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Exhibit 10.8

BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.

1999 NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN

(as amended and restated on October 21, 2005)

     1. Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of this Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan
are:

	 	•	 	to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility,
	 
	 	•	 	to provide additional incentive to Employees and Consultants, and
	 
	 	•	 	to promote the success of the Company’s business.

          Options granted under the Plan will be Nonstatutory Stock Options.

     2. Definitions. As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:

          (a) “Administrator” means the Board or any of its Committees as shall be administering
the Plan, in accordance with Section 4 of the Plan.

          (b) “Applicable Laws” means the requirements relating to the administration of stock
option plans under U.S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, any
stock exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and the applicable
laws of any foreign country or jurisdiction where Options are, or will be, granted under the Plan.

          (c) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

          (d) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

          (e) “Committee” means a committee of Directors appointed by the Board in accordance
with Section 4 of the Plan.

          (f) “Common Stock” means the Common Stock of the Company.

          (g) “Company” means Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

          (h) “Consultant” means any person, including an advisor, engaged by the Company or a
Parent or Subsidiary to render services to such entity.

          (i) “Director” means a member of the Board.

          (j) “Disability” means total and permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3)
of the Code.

          (k) “Employee” means any individual, including Officers, employed by the Company or
any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. For purposes of the Plan, the employment relationship
shall be treated as continuing intact while the individual (i) is on any bona fide leave of absence
approved by the Company or (ii) transfers between locations of the Company or between the Company,
its Parent, any Subsidiary, or any successor. Neither service as a Director nor payment of a
director’s fee by the Company shall be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company.

          (l) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

          (m) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of Common Stock determined as
follows:

               (i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market
system, including without limitation the Nasdaq National Market or The Nasdaq SmallCap Market of
The Nasdaq Stock Market, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or
the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system for the last
market trading day on the date of such determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or
such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;

 

 

               (ii) If the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling
prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a Share of Common Stock shall be the mean between
the high bid and low asked prices for the Common Stock on the last market trading day prior to the
day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the
Administrator deems reliable;

               (iii) In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value
shall be determined in good faith by the Administrator.

          (n) “Notice of Grant” means a written or electronic notice evidencing certain terms
and conditions of an individual Option grant. The Notice of Grant is part of the Option Agreement.

          (o) “Officer” means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of
Nasdaq guidelines, including all employees with the corporate rank of vice-president or higher, and
employees with lesser rank but comparable authority.

          (p) “Option” means a nonstatutory stock option granted pursuant to the Plan that is
not intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code
and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

          (q) “Option Agreement” means an agreement between the Company and an Optionee
evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option grant. The Option Agreement is subject
to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

          (r) “Optioned Stock” means the Common Stock subject to an Option.

          (s) “Optionee” means the holder of an outstanding Option granted under the Plan.

          (t) “Parent” means a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as
defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

          (u) “Plan” means this 1999 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan.

          (v) “Service Provider” means an Employee, Consultant or Director.

          (w) “Share” means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section
12 of the Plan.

          (x) “Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing,
as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

     3. Stock Subject to the Plan. Subject to the provisions of Section 12 of the Plan,
the maximum aggregate number of Shares, which may be optioned and sold under the Plan, is fifty-one
million four hundred thousand (51,400,000)* Shares. The Shares may be authorized, but unissued, or
reacquired Common Stock.

     If an Option expires or becomes unexercisable without having been exercised in full, the
unpurchased Shares, which were subject thereto, shall become available for future grant or sale
under the Plan (unless the Plan has terminated).

 

			
	*	 	As adjusted from original authorization of 1,000,000 shares for: (i) 2/2/99 2:1 stock
split; and (ii) increased by BOD to 5,000,000 shares on 1/21/00; and (iii) as adjusted for
additional 2:1 stock split; and (iv) as further increased by BOD to 14,200,000 shares on 11/3/00; and (v) as further adjusted for additional 2:1 stock
split on 12/21/00; and (vi) as further increased by 23,000,000 shares by BOD on 2/21/01.

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     4. Administration of the Plan.

          (a) Administration. The Plan shall be administered by (i) the Board or (ii) a
Committee, which Committee shall be constituted to satisfy Applicable Laws.

          (b) Powers of the Administrator. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, and in the
case of a Committee, subject to the specific duties delegated by the Board to such Committee, the
Administrator shall have the authority, in its discretion:

               (i) to determine the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock;

               (ii) to select the Service Providers to whom Options may be granted hereunder;

               (iii) to determine whether and to what extent Options are granted hereunder;

               (iv) to determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by each Option granted
hereunder;

               (v) to approve forms of agreement for use under the Plan;

               (vi) to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of
any award granted hereunder. Such terms and conditions include, but are not limited to, the
exercise price, the time or times when Options may be exercised (which may be based on performance
criteria), any vesting acceleration or waiver of forfeiture restrictions, and any restriction or
limitation regarding any Option or the shares of Common Stock relating thereto, based in each case
on such factors as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine;

               (vii) to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and awards granted pursuant to the Plan;

               (viii) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, including
rules and regulations relating to sub-plans established for the purpose of qualifying for preferred
tax treatment under foreign tax laws;

               (ix) to modify or amend each Option (subject to Section 14(b) of the Plan), including the
discretionary authority to extend the post-termination exercisability period of Options longer than
is otherwise provided for in the Plan;

               (x) to authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to
effect the grant of an Option previously granted by the Administrator;

               (xi) to determine the terms and restrictions applicable to Options;

               (xii) to allow Optionees to satisfy withholding tax obligations by electing to have the
Company withhold from the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an Option that number of Shares
having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount required to be withheld (but not more than the
amount required to be withheld). The Fair Market Value of the Shares to be withheld shall be
determined on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined. All elections by
an Optionee to have Shares withheld for this purpose shall be made in such form and under such
conditions as the Administrator may deem necessary or advisable; and

               (xiii) to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for administering the
Plan.

          (c) Effect of Administrator’s Decision. The Administrator’s decisions, determinations
and interpretations shall be final and binding on all Optionees and any other holders of Options.

     5. Eligibility. Options may be granted to Service Providers; provided, however, that
Options may not be granted to Officers and Directors, except as an essential inducement to an
Officer entering into an employment agreement regarding his or her initial service with the
Company.

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     6. Limitation. Neither the Plan nor any Option shall confer upon an Optionee any
right with respect to continuing the Optionee’s relationship as a Service Provider with the
Company, nor shall they interfere in any way with the Optionee’s right or the Company’s right to
terminate such relationship at any time, with or without cause.

     7. Term of Plan. The Plan shall become effective upon its adoption by the Board. It
shall continue in effect for ten (10) years, unless sooner terminated under Section 14 of the Plan.

     8. Term of Option. The term of each Option shall be stated in the Option Agreement.

     9. Option Exercise Price and Consideration.

          (a) Exercise Price. The per share exercise price for the Shares to be issued pursuant
to exercise of an Option shall be determined by the Administrator.

          (b) Waiting Period and Exercise Dates. At the time an Option is granted, the
Administrator shall fix the period within which the Option may be exercised and shall determine any
conditions which must be satisfied before the Option may be exercised.

          (c) Form of Consideration. The Administrator shall determine the acceptable form of
consideration for exercising an Option, including the method of payment. Such consideration may
consist entirely of:

               (i) cash;

               (ii) check;

               (iii) other Shares which (A) in the case of Shares acquired upon exercise of an option, have
been owned by the Optionee for more than six months on the date of surrender, and (B) have a Fair
Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to
which said Option shall be exercised;

               (iv) consideration received by the Company under a cashless exercise program implemented by
the Company in connection with the Plan;

               (v) such other consideration and method of payment for the issuance of Shares to the extent
permitted by Applicable Laws; or

               (vi) any combination of the foregoing methods of payment.

     10. Exercise of Option.

          (a) Procedure for Exercise; Rights as a Shareholder. Any Option granted hereunder
shall be exercisable according to the terms of the Plan and at such times and under such conditions
as determined by the Administrator and set forth in the Option Agreement. An Option may not be
exercised for a fraction of a Share.

          An Option shall be deemed exercised when the Company receives: (i) written or electronic
notice of exercise (in accordance with the Option Agreement) from the person entitled to exercise
the Option, and (ii) full payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised.
Full payment may consist of any consideration and method of payment authorized by the Administrator
and permitted by the Option Agreement and the Plan. Shares issued upon exercise of an Option shall
be issued in the name of the Optionee or, if requested by the Optionee, in the name of the Optionee
and his or her spouse. Until the Shares are issued (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the
books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company), no right to vote or
receive dividends or any other rights as a shareholder shall exist with respect to the Optioned
Stock, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. The Company shall issue (or cause to be issued)
such Shares promptly after the Option is exercised. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or
other right for which the record date is prior to the date the Shares are issued, except as
provided in Section 12 of the Plan.

          Exercising an Option in any manner shall decrease the number of Shares thereafter available,
both for purposes of the Plan and for sale under the Option, by the number of Shares as to which
the Option is exercised.

          (b) Termination of Relationship as a Service Provider. If an Optionee ceases to be a
Service Provider, other than upon the Optionee’s death or Disability, the Optionee may exercise his
or her Option, but only within such period of time as is specified in the Option Agreement, and
only to the extent that the Option is vested on the date of termination (but in no event later than
the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement). In the absence

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of a specified time in the Option Agreement, the Option shall remain exercisable for three (3) months
following the Optionee’s termination. If, on the date of termination, the Optionee is not vested
as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option shall
revert to the Plan. If, after termination, the Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within
the time specified by the Administrator, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such
Option shall revert to the Plan.

          (c) Disability of Optionee. If an Optionee ceases to be a Service Provider as a
result of the Optionee’s Disability, the Optionee may exercise his or her Option within such period
of time as is specified in the Option Agreement, to the extent the Option is vested on the date of
termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in
the Option Agreement). In the absence of a specified time in the Option Agreement, the Option
shall remain exercisable for twelve (12) months following the Optionee’s termination. If, on the
date of termination, the Optionee is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered
by the unvested portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan. If, after termination, the
Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall
terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.

          (d) Death of Optionee. If an Optionee dies while a Service Provider, the Option may
be exercised within such period of time as is specified in the Option Agreement (but in no event
later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Notice of Grant), by the
Optionee’s estate or by a person who acquires the right to exercise the Option by bequest or
inheritance, but only to the extent that the Option is vested on the date of death. In the absence
of a specified time in the Option Agreement, the Option shall remain exercisable for twelve (12)
months following the Optionee’s termination. If, at the time of death, the Optionee is not vested
as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option shall
immediately revert to the Plan. The Option may be exercised by the executor or administrator of
the Optionee’s estate or, if none, by the person(s) entitled to exercise the Option under the
Optionee’s will or the laws of descent or distribution. If the Option is not so exercised within
the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall
revert to the Plan.

          (e) Buyout Provisions. The Administrator may at any time offer to buy out for a
payment in cash or Shares, an Option previously granted based on such terms and conditions as the
Administrator shall establish and communicate to the Optionee at the time that such offer is made.

     11. Non-Transferability of Options. Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator,
an Option may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any
manner other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised, during
the lifetime of the Optionee, only by the Optionee. If the Administrator makes an Option
transferable, such Option shall contain such additional terms and conditions as the Administrator
deems appropriate.

     12. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization, Dissolution, Merger or Asset Sale.

          (a) Changes in Capitalization. Subject to any required action by the shareholders of
the Company, the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each outstanding Option, and the
number of shares of Common Stock which have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to
which no Options have yet been granted or which have been returned to the Plan upon cancellation or
expiration of an Option, as well as the price per share of Common Stock covered by each such
outstanding Option, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of
issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend,
combination or reclassification of the Common Stock, or any other increase or decrease in the
number of issued shares of Common Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company;
provided, however, that conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed
to have been “effected without receipt of consideration.” Such adjustment shall be made by the
Board, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as
expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or
securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason
thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares of Common Stock subject to an
Option.

          (b) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the proposed dissolution or
liquidation of the Company, the Administrator shall notify each Optionee as soon as practicable
prior to the effective date of such proposed transaction. The Administrator in its discretion may
provide for an Optionee to have the right to exercise his or her Option until ten (10) days prior
to such transaction as to all of the Optioned Stock covered thereby, including Shares as to which
the Option would not otherwise be exercisable. In addition, the Administrator may provide that any
Company repurchase

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option applicable to any Shares purchased upon exercise of an Option shall lapse
as to all such Shares, provided the proposed dissolution or liquidation takes place at the time and
in the manner contemplated. To the extent it has not been previously exercised, an Option will
terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action.

          (c) Merger or Asset Sale. In the event of a merger of the Company with or into
another corporation, or the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company, each
outstanding Option shall be assumed or an equivalent option or right substituted by the successor
corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary of the successor corporation. In the event that the
successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the Option, the Optionee shall fully vest
in and have the right to exercise the Option as to all of the Optioned Stock, including Shares as
to which it would not otherwise be vested or exercisable. If an Option becomes fully vested and
exercisable in lieu of assumption or substitution in the event of a merger or sale of assets, the
Administrator shall notify the Optionee in writing or electronically that the Option shall be fully
vested and exercisable for a period of fifteen (15) days from the date of such notice, and the
Option shall terminate upon the expiration of such period. For the purposes of this paragraph, the
Option shall be considered assumed if, following the merger or sale of assets, the option or right
confers the right to purchase or receive, for each Share of Optioned Stock, immediately prior to
the merger or sale of assets, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or
property) received in the merger or sale of assets by holders of Common Stock for each Share held
on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration,
the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares); provided,
however, that if such consideration received in the merger or sale of assets is not solely common
stock of the successor corporation or its Parent, the Administrator may, with the consent of the
successor corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of the
Option, for each Share of Optioned Stock to be solely common stock of the successor corporation or
its Parent equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common
Stock in the merger or sale of assets.

     13. Date of Grant. The date of grant of an Option shall be, for all purposes, the
date on which the Administrator makes the determination granting such Option, or such other later
date as is determined by the Administrator. Notice of the determination shall be provided to each
Optionee within a reasonable time after the date of such grant.

     14. Amendment and Termination of the Plan.

          (a) Amendment and Termination. The Board may at any time amend, alter, suspend or
terminate the Plan.

          (b) Effect of Amendment or Termination. No amendment, alteration, suspension or
termination of the Plan shall impair the rights of any Optionee, unless mutually agreed otherwise
between the Optionee and the Administrator, which agreement must be in writing and signed by the
Optionee and the Company. Termination of the Plan shall not affect the Administrator’s ability to
exercise the powers granted to it hereunder with respect to options granted under the Plan prior to
the date of such termination.

     15. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares.

          (a) Legal Compliance. Shares shall not be issued pursuant to the exercise of an
Option unless the exercise of such Option and the issuance and delivery of such Shares shall comply
with Applicable Laws and shall be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with
respect to such compliance.

          (b) Investment Representations. As a condition to the exercise of an Option the
Company may require the person exercising such Option to represent and warrant at the time of any
such exercise that the Shares are being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such
Shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required.

     16. Inability to Obtain Authority. The inability of the Company to obtain authority
from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to
be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company of
any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite
authority shall not have been obtained.

     17. Reservation of Shares. The Company, during the term of this Plan, will at all
times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as shall be sufficient to satisfy the
requirements of the Plan.

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	  Notice
of Grant of Stock Options

and Option Agreement

	 	Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

ID: 77-0409517

1745 Technology Drive

San Jose, CA 95110

 

	 	 	 
	Name:

Address:

	 	Option Number:

Plan: NSO

ID:

 

Effective [DATE], you have been granted a(n) Non-Qualified Stock Option to buy [SHARES] shares of
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (the Company) stock at $[PRICE] per share.

The total option price of the shares granted is $[PRICE].

Shares in each period will become fully vested on the date shown.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Shares	 	 	Vest Type	 	 	Full Vest	 	 	Expiration	 

 

By your signature and the Company’s signature below, you and the Company agree that these options
are granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Company’s Stock Option Plan as
amended and the Option Agreement, all of which are attached and made a part of this document.

 

	 	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

	 	Date
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	[EMPLOYEE NAME]

	 	Date

 

BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.

1999 NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms defined in the Plan shall have the same defined meanings
in this Option Agreement.

I. NOTICE OF STOCK OPTION GRANT

You have been granted an option to purchase Common Stock of the Company, subject to the terms and
conditions of the Plan and this Option Agreement, as indicated on this “Notice of Grant of Stock
Options and Option Agreement.”

Vesting Schedule: Subject to the Optionee continuing to be a Service Provider on such
dates, this Option shall vest and become exercisable in accordance with the provisions indicated on
the attached “Notice of Grant of Stock Options and Option Agreement,” subject to Optionee remaining
a Service Provider on such vesting dates.

Termination Period: This Option may be exercised for three months after Optionee ceases to
be a Service Provider. Upon the death or Disability of the Optionee, this Option may be exercised
for twelve months following Optionee’s termination as a Service Provider. In no event shall this
Option be exercised later than the Term/Expiration Date as provided on the attached “Notice of
Grant of Stock Options and Option Agreement.”

II. AGREEMENT

1. Grant of Option. The Plan Administrator of the Company hereby grants to the Optionee
named in the Notice of Grant attached as Part I of this Agreement (the “Optionee”) an option (the
“Option”) to purchase the number of Shares, as set forth in the Notice of Grant, at the exercise
price per share set forth in the Notice of Grant (the “Exercise Price”), subject to the terms and
conditions of the Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference. Subject to Section 14(b) of the
Plan, in the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of the Plan and the terms and
conditions of this Option Agreement, the terms and conditions of the Plan shall prevail.

2. Exercise of Option:

     (a) Right to Exercise. This Option is exercisable during its term in accordance with
the Vesting Schedule set in the Notice of Grant and the applicable provisions of the Plan and this
Option Agreement.

     (b) Method of Exercise. This Option is exercisable by delivery of an exercise notice,
in the form attached as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”, which shall state the election to
exercise the Option, the number of Shares in respect of which the Option is being exercised (the
“Exercised Shares”), and such other representations and agreements as may be required by the
Company pursuant to the provisions of the Plan. The Exercise Notice shall be completed by the
Optionee and delivered to the Stock Option Administrator. The Exercise Notice shall be accompanied
by payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as to all Exercised Shares. This Option shall be deemed
to be exercised upon receipt by the Company of such fully executed Exercise Notice accompanied by
such aggregate Exercise Price.

     No Shares shall be issued pursuant to the exercise of this Option unless such issuance and
exercise complies with Applicable Laws. Assuming such compliance, for income tax purposes the
Exercised Shares shall be considered transferred to the Optionee on the date the Option is
exercised with respect to such Exercised Shares.

3. Method of Payment. Payment of the aggregate Exercise Price shall be by any of the
following, or a combination thereof, at the election of the Optionee:

	 	(a)	 	cash;
	 
	 	(b)	 	check;
	 
	 	(c)	 	consideration received by the Company under a cashless exercise program
implemented by the Company in connection with the Plan; or

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	 	(d)	 	surrender of other Shares which (i) in the case of Shares acquired upon
exercise of an option, have been owned by the Optionee for more than six (6)
months of the date of surrender, and (ii) have a Fair Market Value on the
date of surrender equal to the aggregate Exercise Price of the Exercised
Shares.

4. Non-Transferability of Option. This Option may not be transferred in any manner
otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised during the
lifetime of Optionee only by the Optionee. The terms of the Plan and this Option Agreement shall be
binding upon the executors, administrators, heirs, successors and assigns of the Optionee.

5. Term of Option. This Option may be exercised only within the term set out in the Notice
of Grant, and may be exercised during such term only in accordance with the Plan and the terms of
this Option Agreement.

6. Tax Consequences. Some of the federal tax consequences relating to this Option, as of
the date of this Option, are set forth below. THIS SUMMARY IS NECESSARILY INCOMPLETE, AND THE TAX
LAWS AND REGULATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. THE OPTIONEE SHOULD CONSULT A TAX ADVISOR BEFORE
EXERCISING THIS OPTION OR DISPOSING OF THE SHARES.

     (a) Exercising the Option. The Optionee may incur regular federal income tax liability
upon exercise of an NSO. The Optionee will be treated as having received compensation income
(taxable at ordinary income tax rates) equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of the
Exercised Shares on the date of exercise over their aggregate Exercise Price. If the Optionee is an
Employee of a former Employee, the Company will be required to withhold from his or her
compensation or collect from Optionee and pay to the applicable taxing authorities an amount in
cash equal to a percentage of this compensation income at the time of exercise, and may refuse to
honor the exercise and refuse to deliver Shares if such withholding amounts are not delivered at
the time of exercise.

     (b) Disposition of Shares. If the Optionee holds NSO Shares for at least one year, any
gain realized on disposition of the Shares will be treated as long-term capital gain for federal
income tax purposes.

7. Entire Agreement: Governing Law. The Plan is incorporated herein by reference. The Plan
and this Option Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirely all prior undertakings and agreements of the
Company and Optionee with respect to the subject matter hereof, and may not be modified adversely
to the Optionee’s interest except by means of a writing signed by the Company and Optionee. This
agreement is governed by the internal substantive laws, but not the choice of law rules, of
California.

8. NO GUARENTEE OF CONTINUED SERVICE: OPTIONEE ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE VESTING OF
SHARES PURSUANT TO THE VESTING SCHEDULE HEREOF IS EARNED ONLY BY CONTINUING AS A SERVICE PROVIDER
AT THE WILL OF THE COMPANY (AND NOT THROUGH THE ACT OF BEING HIRED, BEING GRANTED AN OPTION OR
PURCHASING SHARES HEREUNDER). OPTIONEE FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THIS AGREEMENT, THE
TRANSACTIONS COMTEMPLATED HEREUNDER AND THE VESTING SCHEDULE SET FORTH HEREIN DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED PROMISE OF CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT AS A SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE VESTING PERIOD,
FOR ANY PERIOD, OR AT ALL, AND SHALL NOT INTERFERE WITH OPTIONEE’S RIGHT OR THE COMPANY’S RIGHT TO
TERMINATE OPTIONEE’S RELATIONSHIP AS A SERVICE PROVIDER AT ANY TIME, WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE.

     By your signature and the signature of the Company’s representative on the attached “Notice of
Grant of Stock Options and Option Agreement” of this Option Agreement, you and the Company agree
that this Option is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan and this
Option Agreement. Optionee has reviewed the Plan and this Option Agreement in their entirety, has
had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Option Agreement and
fully understands all provisions of the Plan and Option Agreement. Optionee hereby agrees to accept
as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Administrator upon any
questions relating to the Plan and Option Agreement. Optionee further agrees to notify the Company
upon any change in the residence address indicated on the attached “Notice of Grant of Stock
Options and Option Agreement.”

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BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.

1999 NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN

EXERCISE NOTICE

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

Attention: Stock Option Administration

     1. Exercise of Option. Effective as of today, ___, ___, the
undersigned (“Purchaser”) hereby elects to purchase ___shares (the “Shares”) of the
Common Stock of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) under and pursuant to the 1999
Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) and the Stock Option Agreement dated, ___, ___
(the “Option Agreement”). The purchase price for the Shares shall be $___, as required by the
Option Agreement.

     2. Delivery of Payment. Purchaser herewith delivers to the Company the full purchase
price for the Shares.

     3. Representations of Purchaser. Purchaser acknowledges that Purchaser has received,
read and understood the Plan and the Option Agreement and agrees to abide by and be bound by their
terms and conditions.

     4. Rights as Shareholder. Until the issuance (as evidenced by the appropriate entry
on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company) of the Shares,
no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a shareholder shall exist with respect
to the Optioned Stock, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. The Shares so acquired shall be
issued to the Optionee as soon as practicable after exercise of the Option. No adjustment will be
made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date of issuance,
except as provided in Section 12 of the Plan.

     5. Tax Consultation. Purchaser understands that Purchaser may suffer adverse tax
consequences as a result of Purchaser’s purchase or disposition of the Shares. Purchaser
represents that Purchaser has consulted with any tax consultants Purchaser deems advisable in
connection with the purchase or disposition of the Shares and that Purchaser is not relying on the
Company for any tax advice.

     6. Entire Agreement; Governing Law. The Plan and Option Agreement are incorporated
herein by reference. This Agreement, the Plan and the Option Agreement constitute the entire
agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirety
all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and Purchaser with respect to the subject
matter hereof, and may not be modified adversely to the
Purchaser’s interest except by means of a writing

 

 

signed by the Company and Purchaser. This agreement is governed by the
internal substantive laws, but not the choice of law rules, of California.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Submitted by:

	 	 	 	Accepted by:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	PURCHASER

	 	 	 	BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS

SYSTEMS, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	Signature

	 	 	 	By
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	Print Name

	 	 	 	Title
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Date Received
	Address:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

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Exhibit 4.10

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of October 17, 2005

Between

ACTIVANT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC., as Issuer,

And

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

 

Senior Floating Rate PIK Notes due 2011, Series A

Senior Floating Rate PIK Notes due 2011, Series B

 

 

 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

	 	 	 
	Trust Indenture	 	Indenture
	Act Section	 	Section
	§ 310(a)(1)
	 	8.10
	(a)(2)
	 	8.10
	(a)(3)
	 	N.A.
	(a)(4)
	 	N.A.
	(a)(5)
	 	8.08, 8.10
	(b)
	 	8.08; 8.10; 13.02
	(c)
	 	N.A.
	§ 311(a)
	 	8.11
	(b)
	 	8.11
	(c)
	 	N.A.
	§ 312(a)
	 	2.05
	(b)
	 	13.03
	(c)
	 	13.03
	§313 (a)
	 	8.06
	(b)(1)
	 	N.A.
	(b)(2)
	 	8.06
	(c)
	 	8.06; 13.02
	(d)
	 	8.06
	§ 314(a)
	 	4.09; 4.11; 13.02
	(b)
	 	N.A.
	(c)(1)
	 	13.04
	(c)(2)
	 	13.04
	(c)(3)
	 	N.A.
	(d)
	 	N.A.
	(e)
	 	13.05
	(f)
	 	N.A.
	§ 315(a)
	 	8.01(b)
	(b)
	 	8.05; 13.02
	(c)
	 	8.01(a)
	(d)
	 	8.01(c)
	(e)
	 	6.11
	§ 316(a)(last sentence)
	 	2.09
	(a)(1)(A)
	 	6.05
	(a)(1)(B)
	 	6.04
	(a)(2)
	 	N.A.
	(b)
	 	6.07
	(c)
	 	10.04
	§ 317(a)(1)
	 	6.08
	(a)(2)
	 	6.09
	(b)
	 	2.04
	§ 318(a)
	 	13.01

 

N.A. means Not Applicable.

NOTE: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the
Indenture.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
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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
	 	 	16	 
	SECTION 1.03.

	 	Rules of Construction
	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	ARTICLE TWO	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	THE NOTES	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.01.

	 	Form and Dating
	 	 	17	 
	SECTION 2.02.

	 	Execution and Authentication
	 	 	17	 
	SECTION 2.03.

	 	Registrar, Paying Agent and Calculation Agent
	 	 	18	 
	SECTION 2.04.

	 	Paying Agent To Hold Assets in Trust
	 	 	19	 
	SECTION 2.05.

	 	Holder Lists
	 	 	19	 
	SECTION 2.06.

	 	Transfer and Exchange
	 	 	19	 
	SECTION 2.07.

	 	Replacement Notes
	 	 	20	 
	SECTION 2.08.

	 	Outstanding Notes
	 	 	20	 
	SECTION 2.09.

	 	Treasury Notes
	 	 	20	 
	SECTION 2.10.

	 	Temporary Notes
	 	 	20	 
	SECTION 2.11.

	 	Cancellation
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 2.12.

	 	Defaulted Interest
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 2.13.

	 	CUSIP Number
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 2.14.

	 	Deposit of Moneys
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 2.15.

	 	Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes
	 	 	22	 
	SECTION 2.16.

	 	Registration of Transfers and Exchanges
	 	 	22	 
	SECTION 2.17.

	 	Issuance of Additional Notes
	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	ARTICLE THREE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	REDEMPTION	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3.01.

	 	Notices to Trustee
	 	 	26	 
	SECTION 3.02.

	 	Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed
	 	 	27	 
	SECTION 3.03.

	 	Notice of Redemption
	 	 	27	 
	SECTION 3.04.

	 	Effect of Notice of Redemption
	 	 	27	 
	SECTION 3.05.

	 	Deposit of Redemption Price
	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 3.06.

	 	Notes Redeemed in Part
	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	ARTICLE FOUR	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	COVENANTS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4.01.

	 	Payment of Notes
	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 4.02.

	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency
	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 4.03.

	 	Limitations on Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 4.04.

	 	Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and
Issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock
	 	 	29	 

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	SECTION 4.05.

	 	Limitation on Guarantees of Certain Indebtedness
	 	 	29	 
	SECTION 4.06.

	 	Payments for Consents
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 4.07.

	 	Limitation on Investment Company Status
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 4.08.

	 	Limitation on Asset Sales
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 4.09.

	 	Limitation on Asset Swaps
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 4.10.

	 	Limitation on Restricted Payments
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 4.11.

	 	Notice of Defaults
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 4.12.

	 	Reports
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 4.13.

	 	Limitations on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions
Affecting Subsidiaries
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 4.14.

	 	Limitation on Liens
	 	 	34	 
	SECTION 4.15.

	 	Change of Control
	 	 	34	 
	SECTION 4.16.

	 	Compliance Certificate
	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 4.17.

	 	Corporate Existence
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	ARTICLE FIVE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	MERGERS; SUCCESSOR CORPORATION	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.01.

	 	Mergers, Consolidation and Sale of Assets
	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 5.02.

	 	Successor Corporation Substituted
	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	ARTICLE SIX	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	DEFAULT AND REMEDIES	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.01.

	 	Events of Default
	 	 	37	 
	SECTION 6.02.

	 	Acceleration
	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 6.03.

	 	Other Remedies
	 	 	39	 
	SECTION 6.04.

	 	Waiver of Past Default
	 	 	39	 
	SECTION 6.05.

	 	Control by Majority
	 	 	39	 
	SECTION 6.06.

	 	Limitation on Suits
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 6.07.

	 	Rights of Holders To Receive Payment
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 6.08.

	 	Collection Suit by Trustee
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 6.09.

	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 6.10.

	 	Priorities
	 	 	41	 
	SECTION 6.11.

	 	Undertaking for Costs
	 	 	41	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	ARTICLE SEVEN	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	ARTICLE EIGHT	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	TRUSTEE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 8.01.

	 	Duties of Trustee
	 	 	41	 
	SECTION 8.02.

	 	Rights of Trustee
	 	 	42	 
	SECTION 8.03.

	 	Individual Rights of Trustee
	 	 	43	 
	SECTION 8.04.

	 	Trustee’s Disclaimer
	 	 	43	 
	SECTION 8.05.

	 	Notice of Defaults
	 	 	43	 
	SECTION 8.06.

	 	Reports by Trustee to Holders
	 	 	44	 
	SECTION 8.07.

	 	Compensation and Indemnity
	 	 	44	 
	SECTION 8.08.

	 	Replacement of Trustee
	 	 	45	 
	SECTION 8.09.

	 	Successor Trustee by Merger, etc
	 	 	45	 
	SECTION 8.10.

	 	Eligibility; Disqualification
	 	 	46	 

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	SECTION 8.11.

	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company
	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	ARTICLE NINE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 9.01.

	 	Termination of the Company’s Obligations
	 	 	46	 
	SECTION 9.02.

	 	Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	47	 
	SECTION 9.03.

	 	Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	47	 
	SECTION 9.04.

	 	Application of Trust Money; Trustee Acknowledgment
and Indemnity
	 	 	48	 
	SECTION 9.05.

	 	Repayment to Company
	 	 	48	 
	SECTION 9.06.

	 	Reinstatement
	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	ARTICLE TEN	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 10.01.

	 	Without Consent of Holders
	 	 	49	 
	SECTION 10.02.

	 	With Consent of Holders
	 	 	49	 
	SECTION 10.03.

	 	Compliance with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	50	 
	SECTION 10.04.

	 	Record Date for Consents and Effect of Consents
	 	 	50	 
	SECTION 10.05.

	 	Notation on or Exchange of Notes
	 	 	51	 
	SECTION 10.06.

	 	Trustee To Sign Amendments, etc
	 	 	51	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	ARTICLE ELEVEN	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	GUARANTEE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 11.01.

	 	Unconditional Guarantee
	 	 	51	 
	SECTION 11.02.

	 	Severability
	 	 	52	 
	SECTION 11.03.

	 	Release of a Guarantor
	 	 	52	 
	SECTION 11.04.

	 	Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability
	 	 	52	 
	SECTION 11.05.

	 	Contribution
	 	 	52	 
	SECTION 11.06.

	 	Subordination of Subrogation and Other Rights
	 	 	52	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	ARTICLE TWELVE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	ARTICLE THIRTEEN	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	MISCELLANEOUS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 13.01.

	 	Trust Indenture Act Controls
	 	 	53	 
	SECTION 13.02.

	 	Notices
	 	 	53	 
	SECTION 13.03.

	 	Communications by Holders with Other Holders
	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 13.04.

	 	Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 13.05.

	 	Statements Required in Certificate
	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 13.06.

	 	Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar
	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 13.07.

	 	Governing Law
	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 13.08.

	 	No Recourse Against Others
	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 13.09.

	 	Successors
	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 13.10.

	 	Counterpart Originals
	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 13.11.

	 	Severability
	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 13.12.

	 	No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
	 	 	55	 

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	 	 	 	 	Page
	SECTION 13.13.

	 	Legal Holidays
	 	 	55	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SIGNATURES

	 	 	 	 	S-1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	EXHIBIT A

	 	Form of Series A Note
	 	 	A-1	 
	EXHIBIT B

	 	Form of Series B Note
	 	 	B-1	 
	EXHIBIT C

	 	Form of Legend for Global Notes
	 	 	C-1	 
	EXHIBIT D

	 	Form of Transfer Certificate
	 	 	D-1	 
	EXHIBIT E

	 	Form of Transfer Certificate for Institutional
Accredited Investors
	 	 	E-1	 
	EXHIBIT F

	 	Form of Transfer Certificate for Regulation S Transfers
	 	 	F-1	 
	EXHIBIT G

	 	Form of Guarantee
	 	 	G-1	 

 

NOTE: This Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

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          INDENTURE dated as of October 17, 2005, between ACTIVANT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”) and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee (the
“Trustee”).

          Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of each other party and for the equal and
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes:

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

SECTION 1.01. Definitions.

          “Acceleration Notice” has the meaning provided in Section 6.02.

          “Acquired Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person or any of its Subsidiaries
existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or at the time it merges or
consolidates with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or assumed in connection with the
acquisition of assets from such Person and not incurred by such Person in connection with, or in
anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary of the Company or such
acquisition, merger or consolidation.

          “Acquired Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock of any Person at the time such Person
becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or at the time it merges or consolidates with the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries and not issued by such person in connection with, or in anticipation or
contemplation of, such acquisition, merger or consolidation.

          “Activant” means Activant Solutions Inc., a Delaware corporation.

          “Activant Fixed Rate Notes” means $157.0 million aggregate principal amount of 10 1/2%
Senior Notes due 2011 issued pursuant to the Activant Fixed Rate Notes Indenture.

          “Activant Fixed Rate Notes Guarantee” means the guarantee of the Activant Fixed Rate
Notes by each of the Activant Fixed Rate Notes Guarantors.

          “Activant Fixed Rate Notes Guarantor” means the issuer at any time of an Activant
Fixed Rate Notes Guarantee (so long as such Activant Fixed Rate Notes Guarantee remains
outstanding).

          “Activant Fixed Rate Notes Indenture” means the indenture dated June 27, 2003 between
Activant, the Activant Fixed Rate Notes Guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as
successor by merger to Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A., as trustee, pursuant to which the Activant
Fixed Rate Notes were issued, as the same may be amended, supplemented, exchanged or restated from
time to time.

          “Activant Floating Rate Notes” means $265.0 million aggregate principal amount of
Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2010 issued pursuant to the Activant Floating Rate Notes Indenture.

          “Activant Floating Rate Notes Guarantee” means the guarantee of the Activant Floating
Rate Notes by each of the Activant Floating Rate Notes Guarantors.

          “Activant Floating Rate Notes Guarantor” means the issuer at any time of an Activant
Floating Rate Notes Guarantee (so long as such Activant Floating Rate Notes Guarantee remains
outstanding).

          “Activant Floating Rate Notes Indenture” means the indenture dated March 30, 2005
between Activant, the Activant Floating Rate Notes Guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank,
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trustee, pursuant to which the Activant Floating Rate Notes were issued as the same may be
amended, supplemented, exchanged or restated from time to time.

          “Activant Notes” means, collectively, the Activant Fixed Rate Notes and the Activant
Floating Rate Notes.

          “Activant Indentures” means, collectively, the Activant Fixed Rate Notes Indenture and
the Activant Floating Rate Notes Indenture.

          “Activant Notes Guarantees” means, collectively, the Activant Fixed Rate Notes
Guarantees and the Activant Floating Rate Notes Guarantees.

          “Activant Notes Issue Date” means June 27, 2003.

          “Additional Notes” means Senior Floating Rate PIK Notes due 2011 Series A, Series B or
any other series of Senior Floating Rate PIK Notes due 2011 issued from time to time after the
Issue Date in accordance with Section 2.17.

          “Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person who, directly or indirectly,
through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with,
the first referred to Person. The term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

          “Affiliate Transaction” has the meaning provided in Section 4.03.

          “Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, Co-Registrar or Calculation Agent.

          “ARISB Acquisition” means the acquisition of certain assets of ADP Claims Solutions,
Group, Inc. (“ADP”) pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement dated November 20, 1997
between the Company and ADP.

          “Asset Sale” means any direct or indirect sale, issuance, conveyance, transfer, lease
(other than operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business), assignment or other
transfer for value by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (excluding any Sale and Leaseback
Transaction or any pledge of assets or stock by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) to any
Person other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company of (i) any Capital Stock
of any Subsidiary of the Company or (ii) any other property or assets of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company other than in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that
for purposes of Section 4.08, Asset Sales shall not include (a) a transaction or series of related
transactions in which the Company or its Subsidiaries receive aggregate consideration of less than
$1.0 million, (b) transactions covered by Article Five or permitted by Section 4.09, (c) a
Restricted Payment that otherwise qualifies under Section 4.10, (d) any disposition of obsolete or
worn out equipment or equipment that is no longer useful in the conduct of the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries and that is disposed of, in each case, in the ordinary course of
business or (e) sales of receivables and leases in connection with the lease financing activities
described in clause (xiii) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness.”

          “Asset Swap” means the execution of a definitive agreement, subject only to approval
of the United States Federal Trade Commission, if applicable, and other customary closing
conditions, that the Company in good faith believes will be satisfied, for a substantially
concurrent purchase and sale, or exchange, of Productive Assets between the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and another Person or group of affiliated Persons; provided that any amendment to or
waiver of any closing condition that individually or in the aggregate is material to the Asset Swap
shall be deemed to be a new Asset Swap; it being understood that an Asset Swap may include a cash
equalization payment made in connection therewith provided that such cash payment, if received by
the Company or its Subsidiaries, shall be deemed to be proceeds received from an Asset Sale and
applied in accordance with Section 4.08.

          “Bankruptcy Law” has the meaning provided in Section 6.01.

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          “Board of Directors” means, with respect to any Person, the Board of Directors or
other governing body charged with the ultimate management of such Person, or any duly authorized
committee thereof.

          “Board Resolution” means, with respect to any Person, a duly adopted resolution of the
Board of Directors of such Person or a duly authorized committee of such Board of Directors.

          “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in New York, New York or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
is located are not required to be open.

          “Calculation Agent” has the meaning provided in Section 2.03.

          “Capital Stock” means (i) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and
all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of
such Person and (ii) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership
or other equity interests of such Person.

          “Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, as to any Person, the obligation of such Person
to pay rent or other amounts under a lease to which such Person is a party that is required to be
classified and accounted for as a capital lease obligation under GAAP, and for purposes of this
definition, the amount of such obligation at any date shall be the capitalized amount of such
obligation at such date, determined in accordance with GAAP.

          “Cash Equivalents” means (i) marketable direct obligations issued by, or
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year
from the date of acquisition thereof; (ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the
United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the
time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either Standard & Poor’s
Corporation or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.; (iii) commercial paper maturing no more than one
year from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least
A-1 from Standard & Poor’s Corporation or at least P-1 from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.; (iv)
certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition thereof issued by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of
America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or any United States branch of a foreign
bank having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $500.0
million; (v) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying
securities of the types described in clause (i) above entered into with any bank meeting the
qualifications specified in clause (iv) above; and (vi) investments in money market funds that
invest substantially all their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (i) through
(v) above.

          “Change of Control” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events: (i)
any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related
transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person or group of
related Persons for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (a “Group”) (whether or
not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this Indenture), other than to a Permitted
Holder; or (ii) a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company or Activant shall consist of
Persons who are not Continuing Directors; or (iii) the acquisition by any Person or Group (other
than the Permitted Holders or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of any Permitted Holder, including
without limitation, the Company) of the power, directly or indirectly, to vote or direct the voting
of securities having more than 50% of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors of
the Company or Activant.

          “Change of Control Date” has the meaning provided in Section 4.15.

          “Change of Control Offer” has the meaning provided in Section 4.15.

          “Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning provided in Section 4.15.

          “Commodity Agreement” means any commodity futures contract, commodity option or other
similar agreement or arrangement entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries designed to
protect the Com-

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pany or any of its Subsidiaries against fluctuations in the price of commodities actually used
in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

          “Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this
Indenture until a successor shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor.

          “Company” means Activant Solutions Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation which owns
all the capital stock of Activant.

          “Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed
in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its
President, a Vice President or its Treasurer, and by its Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.

          “Consolidated Coverage Ratio” for any Person, as of any date of determination, means
the ratio of (i) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for the four quarter
period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such
determination (the “Four Quarter Period”) to (ii) Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person
for such Four Quarter Period; provided, however, that (1) if such Person or any of its Subsidiaries
has incurred any Indebtedness or issued any preferred stock since the beginning of such Four
Quarter Period that remains outstanding on such date of determination or if the transaction giving
rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio is an incurrence of Indebtedness or
issuance of preferred stock, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Fixed Charges for such Four
Quarter Period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to the incurrence of
such Indebtedness or issuance of preferred stock as if such Indebtedness had been incurred or such
preferred stock had been issued on the first day of such Four Quarter Period and the discharge of
any other Indebtedness or preferred stock repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged
with the proceeds of such new Indebtedness or preferred stock as if such discharge had occurred on
the first day of such Four Quarter Period, (2) if since the beginning of such Four Quarter Period
such Person or any of its Subsidiaries shall have made any Asset Sale, the Consolidated EBITDA for
such Four Quarter Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if
positive) directly attributable to the assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale for such Four
Quarter Period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) directly
attributable thereto for such Four Quarter Period and Consolidated Fixed Charges for such Four
Quarter Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated Fixed Charges directly
attributable to any Indebtedness or preferred stock of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries
repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with respect to such Person and its
continuing Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Sale for such Four Quarter Period (or, if the
Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of such Person is sold, the Consolidated Fixed Charges for such
Four Quarter Period directly attributable to the Indebtedness of such Subsidiary to the extent such
Person and its continuing Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such Indebtedness after such sale),
(3) if since the beginning of such Four Quarter Period such Person or any of its Subsidiaries (by
merger or otherwise) shall have made an Investment in any Subsidiary of such Person (or any Person
that becomes a Subsidiary of such Person) or an acquisition of assets, including any acquisition of
assets occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder, which
constitutes all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business, Consolidated EBITDA and
Consolidated Fixed Charges for such Four Quarter Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma
effect thereto (including the Incurrence of any Indebtedness or the issuance of any preferred
stock) as if such Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of such Four Quarter Period
and (4) if since the beginning of such Four Quarter Period any Person (that subsequently became a
Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Person whose Consolidated Coverage Ratio is being
determined (the “Determination Person”) or any of its Subsidiaries since the beginning of
such Four Quarter Period) shall have made any Asset Sale or any Investment or acquisition of assets
that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (2) or (3) above if made by the
Determination Person or one of its Subsidiaries during such Four Quarter Period, Consolidated
EBITDA for the Determination Person and Consolidated Fixed Charges for the Determination Person for
such Four Quarter Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Asset
Sale, Investment or acquisition of assets occurred on, with respect to any Investment or
acquisition, the first day of such Four Quarter Period and, with respect to any Asset Sale, the day
prior to the first day of such Four Quarter Period. For purposes of this definition, whenever pro
forma effect is to be given to an acquisition of assets, the amount of income or earnings relating
thereto and the amount of Consolidated Fixed Charges associated with any Indebtedness incurred or
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therewith, the pro forma calculations shall be determined reasonably and in good faith by a
responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company. If any Indebtedness bears a floating
rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest expense on such Indebtedness
shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable
rate for the entire period (taking into account any agreement under which Interest Swap Obligations
are outstanding applicable to such Indebtedness if such agreement under which such Interest Swap
Obligations are outstanding has a remaining term as at the date of determination in excess of 12
months); provided, however, that the Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to interest on any
Indebtedness incurred under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be
computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the Four Quarter Period.

          “Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the
Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus the following to the extent deducted in calculating
such Consolidated Net Income: (i) Consolidated Income Tax Expense for such period; (ii)
Consolidated Fixed Charges for such period; and (iii) Consolidated Non-Cash Charges for such period
less all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period.

          “Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the
sum, without duplication, of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense and (ii) the amount of all cash
dividend payments or payments in Disqualified Capital Stock on Preferred Stock of Subsidiaries of
such Person or on Disqualified Capital Stock of such Person held by Persons other than the Company
or any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid or accrued during
such period.

          “Consolidated Income Tax Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period,
the provision for Federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable by such Person and its
Subsidiaries for such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

          “Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period,
without duplication, the sum of (i) the interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for
such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including, without
limitation, (a) any amortization of debt discount, (b) the net cost under Interest Swap Obligations
(including any amortization of discounts), (c) the interest portion of any deferred payment
obligation, (d) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters
of credit, bankers’ acceptance financing or similar facilities, and (e) all accrued or capitalized
interest and (ii) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations paid or accrued by such
Person and its Subsidiaries during such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP.

          “Consolidated Net Income” of any Person means, for any period, the aggregate net
income (or loss) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis,
determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that there shall be excluded therefrom,
without duplication, (a) gains and losses from Asset Sales (without regard to the $1.0 million
limitation set forth in the definition thereof) or abandonments or reserves relating thereto and
the related tax effects, (b) items classified as extraordinary or nonrecurring gains and losses,
and the related tax effects according to GAAP, (c) the net income (or loss) of any Person acquired
in a pooling of interests transaction accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of such
first referred to Person or is merged or consolidated with it or any of its Subsidiaries, (d) the
net income of any Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration of dividends or similar
distributions by that Subsidiary of that income is restricted by contract, operation of law or
otherwise (other than as permitted by Section 4.13), (e) the net income of any Person, other than
the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary, except to the
extent of the lesser of (x) dividends or distributions paid to such first referred to Person or its
Subsidiary by such Person and (y) the net income of such Person (but in no event less than zero),
and the net loss of such Person shall be included only to the extent of the aggregate Investment of
the first referred to Person or a consolidated Subsidiary of such Person and any non-cash expenses
attributable to grants or exercises of employee stock options, (f) charges relating to the
amortization or write-off of intangibles or other goodwill arising from the ARISB Acquisition, the
Triad Acquisition, the Speedware Acquisition and the Prophet 21 Acquisition and (g) the cumulative
effect of changes in accounting principles.

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          “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” of any Person means, as of any date of
determination, the sum of the assets of such Person after eliminating intercompany items,
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including appropriate deductions for
any minority interest in tangible assets of such Person’s Subsidiaries, less (without duplication)
(i) the net book value of all of its goodwill and other like intangibles, (ii) unamortized
indebtedness discount and expenses, (iii) all reserves for depreciation, obsolescence, depletion
and amortization of its properties and (iv) all other proper reserves which in accordance with GAAP
should be provided in connection with the business conducted by such Person, in each case as
calculated at the end of the fiscal quarter preceding the date of determination (and, if calculated
in connection with a transaction, after giving pro forma effect to such transaction).

          “Consolidated Non-Cash Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the
aggregate depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses of such Person and its
Subsidiaries (excluding any such charges constituting an extraordinary or nonrecurring item)
reducing Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on
a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

          “Continuing Director” means, as of the date of determination, any Person who (i) was a
member of the Board of Directors of the Company or Activant on the Issue Date, (ii) was nominated
for election or elected to the Board of Directors of the Company or Activant, as the case may be,
with the affirmative vote of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board
of Directors at the time of such nomination or election or (iii) is a representative of a Permitted
Holder.

          “Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” means the principal office of the Trustee at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at
the date of original execution of this Indenture is located at MAC N9303-120, Sixth and Marquette
Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, Attention: Corporate Trust Services.

          “Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning provided in Section 9.02.

          “Credit Agreement” means (i) the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement of
Activant, dated as of September 13, 2005, together with the other documents related thereto
(including, without limitation, any guarantee agreements and security documents), as the same may
be further amended, supplemented, restated, restored or otherwise modified from time to time,
including amendments, supplements or modifications relating to the addition or elimination of
Subsidiaries of Activant as borrowers or guarantors or other credit parties thereunder and (ii) any
renewal, extension, refunding, restructuring, restatements, replacement or refinancing thereof
(whether with the original administrative agent and lenders or another administrative agent or
agents or one or more other lenders and whether provided under the original Credit Agreement or one
or more other credit or other agreements).

          “Currency Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or
other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
against fluctuations in currency values.

          “Custodian” has the meaning provided in Section 6.01.

          “Default” means an event or condition the occurrence of which is, or with the lapse of
time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

          “Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issued in the form of one or more Global
Notes, The Depository Trust Company or another Person designated as Depositary by the Company,
which must be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act.

          “Determination Date,” with respect to an Interest Period, will be the second London
Banking Day preceding the first day of the Interest Period.

          “Disqualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the
terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the
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cluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is
mandatorily redeemable on or before October 1, 2011, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or
otherwise, or is redeemable at the sole option of the holder thereof (except, in each case, upon
the occurrence of a Change of Control), in whole or in part, on or prior to October 1, 2011;
provided that only the portion of Capital Stock which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable or is
so redeemable at the sole option of the holder thereof prior to October 1, 2011 shall be deemed to
be Disqualified Capital Stock.

          “Equity Offering” means a private sale or an underwritten public offering of Capital
Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Company.

          “Event of Default” has the meaning provided in Section 6.01.

          “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.

          “Exchange Notes” means (i) the Senior Floating Rate PIK Notes due 2011, Series B, to
be issued pursuant to this Indenture in exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement and (ii) Additional Notes, if any, issued in the form of Senior Floating Rate PIK
Notes due 2011, Series B (or other series of) to be issued in a registered exchange offer, in each
case substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

          “Final Maturity Date” means October 1, 2011.

          “Financial Monitoring and Oversight Agreements” means the Monitoring and Oversight
Agreement among the Company, Activant and Hicks Muse & Co. Partners, L.P. (“Hicks Muse
Partners”) and the Financial Advisory Agreement among the Company, Activant and Hicks Muse
Partners, each as in effect on the Activant Notes Issue Date or as may be subsequently amended in a
way not materially adverse to Holders of the Notes or the Company.

          “Funding Guarantor” has the meaning provided in Section 11.05.

          “GAAP”, unless otherwise indicated, means generally accepted accounting principles in
the United States of America as in effect as of the date of this Indenture, including those 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 the Commission or in such other statements by such other entity as
approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession. All ratios and computations based
on GAAP contained in this Indenture shall be computed in conformity with GAAP.

          “Global Notes” means one or more 144A Global Notes, Regulation S Global Notes or IAI
Global Notes.

          “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, letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or
any part of any Indebtedness.

          “Guarantee” means the guarantee by each Guarantor of the obligations of the Company
with respect to the Notes.

          “Guaranteed Indebtedness” has the meaning provided in Section 4.05.

          “Guarantor” means any Subsidiary of the Company that becomes a party hereto pursuant
to Section 4.05; provided that any such Subsidiaries shall no longer be Guarantors following any
release in accordance with this Indenture.

          “Hicks Muse” means Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated, a Texas corporation.

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          “Holders” means the registered holders of the Notes.

          “IAI Global Note” means a permanent global note in registered form representing the
aggregate principal amount of Notes transferred after the Issue Date to Institutional Accredited
Investors.

          “incur” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.04.

          “Indebtedness” means with respect to any Person, without duplication, any liability of
such Person (i) for borrowed money, (ii) evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments, (iii) constituting Capitalized Lease Obligations, (iv) incurred or assumed as the
deferred purchase price of property, or pursuant to conditional sale obligations and title
retention agreements (but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of
business), (v) for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or
similar credit transaction, (vi) for Indebtedness of others guaranteed by such Person, (vii) for
Interest Swap Obligations, Commodity Agreements and Currency Agreements and (viii) for Indebtedness
of any other Person of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) which is secured by any
Lien on any property or asset of such first referred to Person, the amount of such Indebtedness
being deemed to be the lesser of the value of such property or asset or the amount of the
Indebtedness so secured. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the
outstanding principal amount of all unconditional obligations described above, as such amount would
be reflected on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and the maximum liability at such
date of such Person for any contingent obligations described above.

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

          “Initial Notes” means $40.0 million of the Senior Floating Rate PIK Notes due 2011,
Series A, of the Company.

          “Initial Purchasers” means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc.

          “Institutional Accredited Investor” means an institution that is an “accredited
investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.

          “Interest Payment Date” means (i) prior to October 1, 2010, each quarterly interest
payment date on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing on January 1,
2006 and (ii) on or after October 1, 2010, will be compounded quarterly on January 1, 2011, April
1, 2011 and July 1, 2011 but will only be payable on October 1, 2011.

          “Interest Period” means the period commencing on and including an Interest Payment
Date and ending on and including the day immediately preceding the next succeeding Interest Payment
Date; provided that the first Interest Period shall commence on and include October 17, 2005 and
end on and include December 31, 2005.

          “Interest Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means (i)
prior to October 1, 2010 (except a date for payment of defaulted interest), December 15, March 15,
June 15 or September 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding
such Interest Payment Date and (ii) on or after October 1, 2010, September 15, 2011.

          “Interest Swap Obligations” means the obligations of any Person under any interest
rate protection agreement, interest rate future, interest rate option, interest rate swap, interest
rate cap or other interest rate hedge or arrangement.

          “Investment” in any Person means any direct or indirect advance, loan or other
extension of credit (in each case, including by way of guarantee or similar arrangement) or capital
contribution to any Person, but excluding any debt or extension of credit represented by a bank
deposit other than a time deposit. For purposes of Section 4.10, (A) “Investment” shall include
the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in a Subsidiary

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to be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of
such Subsidiary of the Company at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted
Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a
Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an
Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (1) the Company’s “Investment” in such
Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (2) the portion (proportionate to the Company’s
equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary
at the time that such Subsidiary is so redesignated from an Unrestricted Subsidiary to a
Subsidiary; and (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
the Board of Directors.

          “Issue Date” means October 17, 2005, the date on which the Initial Notes are
originally issued.

          “Legal Defeasance” has the meaning provided in Section 9.02.

          “LIBOR” with respect to an Interest Period, will be the rate (expressed as a
percentage per annum) for deposits in United States dollars for three-month periods beginning on
the first day of such Interest Period that appears on either Telerate Page 3750 or Bloomberg page
BBAM1 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Determination Date. If Telerate Page 3750 and
Bloomberg page BBAM1 do not include such a rate or are unavailable on a Determination Date, the
Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each of four major banks in the
London interbank market, as selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide such bank’s offered
quotation (expressed as a percentage per annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on
such Determination Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market for deposits in a
Representative Amount in United States dollars for a three-month period beginning on the first day
of such Interest Period. If at least two such offered quotations are so provided, LIBOR for the
Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations
are so provided, the Calculation Agent will request each of three major banks in New York City, as
selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide such bank’s rate (expressed as a percentage per
annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Determination Date, for loans
in a Representative Amount in United States dollars to leading European banks for a three-month
period beginning on the first day of such Interest Period. If at least two such rates are so
provided, LIBOR for the Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of such rates. If fewer than
two such rates are so provided, then LIBOR for the Interest Period will be LIBOR in effect with
respect to the immediately preceding Interest Period.

          “Lien” means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, charge or
encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any
lease in the nature thereof and any agreement to give any security interest).

          “London Banking Day” is any day in which dealings in United States dollars are
transacted or, with respect to any future date, are expected to be transacted in the London
interbank market.

          “Net Cash Proceeds” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds in the form of
cash or Cash Equivalents (including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when
received in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents) received by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale net of (i) reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and fees relating to
such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees and
sales commissions, recording fees, relocation costs, title insurance premiums, appraisers, fees and
costs reasonably incurred in preparation of any asset or property for sale), (ii) taxes paid or
reasonably estimated to be payable (calculated based on the combined state, federal and foreign
statutory tax rates applicable to the Company or the Subsidiary engaged in such Asset Sale), (iii)
all distributions and other payments required to be made to any Person owning a beneficial interest
in the assets subject to sale or minority interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a
result of such Asset Sale, (iv) any reserves established in accordance with GAAP for adjustment in
respect of the sales price of such asset or assets or for any liabilities associated with such
Asset Sale and (v) repayment of Indebtedness secured by assets subject to such Asset Sale;
provided, however, that if the instrument or agreement governing such Asset Sale requires the
transferor to maintain a portion of the purchase price in escrow (whether as a reserve for
adjustment of the purchase price or otherwise) or to indemnify the transferee for specified
liabilities in a maximum specified amount, the portion of the cash or Cash Equivalents that is
actually placed in escrow or segregated and set aside by the transferor for such indemnification
obligation shall not be deemed to be Net

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Cash Proceeds until the escrow terminates or the transferor ceases to segregate and set aside
such funds, in whole or in part, and then only to the extent of the proceeds released from escrow
to the transferor or that are no longer segregated and set aside by the transferor.

          “Net Proceeds Offer” has the meaning provided in Section 4.08.

          “Notes” means, collectively, the Initial Notes, the Additional Notes, if any, the
Private Exchange Notes and the Unrestricted Notes treated as a single class of securities, as
amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. For the
purposes of this Indenture, all Notes shall vote and consent together on all matters (as to which
such Notes may vote or consent) as one class and no series of Notes will have the right to vote or
consent as a separate class on any matter.

          “Obligations” means all obligations for principal, premium, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation
governing, or otherwise relating to, any Indebtedness.

          “Officer” means the Chairman, any Vice Chairman, the President, any Vice President,
the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary of the Company.

          “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers of the Company
complying with Sections 13.04 and 13.05.

          “144A Global Note” means a permanent global note in registered form representing the
aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

          “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the
Trustee.

          “Other Indebtedness” has the meaning provided in Section 4.08.

          “Participants” has the meaning provided in Section 2.15.

          “Paying Agent” has the meaning provided in Section 2.03.

          “Permitted Holders” means Hicks Muse and any of its Affiliates, officers and
directors.

          “Permitted Indebtedness” means, without duplication, (i) Indebtedness outstanding on
the Issue Date (other than the indebtedness described in clause (iv) below); (ii) Indebtedness of
the Company or a Subsidiary incurred pursuant to the Credit Agreement (including guarantees
thereof) in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $30.0 million;
(iii) Indebtedness evidenced by or arising under the Notes and this Indenture (not including any
Additional Notes other than Additional Notes issued in lieu of cash interest on any Notes); (iv)
the Activant Notes and the Activant Notes Guarantees; (v) Interest Swap Obligations; provided,
however, that such Interest Swap Obligations are entered into to protect the Company and its
Subsidiaries from fluctuations in currencies or interest rates of its Indebtedness; (vi) additional
Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries not to exceed $20.0 million in principal
amount outstanding at any time (which amount may, but need not, be incurred under the Credit
Agreement); (vii) Refinancing Indebtedness; (viii) Indebtedness owed by the Company to any Wholly
Owned Subsidiary of the Company or by any Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or any Wholly
Owned Subsidiary of the Company; (ix) guarantees by the Company or Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness
permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Indenture; (x) Indebtedness in respect of performance
bonds, bankers’ acceptances and surety or appeal bonds provided by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to their customers in the ordinary course of their business; (xi) Indebtedness arising
from agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations,
or from guarantees or letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing any obligations
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to such agreements, in each case incurred in
connection with the disposition of any business assets or Subsidiaries of the Company (other than
guarantees of Indebtedness or other obligations incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion
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sets or Subsidiaries of the Company for the purpose of financing such acquisition) in a
principal amount not to exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition; provided, however, that the principal amount of
any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (xi), when taken together with all Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to this clause (xi) and then outstanding, shall not exceed $15.0 million; (xii)
Indebtedness represented by Capitalized Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money
obligations, or Indebtedness incurred for the purposes of financing the acquisition of Productive
Assets (whether by acquisition of assets or stock, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise),
in each case incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of
construction or improvement of property used in a related business or incurred to refinance any
such purchase price or cost of construction or improvement, in each case incurred no later than 365
days after the date of such acquisition or the date of completion of such construction or
improvement; provided, however, that the principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to
this clause (xii) shall not exceed $5.0 million at any time outstanding; and (xiii) Indebtedness
and other Obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries related to lease financing activities
which are not required to be treated as indebtedness on a balance sheet, as determined in
accordance with GAAP as in effect on the date such Indebtedness or other Obligation is incurred.

          “Permitted Investments” means (i) Investments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company to acquire the stock or assets of any Person (or Acquired Indebtedness or Acquired
Preferred Stock acquired in connection with a transaction in which such Person becomes a Subsidiary
of the Company); provided, however, that the primary business of such person is in the good faith
judgment of management of the Company a business reasonably related, ancillary or complementary to
the business of the Company; provided, further, however, that if any such Investment or series of
related Investments involves an Investment by (x) the Company (other than Activant and its
Subsidiaries) in excess of $3.0 million, the Company is able, at the time of such investment and
immediately after giving effect thereto, to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other
than Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance with the Consolidated Coverage Ratio set forth in clause
(i) of the first paragraph of Section 4.04(a) or (y) Activant or its Subsidiaries in excess of $3.0
million, Activant is able, at the time of such investment and immediately after giving effect
thereto, to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in
compliance with the Consolidated Coverage Ratio set forth in clause (ii) of the first paragraph of
Section 4.04(a), (ii) Investments received by the Company or its Subsidiaries as consideration for
a sale of assets, (iii) Investments by the Company or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company in
any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company (whether existing on the Issue Date or created
thereafter) or any Person that after such Investments, and as a result thereof, becomes a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary of the Company and Investments in the Company by any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of
the Company, (iv) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents, (v) Investments in securities of trade
creditors, wholesalers or customers received pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar
arrangement, (vi) loans or advances to employees of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof for
purposes of purchasing the Company’s Capital Stock and other loans and advances to employees made
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices of the Company or such
Subsidiary, and (vii) additional Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1.0 million at
any time outstanding.

          “Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:

     (i) Pledges or deposits by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment
insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids,
tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such
Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or
deposits of cash or United States government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which
such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for
the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

     (ii) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, in
each case for sums not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings;

     (iii) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet delinquent or
which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

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     (iv) Liens in favor of issuers of performance and surety bonds or bid bonds or with
respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit issued pursuant to the request
of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;

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

     (vi) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clauses (ii),
(v), (vi) and (xii) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”;

     (vii) Liens existing on the Issue Date;

     (viii) Liens on shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary of the Company; provided, however, such Liens are not created or incurred in
connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary of the
Company; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property
owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

     (ix) Liens on property at the time the Company or one of its Subsidiaries acquired the
property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the
Company; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with,
or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided, further, however, that the Liens may not
extend to any other property owned by the Company;

     (x) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person
securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for
the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory
or other goods;

     (xi) leases, subleases and licenses of real property which do not materially interfere
with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company;

     (xii) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding
operating leases entered into by the Company in the ordinary course of business;

     (xiii) Liens in favor of the Company;

     (xiv) Liens on equipment of the Company granted in the ordinary course of business to
the Company’s client at which such equipment is located;

     (xv) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or
successive refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in
part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in clause (vi), (vii), (viii),
(ix) or (xix) of this definition; provided, however, that (A) such new Lien shall be limited
to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on
such property), and (B) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased
to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount of or, if
greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (vi), (vii), (viii),
or (ix) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (B)
an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such
refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;

     (xvi) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default;

     (xvii) Liens in favor of the Trustee securing the Notes;

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     (xviii) Liens in favor of a banking institution arising by operation of law encumbering
deposits (including right of set-off) held by such banking institutions incurred in the
ordinary course of business and which are within the general parameters customary in the
banking industry; and

     (xix) in addition to the Liens referred to in clauses (i) through (xviii) above, Liens
securing Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Notes) in an
aggregate principal amount at the time of the incurrence of such Liens not to exceed 10% of
the Company’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

          “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 one or more certificated Notes in registered form.

          “Preferred Stock” of any Person means any Capital Stock of such Person that has
preferential rights to any other Capital Stock of such Person with respect to dividends or
redemptions or upon liquidation.

          “Private Exchange Notes” has the meaning provided in the Registration Rights Agreement
or in a registration rights agreement executed in connection with the issuance of Additional Notes,
as applicable.

          “Private Placement Legend” means the legend initially set forth on the Initial Notes
in the form set forth on Exhibit A hereto.

          “Productive Assets” means assets of a kind used or usable by the Company and its
Subsidiaries in its business; provided, however, that productive assets to be acquired by the
Company or its Subsidiaries shall be, in the good faith judgment of management of the Company,
assets which are reasonably related, ancillary or complementary to the business of the Company or
its Subsidiaries as conducted on the Issue Date.

          “Prophet 21 Acquisition” means the acquisition of the shares of capital stock of
Prophet 21, Inc. pursuant to the Prophet 21 Agreement and Plan of Merger Agreement.

          “Prophet 21 Agreement and Plan of Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of
Merger Agreement, dated August 15, 2005, between Prophet 21, Inc., Activant, P21 Merger Corporation
and, for certain limited purposes, Thoma Cressey Equity Partners, LLC.

          “Purchase Money Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries
incurred in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of financing all or any part of the
purchase price, or the cost of installation, construction or improvement, of property or equipment.

          “Qualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital
Stock.

          “Qualified Institutional Buyer” or “QIB” means a “qualified institutional
buyer” as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

          “Redemption Date,” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the date
fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture.

          “redemption price,” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the price
fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture as set forth in the form of Note annexed
hereto as Exhibit A.

          “Refinancing Indebtedness” means any refinancing of Indebtedness of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries existing as of the Issue Date or incurred in accordance with Section 4.04
(other than pursuant to clause (v) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness) that does not (i)
result in an increase in the aggregate principal
amount of Indebtedness (such principal amount to include, for purposes of this definition, any
premiums, penalties or accrued interest paid with the proceeds of the Refinancing Indebtedness) of
such Person or (ii) create Indebted-

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ness with (A) a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is less
than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced or (B) a final
maturity earlier than the final maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced.

          “Registrar” has the meaning provided in Section 2.03.

          “Registration” means a registered exchange offer for the Notes by the Company or other
registration of the Notes under the Securities Act pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of
the Registration Rights Agreement.

          “Registration Rights Agreement” means the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement
dated as of the Issue Date by and among the Company and the Initial Purchasers.

          “Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.

          “Regulation S Global Note” means a permanent global note in registered form
representing the aggregate principal amount of Notes sold in reliance on Regulation S under the
Securities Act.

          “Representative Amount” means a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 for a
single transaction in the relevant market at the relevant time.

          “Restricted Payment” means (i) the declaration or payment of any dividend or the
making of any other distribution (other than dividends or distributions payable in Qualified
Capital Stock or in options, rights or warrants to acquire Qualified Capital Stock) on shares of
the Company’s Capital Stock, (ii) the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition for
value of any Capital Stock of the Company, or any warrants, rights or options to acquire shares of
Capital Stock of the Company, other than through the exchange of such Capital Stock or any
warrants, rights or options to acquire shares of any class of such Capital Stock for Qualified
Capital Stock or warrants, rights or options to acquire Qualified Capital Stock, (iii) the making
of any principal payment on, or the purchase, defeasance, redemption, prepayment, decrease or other
acquisition or retirement for value, prior to any scheduled final maturity, scheduled repayment or
scheduled sinking fund payment, of, any Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries that is
subordinated or junior in right of payment to the Notes, or (iv) the making of any Investment
(other than a Permitted Investment).

          “Restricted Securities” has the meaning set forth in Rule 144(a)(3) under the
Securities Act; provided, however, that the Trustee shall be entitled to request and conclusively
rely upon an Opinion of Counsel with respect to whether any Note is a Restricted Security.

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

          “Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means an arrangement relating to property now owned
or hereafter acquired whereby the Company or a Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and
the Company or a Subsidiary leases it from such Person.

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

          “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.

          “Segregated Amount” has the meaning provided in Section 4.19.

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

          “Special Offer Trigger Date” has the meaning provided in Section 4.18.

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          “Special Offer” has the meaning provided in Section 4.18.

          “Special Offer Amount” has the meaning provided in Section 4.18.

          “Speedware” means Speedware Corporation Inc.

          “Speedware Acquisition” means the acquisition of shares of Capital Stock of Speedware
pursuant to the Speedware Tender Offer, an amalgamation, a statutory arrangement, a share
consolidating, purchasing additional shares in the open market or in privately negotiated
transactions, or initiating another takeover bid.

          “Speedware Tender Offer” means the cash tender offer to purchase all of the
outstanding shares of Capital Stock of Speedware.

          “Staats Repurchase Agreement” means the Securities Repurchase Agreement, dated June 5,
2003, among Glenn Staats, Preston Staats, Activant, the Company, Hicks Muse and certain other
parties thereto, as the same may be amended in a manner which does not adversely affect the Holders
of the Notes.

          “Stated Maturity” means with respect to any installment of interest or principal on
any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of interest or principal was scheduled
to be paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any
contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the
date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

          “Subsidiary” with respect to any Person, means (i) any corporation of which the
outstanding Capital Stock having at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast in the
election of directors under ordinary circumstances shall at the time be owned, directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, by such Person or (ii) any other Person of which at
least a majority of the voting interest under ordinary circumstances is at the time, directly or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, owned by such Person. Notwithstanding anything in
this Indenture to the contrary, all references to the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or
to financial information prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP shall be deemed
to include the Company and its Subsidiaries as to which financial statements are prepared on a
combined basis in accordance with GAAP and to financial information prepared on such a combined
basis. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, an Unrestricted Subsidiary
shall not be deemed to be a Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture.

          “Telerate Page 3750” means the display designated as “Page 3750” on the Moneyline
Telerate service (or such other page as may replace Page 3750 on that service) or a successor
service.

          “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as
amended, as in effect on the date of this Indenture (except as provided in Section 9.03) until such
time as this Indenture is qualified under the TIA, and thereafter as in effect on the date on which
this Indenture is qualified under the TIA.

          “Triad Acquisition” means the acquisition of Triad Systems Corporation on February 27,
1997.

          “Trust Officer” means any officer within the corporate trust department (or any
successor group of the Trustee) including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant
secretary or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by the persons who at that time shall be such officers, and also means,
with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such trust matter is
referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

          “Trustee” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until
a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means
such successor.

          “Unrestricted Notes” means one or more Notes that do not and are not required to bear
the Private Placement Legend in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, including, without
limitation, the Exchange Notes and any Notes registered under the Securities Act pursuant to and in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement.

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          “Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (x) a Subsidiary of the Company created after the
Issue Date or (y) Internet Auto Parts, Inc. (“IAP”) if it becomes a Subsidiary of the
Company, in each case so designated (together with its Subsidiaries) by a resolution adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, that (a) neither the Company nor any of its
other Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries) (1) provides any credit support for any
Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or its Subsidiaries (including any undertaking,
agreement or instrument evidencing such Indebtedness) or (2) is directly or indirectly liable for
any Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or its Subsidiaries and (b) except for IAP, such
Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries has no property or assets (other than de minimis assets resulting
from the initial capitalization of such Subsidiary). The Board of Directors may designate any
Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Subsidiary; provided, however, that immediately after giving effect
to such designation (x) (i) in the case of any Subsidiary of the Company (other than Activant and
its Subsidiaries), the Company could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted
Indebtedness) in compliance with the Consolidated Coverage Ratio set forth in clause (i) of the
first paragraph of Section 4.04(a) and (ii) in the case of any Subsidiary of Activant, Activant
could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance with
the Consolidated Coverage Ratio set forth in clause (ii) of the first paragraph of Section 4.04(a)
and (y) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing. Any designation
pursuant to this definition by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be evidenced to the
Trustee by the filing with the Trustee of a certified copy of the resolution of the Company’s Board
of Directors giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such
designation complied with the foregoing conditions.

          “United States Government Obligations” means direct obligations (or certificates
representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America (including
any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the
United States of America is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the issuer’s
option.

          “Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any
date, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) the then outstanding aggregate principal amount
of such Indebtedness into (b) the total of the product obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of
each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of
principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years
(calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between such date and the making of such
payment.

          “Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person of which
all the outstanding voting securities (other than directors’ qualifying shares) which normally have
the right to vote in the election of directors are owned by such Person or any Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of such Person.

SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

          Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by
reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture
have the following meanings:

          “Commission” means the SEC.

          “indenture securities” means the Notes.

          “indenture security holder” means a Holder.

          “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

          “indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

          “obligor” means the Company or any other obligor on the Notes or the Guarantees.

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          All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA
reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule and not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them therein.

SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction.

          Unless the context otherwise requires:

     (i) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

     (ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time, and
any other reference in this Indenture to “generally accepted accounting principles” refers
to GAAP;

     (iii) “or” is not exclusive;

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

     (v) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and

     (vi) “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a
whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

ARTICLE TWO

THE NOTES

SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating.

          The Initial Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication thereof shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and
expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Exchange Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication thereof shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, which is
hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. Any Additional Notes and the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication thereof shall be substantially similar to the form of
Exhibit A if such Additional Notes are issued in an unregistered offering or Exhibit
B if such Additional Notes are issued in an offering that has been registered with the SEC.
The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
usage. The Company and the Trustee shall approve the form of the Notes and any notation, legend or
endorsement (including the Guarantee) on them. Each Note shall be dated the date of its issuance
and shall show the date of its authentication.

          Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A and Notes offered and sold in reliance on
Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Notes, substantially in
the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the
Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided
and shall bear the legend set forth in Exhibit C hereto. The aggregate principal amount of
the Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records
of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, as hereinafter provided. Notes issued in exchange
for interests in a Global Note pursuant to Section 2.16 may be issued in the form of Physical Notes
in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A.

SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication.

          One duly authorized Officer shall sign the Notes for the Company or Guarantee for each
Guarantor, as the case may be, by manual or facsimile signature.

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          If an Officer whose signature is on a Note or a Guarantee, as the case may be, 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 or Guarantee, as the case may be, shall be valid nevertheless.

          A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the
certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the
Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

          The Trustee shall authenticate (i) Initial Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal
amount of $40.0 million, (ii) if and when issued, such Additional Notes that the Company may from
time to time choose to issue pursuant to this Indenture and in accordance with Section 2.17 hereof,
(iii) Private Exchange Notes from time to time only in exchange for a like principal amount of
Initial Notes or Additional Notes and (iv) Unrestricted Notes from time to time only in exchange
for (A) a like principal amount of Initial Notes or Additional Notes or (B) a like principal amount
of Private Exchange Notes, in each case upon a written order of the Company in the form of an
Officers’ Certificate; provided that with respect to the authentication of Additional Notes, such
Officer’s Certificate shall certify that such issuance will be in compliance with Section 4.04 and
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel of the Company in connection with
the authentication of such Additional Notes. Each such written order shall specify the amount of
Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated, whether the
Notes are to be Initial Notes, Additional Notes, Private Exchange Notes or Unrestricted Notes and
whether the Notes are to be issued as Physical Notes or Global Notes and such other information as
the Trustee may reasonably request.

          Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, in connection with the payment of
interest on the Notes through the issuance of Additional Notes, the trustee shall not be required
to authenticate such Additional Notes if the Company has directed the Paying Agent to make the
payment of such interest through appropriate amendments to the schedule of principal amounts of the
relevant Global Notes outstanding and arrange for deposit into the account specified by the Holder
or Holders thereof as of the relevant Interest Record Date. Unless the Company has made an
election no later than the relevant Interest Record Date pursuant to Section 2.17(a)(i) to pay
interest in cash on any Interest Payment Date, the Company shall be deemed to have directed the
Paying Agent to make the payment of such interest through amendments to the schedule of principal
amounts of the relevant Global Notes outstanding.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Notes issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent
together on all matters (as to which any of such Notes may vote or consent) as one class and no
series of Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter.

          The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to
authenticate Notes. Unless otherwise provided in the appointment, an authenticating agent may
authenticate 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 shall
have the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company and Affiliates of the Company.

          The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000
and any integral multiple thereof; provided, however, that Additional Notes issued as payment of
interest on the Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $1.00 and any integral multiple of
$1.00.

SECTION 2.03. Registrar, Paying Agent and Calculation Agent.

          The Company shall maintain an office or agency, where (a) Notes may be presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”), (b) Notes may
be presented or surrendered for
payment (the “Paying Agent”) and (c) notices and demands in respect of the Notes and
this Indenture may be served. In addition, there shall be a Calculation Agent for the Notes (the
“Calculation Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their
transfer and exchange. The Company, upon notice to the Trustee, may appoint one or more
Co-Registrars and one or more additional Paying Agents. The term “Paying Agent” includes any
additional Paying Agent. Except as provided herein, the Company may act as Paying Agent,
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Registrar or Calculation Agent. The Company may change the Paying Agent, Registrar,
Co-Registrar or Calculation Agent without notice to any Holder.

          The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to
this Indenture, which shall incorporate the provisions of the TIA. The agreement shall implement
the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee
of the name and address of any such Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying
Agent or Calculation 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 8.07.

          The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent and Calculation Agent
until such time as the Trustee has resigned or a successor has been appointed.

SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Assets in Trust.

          The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that
each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all assets held by
the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes, and shall notify the
Trustee of any Default by the Company in making any such payment. The Company at any time may
require a Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and account for any
assets disbursed and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any payment Default,
upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by
it to the Trustee and to account for any assets distributed. Upon distribution to the Trustee of
all assets that shall have been delivered by the Company to the Paying Agent (if other than the
Company), the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for such assets. If the Company or any
of their Affiliates acts as Paying Agent, it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of
or interest on the Notes, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be
paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the
Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

SECTION 2.05. Holder Lists.

          The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent
list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar,
the Company shall furnish to the Trustee before each Interest Record Date and at such other times
as the Trustee may request in writing a list as of such date and in such form as the Trustee may
reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders, which list may be conclusively relied
upon by the Trustee.

SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.

          Subject to the provisions of Sections 2.15 and 2.16, when Notes are presented to the Registrar
or a Co-Registrar with a request to register the transfer of such Notes or to exchange such Notes
for an equal principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations of the same series, the
Registrar or Co-Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its
requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however, that the Notes surrendered for
transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar or Co-Registrar, duly executed by the Holder
thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. To permit registrations of transfers and
exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Notes at the Registrar’s or
Co-Registrar’s written request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or
similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or
other governmental charge payable upon exchanges or transfers pursuant to Section 2.10
or 3.06). The Registrar or Co-Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer or
exchange of any Note (i) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the
mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes and ending at the close of business on the day of such
mailing and (ii) selected for redemption in whole or in part pursuant to Article Three hereof,
except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

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          Prior to the registration of any transfer by a Holder as provided herein, the Company, the
Trustee and any Agent of the Company shall treat the Person in whose name the Note is registered as
the owner thereof for all purposes whether or not the Note shall be overdue, and none of the
Company, the Trustee nor any such Agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. Any consent,
waiver or actions of a Holder shall be binding upon any subsequent Holders of such Note or a Note
received upon transfer. Any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall, by acceptance
of such beneficial interest in a Global Note, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such
Global Note may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by the Depositary (or its
agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall be required to be
reflected in a book entry.

SECTION 2.07. Replacement Notes.

          If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or if the Holder of a Note claims that the
Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements for replacement of Notes are met. If
required by the Company or the Trustee, such Holder must provide an indemnity bond or other
indemnity, sufficient in the judgment of the Company and the Trustee, to protect the Company, the
Trustee and any Agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The
Company may charge such Holder for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in replacing a Note,
including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel.

          Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company.

SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Notes.

          Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes that have been authenticated by the Trustee
except those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this
Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Subject to Section 2.09, a Note does not cease to be outstanding
because the Company or any Affiliates of the Company holds the Note.

          If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 (other than a mutilated Note surrendered for
replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that
the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon
surrender of such Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.07.

          If on a Redemption Date or the Final Maturity Date the Paying Agent holds money sufficient to
pay all of the principal and interest due on the Notes payable on that date, and is not prohibited
from paying such money to the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after
that date such Notes cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.

SECTION 2.09. Treasury Notes.

          In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in
any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be
disregarded, except that, for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in
relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Trust Officer of the Trustee
actually knows are so owned shall be disregarded.

          The Company shall notify the Trustee, in writing, when the Company or any of its Affiliates
repurchases or otherwise acquires Notes, of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes so
repurchased or otherwise acquired.

SECTION 2.10. Temporary Notes.

          Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall
authenticate temporary Notes upon receipt of a written order of the Company in the form of an
Officers’ Certificate. The Officers’ Certificate shall specify the amount of temporary Notes to be
authenticated and the date on which the temporary Notes are to be authenticated.

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          Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations
that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the
Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate upon receipt of a written order of the
Company pursuant to Section 2.02 definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.

SECTION 2.11. Cancellation.

          The Company 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 transfer, exchange
or payment. The Trustee, or at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent,
and no one else, shall cancel, and at the written direction of the Company, dispose of and deliver
evidence of such disposal of all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation.
Subject to Section 2.07, the Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that they have paid
or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. If the Company shall acquire any of the Notes, such
acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by
such Notes unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to
this Section 2.11.

SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest.

          The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on demand at the rate of
interest then borne by the Notes. The Company shall, to the extent lawful, pay interest on overdue
installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on
demand at the rate of interest then borne by the Notes.

          If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted
interest, plus (to the extent lawful) any interest payable on the defaulted interest to the Persons
who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, which date shall be the fifteenth day
preceding the date fixed by the Company for the payment of defaulted interest or the next
succeeding Business Day if such date is not a Business Day. At least 15 days before the subsequent
special record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice
that states the subsequent special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted
interest, and interest payable on such defaulted interest, if any, to be paid.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, any interest which is paid prior to the expiration of the
30-day period set forth in Section 6.01(i) shall be paid to Holders as of the Interest Record Date
for the Interest Payment Date for which interest has not been paid.

SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Number.

          The Company in issuing the Notes will use a “CUSIP” number and the Trustee shall use the CUSIP
number in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that
any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the
CUSIP number printed in the notice or on the Notes, and that reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee
of any changes in CUSIP numbers.

SECTION 2.14. Deposit of Moneys.

          Prior to 11:00 a.m. New York City time, on each Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, and
the Final Maturity Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent in immediately available
funds money sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date, Redemption
Date or Final Maturity
Date, as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits the Paying Agent to remit payment
to the Holders on such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Final Maturity Date, as the case
may be.

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SECTION 2.15. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes.

          (a) The Global Notes initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary or the
nominee of such Depositary, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depositary and
(iii) bear legends as set forth in Exhibit C.

          Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Participants”) shall have no rights
under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the
Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Note, and the Depositary may be treated by the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the
Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall
prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to
any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as
between the Depositary and Participants, the operation of customary practices governing the
exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note.

          (b) Transfers of Global Notes shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to the
Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the
Global Notes may be transferred or exchanged for Physical Notes in accordance with the rules and
procedures of the Depositary and the provisions of Section 2.16; provided, however, that Physical
Notes shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in
Global Notes if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue
as Depositary for any Global Note and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within
90 days of such notice or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar
has received a request from the Depositary to issue Physical Notes.

          (c) In connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the beneficial interest in a
Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b), the Registrar shall (if one or more
Physical Notes are to be issued) reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the
principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial
interest in the Global Note to be transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, one or more Physical Notes of like tenor and amount.

          (d) In connection with the transfer of Global Notes as an entirety to beneficial owners
pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.15, the Global Notes shall be deemed to be surrendered
to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall upon written
instructions from the Company authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the
Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Notes, an equal aggregate
principal amount of Physical Notes of authorized denominations.

          (e) Any Physical Note constituting a Restricted Security delivered in exchange for an interest
in a Global Note pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 2.15 shall, except as otherwise provided
by Section 2.16, bear the Private Placement Legend.

          (f) The Holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person,
including Participants and Persons that may hold interests through Participants, to take any action
which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

SECTION 2.16. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.

          (a) Transfer and Exchange of Physical Notes. When Physical Notes are presented to the
Registrar or Co-Registrar with a request:

     (i) to register the transfer of the Physical Notes; or

     (ii) to exchange such Physical Notes for an equal principal amount of Physical Notes of
other authorized denominations,

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the Registrar or Co-Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if the
requirements under this Indenture as set forth in this Section 2.16 for such transactions are met;
provided, however, that the Physical Notes presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange:

     (I) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Registrar or Co-Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing; and

     (II) in the case of Physical Notes the offer and sale of which have not been registered
under the Securities Act, such Physical Notes shall be accompanied, in the sole discretion
of the Company, by the following additional information and documents, as applicable:

	 	(A)	 	if such Physical Note is being delivered to the Registrar or
Co-Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without
transfer, a certification from such Holder to that effect (substantially in the
form of Exhibit D hereto); or
	 
	 	(B)	 	if such Physical Note is being transferred to a QIB in
accordance with Rule 144A, a certification to that effect (substantially in the
form of Exhibit D hereto); or
	 
	 	(C)	 	if such Physical Note is being transferred to an Institutional
Accredited Investor, delivery of a certification to that effect (substantially
in the form of Exhibit D hereto) and a transferee letter of
representation (substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto) and, at
the option of the Company, an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Company to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities
Act; or
	 
	 	(D)	 	if such Physical Note is being transferred in reliance on
Regulation S, delivery of a certification to that effect (substantially in the
form of Exhibit D hereto) and a transferor certificate for Regulation S
transfers substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto and, at the
option of the Company, an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Company to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities
Act; or
	 
	 	(E)	 	if such Physical Note is being transferred in reliance on Rule
144 under the Securities Act, delivery of a certification to that effect
(substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto) and, at the option of
the Company, an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company to
the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act; or
	 
	 	(F)	 	if such Physical Note is being transferred in reliance on
another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, a
certification to that effect (substantially in the form of Exhibit D
hereto) and, at the option of the Company, an Opinion of Counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Company to the effect that such transfer is in compliance
with the Securities Act.

          (b) Restrictions on Transfer of a Physical Note for a Beneficial Interest in a Global Note. A
Physical Note the offer and sale of which has not been registered under the Securities Act may not
be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Note except upon satisfaction of the
requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Registrar or Co-Registrar of a Physical Note,
duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the
Registrar or Co-Registrar, together with:

	 	(A)	 	certification, substantially in the form of Exhibit D
hereto, that such Physical Note is being transferred (I) to a QIB, (II) to an
Accredited Investor or (III) in an offshore transaction in reliance on
Regulation S and, with respect to (II) or (III), at the option of the
Company, an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company to the
effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act; and

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	 	(B)	 	written instructions directing the Registrar or Co-Registrar to
make, or to direct the Depositary to make, an endorsement on the applicable
Global Note to reflect an increase in the aggregate amount of the Notes
represented by the Global Note,

then the Registrar or Co-Registrar shall cancel such Physical Note and cause, or direct the
Depositary to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between
the Depositary and the Registrar or Co-Registrar, the principal amount of Notes represented by the
applicable Global Note to be increased accordingly. If no 144A Global Note, IAI Global Note or
Regulation S Global Note, as the case may be, is then outstanding, the Company shall, unless either
of the events in the proviso to Section 2.15(b) have occurred and are continuing, issue and the
Trustee shall, upon written instructions from the Company in accordance with Section 2.02,
authenticate such a Global Note in the appropriate principal amount.

          (c) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of Global Notes or
beneficial interests therein shall be affected through the Depositary in accordance with this
Indenture (including the restrictions on transfer set forth herein) and the procedures of the
Depositary therefor. Upon receipt by the Registrar or Co-Registrar of written instructions, or
such other instruction as is customary for the Depositary, from the Depositary or its nominee,
requesting the registration of transfer of an interest in a 144A Global Note, an IAI Global Note or
a Regulation S Global Note, as the case may be, to another type of Global Note, together with the
applicable Global Notes (or, if the applicable type of Global Note required to represent the
interest as requested to be obtained is not then outstanding, only the Global Note representing the
interest being transferred), the Registrar or Co-Registrar shall reflect on its books and records
(and the applicable Global Note) the applicable increase and decrease of the principal amount of
Notes represented by such types of Global Notes, giving effect to such transfer. If the applicable
type of Global Note required to represent the interest as requested to be obtained is not
outstanding at the time of such request, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall, upon
written instructions from the Company in accordance with Section 2.02, authenticate a new Global
Note of such type in principal amount equal to the principal amount of the interest requested to be
transferred.

          (d) Transfer of a Beneficial Interest in a Global Note for a Physical Note.

            (i) Any Person having a beneficial interest in a Global Note may upon request exchange such
beneficial interest for a Physical Note; provided, however, that prior to the Registration, a
transferee that is a QIB or Institutional Accredited Investor may not exchange a beneficial
interest in Global Note for a Physical Note. Upon receipt by the Registrar or Co-Registrar of
written instructions, or such other form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary, from
the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest in a Global Note
and upon receipt by the Trustee of a written order or such other form of instructions as is
customary for the Depositary or the Person designated by the Depositary as having such a beneficial
interest containing registration instructions and, in the case of any such transfer or exchange of
a beneficial interest in Notes the offer and sale of which have not been registered under the
Securities Act, the following additional information and documents:

	 	(A)	 	if such beneficial interest is being transferred in reliance on
Rule 144 under the Securities Act, delivery of a certification to that effect
(substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto) and, at the option of
the Company, an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company to
the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act; or
	 
	 	(B)	 	if such beneficial interest is being transferred in reliance on
another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, a
certification to that effect (substantially in the form of Exhibit D
hereto) and, at the option of the Company, an Opinion of Counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such transfer is in compliance
with the Securities Act,

then the Registrar or Co-Registrar will cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and
procedures existing between the Depositary and the Registrar or Co-Registrar, the aggregate
principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced and, following such reduction, the
Company will execute and, upon receipt of an authentication

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order in the form of an Officers’
Certificate in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the
transferee a Physical Note in the appropriate principal amount.

          (ii) Notes issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Global Note pursuant to this
Section 2.16(d) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the
Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Registrar or Co-Registrar in writing. The Registrar or Co-Registrar shall deliver
such Physical Notes to the Persons in whose names such Physical Notes are so registered.

          (e) Restrictions on Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Indenture, a Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the
Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or
another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor
Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

          (f) Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes not bearing
the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar or Co-Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear
the Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the
Private Placement Legend, the Registrar or Co-Registrar shall deliver only Notes that bear the
Private Placement Legend unless, and the Trustee is hereby authorized to deliver Notes without the
Private Placement Legend if, (i) there is delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee 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; (ii) such Note has been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under
the Securities Act (including pursuant to a Registration); or (iii) the date of such transfer,
exchange or replacement is two years after the later of (x) the Issue Date and (y) the last date
that the Company or any affiliate (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company
was the owner of such Notes (or any predecessor thereto).

          (g) General. By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private Placement Legend, each Holder
of such a 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.

          The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance
with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect
to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Participants
or beneficial owners of interest 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.

          The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications
received pursuant to Section 2.15 or this Section 2.16. The Company shall have the right to
inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any
reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Registrar.

SECTION 2.17. Issuance of Additional Notes.

          The Company shall be entitled to issue Additional Notes under this Indenture which shall have
substantially identical terms as the Initial Notes, other than with respect to the date of
issuance, issue price, amount of interest payable on the first payment date applicable thereto or
upon a registration default as provided under a registration rights agreement related thereto and
terms of optional redemption, if any (and, if such Additional Notes shall be issued in the form of
Exchange Notes, other than with respect to transfer restrictions); provided that such issuance
shall be made in compliance with Section 4.04.

          With respect to any Additional Notes issued as payment of interest on previously issued Notes,

          (a) the Company shall deliver to the Trustee and the Paying Agent:

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     (i) no later than the Interest Record Date for the relevant Interest Payment Date, a
written notice setting forth the extent to which such interest payment will be made in the
form of cash, if an election is made to pay in cash, and if no such election is made, such
interest payment shall otherwise be payable in Additional Notes; and

     (ii) no later than two Business Days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, (i)
if such securities are in definitive form, the required amount of new definitive Additional
Notes and an order to authenticate and deliver such Additional Notes or (ii) if such Notes
are in global form, an order to increase the principal amount of such Notes by the relevant
amount (or, if necessary, to authenticate a new Global Note executed by the Company with
such increased principal amounts).

          (b) Any Additional Notes shall, after being executed and authenticated pursuant to Section
2.02, be (i) mailed to the person entitled thereto as shown on the register for the definitive
Notes as of the relevant Interest Record Date or (ii) deposited into the account specified by the
Holder or Holders thereof as of the relevant Interest Record Date if the Notes are held in global
form. Alternatively, the Company may direct the Paying Agent to make the appropriate amendments to
the schedule of principal amounts of the relevant Global Notes outstanding and arrange for deposit
into the account specified by the Holder or Holders thereof as of the relevant Interest Record
Date. Payment shall be made in such form and upon such terms as specified herein and the Company
shall and Paying Agent may take additional steps as is necessary to effect such payment.

          (c) with respect to any Additional Notes other than Additional Notes issued as payment of
interest on previously issued Notes, the Company shall set forth in a resolution of its Board of
Directors (or a duly appointed committee thereof) and in an Officers’ Certificate, a copy of each
of which shall be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:

     (i) the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding immediately prior to the
issuance of such Additional Notes;

     (ii) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture;

     (iii) the issue price and the issue date of such Additional Notes and the amount of
interest payable on the first payment date applicable thereto; and

     (iv) whether such Additional Notes shall be transfer Restricted Securities and issued
in the form of Exhibit A hereto or shall be Unrestricted Notes issued in the form of
Exhibit B hereto.

ARTICLE THREE

REDEMPTION

SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee.

          If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Notes at the applicable
redemption price set forth therein, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date
and the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed. The Company shall give such notice to the
Trustee at least 45 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter notice shall be agreed to by
the Trustee in writing), together with an Officers’ Certificate stating that such redemption will
comply with the conditions contained herein and in the Notes, the Redemption Date, the redemption
price and the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed. Any such notice may be canceled by
notice in accordance with Section 13.02 at any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed
to any Holder and shall thereby be void and of no effect.

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SECTION 3.02. Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed.

          If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Notes, the
Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed in compliance with the requirements of the national
securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not then listed on
a national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis; provided, however, that no Notes of $1,000 or
less shall be redeemed in part. On and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue
on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption, whether or not such Notes are presented for
payment.

SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption.

          At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Company shall mail or
electronically transmit a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder whose Notes are
to be redeemed at such Holder’s registered address; provided, however, that notice of a redemption
pursuant to paragraph 6 of the Notes shall be mailed to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed
no later than 60 days after the date of the closing of the relevant Equity Offering of the Company.

          Each notice of redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including the CUSIP number
thereon) and shall state:

     (i) the Redemption Date;

     (ii) the redemption price;

     (iii) the name and address of the Paying Agent to which the Notes are to be surrendered
for redemption;

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

     (v) that, as long as the Company has deposited with the Paying Agent funds in
satisfaction of the applicable redemption price pursuant to this Indenture, interest on
Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date and the only
remaining right of the Holders is to receive payment of the redemption price upon surrender
to the Paying Agent;

     (vi) in the case of any redemption pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Notes, 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, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued;

     (vii) the subparagraph of the Notes pursuant to which such redemption is being made;
and

     (viii) that no representation is made as to the accuracy of the CUSIP number listed in
such notice or printed on such Note.

          At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption on behalf of the
Company, in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense.

SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.

          Once a notice of redemption is mailed or electronically transmitted, Notes called for
redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the redemption price. Upon
surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the redemption price, plus accrued
interest thereon, if any, to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of record at the close of business on
the relevant Interest Record Date.

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SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.

          On or before the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the
Company is its own Paying Agent, it shall, on or before the Redemption Date, segregate and hold in
trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest, if any, on 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 Company to the Trustee for cancellation.

          If any Note surrendered for redemption in the manner provided in the Notes shall not be so
paid on the Redemption Date due to the failure of the Company to deposit with the Paying Agent
money sufficient to pay the redemption price thereof, the principal and accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, thereon shall, until paid or duly provided for, bear interest as provided in
Sections 2.12 and 4.01 with respect to any payment default.

SECTION 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part.

          Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for the
Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.

ARTICLE FOUR

COVENANTS

SECTION 4.01. Payment of Notes.

          The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on the Notes in the manner provided in the
Notes. An installment of principal or interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the
Trustee or Paying Agent (other than the Company or any Affiliates of the Company) holds on that
date money designated for and sufficient to pay the installment in full and is not prohibited from
paying such money to the Holders of the Notes pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

          The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the same rate per annum borne by the
Notes. The Company shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate per
annum borne by the Notes, to the extent lawful, as provided in Section 2.12.

          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Company may, to the
extent it is required to do so by law, deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by
the United States of America from principal, premium or interest payments hereunder.

SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

          The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in
the location, of any office or agency required by Section 2.03. If at any time the Company shall
fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the
address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
address of the Trustee set forth in Section 13.03.

SECTION 4.03. Limitations on Transactions with Affiliates.

          Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will, directly or indirectly, enter into or
permit to exist any transaction (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or
exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with or for the benefit of any of its
Affiliates (other than transactions between the Company and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the
Company or among Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the Company) (an “Affiliate Transaction”),
other than Affiliate Transactions on terms that are no less favorable than those that might
reasonably have been obtained in a comparable transaction on an arm’s-length basis from a Person
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ate; provided, however, that for a transaction or series of related transactions involving
value of $5.0 million or more, such determination will be made in good faith by a majority of
members of the Board of Directors of the Company and by a majority of the disinterested members of
the Board of Directors of the Company, if any; provided, further, that for a transaction or series
of related transactions involving value of $15.0 million or more, the Board of Directors of the
Company has received an opinion from a nationally recognized investment banking firm that such
Affiliate Transaction is fair, from a financial point of view, to the Company or such Subsidiary.
The foregoing restrictions will not apply to (1) reasonable and customary directors’ fees,
indemnification and similar arrangements and payments thereunder, (2) any obligations of the
Company under the Financial Monitoring and Oversight Agreements, or any employment agreement,
noncompetition or confidentiality agreement with any officer of the Company (provided that each
amendment of any of the foregoing agreements shall be subject to the limitations of this covenant),
(3) reasonable and customary investment banking, financial advisory, commercial banking and similar
fees and expenses paid to the Initial Purchasers and their Affiliates, (4) any Restricted Payment
permitted to be made pursuant to Section 4.10, (5) any issuance of securities, or other payments,
awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment
arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors of the
Company, (6) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries consistent with past practices and (7) the issuance of Capital Stock of the
Company (other than Disqualified Capital Stock).

SECTION 4.04. Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified
Capital Stock.

          (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, create, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable,
contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness (other
than Permitted Indebtedness) and the Company will not issue any Disqualified Capital Stock and will
not permit its Subsidiaries to issue any Preferred Stock except Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary
issued to (and as long as it is held by) the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company;
provided, however, that (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Activant and its
Subsidiaries) may incur Indebtedness or issue shares of such Capital Stock if, in either case, at
the time of and immediately after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence of Indebtedness or the
issuance of such Capital Stock, as the case may be, and the use of proceeds therefrom, the
Company’s Consolidated Coverage Ratio is greater than 2.00 to 1.00 and (ii) Activant and its
Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness or issue shares of such Capital Stock if, in either case, at
the time of and immediately after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence of Indebtedness or the
issuance of such Capital Stock, as the case may be, and the use of proceeds therefrom, Activant’s
Consolidated Coverage Ratio is greater than 2.00 to 1.00.

          (b) The Company will not incur or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to incur
or suffer to exist, any Obligations with respect to an Unrestricted Subsidiary that would violate
the provisions set forth in the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary.

          (c) The Company will not incur any Indebtedness if such Indebtedness is by its terms (or by
the terms of any agreement governing such Indebtedness) subordinate or junior in ranking in any
respect to any of its Indebtedness unless such Indebtedness is also by its terms (or by the terms
of any agreement governing such Indebtedness) subordinated in right of payment to the Notes to the
same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to such other Indebtedness.

SECTION 4.05. Limitation on Guarantees of Certain Indebtedness.

          The Company shall not (a) permit any Subsidiary to guarantee any Indebtedness of the Company
other than the Notes (the “Guaranteed Indebtedness”) or (b) pledge any intercompany
Indebtedness representing obligations of any of its Subsidiaries to secure the payment of
Guaranteed Indebtedness, in each case unless such Subsidiary, the Company and the Trustee execute
and deliver a supplemental indenture causing such Subsidiary to guarantee the Company’s obligations
under this Indenture and the Notes to the same extent that such Subsidiary guaranteed the Company’s
obligations under the Guaranteed Indebtedness (including waiver of subrogation, if any).
Thereafter, such Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor for all purposes of this Indenture.

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SECTION 4.06. Payments for Consents.

          Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to
be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder of any Notes
for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of
this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid or is paid to all
Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the
solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

SECTION 4.07. Limitation on Investment Company Status.

          The Company and its Subsidiaries shall not take any action, or otherwise permit to exist any
circumstance, that would require the Company to register as an “investment company” under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

SECTION 4.08. Limitation on Asset Sales.

          Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will consummate an Asset Sale unless (i) the
Company or the applicable Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of
such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of
(as determined in good faith by management of the Company or, if such Asset Sale involves
consideration in excess of $5.0 million, by the Board of Directors of the Company, as evidenced by
a board resolution), (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by the Company or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and
is received at the time of such disposition and (iii) upon the consummation of such Asset Sale, the
Company applies, or causes such Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds of such Asset Sale
within 210 days of receipt thereof either (A) to repay Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit
Agreement or any Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor including the
Activant Notes (and, to the extent such Indebtedness relates to principal under a revolving credit
or similar facility, to obtain a corresponding reduction in the commitments thereunder, except that
the Company may temporarily repay such Indebtedness using the consideration from such Asset Sale
and thereafter use such funds to reinvest pursuant to clause (B) below within the period set forth
therein without having to obtain a corresponding reduction in the commitments under such revolving
credit or similar facility); provided that if an offer to purchase any Indebtedness of Activant or
its Subsidiaries is made in accordance with the terms of such Indebtedness, the obligation to repay
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor under this clause (A) will be
deemed to be satisfied to the extent of the amount of the offer, whether or not accepted by the
holders of such Indebtedness, and no Net Cash Proceeds in the amount of such offer will be deemed
to exist following such offer, (B) to reinvest, or to be contractually committed to reinvest
pursuant to a binding agreement, in Productive Assets and, in the latter case, to be so reinvested
within 390 days of the date of receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds or (C) to purchase Notes and other
Indebtedness that is not, by its terms, expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes and
the terms of which require an offer to purchase such other Indebtedness with the proceeds from such
Asset Sale (“Other Indebtedness”), pro rata tendered to the Company for purchase at a price
equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (or the accreted value of such Other Indebtedness, if
such Other Indebtedness is issued at a discount) as of the date of such purchase plus accrued
interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase pursuant to an offer to purchase made by the
Company as set forth below (a “Net Proceeds Offer”); provided that no Net Proceeds Offer
shall be required to be made with any Asset Sale proceeds to the extent such Asset Sale proceeds
have been, are the subject of or will be used to make an “Excess Cash Balance Offer” required
pursuant to the Activant Fixed Rate Notes Indenture; provided, however, that the Company may defer
making a Net Proceeds Offer until the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Sales not otherwise
applied in accordance with this covenant equal or exceed $5.0 million.

          Subject to the deferral right set forth in the final proviso of the preceding paragraph, each
notice of a Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed, by first-class mail, to Holders of Notes not more
than 210 days after the relevant Asset Sale or, in the event the Company or a Subsidiary has
entered into a binding agreement as provided in (B) above, within 210 days following the
termination of such agreement but in no event later than 390 days after the relevant Asset Sale.
Such notice will specify, among other things, the purchase date (which will be no earlier than 30
days nor later than 45 days from the date such notice is mailed, except as otherwise required by
law) and will otherwise comply with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. Upon receiving
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Holders of Notes may elect to tender their Notes in whole or in part in integral multiples of
$1,000 aggregate principal amount (except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed,
the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall
be redeemed). To the extent Holders properly tender Notes in an amount which, together with all
Other Indebtedness so tendered, exceeds the Net Proceeds Offer, Notes and such Other Indebtedness
of tendering Holders will be repurchased on a pro rata basis (based upon the aggregate principal
amount tendered). To the extent that the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered pursuant to
any Net Proceeds Offer, which, together with the aggregate principal amount or aggregate accreted
value, as the case may be, of all Other Indebtedness so tendered, is less than the amount of Net
Cash Proceeds subject to such Net Proceeds Offer, the Company may use any remaining portion of such
Net Cash Proceeds not required to fund the repurchase of tendered Notes and such Other Indebtedness
for any purposes otherwise permitted by this Indenture. Upon the consummation of any Net Proceeds
Offer, the amount of Net Cash Proceeds subject to any future Net Proceeds Offer from the Asset
Sales giving rise to such Net Cash Proceeds shall be deemed to be zero.

          The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act to the
extent applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer.

SECTION 4.09. Limitation on Asset Swaps.

          The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, engage in any Asset Swaps,
unless: (i) at the time of entering into such Asset Swap, and immediately after giving effect to
such Asset Swap, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would
occur as a consequence thereof; (ii) in the event such Asset Swap involves an aggregate amount in
excess of $2.0 million, the terms of such Asset Swap have been approved by a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors of the Company which determination shall include a determination
that the fair market value of the assets being received in such swap is at least equal to the fair
market value of the assets being swapped; and (iii) in the event such Asset Swap involves an
aggregate amount in excess of $10.0 million, the Company has also received a written opinion from
an independent investment banking firm of nationally recognized standing that such Asset Swap is
fair to the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, from a financial point of view.

SECTION 4.10. Limitation on Restricted Payments.

          (a) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will, directly or indirectly, make any
Restricted Payment if at the time of such Restricted Payment and immediately after giving effect
thereto:

     (i) a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of
or after giving effect to such Restricted Payment;

     (ii) (a) with respect to Restricted Payments by the Company and its Subsidiaries (other
than Activant and its Subsidiaries), the Company is not able to incur $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance with the Consolidated
Coverage Ratio set forth in clause (i) of the first paragraph of Section 4.04 (provided that
in determining the Company’s Consolidated Coverage Ratio for purposes of this clause (ii)
only, any non-cash interest expense and amortization of original issue discount relating to
Indebtedness of the Company shall be excluded from such calculation for all purposes) or (b)
with respect to Restricted Payments by Activant and its Subsidiaries, Activant is not able
to incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance
with the Consolidated Coverage Ratio set forth in clause (ii) of the first paragraph of
Section 4.04; or

     (iii) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made since the Activant Notes Issue
Date (the amount expended for such purposes, if other than in cash, being the fair market
value of such property as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith)
exceeds the sum of (a) 50% of Consolidated Net Income (or, in the case such Consolidated Net
Income shall be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit) accruing during the period (treated
as one accounting period) from the Activant Notes Issue Date to the end of the most recent
fiscal quarter ending prior to the date of such Restricted Payment as to which financial
results are available (provided that in calculating Consolidated Net Income for this purpose
only, any non-cash interest expense and amortization of original issue discount relating to
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Company shall be excluded from such calculation for all purposes) plus (b) 100% of the
aggregate net proceeds, including the fair market value of property other than cash as
determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith, received since the
Activant Notes Issue Date by the Company from any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the
Company) from the issuance and sale since the Activant Notes Issue Date of Qualified Capital
Stock of the Company (excluding (i) any net proceeds from issuances and sales financed
directly or indirectly using funds borrowed from the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company, until and to the extent such borrowing is repaid, but including the proceeds from
the issuance and sale of any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Qualified
Capital Stock to the extent such securities are so converted or exchanged and including any
additional proceeds received by the Company upon such conversion or exchange and (ii) any
net proceeds received from issuances and sales that are used to consummate a transaction
described in clauses (2) and (3) of paragraph (b) below), plus (c) without duplication of
any amount included in clause (iii)(b) above, 100% of the aggregate net proceeds, including
the fair market value of property other than cash (valued as provided in clause (iii)(b)
above), received by the Company as a capital contribution after the Activant Notes Issue
Date, plus (d) the amount equal to the net reduction in Investments (other than Permitted
Investments) made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any Person resulting from (i)
repurchases or redemptions of such Investments by such Person, proceeds realized upon the
sale of such Investment to an unaffiliated purchaser and repayments of loans or advances or
other transfers of assets by such Person to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or
(ii) the redesignation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries as Subsidiaries (valued in each case as
provided in the definition of “Investment”) not to exceed, in the case of any Subsidiary,
the amount of Investments previously made by the Company or any Subsidiary in such
Unrestricted Subsidiary, which amount was included in the calculation of Restricted
Payments; provided, however, that no amount shall be included under this clause (d) to the
extent it is already included in Consolidated Net Income, plus (e) the aggregate net cash
proceeds received by a Person in consideration for the issuance of such Person’s Capital
Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) that are held by such Person at the time such
Person is merged with and into the Company in accordance with Article Five of this Indenture
on or since the Activant Notes Issue Date; provided, however, that concurrently with or
immediately following such merger the Company uses an amount equal to such net cash proceeds
to redeem or repurchase the Company’s Capital Stock, plus (f) $25.0 million.

          (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, these provisions will not prohibit: (1) the payment of any
dividend or the making of any distribution within 60 days after the date of its declaration if such
dividend or distribution would have been permitted on the date of declaration; (2) the purchase,
redemption or other acquisition or retirement of any Capital Stock of the Company or any warrants,
options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of such Capital Stock either (x) solely in
exchange for shares of Qualified Capital Stock or other rights to acquire Qualified Capital Stock
or (y) through the application of the net proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale for cash
(other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of shares of Qualified Capital Stock or warrants,
options or other rights to acquire Qualified Capital Stock or (z) in the case of Disqualified
Capital Stock, solely in exchange for, or through the application of the net proceeds of a
substantially concurrent sale for cash (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of, Disqualified
Capital Stock that has a redemption date no earlier than, and requires the payment of current
dividends or distributions in cash no earlier than, in each case, the Disqualified Capital Stock
being purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired or retired; (3) the acquisition of Indebtedness of
the Company that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes either (x) solely in
exchange for shares of Qualified Capital Stock (or warrants, options or other rights to acquire
Qualified Capital Stock), for shares of Disqualified Capital Stock that have a redemption date no
earlier than, and require the payment of current dividends or distributions in cash no earlier
than, in each case, the maturity date and interest payment dates, respectively, of the Indebtedness
being acquired, or for Indebtedness of the Company that is subordinate or junior in right of
payment to the Notes, at least to the extent that the Indebtedness being acquired is subordinated
to the Notes and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity no less than that of the Indebtedness
being acquired or (y) through the application of the net proceeds of a substantially concurrent
sale for cash (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of shares of Qualified Capital Stock (or
warrants, options or other rights to acquire Qualified Capital Stock), shares of Disqualified
Capital Stock that have a redemption date no earlier than, and require the payment of current
dividends or distributions in cash no earlier than, in each case, the maturity date and interest
payment dates, respectively, of the Indebtedness being refinanced, or Indebtedness of the Company
that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes at least to the extent that the
Indebtedness being acquired is subordinated to the Notes and has a Weighted Average Life to
Maturity no less than that of the Indebtedness being refinanced; (4) since the Activant Notes Issue
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Company to repurchase Capital Stock of the Company from employees of the Company or its
Subsidiaries or such other corporation in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5.0 million; (5) since
the Activant Notes Issue Date, payments by the Company to redeem or repurchase stock purchase or
similar rights granted by the Company with respect to its Capital Stock in an aggregate amount not
to exceed $1.0 million; (6) since the Activant Notes Issue Date, payments, not to exceed $200,000
in the aggregate, to enable the Company to make cash payments to holders of its Capital Stock in
lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of its Capital Stock; (7) payments made pursuant to any
merger, consolidation or sale of assets effected in accordance with Article Five; (8) payments of
dividends on the Company’s Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) after the first
Equity Offering in an annual amount not to exceed 6.00% of the gross proceeds (before deducting
underwriting discounts and commissions and other fees and expenses of the offering) received from
shares of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) sold for the account of the issuer
thereof (and not for the account of any stockholder) in such initial Equity Offering; (9) payments
by the Company under the Financial Monitoring and Oversight Agreements; and (10) since the Activant
Notes Issue Date, payments in an amount not to exceed $30.0 million, to Glenn E. Staats and Preston
W. Staats (or one or more of their respective Affiliates) pursuant to the Staats Repurchase
Agreement; provided that (A) in the case of clauses (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8), no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing at the time of such payment or as a result
thereof, (B) in determining the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made since the Activant
Notes Issue Date, amounts expended pursuant to clauses (1), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8) shall be
included in such calculation and (C) that no payment may be made pursuant to clause (7) unless,
after giving effect to such transaction (and the incurrence of any Indebtedness in connection
therewith and the use of the proceeds thereof), the Company would either (i) be able to incur $1.00
of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance with the Consolidated
Coverage Ratio set forth in clause (i) of Section 4.04(a) such that after incurring that $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness, such Consolidated Coverage Ratio would be greater than or equal to 2.00 to
1.00 or (ii) have a Consolidated Coverage Ratio immediately following such transaction that is
greater than or equal to the Consolidated Coverage Ratio of the Company immediately prior to such
transaction.

SECTION 4.11. Notice of Defaults.

          Upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, the Company shall promptly deliver an
Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee specifying the Default or Event of Default and if any Holder
seeks to exercise any remedy hereunder with respect to a claimed Default under this Indenture or
the Notes, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Trustee by registered or certified mail or by
telegram, telex or certified mail an Officers’ Certificate specifying such event, notice or other
action.

SECTION 4.12. Reports.

          So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will provide to the Holders of Notes
and the Trustee and file with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information,
documents and other reports that the Company would have been required to file with the SEC pursuant
to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, at or prior to the dates such reports would otherwise
be required to be filed, regardless of whether the Company is then obligated to file such reports.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the first issuance of Exchange Notes and for so long as the
Company does not have any material assets other than its ownership of Activant or any material
liabilities other than guarantees of indebtedness of Activant and the Notes, the Company may
satisfy its obligations by delivering such reports of Activant which contain disclosure of the
significant liabilities, assets and expenses of the Company that are not reflected in the financial
statements of Activant included therein. Reports required by this Section 4.12 shall be deemed
delivered upon written notification by the Company that copies of the annual reports and the
information, documents and other reports required are available online at the SEC website.

SECTION 4.13. Limitations on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.

          The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly,
create or otherwise cause to permit to exist or become effective, by operation of the charter of
such Subsidiary or by reason of any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, rule, order, statute
or governmental regulation, any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary to (a)
pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock; (b) make loans or advances or
pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (c)
transfer any of its property or assets to the Company, except for such encumbrances or restrictions
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ing under or by reason of: (1) applicable law; (2) this Indenture; (3) customary
non-assignment provisions of any lease governing a leasehold interest of the Company or any
Subsidiary; (4) any instrument governing Acquired Indebtedness or Acquired Preferred Stock, which
encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any
Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired; (5) agreements
existing on the Issue Date (including the Credit Agreement and the Activant Indentures) as such
agreements are from time to time in effect; provided, however, that any amendments or modifications
of such agreements that affect the encumbrances or restrictions of the types subject to this
covenant shall not result in such encumbrances or restrictions being less favorable to the Company
in any material respect, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, than
the provisions as in effect before giving effect to the respective amendment or modification; (6)
any restriction with respect to such a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for
the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary
pending the closing of such sale or disposition; (7) an agreement effecting a refinancing,
replacement or substitution of Indebtedness issued, assumed or incurred pursuant to an agreement
referred to in clause (2), (4) or (5) above or any other agreement evidencing Indebtedness
permitted under this Indenture; provided, however, that the provisions relating to such encumbrance
or restriction contained in any such refinancing, replacement or substitution agreement or any such
other agreement are no less favorable to the Company in any material respect as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors of the Company than the provisions relating to such encumbrance or
restriction contained in agreements referred to in such clause (2), (4) or (5); (8) restrictions on
the transfer of the assets subject to any Lien imposed by the holder of such Lien; (9) a licensing
agreement to the extent such restrictions or encumbrances limit the transfer of property subject to
such licensing agreement; (10) restrictions relating to Subsidiary preferred stock that require
that due and payable dividends thereon to be paid in full prior to dividends on such Subsidiary’s
common stock; or (11) any agreement or charter provision evidencing Indebtedness or Capital Stock
permitted under this Indenture; provided, however, that either (x) the provisions relating to such
encumbrance or restriction contained in such agreement or charter provision are not less favorable
to the Company or its Subsidiaries in any material respect as determined in good faith by the Board
of Directors of the Company than the provisions relating to any similar encumbrance or restriction
contained in this Indenture, the Activant Indentures or the Credit Agreement or (y) any encumbrance
or restriction contained in such Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of the Company does not prohibit
(except upon a default or event of default thereunder) the payment of dividends in an amount
sufficient, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith, to make scheduled
payments of cash interest on the Notes when due.

SECTION 4.14. Limitation on Liens.

          The Company will not directly or indirectly create, incur or suffer to exist any Lien on any
asset or property of the Company, or any income or profits therefrom, or assign or convey any right
to receive income therefrom, that secures any obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
unless the Notes are equally and ratably secured with (or on a senior basis to, in the case of
obligations subordinated in right of payment to the Notes) the obligations so secured or until such
time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien. The preceding sentence will not require
the Company or any Subsidiary to secure the Notes if the Lien consists of a Permitted Lien.

SECTION 4.15. Change of Control.

          (a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder will have the right to require
that the Company purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Notes in cash pursuant to the offer
described below (the “Change of Control Offer”), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the
principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase.

          (b) Prior to the mailing of the notice referred to below, but in any event within 30 days
following the date on which the Company becomes aware that a Change of Control has occurred, the
Company covenants that if the purchase of the Notes would violate or constitute a default under any
other Indebtedness of the Company, then the Company shall, to the extent needed to permit such
purchase of Notes, either (i) repay all such Indebtedness and terminate all commitments outstanding
thereunder or (ii) obtain the requisite consents, if any, under any such Indebtedness required to
permit the purchase of the Notes as provided below. The Company will first comply with the
covenant in the preceding sentence before it will be required to make the Change of Control Offer
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          (c) Within 30 days following the date on which the Company becomes aware that a Change of
Control has occurred (the “Change of Control Date”), the Company shall send, by first class
mail, postage prepaid or electronically transmit, a notice to each Holder of Notes and the Trustee,
which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. The notice to the Holders
shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes
pursuant to the Change of Control Offer. Such notice shall state:

     (i) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.15 and
that all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn will be accepted for payment;

     (ii) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest, if any) and the
purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 45 days from the date
such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law) (the “Change of Control
Payment Date”);

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

     (iv) that, unless the Company 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;

     (v) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a 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 Notes at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the
Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date;

     (vi) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent
receives, not later than five Business Days 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 his election to have such Note purchased;

     (vii) 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
$1,000 or integral multiples thereof; and

     (viii) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of Control.

          (d) On or before the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall (i) accept for payment
Notes or portions thereof (in integral multiples of $1,000; except that if all of the Notes of a
Holder are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not
a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed) validly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer,
(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 2.14 U.S. legal tender sufficient to
pay the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, of all Notes so tendered and (iii)
deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the Notes
or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the monies
specified in clause (ii) above and a copy of the Officers’ Certificate specified in clause (iii)
above, the Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an
amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, out of the funds
deposited with the Paying Agent in accordance with the preceding sentence. The Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holders new Notes equal in
principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered. Upon the payment of the
purchase price for the Notes accepted for purchase, the Trustee shall cancel such Notes in
accordance with Section 2.11. Any monies remaining after the purchase of Notes pursuant to a
Change of Control Offer shall be returned within three Business Days by the Trustee to the Company
except with respect to monies owed as obligations to the Trustee pursuant to Article Eight. For
purposes of this Section 4.15, the Trustee shall, except with respect to monies owed as obligations
to the Trustee pursuant to Article Eight, act as the Paying Agent.

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          (e) The Company will 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 purchase of the Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To
the extent the provisions of any such rule conflict with the provisions of this Indenture relating
to a Change of Control Offer, the Company shall comply with the provisions of such rule and be
deemed not to have breached its obligations relating to such Change of Control Offer by virtue
thereof.

SECTION 4.16. Compliance Certificate.

          The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the close of each fiscal year a
certificate signed by the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal
accounting officer stating that a review of the activities of the Company has been made under the
supervision of the signing officer with a view to determining whether a Default or Event of Default
has occurred and whether or not the signets know of any failure of the Company to comply with any
of its obligations under this Indenture or any Default or Event of Default by the Company that
occurred during such fiscal year. If they do know of such a Default or Event of Default, their
status and the action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. The first
certificate to be delivered by the Company pursuant to this Section 4.16 shall be for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2006.

SECTION 4.17. Corporate Existence.

          Subject to Article Five, the Company shall do or shall cause to be done all things necessary
to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate,
partnership or other existence of each Subsidiary in accordance with the respective organizational
documents of each such Subsidiary and the rights (charter and statutory) and material franchises of
the Company and the Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
preserve any such right or franchise, or the corporate existence of any Subsidiary, if the Board of
Directors of the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in
the conduct of the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided,
further, however, that a determination of the Board of Directors of the Company shall not be
required in the event of a merger of one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the Company with or
into another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company or another Person, if the surviving Person is a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company organized under the laws of the United States or a State
thereof or of the District of Columbia. This Section 4.17 shall not prohibit the Company from
taking any other action otherwise permitted by, and made in accordance with, the provisions of this
Indenture.

ARTICLE FIVE

MERGERS; SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

SECTION 5.01. Mergers, Consolidation and Sale of Assets.

          (a) The Company may not, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions,
consolidate with or merge with or into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, another Person or adopt a plan of liquidation
unless (i) either (1) the Company is the surviving or continuing Person or (2) the Person (if other
than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person
that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease the properties and assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety or in the case of a plan of liquidation, the Person to which assets of
the Company have been transferred, shall be a corporation, partnership, limited liability company
or trust organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the
District of Columbia; (ii) such surviving Person shall assume all of the obligations of the Company
under the Notes and this Indenture pursuant to a supplemental indenture in a form reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee; (iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the use
of the proceeds therefrom (on a pro forma basis, including giving effect to any Indebtedness
incurred or anticipated to be incurred in connection with such transaction), the Company (in the
case of clause (1) of the foregoing clause (i)) or such Person (in the case of clause (2) of the
foregoing clause (i)) shall either (x) be able to incur

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$1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance with the
Consolidated Coverage Ratio set forth in clause (i) of Section 4.04(a) or (y) have a Consolidated
Coverage Ratio immediately following such transaction that is greater than or equal to the
Company’s Consolidated Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such transaction; (iv) immediately after
giving effect to such transactions, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be
continuing; and (v) the Company has delivered to the Trustee prior to the consummation of the
proposed transaction an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger or transfer complies with this Indenture and that all conditions precedent in
this Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied.

          (b) For purposes of the foregoing subsection (a), the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or
otherwise, in a single transaction or series of related transactions) of all or substantially all
of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries, the Capital Stock of which constitutes
all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company, will be deemed to be the
transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company.

          (c) Notwithstanding clauses (ii) and (iii) in paragraph (a) above, (1) any Subsidiary of the
Company may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to
the Company and (2) the Company may merge with a corporate Affiliate thereof incorporated solely
for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction in the United States to
realize tax or other benefits.

SECTION 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.

          In the event of any transaction (other than a lease) described in and complying with the
conditions listed in Section 5.01 in which the Company is not the surviving Person and the
surviving Person is to assume all the Obligations of the Company under the Notes and this
Indenture, such surviving Person shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every
right and power of, the Company and the Company shall be discharged from its Obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes.

ARTICLE SIX

DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

SECTION 6.01. Events of Default.

          Each of the following shall be an “Event of Default” for purposes of this Indenture:

     (i) the failure to pay interest on the Notes when the same becomes due and payable and
the Default continues for a period of 30 days;

     (ii) the failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, on any Notes when such
principal or premium, if any, becomes due and payable, at maturity, upon redemption or
otherwise;

     (iii) a default in the observance or performance of any other covenant or agreement
contained in the Notes or this Indenture, which default continues for a period of 30 days
after the Company receives written notice thereof specifying the default from the Trustee or
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes;

     (iv) the failure to pay at the final stated maturity (giving effect to any extensions
thereof) the principal amount of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company, or the acceleration of the final stated maturity of any such Indebtedness, if the
aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the aggregate principal
amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at the final
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erated, aggregates $10.0 million or more at any time in each case after a 10-day period
during which such default shall not have been cured or such acceleration rescinded;

     (v) the Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary, if any, ceases to be in full force and
effect except as otherwise permitted pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or any
Guarantee of any such Significant Subsidiary is declared to be null and void and
unenforceable or any Guarantee of any such Significant Subsidiary is found to be invalid or
any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary denies its liability under its Guarantee
(other than, in any such case, by reason of release of Guarantor in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture);

     (vi) one or more judgments in an aggregate amount in excess of $10.0 million (which are
not covered by insurance as to which the insurer has not disclaimed coverage) being rendered
against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries and such judgment or judgments
remain undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days after such judgment or judgments
become final and nonappealable;

     (vii) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or within the
meaning of any Bankruptcy Law: (a) commences a voluntary case or proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law; (b) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an
involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law; (c) consents or acquiesces in the
institution of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding against it; (d) consents to the
appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; or (e)
makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or any of them takes any action
to authorize or effect any of the foregoing; or

     (viii) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy
Law that: (i) is for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the
Company in an involuntary case or proceeding; (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or
any Significant Subsidiary of the Company for all or substantially all of its property; or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company;
and in each case the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; provided,
however, that if the entry of such order or decree is appealed and dismissed on appeal, then
the Event of Default hereunder by reason of the entry of such order or decree shall be
deemed to have been cured.

          The term “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal, state or
foreign law for the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee,
assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

SECTION 6.02. Acceleration.

          If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes (other than an Event of Default specified in
clause (vii) or (viii) of Section 6.01) occurs and is continuing and has not been waived pursuant
to Section 6.04, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders)
specifying the respective Event of Default and that it is a “notice of acceleration” (an
“Acceleration Notice”) may declare the unpaid principal of (and premium, if any) and
accrued interest to the date of acceleration on all outstanding Notes to be due and payable
immediately and, upon any such declaration, such principal amount (and premium, if any) and accrued
interest, notwithstanding anything contained in this Indenture or the Notes to the contrary, shall
become immediately due and payable.

          If an Event of Default specified in clause (vii) or (viii) of Section 6.01 occurs, all unpaid
principal of and accrued interest on all outstanding Notes shall ipso facto become immediately due
and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

          Any such declaration with respect to the Notes may be rescinded and annulled by the Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding by written notice to the Trustee
if (i) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction, (ii) all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of
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solely by such declaration of acceleration, (iii) to the extent the payment of such interest
is lawful, interest (at the same rate specified in the Notes) on overdue installments of interest
and overdue payments of principal, which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration, has been paid, (iv) the Company has paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and
reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and advances and (v) in the event of the
cure or waiver of a Default or Event of Default of the type described in Section 6.01(vii) and
(viii), the Trustee has received an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel that such Default
or 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 interest on the Notes
or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

          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 Holder in
exercising any right or remedy maturing 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 to the extent permitted by law.

SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Default.

          Subject to Sections 6.07 and 10.02, the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may waive an existing
Default or Event of Default and its consequences, except a Default in the payment of principal of
or interest on any Note as specified in clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 6.01. The Company shall
deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ 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 Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored to their former positions and rights
hereunder and under the Notes, respectively. This paragraph of this Section 6.04 shall be in lieu
of § 316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA and such § 316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA is hereby expressly excluded from
this Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by the TIA.

          Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and
not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured
and not to have occurred for every purpose of this Indenture and the Notes, but no such waiver
shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.

SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority.

          Subject to Section 2.09, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse
to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may
be unduly prejudicial to the rights of another Holder, it being understood that the Trustee shall
have no duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to
such Holders, or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, however, 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 indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole
discretion against any loss or expense caused by taking such action or following such direction.
This Section 6.05 shall be in lieu of § 316(a)(1)(A) of the TIA, and such § 316(a)(1)(A) of the TIA
is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by the TIA.

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SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits.

          A Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

     (i) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

     (ii) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes
make a written request to the Trustee to pursue a remedy;

     (iii) such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity
satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

     (iv) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the
request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of indemnity; and

     (v) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction which, in the opinion of the Trustee,
is inconsistent with the request.

          A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a
preference or priority over such other Holder.

SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders To Receive Payment.

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

SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.

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

SECTION 6.09. 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 the
Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (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,
and any Custodian in any such judicial proceedings is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such
payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and counsel, and any
other amounts due the Trustee under Section 8.07. To the extent that the payment of any such
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any
other amounts due the Trustee under Section 8.07 out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be
denied for any reason, payment of the same may be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of,
any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may
be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of
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herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept
or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may,
on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and
may be a member of the creditors’ committee.

SECTION 6.10. Priorities.

          If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article Six, it shall pay out
the money or property in the following order:

     First: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 8.07;

     Second: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal and interest,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and
payable on the Notes for principal and interest, respectively; and

     Third: to the Company.

          The Trustee, upon prior written notice to the Company, may fix a record date and payment date
for any payment to the Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10.

SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.

          In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may
require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the
suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’
fees 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 6.11 shall not apply to a
suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder or group of Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Notes, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement or the
payment of the principal or interest on any Notes on or after the respective due dates expressed in
the Note.

ARTICLE SEVEN

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ARTICLE EIGHT

TRUSTEE

SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee.

          (a) If an Event of Default 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 would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
its own affairs.

          (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

     (i) The Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties as are
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     (ii) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to
the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates or opinions conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; however, in the
case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically
required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such certificates and
opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

          (c) The Trustee shall not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

     (i) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 8.01;

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

     (iii) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.

          (d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds
or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or to
take or omit to take any action under this Indenture or take any action at the request or direction
of Holders if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds is not
assured to it or it does not receive from such Holders an indemnity satisfactory to it in its sole
discretion against such risk, liability, loss, fee or expense which might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction.

          (e) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to
paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 8.01.

          (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 Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

SECTION 8.02. Rights of Trustee.

          Subject to Section 8.01:

     (a) The Trustee may rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or
matter stated in the document.

     (b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’
Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel, which shall conform to the provisions of Section
13.05. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion.

     (c) The Trustee may act through attorneys and agents of its selection and shall not be
responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney (other than an agent
who is an employee of the Trustee) appointed with due care.

     (d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers.

     (e) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may consult with counsel 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.

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     (f) Any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors
may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution.

     (g) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to
this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction.

     (h) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or
other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry
or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney.

     (i) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default
unless a Trust Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless the Trustee
shall have received written notice thereof at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and
such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.

     (j) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the
performance of its powers and duties hereunder.

     (k) The permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture
shall not be construed as a duty and the Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its
gross negligence or willful misconduct.

SECTION 8.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.

          The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes
and may otherwise deal with the Company or their Affiliates with the same rights it would have if
it were not Trustee, subject to Section 8.10 hereof. Any Agent may do the same with like rights.
However, the Trustee is subject to Sections 8.10 and 8.11.

SECTION 8.04. 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, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the
proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company in this
Indenture or any document issued in connection with the sale of Notes or any statement in the Notes
other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

SECTION 8.05. Notice of Defaults.

          If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing and the Trustee has actual
knowledge of such Default or Event of Default, the Trustee shall mail or electronically transmit to
each Holder notice of the Default or Event of Default within 30 days after the occurrence thereof.
Except in the case of a Default or an Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest on
any Note including an accelerated payment and the failure to make payment on the Change of Control
Payment Date pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or a Default or Event of Default in complying
with Section 5.01, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust
Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interest of Holders. This
Section 8.05 shall be in lieu of the proviso to § 315(b) of the TIA and such proviso to § 315(b) of
the TIA is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by the TIA.

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SECTION 8.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.

          If required by TIA § 313(a), as amended, within 60 days after each May 1 beginning with May 1,
2006, the Trustee shall mail or electronically transmit to each Holder a report dated as of such
May 1 that complies with TIA § 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b), (c) and
(d).

          A copy of each such report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be filed with the SEC
and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed.

          The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing if the Notes become listed on any
stock exchange or of any delisting thereof.

SECTION 8.07. Compensation and Indemnity.

          The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to,
such compensation as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for its
services. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee
of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable
disbursements, expenses and advances, including all costs and expenses of collection (including
reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of its agents and outside counsel) incurred or made by
it in addition to the compensation for its services except any such disbursements, expenses and
advances as may be attributable to the Trustee’s negligence or willful misconduct. Such expenses
shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents,
accountants, experts and outside counsel.

          The Company shall indemnify the Trustee for, and hold it harmless against any and all loss,
damage, claims, liability or expense, including taxes (other than franchise taxes imposed on the
Trustee and taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee), arising out
of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder,
including the costs and expenses of defending itself against or investigating any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder,
except to the extent that such loss, damage, claim, liability or expense is due to its own
negligence or willful misconduct. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim
asserted against the Trustee for which it may seek indemnity. However, the failure by the Trustee
to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder unless the
Company has been prejudiced thereby. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall
cooperate in the defense at the Company’s expense; provided that the Company shall not be liable in
any action or for which it has assumed the defense for the expenses of separate counsel to the
Trustee unless (1) the employment of separate counsel has been authorized by the Company, (2) the
Trustee has reasonably concluded (based upon advice of counsel to the Trustee) that there may be
legal defenses available to the Trustee that are different from or in addition to those available
to the Company or (3) a conflict or potential conflict exists (based upon advice of counsel to the
Trustee) between the Trustee and the Company; and provided, further, that in any such event the
Company’s reimbursement obligation with respect to separate counsel of the Trustee will be limited
to the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel.

          The Company need not pay for any settlement made without their written consent, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify
against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee as a result of its own negligence or willful
misconduct.

          To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 8.07, the Trustee shall have a
Lien prior to the Notes against all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, in its
capacity as Trustee, except money or property held in trust to pay principal of or interest on
particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

          When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(vii) or (viii) occurs, the expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its
agents and counsel) and the compensation for the services shall be preferred over the status of the
Holders in a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law and are intended to constitute expenses of
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pany’s obligations under this Section 8.07 and any claim arising hereunder shall survive the
resignation or removal of any Trustee, the discharge of the Company’s obligations pursuant to
Article Eight and any rejection or termination under any Bankruptcy Law.

          The obligations of the Company under this Section 8.07 shall survive resignation or removal of
the Trustee and the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

SECTION 8.08. Replacement of Trustee.

          The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company in writing at least 10 days in
advance. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may remove the
Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee
with the Company’s consent. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

     (a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 8.10;

     (b) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or an order for relief is entered
with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

     (c) a Custodian or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

     (d) the Trustee 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 Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company
shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes
office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may appoint a successor Trustee
to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

          A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring
Trustee and to the Company. As promptly as practicable after that, the retiring Trustee shall
transfer, after payment of all sums then owing to the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.07, all
property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the Lien provided in Section
8.07, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor
Trustee shall have the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. A successor
Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each Holder.

          If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns
or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount
of the outstanding Notes may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

          If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 8.10, any Holder may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

          Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 8.08, the Company’s
obligations under Section 8.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

SECTION 8.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

          If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially
all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation or banking corporation, the resulting,
surviving or transferee corporation or banking corporation without any further act shall be the
successor Trustee; provided, however, that such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and
eligible under this Article Eight.

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SECTION 8.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.

          This Indenture shall always have a Trustee which shall be eligible to act as Trustee under TIA
§§ 310(a)(1) and 310(a)(2). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. If the Trustee
has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest” within the meaning of TIA § 310(b), the Trustee and
the Company shall comply with the provisions of 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 Company are
outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are met. If at any
time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.10,
the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinbefore specified in
this Article Eight. The provisions of TIA § 310 shall apply to the Company and any other obligor
of the Notes.

SECTION 8.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.

          The Trustee 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.

ARTICLE NINE

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE

SECTION 9.01. Termination of the Company’s Obligations.

          The Company may terminate its obligations under the Notes and this Indenture as well as the
obligation of any Guarantors under their respective Guarantees, except those obligations referred
to in the penultimate paragraph of this Section 9.01, if :

     (i) either (a) all the Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (except lost,
stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money
has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and
thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation or (b) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation have become due and payable or have been called for redemption and the Company
has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds in an amount
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on the Notes to the date of deposit together with irrevocable instructions from the Company
directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption,
as the case may be;

     (ii) the Company has paid all other sums payable under this Indenture by the Company;
and

     (iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

          Notwithstanding the first paragraph of this Section 9.01, the Company’s obligations in
Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 8.07, 8.08, 9.05 and 9.06 shall survive until the Notes are
no longer outstanding. After the Notes are no longer outstanding, the Company’s obligations in
Sections 8.07, 8.08, 9.05 and 9.06 shall survive.

          After such delivery or irrevocable deposit, the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in
writing the discharge of the Company’s and any Guarantors’ obligations under the Notes, any
Guarantees and this Indenture except for those surviving obligations specified above.

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SECTION 9.02. Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

          (a) The Company may terminate its obligations in respect of the Notes by delivering all
outstanding Notes to the Trustee for cancellation and paying all sums payable by it on account of
principal of and interest on all Notes or otherwise. In addition to the foregoing, the Company
may, at its option, at any time elect to have either paragraph (b) or (c) below be applied to all
outstanding Notes, subject in either case to compliance with the conditions set forth in Section
9.03.

          (b) Upon the Company’s exercise under paragraph (a) hereof of the option applicable to this
paragraph (b), the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 9.03, be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the
outstanding Notes and shall be deemed to be discharged from all obligations with respect to the
Notes, except for (i) the rights of Holders to receive payments in respect of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when such payments are due, (ii) the Company’s
obligations with respect to the Notes under Sections 2.03 through 2.07, inclusive, 4.02 and 4.16,
(iii) the rights, powers, trust, duties and immunities of the Trustee under this Indenture and the
Company’s obligations in connection therewith and (iv) Article Nine of this Indenture (hereinafter,
“Legal Defeasance”). Subject to compliance with this Article Nine, the Company may
exercise its option under this paragraph (b) notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under
paragraph (c) hereof.

          (c) Upon the Company’s exercise under paragraph (a) hereof of the option applicable to this
paragraph (c), the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 9.03, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03
through 4.15, inclusive, and Article Five with respect to the outstanding Notes (hereinafter,
“Covenant Defeasance”) and thereafter any omission to comply with such obligations shall
not constitute a Default or an Event of Default with respect to the Notes. In addition, upon the
Company’s exercise under paragraph (a) hereof of the option applicable to this paragraph (c),
subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 9.03, any failure or omission to
comply with such obligations shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Notes.

SECTION 9.03. Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

          In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance pursuant to Section 9.02(b) or Covenant
Defeasance pursuant to Section 9.02(c):

     (a) the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee, in
trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. legal tender or United States 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, to pay the principal of
premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the
applicable redemption date, as the case may be, as well as the Trustee’s fees and expenses;

     (b) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United
States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or a private letter ruling issued to the Company
by the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the Holders of Notes will not recognize
income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and related
defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner
and at the same times as would have been the case if such option had not been exercised and,
in the case of an Opinion of Counsel furnished in connection with a Legal Defeasance,
accompanied by a private letter ruling issued to the Company by the Internal Revenue Service
to such effect;

     (c) 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);

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     (d) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or
violation of or constitute a Default under this Indenture or any other loan agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;

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

     (f) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that assuming no intervening bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company between the date of
deposit and the 91st day following the deposit and that no Holder is an insider of the
Company, after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to
the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar law affecting
creditors’ rights generally.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel required by clause (b) above need not be
delivered if all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (x) have become
due and payable, (y) will become due and payable on the Final Maturity Date within one year or (z)
are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for
the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.

SECTION 9.04. Application of Trust Money; Trustee Acknowledgment and Indemnity.

          The Trustee shall hold in trust money or United States Government Obligations deposited with
it pursuant to this Article Nine, and shall apply the deposited money and the money from United
States Government Obligations in accordance with this Indenture solely to the payment of principal
of and interest on the Notes.

          After such delivery or irrevocable deposit and delivery of any required Officers’ Certificate
or Opinion of Counsel, the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the
Company’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture except for those surviving obligations
specified above.

          The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed
on or assessed against the United States Government Obligations deposited pursuant to this Article
Nine or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or
other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of outstanding Notes.

SECTION 9.05. Repayment to Company.

          Subject to Sections 8.07 and 9.04, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the
Company upon written request any excess money held by them at any time. Subject to applicable
abandoned property laws, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company any
money held by it for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for one year;
provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent before being required to make any payment
may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation
in the City of New York or mail to each Holder entitled to such money notice that such money
remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein which shall be at least 30 days from the
date of such publication or mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be
repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to money must look solely to
the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates
another person and all liability of the Trustee or Paying Agent with respect to such money shall
thereupon cease.

SECTION 9.06. Reinstatement.

          If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or United States Government
Obligations by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the
Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though
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time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or United States
Government Obligations in accordance with Section 9.03; provided, however, that if the Company has
made any payment of interest on or principal of any Notes because of the reinstatement of its
obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive
such payment from the money or United States Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying
Agent.

ARTICLE TEN

AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

SECTION 10.01. Without Consent of Holders.

          The Company when authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors, and the Trustee may
amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes without notice to or consent of any Holder:

     (a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; provided, however, that such
amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material
respect;

     (b) to effect the assumption by a successor Person of all obligations of the Company
under the Notes and this Indenture in connection with any transaction complying with Article
Five of this Indenture;

     (c) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes;

     (d) to comply with any requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

     (e) to make any change that would provide any additional benefit or rights to the
Holders;

     (f) to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in
any material respect under this Indenture;

     (g) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders, or to
surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;

     (h) to add a Guarantor in accordance with Section 4.05 or otherwise;

provided, however, that the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that
such amendment or supplement complies with the provisions of this Section 10.01.

SECTION 10.02. With Consent of Holders.

          Subject to Section 6.07, the Company when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee
may modify, amend or supplement, or waive compliance by the Company with any provision of, this
Indenture or the Notes with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding Notes. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, no such
modification, amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04, may:

     (a) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment,
supplement or waiver;

     (b) reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any Note or alter the
provisions with respect to the repurchase or redemption of the Notes;

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     (c) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including defaulted
interest, on any Note;

     (d) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes or this
Indenture;

     (e) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture protecting the rights of each
Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such
Note on or after the due date thereof, or to bring suit to enforce such payment or
permitting Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes to waive a Default or
Event of Default;

     (f) cause the Notes to become subordinated to any other Indebtedness or to otherwise
modify or change the provision of this Indenture or the related definitions affecting the
ranking of the Notes in a manner which adversely affects the Holders of the Notes; or

     (g) after the Company’s obligation to purchase the Notes arises under Section 4.08,
4.15 or 4.18, amend, modify or change the obligation of the Company to make or consummate a
Change of Control Offer, Net Proceeds Offer or waive any default in the performance thereof
or modify any of the provisions or definitions with respect to any such offers.

          It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 10.02 to approve
the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if
such consent approves the substance thereof.

          After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 10.02 becomes effective, the
Company shall mail to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment,
supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail 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 10.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

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

SECTION 10.04. Record Date for Consents and Effect of Consents.

          Until an amendment, supplement or, waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a
continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that
evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not
made on any Note. Subject to the following paragraph, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may
revoke the consent as to such Holder’s Note or portion of a Note by notice to the Trustee or the
Company received before the date on which the Trustee receives an Officers’ Certificate certifying
that the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Notes have consented (and not theretofore
revoked such consent) to the amendment, supplement or waiver (at which time such amendment,
supplement or waiver shall become effective).

          The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Notes entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver. If a
record date is fixed, then those persons who were Holders of Notes at such record date (or their
duly designated proxies), and only those 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 Holders of such Notes after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or
effective for more than 120 days after such record date. The Trustee is entitled to rely upon any
electronic instruction from beneficial owners to the Holders of any Global Note.

          After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder, unless
it makes a change described in any of clauses (a) through (g) of Section 10.02. In that case the
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ment or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Note who has consented to it and every subsequent
Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note.

SECTION 10.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

          If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee may require the
Holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on
the Note about the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the
Trustee so determine, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and 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 10.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments, etc.

          The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized
pursuant to this Article Ten is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment,
supplement or waiver constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject to customary exceptions). The Trustee may, but
shall not be obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or waiver which affects the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

GUARANTEE

     SECTION 11.01. Unconditional Guarantee.

          Each Person who becomes a Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.05 of this Indenture shall hereby
unconditionally, jointly and severally, guarantee (each, a “Guarantee”) to each Holder of a
Note (including any Additional Notes upon issuance in accordance with Section 2.17) authenticated
by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns that the principal of and interest
on such Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, subject to any applicable grace period,
whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and
interest on any overdue interest on such Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the
Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or under such Notes will be promptly paid in full
or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; subject, however, to the
limitations set forth in Section 11.04. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations
hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the
Notes (including any Additional Notes upon issuance in accordance with Section 2.17) or this
Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of
such Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against
the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives
diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency
or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest,
notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that the Guarantee will not be discharged except by
complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes (including any Additional Notes upon
issuance in accordance with Section 2.17), this Indenture, and this Guarantee. If any Holder or
the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, any Guarantor, or any
Custodian acting in relation to the Company or any Guarantor, any amount paid by the Company or any
Guarantor to the Trustee or such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged,
shall be reinstated in full force and effect. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between each
Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of
the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Six for the purpose of
this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such
acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any
acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article Six, such obligations (whether or not due
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the purpose of this Guarantee. In order to evidence its Guarantee, any Guarantor may elect to
execute a notation of Guarantee in the form of Exhibit G hereto.

SECTION 11.02. Severability.

          In case any provision of this Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby.

SECTION 11.03. Release of a Guarantor.

          If (i) all of the Capital Stock, or all or substantially all of the assets, of a Guarantor are
sold (in each case other than to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries), (ii) subject to the
requirements of Section 5.01, if applicable, all or substantially all of the assets of any
Guarantor or all of the equity interests of any Guarantor are sold (including by issuance or
otherwise) by the Company in a transaction constituting an Asset Sale and (x) the Net Cash Proceeds
from such Asset Sale are used in accordance with Section 4.08 or (y) the Company delivers to the
Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that the Net Cash Proceeds from such Asset Sale
shall be used in accordance with Section 4.08, (iii) the Company designates a Guarantor as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary or (iv) a Guarantor is released with respect to the obligations which
caused such Guarantor to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.05, in each case in compliance
with the provisions of this Indenture (including, in the event of a sale of Capital Stock or assets
described in clause (i) above, that the Net Cash Proceeds are applied in accordance with the
requirements of Section 4.08), then such Guarantor shall be released and discharged from all
obligations under this Article Eleven without any further action required on the part of the
Trustee or any Holder. The Trustee shall, at the sole cost and expense of the Company and upon
receipt at the reasonable request of the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel that the provisions of
this Section 11.03 have been complied with, deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing such
release upon receipt of a request by the Company accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate certifying
as to the compliance with this Section 11.03. Any Guarantor not so released remains liable for the
full amount of principal of and interest on the Notes and the other obligations of the Company
hereunder as provided in this Article Eleven.

SECTION 11.04. Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability.

          Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance hereof each Holder and the Trustee, hereby confirms that
it is the intention of all such parties that the guarantee by such Guarantor pursuant to its
Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, 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, the Holders and each
Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee shall
be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed
liabilities of such Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by
or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its
Guarantee or pursuant to Section 11.05, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its
Guarantee not constituting such a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

SECTION 11.05. Contribution.

          In order to provide for just and equitable contribution among the Guarantors, the Guarantors
agree, inter se, that in the event any payment or distribution is made by any Guarantor (a
“Funding Guarantor”) under the Guarantee, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a
contribution from all other Guarantors in a pro rata amount, based on the net assets of each
Guarantor (including the Funding Guarantor), determined in accordance with GAAP, subject to Section
11.04, for all payments, damages and expenses incurred by such Funding Guarantor in discharging the
Company’s obligations with respect to the Notes or any other Guarantor’s obligations with respect
to the Guarantee.

SECTION 11.06. Subordination of Subrogation and Other Rights.

          Each Guarantor hereby agrees that any claim against the Company that arises from the payment,
performance or enforcement of such Guarantor’s obligations under its Guarantee or this Indenture,
including, with-

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out limitation, any right of subrogation, shall be subject and subordinate to, and no payment
with respect to any such claim of such Guarantor shall be made before, the payment in full in cash
of all outstanding Notes in accordance with the provisions provided therefor in this Indenture.

ARTICLE TWELVE

[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 13.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls.

          This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the TIA that are required to be a part of this
Indenture, and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions. 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.

          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 13.02. Notices.

          Any notice or communication shall be sufficiently given if in writing and delivered in person,
by facsimile and confirmed by overnight courier, or mailed by first-class mail addressed as
follows:

if to the Company:

ACTIVANT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC.

804 Las Cimas Parkway

Austin, TX 78746

Attention: Greg Petersen

Facsimile: (512) 330-9273

Telephone: (512) 328-2300

if to the Trustee:

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Corporate Trust Services

Sixth and Marquette Avenue

Minneapolis, MN 55479

Attention: Activant Account Manager

Facsimile: 612-667-9285

Telephone: 612-316-4305

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          The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different
addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

          Any notice or communication mailed, first-class, postage prepaid or electronically
transmitted, to a Holder including any notice delivered in connection with TIA § 310(b), TIA §
313(c), TIA § 314(a) and TIA § 315(b), shall be mailed or electronically transmitted to him at his
address as set forth on the Register and shall be sufficiently given to him if so mailed or
electronically transmitted within the time prescribed. To the extent required by the TIA, any
notice or communication shall also be mailed or electronically transmitted to any Person described
in TIA § 313(c).

          Failure to mail or electronically transmit a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect
in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. Except for a notice to the
Trustee, which is deemed given only when received, if a notice or communication is mailed in the
manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

SECTION 13.03. 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 Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and any other
person shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

SECTION 13.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

          Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking
any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at the request of the
Trustee:

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

     (ii) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee stating
that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with;
provided, however, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an
Officers’ Certificate or certificates of public officials.

SECTION 13.05. Statements Required in Certificate.

          Each certificate with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this
Indenture shall include:

     (i) a statement that the person making such certificate has read such covenant or
condition;

     (ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements contained in such certificate are based;

     (iii) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or
not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

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

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SECTION 13.06. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar.

          The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Paying
Agent or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its functions.

SECTION 13.07. Governing Law.

          THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES
WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF
ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

SECTION 13.08. No Recourse Against Others.

          No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company, as such, shall
have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or this Indenture or for any
claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by
accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

SECTION 13.09. Successors.

          All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successor. All
agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.

SECTION 13.10. Counterpart Originals.

          The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an
original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

SECTION 13.11. Severability.

          In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby, and a Holder shall have no claim therefor against any
party hereto.

SECTION 13.12. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

          This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used
to interpret this Indenture.

SECTION 13.13. Legal Holidays.

          If a payment date is not a Business Day at a place of payment, payment may be made at that
place on the next succeeding Business Day.

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SIGNATURES

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ACTIVANT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Greg Petersen
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Greg Petersen
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Senior Vice President and Chief
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Financial Officer
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
	 

	 	 	 	Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Jane Y. Schweiger
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Name:     Jane Y. Schweiger
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Vice President

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EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF SERIES A NOTE]

          THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS NOTE
NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION
IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION.

          THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF
ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED NOTES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH
NOTE, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE
LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF
THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH NOTE), ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER,
(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
(C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE
144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE
MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THE NOTE FOR
ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A
MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE NOTES OF $250,000, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO
OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F)
PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT,
SUBJECT TO THE ISSUER’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT
TO CLAUSE (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER
INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM AND, IN THE CASE OF THE FOREGOING CLAUSE (E), A
CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT E TO THE INDENTURE APPEARING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THIS NOTE COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE ISSUERS AND THE TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND
WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

144A Note

 

 

ACTIVANT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC.

Senior Floating Rate PIK Note due 2011, Series A

CUSIP No. 00507A AA 3

ISIN No. US00507AAA34

No. 1

          ACTIVANT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”, which term
includes any successor corporation), for value received, promises to pay to CEDE & Co. or
registered assigns the principal sum of FORTY MILLION Dollars ($40,000,000), on October 1, 2011 or
such greater or lesser amounts as may be indicated on Schedule A hereto.

          Interest Payment Dates:

          (i) Prior to October 1, 2010:

January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, commencing on January 1, 2006.

Interest Record Dates: December 15, March 15, June 15, and September 15; and

          (ii) On or after October 1, 2010:

Interest will be compounded quarterly on January 1, 2011, April 1, 2011 and July
1, 2011 but will only be payable on October 1, 2011

Interest Record Date: September 15, 2011.

          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.

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ACTIVANT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Greg Petersen	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Senior Vice President and Chief	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Financial Officer	 	 

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[FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]

          This is one of the Senior Floating Rate PIK Notes due 2011, Series A, described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated: October 17, 2005

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
	 

	 	 	 	Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Authorized Signatory

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(REVERSE OF NOTE)

ACTIVANT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC.

Senior Floating Rate PIK Note due 2011, Series A

1. Interest.

          ACTIVANT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to
pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum, reset quarterly, equal to
LIBOR (as hereinafter defined) plus 8.50%, as determined by the Calculation Agent, which shall
initially be the Trustee. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from October 17, 2005. The Company will
pay (i) interest accruing on or prior to October 1, 2010 quarterly in arrears on January 1, April
1, July 1 and October 1 (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on January 1, 2006
and (ii) on or after October 1, 2010, interest will be compounded quarterly on January 1, 2011,
April 1, 2011 and July 1, 2011 but will only be payable on October 1, 2011. Interest accruing on
the Notes prior to October 1, 2010 will be payable through the issuance of Additional Notes or, at
the election of the Company on or prior to the applicable Interest Record Date, in cash and
interest accruing on or after October 1, 2010 will be payable in cash on October 1, 2011 to Holders
on September 15, 2011.

          The amount of interest for each day that this Note is outstanding (the “Daily Interest
Amount”) will be calculated by dividing the interest rate in effect for such day by 360 and
multiplying the result by the principal amount of the Note outstanding. The amount of interest to
be paid on this Note for each Interest Period will be calculated by adding the Daily Interest
amounts for each day in the Interest Period.

          All percentages resulting from any of the above calculations will be rounded, if necessary, to
the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage
point being rounded upwards (e.g., 9.876545% (or 0.09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or
0.0987655) and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculations will be rounded to
the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upwards). In no event shall the actual interest
rate exceed that permitted by applicable law.

          The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on demand and on overdue
installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful from
time to time on demand, in each case at the rate borne by the Notes.

          “LIBOR” with respect to an Interest Period, will be the rate (expressed as a
percentage per annum) for deposits in United States dollars for three-month periods beginning on
the first day of such Interest Period that appears on either Telerate Page 3750 or Bloomberg page
BBAM1 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Determination Date. If Telerate Page 3750 and
Bloomberg page BBAM1 do not include such a rate or are unavailable on a Determination Date, the
Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each of four major banks in the
London interbank market, as selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide such bank’s offered
quotation (expressed as a percentage per annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on
such Determination Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market for deposits in a
Representative Amount in United States dollars for a three-month period beginning on the first day
of such Interest Period. If at least two such offered quotations are so provided, LIBOR for the
Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations
are so provided, the Calculation Agent will request each of three major banks in New York City, as
selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide such bank’s rate (expressed as a percentage per
annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Determination Date, for loans
in a Representative Amount in United States dollars to leading European banks for a three-month
period beginning on the first day of such Interest Period. If at least two such rates are so
provided, LIBOR for the Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of such rates. If fewer than
two such rates are so provided, then LIBOR for the Interest Period will be LIBOR in effect with
respect to the immediately preceding Interest Period.

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          “Bloomberg page BBAM1” means the display designated as “Page BBAM1” on the Bloomberg
Financial Markets Service (or such other page as may replace Page BBAM1 on that service) or a
successor service.

          “Interest Period” means the period commencing on and including an Interest Payment
Date and ending on and including the day immediately preceding the next succeeding Interest Payment
Date; provided that the first Interest Period shall commence on and include October 17, 2005 and
end on and include December 31, 2005.

          “Determination Date,” with respect to an Interest Period, will be the second London
Banking Day preceding the first day of the Interest Period.

          “London Banking Day” is any day in which dealings in United States dollars are
transacted or, with respect to any future date, are expected to be transacted in the London
interbank market.

          “Representative Amount” means a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 for a
single transaction in the relevant market at the relevant time.

          “Telerate Page 3750” means the display designated as “Page 3750” on the Moneyline
Telerate service (or such other page as may replace Page 3750 on that service) or a successor
service.

2. Method of Payment.

          The Company shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the persons who are
the registered Holders at the close of business on the Interest Record Date immediately preceding
the Interest Payment Date even if the Notes are canceled on registration of transfer or
registration of exchange after such Interest Record Date. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying
Agent to collect principal payments. With respect to any cash payments, the Company shall pay
principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender
for payment of public and private debts (“U.S. Legal Tender”). However, the Company may
pay principal and interest in cash by wire transfer of Federal funds (provided that the Paying
Agent shall have received wire instructions on or prior to the relevant Interest Record Date), or
interest by check payable in such U.S. Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such interest
payment to the Paying Agent or to a Holder at the Holder’s registered address. With respect to any
payments of interest in the form of Additional Notes, payments shall be made by deposit of such
Additional Notes into the account specified by the Holder or Holders thereof to the Company,
through the Paying Agent or otherwise. Alternatively, the Company may direct the Paying Agent to
make the appropriate amendments to the schedule of principal amounts of the relevant Global Notes
outstanding and arrange for deposit into the account specified by the Holder or Holders thereof as
of the relevant Interest Record Date.

3. Paying Agent, Calculation Agent and Registrar.

          Initially, WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Trustee”) will act as Paying
Agent, Registrar and Calculation Agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or
Calculation Agent without notice to the Holders. The Company may, subject to certain exceptions,
act as Paying Agent, Registrar or Calculation Agent.

4. Indenture.

          The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of October 17, 2005 (the
“Indenture”), by and among the Company and the Trustee. Capitalized terms herein are used as
defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. This Note is one of a duly authorized
issue of Notes of the Company designated as its Senior Floating Rate PIK Notes due 2011, Series A
(the “Initial Notes”), which may be issued under the Indenture. The Company shall be
entitled to issue Additional Notes (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 2.17 of the
Indenture. The Notes include the Initial Notes, the Private Exchange Notes (as defined in the
Indenture), the Unrestricted Notes (as defined in the Indenture) and the Additional Notes. All
Notes issued under the Indenture are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture.
The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture
by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-

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77bbbb)
(the “TIA”), as in effect on the date of the Indenture (except as otherwise indicated
in the Indenture) until such time as the Indenture is qualified under the TIA, and thereafter as in
effect on the date on which the Indenture is qualified under the TIA. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Notes are referred to
the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. The Notes are general unsecured obligations of
the Company.

5. Optional Redemption.

          (a) The Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at any
time on or after October 1, 2007, at the redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal
amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the Redemption Date
(subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Interest Record Date to receive interest
due on the relevant Interest Payment Date) if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on
October 1 of the years indicated below:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Year	 	Percentage
	2007
	 	 	102.000	%
	2008
	 	 	101.000	%
	2009 and thereafter
	 	 	100.000	%

          (b) Prior to October 1, 2007, the Company may, at its option, use the net cash proceeds of one
or more Equity Offerings to redeem either (i) 35% of the Notes issued under the Indenture
(including any Additional Notes) so long as immediately after giving effect to any such redemption,
at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under the Indenture remain
outstanding or (ii) 100% of the then outstanding Notes, in each case at a redemption price equal to
100% of the principal amount thereof plus a premium equal to the interest rate per annum on the
Notes applicable on the date on which notice of redemption was given, plus accrued and unpaid
interest to the Redemption Date. Any such redemption will be required to occur on or prior to the
date that is one year after the receipt by the Company of the proceeds of an Equity Offering. The
Company shall effect such redemption on a pro rata basis.

6. Notice of Redemption.

          Notice of redemption will be mailed by first-class mail or electronically transmitted at least
30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed
at its registered address. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal amount
of Notes that have denominations equal to or larger than $1,000 principal amount. Notes and
portions of them the Trustee so selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 principal amount or integral
multiples thereof; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire
outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be
redeemed.

          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. A new Note in a principal
amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof
upon cancellation of the original Note. On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to
accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption so long as the Company has deposited with
the Paying Agent for the Notes funds in satisfaction of the redemption price pursuant to the
Indenture and the Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such funds to the Holders pursuant to
the terms of the Indenture.

7. Change of Control Offer.

          Following the occurrence of a Change of Control (the date of such occurrence being the
“Change of Control Date”), the Company shall, within 30 days after the Change of Control
Date, be required to offer to purchase all Notes then outstanding at a purchase price in cash equal
to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if
any, to the date of such purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
Interest Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).

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8. Limitation on Disposition of Assets.

          The Company is, subject to certain conditions and certain exceptions, obligated to offer to
purchase the Notes at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued
and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of such purchase (subject to the right of Holders
of record on the relevant Interest Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest
Payment Date) with the proceeds of certain asset dispositions.

9. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.

          The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000; provided, that Additional Notes issued to pay interest on the Notes will be
issued in minimum denominations of $1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00. A Holder shall register
the transfer of or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a
Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay
certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted
by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes or
portions thereof selected for redemption, except the unredeemed portion of any security being
redeemed in part.

10. Persons Deemed Owners.

          The registered Holder of a Note shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

11. Unclaimed Funds.

          If funds for the payment of principal or interest remain unclaimed for one year, the Trustee
and the Paying Agent will repay the funds to the Company at their written request. After that, all
liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such funds shall cease.

12. Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.

          The Company may be discharged from their obligations under the Indenture and the Notes, except
for certain provisions thereof, and may be discharged from obligations to comply with certain
covenants contained in the Indenture and the Notes, in each case upon satisfaction of certain
conditions specified in the Indenture.

13. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.

          Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended or supplemented with
the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding, and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any
provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Notes then outstanding. Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may
amend or supplement the Indenture and the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect
or inconsistency, provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes
or comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Indenture
under the TIA, or make any other change that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any
Holder of a Note.

14. Restrictive Covenants.

          The Indenture contains certain covenants that, among other things, limit the ability of the
Company and its Subsidiaries to make restricted payments, to incur indebtedness, to sell assets, to
permit restrictions on dividends and other payments by Subsidiaries to the Company, to consolidate,
merge or sell all or substantially all of its assets and to engage in transactions with Affiliates.
The limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. The Company
must report annually to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.

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15. Defaults and Remedies.

          If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding may declare all the Notes to be due and
payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Holders of Notes
may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee is not
obligated to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it has received indemnity satisfactory to
it. The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to direct the Trustee in its exercise
of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of Notes notice of certain continuing
Defaults or Events of Default if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.

16. Trustee Dealings with Company.

          The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner
or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company its Subsidiaries or its respective
Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

17. No Recourse Against Others.

          No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor,
as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the
Notes or the Guarantees, as the case may be, or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect
of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives
and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the
issuance of the Notes.

18. Authentication.

          This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating agent manually signs the
certificate of authentication on this Note.

19. Abbreviations and Defined Terms.

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

20. CUSIP Numbers.

          Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification
Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the
Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on
the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

21. Registration Rights.

          Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2005, among the Company
and the Initial Purchasers, the Company will be obligated to consummate an exchange offer pursuant
to which the Holder of this Note shall have the right to exchange this Note for a Senior Floating
Rate PIK Note due 2011 of the Company which has been registered under the Securities Act, in like
principal amount and having terms identical in all material respects to the Initial Notes. The
Holders shall be entitled to receive certain liquidated damages payments in the event such exchange
offer is not consummated and upon certain other conditions, all pursuant to and in accordance with
the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

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22. Governing Law.

          The laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this Note without regard to
principles of conflicts of laws to the extent that the application of the laws of another
jurisdiction would be required thereby.

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

 

 

 

 

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

      

      

(Insert Social Security or other identifying number of assignee or transferee)

	 	 	 
	and irrevocably appoint
	 	 
	 

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:

	 	 	 	 	 	Signed:	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	(Signed exactly as name appears
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	on the other side of this Note)

	 	 	 
	Signature Guarantee:
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or
other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee)

 

 

OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

          If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.08 or
Section 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box:

Section 4.08 [     ]                Section 4.15 [     ]

          If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to
Section 4.08 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount: $                                        

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:

	 	 	 	 	 	Your Signature:	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

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

	 	 	 
	Signature Guarantee:
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or
other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee)

 

 

EXHIBIT B

[FORM OF SERIES B NOTE]

Senior Floating Rate PIK Note due 2011, Series A

CUSIP No. [     ]

ISIN No. [     ]

No.                     

          ACTIVANT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”, which term
includes any successor corporation), for value received, promises to pay to CEDE & Co. or
registered assigns the principal sum of               dollars ($     ), on October 1, 2011 or
such greater or lesser amounts as may be indicated on Schedule A hereto.

          Interest Payment Dates:

          (i) Prior to October 1, 2010:

          January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, commencing on                     .

          Interest Record Dates: December 15, March 15, June 15, and September 15; and

          (ii) On or after October 1, 2010:

          Interest will be compounded quarterly on January 1, 2011, April 1, 2011 and July 1, 2011 but
will only be payable on October 1, 2011

          Interest Record Date: September 15, 2011.

          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.

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ACTIVANT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Greg Petersen
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Senior Vice President and Chief
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Financial Officer

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[FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]

          This is one of the Senior Floating Rate PIK Notes due 2011, Series B, described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
	 

	 	 	 	Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Authorized Signatory

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(REVERSE OF NOTE)

ACTIVANT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC.

Senior Floating Rate PIK Note due 2011, Series B

1. Interest.

          ACTIVANT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to
pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum, reset quarterly, equal to
LIBOR (as hereinafter defined) plus 8.50%, as determined by the Calculation Agent, which shall
initially be the Trustee. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from October 17, 2005. The Company will
pay (i) interest accruing on or prior to October 1, 2010 quarterly in arrears on January 1, April
1, July 1 and October 1 (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on ___and (ii)
on or after October 1, 2010, interest will be compounded quarterly on January 1, 2011, April 1,
2011 and July 1, 2011 but will only be payable on October 1, 2011. Interest accruing on the Notes
prior to October 1, 2010 will be payable through the issuance of Additional Notes or, at the
election of the Company on or prior to the applicable Interest Record Date, in cash and interest
accruing on or after October 1, 2010 will be payable in cash on October 1, 2011 to Holders on
September 15, 2011.

          The amount of interest for each day that this Note is outstanding (the “Daily Interest
Amount”) will be calculated by dividing the interest rate in effect for such day by 360 and
multiplying the result by the principal amount of the Note outstanding. The amount of interest to
be paid on this Note for each Interest Period will be calculated by adding the Daily Interest
amounts for each day in the Interest Period.

          All percentages resulting from any of the above calculations will be rounded, if necessary, to
the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage
point being rounded upwards (e.g., 9.876545% (or 0.09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or
0.0987655) and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculations will be rounded to
the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upwards). In no event shall the actual interest
rate exceed that permitted by applicable law.

          The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on demand and on overdue
installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful from
time to time on demand, in each case at the rate borne by the Notes.

          “LIBOR” with respect to an Interest Period, will be the rate (expressed as a
percentage per annum) for deposits in United States dollars for three-month periods beginning on
the first day of such Interest Period that appears on either Telerate Page 3750 or Bloomberg page
BBAM1 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Determination Date. If Telerate Page 3750 and
Bloomberg page BBAM1 do not include such a rate or are unavailable on a Determination Date, the
Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each of four major banks in the
London interbank market, as selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide such bank’s offered
quotation (expressed as a percentage per annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on
such Determination Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market for deposits in a
Representative Amount in United States dollars for a three-month period beginning on the first day
of such Interest Period. If at least two such offered quotations are so provided, LIBOR for the
Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations
are so provided, the Calculation Agent will request each of three major banks in New York City, as
selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide such bank’s rate (expressed as a percentage per
annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Determination Date, for loans
in a Representative Amount in United States dollars to leading European banks for a three-month
period beginning on the first day of such Interest Period. If at least two such rates are so
provided, LIBOR for the Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of such rates. If fewer than
two such rates are so provided, then LIBOR for the Interest Period will be LIBOR in effect with
respect to the immediately preceding Interest Period.

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          “Bloomberg page BBAM1” means the display designated as “Page BBAM1” on the Bloomberg
Financial Markets Service (or such other page as may replace Page BBAM1 on that service) or a
successor service.

          “Interest Period” means the period commencing on and including an Interest Payment
Date and ending on and including the day immediately preceding the next succeeding Interest Payment
Date; provided that the first Interest Period shall commence on and include October 17, 2005 and
end on and include December 31, 2005.

          “Determination Date,” with respect to an Interest Period, will be the second London
Banking Day preceding the first day of the Interest Period.

          “London Banking Day” is any day in which dealings in United States dollars are
transacted or, with respect to any future date, are expected to be transacted in the London
interbank market.

          “Representative Amount” means a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 for a
single transaction in the relevant market at the relevant time.

          “Telerate Page 3750” means the display designated as “Page 3750” on the Moneyline
Telerate service (or such other page as may replace Page 3750 on that service) or a successor
service.

2. Method of Payment.

          The Company shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the persons who are
the registered Holders at the close of business on the Interest Record Date immediately preceding
the Interest Payment Date even if the Notes are canceled on registration of transfer or
registration of exchange after such Interest Record Date. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying
Agent to collect principal payments. With respect to any cash payments, the Company shall pay
principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender
for payment of public and private debts (“U.S. Legal Tender”). However, the Company may
pay principal and interest in cash by wire transfer of Federal funds (provided that the Paying
Agent shall have received wire instructions on or prior to the relevant Interest Record Date), or
interest by check payable in such U.S. Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such interest
payment to the Paying Agent or to a Holder at the Holder’s registered address. With respect to any
payments of interest in the form of Additional Notes, payments shall be made by deposit of such
Additional Notes into the account specified by the Holder or Holders thereof to the Company,
through the Paying Agent or otherwise. Alternatively, the Company may direct the Paying Agent to
make the appropriate amendments to the schedule of principal amounts of the relevant Global Notes
outstanding and arrange for deposit into the account specified by the Holder or Holders thereof as
of the relevant Interest Record Date.

3. Paying Agent, Calculation Agent and Registrar.

          Initially, WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Trustee”) will act as Paying
Agent, Registrar and Calculation Agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or
Calculation Agent without notice to the Holders. The Company may, subject to certain exceptions,
act as Paying Agent, Registrar or Calculation Agent.

4. Indenture.

          The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of October 17, 2005 (the
“Indenture”), by and among the Company and the Trustee. Capitalized terms herein are used as
defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. This Note is one of a duly authorized
issue of Notes of the Company designated as its Senior Floating Rate PIK Notes due 2011, Series A
(the “Initial Notes”), which may be issued under the Indenture. The Company shall be
entitled to issue Additional Notes (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 2.17 of the
Indenture. The Notes include the Initial Notes, the Private Exchange Notes (as defined in the
Indenture), the Unrestricted Notes (as defined in the Indenture) and the Additional Notes. All
Notes issued under the Indenture are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture.
The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture
by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-

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77bbbb) (the “TIA”), as in effect on the date of the Indenture (except as otherwise indicated
in the Indenture) until such time as the Indenture is qualified under the TIA, and thereafter as in
effect on the date on which the Indenture is qualified under the TIA. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Notes are referred to
the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. The Notes are general unsecured obligations of
the Company.

5. Optional Redemption.

          (c) The Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at any
time on or after October 1, 2007, at the redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal
amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the Redemption Date
(subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Interest Record Date to receive interest
due on the relevant Interest Payment Date) if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on
October 1 of the years indicated below:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Year	 	Percentage
	2007
	 	 	102.000	%
	2008
	 	 	101.000	%
	2009 and thereafter
	 	 	100.000	%

          (d) Prior to October 1, 2007, the Company may, at its option, use the net cash proceeds of one
or more Equity Offerings to redeem either (i) 35% of the Notes issued under the Indenture
(including any Additional Notes) so long as immediately after giving effect to any such redemption,
at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under the Indenture remain
outstanding or (ii) 100% of the then outstanding Notes, in each case at a redemption price equal to
100% of the principal amount thereof plus a premium equal to the interest rate per annum on the
Notes applicable on the date on which notice of redemption was given, plus accrued and unpaid
interest to the Redemption Date. Any such redemption will be required to occur on or prior to the
date that is one year after the receipt by the Company of the proceeds of an Equity Offering. The
Company shall effect such redemption on a pro rata basis.

6. Notice of Redemption.

          Notice of redemption will be mailed by first-class mail or electronically transmitted at least
30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed
at its registered address. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal amount
of Notes that have denominations equal to or larger than $1,000 principal amount. Notes and
portions of them the Trustee so selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 principal amount or integral
multiples thereof; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire
outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be
redeemed.

          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. A new Note in a principal
amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof
upon cancellation of the original Note. On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to
accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption so long as the Company has deposited with
the Paying Agent for the Notes funds in satisfaction of the redemption price pursuant to the
Indenture and the Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such funds to the Holders pursuant to
the terms of the Indenture.

7. Change of Control Offer.

          Following the occurrence of a Change of Control (the date of such occurrence being the
“Change of Control Date”), the Company shall, within 30 days after the Change of Control
Date, be required to offer to purchase all Notes then outstanding at a purchase price in cash equal
to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if
any, to the date of such purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
Interest Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).

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8. Limitation on Disposition of Assets.

          The Company is, subject to certain conditions and certain exceptions, obligated to offer to
purchase the Notes at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued
and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of such purchase (subject to the right of Holders
of record on the relevant Interest Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest
Payment Date) with the proceeds of certain asset dispositions.

9. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.

          The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000; provided, that Additional Notes issued to pay interest on the Notes will be
issued in minimum denominations of $1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00. A Holder shall register
the transfer of or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a
Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay
certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted
by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes or
portions thereof selected for redemption, except the unredeemed portion of any security being
redeemed in part.

10. Persons Deemed Owners.

          The registered Holder of a Note shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

11. Unclaimed Funds.

          If funds for the payment of principal or interest remain unclaimed for one year, the Trustee
and the Paying Agent will repay the funds to the Company at their written request. After that, all
liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such funds shall cease.

12. Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.

          The Company may be discharged from their obligations under the Indenture and the Notes, except
for certain provisions thereof, and may be discharged from obligations to comply with certain
covenants contained in the Indenture and the Notes, in each case upon satisfaction of certain
conditions specified in the Indenture.

13. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.

          Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended or supplemented with
the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding, and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any
provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Notes then outstanding. Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may
amend or supplement the Indenture and the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect
or inconsistency, provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes
or comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Indenture
under the TIA, or make any other change that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any
Holder of a Note.

14. Restrictive Covenants.

          The Indenture contains certain covenants that, among other things, limit the ability of the
Company and its Subsidiaries to make restricted payments, to incur indebtedness, to sell assets, to
permit restrictions on dividends and other payments by Subsidiaries to the Company, to consolidate,
merge or sell all or substantially all of its assets and to engage in transactions with Affiliates.
The limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. The Company
must report annually to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.

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15. Defaults and Remedies.

          If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding may declare all the Notes to be due and
payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Holders of Notes
may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee is not
obligated to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it has received indemnity satisfactory to
it. The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to direct the Trustee in its exercise
of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of Notes notice of certain continuing
Defaults or Events of Default if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.

16. Trustee Dealings with Company.

          The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner
or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company its Subsidiaries or its respective
Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

17. No Recourse Against Others.

          No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor,
as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the
Notes or the Guarantees, as the case may be, or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect
of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives
and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the
issuance of the Notes.

18. Authentication.

          This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating agent manually signs the
certificate of authentication on this Note.

19. Abbreviations and Defined Terms.

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

20. CUSIP Numbers.

          Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification
Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the
Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on
the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

21. Governing Law.

The laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this Note without regard to
principles of conflicts of laws to the extent that the application of the laws of another
jurisdiction would be required thereby.

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

 

 

 

 

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

      

      

(Insert Social Security or other identifying number of assignee or transferee)

	 	 	 
	and irrevocably appoint
	 	 
	 

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:

	 	 	 	 	 	Signed:	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	(Signed exactly as name appears
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	on the other side of this Note)

	 	 	 
	Signature Guarantee:
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or
other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee)

 

 

OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

          If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.08 or
Section 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box:

Section 4.08 [     ]                Section 4.15 [     ]

          If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to
Section 4.08 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount: $                                        

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:

	 	 	 	 	 	Your Signature:	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

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

	 	 	 
	Signature Guarantee:
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or
other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee)

 

 

EXHIBIT C

FORM OF LEGEND FOR GLOBAL NOTES

          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 DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY OR A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
THIS NOTE IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE
DEPOSITARY 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 DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE
OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY) 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 ISSUERS OR THEIR AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO.
OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

          TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO
NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF
PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS
SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.16 OF THE INDENTURE.

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EXHIBIT D

CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE

OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF NOTES

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Re:
	 	Senior Floating Rate PIK Notes due 2011
	 

	 	 	 	(the “Notes”) of Activant Solutions Holdings Inc.

          This Certificate relates to $                     principal amount of Notes held in the form of*                      a
beneficial interest in a Global Note or*                      Physical Notes by                      (the
“Transferor”).

The Transferor:*

     o has requested by written order that the Registrar deliver in exchange for its beneficial
interest in the Global Note held by the Depositary a Physical Note or Physical Notes in definitive,
registered form of authorized denominations and an aggregate number equal to its beneficial
interest in such Global Note (or the portion thereof indicated above); or

     o has requested that the Registrar by written order exchange or register the transfer of a
Physical Note or Physical Notes.

          In connection with such request and in respect of each such Note, the Transferor does hereby
certify that the Transferor is familiar with the Indenture relating to the above captioned Notes
and the restrictions on transfers thereof as provided in Section 2.16 of such Indenture, and that
the transfer of the Notes does not require registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Act”), because*:

     o Such Note is being acquired for the Transferor’s own account, without transfer (in
satisfaction of Section 2.16 of the Indenture).

     o Such Note is being transferred to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A
under the Act), in reliance on Rule 144A.

     o Such Note is being transferred to an institutional “accredited investor” (within the meaning
of subparagraph (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Act) which delivers a certificate to
the Trustee in the form of Exhibit D to the Indenture.

     o Such Note is being transferred in reliance on Rule 144 under the Act.

     o Such Note is being transferred in reliance on and in compliance with an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Act other than Rule 144A or Rule 144 under the Act to a person
other than an institutional “accredited investor.” An Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
transfer does not require registration under the Securities Act accompanies this certification.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	     [INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	[Authorized Signatory]

	 	 	 	 	 
	Date:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

*Check applicable box.
	 	 

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EXHIBIT E

Form of Transferee Letter of Representation

ACTIVANT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC.

c/o WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

N9303-120

Sixth and Marquette Avenue

Minneapolis, MN 55479

Attention: Corporate Trust Services

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          This certificate is delivered to request a transfer of $                     principal amount of the
Senior Floating Rate PIK Notes due 2011 (the “Notes”) of ACTIVANT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC.
(the “Company”). Upon transfer, the Notes would be registered in the name of the new
beneficial owner as follows:

	 	 	 	 	 
	          Name:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	          Address:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	          Taxpayer ID Number:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 

          The undersigned represents and warrants to you that:

          1. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or
(7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), purchasing for
our own account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited investor” at least $250,000
principal amount of the Notes, and we are acquiring the Notes not with a view to, or for offer or
sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We have such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the
merits and risk of our investment in the Notes and we invest in or purchase securities similar to
the Notes in the normal course of our business. We and any accounts for which we are acting are
each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.

          2. We understand that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and, unless
so registered, may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own
behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing Notes to offer, sell or
otherwise transfer such Notes prior to the date which is two years after the later of the date of
original issue and the last date on which the Company or any affiliate of the Company was the owner
of such Notes (or any predecessor thereto) (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) only
(a) to the Company, (b) pursuant to a registration statement which has been declared effective
under the Securities Act, (c) in a transaction complying with the requirements of Rule 144A under
the Securities Act, to a person we reasonably believe is a qualified institutional buyer under Rule
144A (a “QIB”) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a QIB and to whom
notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (d) to an institutional
“accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities
Act that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited
investor,” in each case in a minimum principal amount of Notes of $250,000, (e) pursuant to offers
and sales that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the
Securities Act or (f) pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements
of the Securities Act, subject in each of the foregoing cases to any requirement of law that the
disposition of our property or the property of such investor account or accounts be at all times
within our or their control and in compliance with any applicable state securities laws. The
foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent to the Resale Restriction Termination
Date. If any resale or other transfer of the Notes is proposed to be made pursuant to clause (d)
above prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from
the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Company and the Trustee, which shall
provide, among other things, that the transferee is an insti-

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tutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act and that it is acquiring such Notes for investment purposes and not for distribution
in violation of the Securities Act. Each purchaser acknowledges that the Company and the Trustee
reserve the right prior to any offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Restriction
Termination Date of the Notes pursuant to clause (d) or (f) above to require the delivery of an
opinion of counsel, certificates and/or other information satisfactory to the Company and the
Trustee.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:	 	 	 	 	TRANSFEREE:	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 

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EXHIBIT F

Form of Certificate To Be

Delivered in Connection

with Regulation S Transfers

                                        ,
                    

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

N9303-120

Sixth and Marquette Avenue

Minneapolis, MN 55479

Attention: Corporate Trust Services

	 	 	 
	Re:

	 	ACTIVANT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC. (the “Company”)
	 

	 	Senior Floating Rate PIK Notes due 2011, Series A and
	 

	 	Senior Floating Rate PIK Notes due 2011, Series B (the “Notes”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          In connection with our proposed sale of $                     aggregate principal amount of the Notes,
we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, we represent that:

     (1) the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States;

     (2) either (a) at the time the buy offer was originated, the transferee was outside the
United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the
transferee was outside the United States, or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or
through the facilities of a designated off-shore securities market and neither we nor any
person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been prearranged with a buyer in
the United States;

     (3) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of
the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;

     (4) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration
requirements of the Securities Act; and

     (5) we have advised the transferee of the transfer restrictions applicable to the
Notes.

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          You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to
produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal
proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Defined terms used
herein without definition have the respective meanings provided in Regulation S.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Very truly yours,
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	[Name of Transferor]
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	[Authorized Signatory]

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EXHIBIT G

GUARANTEE

          THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE GUARANTORS TO THE HOLDERS OF NOTES PURSUANT TO THIS GUARANTEE AND THE
INDENTURE DATED AS OF OCTOBER 17, 2005, BY AND AMONG ACTIVANT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC. (THE
“COMPANY”) AND THE TRUSTEE NAMED THEREIN (THE “INDENTURE”) ARE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN
ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THE INDENTURE, AND REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO SUCH INDENTURE FOR THE PRECISE
TERMS OF THIS GUARANTEE. THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ARTICLE ELEVEN,
ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.

          Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each
Holder of a Note, that the principal of and premium and interest on the Notes shall be promptly
paid in full when due, subject to any applicable grace period and to any extension of time of
payment or renewal of any Notes or any such other obligation, whether at the Maturity Date, by
acceleration or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if
any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders of the Notes thereunder
shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms thereof, subject in
all cases to the limitations contained in Section 11.04 of the Indenture. Each Guarantor hereby
agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity,
regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce
the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder with respect to any provisions thereof, the recovery
of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which
might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor. Each
Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in
the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first
against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that, subject to
Article Eleven of the Indenture, this Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture.

          If any Holder is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company or Guarantors, or
any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the
Company or Guarantors, any amount paid to such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore
discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not
be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Noteholders in respect of any
obligations guaranteed hereby until such time as the Indebtedness of the Company evidenced by the
Note shall have been paid in full. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors,
on the one hand, and the Noteholders, on the other hand, (a) the Maturity Date of the obligations
guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Section 6.02 of the Indenture for the purposes
of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such
acceleration in respect of the obligations Guaranteed hereby, and (b) in the event of any
declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Section 6.02 of the Indenture, such
obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the
Guarantors for the purpose of this Guarantee. The Guarantors shall have the right to seek
contribution from any non-paying Guarantor in accordance with Section 11.05 of the Indenture.

          Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder of Notes, hereby confirms that it
is the intention of all such parties that this Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or
conveyance for purposes of any Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform
Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal, state, provincial or territorial law to the extent
applicable to any Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and the Guarantors
hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor under this Guarantee and Article
Eleven of the Indenture shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such
maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant
under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution
from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such
other Guarantor under Article Eleven of the Indenture, result in the obligations of such Guarantor
under this Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

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          This is a continuing Guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding
upon the undersigned Guarantors and their respective successors and assigns to the extent set forth
in the Indenture until full and final payment of all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes
and the Indenture and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders and their successors and assigns
and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder, the rights and privileges
herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or
assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of Article Eleven of the Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantor that satisfies the provisions of Section 11.03 of the
Indenture shall be released of its obligations hereunder.

          THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE
PARTIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCLUDING CHOICE-OF-LAW PRINCIPLES
OF THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY
JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

          Capitalized terms used herein have the same respective meanings given in the Indenture unless
otherwise indicated.

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

Dated:                                         ,                    

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	[GUARANTOR]
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 

	 	 	 	Title:

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