes due to a Change in Tax Law. 

The foregoing provisions related to redemption due to a Change in Tax Law shall apply mutatis mutandis to any successor to the Issuer.

 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph 5, the payment of accrued but unpaid interest in connection with the
redemption of Notes is subject to the rights of a Holder of Notes on a record date for the payment of interest whose Notes are to be redeemed on or after such record date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date to receive interest on
such Interest Payment Date. 
 6. Notice of Redemption. Notices of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail at least 30 but
not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address (or to the extent permitted or required by applicable Depository procedures or regulations with respect to Global Notes, sent
electronically in .pdf format). The Issuer may instruct the Trustee in writing to send the notice of redemption in the name or and at the expense of the Issuer provided the Trustee receives such written instruction at least 15 days (or such shorter
time as the Trustee may agree) prior to the date such notice of redemption is to be sent. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed. Any redemption and notice thereof may, in the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent described in the notice relating to such redemption. 

  
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 7. Offers To Purchase. The Indenture provides that upon the occurrence of a Change of
Control or an Asset Disposition and subject to further limitations contained therein, the Issuer shall make an offer to purchase outstanding Notes in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. 

8. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $200,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and
to pay to it any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Issuer shall not be required to (i) transfer or exchange any Note selected for redemption or (ii) transfer or exchange any note for a period of 15 days
before a mailing of notice of redemption. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes or portion of a Note selected for redemption, or register the transfer of or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days before a mailing
of notice of redemption. 
 9. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of this Note
for all purposes. 
 10. Unclaimed Money. If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the
Trustee will pay the money back to the Issuer at its written request. After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer and the Guarantors for payment as general creditors unless an “abandoned property” law designates
another Person. 
 11. Amendment, Supplement, Waiver, Etc. The Issuer and the Trustee may, without the consent of the Holders of any
outstanding Notes, amend, waive or supplement the Indenture or the Notes for certain specified purposes, including, among other things, curing ambiguities, omissions, defects or inconsistencies, maintaining the qualification of the Indenture under
the TIA, providing for the assumption by a successor to the Issuer of its obligations to the Holders and making any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect. Other amendments and modifications of the
Indenture or the Notes may be made by the Issuer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, subject to certain exceptions requiring the consent of the
Holders of the particular Notes to be affected. 
 12. Restrictive Covenants. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the
ability of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries to, among other things, create liens, make Restricted Payments, enter into Sale and Leaseback Transactions or consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and its
Subsidiaries and requires the Issuer to provide reports to Holders of the Notes. Such limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. Pursuant to Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Issuer must annually report to
the Trustee on compliance with such limitations. 

  
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 13. Successor Corporation. When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of
its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture and the transaction complies with the terms of Article Five of the Indenture, the predecessor corporation will, except as provided in Article Five, be released from those obligations. 

14. Defaults and Remedies. Events of Default are set forth in the Indenture. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing under the
Indenture, either the Trustee, by notice in writing to the Issuer, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by notice in writing to the Issuer and the Trustee specifying the respective Event of
Default and that it is a “notice of acceleration”, may declare the principal of and premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any, on the Notes to be due and payable, and upon such declaration of acceleration, such principal of and
premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any, shall be immediately due and payable; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(7) occurs with respect to the Issuer, the
principal of and premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any, on the Notes then outstanding shall become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if after such acceleration but before a judgment or decree based on such acceleration is obtained by the
Trustee, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes may rescind and annul such acceleration if: 

(1) all Events of Default, other than nonpayment of principal, premium, if any, or interest that has become due solely because
of the acceleration, have been cured or waived; 
 (2) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on
overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid; 

(3) the Issuer has paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and
advances; and 
 (4) in the event of the cure or waiver of an Event of Default of the type described in
Section 6.01(7), the Trustee shall have received an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel that such Event of Default has been cured or waived. 

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto. 

Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it
before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The

  
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Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes) if
it determines that withholding notice is in their best interests. 
 15. Trustee Dealings with the Issuer. The Trustee, in its
individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from and perform services for the Issuer or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates, as if it were not Trustee. 

16. No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Parent, any Guarantor, the Issuer
or of any other Subsidiary of the Parent, or any affiliate of the foregoing, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture or the Note Guarantees or for any claim based on, in
respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. This waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws. 

17. Discharge. The Issuer’s obligations pursuant to the Indenture will be discharged, except for obligations pursuant to certain
sections thereof, subject to the terms of the Indenture, upon the payment of all the Notes or upon the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee of cash in U.S. Dollars, U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be
sufficient to pay when due principal of and interest on the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be. 
 18. Guarantees.
From and after the Issue Date, the Notes will be entitled to the benefits of certain Note Guarantees made for the benefit of the Holders. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights,
duties and obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders. 
 19. Authentication. This Note shall not be
valid until the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note. 
 20. Governing Law. THIS
NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE
REQUIRED THEREBY. 
 21. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (=
tenants in common), TENANT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act). 

  
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 The Issuer will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture. Requests may be made to: 
 James Hardie International Finance Limited 

Europa House 2nd Floor 

Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Street 

Dublin 2, Ireland 
 Facsimile:
+353-1-479-1128 
 E-mail: treasury@jameshardie.com 

Attention: The Treasurer 

  
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 ASSIGNMENT 

I or we assign and transfer this Note to: 
  

 
 (Insert assignee’s social
security or tax I.D. number) 
  
  

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

			
	and irrevocably appoint		  

 Agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The Agent may substitute another to act for him. 

 

									
	Date: 		  
				Your Signature: 		  

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

 Signature
Guarantee:                                       
                                  

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

  
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 OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE 

If you want to elect to have all or any part of this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.08 or Section 4.09 of the
Indenture, check the appropriate box: 

 ̈        Section 4.08     
                            ̈      
  Section 4.09 
 If you want to have only part of the Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.08 or
Section 4.09 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased: 

$                         
                                         
   
 ($200,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 

in excess thereof; provided that the part not 

purchased must be at least $200,000) 

Date:                         
                                      

 

			
	Your Signature:  		  

			(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

  

                          
                                         
      
                 Signature Guaranteed

 SIGNATURE GUARANTEE 

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

  
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 SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF
INTERESTS IN GLOBAL NOTE* 

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Physical Note, or exchanges of a part
of another Global Note or Physical Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made: 
  

									
	 Date of Exchange
		 Amount of decrease in

Principal Amount
 of

this Global Note
		 Amount of increase in

Principal Amount
 of

this Global Note
		 Principal Amount

of this Global Note
 following
such
 decrease

(or increase)
		 Signature of authorized

signatory of Trustee

 
  
  

 

* Insert in Global Securities only. 

  
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 EXHIBIT B 

[FORM OF LEGEND FOR RESTRICTED SECURITIES] 

Any Restricted Note authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend (which would be in addition to any other legends required in
the case of a Global Note) in substantially the following form: 
 THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED
IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF
SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A
THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (1)(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF APPLICABLE) OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE ISSUER IF THE ISSUER SO
REQUESTS), (2) TO THE ISSUER OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND
(B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A) ABOVE. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE
EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 FOR RESALE OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY. 

  
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 EXHIBIT C 

[FORM OF LEGEND FOR GLOBAL NOTE] 

Any Global Note authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend (which would be in addition to any other legends required in the
case of a Restricted Note) in substantially the following form: 
 THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY. THIS NOTE IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITORY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. 
 UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR
OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 

  
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 EXHIBIT D 

[FORM OF LEGEND FOR REGULATION S NOTE] 

Any Regulation S Note authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend (which would be in addition to any other legends required in
the case of a Restricted Note) in substantially the following form: 
 “BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT
IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON, AND IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.” 

  
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 EXHIBIT E 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER 
 James
Hardie International Finance Limited 
 Europa House 2nd Floor 

Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Street 
 Dublin 2, Ireland 

Facsimile: +353-1-479-1128 
 E-mail: treasury@jameshardie.com 

Attention: The Treasurer 
 Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

 c/o DB Services Americas, Inc. 
 MS JCK01-0218 

5022 Gate Parkway, Suite 200 
 Jacksonville, FL 32256 

Facsimile: 615-866-3889 
 Attention: Transfer Unit 

re: James Hardie International Finance Limited 

Re:         5.875% Senior Notes due 2023 

(CUSIP
                                    ) 

(ISIN
                                       ) 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of February 10, 2015 (the “Indenture”), by and among James Hardie International
Finance Limited (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. 

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

1.  ̈ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note
or a Physical Note pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected  

  
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pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further
certifies that the beneficial interest or Physical Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Physical Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts
with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and
such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Physical
Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Rule 144A Global Note and/or the Physical Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act. 

2.  ̈ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S
Global Note or a Physical Note pursuant to Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that
(i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed
and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows
that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the
transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S.
Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Physical Note will be subject
to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note and/or the Physical Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act. 

3.  ̈ Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Global
Note or a Physical Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global
Notes and Restricted Physical Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):

 (a)  ̈ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance
with Rule 144 under the Securities Act; 
 or 

  
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 (b)  ̈ such Transfer is being
effected to the Issuer or a Subsidiary thereof; 
 or 

(c)  ̈ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act; 
 or 

(d)  ̈ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A, Rule 144 or Rule 904, and the Transferor hereby further certifies that it has not engaged in any general solicitation within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act
and the Transfer complies with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note or Restricted Physical Notes and the requirements of the exemption claimed, which certification is supported by, if such Transfer
is in respect of a principal amount of Notes at the time of transfer of less than $250,000, an Opinion of Counsel provided by the Transferor or the Transferee (a copy of which the Transferor has attached to this certification), to the effect that
such Transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Physical Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer
enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Global Note and/or the Physical Notes and in the Indenture and the Securities Act. 
 4.  ̈ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or an Unrestricted Physical Note. 

(a)  ̈ Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144. (i) The Transfer is being
effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the
restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture,
the transferred beneficial interest or Physical Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Physical Notes and in the Indenture. 

(b)  ̈ Check if Transfer is pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being
effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and
(ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer

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

(d)  ̈ Check if Transfer is pursuant to an Effective Registration Statement.
(i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and in compliance with the
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation
of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Physical Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted
Global Notes or Restricted Physical Notes and in the Indenture. 
 This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your
benefit and the benefit of the Issuer. 
  

			
	  
 [Insert Name of
Transferor]

		
	By:		  

			Name:
			Title:

Dated:                         
            

  
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 ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER 

 

	1.	The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following: 

 [CHECK ONE] 

 

	 	(a)	 ̈ a beneficial interest in a: 

  

	 	(i)	 ̈ Rule 144A Global Note (CUSIP                     )

(ISIN                     ),
or 
  

	 	(ii)	 ̈ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP                     )

(ISIN                     ),
or 
  

	 	(b)	 ̈ a Restricted Physical Note. 

  

	2.	After the Transfer the Transferee will hold: 

 [CHECK ONE] 

 

	 	(a)	 ̈ a beneficial interest in the: 

  

	 	(i)	 ̈ Rule 144A Global Note (CUSIP                     )

(ISIN                     ),
or 
  

	 	(ii)	 ̈ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP                     )

(ISIN                     ),
or 
  

	 	(iii)	 ̈ Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP                     )

(ISIN                     ),
or 
  

	 	(b)	 ̈ a Restricted Physical Note; or 

  

	 	(c)	 ̈ an Unrestricted Physical Note, 

 in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture. 

  
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 EXHIBIT F 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE 
 James
Hardie International Finance Limited 
 Europa House 2nd Floor 

Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Street 
 Dublin 2, Ireland 

Facsimile: +353-1-479-1128 
 E-mail: treasury@jameshardie.com 

Attention: The Treasurer 
 Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

 c/o DB Services Americas, Inc. 
 MS JCK01-0218 

5022 Gate Parkway, Suite 200 
 Jacksonville, FL 32256 

Facsimile: 615-866-3889 
 Attention: Transfer Unit 

re: James Hardie International Finance Limited 

Re:       5.875% Senior Notes due 2023 

(CUSIP
                            ) 

(ISIN
                               ) 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of February 10, 2015 (the “Indenture”), by and among James Hardie International
Finance Limited (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. 

                     (the
“Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of
                     in such Note[s] or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby
certifies that: 
 1. Exchange of Restricted Physical Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Physical Notes or
Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note 

  
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 (a)  ̈ Check if Exchange is from beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer
restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and
the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws
of any state of the United States. 
 (b)  ̈ Check if Exchange is from Restricted
Physical Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Physical Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the
beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Physical Notes and pursuant to and in accordance
with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being
acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. 
 (c)  ̈ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Physical Note to Unrestricted Physical Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Physical Note for an Unrestricted Physical Note,
the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Physical Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted
Physical Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act
and (iv) the Unrestricted Physical Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. 

2. Exchange of Restricted Physical Notes for Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. 

(a)  ̈ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Physical Note to beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Physical Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE]     Rule 144A Global Note,     
Regulation S Global Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with
the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

  
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Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private
Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act. 

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

			
	  
 [Insert
Name of Owner]

		
	By:		  

			Name:
			Title:

 Dated:
                                 

  
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 EXHIBIT G 

GUARANTEES 
 Each of the
undersigned (the “Guarantors”) hereby jointly and severally unconditionally guarantees, to the extent set forth in the Indenture, dated as of February 10, 2015, by and among James Hardie International Finance Limited (the
“Issuer”), the Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), and subject to the Indenture, (a) the due and punctual
payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal of, and
premium and, to the extent permitted by law, interest, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Issuer to the Noteholders or the Trustee, all in accordance with the terms set forth in Sections 9.09 through 9.14 of the
Indenture, (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal,
whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise and (c) all amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. 
 The
obligations of the Guarantors to the Noteholders and to the Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Sections 9.09 through 9.14 of the Indenture, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise
terms and limitations of this Guarantee. Each Holder of the Note to which this Guarantee is endorsed, by accepting such Note, agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions. 

[Signatures on Following Pages] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Guarantors has caused this Guarantee to be signed by a duly
authorized officer. 
  

			
	 JAMES HARDIE INTERNATIONAL GROUP LIMITED,

as a Guarantor

		
	By:		  

			Name:
			Title:
	
	 JAMES HARDIE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED,

as a Guarantor

		
	By:		  

			Name:
			Title:
	
	 JAMES HARDIE BUILDING PRODUCTS INC.,

as a Guarantor

		
	By:		  

			Name:
			Title:

  
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 EXHIBIT H 

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of
            , among             (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of James Hardie
International Finance Limited (or its permitted successor), a private limited company duly incorporated under the laws of Ireland (the “Issuer”), the Issuer, the other Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”). 

W I T N E S S E T H 

WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture, dated as of February 10, 2015 (the
“Indenture”), providing for the issuance of the Issuer’s 5.875% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”); 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a
supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuer’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Note
Guarantee”); and 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this
Supplemental Indenture. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows: 

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

2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Guarantee on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Note Guarantee and in the Indenture including but not limited to Sections 9.09 through 9.14 thereof. 
 4. NO
RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Parent, any Guarantor, the Issuer or of any other Subsidiary of the Parent, or any affiliate of the foregoing, as such, shall have any liability for any
obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or the Note Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, 

  
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such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. This waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal
securities laws. 
 5. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. 

6. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of
them together represent the same agreement. 
 7. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction hereof. 
 8. THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the
validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Issuer, or for or with respect to (i) the validity or
sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or any of the terms or provisions hereof, (ii) the proper authorization hereof by the Company, the Guarantors or the Guaranteeing Subsidiary by action or otherwise, (iii) the due execution hereof
by the Company, the Guarantors or the Guaranteeing Subsidiary or (iv) the consequences of any amendment herein provided for, and the Trustee makes no representation with respect to any such matters.. 

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

			
	[GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]
		
	By:		  

			Name:
			Title:

  
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	JAMES HARDIE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LIMITED
		
	By:    		  

			Name:
			Title:
	
	[EXISTING GUARANTORS]
		
	By:		  

			Name:
			Title:
	
	 DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Trustee

		
	By:		  

			Name:
			Title:
		
	By:		  

			Name:
			Title:

  
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