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Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION VERSION

 

COLT DEFENSE LLC

COLT FINANCE CORP.

THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS PARTIES HERETO

AND

WILMINGTON TRUST FSB,

AS TRUSTEE

8.75% Senior Notes due 2017

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of November 10, 2009

 

 

 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

	 	 	 
	TIA	 	Indenture
	Section	 	Section
	310 (a)(1)
	 	7.10
	(a)(2)
	 	7.10
	(a)(3)
	 	N.A.  
	(a)(4)
	 	N.A.  
	(a)(5)
	 	7.10
	(b)
	 	7.8; 7.10
	(c)
	 	7.10
	311 (a)
	 	7.11
	(b)
	 	7.11
	(c)
	 	N.A. 
	312 (a)
	 	2.5
	(b)
	 	12.3
	(c)
	 	12.3
	313 (a)
	 	7.6
	(b)(1)
	 	7.6; 11.2
	(b)(2)
	 	7.6; 11.2
	(c)
	 	7.6; 11.2
	(d)
	 	7.6
	314 (a)
	 	3.11; 3.17; 12.5
	(b)
	 	11.2(c)
	(c)(1)
	 	12.4
	(c)(2)
	 	12.4
	(c)(3)
	 	N.A. 
	(d)
	 	11.2; 11.6(b)
	(e)
	 	12.5
	315 (a)
	 	7.1
	(b)
	 	7.5; 12.2
	(c)
	 	7.1
	(d)
	 	7.1
	(e)
	 	6.11
	316 (a)(last sentence)
	 	12.6
	(a)(1)(A)
	 	6.5
	(a)(1)(B)
	 	6.4
	(a)(2)
	 	N.A. 
	(b)
	 	6.7
	(c)
	 	6.5
	317 (a)(1)
	 	6.8
	(a)(2)
	 	6.9
	(b)
	 	2.4
	318 (a)
	 	12.1

 

N.A. means Not Applicable.

Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this
Indenture.

 

Table of Contents

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE I
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 1.1.	 	Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	SECTION 1.2.	 	Other Definitions
	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 1.3.	 	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	29	 
	SECTION 1.4.	 	Rules of Construction
	 	 	29	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	THE SECURITIES
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.1.	 	Form, Dating and Terms
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 2.2.	 	Execution and Authentication
	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 2.3.	 	Registrar and Paying Agent
	 	 	37	 
	SECTION 2.4.	 	Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
	 	 	37	 
	SECTION 2.5.	 	Securityholder Lists
	 	 	37	 
	SECTION 2.6.	 	Transfer and Exchange
	 	 	37	 
	SECTION 2.7.	 	Form of Certificate to be Delivered upon
Termination of Restricted Period
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 2.8.	 	Form of Certificate to be Delivered in Connection
with Transfers to Institutional
Accredited Investors
	 	 	41	 
	SECTION 2.9.	 	Form of Certificate to be Delivered in Connection
with Transfers Pursuant to
Regulation S
	 	 	42	 
	SECTION 2.10.	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities
	 	 	43	 
	SECTION 2.11.	 	Outstanding Securities
	 	 	44	 
	SECTION 2.12.	 	Temporary Securities
	 	 	44	 
	SECTION 2.13.	 	Cancellation
	 	 	44	 
	SECTION 2.14.	 	Payment of Interest; Defaulted Interest
	 	 	45	 
	SECTION 2.15.	 	Computation of Interest
	 	 	45	 
	SECTION 2.16.	 	CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN Numbers
	 	 	46	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	COVENANTS
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3.1.	 	Payment of Securities
	 	 	46	 
	SECTION 3.2.	 	Limitation on Indebtedness
	 	 	46	 
	SECTION 3.3.	 	Limitation on Restricted Payments
	 	 	50	 
	SECTION 3.4.	 	Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries
	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 3.5.	 	Limitation on Sales of Assets
	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 3.6.	 	Limitation on Liens
	 	 	60	 
	SECTION 3.7.	 	[Reserved]
	 	 	60	 
	SECTION 3.8.	 	Limitation on Affiliate Transactions
	 	 	60	 
	SECTION 3.9.	 	[Reserved]
	 	 	62	 
	SECTION 3.10.	 	Change of Control
	 	 	62	 
	SECTION 3.11.	 	SEC Reports
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 3.12.	 	Future Subsidiary Guarantors
	 	 	65	 
	SECTION 3.13.	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency
	 	 	66	 
	SECTION 3.14.	 	Corporate Existence
	 	 	66	 
	SECTION 3.15.	 	Payment of Taxes and Other Claims
	 	 	66	 

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	SECTION 3.16.	 	[Reserved]
	 	 	66	 
	SECTION 3.17.	 	Compliance Certificate
	 	 	66	 
	SECTION 3.18.	 	Further Instruments and Acts
	 	 	66	 
	SECTION 3.19.	 	[Reserved]
	 	 	67	 
	SECTION 3.20.	 	Statement by Officers as to Default
	 	 	67	 
	SECTION 3.21.	 	Effectiveness of Covenants
	 	 	67	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SUCCESSOR COMPANY SECTION
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4.1.	 	Merger and Consolidation
	 	 	68	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.1.	 	Redemption
	 	 	70	 
	SECTION 5.2.	 	Applicability of Article
	 	 	70	 
	SECTION 5.3.	 	Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
	 	 	70	 
	SECTION 5.4.	 	Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
	 	 	70	 
	SECTION 5.5.	 	Notice of Redemption
	 	 	70	 
	SECTION 5.6.	 	Deposit of Redemption Price
	 	 	71	 
	SECTION 5.7.	 	Securities Payable on Redemption Date
	 	 	71	 
	SECTION 5.8.	 	Securities Redeemed in Part
	 	 	71	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.1.	 	Events of Default
	 	 	72	 
	SECTION 6.2.	 	Acceleration
	 	 	74	 
	SECTION 6.3.	 	Other Remedies
	 	 	74	 
	SECTION 6.4.	 	Waiver of Past Defaults
	 	 	74	 
	SECTION 6.5.	 	Control by Majority
	 	 	74	 
	SECTION 6.6.	 	Limitation on Suits
	 	 	75	 
	SECTION 6.7.	 	Rights of Holders to Receive Payment
	 	 	75	 
	SECTION 6.8.	 	Collection Suit by Trustee
	 	 	75	 
	SECTION 6.9.	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	 	 	75	 
	SECTION 6.10.	 	Priorities
	 	 	75	 
	SECTION 6.11.	 	Undertaking for Costs
	 	 	76	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	TRUSTEE
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 7.1.	 	Duties of Trustee
	 	 	76	 
	SECTION 7.2.	 	Rights of Trustee
	 	 	77	 
	SECTION 7.3.	 	Individual Rights of Trustee
	 	 	78	 
	SECTION 7.4.	 	Trustee’s Disclaimer
	 	 	78	 
	SECTION 7.5.	 	Notice of Defaults
	 	 	78	 
	SECTION 7.6.	 	Reports by Trustee to Holders
	 	 	79	 
	SECTION 7.7.	 	Compensation and Indemnity
	 	 	79	 
	SECTION 7.8.	 	Replacement of Trustee
	 	 	79	 
	SECTION 7.9.	 	Successor Trustee by Merger
	 	 	80	 

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	 	 	 	 	Page	 
	SECTION 7.10.	 	Eligibility; Disqualification
	 	 	80	 
	SECTION 7.11.	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuers
	 	 	80	 
	SECTION 7.12.	 	Trustee’s Application for Instruction from the Issuers
	 	 	80	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 8.1.	 	Discharge of Liability on Securities; Defeasance
	 	 	81	 
	SECTION 8.2.	 	Conditions to Defeasance
	 	 	82	 
	SECTION 8.3.	 	Application of Trust Money
	 	 	83	 
	SECTION 8.4.	 	Repayment to the Issuers
	 	 	83	 
	SECTION 8.5.	 	Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations
	 	 	83	 
	SECTION 8.6.	 	Reinstatement
	 	 	83	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	AMENDMENTS
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 9.1.	 	Without Consent of Holders
	 	 	83	 
	SECTION 9.2.	 	With Consent of Holders
	 	 	84	 
	SECTION 9.3.	 	Compliance with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	85	 
	SECTION 9.4.	 	Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers
	 	 	85	 
	SECTION 9.5.	 	Notation on or Exchange of Securities
	 	 	86	 
	SECTION 9.6.	 	Trustee to Sign Amendments
	 	 	86	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 10.1.	 	Subsidiary Guarantee
	 	 	86	 
	SECTION 10.2.	 	Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge
	 	 	87	 
	SECTION 10.3.	 	Right of Contribution
	 	 	89	 
	SECTION 10.4.	 	No Subrogation
	 	 	89	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	[RESERVED]
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XII
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 12.1.	 	Trust Indenture Act Controls
	 	 	89	 
	SECTION 12.2.	 	Notices
	 	 	89	 
	SECTION 12.3.	 	Communication by Holders with other Holders
	 	 	91	 
	SECTION 12.4.	 	Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
	 	 	91	 
	SECTION 12.5.	 	Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
	 	 	91	 
	SECTION 12.6.	 	When Securities Disregarded
	 	 	91	 
	SECTION 12.7.	 	Rules by Trustee, Paving Agent and Registrar
	 	 	91	 
	SECTION 12.8.	 	Legal Holidays
	 	 	91	 
	SECTION 12.9.	 	GOVERNING LAW
	 	 	91	 
	SECTION 12.10.	 	No Recourse Against Others
	 	 	92	 
	SECTION 12.11.	 	Successors
	 	 	92	 
	SECTION 12.12.	 	Multiple Originals
	 	 	92	 

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	 	 	 	 	Page	 
	SECTION 12.13.	 	Qualification of Indenture
	 	 	92	 
	SECTION 12.14.	 	Table of Contents; Headings
	 	 	92	 
	SECTION 12.15.	 	WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL
	 	 	92	 
	SECTION 12.16.	 	Reserved
	 	 	92	 
	SECTION 12.17.	 	Force Majeure
	 	 	92	 

	 	 	 

	EXHIBIT A
	 	Form of the Series A Note

	EXHIBIT B
	 	Form of the Series B Note

	EXHIBIT C
	 	Form of Indenture Supplement to Add Subsidiary Guarantors

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     INDENTURE dated as of November 10, 2009, among COLT DEFENSE LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the “Company”), COLT FINANCE CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Colt Finance” and, together
with the Company, the “Issuers”), THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS (as defined herein) parties hereto and
WILMINGTON TRUST FSB (the “Trustee”), as Trustee.

     Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and
ratable benefit of the Holders of (i) the Issuers’ 8.75% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2017, issued
on the date hereof and the guarantees thereof by all of the Company’s subsidiaries (the “Initial
Securities”), (ii) if and when issued, an unlimited principal amount of additional 8.75% Senior
Notes, Series A, due 2017 in a non-registered offering or 8.75% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2017 in
a registered offering of the Issuers, and the guarantees thereof by certain of the Company’s
subsidiaries that may be offered from time to time subsequent to the Issue Date, in each case
subject to Section 2.1 (the “Additional Securities”) as provided in Section 2.1(a) and (iii) if and
when issued, the Issuers’ 8.75% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2017 and the guarantees thereof by
certain of the Company’s subsidiaries that may be issued from time to time in exchange for Initial
Securities or any Additional Securities in an offer registered under the Securities Act as provided
in the Registration Rights Agreement, as hereinafter defined, (the “Exchange Securities,” and
together with the Initial Securities and Additional Securities, the “Securities”):

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     SECTION 1.1. Definitions.

     “Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, Indebtedness (i) of any
Person or any of its Subsidiaries existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary
or (ii) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case whether
or not Incurred by such Person in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such
Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or such acquisition, and Indebtedness secured by a Lien
encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person. Acquired Indebtedness shall be deemed to
have been Incurred, with respect to clause (i) of the preceding sentence, on the date such Person
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and, with respect to clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, on the
date of consummation of such acquisition of assets.

     “Additional Assets” means:

     (1) any property, plant, equipment or other asset (excluding working capital or
current assets for the avoidance of doubt) to be used by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary in a Similar Business;

     (2) the Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of
the acquisition of such Capital Stock by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; or

     (3) Capital Stock constituting a minority interest in any Person that at such time is
a Restricted Subsidiary;

provided, however, that, in the case of clauses (2) and (3), such Restricted Subsidiary is
primarily engaged in a Similar Business.

     “Additional Interest” means the interest payable as a consequence of the failure to
effectuate in a timely manner the exchange offer and/or shelf registration procedures set forth in
the Registration Rights Agreement.

     “Additional Securities” has the meaning ascribed to it in the second introductory
paragraph of this Indenture.

     “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person, directly or indirectly,
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.
For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms
“controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control

 

with”) when used with respect to any Person means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power
to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing; provided that, exclusively for purposes of
Section 3.5 and Section 3.8 hereof, beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a
Person shall be deemed to be control.

     “Applicable Premium” means, with respect to a Security at any Redemption Date, the
greater of (i) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Security and (ii) the excess, if any, of (A)
the present value as of such date of redemption of (1) the redemption price of such Security on
November 15, 2013 (such redemption price being described in this Section 5 plus (2) all required
interest payments due on such Security through November 15, 2013 (excluding accrued but unpaid
interest to the date of redemption), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as
of such date plus 50 basis points, over (B) the then-outstanding principal amount of such Security.

     “Asset Disposition” means any direct or indirect sale, lease (other than an operating
lease entered into in the ordinary course of business), transfer, issuance or other disposition, or
a series of related sales, leases, transfers, issuances or dispositions that are part of a common
plan, of shares of Capital Stock of a Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares),
property or other assets (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”)
by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including any disposition by means of a
merger, consolidation or similar transaction.

     Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items shall not be deemed to be Asset
Dispositions:

     (1) a disposition of assets by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or by the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables
Entity);

     (2) the sale of Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business;

     (3) a disposition of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

     (4) a 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 Restricted Subsidiaries and
that is disposed of in each case in the ordinary course of business;

     (5) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in a
manner permitted pursuant to Section 4.1 or any disposition that constitutes a
Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture;

     (6) an issuance of Capital Stock by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Entity);

     (7) for purposes of Section 3.5 only, the making of a Permitted Investment (other than
a Permitted Investment to the extent such transaction results in the receipt of cash or
Cash Equivalents by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries) or a disposition subject to
Section 3.3;

     (8) sales of accounts receivable and related assets or an interest therein of the type
specified in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” to a Receivables Entity;

     (9) dispositions of assets in a single transaction or a series of related transactions
with an aggregate fair market value in any calendar year of less than $2.5 million;
provided that the aggregate fair market value of such dispositions shall not exceed $5.0
million in the aggregate during any fiscal year;

     (10) the creation of a Permitted Lien and dispositions in connection with Permitted
Liens;

     (11) dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or
collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar
proceedings and exclusive of

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factoring or similar arrangements;

     (12) the issuance by a Restricted Subsidiary of Preferred Stock that is permitted
under Section 3.2;

     (13) the licensing or sublicensing of intellectual property or other general
intangibles and licenses, leases or subleases of other property in the ordinary course of
business which do not materially interfere with the business of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries;

     (14) foreclosure on assets;

     (15) any sale of Capital Stock in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an
Unrestricted Subsidiary; and

     (16) the licensing or sublicensing of intellectual property pursuant to manufacturing
license agreements or technical assistance agreements with certain foreign governments, or
otherwise in accordance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

     “Asset Disposition Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(b).

     “Attributable Indebtedness” in respect of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction means, as at
the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the interest rate implicit in the
transaction) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term
of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease
has been extended), determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that if such
Sale/Leaseback Transaction results in a Capitalized Lease Obligation, the amount of Indebtedness
represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of “Capitalized Lease
Obligations.”

     “Average Life” means, as of the date of determination, with respect to any
Indebtedness or Preferred Stock, the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the products of
the numbers of years from the date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled
principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such
Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment by (2) the sum of all such payments.

     “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11 of the United States Code or similar federal or state
law for the relief of debtors.

	 	 	“Board of Directors” means:

     (1) with respect to a corporation, the Board of Directors of the corporation or (other
than for purposes of determining Change of Control) the executive committee of the Board of
Directors;

     (2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of
the partnership; and

     (3) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a
similar function.

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

     “Business Day” means each day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking
institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.

     “Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase,
warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated)
equity of such Person, including any

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Preferred Stock and limited liability or partnership interests (whether general or limited), but
excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

     “Capitalized Lease Obligations” means an obligation that is required to be classified
and accounted for as a capitalized lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP,
and the amount of Indebtedness represented by such obligation will be the capitalized amount of
such obligation at the time any determination thereof is to be made as determined in accordance
with GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof will be the date of the last payment of rent or any
other amount due under such lease prior to the first date such lease may be terminated without
penalty.

     “Cash Contribution Amount” means the aggregate amount of cash contributions made to
the capital of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor as described in the definition of
“Contribution Indebtedness.”

     “Cash Equivalents” means:

     (1) U.S. dollars, or in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, such local currencies held
by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

     (2) securities issued or directly and fully Guaranteed or insured by the United States
Government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States (provided that the full
faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof), having maturities of
not more than one year from the date of acquisition;

     (3) marketable general 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 and, at the time of acquisition,
having a credit rating of “A” or better from either Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, Inc.
(“S&P”) or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), or carrying an equivalent rating by
a nationally recognized Rating Agency, if both of the two named Rating Agencies cease
publishing ratings of investments;

     (4) certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits, overnight bank
deposits or bankers’ acceptances having maturities of not more than one year from the date
of acquisition thereof issued by any commercial bank the long-term debt of which is rated
at the time of acquisition thereof at least “A” or the equivalent thereof by S&P or “A” or
the equivalent thereof by Moody’s, or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally
recognized Rating Agency, if both of the two named Rating Agencies cease publishing ratings
of investments, and having combined capital and surplus in excess of $500 million;

     (5) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying
securities of the types described in clauses (2), (3) and (4) entered into with any bank
meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;

     (6) commercial paper rated at the time of acquisition thereof at least “A-2” or the
equivalent thereof by S&P or “P-2” or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s, or carrying an
equivalent rating by a nationally recognized Rating Agency, if both of the two named Rating
Agencies cease publishing ratings of investments, and in any case maturing within one year
after the date of acquisition thereof; and

     (7) interests in any investment company or money market fund which invests 95% or more
of its assets in instruments of the type specified in clauses (1) through (6) above.

     “Change of Control” means:

     (1) prior to the first public offering of Common Stock of the Company, the Permitted
Holders cease to be the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the
Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of a majority in the aggregate of the total voting
power of the Voting Stock of the Company, whether as a result of the issuance of securities
of the Company, any merger, consolidation,

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liquidation or dissolution of the Company, any direct or indirect transfer of securities by
any Permitted Holder or otherwise (for purposes of this clause (1) and clause (2) below,
the Permitted Holders shall be deemed to beneficially own a majority of any Voting Stock of
an entity (the “specified entity”) held by any other entity (the “parent entity”) so long
as (x) the Permitted Holders beneficially own (as so defined), directly or indirectly, in
the aggregate a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the parent entity or
(y) no “person” or “group” of related persons (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Exchange Act), beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, a larger percentage
of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the parent entity than the Permitted Holders);

     (2) on the date of or after the first public offering of Common Stock referred to in
clause (1), (A) any “person” or “group” of related persons (as such terms are used in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders,
becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act,
except that such person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all
shares that any such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is
exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more
than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company or any of its direct
or indirect parent entities (or their successors by merger, consolidation or purchase of
all or substantially all of their assets);

     (3) the sale, assignment, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than
by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a
whole to any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange
Act) other than transactions with a Permitted Holder; or

     (4) the adoption by the stockholders of the Company of a plan or proposal for the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Specified Merger/Transfer Transaction, as defined in
Section 4.1(b), shall constitute a Change of Control.

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

     “Commodity Agreement” means any commodities futures contract, commodity swap,
commodity option or other similar agreement or arrangement entered into by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary designed to protect the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries against
fluctuations in the price of commodities actually used in the ordinary course of business of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

     “Common Stock,” means with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interest or
other participations in, and other equivalents (however designated and whether voting or nonvoting)
of such Person’s common stock whether or not outstanding on the Issue Date, and includes, without
limitation, all series and classes of such common stock.

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

     “Consolidated Coverage Ratio” means as of any date of determination, with respect to
any Person, the ratio of (x) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for the
period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such
determination for which financial statements prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP are available to (y) Consolidated Interest Expense for such four fiscal quarters; provided,
however, that:

     (1) if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary:

     (a) has Incurred any Indebtedness since the beginning of such period that
remains outstanding on such date of determination or if the transaction giving rise
to the need to calculate

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the Consolidated Coverage Ratio includes an Incurrence of Indebtedness,
Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period will be
calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Indebtedness as if such
Indebtedness had been Incurred on the first day of such period (except that in
making such computation, the amount of Indebtedness outstanding during such four
fiscal quarters under any revolving Debt Facility existing on the date of such
calculation will be deemed to be (i) the average daily balance of such Indebtedness
during such four fiscal quarters or such shorter period for which such facility was
outstanding or (ii) if such facility was created after the end of such four fiscal
quarters, the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the period from the
date of creation of such facility to the date of such calculation) and the
discharge of any other Indebtedness repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise
discharged with the proceeds of such new Indebtedness as if such discharge had
occurred on the first day of such period; or

     (b) has repaid, repurchased, redeemed, retired, defeased or otherwise
discharged any Indebtedness since the beginning of the period that is no longer
outstanding on such date of determination or if the transaction giving rise to the
need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio includes a discharge of
Indebtedness (in each case, other than Indebtedness Incurred under any revolving
Debt Facility unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and the related
commitment terminated), Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for
such period will be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such
discharge of such Indebtedness, including with the proceeds of such new
Indebtedness, as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such period;

     (2) if since the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has
made or will have made any Asset Disposition or disposed of or discontinued (as defined
under GAAP) any company, division, operating unit, segment, business, group of related
assets or line of business or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the
Consolidated Coverage Ratio includes such a transaction:

     (a) the Consolidated EBITDA for such period will be reduced by an amount equal
to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the assets that are the
subject of such disposition or discontinuation for such period or increased by an
amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such
period; and

     (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period will be reduced by an amount
equal to the Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to any Indebtedness of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary repaid, repurchased, redeemed, retired,
defeased or otherwise discharged with respect to the Company and its continuing
Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such transaction for such period (or, if
the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is sold, the Consolidated Interest
Expense for such period attributable to the Indebtedness of such Restricted
Subsidiary to the extent the Company and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are
no longer liable for such Indebtedness after such sale);

     (3) if since the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (by
merger or otherwise) will have made an Investment in any Restricted Subsidiary (or any
Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged with or into the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary) 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 a company, division, operating unit, segment,
business, group of related assets or line of business, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated
Interest Expense for such period will be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto
(including the Incurrence of any Indebtedness) as if such Investment or acquisition
occurred on the first day of such period; and

     (4) if since the beginning of such period any Person (that subsequently became a
Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
since the beginning of such period) will have Incurred any Indebtedness or discharged any
Indebtedness, made any disposition or

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any Investment or acquisition of assets that would have required an adjustment pursuant to
clause (1), (2) or (3) above if made by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary during such
period, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period will be
calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such transaction occurred on the
first day of such period.

     For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any calculation
under this definition, the pro forma calculations will be determined in good faith by a responsible
financial or accounting Officer of the Company (including, without limitation, pro forma expense
and cost reductions calculated on a basis consistent with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act).
If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the
interest expense on such Indebtedness will 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 Interest
Rate Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness if such Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term
in excess of 12 months). If any Indebtedness that is being given pro forma effect bears an interest
rate at the option of the Company, the interest rate shall be calculated by applying such optional
rate chosen by the Company.

     “Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the
Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:

     (1) increased (without duplication) by the following items to the extent deducted in
calculating such Consolidated Net Income:

     (a) Consolidated Interest Expense; plus (b)
Consolidated Income Taxes; plus (c)
consolidated depreciation expense; plus

     (d) consolidated amortization expense or impairment charges recorded in
connection with the application of Financial Accounting Standard No. 142 “Goodwill
and Other Intangibles” and Financial Accounting Standard No. 144 “Accounting for
the Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived Assets”; plus

     (e) other non-cash charges reducing Consolidated Net Income, including any
write-offs or write-downs (excluding any such non-cash charge to the extent it
represents an accrual of or reserve for cash charges in any future period or
amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period not included
in the calculation); plus

     (2) the amount of any restructuring charges or expenses deducted in such period in
computing Consolidated Net Income, including any one-time costs incurred in connection with
acquisitions after the Issue Date; plus

     (3) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting, transaction and advisory fees
and related expenses paid to Sciens Management, L.L.C. or any other Affiliate to the extent
permitted under this Indenture; plus

     (4) any expenses or charges (other than any consolidated depreciation or amortization
expense) related to any issuance of Capital Stock, Permitted Investment, acquisition,
disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness permitted to
be incurred by this Indenture (whether or not successful), including (i) such fees,
expenses or charges related to the offering of the Securities and the related transactions
described in this offering memorandum, (ii) any amendment or other modification of the
Securities or other Indebtedness, (iii) any additional interest in respect of the
Securities and (iv) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including
interest expense) related to any Qualified Receivables Transaction;

     (5) decreased (without duplication) by non cash items increasing Consolidated Net
Income

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of such Person for such period (excluding any items which represent the reversal of any
accrual of, or reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in
any prior period), and

     (6) increased or decreased by (without duplication) the following items reflected in
Consolidated Net Income:

     (a) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations and
the application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133;

     (b) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from currency translation
gains or losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any
net loss or gain resulting from Hedging Obligations for currency exchange risk);
and

     (c) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed
down to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries) in any line item in such
Person’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP resulting from the
application of purchase accounting in relation to any completed acquisition.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, clauses (1) (b) through (e) relating to amounts of a Restricted
Subsidiary of a Person will be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated EBITDA of
such Person only to the extent (and in the same proportion) that the net income (loss) of such
Restricted Subsidiary was included in calculating the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and,
to the extent the amounts set forth in clauses (1)(b) through (e) are in excess of those necessary
to offset a net loss of such Restricted Subsidiary or if such Restricted Subsidiary has net income
for such period included in Consolidated Net Income, only if a corresponding amount would be
permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the Company by such Restricted
Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not been obtained), pursuant to the terms of its
charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and
governmental regulations applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders.

     “Consolidated Income Taxes” means, with respect to any Person for any period, taxes
imposed upon such Person or other payments required to be made by such Person by any governmental
authority which taxes or other payments are calculated by reference to the income or profits or
capital of such Person or such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent such income or
profits were included in computing Consolidated Net Income for such period), including, without
limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes regardless of whether
such taxes or payments are required to be remitted to any governmental authority.

     “Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, the total interest expense of
the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, whether paid or accrued, plus, to the
extent not included in such interest expense:

     (1) interest expense attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations and the interest
portion of rent expense associated with Attributable Indebtedness in respect of the
relevant lease giving rise thereto, determined as if such lease were a capitalized lease in
accordance with GAAP and the interest component of any deferred payment obligations;

     (2) amortization of debt discount (including the amortization of original issue
discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par) and debt issuance
cost; provided, however, that any amortization of bond premium will be credited to reduce
Consolidated Interest Expense unless, pursuant to GAAP, such amortization of bond premium
has otherwise reduced Consolidated Interest Expense;

     (3) non-cash interest expense, but excluding any non-cash interest expense
attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of Hedging Obligations or
other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP;

     (4) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters
of credit

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and bankers’ acceptance financing;

     (5) the interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is Guaranteed by such
Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person
or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

     (6) net costs associated with Hedging Obligations (including amortization of fees);
provided, however, that if Hedging Obligations result in net benefits rather than costs,
such benefits shall be credited to reduce Consolidated Interest Expense unless, pursuant to
GAAP, such net benefits are otherwise reflected in Consolidated Net Income;

     (7) the Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries
that was capitalized during such period;

     (8) the product of (a) all dividends paid or payable, in cash, Cash Equivalents or
Indebtedness or accrued during such period on any series of Disqualified Stock of such
Person or on Preferred Stock of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary
Guarantors payable to a party other than the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, times
(b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the
then current combined federal, state, provincial and local statutory tax rate of such
Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance
with GAAP; less

     (9) interest income for such period.

     For the purpose of calculating the Consolidated Coverage Ratio, the calculation of
Consolidated Interest Expense shall include all interest expense (including any amounts described
in clauses (1) through (9) above) relating to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary described in the final paragraph of the definition of “Indebtedness.”

     For purposes of the foregoing, total interest expense will be determined (i) after giving
effect to any net payments made or received by the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to
Interest Rate Agreements and (ii) exclusive of amounts classified as other comprehensive income in
the balance sheet of the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
without duplication of clause (9) above, commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges
Incurred in connection with any transaction pursuant to which the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer or grant a security interest in any accounts
receivable or related assets shall be included in Consolidated Interest Expense.

     “Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (loss) of the Company
and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP; provided, however, that on an after-tax basis:

     (1) any net income (loss) of any Person if such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary
or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be excluded, except that:

     (a) subject to the limitations contained in clauses (5) and (6) below, the
Company’s equity in the net income of any such Person for such period will be
included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash
actually distributed by such Person during such period to the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of
a dividend or other distribution to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations
contained in clause (2) below); and

     (b) the Company’s equity in a net loss of any such Person (other than an
Unrestricted Subsidiary) for such period will be included in determining such
Consolidated Net Income to the extent such loss has been funded with cash from the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

     (2) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted
Payments under

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Section 3.3(a)(c)(i), any net income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary
(other than a Subsidiary Guarantor) if such Subsidiary is subject to prior government
approval or other restrictions due to the operation of its charter or any agreement,
instrument, judgment, decree, order statute, rule or government regulation (which have not
been waived), directly or indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making of
distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the Company shall
be excluded, except that:

     (a) subject to the limitations contained in clauses (5) and (6) below, the
Company’s equity in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such
period will be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount
of cash that could have been distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such
period to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend (subject, in
the case of a dividend to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation
contained in this clause); and

     (b) the Company’s equity in a net loss of any such Restricted Subsidiary for
such period will be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income;

     (3) any non-cash compensation expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or
similar rights, stock options or other rights to officers, directors or employees shall be
excluded;

     (4) any impairment charges or asset write-offs, in each case pursuant to GAAP, and the
amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded;

     (5) any gain or loss (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) realized upon sales
or other dispositions of any assets of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, other
than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company shall be excluded;

     (6) any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of
Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments or any currency
translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness, and any
net loss or gain resulting from hedging transactions for currency exchange risk shall be
excluded;

     (7) any extraordinary gain or loss shall be excluded;

     (8) an amount equal to the amount of tax distributions actually made to any parent or
equity holder of such Person in respect of such period in accordance with Section
3.3(b)(15) or Section 3.3(b)(16) shall be included as though such amounts had
been paid as income taxes directly by such Person for such period; and

     (9) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles shall be excluded.

     “Contribution Indebtedness,” means Indebtedness of the Issuers or any Subsidiary
Guarantor in an aggregate principal amount not greater than the aggregate amount of cash
contributions (other than Excluded Contributions) made to the capital of the Issuers or such
Subsidiary Guarantor after the Issue Date; provided that:

     (1) such Contribution Indebtedness shall be Indebtedness with a Stated Maturity later
than the Stated Maturity of the Securities, and

     (2) such Contribution Indebtedness (a) is Incurred within 210 days after the making of
such cash contributions and (b) is so designated as Contribution Indebtedness pursuant to
an Officers’ Certificate on the Incurrence date thereof.

     “Currency Agreement” means in respect of a Person any foreign exchange contract,
currency swap agreement, futures contract, option contract or other similar agreement as to which
such Person is a party or a beneficiary.

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

     “Debt Facility” means, with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, one or
more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Senior Credit Facility) or commercial
paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans,
term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to
special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of
credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced
(including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part
from time to time (and whether or not with the original administrative agent and lenders or another
administrative agent or agents or other lenders and whether provided under the original Senior
Credit Facility or any other credit or other agreement or indenture).

     “Default” means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time or both would
be, an Event of Default.

     “Definitive Securities” means certificated Securities.

     “Designated Noncash Consideration” means the fair market value of noncash
consideration received by the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an
Asset Disposition that is so designated as Designated Noncash Consideration pursuant to an
Officers’ Certificate setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash
Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale, redemption or payment of, on or with
respect to such Designated Noncash Consideration.

     “Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such
Person 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 happening of any event:

     (1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or
otherwise;

     (2) is convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock
(excluding Capital Stock which is convertible or exchangeable solely at the option of the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (it being understood that upon such conversion or
exchange it shall be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock)); or

     (3) is redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock in whole or in
part,

in each case on or prior to the date 91 days after the earlier of the final maturity date of the
Securities or the date the Securities are no longer outstanding, provided, however, that only the
portion of Capital Stock which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or
exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date will be
deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided, further, that any Capital Stock that would constitute
Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to require the Company or its
Subsidiaries to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a Change of Control or Asset
Disposition (each defined in a substantially identical manner to the corresponding definitions in
this Indenture) shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock (and all
such securities into which it is convertible or for which it is ratable or exchangeable) provide
that the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital
Stock (and all such securities into which it is convertible or for which it is ratable or
exchangeable) pursuant to such provision prior to compliance by the Company with Section 3.5 and
Section 3.10 and such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 3.3.

     “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors
and assigns, or such other depository institution hereinafter appointed by the Company.

     “Equity Offering” means a public offering for cash by the Company of its Common Stock,
or options, warrants or rights with respect to its Common Stock, other than (x) public offerings
with respect to the Company’s Common Stock, or options, warrants or rights, registered on Form S-4
or S-8, (y) an issuance to any Subsidiary or

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(z) any offering of Common Stock issued in connection with a transaction that constitutes a Change
of Control.

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

     “Exchange Securities” has the meaning ascribed to it in the second introductory
paragraph of this Indenture.

     “Excluded Contributions” means the net cash proceeds, Cash Equivalents and/or
Investment Grade Securities received by the Issuers after the Issue Date from:

     (1) contributions to its common equity capital, and

     (2) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company or to any Company or
Subsidiary management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee
benefit plan or agreement) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated
Preferred Stock) of the Issuers,

in each case designated on or before the date such amounts are received by the Issuers as Excluded
Contributions pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate executed by an Officer of the Issuers, which
amounts are excluded from the calculation set forth Section 3.3(a)(c).

     “Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or liability, the fair market
value of such asset or liability as determined by the Company in good faith; provided that if the
fair market value exceeds $20.0 million, such determination shall be made by the Board of Directors
of the Company or an authorized committee thereof in good faith (including as to the value of all
non-cash consideration).

     “Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Company ending on December 31 of each
year.

     “Foreign Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not organized under the
laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia and any
Subsidiary of such Restricted Subsidiary.

     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America
as in effect as of the Issue Date, 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 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 will be computed in
conformity with GAAP, except that in the event the Company is acquired in a transaction that is
accounted for using purchase accounting, the effects of the application of purchase accounting
shall be disregarded in the calculation of such ratios and other computations contained in this
Indenture.

     “Government Securities” means securities that are (a) direct obligations of the United
States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (b)
obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of
the United States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally Guaranteed as a full
faith and credit obligation of the United States of America, which, in either case, are not
callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary
receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with
respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any
such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary
receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any
deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received
by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of principal of or
interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depositary receipt.

     “Guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or
indirectly Guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or
indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:

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

     (2) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such
Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect
thereof (in whole or in part); provided, however, that the term “Guarantee” will not
include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term
“Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

     “Guarantor Subordinated Obligation” means, with respect to a Subsidiary Guarantor, any
Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor (whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter
Incurred) that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of such Subsidiary
Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to a written agreement.

     “Hedging Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to
any Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Agreement or Commodity Agreement.

     “Holder” or “Securityholder” means a Person in whose name a Security is
registered in the Securities Register.

     “IAI” means an institutional “accredited investor” as described in Rule 501(a)(1),
(2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.

     “Incur” means issue, create, assume, Guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for;
provided, however, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such
Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise)
will be deemed to be Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary; and the terms “Incurred” and “Incurrence” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

     “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination (without
duplication):

     (1) the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of indebtedness of such Person
for borrowed money;

     (2) the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of obligations of such Person
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments;

     (3) the principal component of all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of
credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments (including reimbursement
obligations with respect thereto except to the extent such reimbursement obligation relates
to a trade payable and such obligation is satisfied within 30 days of Incurrence);

     (4) the principal component of all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and
unpaid purchase price of property, which purchase price is due more than six months after
the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery and title thereto, except
(i) any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade
creditor, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of business and (ii) any earn-out
obligation until the amount of such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of
such Person in accordance with GAAP;

     (5) Capitalized Lease Obligations and all Attributable Indebtedness of such Person
(whether or not such items would appear on the balance sheet of the Subsidiary Guarantor or
obligor);

     (6) the principal component or liquidation preference of all obligations of such
Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified
Stock or, with respect to any

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Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, any Preferred Stock (but excluding, in each
case, any accrued dividends);

     (7) the principal component of all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on
any asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person;
provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of (a) the fair
market value of such asset at such date of determination and (b) the amount of such
Indebtedness of such other Persons;

     (8) the principal component of Indebtedness of other Persons to the extent Guaranteed
by such Person (whether or not such items would appear on the balance sheet of the
Subsidiary Guarantor or obligor); and

     (9) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition and would otherwise appear
as a liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, net obligations of such
Person under Hedging Obligations (the amount of any such obligations to be equal at any
time to the termination value of such agreement or arrangement giving rise to such
Obligation that would be payable by such Person at such time).

     The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date will be the outstanding balance at such
date of all unconditional obligations as described above and the maximum liability, upon the
occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation, of any contingent obligations at such
date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, money borrowed and set aside at the time of the Incurrence of
any Indebtedness in order to pre-fund the payment of interest on such Indebtedness shall not be
deemed to be “Indebtedness,” provided that such money is held to secure the payment of such
interest.

     In addition, “Indebtedness” of any Person shall include Indebtedness described in the
preceding paragraph that would not appear as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person if:

     (1) such Indebtedness is the obligation of a partnership or joint venture that is not
a Restricted Subsidiary (a “Joint Venture”);

     (2) such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a general partner of the
Joint Venture (a “General Partner”); and

     (3) there is recourse, by contract or operation of law, with respect to the payment of
such Indebtedness to property or assets of such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such
Person; and then such Indebtedness shall be included in an amount not to exceed:

     (a) the lesser of (i) the net assets of the General Partner and (ii) the
amount of such obligations to the extent that there is recourse, by contract or
operation of law, to the property or assets of such Person or a Restricted
Subsidiary of such Person; or

     (b) if less than the amount determined pursuant to clause (a) immediately
above, the actual amount of such Indebtedness that is recourse to such Person or a
Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, if the Indebtedness is evidenced by a writing
and is for a determinable amount.

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

     “Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking
firm or consultant to Persons engaged in Similar Businesses of nationally recognized standing that
is, in the good faith judgment of the Company, qualified to perform the task for which it has been
engaged.

     “Initial Purchasers” means, collectively, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated with respect to the Initial Securities.

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     “Initial Securities” has the meaning ascribed to it in the second introductory
paragraph of this Indenture.

     “Interest Rate Agreement” means with respect to any Person any interest rate
protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate
swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge
agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement as to which such Person is party or a
beneficiary.

     “Investment” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in
other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of any direct or indirect advance, loan (other
than advances or extensions of credit to customers in the ordinary course of business) or other
extensions of credit (including by way of Guarantee or similar arrangement, but excluding any debt
or extension of credit represented by a bank deposit other than a time deposit) or capital
contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for
property or services for the account or use of others), or any purchase or acquisition of Capital
Stock, Indebtedness or other similar instruments issued by, such Person and all other items that
are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP;
provided that none of the following will be deemed to be an Investment:

     (1) Hedging Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business and in
compliance with this Indenture;

     (2) endorsements of negotiable instruments and documents in the ordinary course of
business; and

     (3) an acquisition of assets, Capital Stock or other securities by the Company or a
Subsidiary for consideration to the extent such consideration consists of Common Stock of
the Company.

     For purposes of Section 3.3

     (1) “Investment” will include the portion (proportionate to the Company’s
equity interest in a Restricted Subsidiary to be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary)
of the fair market value of the net assets of such Restricted Subsidiary at the time that
such Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however,
that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company will
be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment’ ‘in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an
amount (if positive) equal to (a) the Company’s aggregate “Investment” in such Subsidiary
as of the time of such redesignation less (b) the portion (proportionate to the Company’s
equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets (as
conclusively determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith) of such
Subsidiary at the time that such Subsidiary is so re-designated a Restricted Subsidiary;
and

     (2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary will 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 of the Company.

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

	 	 	“Investment Grade Securities” means:

     (1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S.
government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents) and in
each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition;

     (2) securities that have a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by
Moody’s or BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating
Agency;

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     (3) investments in any fund that invests at least 95% of its assets in investments of
the type described in clauses (1) and (2) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of
cash pending investment and/or distribution; and

     (4) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily
utilized for high quality investments and in each case with maturities not exceeding two
years from the date of acquisition.

     “Issue Date” means November 10, 2009.

     “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien (statutory or otherwise),
pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest, preference, priority or encumbrance of any kind
in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable
law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature
thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or
agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent
statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to
constitute a Lien.

     “Net Available Cash” from an Asset Disposition means cash payments received (including
any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or
installment receivable or otherwise and net proceeds from the sale or other disposition of any
securities or other assets received as consideration, but only as and when received, but excluding
any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness
or other obligations relating to the properties or assets that are the subject of such Asset
Disposition or received in any other non-cash form) therefrom, in each case net of:

     (1) all legal, accounting, investment banking, title and recording tax expenses,
commissions and other fees and expenses Incurred, and all federal, state, provincial,
foreign and local taxes required to be paid or accrued as a liability under GAAP (after
taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing
agreements), as a consequence of such Asset Disposition;

     (2) all payments made on any Indebtedness that is secured by any assets subject to
such Asset Disposition, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon such assets, or which
must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Disposition, or
by applicable law be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Disposition;

     (3) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest
holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Disposition; and

     (4) the deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the seller as a reserve, in
accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the assets disposed of in
such Asset Disposition and retained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after such
Asset Disposition.

     “Net Cash Proceeds” means, with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital Stock, the
cash proceeds of such issuance or sale net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or
placement agents’ fees, listing fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other
fees and charges actually Incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid
or payable as a result of such issuance or sale (after taking into account any available tax credit
or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements); provided that the cash proceeds of an Equity
Offering by a direct or indirect parent of the Company shall not be deemed Net Cash Proceeds,
except to the extent such cash proceeds are contributed to the Company.

	 	 	“Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor.

     “Non-Recourse Debt” means Indebtedness of a Person:

     (1) as to which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary (a) provides any
Guarantee or credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, Guarantee, indemnity,
agreement or instrument

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that would constitute Indebtedness) or (b) is directly or indirectly liable (as a
Subsidiary Guarantor or otherwise);

     (2) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders thereof
may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit (upon
notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary to declare a default under such other Indebtedness or cause the
payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity; and

     (3) the explicit terms of which, provided there is no recourse against any of the
assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, except that Standard Securitization
Undertakings shall not be considered recourse.

	 	 	“Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person (as defined in Regulation
S).

     “Obligations” means any principal, interest (including any interest accruing
subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the
rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an
allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), other monetary obligations,
penalties, fees, indemnification, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect
to letters of credit and banker’s acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and Guarantees of
payment of such principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and
other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

     “Offering Memorandum” means the offering memorandum, dated November 3, 2009, relating
to the offering by the Company of $250.0 million of the 8.75% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2017.

     “Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President,
the Chief Financial Officer, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President,
the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company or, in the event that the Company is a partnership or
a limited liability company that has no such officers, a person duly authorized under applicable
law by the general partner, managers, members or a similar body to act on behalf of the Company.
Officer of any Subsidiary Guarantor has a correlative meaning.

     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers or by an Officer
and either an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of the Company.

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

     “Pari Passu Indebtedness” means Indebtedness that ranks equally in right of payment
to the Securities.

     “Permitted Holders” means Sciens Management, L.L.C. and its Affiliates and members of
management of the Company on the Issue Date who are Holders of equity interests of the Company. Any
Person or group whose acquisition of beneficial ownership constitutes a Change of Control in
respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of this
Indenture (or would result in a Change of Control Offer in the absence of the waiver of such
requirement by Holders in accordance with this Indenture) will thereafter constitute additional
Permitted Holders.

     “Permitted Investment” means an Investment by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in:

     (1) a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Entity);

     (2) any Investment by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person
that is engaged in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment:

     (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or

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     (b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is
merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of
its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, and,
in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided, that such Investment
was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger,
consolidation or transfer;

     (3) cash and Cash Equivalents;

     (4) receivables owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary created or acquired
in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with
customary trade terms; provided, however, that such trade terms may include such
concessionary trade terms as the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable
under the circumstances;

     (5) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the
time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that
are made in the ordinary course of business;

     (6) loans or advances to employees, Officers or directors of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, in
an aggregate amount not in excess of $3.0 million with respect to all loans or advances
made since the Issue Date (without giving effect to the forgiveness of any such loan);

     (7) any Investment acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries:

     (a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the
Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a
bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other
Investment or accounts receivable; or

     (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with
respect to any secured Investment in default;

     (8) Investments made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an
Asset Disposition that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 3.5 or any other
disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Disposition;

     (9) Investments in existence on the Issue Date;

     (10) Currency Agreements, Interest Rate Agreements, Commodity Agreements and related
Hedging Obligations, which transactions or obligations are Incurred in compliance with
Section 3.2;

     (11) Guarantees issued in accordance with Section 3.2;

     (12) Investments made in connection with the funding of contributions under any
non-qualified retirement plan or similar employee compensation plan in an amount not to
exceed the amount of compensation expense recognized by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in connection with such plans;

     (13) Investments by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in a Receivables Entity or
any Investment by a Receivables Entity in any other Person, in each case, in connection
with a Qualified Receivables Transaction, provided, however, that any Investment in any
such Person is in the form of a Purchase Money Note, or any equity interest or interests in
Receivables and related assets generated by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and
transferred to any Person
in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction or any such Person owning such
Receivables;

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     (14) Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, together with all
other Investments pursuant to this clause (14), in an aggregate amount at the time of such
Investment not to exceed $15.0 million outstanding at any one time (with the fair market value of
such Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in
value);

     (15) Investments the payment for which consists of equity interests of the Company (other
than Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, as applicable;
provided, however, that such equity interests will not increase the amount available for
Restricted Payments under Section 3.3(a)(c);

     (16) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and made
in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph Section 3.8 (except transactions
described in clauses (2), (5) and (17) of such paragraph);

     (17) any Investment by Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company in other Restricted
Subsidiaries of the Company;

     (18) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials
and equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property, in
each case in the ordinary course of business;

     (19) additional Investments in joint ventures of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries existing on the Issue Date in an aggregate amount, taken together with all other
Investments made pursuant to this clause (19) that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed
$5.0 million at any one time outstanding; and

     (20) Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company acquired after the Issue Date or of
an entity merged into or consolidated with a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction
that is not prohibited by Section 4.1 after the Issue Date to the extent that such Investments were
not made in contemplation of such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the
date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation.

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

     (1) Liens securing Indebtedness and related Hedging Obligations and related banking services
or cash management obligations (including any fees, expenses and other amounts payable pursuant
thereto) and Liens on assets of Restricted Subsidiaries securing Guarantees of Indebtedness and
other obligations of the Company permitted to be Incurred under this Indenture in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed an amount equal to (x) the amount set forth under Section 3.2(b)(1)
and (y) an additional amount of Indebtedness such that, as of such date, and after giving pro
forma effect to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness and the application of the proceeds therefrom
on such date, would not cause the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio of the Issuers and the
Restricted Subsidiaries to exceed 2.0 to 1.0.;

     (2) pledges or deposits by such Person under workers’ 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 or customs duties or for the payment of rent,
in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;

     (3) Liens imposed by law, including carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s and
repairmen’s Liens Incurred in the ordinary course of business;

     (4) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet subject to penalties

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for non-payment or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
provided appropriate reserves required pursuant to GAAP have been made in respect thereof,

     (5) Liens in favor of issuers of surety or performance bonds or letters of credit or
bankers’ acceptances or similar obligations issued pursuant to the request of and for the
account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business; provided, however, that such
letters of credit do not constitute Indebtedness;

     (6) encumbrances, ground leases, 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, building codes or other restrictions (including, without
limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) 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 that 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;

     (7) Liens securing Hedging Obligations so long as the related Indebtedness is
permitted under this Indenture;

     (8) leases, licenses, subleases and sublicenses of assets (including, without
limitation, real property and intellectual property rights) that do not materially
interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;

     (9) judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as such Lien is
adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated
for the review of such judgment have not been finally terminated or the period within which
such proceedings may be initiated has not expired;

     (10) Liens incurred to secure Obligations in respect of Indebtedness permitted to be
Incurred pursuant to Section 3.2(b)(8) or Section 3.2(b)(15); provided that (x) in the case
of Section 3.2(b)(8) referred to above, such Lien extends only to the assets and/or Capital
Stock, the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of which is
financed thereby and any proceeds or products thereof and (y) in the case of Section
3.2(b)(15), such Lien extends only to the Capital Stock and/or assets of the Foreign
Subsidiaries;

     (11) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating
to banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts
or other funds maintained with a depositary institution; provided that:

     (a) such deposit account is not a dedicated cash collateral account and is not
subject to restrictions against access by the Company in excess of those set forth
by regulations promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board; and

     (b) such deposit account is not intended by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary to provide a lien to the depository institution;

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

     (13) Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than Liens permitted under clause (1) of
this definition);

     (14) Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes
a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens are not created, Incurred or
assumed in connection

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with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary; provided
further, however, that any such Lien may not extend to any other property owned by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

     (15) Liens on assets, property or shares of stock of a Person at the time the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired by such Person, including any acquisition by means of a
merger or consolidation with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided,
however, that such Liens are not created, Incurred or assumed in connection with, or in
contemplation of, such acquisition; provided further, however, that such Liens may not
extend to any other assets or property owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

     (16) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing
to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Entity);

     (17) Liens securing the Securities and Subsidiary Guarantees;

     (18) Liens securing Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to refinance, refund, replace,
amend, extend or modify, as a whole or in part, Indebtedness that was previously so secured
pursuant to clauses (10), (13), (14), (15), (17) and (18) of this definition; provided that
(a) any such Lien is limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus
improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that
secured (or, under the written arrangements under which the original Lien arose, could
secure) the Indebtedness being refinanced or is in respect of property that is the security
for a Permitted Lien hereunder;

     (19) any interest or title of a lessor under any Capitalized Lease Obligation or
operating lease; (20) Liens in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(21) Liens under industrial revenue, municipal or similar bonds;

     (22) Liens on assets transferred to a Receivables Entity or on assets of a Receivables
Entity, in either case Incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

     (23) Liens securing Indebtedness (other than Subordinated Obligations and Guarantor
Subordinated Obligations) in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not
to exceed $5.0 million;

     (24) 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;

     (25) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to
insurance carriers;

     (26) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar
arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business; and

     (27) Liens on equipment of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the
ordinary course of business to the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s client at
which such equipment is located.

     “Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or
any agency or political subdivision hereof or any other entity.

     “Preferred Stock,” as applied to the Capital Stock of any corporation, means
Capital Stock of any class or

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classes (however designated) that is preferred as to the payment of dividends upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up.

     “Purchase Money Note” means a promissory note of a Receivables Entity evidencing the
deferred purchase price of Receivables (and related assets) and/or a line of credit, which may be
irrevocable, from the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified
Receivables Transaction with a Receivables Entity, which deferred purchase price or line is
repayable from cash available to the Receivables Entity, other than amounts required to be
established as reserves pursuant to agreements, amounts paid to investors in respect of interest,
principal and other amounts owing to such investors and amounts owing to such investors and amounts
paid in connection with the purchase of newly generated Receivables.

     “QIB” means any “qualified institutional buyer” as such term is defined in Rule
144A.

     “Qualified Receivables Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions
that may be entered into by the Company, any direct or indirect parent of the Company or any of
their respective Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company, any direct or indirect
parent of the Company or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries may sell, convey or
otherwise transfer to (1) a Receivables Entity (in the case of a transfer by the Company, any
direct or indirect parent of the Company or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries) and
(2) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Entity), or may grant a security
interest in, any Receivables (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Company, any
direct or indirect parent of the Company or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, and
any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all liens securing such Receivables, all
contracts and all Guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, the
proceeds of such Receivables and other assets that are customarily transferred, or in respect of
which security interests are customarily granted, in connection with asset securitization involving
Receivables.

     “Rating Agency” means each of S&P and Moody’s or if S&P or Moody’s or both shall not
make a rating on the Securities publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical Rating
Agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of
the Board of Directors) which shall be substituted for S&P or Moody’s or both, as the case may be.

     “Receivable” means a right to receive payment arising from a sale or lease of goods or
the performance of services by a Person pursuant to an arrangement with another Person pursuant to
which such other Person is obligated to pay for goods or services under terms that permit the
purchase of such goods and services on credit and shall include, in any event, any items of
property that would be classified as an “account,” “chattel paper,” “payment intangible” or
“instrument’ ‘under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York and any
“supporting obligations” as so defined.

     “Receivables Entity” means a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (or another Person in which the
Company, any direct or indirect parent of the Company or any of their respective Restricted
Subsidiaries makes an Investment and to which the Company, any direct or indirect parent of the
Company or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries transfers Receivables and related
assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of Receivables
and which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company (as provided below) as a
Receivables Entity:

     (1) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise)
of which:

     (a) is Guaranteed by the Company, any direct or indirect parent of the Company
or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding Guarantees of
obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant
to Standard Securitization Undertakings);

     (b) is recourse to or obligates the Company, any direct or indirect parent of
the Company or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries in any way other
than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; or

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     (c) subjects any property or asset of the Company, any direct or indirect
parent of the Company or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries any direct
or indirect parent of the Company or any of their respective Restricted
Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the
satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings;

     (2) with which none of the Company, any direct or indirect parent of the Company or
any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries has any material contract, agreement,
arrangement or understanding (except in connection with a Purchase Money Note or Qualified
Receivables Transaction) other than on terms no less favorable to the Company, such direct
or indirect parent of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, than those
that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company,
other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing
Receivables; and

     (3) to which none of the Company, any direct or indirect parent of the Company or any
of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries has any obligation to maintain or preserve such
entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating
results.

	 	 	Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company, or the board of directors of
the direct or indirect parent of the Company, as applicable, shall be evidenced to the
Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of
Directors of the Company, or the board of directors of the direct or indirect parent of the
Company, as applicable, giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate
certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.

     “Receivables Transaction Amount” means the amount of obligations outstanding under the
legal documents entered into as part of such Qualified Receivables Transaction on any date of
determination that would be characterized as principal if such Qualified Receivables Transaction
were structured as a secured lending transaction rather than as a purchase.

     “Redemption Date” means, with respect to any redemption of Securities, the date of
redemption with respect thereto.

     “Refinancing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness that is Incurred to refund, refinance,
replace, exchange, renew, repay or extend (including pursuant to any defeasance or discharge
mechanism) (collectively, “refinance,” “refinances” and “refinanced” shall each have a correlative
meaning) any Indebtedness existing on the Issue Date or Incurred in compliance with this Indenture
(including Indebtedness of the Company that refinances Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary
and Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of another Restricted
Subsidiary) including Indebtedness that refinances Refinancing Indebtedness, provided, however,
that:

     (1) (a) if the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced is earlier than
the Stated Maturity of the Securities, the Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity
no earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced or (b) if the
Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced is later than the Stated Maturity of
the Securities, the Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity at least 91 days later
than the Stated Maturity of the Securities;

     (2) the Refinancing Indebtedness has an Average Life at the time such Refinancing
Indebtedness is Incurred that is equal to or greater than the Average Life of the
Indebtedness being refinanced;

     (3) such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred in an aggregate principal amount (or if
issued with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less
than the sum of the aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount,
the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Indebtedness being refinanced (plus,
without duplication, any
additional Indebtedness Incurred to pay interest or premiums required by the
instruments governing such existing Indebtedness and fees Incurred in connection
therewith);

     (4) if the Indebtedness being refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the
Securities

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or the Subsidiary Guarantee, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of
payment to the Securities or the Subsidiary Guarantee on terms at least as favorable to the
Holders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being
refinanced; and

     (5) Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness of a NonGuarantor
Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor.

     “Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated
as of the Issue Date by and among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers
set forth therein and, with respect to any Additional Securities, one or more substantially similar
registration rights agreements among the Company and the other parties thereto, as such agreements
may be amended from time to time.

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

     “Restricted Investment” means any Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

     “Restricted Securities” means Initial Securities and Additional Securities bearing one
of the restrictive legends described in Section 2.1(d).

     “Restricted Securities Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.1(d)(1) and, in
the case of the Temporary Regulation S Global Note, the legend set forth in Section 2.1(d)(2).

     “Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company other than an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.

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

     “Sale/Leaseback Transaction” means an arrangement relating to property now owned or
hereafter acquired whereby the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a
Person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary leases it from such Person.

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

     “Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.

     “Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person, at any
date the ratio of:

     (i) the sum of (A) $100.0 million and (B) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness (other
than amounts Incurred pursuant to Section 3.2(b)(1)) of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries secured by a Lien as of such date of calculation (determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP), to

     (ii) Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for the four full fiscal quarters for which
internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date on which such
additional Indebtedness is Incurred

and in each case with such pro forma adjustments as are appropriate and consistent with the pro
forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Coverage Ratio.”

     “Securities” has the meaning ascribed to it in the second introductory paragraph of
this Indenture.

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

     “Securities Custodian” means the custodian with respect to the Global Security (as
appointed by DTC), or any successor Person thereto and shall initially be the Trustee.

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     “Senior Credit Facility” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, among
the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the lenders parties thereto
from time to time, as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time
and any renewal, increase, extension, refunding, restructuring, replacement or refinancing thereof
in whole or in part (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
Senior Credit Facility or one or more other credit or other agreements or indentures entered into
from time to time).

     “Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement.

     “Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “Significant
Subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the
SEC.

     “Similar Business” means a business, the majority of whose revenues are derived from
the manufacture and sale of firearms, ammunition and accessories related thereto, or the activities
of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Issue Date, or any business or activity that is
reasonably similar thereto, including, but not limited to, training, logistics or any business or
activity directed toward law enforcement, governments and government agencies, United States or
foreign militaries or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary
thereto.

     “Sponsor” means Sciens Capital Management LLC or The Blackstone Group L.P.

     “Sponsor Management Agreement” means the management agreement between certain of the
management companies associated with Sciens Management, L.L.C. and the Company, as amended,
restated or modified from time to time (so long as any such amendment is not disadvantageous to the
Holders in the good faith judgment of the Company when taken as a whole as compared to the Sponsor
Management Agreement as in effect on the Issue Date).

     “Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants
and indemnities entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that are reasonably
customary in securitization of Qualified Receivables Transactions.

     “Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any security, the date specified the
agreement governing or certificate relating to such Indebtedness as the fixed date on which the
payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory
redemption provision, but shall not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or
repurchase any such principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof

     “Subordinated Obligation” means any Indebtedness of the Company (whether outstanding
on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) that is subordinated or junior in right of payment to the
Securities pursuant to a written agreement.

     “Subsidiary” of any Person means (a) any corporation, association or other business
entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of
which more than 50% of the total ordinary voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without
regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees thereof (or Persons performing similar functions) or (b) any partnership, joint venture
limited liability company or similar entity of which more than 50% of the capital accounts,
distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests,
as applicable, is, in the case of clauses (a) and (b), at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by (1) such Person, (2) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, (3)
one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (4) any Person that is consolidated in the consolidated
financial statements of such Person in accordance with GAAP. Unless otherwise specified herein,
each reference to a Subsidiary will refer to a Subsidiary of the Company.

     “Subsidiary Guarantee” means, individually, any Guarantee of payment of the Securities
and the Exchange Securities issued in a registered exchange offer pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement by a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and any
supplemental indenture hereto, and, collectively, all such Guarantees. Each such Subsidiary
Guarantee will be in the form prescribed by this Indenture.

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     “Subsidiary Guarantor” means each domestic Restricted Subsidiary in existence on the
Issue Date that provides a Subsidiary Guarantee on the Issue Date (and any other Restricted
Subsidiary that provides a Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture); provided that
upon release or discharge of such Restricted Subsidiary from its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance
with this Indenture, such Restricted Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary Guarantor.

     “TIA” or “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§
77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the date of this Indenture.

     “Transactions” means this offering of Securities, the entering into of the Senior
Credit Facility and the repayment of indebtedness described in this offering memorandum.

     “Treasury Rate” means as of any date of redemption of Securities the yield to maturity
at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as
compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H. 15 (519) that has
become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the redemption date (or, if such
Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source or similar market data))
most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to November 15, 2013; provided, however,
that if the period from the redemption date to November 15, 2013 is not equal to the constant
maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the
Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a
year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are
given, except that if the period from the redemption date to November 15, 2013 is less than one
year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a
constant maturity of one year shall be used.

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

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

     “Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:

     (1) any Subsidiary of the Company that at the time of determination shall be
designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of the Company in the
manner provided below; and

     (2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

     The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including
any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary or a Person becoming a Subsidiary through merger or
consolidation or Investment therein) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary only if:

     (1) such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries does not own any Capital Stock or
Indebtedness of or have any Investment in, or own or hold any Lien on any property of, any
other Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so
designated or otherwise an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

     (2) all the Indebtedness of such Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries shall, at the date of
designation, and will at all times thereafter, consist of Non-Recourse Debt;

     (3) such designation and the Investment of the Company in such Subsidiary complies
with Section 3.3;

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     (4) such Subsidiary, either alone or in the aggregate with all other Unrestricted
Subsidiaries, does not operate, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

     (5) such Subsidiary is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation:

     (a) to subscribe for additional Capital Stock of such Person; or

     (b) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such
Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and

     (6) on the date such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such
Subsidiary is not a party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with terms substantially less favorable to the Company
than those that might have been obtained from Persons who are not Affiliates of the
Company.

     Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be evidenced to the
Trustee by filing with the Trustee a Board Resolution of the Company giving effect to such
designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complies with the
foregoing conditions. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the foregoing
requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted
Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary shall be deemed
to be Incurred as of such date.

     The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a
Restricted Subsidiary; provided that immediately after giving effect to such designation, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence
thereof and, either (x) the Company could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under
Section 3.2(a), on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation or (y) the Consolidated
Coverage Ratio for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be greater than such ratio for
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such designation.

     “U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (a) direct obligations of the
United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or
(b) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality
of the United States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full
faith and credit obligation of the United States of America, which, in either case, are not
callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary
receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with
respect to any such U.S. Government Obligations or a specific payment of principal of or interest
on any such U.S. Government Obligations held by such custodian for the account of the holder of
such depositary receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized
to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any
amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligations or the specific
payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligations evidenced by such depositary
receipt.

     “Voting Stock” of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock of such Person then
outstanding and normally entitled to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees, as
applicable, of such Person.

     “Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary, all of the Capital Stock of
which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) is owned by the Company or another Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary.

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     SECTION 1.2. Other Definitions.

	 	 	 
	 	 	Defined in
	Term	 	Section
	“Acceptable Commitment”
	 	3.5(a)
	“Additional Restricted Securities”
	 	2.1(b)
	“Affiliate Transaction”
	 	3.8
	“Agent Members
	 	2.1(e)(iii)
	“Asset Disposition Offer”
	 	3.5(a)
	“Asset Disposition Offer Amount”
	 	3.5(b)
	“Asset Disposition Offer Period”
	 	3.5(b)
	“Asset Disposition Purchase Date”
	 	3.5(b)
	“Authenticating Agent”
	 	2.2
	“Change of Control Offer”
	 	3.10
	“Change of Control Payment”
	 	3.10(1)
	“Change of Control Payment Date
	 	3.10(2)
	“Change of Control Purchase Price”
	 	3.10
	“Clearstream”
	 	2.1(b)
	“CMC”
	 	3.8(14)
	“Colt Finance”
	 	Preamble
	“Company Order”
	 	2.2
	“covenant defeasance option”
	 	8.1(b)
	“Covenant Suspension Event”
	 	3.21
	“cross acceleration provision”
	 	6.1(6)(b)
	“Defaulted Interest”
	 	2.14
	“Euroclear”
	 	2.1(b)
	“Event of Default”
	 	6.1
	“Excess Proceeds
	 	3.5(b)
	“Exchange Global Note”
	 	2.1(b)
	“First Amended and Restated Sublease Agreement”
	 	3.8(14)
	“General Partner”
	 	1.1
	“Global Securities”
	 	2.1(b)
	“Institutional Accredited Investor Global Notes”
	 	2.1(b)
	“Institutional Accredited Investor Note”
	 	2.1(b)
	“Intercompany Services Agreement’
	 	3.8(15)
	“Issuers”
	 	Preamble
	“Joint Venture”
	 	1.1
	“judgment default provision”
	 	6.1(9)
	“legal defeasance option”
	 	8.1(b)
	“Legal Holiday”
	 	12.8
	“License Agreement”
	 	3.8(13)
	“Paying Agent”
	 	2.3
	“Payment Default”
	 	6.1(6)(a)
	“Permanent Regulation S Global Note”
	 	2.1(b)
	“protected purchaser”
	 	2.10
	“Registrar”
	 	2.3
	“Regulation S Global Note”
	 	2.1(b)
	“Regulation S Notes”
	 	2.1(b)
	“Reinstatement Date”
	 	3.21(b)
	“Resale Restriction Termination Date”
	 	2.6(b)
	“Restricted Global Note”
	 	2.6(e)
	“Restricted Payment”
	 	3.3(a)(4)
	“Restricted Period”
	 	2.1(b)
	“Rule 144A Global Note”
	 	2.1(b)

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	 	 	Defined in
	Term	 	Section
	“Rule 144A Notes”

	 	 	2.1(b)
	“Second Commitment”

	 	 	3.5(a)
	“Securities Register”

	 	 	2.3
	“Special Interest Payment Date”

	 	 	2.14(a)
	“Special Record Date”

	 	 	2.14(a)
	“Specified Merger/Transfer Transaction”

	 	 	4.1(b)(3)
	“substantially concurrent sale”

	 	 	3.3(b)
	“Successor Company”

	 	 	4.1(a)(1)
	“Successor Subsidiary Guarantor”

	 	 	4.1(b)(x)
	“Suspended Covenants”

	 	 	3.21
	“Temporary Regulation S Global Note”

	 	 	2.1(b)
	“Unrestricted Global Note”

	 	 	2.6(e)

     SECTION 1.3. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. This Indenture is subject to
the mandatory provisions of the TIA which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Indenture. The following TIA terms have the following meanings:

     “Commission” means the SEC.

     “indenture securities” means the Securities.

     “indenture security holder” means a Securityholder.

     “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

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

     “obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company and any other obligor
on the indenture securities.

     All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined in the TIA by
reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such
definitions.

     SECTION 1.4. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

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

     (3) “or” is not exclusive;

     (4) “including” means including without limitation;

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

     (6) the principal amount of any noninterest bearing or other discount security at any
date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the
issuer dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP;

     (7) the principal amount of any Preferred Stock shall be (i) the maximum liquidation
value of such Preferred Stock or (ii) the maximum mandatory redemption or mandatory
repurchase price with re-

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spect to such Preferred Stock, whichever is greater;

     (8) all amounts expressed in this Indenture or in any of the Securities in terms of
money refer to the lawful currency of the United States of America; and

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

ARTICLE II

THE SECURITIES

     SECTION 2.1. Form, Dating and Terms.

     (a) The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited. The Initial Securities issued on the date hereof shall be in an
aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000. In addition, the Issuers may issue, from time to time
in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, Additional Securities (as provided herein) and
Exchange Securities. Furthermore, Securities may be authenticated and delivered upon registration
of transfer, exchange or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Section 2.2, 2.6,
2.10, 2.12, 5.8 or 9.5, in connection with an Asset Disposition
Offer pursuant to Section 3.5 or in connection with a Change of Control Offer pursuant to
Section 3.10.

     The Initial Securities shall be known and designated as “8.75% Senior Notes, Series A, due
2017” of the Issuers. Additional Securities issued as Restricted Securities shall be known and
designated as “8.75% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2017” of the Issuers. Additional Securities issued
other than as Restricted Securities shall be known and designated as “8.75% Senior Notes, Series B,
due 2017” of the Issuers, and Exchange Securities shall be known and designated as “8.75% Senior
Notes, Series B, due 2017” of the Issuers.

     With respect to any Additional Securities, the Company shall set forth in (a) a Board
Resolution and (b) (i) an Officers’ Certificate or (ii) one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
the following information:

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

     (2) the issue price and the issue date of such Additional Securities, including the
date from which interest shall accrue; and

     (3) whether such Additional Securities shall be Restricted Securities issued in the
form of Exhibit A hereto and/or shall be issued in the form of Exhibit B
hereto.

     In authenticating and delivering Additional Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive and shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the Opinion of Counsel and
Officers’ Certificate required by Section 12.4, an Opinion of Counsel as to the due authorization,
execution, delivery, validity and enforceability of such Additional Securities.

     The Initial Securities, the Additional Securities and the Exchange Securities shall be
considered collectively as a single class for all purposes of this Indenture. Holders of the
Initial Securities, the Additional Securities and the Exchange Securities will vote and consent
together on all matters to which such Holders are entitled to vote or consent as one class, and
none of the Holders of the Initial Securities, the Additional Securities or the Exchange Securities
shall have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter to which such Holders are
entitled to vote or consent.

     If any of the terms of any Additional Securities are established by action taken pursuant to
Board Resolutions of the Company, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified
by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior
to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate or

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the indenture supplemental hereto setting forth the terms of the Additional Securities.

     (b) The Initial Securities are being offered and sold by the Company pursuant to a Purchase
Agreement, dated November 3, 2009, among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantor, J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc. and the other initial purchasers named therein. The Initial Securities and any
Additional Securities (if issued as Restricted Securities) (the “Additional Restricted
Securities”) shall be resold initially only to (A) QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A and (B)
Non-U.S. Persons in reliance on Regulation S. Such Initial Securities and Additional Restricted
Securities may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs, purchasers in reliance on
Regulation S and IAIs in accordance with Rule 501 of the Securities Act, in each case, in
accordance with the procedure described herein. Additional Securities offered after the date hereof
may be offered and sold by the Issuers from time to time pursuant to one or more purchase
agreements in accordance with applicable law.

     Initial Securities and Additional Restricted Securities offered and sold to QIBs in the United
States of America in reliance on Rule 144A (the “Rule 144A Notes”) shall be issued in the
form of a permanent global Security substantially in the form of Exhibit A which is hereby
incorporated by reference and made a part of this Indenture, including appropriate legends as set
forth in Section 2.1(d) (the “Rule 144A Global Note”), deposited with the Trustee,
as custodian for DTC, duly executed by the Issuers and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter
provided. The Rule 144A Global Note may be represented by more than one certificate, if so required
by DTC’s rules regarding the maximum principal amount to be represented by a single certificate.
The aggregate principal amount of the Rule 144A Global Note may from time to time be increased or
decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for DTC or its nominee,
as hereinafter provided.

     Initial Securities and any Additional Restricted Securities offered and sold outside the
United States of America (the “Regulation S Notes”) in reliance on Regulation S shall
initially be issued in the form of a temporary global Security (the “Temporary Regulation S
Global Note”), without interest coupons. Beneficial interests in the Temporary Regulation S
Global Note will be exchanged for beneficial interests in a corresponding permanent global
Security, without interest coupons, substantially in the form of Exhibit A including appropriate
legends as set forth in Section 2.1(d) (the “Permanent Regulation S Global Note”
and, together with the Temporary Regulation S Global Note, each a “Regulation S Global
Note”) within a reasonable period after the expiration of the Restricted Period (as defined
below) upon delivery of the certification contemplated by Section 2.7. Each Regulation S Global
Note will be deposited upon issuance with, or on behalf of, the Trustee as custodian for DTC in the
manner described in this Article II, for credit to the respective accounts of the
purchasers (or to such other accounts as they may direct), including, but not limited to, accounts
at Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (“Euroclear”) or Clearstream Banking, société anonyme
(“Clearstream”). Prior to the 40th day after the later of the commencement of the offering
of the Initial Securities and the Issue Date (such period through and including such 40th day, the
“Restricted Period”), interests in the Temporary Regulation S Global Note may only be
transferred to non-U.S. persons pursuant to Regulation S, unless exchanged for interests in a
Global Security in accordance with the transfer and certification requirements described herein.

     Investors may hold their interests in the Regulation S Global Note through organizations other
than Euroclear or Clearstream that are participants in DTC’s system or directly through Euroclear
or Clearstream, if they are participants in such systems, or indirectly through organizations which
are participants in such systems. If such interests are held through Euroclear or Clearstream,
Euroclear and Clearstream will hold such interests in the applicable Regulation S Global Note on
behalf of their participants through customers’ securities accounts in their respective names on
the books of their respective depositaries. Such depositaries, in turn, will hold such interests in
the applicable Regulation S Global Note in customers’ securities accounts in the depositaries’
names on the books of DTC.

     The Regulation S Global Note may be represented by more than one certificate, if so required
by DTC’s rules regarding the maximum principal amount to be represented by a single certificate.
The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Global Note may from time to time be increased
or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for DTC or its
nominee, as hereinafter provided.

     Initial Securities and Additional Restricted Securities resold to IAIs (the “Institutional
Accredited Investor Notes”) in the United States of America shall be issued in the form of a
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the form of Exhibit A including appropriate legends as set forth in Section 2.1(d) (the
“Institutional Accredited Investor Global Note”) deposited with the Trustee, as custodian
for DTC, duly executed by the Issuers and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The
Institutional Accredited Investor Global Note may be represented by more than one certificate, if
so required by DTC’s rules regarding the maximum principal amount to be represented by a single
certificate. The aggregate principal amount of the Institutional Accredited Investor Global Note
may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee,
as custodian for DTC or its nominee, as hereinafter provided.

     Exchange Securities exchanged for interests in the Rule 144A Notes, the Regulation S Notes and
the Institutional Accredited Investor Notes shall be issued in the form of a permanent global
Security, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, which is hereby incorporated by reference and
made a part of this Indenture, deposited with the Trustee as hereinafter provided, including the
appropriate legend set forth in Section 2.1(d) (the “Exchange Global Note”). The Exchange Global
Note shall be deposited upon issuance with, or on behalf of, the Trustee as custodian for DTC, duly
executed by the Issuers and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The Exchange
Global Note may be represented by more than one certificate, if so required by DTC’s rules
regarding the maximum principal amount to be represented by a single certificate.

     The Rule 144A Global Note, the Regulation S Global Note, the Institutional Accredited Investor
Global Note and the Exchange Global Note are sometimes collectively herein referred to as the
“Global Securities.”

     The principal of (and premium, if any) and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on
the Securities shall be payable at the office or agency of the Issuers maintained for such purpose
at such office or agency of the Issuers as may be maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section
2.3; provided, however, that, at the option of the Issuers, each installment of interest may be
paid by (i) check mailed to addresses of the Persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall
appear on the Securities Register or (ii) wire transfer to an account located in the United States
maintained by the payee, subject to the last sentence of this paragraph. Payments in respect of
Securities represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium, if any, and interest)
will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by DTC.
Payments in respect of Securities represented by Definitive Securities (including principal,
premium, if any, and interest) held by a Holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of Securities represented by Definitive Securities will be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar
account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by
wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect
designating such account no later than 15 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for
payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).

     The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange
rule or usage, in addition to those set forth on Exhibit A and Exhibit B and in
Section 2.1(d). The Issuers shall approve any notation, endorsement or legend on the
Securities. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the
Securities set forth in Exhibit A and Exhibit B are part of the terms of this
Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee, by
their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to be bound by such terms.

     (c) Denominations. The Securities shall be issuable only in fully registered form,
without coupons, and only in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof

     (d) Restrictive Legends. Unless and until (i) an Initial Security or an Additional
Security issued as a Restricted Security is sold under an effective registration statement or (ii)
an Initial Security or an Additional Security issued as a Restricted Security is exchanged for an
Exchange Security in connection with an effective registration statement, in each case pursuant to
the Registration Rights Agreement or a similar agreement:

     (1) the Rule 144A Global Note, the Regulation S Global Note and the Institutional
Accredited Investor Global Note shall bear the following legend on the face thereof:

	 	 	THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE

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	 	 	OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY 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 SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON
ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED
SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE
“RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS [IN THE CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES: ONE YEAR]
[IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: 40 DAYS] 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 SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), 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 SECURITIES 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 AN INSTITUTIONAL
ACCREDITED INVESTOR ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH
AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE SECURITIES
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 CLAUSES (D), (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL,
CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE
REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE. [IN
THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS
THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS
ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT.]

     (2) the Temporary Regulation S Global Note shall bear the following additional legend on
the face thereof

	 	 	THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS A TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION S UNDER THE UNITED
STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”). NEITHER THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL
NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER
THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO BELOW. NO BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL
BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST HEREON UNLESS THE REQUIRED
CERTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE.

     (3) Each Global Security, whether or not an Initial Security, shall bear the following
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on the face thereof:

	 	 	UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF

	 	 	TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC
(AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE &
CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

	 	 	TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART,
TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND
TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE
HEREOF.

     (4) Each Note issued hereunder that has more than a de minimis amount of original
issue discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall bear a legend in substantially
the following form:

	 	 	THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS SUPPLIED SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. THIS
NOTE IS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT UNDER SECTIONS 1272, 1273 AND 1275 OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. A HOLDER MAY OBTAIN THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY FOR THIS NOTE BY SUBMITTING A
REQUEST FOR SUCH INFORMATION TO THE ISSUER AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: 547 NEW PARK AVENUE,
WEST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06110, ATTENTION: GENERAL COUNSEL.

     (e) Book-Entry Provisions. (i) This Section 2.1(e) shall apply only to Global
Securities deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for DTC.

     (ii) Each Global Security initially shall (x) be registered in the name of DTC or the nominee
of DTC, (y) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for DTC and (z) bear legends as set forth in
Section 2.1(d). Transfers of a Global Security (but not a beneficial interest therein) will be
limited to transfers thereof in whole, but not in part, to DTC, its successors or their respective
nominees, except as set forth in Section 2.1(e)(v) and 2.1(f). If a beneficial interest in a Global
Security is transferred or exchanged for a beneficial interest in another Global Security, the
Trustee will (x) record a decrease in the principal amount of the Global Security being transferred
or exchanged equal to the principal amount of such transfer or exchange and (y) record a like
increase in the principal amount of the other Global Security. Any beneficial interest in one
Global Security that is transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in
another Global Security, or exchanged for an interest in another Global Security, will, upon
transfer or exchange, cease to be an interest in such Global Security and become an interest in the
other Global Security and, accordingly, will thereafter be subject to all transfer and exchange
restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to beneficial interests in such other Global
Security for as long as it remains such an interest.

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

     (iv) In connection with any transfer of a portion of the beneficial interest in a Global
Security pursuant to Section 2.1(f), to beneficial owners who are required to hold
Definitive Securities, the Securities Custodian shall reflect on its books and records the date and
a decrease in the principal amount of such Global Security in an amount equal to the principal
amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Security to be transferred, and the Issuers shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, one or more Definitive
Securities of like tenor and amount.

     (v) In connection with the transfer of an entire Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant
to Section 2.1(f), such Global Security shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee
for cancellation, and the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery, to each beneficial owner identified by DTC in exchange for its beneficial
interest in such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Securities of
authorized denominations.

     (vi) The registered Holder of a Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any
person, including Agent Members and persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take
any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.

     (vii) Any Holder of a Global Security shall, by acceptance of such Global Security, agree that
transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Security may be effected only through a book-entry
system maintained by (a) the Holder of such Global Security (or its agent) or (b) any Holder of a
beneficial interest in such Global Security, and that ownership of a beneficial interest in such
Global Security shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.

     (f) Definitive Securities. (i) Except as provided below, owners of beneficial
interests in Global Securities will not be entitled to receive Definitive Securities. If required
to do so pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, beneficial owners may obtain Definitive
Securities in exchange for their beneficial interests in a Global Security upon written request in
accordance with DTC’s and the Registrar’s procedures. In addition, Definitive Securities shall be
transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in a Global
Security if (A) DTC notifies the Issuers that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary
for such Global Security or DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act,
at a time when DTC is required to be so registered in order to act as depositary, and in each case
a successor depositary is not appointed by the Issuers within 90 days of such notice or, (B) the
Company, in its and Colt Finance’s sole discretion, executes and delivers to the Trustee and
Registrar an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable or
(C) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a request
from DTC. In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in the preceding sentence
or in clause (A), (B) or (C) of the second preceding sentence, Definitive Securities delivered in
exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests therein will be registered in the names, and
issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of DTC (in accordance with its
customary procedures).

     (ii) Any Definitive Security delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Security
pursuant to Section 2.1(e)(iii) or (iv) shall, except as otherwise provided by
Section 2.6(d), bear the applicable legend regarding transfer restrictions applicable to
the Definitive Security set forth in Section 2.1(d).

     (iii) If a Definitive Security is transferred or exchanged for a beneficial interest in a
Global Security, the Trustee will (x) cancel such Definitive Security, (y) record an increase in
the principal amount of such Global Security equal to the principal amount of such transfer or
exchange and (z) in the event that such transfer or exchange involves less than the entire
principal amount of the canceled Certificated Security, the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and make available for delivery, to the transferring Holder a new Definitive
Security representing the principal amount not so transferred.

     (iv) If a Definitive Security is transferred or exchanged for another Definitive Security, (x)
the Trustee will cancel the Definitive Security being transferred or exchanged, (y) the Issuers
shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, one or more new Definitive
Securities in authorized denominations having an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
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the case of a transfer) or the Holder of the canceled Definitive Security (in the case of an
exchange), registered in the name of such transferee or Holder, as applicable, and (z) if such
transfer or exchange involves less than the entire principal amount of the canceled Definitive
Security, the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for
delivery to the Holder thereof, one or more Definitive Securities in authorized denominations
having an aggregate principal amount equal to the untransferred or unexchanged portion of the
canceled Definitive Securities, registered in the name of the Holder thereof.

     (v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, in no event shall a Definitive
Security be delivered upon exchange or transfer of a beneficial interest in the Temporary
Regulation S Global Note prior to the end of the Restricted Period.

     SECTION 2.2. Execution and Authentication. One Officer from each Issuer shall sign the
Securities for the Issuers by manual or facsimile signature. If the Officer whose signature is on a
Security no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the
Security shall be valid nevertheless.

     A Security shall not be valid until an authorized officer of the Trustee manually
authenticates the Security. The signature of the Trustee on a Security shall be conclusive evidence
that such Security has been duly and validly authenticated and issued under this Indenture. A
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

     At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery: (1) Initial Securities for original
issue on the Issue Date in an aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000, (2) subject to the terms
of this Indenture, Additional Securities for original issue in an unlimited principal amount, (3)
Exchange Securities for issue only in an exchange offer pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement or upon resale under an effective Shelf Registration Statement, and only in exchange for
Initial Securities or Additional Securities of an equal principal amount and (4) under the
circumstances set forth in Section 2.6(e), Initial Securities in the form of an Unrestricted Global
Note, in each case upon a written order of the Issuers signed by one Officer of the Company (the
“Company Order”). Such Company Order shall specify whether the Securities will be in the
form of Definitive Securities or Global Securities, the amount of the Securities to be
authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated and
whether the Securities are to be Initial Securities, Additional Securities or Exchange Securities.

     The Trustee may appoint an agent (the “Authenticating Agent”) reasonably acceptable to
the Issuers to authenticate the Securities. Any such instrument shall be evidenced by an instrument
signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Issuers. Unless limited by the
terms of such appointment, any such Authenticating Agent may authenticate Securities whenever the
Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes
authentication by the Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating Agent has the same rights as any
Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.

     In case the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor, pursuant to Article IV or Section
10.2, as applicable, shall be consolidated or merged with or into any other Person or shall
convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, and the successor Person resulting from such consolidation, or surviving
such merger, or into which the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall have been merged, or the
Person which shall have received a conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition as aforesaid,
shall have executed an indenture supplemental hereto with the Trustee pursuant to Article IV or
Section 10.2 as applicable, any of the Securities authenticated or delivered prior to such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition may, from time to time, at
the request of the successor Person, be exchanged for other Securities executed in the name of the
successor Person with such changes in phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but otherwise in
substance of like tenor as the Securities surrendered for such exchange and of like principal
amount; and the Trustee, upon Company Order of the successor Person, shall authenticate and make
available for delivery Securities as specified in such order for the purpose of such exchange. If
Securities shall at any
time be authenticated and delivered in any new name of a successor Person pursuant to this
Section 2.2 in exchange or substitution for or upon registration of transfer of any Securities,
such successor Person, at the option of the Holders but without expense to them, shall provide for
the exchange of all Securities at the time outstanding for Securities authenticated and delivered
in such new name.

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     SECTION 2.3. Registrar and Paying Agent. The Issuers shall maintain an office or
agency where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the
“Registrar”) and an office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (the “Paying
Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and
exchange (the “Securities Register”). The Issuers may have one or more co-registrars and
one or more additional paying agents. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent
and the term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar.

     The Issuers shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or Paying
Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the terms of the TIA. The agreement
shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Issuers shall
notify the Trustee of the name and address of each such agent. If the Issuers fail to maintain a
Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate
compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.7. The Company or any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries
organized in the United States may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or transfer agent.

     The Issuers initially appoint the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent for the Securities.
The Issuers may remove any Registrar or Paying Agent upon written notice to such Registrar or
Paying Agent and to the Trustee; provided, however, that no such removal shall become effective
until (i) acceptance of any appointment by a successor as evidenced by an appropriate agreement
entered into by the Issuers and such successor Registrar or Paying Agent, as the case may be, and
delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as
Registrar or Paying Agent until the appointment of a successor in accordance with clause (i) above.
The Registrar or Paying Agent may resign at any time upon written notice to the Issuers and the
Trustee.

     SECTION 2.4. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. By no later than 11:00 a.m. (New
York City time) on the date on which any principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security
is due and payable, the Issuers shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient in immediately
available funds to pay such principal, premium or interest when due. The Issuers shall require each
Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in
trust for the benefit of Securityholders or the Trustee all money held by such Paying Agent for the
payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities (whether such assets have
been distributed to it by the Issuers or other obligors on the Securities), shall notify the
Trustee in writing of any default by the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor in making any such
payment and shall during the continuance of any default by the Issuers (or any other obligor upon
the Securities) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities, upon the written request
of the Trustee, forthwith deliver to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for
payment in respect of the Securities together with a full accounting thereof If the Company or a
Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying
Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Issuers at any time may require a Paying Agent
(other than the Trustee) to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds or
assets disbursed by such Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section 2.4, the Paying Agent (if
other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) shall have no further liability for the
money delivered to the Trustee. Upon any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding with
respect to the Issuers, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Securities.

     SECTION 2.5. Securityholder 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
Securityholders and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar,
or to the extent otherwise required under the TIA, the Issuers, on their own behalf and on behalf
of each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, shall furnish or cause the Registrar to furnish to the
Trustee, in writing at least five Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other
times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee
may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Securityholders and the Issuers shall
otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).

     SECTION 2.6. Transfer and Exchange.

     (a) A Holder may transfer a Security (or a beneficial interest therein) to another Person or
exchange a Security (or a beneficial interest therein) for another Security or Securities of any
authorized denomination by presenting to the Trustee a written request therefor stating the name of
the proposed transferee or requesting such an exchange, accompanied by any certification, opinion
or other document required by this Section 2.6. The Trustee shall promptly register any transfer or
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in the register maintained by the Trustee for the purpose, and no transfer or exchange shall be
effective until it is registered in such register. The transfer or exchange of any Security (or a
beneficial interest therein) may only be made in accordance with this Section 2.6 and Section
2.1(e) and 2.1(f), as applicable, and, in the case of a Global Security (or a beneficial interest
therein), the applicable rules and procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream. The Trustee shall
refuse to register any requested transfer or exchange that does not comply with this paragraph.

     (b) Transfers of Rule 144A Notes and Institutional Accredited Investor Notes. The
following provisions shall apply with respect to any proposed registration of transfer of a Rule
144A Note or an Institutional Accredited Investor Note prior to the date which is one year after
the later of the date of its original issue and the last date on which the Issuers or any Affiliate
of Issuers was the owner of such Securities (or any predecessor thereto) (the “Resale Restriction
Termination Date”):

     (i) a registration of transfer of a Rule 144A Note or an Institutional Accredited
Investor Note or a beneficial interest therein to a QIB shall be made upon the
representation of the transferee in the form as set forth on the reverse of the Security
that it is purchasing for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises
sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional
buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in
reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the
Issuers as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to
request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon its
foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by
Rule 144A; provided that no such written representation or other written certification
shall be required in connection with the transfer of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A
Global Note to a transferee in the form of a beneficial interest in that Rule 144A Global
Note in accordance with this Indenture and the applicable procedures of DTC.

     (ii) a registration of transfer of a Rule 144A Note or an Institutional Accredited
Investor Note or a beneficial interest therein to an IAI shall be made upon receipt by the
Trustee or its agent of a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Section 2.8
from the proposed transferee and, if requested by the Issuers, the delivery of an opinion
of counsel, certification and/or other information satisfactory to it; and

     (iii) a registration of transfer of a Rule 144A Note or an Institutional Accredited
Investor Note or a beneficial interest therein to a Non-U.S. Person shall be made upon
receipt by the Trustee or its agent of a certificate substantially in the form set forth in
Section 2.9 from the proposed transferee and, if requested by the Issuers, the delivery of
an opinion of counsel, certification and/or other information satisfactory to it.

     (c) Transfers of Regulations S Notes. The following provisions shall apply with
respect to any proposed transfer of a Regulation S Note prior to the expiration of the Restricted
Period:

     (i) a transfer of a Regulation S Note or a beneficial interest therein to a QIB shall
be made upon the representation of the transferee, in the form of assignment on the reverse
of the certificate, that it is purchasing the Security for its own account or an account
with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such
account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, is aware that
the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received
such information regarding the Issuers as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule
144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the
transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption
from registration provided by Rule 144A;

     (ii) a transfer of a Regulation S Note or a beneficial interest therein to an IAI
shall be made upon receipt by the Trustee or its agent of a certificate substantially in
the form set forth in Section 2.8 from the proposed transferee and, if requested by the
Issuers or the Trustee, the
delivery of an opinion of counsel, certification and/or other information satisfactory
to each of them; and

     (iii) a transfer of a Regulation S Note or a beneficial interest therein to a Non-U.S.
Person shall be made upon receipt by the Trustee or its agent of a certificate
substantially in the form set forth in

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Section 2.9 hereof from the proposed transferee and, if requested by the Issuers, receipt
by the Trustee or its agent of an opinion of counsel, certification and/or other
information satisfactory to the Issuers.

     After the expiration of the Restricted Period, interests in the Regulation S Note may be
transferred in accordance with applicable law without requiring the certification set forth in
Section 2.8, Section 2.9 or any additional certification.

     (d) Restricted Securities Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of
Securities not bearing a Restricted Securities Legend, the Registrar shall deliver Securities that
do not bear a Restricted Securities Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of
Securities bearing a Restricted Securities Legend, the Registrar shall deliver only Securities that
bear a Restricted Securities Legend unless (i) Initial Securities are being exchanged for Exchange
Securities in an exchange offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, in which case the
Exchange Securities shall not bear a Restricted Securities Legend, (ii) an Initial Security is
being transferred pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or other effective registration
statement, (iii) Initial Securities are being exchanged for Securities that do not bear the
Restricted Securities Legend in accordance with Section 2.6(e) or (iv) there is delivered to the
Registrar an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Issuers 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. Any Additional Securities sold in a
registered offering shall not be required to bear the Restricted Securities Legend.

	 	(e)	 	[Reserved].

     (f) Retention of Written Communications. The Registrar shall retain copies of all
letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 2.1 or this Section
2.6. 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 prior written
notice to the Registrar.

	(g)	 	Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Securities.

     (i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuers shall, subject to the
other terms and conditions of this Article II, execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
Definitive Securities and Global Securities at the Registrar’s request.

     (ii) No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Issuers may require the Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax
assessments or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such
transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charges payable upon exchange or transfer
pursuant to Sections 2.2, 2.6, 2.10, 2.12, 3.5,
3.10, 5.8 or 9.5).

     (iii) The Issuers (and the Registrar) shall not be required to register the transfer of or
exchange of any Security (A) for a period beginning (1) 15 days before the mailing of a notice of
an offer to repurchase or redeem Securities and ending at the close of business on the day of such
mailing or (2) 15 days before an interest payment date and ending on such interest payment date or
(B) called for redemption, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

     (iv) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Security, the Issuers,
the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a
Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to paragraph 2 of the forms of Securities attached
hereto as Exhibits A and B) interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever,
including without limitation the transfer or exchange of such Security, whether or not such
Security is overdue, and none of the Issuers, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall
be affected by notice to the contrary.

     (v) Any Definitive Security delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Security
pursuant to Section 2.1(f) shall, except as otherwise provided by Section 2.6(d),
bear the applicable legend regarding transfer restrictions applicable to the Definitive Security
set forth in Section 2.1(d).

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     (vi) All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

     (h) No Obligation of the Trustee.

     (i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global
Security, a member of, or a participant in, DTC or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the
records of DTC or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any
ownership interest in the Securities or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member,
beneficial owner or other Person (other than DTC) of any notice (including any notice of redemption
or purchase) or the payment of any amount or delivery of any Securities (or other security or
property) under or with respect to such Securities. All notices and communications to be given to
the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders in respect of the Securities shall be given or
made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which shall be DTC or its nominee in the
case of a Global Security). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Security shall be
exercised only through DTC subject to the applicable rules and procedures of DTC. The Trustee may
rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by DTC with respect to its
members, participants and any beneficial owners.

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

     (i) Affiliate Holders. By accepting a beneficial interest in a Global Security, any
Person that is an Affiliate of the Issuers agrees to give notice to the Issuers, the Trustee and
the Registrar of the acquisition and its Affiliate status.

     SECTION 2.7. Form of Certificate to be Delivered upon Termination of Restricted
Period.

[Date]

Colt Defense LLC 
Colt
Finance Corp. 
c/o
Wilmington Trust FSB 
246
Goose Lane, Suite 105

Guilford, CT 06437

Attention: Corporate Trust Administrator

			
	           Re:	 	Colt Defense LLC and Colt Finance Corp. (the “Issuers”)

8.75% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Securities”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     This letter relates to Securities represented by a temporary global note (the “Temporary
Regulation S Global Note”). Pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Indenture dated as of November 10,
2009 relating to the Securities (the “Indenture”), we hereby certify that the persons who
are the beneficial owners of $[_______] principal amount of Securities represented by the Temporary
Regulation S Global Note are persons outside the United States to whom beneficial interests in such
Securities could be transferred in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Accordingly, you are hereby requested to issue a Permanent
Regulation S Global Note representing the undersigned’s interest in the principal amount of
Securities represented by the Temporary Regulation S
Global Note, all in the manner provided by the Indenture. We certify that we [are] [are not]
an Affiliate of the Issuers.

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     You and the Issuers 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. Terms used in this
letter have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Very truly yours,

[Name of Transferor]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signature 	 

     SECTION 2.8. Form of Certificate to be Delivered in Connection with Transfers to
Institutional Accredited Investors.

[Date]

Colt Defense LLC
 Colt
Finance Corp. 
c/o
Wilmington Trust FSB 
246
Goose Lane, Suite 105

Guilford, CT 06437

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     This certificate is delivered to request a transfer of $[________] principal amount of the
8.75% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Securities”) of Colt Defense LLC and Colt Finance Corp. (the
“Issuers”).

     Upon transfer, the Securities 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 Securities, and we are acquiring the Securities 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 Securities and we invest in or purchase securities similar
to the Securities 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 Securities 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 Securities to
offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Securities prior to the date that is one year after the
later of the date of original issue and the last date on which the Issuers or any affiliate of the
Issuers was the owner of such Securities (or any predecessor thereto) (the “Resale Restriction
Termination Date”) only (a) to the Issuers or any Subsidiary thereof, (b) pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, (c) in a transaction complying with the
requirements of Rule 144A under the

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Securities Act, to a person we reasonably believe is a “qualified institutional buyer” under Rule
144A of the Securities Act (a “QIB”) that is purchasing 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)
pursuant to offers and sales to non-U.S. persons 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 purchasing
for its own account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited investor,” in each case
in a minimum principal amount of Securities 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 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 Securities is proposed to be made pursuant to clause (e) 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 Issuers and the Trustee, which shall provide, among
other things, that the transferee is an institutional “accredited investor” (within the meaning of
Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act) and that it is acquiring such Securities
for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. Each purchaser
acknowledges that the Issuers and the Trustee reserve the right prior to any offer, sale or other
transfer prior to the Resale Termination Date of the Securities pursuant to clauses (d), (e) or (f)
above to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications and/or other information
satisfactory to the Issuers and the Trustee.

     3. We [are] [are not] an Affiliate of the Issuers.

	 	 	 

	 

	 	TRANSFEREE:                     
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	BY:                     
                    

     SECTION 2.9. Form of Certificate to be Delivered in Connection with Transfers Pursuant to Regulation S.

	 	 	 

	 

	 	[Date]

Colt Defense LLC Colt Finance

Corp. c/o Wilmington Trust FSB

246 Goose Lane, Suite 105

Guilford, CT 06437

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

	 	Re:	 	Colt Defense LLC and Colt Finance Corp. (the “Issuers”) 

8.75% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Securities”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

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

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

     (b) either (i) at the time the buy order 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 (ii) 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 pre-arranged with a buyer in
the United States;

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     (c) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of
the requirements of Rule 903(a)(2) or Rule 904(a)(2) of Regulation S, as applicable; and

     (d) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration
requirements of the Securities Act.

     In addition, if the sale is made during a restricted period and the provisions of Rule
903(b)(2), Rule 903(b)(3) or Rule 904(b)(1) of Regulation S are applicable thereto, we confirm that
such sale has been made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Rule 903(b)(2), Rule
903(b)(3) or Rule 904(b)(1), as the case may be.

     We also hereby certify that we [are] [are not] an Affiliate of the Issuers and, to our
knowledge, the transferee of the Securities [is] [is not] an Affiliate of the Issuers.

     You and the Issuers 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. Terms used in this
certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Very truly yours,

[Name of Transferor]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signature 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

     SECTION 2.10. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities. If a mutilated Security is
surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been lost,
destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuers shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a
replacement Security if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met,
such that the Securityholder (a) satisfies the Issuers or the Trustee that such Security has been
lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken within a reasonable time after such Securityholder has notice
of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Registrar has not registered a transfer prior
to receiving such notification, (b) makes such request to the Issuers or Trustee prior to the
Security being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform
Commercial Code (a “protected purchaser”) and (c) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of
the Trustee; provided, however, if after the delivery of such replacement Security, a protected
purchaser of the Security for which such replacement Security was issued presents for payment or
registration such replaced Security, the Trustee or the Issuers shall be entitled to recover such
replacement Security from the Person to whom it was issued and delivered or any Person taking
therefrom, except a protected purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or
indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the
Issuers or the Trustee in connection therewith. If required by the Trustee or the Issuers, such
Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Issuers and the Trustee to
protect the Issuers, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar from any loss which any of
them may suffer if a Security is replaced, and, in the absence of notice to the Issuers, any
Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a protected purchaser,
the Issuers shall execute, and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
make available for delivery, in exchange for any such mutilated Security or in lieu of any such
destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding.

     In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to
become due and payable, the Issuers in their discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay
such Security.

     Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 2.10, the Issuers may require that
such Holder pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of counsel and of the
Trustee) in connection therewith.

     Subject to the proviso in the initial paragraph of this Section 2.10, every new Security
issued pursuant to

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

     The provisions of this Section 2.10 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful)
all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities.

     SECTION 2.11. Outstanding Securities. Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities
authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for
cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. A Security does not cease to
be outstanding in the event the Issuers or an Affiliate of the Issuers holds the Security;
provided, however, that (i) for purposes of determining which are outstanding for consent or voting
purposes hereunder, the provisions of Section 12.6 shall apply and (ii) in determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in making a determination whether the Holders of the requisite principal
amount of outstanding Securities are present at a meeting of Holders of Securities for quorum
purposes or have consented to or voted in favor of any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver, amendment or modification hereunder, or relying upon any such quorum,
consent or vote, only Securities which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be held by
the Issuers or an Affiliate of the Issuers shall not be considered outstanding.

     If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.10 (other than a mutilated Security
surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Issuers
receive proof satisfactory to them that the
replaced Security is held by a protected purchaser. A mutilated Security ceases to be
outstanding upon surrender of such Security and replacement pursuant to Section 2.10.

     If the Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a
Redemption Date or maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and
accrued interest payable on that date with respect to the Securities (or portions thereof) to be
redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and the Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such
money to the Securityholders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and
after that date such Securities (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them
ceases to accrue.

     SECTION 2.12. Temporary Securities. In the event that Definitive Securities are to be issued
under the terms of this Indenture, until such Definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the
Issuers may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities
shall be substantially in the form, and shall carry all rights, of Definitive Securities but may
have variations that the Issuers consider appropriate for temporary Securities. Without
unreasonable delay, the Issuers shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive
Securities. After the preparation of Definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be
exchangeable for Definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary Securities at any office or
agency maintained by the Issuers for that purpose and such exchange shall be without charge to the
Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities, the Issuers shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor,
one or more Definitive Securities representing an equal principal amount of Securities. Until so
exchanged, the Holder of temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as a Holder of Definitive Securities.

     SECTION 2.13. Cancellation. The Issuers at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities
surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else
shall cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or
cancellation and dispose of such Securities in accordance with its internal policies and customary
procedures including delivery of a certificate describing such Securities disposed (subject to the
record retention requirements of the Exchange Act) or deliver copies of canceled Securities to the
Issuers pursuant to written direction by one Officer of the Company. If the Issuers or any
Subsidiary Guarantor acquires any of the Securities, such acquisition shall not operate as a
redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the
same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.13. The Issuers may
not issue new Securities to replace Securities they have paid or delivered to the

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Trustee for cancellation for any reason other than in connection with a transfer or exchange.

     At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Security have either been exchanged for
Definitive Securities, transferred, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Security shall
be returned by DTC to the Trustee for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any
time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for
Definitive Securities, transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global Security,
redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global
Security shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee
(if it is then the Securities Custodian for such Global Security) with respect to such Global
Security, by the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, to reflect such reduction.

     SECTION 2.14. Payment of Interest; Defaulted Interest. Interest on any Security which is
payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any interest payment date shall be paid to
the Person in whose name such Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the regular record date for such payment at the office or agency of the
Issuers maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.3.

     Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not paid when the same becomes due and
payable and such nonpayment continues for a period of 30 days shall forthwith cease to be payable
to the Holder on the regular record date, and such defaulted interest and (to the extent lawful)
interest on such defaulted interest at the rate borne by the Securities (such defaulted interest
and interest thereon herein collectively called “Defaulted Interest”) shall be paid by the Issuers,
at their election in each case, as provided in clause (a) or (b) below:

     (a) The Issuers may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in
whose names the Securities (or their respective predecessor Securities) are registered at
the close of business on a Special Record Date (as defined below) for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Issuers shall notify
the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest
proposed to be paid on each Security and the date (not less than 30 days after such
notice) of the proposed payment (the “Special Interest Payment Date”), and at the same time
the Issuers shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount
proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such
money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Issuers shall fix a record date
(the “Special Record Date”) for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which date shall be
not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the Special Interest Payment Date
and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed
payment. The Issuers shall promptly notify the Trustee of such Special Record Date, and in
the name and at the expense of the Issuers, the Trustee shall cause notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment
Date therefor to be given in the manner provided for in Section 12.2, not less than 10 days
prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest
and the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor having been so given,
such Defaulted Interest shall be paid on the Special Interest Payment Date to the Persons in
whose names the Securities (or their respective predecessor Securities) are registered at
the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to
the following clause (b).

     (b) The Issuers may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice
given by the Issuers to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

     Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.14, each Security delivered under this
Indenture upon registration of, transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security
shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such
other Security.

     SECTION 2.15. Computation of Interest. Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the
basis of a

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360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

     SECTION 2.16. CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN Numbers. The Issuers in issuing the Securities may
use “CUSIP,” “Common Code” and “ISIN” numbers and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP,” “Common
Code” and “ISIN” numbers in notices of redemption or purchase as a convenience to Holders;
provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a
redemption or purchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed on the Securities, and any such redemption or purchase shall not be affected by any defect
in or omission of such CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN numbers. The Issuers shall promptly notify the
Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN numbers.

ARTICLE III

COVENANTS

     SECTION 3.1. Payment of Securities. The Issuers shall promptly pay the principal of, premium,
if any, and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on the Securities on the dates and in
the manner provided in the Securities and in this Indenture. Principal, premium, if any, and
interest (including Additional Interest, if any) shall be considered paid on the date due if on
such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds in accordance with this Indenture money sufficient
to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest) then due and
the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to
the Securityholders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

     The Issuers shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefor in the
Securities, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest (including Additional
Interest) at the same rate to the extent lawful.

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

     SECTION 3.2. Limitation on Indebtedness.

     (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness); provided,
however, that the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors may Incur Indebtedness if on the date thereof and after giving effect
thereto on a pro forma basis:

     (1) the Consolidated Coverage Ratio for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is
at least 2.00 to 1.00; and

     (2) no Default or Event of Default will have occurred or be continuing or would occur
as a consequence of Incurring the Indebtedness or entering into the transactions relating to
such Incurrence.

     (b) Paragraph (a) of this Section 3.2 will not prohibit the Incurrence of the following
Indebtedness:

     (1) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor Incurred pursuant to Debt
Facilities together with the principal component of amounts outstanding under Qualified
Receivables Transactions in an aggregate amount up to $100.0 million less the aggregate
principal amount of all principal repayments with the proceeds from Asset Dispositions made
pursuant to Section 3.5(a)(3)(A) in satisfaction of the requirements of such covenant;

     (2) Indebtedness represented by the Securities (including any Subsidiary Guarantee)
(other than any Additional Securities) and any Exchange Securities) (including any
Subsidiary Guarantee thereof);

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     (3) Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the Issue
Date (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (1), (2), (4), (5), (7), (8), (9), (10),
(11), (14), (15) and (16) of this Section 3.2);

     (4) Guarantees by (a) the Company or Subsidiary Guarantors of Indebtedness permitted to be
Incurred by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture; provided that in the event such Indebtedness that is being Guaranteed is a Subordinated
Obligation or a Subsidiary Guarantor Subordinated Obligation, then the related Subsidiary Guarantee
shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Securities or the Subsidiary Guarantee, as the
case may be, and (b) Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries of Indebtedness Incurred by Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture;

     (5) Indebtedness of the Company owing to and held by any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a
Receivables Entity) or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to and held by the Company or
any other Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Entity); provided, however,

     (A) if the Company is the obligor on Indebtedness owing to a Non-Guarantor
Subsidiary, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in
cash of all obligations with respect to the Securities;

     (B) if a Subsidiary Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness and a Non-
Guarantor Subsidiary is the obligee, such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment
to the Subsidiary Guarantees of such Subsidiary Guarantor; and

     (C) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Capital Stock or any other event
which results in any such Indebtedness being beneficially held by a Person other than
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Entity) of the Company;
and

     (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person other than the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Receivables Entity) of the Company

shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an Incurrence of such Indebtedness by the
Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be;

     (6) Indebtedness (x) of Persons Incurred and outstanding on the date on which such Person
became a Restricted Subsidiary or was acquired by, or merged into, the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary or (y) to provide all or any portion of the funds utilized to consummate the
transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became
a Restricted Subsidiary or was otherwise acquired by the Company or otherwise in connection with,
or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided, however, that at the time such Person is
acquired or such Indebtedness is Incurred, either

     (A) the Company would have been able to Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness
pursuant to Section 3.2(a) after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness
pursuant to this clause (6); or

     (B) the Consolidated Coverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is
higher than immediately prior to such acquisition or merger; provided that in the case of
clause (y) above only, the Consolidated Coverage Ratio for the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries is at least 1.75 to 1.00 after giving effect to the Incurrence of such
Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (6);

     (7) Indebtedness under Hedging Obligations that are Incurred in the ordinary course of
business (and not for speculative purposes);

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of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary Incurred to finance the purchase, lease,
construction or improvement of any property, plant or equipment (whether through the direct
purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets (but no other
material assets)) used or to be used in the business of the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary through the direct purchase of such property, plant or equipment, and any
Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary which serves to refund or refinance any Indebtedness
Incurred pursuant to this clause (8), in an aggregate principal amount which, when
aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness then outstanding that was
Incurred pursuant to this clause (8), does not exceed $15 million at any one time
outstanding;

     (9) Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of
workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property,
casualty or liability insurance, self insurance obligations, performance, bid surety and
similar bonds and completion Guarantees (not for borrowed money) provided in the ordinary
course of business;

     (10) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn-out payments or similar
obligations, in each case, Incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or
disposition of any business or assets of the Company or any business, assets or Capital
Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, other than Guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any
Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose
of financing such acquisition;

     (11) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of
a check, draft or similar instrument (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn
against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that such
Indebtedness is extinguished within ten Business Days of Incurrence;

     (12) the Incurrence or issuance by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
Refinancing Indebtedness that serves to refund or refinance any Indebtedness Incurred as
permitted under Section 3.2(a), Section 3.2(b)(2), Section 3.2(b)(3), Section 3.2(b)(6)
hereof and this Section 3.2(b)(12) or any Indebtedness issued to so refund or refinance such
Indebtedness, including additional Indebtedness Incurred to pay premiums (including
reasonable, as determined in good faith by the Company, tender premiums), defeasance costs,
accrued interest and fees and expenses in connection therewith prior to its respective
maturity;

     (13) Contribution Indebtedness;

     (14) Indebtedness of the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (x) the
financing of insurance premiums or (y) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply
arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

     (15) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries of the Issuers in an amount not to exceed
$15.0 million at any one time outstanding; and

     (16) in addition to the items referred to in clauses (1) through (15) above of this
Section 3.2(b), Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding principal amount or liquidation preference which,
when taken together with the principal amount or liquidation preference of all other
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred pursuant to this clause (16) of
Section 3.2(b) and then outstanding, shall not exceed $30.0 million at any time outstanding.

     The Company shall not Incur any Indebtedness under this Section 3.2(b) if the proceeds thereof
are used, directly or indirectly, to refinance any Subordinated Obligations of the Company unless
such Indebtedness will be subordinated to the Securities to at least the same extent as such
Subordinated Obligations. No Subsidiary Guarantor shall Incur any Indebtedness under this Section
3.2(b) if the proceeds thereof are used, directly or indirectly, to refinance any Guarantor
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subordinated to the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee to at
least the same extent as such Guarantor Subordinated Obligations. No Restricted Subsidiary (other
than a Subsidiary Guarantor)
may Incur any Indebtedness if the proceeds are used to refinance Indebtedness of the Company or a
Subsidiary Guarantor.

     (c) For purposes of determining compliance with, and the outstanding principal amount of any
particular Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to and in compliance with, this Section 3.2:

     (1) in the event that Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the types of
Indebtedness described in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 3.2, the Company, in its sole
discretion, will classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of Incurrence and may later
reclassify such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with this Section 3.2 and
only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one of such clauses;
provided that all Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date under the Senior Credit
Facility shall be deemed Incurred under Section 3.2(b)(1) and not Section 3.2(a) or Section
3.2(b)(3) and may not later be reclassified;

     (2) Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to,
Indebtedness that is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of
Indebtedness shall not be included;

     (3) if obligations in respect of letters of credit are Incurred pursuant to a Debt
Facility and are being treated as Incurred pursuant to Section 3.2(b)(1) and the letters of
credit relate to other Indebtedness, then such other Indebtedness shall not be included;

     (4) the principal amount of any Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary, or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor, will be equal to the greater of the maximum mandatory redemption or repurchase
price (not including, in either case, any redemption or repurchase premium) or the
liquidation preference thereof,

     (5) Indebtedness permitted by this Section 3.2 need not be permitted solely by
reference to one provision permitting such Indebtedness but may be permitted in part by one
such provision and in part by one or more other provisions of this Section 3.2 permitting
such Indebtedness;

     (6) the principal amount of any Indebtedness outstanding in connection with a Qualified
Receivables Transaction is the Receivables Transaction Amount relating to such Qualified
Receivables Transaction; and

     (7) the amount of Indebtedness issued at a price that is less than the principal amount
thereof will be equal to the amount of the liability in respect thereof determined in
accordance with GAAP.

     Accrual of interest, accrual of dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization
of debt discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness and the payment of
dividends in the form of additional shares of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock will not be
deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 3.2. The amount of any
Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be (i) the accreted value thereof in the case of any
Indebtedness issued with original issue discount or the aggregate principal amount outstanding in
the case of Indebtedness issued with interest payable in kind and (ii) the principal amount or
liquidation preference thereof, together with any interest thereon that is more than 30 days past
due, in the case of any other Indebtedness.

     In addition, the Company shall not permit any of its Unrestricted Subsidiaries to Incur any
Indebtedness or issue any shares of Disqualified Stock, other than Non-Recourse Debt. If at any
time an Unrestricted Subsidiary becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, any Indebtedness of such
Subsidiary shall be deemed to be Incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary as of such date (and, if such
Indebtedness is not permitted to be Incurred as of such date under this Section 3.2, the Company
shall be in Default under this Section 3.2).

     For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the
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Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign
currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date
such Indebtedness was Incurred, in the case of term Indebtedness, or first committed, in the case
of revolving credit Indebtedness; provided that if such Indebtedness is Incurred to refinance other
Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable
U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange
rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be
deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness
does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Section 3.2, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Company may Incur
pursuant to this Section 3.2 shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations
in the exchange rate of currencies. The principal amount of any Indebtedness Incurred to refinance
other Indebtedness, if Incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness
being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the
currencies in which such Refinancing Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of
such refinancing.

     SECTION 3.3. Limitation on Restricted Payments.

     (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, directly
or indirectly, to:

     (1) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution (whether made in cash,
securities or other property) on or in respect of its or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’
Capital Stock (including any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation
involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) other than:

     (A) dividends or distributions payable solely in Capital Stock of the Company
(other than Disqualified Stock) or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase
such Capital Stock of the Company; and

     (B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary payable to the
Company or another Restricted Subsidiary (and if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, to its other holders of common Capital Stock on a pro rata
basis);

     (2) purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of the
Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company held by Persons other than the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than in exchange for Capital Stock of the Company
(other than Disqualified Stock)), including in connection with any merger or consolidation;

     (3) make any principal payment on, or purchase, repurchase, redeem, defease or
otherwise acquire or retire for value, prior to any scheduled maturity, scheduled repayment
or scheduled sinking fund payment or scheduled maturity, any Subordinated Obligations or
Guarantor Subordinated Obligations, other than: (x) Indebtedness of the Company owing to and
held by any Subsidiary Guarantor or Indebtedness of a Subsidiary Guarantor owing to and held
by the Company or any other Subsidiary Guarantor permitted under Section 3.2(b)(5) or (y)
the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of
Subordinated Obligations or Guarantor Subordinated Obligations purchased in anticipation of
satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case
due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other
acquisition or retirement); or

     (4) make any Restricted Investment;

(all such payments and other actions referred to in clauses (1) through (4) (other than any
exception thereto) shall be referred to as a “Restricted Payment”), unless, if at the time of and
after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:

     (a) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom); or

     (b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the
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could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 3.2(a); and

     (c) the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all other Restricted Payments
declared or made subsequent to the Issue Date (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses
(1), (2), (3), (8), (9), 11 and 14 of Section 3.3(b)) would not exceed the sum of (without
duplication):

     (i) 50% of Consolidated Net Income for the period (treated as one accounting period)
from October 5, 2009 to the end of the most recent fiscal quarter ending prior to the date
of such Restricted Payment for which financial statements are available (or, in case such
Consolidated Net Income is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit); plus

     (ii) 100% of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds and the fair market value, as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, of marketable securities or other
property received by the Company from the issue or sale of its Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock, Cash Contribution Amount or Excluded Contributions) or other capital
contributions subsequent to the Issue Date, other than:

     (A) Net Cash Proceeds received from an issuance or sale of such Capital Stock
to a Subsidiary of the Company or an employee stock ownership plan, option plan or
similar trust to the extent such sale to an employee stock ownership plan or
similar trust is financed by loans from or Guaranteed by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary unless such loans have been repaid with cash on or prior to
the date of determination) and

     (B) Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company from the issue and sale of its
Capital Stock or capital contributions to the extent applied to redeem Securities
in compliance with this Indenture; plus

     (iii) the amount by which Indebtedness of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries is
reduced on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet upon the conversion or exchange (other
than debt held by a Subsidiary of the Company) subsequent to the Issue Date of any
Indebtedness of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries convertible or exchangeable for
Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company (less the amount of any cash,
or the fair market value of any other property, distributed by the Company upon such
conversion or exchange); plus

     (iv) the amount equal to the net reduction in Restricted Investments made by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Person resulting from:

     (A) repurchases or redemptions of such Restricted Investments by such Person,
proceeds realized upon the sale of such Restricted Investment (other than sales to
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), repayments of loans or advances or other
transfers of assets (including by way of dividend or distribution) by such Person
to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than for reimbursement of tax
payments); or

     (B) the redesignation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries as Restricted Subsidiaries
or the merger or consolidation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary with and into the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (valued in each case as provided in
the definition of “Investment”) not to exceed the fair market value of Investments
previously made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Unrestricted
Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation,

which amount in each case under this clause (iv) was included in the calculation
of the amount of Restricted Payments; provided, however, that no amount will be
included under this clause (iv) to the extent it is already included in
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     (b) The provisions of the preceding paragraph (a) will not prohibit:

     (1) any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of
Capital Stock, Disqualified Stock or Subordinated Obligations of the Company or Guarantor
Subordinated Obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds
of the substantially concurrent sale of, Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified
Stock and other than Capital Stock issued or sold to a Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership
plan or similar trust to the extent such sale to an employee stock ownership plan or similar trust
is financed by loans from or Guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary unless such
loans have been repaid with cash on or prior to the date of determination); provided, however,
that the Net Cash Proceeds from such sale of Capital Stock will be excluded from clause (c)(ii) of
the preceding paragraph;

     (2) any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of
Subordinated Obligations of the Company or Guarantor Subordinated Obligations of any Subsidiary
Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of,
Subordinated Obligations of the Company or any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or
other acquisition or retirement of Guarantor Subordinated Obligations made by exchange for, or out
of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Guarantor Subordinated Obligations so long
as such refinancing Subordinated Obligations or Guarantor Subordinated Obligations are permitted to
be Incurred pursuant to Section 3.2 and that constitute Refinancing Indebtedness;

     (3) any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of
Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary made by exchange for, or out of the
proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Disqualified Stock of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, so long as such refinancing Disqualified Stock is
permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 3.2 and that in each case constitutes Refinancing
Indebtedness;

     (4) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for
value of any Subordinated Obligation (a) at a purchase price not greater than 101% of the
principal amount of such Subordinated Obligation in the event of a Change of Control in accordance
with Section 3.10 or (b) at a purchase price not greater than 100% of the principal amount thereof
in accordance with Section 3.5; provided that, prior to or simultaneously with such purchase,
repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement, the Issuers have made the
Change of Control Offer or Asset Disposition Offer, as applicable, as provided in this
Indenture with respect to the Securities and has completed the repurchase or redemption of
all Securities validly tendered for payment in connection with such Change of Control Offer or
Asset Disposition Offer;

     (5) any purchase or redemption of Subordinated Obligations or Guarantor Subordinated
Obligations of a Subsidiary Guarantor from Net Available Cash to the extent permitted under
Section 3.5 below;

     (6) dividends, distributions or other amounts paid within 60 days after the date of
declaration if at such date of declaration such dividend, distribution or other amount would have
complied with this provision;

     (7) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition, cancellation or retirement for value of
Capital Stock, or options, warrants, equity appreciation rights or other rights to purchase or
acquire Capital Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company held by any
existing or former employees or management of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or their
assigns, estates or heirs, in each case in connection with the repurchase provisions under employee
stock option or stock purchase agreements or other agreements to compensate management employees
approved by the Board of Directors; provided that such Capital Stock, or options, warrants, equity
appreciation rights or other rights to purchase or acquire Capital Stock, were received for
services related to, or for the benefit of, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
provided further that such redemptions or repurchases pursuant to this clause will not exceed (x)
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any calendar year being permitted to be carried over for the next two succeeding calendar years
up to a maximum of $7.5 million in the aggregate in any calendar year), although such amount in
any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

     (A) the Net Cash Proceeds from the sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Stock) of the Company and, to the extent contributed to the Company, Capital Stock of any
of the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies, in each case to existing or former
employees or members of management of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its
direct or indirect parent companies that occurs after the Issue Date, to the extent the
cash proceeds from the sale of such Capital Stock have not otherwise been applied to the
payment of Restricted Payments (provided that the Net Cash Proceeds from such sales or
contributions will be excluded from Section 3.3(a)(c)(ii)); plus

     (B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company or
its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date; less

     (C) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made with the cash proceeds
described in the clauses (a) and (b) of this clause (7).

provided, that the Issuers may elect to apply all or any portion of the aggregate increase
contemplated by clause (a), (b) or (c) above in any calendar year;

     (8) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of
Disqualified Stock of the Company issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture to the
extent such dividends are included in the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense”;

     (9) repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options,
warrants, other rights to purchase Capital Stock or other convertible securities if such Capital
Stock represents a portion of the exercise price thereof,

     (10) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Company’s Common Stock (or the payment
of dividends to any direct or indirect parent entity to fund a payment of dividends on such
entity’s Common Stock), following the first Equity Offering of the Company’s Common Stock (or the
Common Stock of any of its direct or indirect parent companies) in a registered public offering
after the Issue Date, of up to 6% per annum of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Equity Offering
received by or contributed to the Company, other than any Net Cash Proceeds constituting a Cash
Contribution Amount or an Excluded Contribution;

     (11) the repurchase or redemption of the Company’s Preferred Stock purchase rights, or any
substitute therefor, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the product of (A) the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company and (B) $0.01 per share, as such amount may be
adjusted in accordance with the rights agreement relating to the Common Stock of the Company;

     (12) the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of Unrestricted
Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries the primary assets of which are cash and/or
cash equivalents);

     (13) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount, which, when taken together with all
other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (13) (as reduced by the amount of capital
returned from any such
Restricted Payments that constituted Restricted Investments in the form of cash and Cash
Equivalents (exclusive of items reflected in Consolidated Net Income)) not to exceed $30.0
million;

     (14) Investments that are made with Excluded Contributions;

     (15) for each taxable year beginning after the Issue Date with respect to which the Company
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a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, distributions, advances or other
payments to each member, in an amount equal to the product of (1) the portion of the
Company’s “taxable income” (as modified below) allocable to such member for such period and
(2) the highest combined marginal federal, state and/or local income tax rate applicable to
any member for such period; provided that, for purposes of this clause (15), the Company’s
“taxable income” for any period shall be computed (1) without any deduction for any interest
expense attributable to any indebtedness of the company used to finance distributions (as
determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.163-8T) or any indebtedness
treated as having refinanced any such indebtedness, or any other interest expense incurred
by the Company that, in each case, is not treated as deductible for federal income tax
purposes by each member of the Company, and (2) for the avoidance of doubt, by including any
increases to taxable income as a result of any tax examination, audit or other adjustment,
whether for taxable years ended prior to or after the Issue Date;

     (16) the payment of dividends, other distributions or other amounts by the Issuers to,
or the making of loans to, any direct or indirect parent, in the amount required for such
parent to, if applicable:

     (a) pay amounts equal to the amounts required for any direct or indirect parent
of the Issuers to pay fees and expenses (including franchise or similar taxes)
required to maintain its corporate existence, customary salary, bonus and other
benefits payable to officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent of the
Issuers, if applicable, and general corporate overhead expenses of any direct or
indirect parent of the Issuers, if applicable, in each case to the extent such fees,
expenses, salaries, bonuses, benefits and indemnities are attributable to the
ownership or operation of the Issuers, if applicable, and the Restricted
Subsidiaries; and

     (b) pay, if applicable, amounts equal to amounts required for any direct or
indirect parent of the Issuers, if applicable, to pay interest and/or principal on
Indebtedness the proceeds of which have been permanently contributed to the Issuers
or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and that has been guaranteed by, or is
otherwise considered Indebtedness of, the Issuers or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries Incurred in accordance with Section 3.2; and

     (17) the payment of cash dividends or other distributions on the Company’s Capital
Stock used to, or the making of loans to any direct or indirect parent of the Company to,
fund the payment of fees and expenses owed by the Company or any direct or indirect parent
company of the Company, as the case may be, or Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company to
Affiliates, in each case to the extent permitted under Section 3.8;

provided, however, that at the time of and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted
under clauses (5), (7), (8), (12), (13), (14) and (17) hereof, no Default shall have occurred and
be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof

     The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair market value, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, on the date of such Restricted
Payment of the assets or securities proposed to be paid, transferred or issued by the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to such Restricted Payment. Such
determination of fair market value shall be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an
Independent Financial Adviser if such fair market value is estimated in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company to exceed $20.0 million. The fair market value of any cash Restricted
Payment shall be its face amount. Not later than the date of making any Restricted Payment, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Restricted Payment
is permitted and setting forth the basis upon which the calculations required by Section 3.3 were
computed, together with a copy of any fairness opinion or appraisal required by this Indenture.

     As of the Issue Date, all of the Company’s Subsidiaries will be Restricted Subsidiaries. The
Company shall not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except
pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of
designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so
designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in

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the definition of “Investment.” Such designation will be permitted only if a Restricted Payment in
such amount would be permitted at such time and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition
of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to any of the
restrictive covenants set forth in this Indenture.

     SECTION 3.4. Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries. The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly,
create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or
consensual restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

     (1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or
participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any Indebtedness or other obligations
owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (it being understood that the priority of
any Preferred Stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends
or liquidating distributions being paid on Common Stock shall not be deemed a restriction on
the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock);

     (2) make any loans or advances to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (it being
understood that the subordination of loans or advances made to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary to other Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall
not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances); or

     (3) sell, lease or transfer any of its property or assets to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary (it being understood that such transfers shall not include any type of
transfer described in clause (1) or (2) above).

     The preceding provisions will not prohibit encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by
reason of:

     (i) contractual encumbrances or restrictions pursuant to the Senior Credit Facility and
related documentation and other agreements in effect at or entered into on the Issue Date;

     (ii) this Indenture, the Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Subsidiary
Guarantees;

     (iii) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in
contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or
the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the
property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired (including after acquired
property);

     (iv) any amendment, restatement, modification, renewal, supplement, refunding,
replacement or refinancing of an agreement referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) of this
paragraph or this clause (iv); provided, however, that such amendments, restatements,
modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the
good faith judgment of the Company, no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the
encumbrances and restrictions contained the agreements referred to in clauses (i), (ii) or
(iii) of this paragraph on the Issue Date or the date such Restricted Subsidiary became a
Restricted Subsidiary or was merged into a Restricted Subsidiary, whichever is applicable;

     (v) in the case of Section 3.4(3), any encumbrance, lien or restriction, Liens
permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 3.6 that limit the right of the debtor to
dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;

     (vi) purchase money obligations and Capitalized Lease Obligations permitted under this
Indenture that impose encumbrances or restrictions of the nature described in Section 3.4(3)
on the property so acquired;

     (vii) any Purchase Money Note or other Indebtedness or contractual requirements
Incurred

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with respect to a Qualified Receivables Transaction relating exclusively to a Receivables
Entity that, in the good faith determination of the Company or the relevant Restricted
Subsidiary, as applicable, are necessary to effect such Qualified Receivables Transaction;

     (viii) contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with respect
to a Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the
sale or disposition of all or a portion of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary;

     (ix) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under
contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

     (x) any customary provisions in joint venture agreements relating to joint ventures
that are not Restricted Subsidiaries and other similar agreements entered into in the
ordinary course of business;

     (xi) any customary provisions in leases, subleases or license and other agreements
entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

     (xii) encumbrances or restrictions arising or existing by reason of applicable law or
any applicable rule, regulation or order;

     (xiii) agreements, encumbrances or restrictions, including agreements and instruments
governing debt arrangements Incurred or Preferred Stock issued by Subsidiary Guarantors in
accordance with Section 3.2 that are either (A) not more restrictive, taken as a whole, than
those applicable to the Company in either this Indenture or the Senior Credit Facility on
the Issue Date (which results in encumbrances or restrictions comparable to those applicable
to the Company at a Restricted Subsidiary level) or (B) will not materially affect the
Issuers’ ability to make anticipated principal or interest payments on the Securities (as
determined in good faith by the Company); and

     (xiv) any restriction with respect to a Restricted 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 Restricted Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or
disposition.

     SECTION 3.5. Limitation on Sales of Assets.

     (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, cause,
make or suffer to exist any Asset Disposition unless:

     (1) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives
consideration at least equal to the fair market value (such fair market value to be
determined on the date of contractually agreeing to such Asset Disposition) of the shares
and assets subject to such Asset Disposition;

     (2) at least 75% of the consideration from such Asset Disposition received by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash
Equivalents; and

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

     (A) to permanently reduce (and permanently reduce commitments with respect
thereto): (x) obligations under the Senior Credit Facility and (y) Indebtedness of
the Company (other than any Disqualified Stock or Subordinated Obligations) that is
secured by a Lien or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than any
Disqualified Stock or Guarantor Subordinated Obligations) that is secured by a Lien
(in each case other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or an Affiliate of the
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     (B) to permanently reduce obligations under other Indebtedness of the Company
(other than any Disqualified Stock or Subordinated Obligations) or Indebtedness of a
Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Disqualified Stock or Guarantor Subordinated
Obligations) (in each case other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company); provided that the Company shall equally and ratably
reduce Obligations under the Securities as provided under “—Optional Redemption,”
through open market purchases (to the extent such purchases are at or above 100% of
the principal amount thereof) or by making an offer (in accordance with the
procedures set forth below for an Asset Disposition Offer) to all Holders to
purchase their Securities at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount
of accrued but unpaid interest, including Additional Interest, if any, on the amount
of Securities that would otherwise be prepaid; or

     (C) to invest in Additional Assets;

provided that pending the final application of any such Net Available Cash in accordance
with clauses (A) (B) or (C) above, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may
temporarily reduce Indebtedness or otherwise invest such Net Available Cash in any manner
not prohibited by this Indenture; provided, further, that in the case of clause (C), a
binding commitment to invest in Additional Assets shall be treated as a permitted
application of the Net Available Cash from the date of such commitment so long as the
Company or such other Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment with the good faith
expectation that such Net Available Cash will be applied to satisfy such commitment within
360 days of such commitment (an “Acceptable Commitment”) and, in the event any Acceptable
Commitment is later cancelled or terminated
for any reason before the Net Available Cash is applied in connection therewith, the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into another Acceptable Commitment (a “Second
Commitment”) within 180 days of such cancellation or termination, it being understood that
if a Second Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before such Net
Available Cash is applied, then such Net Available Cash shall constitute Excess Proceeds.

For the purposes of clause (2) above and for no other purpose, the following will be deemed
to be cash:

     (1) any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most
recent balance sheet) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities
that are by their terms subordinated to the Securities or the Guarantees) that are assumed
by the transferee of any such assets and from which the Company and all Restricted
Subsidiaries have been validly released by all creditors in writing;

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

     (3) any Designated Noncash Consideration received by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Disposition having an aggregate fair market value (as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as applicable), taken together with all other Designated Noncash Consideration
received pursuant to this clause (3) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed $20.0
million at the time of the receipt of such Designated Noncash Consideration (with the fair
market value of each item of Designated Noncash Consideration being measured at the time
received without giving effect to subsequent changes in value).

     Any Net Available Cash from Asset Dispositions that are not applied or invested as provided in
this Section 3.5(a) will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds.” On the 366th day after an Asset
Disposition, if the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10.0 million, the Company shall be
required to make an offer (“Asset Disposition Offer”) to all Holders and, to the extent required by
the terms of other Pari Passu Indebtedness, to all holders of other Pari Passu Indebtedness
outstanding with similar provisions requiring the Company to make an offer to purchase such Pari
Passu Indebtedness with the proceeds from any Asset Disposition, to purchase the maximum aggregate
principal amount of Securities and any such Pari Passu Indebtedness to which the Asset Disposition
Offer applies that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds, at an offer price in cash in an
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principal amount of the Securities and Pari Passu Indebtedness plus accrued and unpaid interest,
including Additional Interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of
record on a record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date), in accordance
with the procedures set forth in this Indenture or the agreements governing the Pari Passu
Indebtedness, as applicable, in each case in denominations of $2,000 and larger integral multiples
of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Company shall commence an Asset Disposition Offer with respect to
Excess Proceeds by mailing (or otherwise communicating in accordance with the procedures of DTC)
the notice required pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee. To the
extent that the aggregate amount of Securities and Pari Passu Indebtedness, if applicable, so
validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to an Asset Disposition Offer is less than the
Excess Proceeds, the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes,
subject to other covenants contained in this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of
Securities surrendered by Holders thereof and other Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by holders
or lenders, collectively, exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the
Securities and the Company or agent for such Pari Passu Indebtedness shall select the Pari Passu
Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis on the basis of the aggregate accreted value or
principal amount of tendered Securities and Pari Passu Indebtedness (with such adjustments as may
be deemed appropriate by the Trustee so that only Securities in denominations of $2,000 or integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof shall be purchased). Upon completion of such Asset
Disposition Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

     (b) The Asset Disposition Offer will remain open for a period of 20 Business Days following
its commencement, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the
“Asset Disposition Offer Period”). No later than five Business Days after the termination of the
Asset Disposition Offer Period (the “Asset Disposition Purchase Date”), The Company shall apply all
Excess Proceeds to the purchase of the aggregate principal amount of Securities (and other
Indebtedness required to be purchased pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 3.5(a)) and, if
applicable, Pari Passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis, if applicable) required to be
purchased pursuant to this Section 3.5 (the “Asset Disposition Offer Amount”) or, if less than
the Asset Disposition Offer Amount has been so validly tendered, all Securities (and other
Indebtedness required to be purchased pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 3.5(a)) and Pari
Passu Indebtedness, if applicable, validly tendered in response to the Asset Disposition Offer, as
applicable.

     Upon the commencement of an Asset Disposition Offer, the Company shall send, by first class
mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders of the Securities. The notice will contain
all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to
the Asset Disposition Offer. The notice, which will govern the terms of the Asset Disposition Offer
will state:

     (1) that the Asset Disposition Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.5 and the
length of time Asset Disposition Offer will remain open;

     (2) the Asset Disposition Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Asset Disposition
Purchase Date;

     (3) that any Security not tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrue
interest;

     (4) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Security accepted for
payment pursuant to the Asset Disposition Offer will cease to accrue interest after the
Asset Disposition Purchase Date;

     (5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to an Asset Disposition
Offer, as applicable, may elect to have Securities purchased in denominations of $2,000 or
integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof only;

     (6) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to any Asset
Disposition Offer, as applicable, will be required to surrender the Security, with the form
entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Security completed, or
transfer its interest in such Security by book-entry transfer, to the Company or a Paying
Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days before the Asset
Disposition Purchase Date;

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     (7) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company or the
Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Asset
Disposition Offer Period, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth
the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security the Holder delivered for
purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Security
purchased;

     (8) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Securities and, if applicable, other
Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by the Holders thereof exceeds the Asset Disposition
Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Securities and, if applicable, other Pari Passu
Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Securities
and such other Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed
appropriate so that only Securities in denominations of $2,000, or integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess thereof, will be purchased); and

     (9) that Holders whose Securities were purchased only in part will be issued new
Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities
surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).

     If the Asset Disposition Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or before
the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest will be paid on such Asset
Disposition Purchase Date to the Person in whose name a Security is registered at the close of
business on such record date, and no Additional Interest will be payable to Holders who tender
Securities pursuant to the Asset Disposition Offer.

     Pending the final application of any Net Available Cash pursuant to this Section 3.5, the
Holder of such Net Available Cash may apply such Net Available Cash temporarily to reduce
Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving Debt Facility or otherwise invest such Net Available
Cash in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture.

     On or before the Asset Disposition Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful,
accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Asset Disposition Offer Amount
of Securities (and other Indebtedness required to be purchased pursuant to the last paragraph of
Section 3.5(a)) and Pari Passu Indebtedness or portions of Securities (and other Indebtedness
required to be purchased pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 3.5(a)) so validly tendered and
not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Asset Disposition Offer, or if less than the Asset
Disposition Offer Amount has been validly tendered and not properly withdrawn, all Securities (and
other Indebtedness required to be purchased pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 3.5(a)) and
Pari Passu Indebtedness so tendered, in each case in denominations of $2,000 and larger integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee the Securities so accepted and an Officers’ Certificate
stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities or portions thereof so accepted and that such
Securities or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the
terms of this Section 3.5 and, in addition, the Company shall deliver all certificates and notes
required, if any, by the agreements governing the other Indebtedness required to be purchased
pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 3.5(a) and the Pari Passu Indebtedness. The Company or
the Paying Agent (or agent for the Pari Passu Indebtedness, if applicable), as the case may be,
will promptly (but in any case not later than five Business Days after termination of the Asset
Disposition Offer Period) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder of Securities or holder or
lender of Pari Passu Indebtedness, as the case may be, an amount equal to the purchase price of the
Securities, Pari Passu Indebtedness so validly tendered and not properly withdrawn by such holder
or lender, as the case may be, and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company shall
promptly issue a new Security, and the Trustee, upon delivery of a Company Order from the Company,
will authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) such new Security
to such Holder (it being understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the
contrary, no Opinion of Counsel or Officers’ Certificate will be required for the Trustee to
authenticate and mail or deliver such new Security) in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased
portion of the Security surrendered; provided that each such new Security will be in a principal
amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. In addition, the Company
shall take any and all other actions required by the agreements governing the Pari Passu
Indebtedness. Any Security not so accepted will be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to
the Holder thereof The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Asset Disposition Offer,
as applicable, on the Asset Disposition Purchase Date.

     (c) The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Rule 14e-1
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the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of
Securities pursuant to this Indenture. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 3.5 the Company shall comply with the
applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations
under this Indenture by virtue of any conflict.

     SECTION 3.6. Limitation on Liens. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, Incur, assume or suffer to exist any
Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of its property or assets (including Capital Stock of
Subsidiaries), or income or profits therefrom, or assign or convey any right to receive income
therefrom, whether owned on the Issue Date or acquired after that date, which Lien is securing any
Indebtedness, unless contemporaneously with the Incurrence of such Liens:

     (a) in the case of Liens securing Subordinated Obligations or Guarantor Subordinated
Obligations, the Securities and related Subsidiary Guarantees are secured by a Lien on such
property, assets or proceeds that is senior in priority to such Liens; or

     (b) in all other cases, the Securities and related Subsidiary Guarantees are equally
and ratably secured or are secured by a Lien on such property, assets or proceeds that is
senior in priority to such Liens.

     Any Lien created for the benefit of Holders pursuant to this Section 3.6 shall be
automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of each of
the Liens described in clauses (a) and (b) above.

     SECTION 3.7. [Reserved].

     SECTION 3.8. Limitation on Affiliate Transactions.

     (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, enter into or conduct any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease
or exchange of any property or asset or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of the
Company (an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate consideration in excess of $2.5 million
unless:

     (1) the terms of such Affiliate Transaction are no less favorable to the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that could have been obtained by
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in a comparable transaction at the time of such
transaction in arm’s-length dealings with a Person that is not an Affiliate; and

     (2) in the event such Affiliate Transaction involves an aggregate consideration in
excess of $10.0 million, the terms of such transaction have been approved by a majority of
the members of the Board of Directors of the Company or by a majority of the members of such
Board of Directors having no personal stake in such transaction, if any (and such majority
or majorities, as the case may be, determines that such Affiliate Transaction satisfies the
criteria in clause (1) above).

     (b) The preceding paragraph will not apply to:

     (1) any transaction between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a
Receivables Entity) or between Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Entity or
Receivables Entities) and any Guarantees issued by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
for the benefit of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance
with Section 3.2;

     (2) any Restricted Payment permitted to be made pursuant to Section 3.3;

     (3) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities
or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment agreements and other compensation
arrangements, options to purchase Capital Stock of the Company, restricted stock plans,
long-term incentive plans, stock appreciation rights plans, participation plans or similar
employee benefits plans and/or indemnity provided on

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behalf of officers and employees approved by the Board of Directors of the Company;

     (4) the payment of reasonable and customary fees paid to and indemnity provided on behalf of
directors of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

     (5) loans or advances to employees, officers or directors of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business, in an aggregate amount not in excess of $3.0 million
(without giving effect to the forgiveness of any such loan);

     (6) any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date, as these agreements may be amended,
modified, supplemented, extended or renewed from time to time, so long as any such amendment,
modification, supplement, extension or renewal is not more disadvantageous to the Holders in any
material respect in the good faith judgment of the Company when taken as a whole than the terms
of the agreements in effect on the Issue Date;

     (7) any agreement between any Person and an Affiliate of such Person existing at the time
such Person is acquired by or merged into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that
such agreement was not entered into contemplation of such acquisition or merger, or any amendment
thereto (so long as any such amendment is not disadvantageous to the Holders in the good faith
judgment of the Company when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect
on the date of such acquisition or merger);

     (8) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, joint venture partners or purchasers or
sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of the business of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture;
provided that in the good faith determination of the Company, such transactions are on terms that
are no less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that could
have been obtained at the time of such transactions in a comparable transaction by the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person;

     (9) any issuance or sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) to Affiliates of
the Company and the granting of registration and other customary rights in connection therewith;

     (10) sales or other transfers or dispositions of accounts receivable and other related assets
customarily transferred in an asset securitization transaction involving accounts receivable to a
Receivables Entity in a Qualified Receivables Transaction, and acquisitions of Permitted
Investments in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

     (11) payments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Sponsor and any of its
Affiliates or any other Affiliate for any investment banking, financing, investment, underwriting,
placement agent, financial advisory or similar services, including, without limitation, in
connection with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are approved by a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of
Directors, as the case may be;

     (12) the payment of management, consulting, monitoring and advisory fees and related expenses
and termination fees pursuant to the Sponsor Management Agreement not to exceed the amount set
forth in the Sponsor Management Agreement as in effect on the Issue Date or any amendment thereto
(so long as any such amendment is not disadvantageous to the Holders in the good faith judgment of
the Company when taken as a whole as compared to the Sponsor Management Agreement as in effect on
the Issue Date);

     (13) payments and other transactions pursuant to the License Agreement (the “License
Agreement”), dated as of December 19, 2003, between the Company and New Colt Holding Corp. and any
amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment is not disadvantageous to the Holders in the good
faith judgment of the Company when taken as a whole as compared to the License Agreement as in
effect on the

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     Issue Date);

     (14) payments and other transactions pursuant to the First Amended and Restated
Sublease Agreement (the “First Amended and Restated Sublease Agreement”), dated as of
October 25, 2005, between the Company and Colt’s Manufacturing Company LLC (“CMC”), a
Delaware limited liability company and any amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment
is not disadvantageous to the Holders in the good faith judgment of the Company when taken
as a whole as compared to the First Amended and Restated Sublease Agreement as in effect on
the Issue Date);

     (15) payments and other transactions pursuant to the Intercompany Services Agreement
(the “Intercompany Services Agreement”), dated as of June 26, 2007, between the Company and
CMC and any amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment is not disadvantageous to the
Holders in the good faith judgment of the Company when taken as a whole as compared to the
Intercompany Services Agreement as in effect on the Issue Date);

     (16) payments and other transactions pursuant to the Match Target Agreements as
described in the Offering Memorandum and any amendment thereto (so long as any such
amendment is not disadvantageous to the Holders in the good faith judgment of the Company
when taken as a whole as compared to the Intercompany Services Agreement as in effect on the
Issue Date);

     (17) transactions in which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the
case may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating
that such transaction is fair to the Company from a financial point of view or meets the
requirements of Section 3.8(a); and

     (18) the payment of all fees and expenses related to the Transactions, as disclosed in
the Offering Memorandum.

     SECTION 3.9. [Reserved].

     SECTION 3.10. Change of Control. If a Change of Control occurs, unless the Issuers have
exercised their right to redeem all of the Securities pursuant to Section 5.1, each Holder will
have the right to require the Issuers to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or larger
integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Securities at a purchase price
(the “Change of Control Purchase Price”) in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of the
Securities plus accrued and unpaid interest, including Additional Interest, if any, to the date of
purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest
due on the relevant interest payment date).

     Within 30 days following any Change of Control, unless the Issuers have exercised their right
to redeem all of the Securities pursuant to Section 5.1, the Issuers will mail a notice (the
“Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder at the address appearing in the Security Register, with a
copy to the Trustee, stating:

     (1) that a Change of Control Offer is being made and that such Holder has the right to
require the Issuers to purchase such Holder’s Securities at a purchase price in cash equal
to 101% of the principal amount of such Securities plus accrued and unpaid interest,
including Additional Interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of
Holders of record on a record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment
date) (the “Change of Control Payment”);

     (2) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days
from the date such notice is mailed) (the “Change of Control Payment Date”); and

     (3) that any Security not tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrue
interest;

     (4) that, unless the Issuers default in making such payment, any Security accepted for
payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest after the
Change of Control Payment Date;

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     (5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a Change of Control
Offer may elect to have Securities purchased in denominations of $2,000 or integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof only;

     (6) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to any Change of
Control Offer will be required to surrender the Security, with the form entitled “Option of
Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Security completed, or transfer its interest in
such Security by book-entry transfer, to the Issuers or a Paying Agent at the address
specified in the notice at least three Business Days before the Change of Control Payment
Date;

     (7) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Issuers or the
Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, by not later than the expiration of the Change
of Control Offer, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name
of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security the Holder delivered for purchase and a
statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Security purchased; and

     (8) that Holders whose Securities were purchased only in part will be issued new
Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities
surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).

     On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuers will, to the extent lawful:

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

     (2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in
respect of all Securities or portions of Securities so tendered; and

     (3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation the Securities so
accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of
Securities or portions of Securities being purchased by the Issuers in accordance with the
terms of this Section 3.10.

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

     If the Change of Control Payment Date is on or after an interest record date and on or before
the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Change of
Control Payment Date will be paid on the relevant interest payment date to the Person in whose name
a Security is registered at the close of business on such record date, and no Additional Interest
will be payable to Holders who tender pursuant to the Change of Control Offer.

     Prior to making a Change of Control Payment, and as a condition to such payment (a) the
Issuers shall have obtained the consent of the requisite Holders of each issue of Indebtedness
issued under an indenture or other agreement that may be violated by such payment to such Change of
Control Payment being made and the waiver by such Holders of the event of default, if any, caused
by the Change of Control or (b) the Issuers shall repay all outstanding Indebtedness issued under
an indenture or other agreement that may be violated by a Change of Control Payment or the Issuers
must offer to repay all such Indebtedness, and make payment to the Holders of such Indebtedness
that accept such offer, and obtain waivers of any event of default arising under the relevant
indenture or other agreement from the remaining holders of such Indebtedness.

     The Issuers will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if
a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in
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requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuers and
purchases all Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.

     The Issuers may make a Change of Control Offer in advance of a Change of Control, and
conditioned upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of
Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.

     The Issuers will comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under
the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of
Securities pursuant to this Section 3.10. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws
or regulations conflict with provisions of this Indenture, the Issuers will comply with the
applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations
described in this Indenture by virtue of the conflict.

     With respect to the Securities, if Holders of not less than 95% in aggregate principal amount
of the outstanding Securities validly tender and do not withdraw such Securities in a Change of
Control Offer and the Company, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the
Company as described above, purchases all of the Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn by
such holders, the Company or such third party will have the right, upon not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to the
Change of Control Offer described above, to redeem all Securities that remain outstanding following
such purchase at a price in cash equal to the applicable Change of Control Purchase Price
plus, to the extent not included in the Change of Control Purchase Price, accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, thereon, to the date of redemption.

     SECTION 3.11. SEC Reports. Notwithstanding that the Issuers may not be subject to the
reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise report on an annual
and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and
regulations promulgated by the SEC, to the extent permitted by the Exchange Act, the Issuers will
file with the SEC (and make available to the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, without
cost to any Holders within 15 days after the Company files them with the SEC), from and after the
Issue Date, the annual reports and the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such
portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) that are
specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act with respect to U.S. issuers within the time
periods specified therein or in the relevant forms; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing,
(A) other than with respect to information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4),
the first report (other than the one referred to in clause (B) below) required to be delivered
shall be the quarterly report with respect to the fiscal quarter ending April 2, 2010, (B) with
respect to the fiscal year of the Company ending December 31, 2009, the only obligation of the
Issuers under this covenant shall be to deliver financial statements of the Company for such fiscal
year audited by the Company’s independent registered accounting firm, including the report from the
Company’s independent registered accounting firm, together with the “Management’s discussion and
analysis of financial condition and results of operations” of the Company and its Subsidiaries
within 90 days of the end of such fiscal year and (C) until the effectiveness of the exchange offer
and/or shelf registration statement relating to the Securities (such date, the “Effectiveness
Date”), such reports shall prepared on a basis and presented in a level of detail comparable to the
financial statements and management discussion and analysis of the results of operations, liquidity
and capital resources of the Company and its Subsidiaries contained in the offering memorandum for
the Securities and shall not be required to be compliant with Regulation S-X under the Act.

     In the event that the Issuers are not permitted to file such reports, documents and
information with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act, the Issuers will nevertheless make available
such Exchange Act reports, documents and information to the Trustee and the Holders as of the
Issuers were subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
within the time periods specified therein or in the relevant forms, which requirement may be
satisfied by posting such reports, documents and information on its website within the time periods
specified by this Section 3.11. Until the Effectiveness Date, the Company will hold quarterly
conference calls for beneficial owners of, and prospective investors in, the Securities and
securities analysts after the Company’s financial statements for the prior fiscal period have been
made available; provided that such conference calls shall be held no later than 30 days after the
date that such financial statements are required to be made available. No fewer than three business
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sentence the Company shall issue a press release to the appropriate U.S. wire services announcing
the time and the date of such conference call and directing the beneficial owners of, and
prospective investors in, the Securities and securities analysts to contact an individual at the
Company (for whom contact information shall be provided in such press release) to obtain
information on how to access such conference call.

     Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational
purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such documents shall not constitute constructive notice
of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including
the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled
to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates to the extent set forth in Sections 7.1 and 7.2).

     If the Issuers have designated any Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, and such
Unrestricted Subsidiaries, either individually or collectively, would otherwise have been a
Significant Subsidiary, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by the
preceding paragraph shall include a reasonably detailed presentation, as determined in good faith
by senior management of the Company, either on the face of the financial statements or in the
footnotes to the financial statements and in management’s discussion and analysis of financial
condition and results of operations, of the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of
operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

     In addition, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall make available to the Holders and
to prospective investors, upon the request of such Holders, the information required to be
delivered pursuant to Rule
144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act so long as the Securities are not freely transferable
under the Securities Act. For purposes of this Section 3.11, the Issuers and the Subsidiary
Guarantors will be deemed to have furnished the reports to the Trustee and the Holders of
Securities as required by this Section 3.11 if the Company has filed such reports with the SEC via
the EDGAR filing system and such reports are publicly available.

     The filing requirements set forth above for the applicable period may be satisfied by the
Issuers prior to the commencement of the offering of the Exchange Securities or the effectiveness
of the Shelf Registration Statement by the filing with the SEC of the registration statement
relating to the exchange offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and/or the Shelf
Registration Statement, and any amendments thereto, with such financial information that satisfies
Regulation S-X of the Securities Act; provided that this paragraph shall not supersede or in any
manner suspend or delay the Company’s reporting obligations set forth in the first three paragraphs
of this Section 3.11.

     In the event that any direct or indirect parent company of the Company executes a Guarantee of
the Securities, the Company may satisfy its obligations under this Section 3.11 by furnishing
financial information relating to such parent; provided that (x) subject to the provisions of the
first paragraph of this Section 3.11, such financial statements are accompanied by consolidating
financial information for such parent, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Subsidiaries
of the Company that are not Subsidiary Guarantors in the manner prescribed by the SEC and (y) such
parent is not engaged in any business in any material respect other than incidental to its
ownership, directly or indirectly, of the Capital Stock of the Company.

     SECTION 3.12. Future Subsidiary Guarantors.

     (a) The Company shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary (other than Colt Rapid Mat LLC, which
shall enter into this Indenture and the related Guarantee on the Issue Date) that Guarantees, on
the Issue Date or any time thereafter, any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor
to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit
C, hereto, pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary will unconditionally Guarantee, on a joint
and several basis the full and prompt payment of the principal of, premium, if any and interest,
including Additional Interest, if any, on the Securities on a senior unsecured basis and all other
obligations of the Issuers hereunder.

     The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount as will,
after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor
(including, without limitation, any Guarantees under the Senior Credit Facility) and after giving
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on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Subsidiary
Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this
Indenture, result in the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee
not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law.

     Each Subsidiary Guarantee shall be released in accordance with Article X.

     SECTION 3.13. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuers will maintain an office or agency
where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, where, if applicable, the
Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Issuers in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The
corporate trust office of the Trustee, which initially shall be located at 246 Goose Lane, Suite
105, Guilford, CT 06437, shall be such office or agency of the Issuers, unless the Issuers shall
designate and maintain some other office or agency for one or more of such purposes. The Issuers
will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any change in the location of any such office or
agency. If at any time the Issuers shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices
and demands may be made or served at the corporate trust office of the Trustee, and the Issuers
hereby appoint the Trustee as their agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices
and demands.

     The Issuers may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to
time rescind any such designation. The Issuers will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of
any such designation or rescission and any change in the location of any such other office or
agency.

     SECTION 3.14. Corporate Existence. Except as otherwise provided in this Article III, Article
IV and Section 10.2(b), the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve
and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate, partnership, limited
liability company or other existence of each Restricted Subsidiary and the rights (charter and
statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and each
Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve
any such right, license or franchise or the corporate, partnership, limited liability company or
other existence of any Restricted 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 each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is
not, and will not be, disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

     SECTION 3.15. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Company shall pay or discharge or cause
to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all material taxes,
assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or upon
the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary and (ii) all lawful claims for
labor, materials and supplies, which, if unpaid, might by law become a material liability or lien
upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not
be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge
or claim the amount, applicability or validity of which is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves, if necessary (in the good faith
judgment of management of the Company), are being maintained in accordance with GAAP or where the
failure to effect such payment will not be disadvantageous to the Holders.

     SECTION 3.16. [Reserved].

     SECTION 3.17. Compliance Certificate. The Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days
after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Company an Officers’ Certificate stating that in the
course of the performance by the signers of their duties as Officers of the Company they would
normally have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default and whether or not the signers know of
any Default or Event of Default that occurred during the previous Fiscal Year. If they do, the
certificate shall describe the Default or Event of Default, its status and the action the Company
is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. The Company also shall comply with TIA §
314(a)(4).

     SECTION 3.18. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuers will
execute and

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deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper
to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

     SECTION 3.19. [Reserved].

     SECTION 3.20. Statement by Officers as to Default. The Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee,
as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default or
an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an
Officers’ Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or default, its status and
the actions which the Issuers are taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

     SECTION 3.21. Effectiveness of Covenants.

     (a) If on any date following the Issue Date (i) the Securities have Investment Grade Ratings
from both Rating Agencies, and (ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture
(the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being collectively
referred to as a “Covenant Suspension Event”), the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall
not be subject to Sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.8 and 4.1 hereof (collectively, the “Suspended
Covenants”).

     (b) In the event that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the
Suspended Covenants under this Indenture for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and
on any subsequent date (the “Reinstatement Date”) one or both of the Rating Agencies (1) withdraw
their Investment Grade Rating or downgrade the rating assigned to the Securities below an
Investment Grade Rating and/or (2) a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then the
Suspended Covenants will thereafter be reinstated as if such covenants had never been suspended and
be applicable pursuant to the terms of this Indenture (including in connection with performing any
calculation or assessment to determine compliance with the terms of this Indenture), unless and
until the Securities subsequently attain an Investment Grade Rating and no Default or Event of
Default is in existence (in which event the Suspended Covenants shall no longer be in effect for
such time that the Securities maintain an Investment Grade Rating and no Default or Event of
Default is in existence); provided, however, that no Default, Event of Default or breach of any
kind shall be deemed to exist under this Indenture, the Securities or the Subsidiary Guarantees
with respect to the Suspended Covenants based on, and none of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries shall bear any liability for, any actions taken or events occurring during the
Suspension Period (as defined below), or any actions taken at any time pursuant to any contractual
obligation arising prior to the Reinstatement Date, regardless of whether such actions or events
would have been permitted if the applicable Suspended Covenants
remained in effect during such period. The period of time between the date of suspension of
the covenants and the Reinstatement Date is referred to as the “Suspension Period.”

     (c) On the Reinstatement Date, all Indebtedness Incurred during the Suspension Period shall be
classified to have been Incurred pursuant to Section 3.2(a) or Section 3.2(b) (to the extent such
Indebtedness would be permitted to be Incurred thereunder as of the Reinstatement Date and after
giving effect to Indebtedness Incurred prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the
Reinstatement Date). To the extent such Indebtedness would not be so permitted to be Incurred
pursuant to Section 3.2(a) or Section 3.2(b), such Indebtedness shall be deemed to have been
outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under Section 3.2(b)(3).
Calculations made after the Reinstatement Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted
Payments under Section 3.3 shall be made as though the covenants described under such Section 3.3
had been in effect since the Issue Date and throughout the Suspension Period. Accordingly,
Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period shall reduce the amount available to be made
as Restricted Payments under Section 3.3(a).

     (d) During any period when the Suspended Covenants are suspended, the Board of Directors of
the Company may not designate any of the Company’s Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries
pursuant to this Indenture.

     (e) The Issuer shall deliver promptly to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate notifying it of
any such occurrence under this Section 3.21.

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ARTICLE IV

SUCCESSOR COMPANY SECTION

     SECTION 4.1. Merger and Consolidation.

     (a) The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or
not the Company is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets, in one or more related
transactions, to any Person, unless:

     (1) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Company”) is a Person
(other than an individual) organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America, any state or territory thereof, or the District of Columbia;

     (2) the Successor Company (if other than the Company) expressly assumes all of the
obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture pursuant to a
supplemental indenture or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee and assumes by written agreement all of the obligations of the Company under the
Registration Rights Agreement;

     (3) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing;

     (4) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related
financing transactions, as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the
applicable four-quarter period,

     (a) the Successor Company would be able to Incur at least $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to Section 3.2(a), or

     (b) the Consolidated Coverage Ratio for the Successor Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries would be greater than such ratio for the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction;

     (5) each Subsidiary Guarantor (unless it is the other party to the transactions above,
in which case Section 4.1(b)(1) shall apply) shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed
that its Guarantee shall apply to such Successor Company’s obligations in respect of this
Indenture and the Securities and shall have by written agreement confirmed that its
obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement shall continue to be in effect; and

     (6) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, winding up or disposition
and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture.

     (b) Notwithstanding Section 4.1(a)(3) and Section 4.1(a)(4),

     (1) any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate with, merge with or into or transfer all
or part of its properties and assets to the Company so long as no Capital Stock of the
Restricted Subsidiary is distributed to any Person other than the Company;

     (2) the Company may merge with an Affiliate of the Company solely for the purpose of
reincorporating the Company in another state or territory of the United States or the
District of Columbia to
realize tax or other benefits, so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby; provided that, in the case of a
Restricted Subsidiary that merges into the Company, the Company will not be required to
comply with Section 4.1(a)(6); and

     (3) the Company may consolidate into, merge with or into or transfer all or part of
its properties

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and assets to any parent company of the Company that (a) is not engaged in any business
in any material respect other than incidental to its ownership, directly or indirectly, of
the Capital Stock of the Company and (b) so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased by more than a de minimis amount
thereby (any transaction described in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of this Section 4.1(b), a
“Specified Merger/Transfer Transaction”).

     In addition, the Company shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to consolidate with or
merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantor is the
surviving corporation), or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of
all or substantially all of its properties and assets any Person (other than to another Subsidiary
Guarantor) unless:

     (x) (a) if such entity remains a Subsidiary Guarantor, the resulting, surviving or
transferee Person (the “Successor Subsidiary Guarantor”) is a Person (other than an
individual) organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state
or territory thereof, or the District of Columbia and shall assume by written agreement all
the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Registration Rights Agreement; (b)
the Successor Subsidiary Guarantor, if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor, expressly
assumes all the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Securities, this
Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other
documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; (c) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing; and (d) the Company will have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, winding
up or disposition and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture; and

     (y) the transaction is made in compliance with Section 3.5 (it being understood that
only such portion of the Net Available Cash as is required to be applied on the date of such
transaction in accordance with the terms of this Indenture needs to be applied in accordance
therewith at such time) and this Section 4.1.

     Subject to certain limitations described in this Indenture, the Successor Subsidiary Guarantor
will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture and the
Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary
Guarantor may merge with or into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to another
Subsidiary Guarantor or the Company or merge with a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company solely for
the purpose of reincorporating the Subsidiary Guarantor in a state or territory of the United
States or the District of Columbia, as long as the amount of Indebtedness of such Subsidiary
Guarantor and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby.

     For purposes of this Section 4.1, the sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of
the Company (including any disposition by means of any merger, consolidation or similar
transaction), which properties and assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries,
would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company on a
consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the disposition of all or substantially all of the
properties and assets of the Company.

     The Company and a Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, will be released from its
obligations under this Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be, and the
Successor Company and the Successor Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, will succeed to, and
be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or a Subsidiary
Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture and such Subsidiary Guarantee; provided that,
in the case of a lease of all or substantially all its assets, the Company will not be released
from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Securities and a Subsidiary
Guarantor will not be released from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee.

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ARTICLE V

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

     SECTION 5.1. Redemption. The Securities may be redeemed (a) as a whole or from time to time in
part, subject to the conditions and at the redemption prices specified in paragraph 5 of the form
of Securities set forth in Exhibit A and Exhibit B hereto, which are hereby incorporated by
reference and made a part of this Indenture, or (b) as a whole, and not less than as a whole, in
each case together with accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest) to the
Redemption Date.

     SECTION 5.2. Applicability of Article. Redemption of Securities at the election of the Company
or otherwise, as permitted or required by any provision of this Indenture, shall be made in
accordance with such provision and this Article.

     SECTION 5.3. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the Issuers to redeem any
Securities pursuant to Section 5.1 shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution of the Company. In case
of any redemption at the election of the Issuers, the Company shall, promptly (but in any event not
less than five (5) Business Days prior to the delivery date of notice to Holders as required
pursuant to Section 5.5, but not more than 60 days before the date of redemption) (unless a shorter
notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the
principal amount of Securities to be redeemed and shall deliver to the Trustee such documentation
and records as shall enable the Trustee to select the Securities to be redeemed pursuant to Section
5.4. Any such notice may be cancelled at any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed
to any Holder and shall thereby be void and of no effect.

     SECTION 5.4. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. If less than all the
Securities are to be redeemed at any time pursuant to an optional redemption, the particular
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by
the Trustee, unless otherwise provided herein, from the outstanding Securities not previously
called for redemption, in compliance with the requirements of the principal securities exchange, if
any, on which such Securities are listed, or, if such Securities are not so listed, on a pro rata
basis among the Securities, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and
appropriate (and in such manner as complies with applicable legal requirements) and which may
provide for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal of the Securities in
denominations of $2,000 or larger integral multiples of $1,000; provided, however, that no such
partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Security not redeemed to
less than $2,000.

     The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuers in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the method it has
chosen for the selection of Securities and the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

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

     SECTION 5.5. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided
for in Section 12.2 not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each
Holder of Securities to be redeemed. At the Issuers’ request, the Trustee shall give notice of
redemption in the Issuers’ name and at the Issuers’ expense; provided, however, that the Company
shall promptly (but in any event not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the delivery date of
notice to Holders as required pursuant to this Section 5.5, but not more than 60 days before the
date of redemption) deliver to the Trustee (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice at the Issuers’
expense and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the following
items.

     All notices of redemption shall state:

          (1) the Redemption Date,

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     (2) the redemption price and the amount of accrued interest (including Additional
Interest) to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 5.7, if any,

     (3) if less than all outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the identification of
the particular Securities (or portion thereof) to be redeemed, as well as the aggregate
principal amount of Securities to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of
Securities to be outstanding after such partial redemption,

     (4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to
such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such
Security, the Holder will receive, without charge, a new Security or Securities of
authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed,

     (5) that on the Redemption Date the redemption price (and accrued interest (including
Additional Interest), if any, to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 5.7)
will become due and payable upon each such Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed,
and, unless the Issuers default in making the redemption payment, that interest on
Securities called for redemption (or the portion thereof) will cease to accrue on and after
said date,

     (6) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
redemption price and accrued interest, if any,

     (7) the name and address of the Paying Agent,

     (8) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to
collect the redemption price,

     (9) the CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN numbers, if applicable, and that no representation
is made as to the accuracy or correctness of the CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN numbers, if
applicable, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Securities, and

     (10) the paragraph of the Securities pursuant to which the Securities are to be
redeemed.

     SECTION 5.6. Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on any
Redemption Date, the Issuers shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the
Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold
in trust as provided in Section 2.4) an amount of money sufficient to pay the redemption price of
and accrued interest (including Additional Interest) on, all the Securities which are to be
redeemed on that date, other than Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption that
are beneficially owned by the Issuers and have been delivered by the Issuers to the Trustee for
cancellation.

     SECTION 5.7. Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given as
aforesaid, the Securities or portions of Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption
Date, become due and payable at the redemption price therein specified (together with accrued
interest, if any, to the Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the Issuers shall
default in the payment of the redemption price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to
bear interest and the only right of the Holders thereof will be to receive payment of the
redemption price and, subject to the next sentence, unpaid interest on such Securities to the
Redemption Date. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice,
such Security shall be paid by the Issuers at the redemption price, together with accrued interest,
if any, to the Redemption Date.

     If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the unpaid principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the
Redemption Date at the rate home by the Securities.

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(pursuant to the provisions of this Article) shall be surrendered at the office or agency of the
Issuers maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.13 (with, if the Issuers or the Trustee
so require, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Issuers and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly
authorized in writing), and the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery to the Holder of such Security at the expense of the Issuers, a new Security
or Securities, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in an aggregate
principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the
Security so surrendered; provided, that each such new Security will be in a principal amount of
$2,000 or larger integral multiple of $1,000.

ARTICLE VI

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

     SECTION 6.1. Events of Default. Each of the following is an “Event of Default”:

     (1) default in any payment of interest or Additional Interest, if any, on any Security
when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

     (2) default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on any Security when the
same becomes due and payable at its Stated Maturity, upon redemption, upon required
repurchase, upon declaration or otherwise;

     (3) failure by the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor to comply with its obligations
under Article IV or Section 10.2;

     (4) failure by the Issuers to comply for 30 days after the notice specified below with
any of its obligations under Section 3.10;

     (5) failure by the Issuers to comply with its other agreements contained in this
Indenture and such Default continues for 60 days after the notice specified below;

     (6) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued
or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the
Issuers or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is Guaranteed by the
Issuers or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuers
or a Restricted Subsidiary, whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or is created
after the date of this Indenture, which default:

     (a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any,
on such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such
Indebtedness (“Payment Default”) or

     (b) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its maturity (the
“cross acceleration provision”);

and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the
principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default
or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $20.0 million or more (or its
foreign currency equivalent);

     (7) the Issuers or a Significant Subsidiary or group of Restricted Subsidiaries that,
taken together (as of the latest audited consolidated financial statements for the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary:

     (a) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;

     (b) consents to the entry of judgment, decree or order for relief against it
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involuntary case or proceeding;

     (c) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial
part of its property;

     (d) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

     (e) consents to or acquiesces in the institution of a bankruptcy or an
insolvency proceeding against it;

     (f) takes any corporate action to authorize or effect any of the foregoing;
or

     (g) takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to
insolvency;

     (8) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy
Law that:

     (a) is for relief in an involuntary case against the Issuers or a Significant
Subsidiary or group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together (as of the
latest audited consolidated financial statements for the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;

     (b) appoints a Custodian for all or substantially all of the property of the
Issuers or a Significant Subsidiary or group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken
together (as of the latest audited consolidated financial statements for the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or

     (c) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Issuers or a Significant
Subsidiary or group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together (as of the
latest audited consolidated financial statements for the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; and

in each case the order, decree or relief remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days;

     (9) failure by the Issuers or any Significant Subsidiary or group of Restricted
Subsidiaries that, taken together (as of the latest audited consolidated financial
statements for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries), would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $20.0 million (or its foreign
currency equivalent) (net of any amounts that a reputable and creditworthy insurance
company has acknowledged liability for in writing), which judgments are not paid, discharged
or stayed for a period of 60 days or more after such judgment becomes final (the “judgment
default provision”); or

     (10) any Subsidiary Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary or group of Restricted
Subsidiaries that taken together as of the latest audited consolidated financial statements
for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would constitute a Significant subsidiary
ceases to be in full force and effect (except as
contemplated by the terms of this Indenture) or is declared null and void in a judicial
proceeding or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary or group of
Subsidiary Guarantors that taken together as of the latest audited consolidated financial
statements of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary denies or disaffirms its obligations under this Indenture or its Subsidiary
Guarantee.

     The foregoing will constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of
Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant
to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
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     Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Default under clauses (4) or (5) of this Section 6.1
will not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities notify the Issuers of the Default (and the Trustee
in case of a notice from Holders) and the Issuers do not cure such Default within the time
specified in clauses (4) or (5) of this Section 6.1 after receipt of such notice.

     SECTION 6.2. Acceleration. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default described in
clause (7) or (8) of Section 6.1) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by written notice to the
Issuers, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities by notice
to the Issuers and the Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare
the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest),
if any, on all the Securities to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal,
premium and accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable immediately.

     In the event of a declaration of acceleration of the Securities because an Event of Default
described in clause (6) of Section 6.1 has occurred and is continuing, the declaration of
acceleration of the Securities shall be automatically annulled if the Default triggering such Event
of Default pursuant to clause (6) of Section 6.1 shall be remedied or cured by the Issuers or a
Restricted Subsidiary or waived by the holders of the relevant Indebtedness within 20 days after
the declaration of acceleration with respect thereto and if (1) the annulment of the acceleration
of the Securities would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction and (2) all existing Events of Default, except nonpayment of principal, premium or
interest on the Securities that became due solely because of the acceleration of the Securities,
have been cured or waived.

     If an Event of Default described in clause (7) or (8) of Section 6.1 occurs and is continuing,
the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest)
on all the Securities will become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or
other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders.

     SECTION 6.3. Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal
of (or premium) or interest (including Additional Interest) on the Securities or to enforce the
performance of any provision of the Securities, this Indenture or the Subsidiary Guarantees.

     The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or
does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any
Securityholder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair
the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is
exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.

     SECTION 6.4. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities by notice to the Trustee (with a copy to the Issuers, but the applicable
waiver or rescission shall be effective when the notice is given to the Trustee) may (a) waive, by
their consent (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of,
or tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities), an existing Default or Event of Default and its
consequences except (i) a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, or
premium, if any, or interest (including Additional Interest) on a Security or (ii) a Default or
Event of Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.2 cannot be amended without the
consent of each Security-holder affected and (b) rescind any acceleration with respect to the
Securities and its consequences if (1) such rescission would not conflict with any judgment or
decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (2) all existing Events of Default, other than the
nonpayment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest) on
the Securities that have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or
waived. When a Default or Event of Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any consequent right.

     SECTION 6.5. Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee.
However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture,
the Securities or the Subsidiary Guarantees or, subject to Sections 7.1 and 7.2, that the Trustee
determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Securityholders or would involve the
Trustee in personal liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed
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Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any such action hereunder,
the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification reasonably satisfactory to it in its sole
discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

     SECTION 6.6. Limitation on Suits. Subject to Section 6.7, a Securityholder may not pursue any
remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities unless:

     (1) such Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice stating that an
Event of Default is continuing;

     (2) Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities have
requested that the Trustee pursue the remedy;

     (3) such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against
any loss, liability or expense;

     (4) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after receipt of the
request and the offer of security or indemnity; and

     (5) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities have
not given the Trustee a direction that, in the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with
such request during such 60-day period.

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

     SECTION 6.7. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Indenture (including, without limitation, Section 6.6), the right of any Holder to receive payment
of principal of, premium (if any) or interest (including Additional Interest) on the Securities
held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in the
Securities, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective
dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

     SECTION 6.8. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in clauses (1) or
(2) of Section 6.1 occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and
as trustee of an express trust against the Issuers for the whole amount then due and owing
(together with interest on any unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for
in Section 7.7.

     SECTION 6.9. 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 Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings
relative to the Company, its Subsidiaries or its or their respective creditors or properties and,
unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may be entitled and empowered to participate as
a member of any official committee of creditors appointed in such matter and may vote on behalf of
the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar
functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to
make 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 it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and
any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7.

     No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

     SECTION 6.10. Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this
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shall pay out the money in the following order:

     FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due to it under Section 7.7, including payment of
all compensation, expense and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee
and the costs and expenses of collection;

     SECOND: to Holders of Securities for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities for
principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities for principal, premium, if
any, and interest (including Additional Interest), respectively; and

     THIRD: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall
direct.

     The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Securities
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 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by the Issuers, a suit by a
Holder pursuant to Section 6.7 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in outstanding principal
amount of the Securities.

ARTICLE VII

TRUSTEE

     SECTION 7.1. Duties of Trustee.

     (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the
rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such
person’s own affairs; provided that the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers under this Indenture, the Securities or the Subsidiary Guarantees at the request
or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered the Trustee indemnity or
security reasonably satisfactory to it against loss, liability or expense.

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

     (1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be
read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

     (2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to
the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates, opinions or orders furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture, the Securities or the Subsidiary Guarantees, as applicable.
However, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof
are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such
certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of
this Indenture, the Securities or the Subsidiary Guarantees, as the case may be (but need
not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated
therein).

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

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

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

     (3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.5;
and

     (4) No provision of this Indenture, the Securities or the Subsidiary Guarantees shall
require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability
in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or thereunder or in the exercise of any
of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of
such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured
to it.

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

     (e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the
Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.

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

     (g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section and to the
provisions of the TIA.

     (h) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction
or notice from the Issuers shall be sufficient if signed by one Officer of the Company.

	 	 	SECTION 7.2. Rights of Trustee. Subject to Section 7.1:

     (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document (whether in its original or
facsimile form) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated
in the document. The Trustee shall receive and retain financial reports and statements of
the Company as provided herein, but shall have no duty to review or analyze such reports or
statements to determine compliance with covenants or other obligations of the Issuers.

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

     (c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible
for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

     (d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, unless the Trustee’s conduct constitutes willful misconduct or negligence.

     (e) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion
of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture, the Securities or the
Subsidiary Guarantees shall be full and complete authorization and protection from
liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder or under the
Securities or the Subsidiary Guarantees in good faith and in accordance with the advice or
opinion of such counsel.

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     (f) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default
or whether any entity or group of entities constitutes a Significant Subsidiary unless a
Trust Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any
event which is in fact such a Default or of any such Significant Subsidiary is received by
the Trustee at the corporate trust office of the Trustee specified in Section 12.2, and
such notice references the Securities and this Indenture.

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

     (h) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture, the Securities or the Subsidiary Guarantees at the request,
order or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture,
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to
it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby.

     (i) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any fact or matter unless
such fact or matter is known to a Trust Officer of the Trustee.

     (j) Whenever in the administration of this Indenture, the Securities or the Subsidiary
Guarantees the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior
to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder or thereunder, the Trustee (unless
other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may request and in the absence of bad
faith or willful misconduct on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate.

     (k) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any special, indirect
or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss
of profit), irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such
loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

     SECTION 7.3. Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity
may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company, Subsidiary
Guarantors or their Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any
Paying Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However,
the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11. In addition, the Trustee shall be permitted to
engage in transactions with the Company; provided, however, that if the Trustee acquires any
conflicting interest under the TIA, the Trustee must (i) eliminate such conflict within 90 days of
acquiring such conflicting interest, (ii) apply to the SEC for permission to continue acting as
Trustee or (iii) resign.

     SECTION 7.4. Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no
representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the
Securities, shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the sale of the
Securities, shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying
Agent other than the Trustee or any money paid to the Company pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture and shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture or in any
document issued in connection with the sale of the Securities or in the Securities other than the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

     SECTION 7.5. Notice of Defaults. If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and
if a Trust Officer has actual knowledge thereof, the Trustee shall mail by first class mail to each
Securityholder at the address set forth in the Securities Register notice of the Default or Event
of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in
payment of principal of, premium (if any), or interest on any Security (including payments pursuant
to the optional redemption or required repurchase provisions of such Security), 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 interests of Securityholders.

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     SECTION 7.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days after each October 15 beginning
October 15, 2010, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder a brief report dated as of such
October 15 that complies with TIA § 313(a) if and to the extent required thereby. The Trustee also
shall comply with TIA § 313(b) and TIA § 313(c).

     A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders shall be filed with the
SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Securities are listed. The Company agrees to
notify promptly the Trustee whenever the Securities become listed on any stock exchange and of any
delisting thereof and the Trustee shall comply with TIA § 313(d).

     SECTION 7.7. Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuers shall pay to the Trustee from time to
time reasonable compensation for its services hereunder and under the Securities and the Subsidiary
Guarantees as the Issuers and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing. The Trustee’s
compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The
Issuers shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred
or made by it, including, but not limited to, costs of collection, costs of preparing reports,
certificates and other documents, costs of preparation and mailing of notices to Securityholders.
Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee’s agents and counsel. The Issuers shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all
loss, liability, damages, claims or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses)
incurred by it without willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith on its part in connection with
the administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder and under the
Securities and the Subsidiary Guarantees, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this
Indenture (including this Section 7.7), the Securities and the Subsidiary Guarantees and of
defending itself against any claims (whether asserted by any Securityholder, the Issuers or
otherwise). The Trustee shall notify the Issuers promptly of any claim for which it may seek
indemnity of which it has received written notice. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Issuers
shall not relieve the Issuers of their obligations hereunder. The Issuers shall defend the claim
and the Trustee shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Issuers’ expense in the defense. The
Trustee may have separate counsel and the Issuers shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel;
provided that the Issuers shall not be required to pay the fees and expenses of such separate
counsel if it assumes the Trustee’s defense, and, in the reasonable judgment of outside counsel to
the Trustee, there is no conflict of interest between the Issuers and the Trustee in connection
with such defense.

     To secure the Issuers’ payment obligations in this Section 7.7, the Trustee shall have a lien
prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money
or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Securities. Such lien
shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. The Trustee’s right to receive
payment of any amounts due under this Section 7.7 shall not be subordinate to any other liability
or Indebtedness of the Issuers.

     The Issuers’ payment obligations pursuant to this Section shall survive the discharge of this
Indenture. Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law,
when the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in clause (7) or
clause (8) of Section 6.1, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under
any Bankruptcy Law.

     SECTION 7.8. Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the
Issuers in writing. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities may remove the
Trustee by so notifying the removed Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the
Issuers’ written consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. The Issuers shall remove
the Trustee if:

	 	(1)	 	the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof or TIA § 3 10;
	 
	 	(2)	 	the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
	 
	 	(3)	 	a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property;
or
	 
	 	(4)	 	the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

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     If the Trustee resigns or is removed by the Issuers or by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities and such Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor
Trustee as described in the preceding paragraph, or if a vacancy exists in the office of the
Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring
Trustee), the Issuers shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.

     A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring
Trustee and to the Issuers. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the
Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to
Securityholders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to
the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.7.

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

     If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, unless the Trustee’s duty to resign is
stayed as provided in TIA § 310(b), any Securityholder, who has been a bona fide holder of a
Security for at least six months, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal
of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

     Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8 the Company’s
obligations under Section 7.7 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

     SECTION 7.9. Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts
into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another
corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any
further act shall be the successor Trustee.

     In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the
Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Securities shall have
been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate
of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and in
case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the
Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the
name of the successor to the Trustee; provided that the right to adopt the certificate of
authentication of any predecessor Trustee or authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor
Trustee shall only apply to its successor or successors by merger, consolidation or conversion.

     SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification. This Indenture shall always have a Trustee that
satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5) in every respect. The Trustee shall have
a combined capital and surplus of at least $100 million as set forth in its most recent published
annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b); provided, however, that
there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA § 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under
which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the
Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are
met.

     SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuers. 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.

     SECTION 7.12. Trustee’s Application for Instruction from the Issuers. Any application by the
Trustee for written instructions from the Issuers may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in
writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date
on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Trustee
shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a
proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which
date shall not be less than three Business Days after the date any Officer of the Company actually
receives such application, unless any such Officer shall have consented in writing to any earlier
date) unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of an omission),
the Trustee shall have received written instructions in response to such application specifying the
action to be taken or omitted.

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ARTICLE VIII

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE

     SECTION 8.1. Discharge of Liability on Securities; Defeasance.

     (a) Subject to Section 8.1(c), when (i)(x) all Securities that have been authenticated (other
than Securities replaced or paid pursuant to Section 2.10 and Securities for whose payment money
has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Issuers), have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation or (y) all outstanding Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption or
otherwise, will become due and payable within one year or may 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 Issuers, and the Issuers or any Subsidiary
Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee, as trust funds in
trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities, or a
combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any
reinvestment of interest to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to
the date of maturity or redemption; (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing on the date of the deposit or will occur as a result of the deposit (other than a
Default resulting from borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and the grant of any Lien
securing such borrowing) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute
a default under, the Senior Credit Facility or any other material agreement or instrument to which
the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuers are bound; (iii) the
Issuers have paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture; and (iv) the
Issuers have delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the
deposited money toward the payment of such Securities at maturity or the Redemption Date, as the
case may be, then the Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture on
demand of the Issuers (accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating
that all conditions precedent specified herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture have been complied with) and at the cost and expense of the Issuers. If U.S. Government
Obligations shall have been deposited in connection with such satisfaction and discharge, then as a
further condition to such satisfaction and discharge, the Trustee shall have received a certificate
from a nationally recognized firm of independent accountants to the effect set forth in Section
8.2(2).

     (b) Subject to Sections 8.1(c) and 8.2, the Issuers at anytime may terminate (i) all of their
obligations under the Securities and this Indenture (“legal defeasance option”), and after giving
effect to such legal defeasance, any omission to comply with such obligations shall no longer
constitute a Default or Event of Default or (ii) their obligations under Section 2.6, Section 2.10,
Section 2.12, Sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.8, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, and Section 4.1(a)(iv), and
the Issuers may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition
or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any
reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant
to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply with such
covenants shall no longer constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.1(4) and
Section 6.1(5) (to the extent applicable to such defeased covenants), Section 6.1(6), Section
6.1(7) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries), Section 6.1(8) (with respect to Significant
Subsidiaries), Section 6.1(9) and Section 6.1(10), and the events specified in such Sections shall
no longer constitute an Event of Default (clause (ii) being referred to as the “covenant defeasance
option”), but except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities shall
be unaffected thereby. The Issuers may exercise their legal defeasance option notwithstanding their
prior exercise of their covenant defeasance option. If the Issuers exercises their legal defeasance
option, the Guarantees in effect at such time shall terminate.

     If the Issuers exercise their legal defeasance option, payment of the Securities may not be
accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the Issuers exercises their covenant defeasance
option, payment of the Securities may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified
in Section 6.1(4) (as such Section relates to Section 3.10 and Section 3.12(b)), Section 6.1(5) (to
the extent applicable to Section 3.2, Section 3.3, Section 3.4, Section 3 5 Section 3.6, Section
3.8, Section 3.11 Section 3.12(a), and Section 3.16)), Section 6.1(6), Section 6.1(7) (with respect
only to Significant Subsidiaries), Section 6.1(8) (with respect only to Significant Subsidiaries)
or Section 6.1(9), or because of the failure of the Company to comply with Section 4.1(a)(iv).

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     Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request and expense of the
Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the
Company terminates.

     (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 8.1 (a) and (b) to the extent relating to a
legal defeasance, the Company’s obligations in Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12,
2.13, 3.1, 3.13, 3.14, 3.15, 3.17, 3.18, 6.7, 6.8, 7.1, 7.2, 7.7 and 7.8 and in this Article VIII
shall survive until the Securities have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Company’s obligations in
Sections 7.7, 8.4 and 8.5 shall survive.

     SECTION 8.2. Conditions to Defeasance. The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or
its covenant defeasance option only if:

     (1) the Issuers irrevocably deposit in trust with the Trustee, in trust, for the
benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities, or a combination of
cash in U.S. dollars and Government Securities, in amounts as will be sufficient, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, including Additional Interest, if any, due
on the outstanding Securities on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable redemption date,
as the case may be, and the Issuers must specify whether the Securities are being defeased
to maturity or to a particular redemption date;

     (2) in the case of legal defeasance, the Issuers have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (a) the Issuers
have received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling
or (b) since the Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax
law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel will
confirm that, the Holders of the respective outstanding Securities will not recognize
income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such legal defeasance
and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at
the same times as would have been the case if such legal defeasance had not occurred;

     (3) in the case of covenant defeasance, the Issuers have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the
respective outstanding Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal
income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal
income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been
the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred;

     (4) such legal defeasance or covenant defeasance will not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under any material agreement or instrument (other
than this Indenture) to which the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party
or by which the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiaries are bound;

     (5) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is 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 and the grant of any Lien securing such borrowings) or insofar
as Events of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds or insolvency events are
concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;

     (6) the Issuers must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that,
assuming, among other things, no intervening bankruptcy of the Issuers between the date of
deposit and the 91st day following the deposit and assuming that no Holder is an “insider”
of the Issuers under applicable bankruptcy law, after the 91st day following the deposit,
the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization of similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally;

     (7) the Issuers must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the
deposit was not made by the Issuers with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or
defrauding creditors of the Issuers or others; and

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     (8) the Issuers must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions),
each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the legal defeasance or the covenant
defeasance have been complied with; provided that the Opinion of Counsel required by this
clause (8) with respect to a legal defeasance need not be delivered if all Securities not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (x) have become due and payable or
(y) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity 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 Issuers.

     SECTION 8.3. Application of Trust Money. The Trustee shall hold in trust all money or U.S.
Government Obligations (including proceeds thereof) deposited with it pursuant to this Article
VIII. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations through the
Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture and the Securities to the Holders of the
Securities of all sums due in respect of the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and accrued
interest on the Securities.

     SECTION 8.4. Repayment to the Issuers. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly turn
over to the Issuers upon request any excess money, U.S. Government Obligations or securities held
by them upon payment of all the obligations under this Indenture.

     Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay
to the Issuers upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal of or premium, if
any, or interest on the Securities that remains unclaimed by the Holders thereof for two years,
and, thereafter, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Issuers for payment as
unsecured general creditors and the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall have no further liability
with respect to such money.

     SECTION 8.5. Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations. The Issuers shall pay and shall
indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited
U.S. Government Obligations or the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government
Obligations.

     SECTION 8.6. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or
U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article VIII by reason of any legal proceeding
or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining
or otherwise prohibiting such application, the obligations of the Issuers and each Subsidiary
Guarantor under this Indenture, the Securities and the Subsidiary Guarantees shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit bad occurred pursuant to this Article VIII, until such time as the
Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in
accordance with this Article VIII; provided, however, that, if the Issuers or the Subsidiary
Guarantors have made any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest (including Additional
Interest) on any Securities because of the reinstatement of their obligations, the Issuers or
Subsidiary Guarantors, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such
Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the
Trustee or Paying Agent.

     The Trustee’s rights under this Article VIII shall survive termination of this Indenture.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

     SECTION 9.1. Without Consent of Holders. The Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the
Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Securities and the Subsidiary Guarantees
without notice to or consent of any Securityholder:

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

     (2) to comply with (i) Article IV in respect of the assumption by a Successor Company
of the obligations of the Company under this Indenture, the Securities and the Registration
Rights Agreement and

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(ii) Article X in respect of the assumption by a Person of the obligations of a Subsidiary
Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee, this Indenture and the Registration Rights
Agreement;

     (3) to provide for or facilitate the issuance of uncertificated Securities in addition
to or in place of certificated Securities; provided, however, that the uncertificated
Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code or in a
manner such that the uncertificated Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the
Code;

     (4) to comply with the rules of DTC;

     (5) to add Subsidiary Guarantors with respect to the Securities or release a
Subsidiary Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee from its obligations under its
Subsidiary Guarantee or this Indenture in accordance with this Indenture;

     (6) secure the Securities;

     (7) to add covenants of the Issuers or Events of Default for the benefit of, or to
make changes that would provide additional rights to, the Holders or to surrender any right
or power herein conferred upon the Issuers or any Subsidiary guarantor;

     (8) to make any change that does not adversely affect the legal rights of under this
Indenture of any Securityholder;

     (9) to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with any required
qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

     (10) evidence and provide for the acceptance of an appointment under this Indenture of
a successor trustee; provided that the successor trustee is otherwise qualified and
eligible to act as such under the terms of this Indenture;

     (11) to provide for the issuance of Additional Securities and Exchange Securities or
private exchange notes (which shall be identical to the Exchange Securities except that
they will not be freely transferable), and which will be treated, together with any
outstanding Initial Securities or Additional Securities, as a single class of securities;

     (12) to conform the text of this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the
Securities to any provision under the heading “Description of notes” in the Offering
Memorandum to the extent that such provision in the Offering Memorandum is intended to be a
verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Securities or the Subsidiary
Guarantees;

     (13) to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the
transfer and legending of Securities as permitted by this Indenture, including, without
limitation to facilitate the issuance and administration of the Securities; provided,
however, that (A) compliance with this Indenture as so amended would not result in
Securities being transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable
securities law and (B) such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights
of Holders to transfer Securities; or

     (14) to add the Guarantee of a direct parent of the Company with respect to the
Securities.

     After an amendment or supplement under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail
to Securityholders a notice briefly describing such amendment or supplement. The failure to give
such notice to all Securityholders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity
of an amendment or supplement under this Section.

     SECTION 9.2. With Consent of Holders. The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the
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may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Securities and the Subsidiary Guarantees without notice
to any Securityholder but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents
obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities). Any
past default or compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, the Securities or the Subsidiary
Guarantees may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents
obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities).
However, without the consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver
may not:

     (1) reduce the principal amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an
amendment;

     (2) reduce the stated rate of interest or extend the stated time for payment of
interest or Additional Interest on any Security;

     (3) reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of any Security;

     (4) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption or repurchase of any Security or
change the time at which any Security may or shall be redeemed or repurchased as described
under Section 3.5, Section 3.10, Article V or paragraph 5 of any Security or any similar
provision, whether through an amendment or waiver of Section 3.5, Section 3.10, Article V
or paragraph 5 of any Security, definitions or otherwise (except amendments to the
definition of “Change of Control” and “Permitted Holder”);

     (5) make any Security payable in money other than that stated in the Security;

     (6) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, premium, if
any, and interest (including Additional Interest) on such Holder’s Securities on or after
the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with
respect to such Holder’s Securities;

     (7) make any change to this Section 9.2; or

     (8) modify the Subsidiary Guarantees in any manner adverse to the Holders.

     It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section to approve the
particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such
consent approves the substance thereof A consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver under this
Indenture by any Holder of the Securities given in connection with a tender or exchange of such
Holder’s Securities will not be rendered invalid by such tender or exchange.

     After an amendment or supplement under this Section becomes effective, the Issuers shall mail
to Securityholders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to
all Securityholders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment
under this Section.

     SECTION 9.3. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment or supplement to this
Indenture, the Securities or the Subsidiary Guarantees shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.

     SECTION 9.4. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers. A consent to an amendment,
supplement or a waiver by a Holder of a Security shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder
of that Security or portion of the Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s
Security, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Security. Any such Holder or
subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder’s Security or portion of the
Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement
or waiver becomes effective or otherwise in accordance with any related solicitation documents.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Securityholder
unless it makes a change described in any of clauses (1) through (9) of Section 9.2, in that case
the amendment, supplement, waiver or other action shall bind each Securityholder who has consented
to it and every subsequent Securityholder that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s
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shall become effective upon receipt by the Trustee of the requisite number of written consents
under Section 9.1 or 9.2 as applicable.

     The Issuers may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of
determining the Securityholders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described
above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed,
then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Securityholders at
such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to
give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or
not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall become valid
or effective more than 120 days after such record date.

     SECTION 9.5. Notation on or Exchange of Securities. If an amendment, supplement or waiver
changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it
to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security regarding the changed
terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Issuers or the Trustee so determine, the
Issuers in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security
that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new
Security shall not affect the validity of such amendment.

     SECTION 9.6. Trustee to Sign Amendments. The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or
waiver authorized pursuant to this Article IX if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not
adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the
Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing any amendment, supplement or waiver the Trustee shall
be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and shall be provided with, and
(subject to Sections 7.1 and 7.2 shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment, supplement or waiver is the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Issuers and any Subsidiary Guarantors, enforceable against them in
accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies with the provisions hereof
(including Section 9.3).

ARTICLE X

 SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE

     SECTION 10.1. Subsidiary Guarantee. Subject to the provisions of this Article X, each
Subsidiary Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as primary obligor
and not merely as surety, jointly and severally with each other Subsidiary Guarantor, to each
Holder of the Securities, to the extent lawful, and the Trustee the full and punctual payment when
due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of the Obligations. Each
Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that the Obligations will rank equally in right of payment with other
unsecured Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor, except to the extent such other Indebtedness
is subordinate to the Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees (to the extent
permitted by law) that the Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without
notice or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound under this Article X,
notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Obligation.

     Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the
Issuers of any of the Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Subsidiary
Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Securities or the Obligations.

     Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein constitutes a
Guarantee of payment when due (and not a Guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require
that any resort be had by any Holder to any security held for payment of the Obligations.

     Except as set forth in Section 10.2, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder
shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other
than payment of the Obligations in full), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender,
alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim,
recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability
of the Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations
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each Subsidiary Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (a)
the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against
the Issuers or any other person under this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement or
otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or
modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Securities or any other
agreement; (d) the release of any security held by any Holder for the Obligations or any of them;
(e) the failure of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy against any other Subsidiary
Guarantor; (1) any change in the ownership of the Issuers; (g) any default, failure or delay,
willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Obligations, or (h) any other act or thing or
omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent
vary the risk of any Subsidiary Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of such
Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.

     Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein shall remain in full
force and effect until payment in full of all the Obligations or such Subsidiary Guarantor is
released from its Subsidiary Guarantee upon the merger or the sale of all the Capital Stock or
assets of the Subsidiary Guarantor or otherwise in compliance with Section 10.2 or Article VIII.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein shall continue to be
effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise
be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuers or otherwise.

     In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder has
at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the
Issuers to pay any of the Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity,
by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby promises to and will,
upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the
Trustee or the Trustee on behalf of the Holders an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid amount
of such Obligations then due and owing and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional
Interest) on such Obligations then due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by law).

     Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between such Subsidiary Guarantor, on the
one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby
may be accelerated as provided in this Indenture for the purposes of its Subsidiary Guarantee
herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in
respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereby and (y) in the event of any such declaration of
acceleration of such Obligations, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith
become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantor for the purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee.

     Each Subsidiary Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all reasonable costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any
rights under this Section.

     Neither the Issuers nor the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be required to make a notation on the
Securities to reflect any Subsidiary Guarantee or any release, termination or discharge thereof and
any such notation shall not be a condition to the validity of any Subsidiary Guarantee.

     SECTION 10.2. Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge.

     (a) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations
of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder will be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving
effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor (including,
without limitation, any guarantees under the Senior Credit Facility) and after giving effect to any
collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of
the obligations of such other Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee or pursuant to
its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Subsidiary
Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent
transfer under federal or state law and not otherwise being void or voidable under any similar laws
affecting the rights of creditors generally.

     (b) The Company shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to consolidate with or merge with or
into any Person (other than the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor), or convey, transfer or
lease all or substantially all of the assets of any Subsidiary Guarantor (other than to the Company
or another Subsidiary Guarantor),

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unless:

     (1) (A) if such entity remains a Subsidiary Guarantor, the resulting, surviving or
transferee Person will be a Person (other than an individual) organized and existing under
the laws of the United States of America, any state or territory thereof, or the District
of Columbia; (B) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any
Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the resulting, surviving or transferee Person or
any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by such
Person or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default of Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (C) the resulting, surviving or
transferee Person (if not such Subsidiary Guarantor) expressly assumes all the obligations
of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Securities, this Indenture and its Subsidiary
Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other documents or instruments in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; and (D) the Company will have delivered to the
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this
Indenture; and

     (2) the transaction is made in compliance with Section 3.5 (it being understood that
only such portion of the Net Available Cash as is required to be applied on the date of
such transaction in accordance with the terms of this Indenture needs to be applied in
accordance therewith at such time) and this Section 10.2.

     Upon the sale or disposition of a Subsidiary Guarantor (by merger, consolidation, the sale of
its Capital Stock or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets (other than by lease)) and
whether or not the Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving corporation in such transaction, to a
Person which is not the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary Guarantor will be
automatically released from all its obligations under this Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee
and the Registration Rights Agreement, such Subsidiary Guarantee will terminate if (x) the sale or
other disposition is in compliance with this Indenture and (y) all the obligations of such
Subsidiary Guarantor under all Debt Facilities and related documentation and any other agreements
relating to any other Indebtedness of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries that resulted in
the obligation to Guarantee the Security terminate upon consummation of such transaction.

     (c) Each Subsidiary Guarantor will be released from its obligations under this Indenture, its
Subsidiary Guarantee and the Registration Rights Agreement upon the release or discharge of such
Subsidiary Guarantor from its Guarantee of Indebtedness of the Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors under the Senior Credit Facility (including by reason of the termination of the Senior
Credit Facility), all other Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and/or the
Guarantee that resulted in the obligation of such Subsidiary Guarantor to Guarantee the Securities,
if such Subsidiary Guarantor would not then otherwise be required to Guarantee the Securities
pursuant to this Indenture (and treating any Guarantees of such Subsidiary Guarantor that remain
outstanding as Incurred at least 30 days prior to such release or discharge), except a discharge or
release by or as a result of payment under such Guarantee; provided, that if such Person has
Incurred any Indebtedness or issued any Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock in reliance on its
status as a Subsidiary Guarantor under Section 3.2, such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under
such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, so Incurred are
satisfied in full and discharged or are otherwise permitted to be Incurred by a Restricted
Subsidiary (other than a Subsidiary Guarantor) under Section 3.2.

     (d) Each Subsidiary Guarantor will be released from its obligations under this Indenture, its
Subsidiary Guarantee and the Registration Rights Agreement if the Company designates such
Subsidiary Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation complies with the other
applicable provisions of this Indenture.

     (e) Each Subsidiary Guarantor will be deemed released from all its obligations under this
Indenture, its Subsidiary Guarantee and the Registration Rights Agreement, and such Subsidiary
Guarantee will terminate, upon the legal defeasance or covenant defeasance of the Securities or
upon satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, in each case pursuant to the provisions of
Article VIII hereof.

     (f) The release of any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations pursuant to this Section 10.2
shall be conditioned upon such Subsidiary Guarantor delivering to the Trustee an Officers’
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Counsel stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the
transactions specified in clauses (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 10.2, have been complied
with.

     SECTION 10.3. Right of Contribution. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that to the
extent that any Subsidiary Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any
payment made on the obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantees, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against the Issuers or any other Subsidiary
Guarantor who has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. The provisions of this Section
10.3 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of each Subsidiary Guarantor to the
Trustee and the Holders and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain liable to the Trustee and the
Holders for the fill amount guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.

     SECTION 10.4. No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by each Subsidiary
Guarantor hereunder, no Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the
rights of the Trustee or any Holder against the Issuers or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or
guarantee or right of offset held by the Trustee or any Holder for the payment of the Obligations,
nor shall any Subsidiary Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement
from the Issuers or any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Subsidiary
Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Trustee and the Holders by the Issuers on
account of the Obligations are paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Subsidiary
Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations shall not
have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Subsidiary Guarantor in trust for the
Trustee and the Holders, segregated from other funds of such Subsidiary Guarantor, and shall,
forthwith upon receipt by such Subsidiary Guarantor, be turned over to the Trustee in the exact
form received by such Subsidiary Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Subsidiary Guarantor to the
Trustee, if required), to be applied against the Obligations.

ARTICLE XI

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS

     SECTION 12.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls. If and to the extent that any provision of this
Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in
this Indenture by the TIA, the provision required by the TIA shall control. Each Subsidiary
Guarantor in addition to performing its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee shall perform
such other obligations as may be imposed upon it with respect to this Indenture under the TIA.

     SECTION 12.2. Notices. Any notice or communication shall be in writing and delivered in
person, sent by facsimile, delivered by commercial courier service or mailed by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

if to the Company or to any Subsidiary Guarantor:

Colt Defense LLC

547 New Park Avenue

West Hartford, CT 06110

Attention:         LTGEN Wm. M. Keys, USMC (Ret.)
                         President and CEO

Facsimile:        (860) 244-1481

Telephone:      (860) 244-1300

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With copies to:

Colt Defense LLC

547 New Park Avenue

West Hartford, CT 06110

Attention:      Jeffrey G. Grody
             
         Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Facsimile:      (860) 244-1475

Telephone:    (860) 244-1325

with a copy to:

Herrick, Feinstein LLP

2 Park Avenue

New York,New York 10016

Attention:      Richard M. Morris

Telecopy:      (212) 545-3371

if to the Trustee, at its corporate trust office,which

corporate trust office for purposes of this Indenture is at

the date hereof located at:

Wilmington Trust FSB

246 Goose Lane, Suite 105

Guilford, CT 06437

Attention:      Corporate Trust Administration

Telecopy:      (203) 453-1187

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

     Any notice or communication to the Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be deemed to
have been given or made as of the date so delivered if personally delivered; when answered back, if
telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and five calendar days after mailing if sent
by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid (except that a notice of change of address shall
not be deemed to have been given until actually received by the addressee). Any notice or
communication to the Trustee shall be deemed delivered upon receipt. Notices given by publication
will be deemed given on the first date on which publication is made.

     Any notice or communication mailed to a Securityholder shall be mailed to the Securityholder
at the Securityholder’s address as it appears in the Securities Register and shall be sufficiently
given if so mailed within the time prescribed.

     Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any defect in it shall not
affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders. If a notice or communication is
mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it,
except that notices to the Trustee shall be effective only upon receipt.

     In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it
shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with
the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Security, where this Indenture or
any Security provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption) to a Holder of
Global Securities (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given
to DTC for such Security (or its designee), pursuant to the customary procedures of DTC.

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     SECTION 12.3. Communication by Holders with other Holders. Securityholders may communicate
pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this
Indenture or the Securities. The Issuers, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the
protection of TIA § 312(c).

     SECTION 12.4. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or
application by the Issuers to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this
Indenture (except in connection with the original issuance of Securities on the date hereof), the
Issuers shall furnish to the Trustee:

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

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

     SECTION 12.5. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with
respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall include:

     (1) a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition;

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

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

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

     In giving such Opinion of Counsel, counsel may rely as to factual matters on an Officers’
Certificate or on certificates of public officials.

     SECTION 12.6. When Securities Disregarded. In determining whether the Holders of the required
aggregate principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent,
Securities owned by the Issuers, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Affiliate of them shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether
the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities
which the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Also, subject to the
foregoing, only Securities outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.

     SECTION 12.7. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable
rules for action by, or at meetings of, Securityholders. The Registrar and the Paying Agent may
make reasonable rules for their functions.

     SECTION 12.8. Legal Holidays. A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which
commercial banking institutions are authorized or required to be closed in New York, New York. If a
payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a
Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. If a regular record date is
a Legal Holiday, the record date shall not be affected.

     SECTION 12.9. GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF
THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE COURTS OF, AND THE FEDERAL
COURTS LOCATED IN, THE STATE

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OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE
SECURITIES OR THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.

     SECTION 12.10. No Recourse Against Others. An incorporator, director, officer, employee or
stockholder of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor, solely by reason of this status, shall not
have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the
Securities, this Indenture or the Subsidiary Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of or
by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Securityholder
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are a part of the consideration for
the issuance of the Securities.

     SECTION 12.11. Successors. All agreements of the Issuers and each Subsidiary Guarantor in this
Indenture and the Securities shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee
in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

     SECTION 12.12. Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.

     SECTION 12.13. Qualification of Indenture. The Issuers have agreed to qualify this Indenture
under the TIA in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement and
to pay all reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses for the Issuers,
the Trustee and the Holders) incurred in connection therewith, including, but not limited to, costs
and expenses of qualification of this Indenture and the Securities and printing this Indenture and
the Securities. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive from the Issuers any such Officers’
Certificates, Opinions of Counsel or other documentation as it may reasonably request in connection
with any such qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.

     SECTION 12.14. Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and
headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of
reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict
any of the terms or provisions hereof.

     SECTION 12.15. WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. THE ISSUERS, THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING
RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM
THEREIN.

	 	 	SECTION 12.16. Reserved.

     SECTION 12.17. Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any
failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by,
directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work
stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications
or computer (software and hardware) services, it being understood that the Trustee shall use
reasonable best efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to
resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	COLT DEFENSE LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ William M. Keys	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name: LT GEN W.M. Keys (Ret.)
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:   President and
Chief Executive Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	COLT FINANCE CORP.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ William M. Keys	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name: LT GEN W.M. Keys (Ret.)
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:   President and
Chief Executive Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	COLT RAPID MAT LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ William M. Keys	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name: LT GEN W.M. Keys (Ret.)
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:   President and
Chief Executive Officer	 	 

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	 	WILMINGTON TRUST FSB, as Trustee	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Joseph P. O’Donnell 
	 
	 
	 	Name:  	Joseph P. O’Donnell 	 
	 
	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 

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EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL SECURITY]

[Applicable Restricted Securities Legend]

[Depository Legend, if applicable]

			
	No. [____]
	 	Principal Amount $[                    ], as
	 
	 	revised by the Schedule of Increases and
	 
	 	Decreases in Global Security attached hereto

CUSIP NO.1                     

ISIN:2                     

8.75% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2017

     Colt Defense LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Colt Finance Corp., a Delaware
corporation, promise to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of [____] Dollars, as revised
by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto, on November 15, 2017.

     Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15

     Record Dates: May 1 and November 1

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated: 	COLT DEFENSE LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	COLT FINANCE CORP.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

 

			
	1	 	to be inserted as appropriate: 144A Note — 19686T AA5; Reg S Note — U14883 AA7; IAI
Note — 19686T AB3; Exchange Note — 19686T AC1
	 
	2	 	to be inserted as appropriate: 144A Note — US 19686TAA51; Reg S Note — USU14883AA79;
IAI Note — US 19686TAB35; Exchange Note — US 19686TAC18

A-1

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF

     AUTHENTICATION

WILMINGTON TRUST FSB,

as Trustee, certifies that this is

one of the Securities referred to

in the Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 

	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Authorized Officer
	 	 Date:
                    , 2009

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

COLT DEFENSE LLC

COLT FINANCE CORP.

8.75% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2017

1. Interest

     Colt Defense LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (such limited liability company, and
its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the
“Company”) and Colt Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its
successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called “Colt
Defense” and, together with the Company, the “Issuers”), promises to pay interest on
the principal amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above.

     The Issuers will pay interest semiannually on May 15 and November 15 of each year commencing
May 15, 2010. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest
has been paid on the Securities or, if no interest has been paid, from November 10, 2009. The
Company shall pay interest on overdue principal, and on overdue premium (plus interest on such
interest to the extent lawful), at the rate borne by the Securities to the extent lawful. Interest
will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

     If an exchange offer (the “Exchange Offer”) registered under the Securities Act is not
consummated or a shelf registration statement (the “Shelf Registration Statement”) under
the Securities Act with respect to resales of the Securities is not declared effective by the SEC
on or before the date that is 540 days after the Issue Date (the “Target Registration
Date”) in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November
10, 2009 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantor
and the initial purchasers named therein, the annual interest rate home by the Securities shall be
increased from the rate shown above by 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately
following such date and by an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day
period, up to a maximum additional rate of 1.00% per annum thereafter, until the Exchange Offer is
completed or the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective. The Holder of this Note is
entitled to the benefits of such Registration Rights Agreement. Additional Interest, if any, shall
be paid to the same Persons, in the same manner and at the same times as regular interest. The
Issuers will notify the Trustee of the amount of Additional Interest to be paid.

2. Method of Payment

     By no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date on which any principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on any Security is due and payable, the Issuers shall irrevocably
deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if
any, and/or interest (including Additional Interest). The Issuers will pay interest (except
Defaulted Interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Securities at the close of
business on the May 1 or November 1 next preceding the interest payment date even if Securities are
cancelled, repurchased or redeemed after the record date and on or before the interest payment
date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The
Issuers will pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States that at the
time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of
Securities represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium, if any, and interest)
will be made by the transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The
Depository Trust Company or any successor depository. The Issuers will make all payments in respect
of a Definitive Security (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) by mailing a check to
the registered address of each Holder thereof, provided, however, that payments on the Securities
may also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
Securities, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the
United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the
Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 15 days
immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may
accept in its discretion).

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3. Paying Agent and Registrar

     Initially, Wilmington Trust FSB (the “Trustee”) will act as Trustee, Paying Agent and
Registrar. The Issuers may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without
notice to any Securityholder. The Issuers or any of its domestically organized, wholly owned
Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

4. Indenture

     The Issuers issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as of November 10, 2009 (as it may
be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the
“Indenture”), among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee. The terms of the
Securities 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-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of
the Indenture (the “Act”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the
meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all terms and provisions
of the Indenture, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and the Act for a statement of
those terms. To the extent any provision of this Security conflicts with the express provisions of
the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

     The Securities are senior obligations of the Issuers. The aggregate principal amount of
Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture is unlimited. This Security
is one of the 8.75% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2017 referred to in the Indenture. The Securities
include (i) $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 8.75% Senior Notes, Series A,
due 2017 issued under the Indenture on November 10, 2009 (herein called “Initial
Securities”), (ii) if and when issued, additional 8.75% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2017 or
8.75% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2017 of the Issuers that may be issued from time to time under
the Indenture subsequent to November 10, 2009 (herein called “Additional Securities”) as
provided in Section 2.1 (a) of the Indenture and (iii) if and when issued, the Issuers’
8.75% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2017 that may be issued from time to time under the Indenture in
exchange for Initial Securities or Additional Securities in an offer registered under the
Securities Act as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement (herein called “Exchange
Securities”). The Initial Securities, Additional Securities and Exchange Securities are treated
as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on
the incurrence of indebtedness, the making of restricted payments, the sale of assets and
subsidiary stock, the incurrence of certain liens, the making of payments for consents, the
entering into of agreements that restrict distribution from restricted subsidiaries and the
consummation of mergers and consolidations. The Indenture also imposes requirements with respect to
the provision of financial information and the provision of guarantees of the Securities by certain
subsidiaries.

     To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest
(including post-filing or post-petition interest) on the Securities and all other amounts payable
by the Issuers under the Indenture, the Securities and the Registration Rights Agreement when and
as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according
to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantors have unconditionally
guaranteed (and future guarantors, together with the Subsidiary Guarantors, will unconditionally
Guarantee), jointly and severally, such obligations on a senior basis pursuant to the terms of the
Indenture.

5. Redemption

     Except as set forth below, the Securities will not be redeemable at the option of the Issuers
prior to November 15, 2013. On and after such date, the Securities will be redeemable, at the
Issuers’ option, in whole or in part, at any time upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior
notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address, at the following redemption
prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest (including
Additional Interest) to the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record
on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date):

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     If redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on November 15 of the years set forth
below:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Redemption
	Period	 	Price
	2013
	 	 	104.375	%
	2014
	 	 	102.187	%
	2015 and thereafter
	 	 	100.000	%

     In addition, at any time and from time to time prior to November 15, 2012, the Issuers may
redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the original principal amount of the Securities (calculated
after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) with the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more
Equity Offerings at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of 108.75%
of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest),
if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record
date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, that:

     (1) at least 65% of the original principal amount of the Securities (calculated after
giving effect to any issuance of Additional Securities) must remain outstanding after each
such redemption; and

     (2) each such redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of closing of such Equity
Offering.

     If the redemption date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related
interest payment date, the accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest), if any,
will be paid on the optional redemption date to the Person in whose name the Security is registered
at the close of business on such record date, and no Additional Interest will be payable to Holders
whose Securities will be subject to redemption by the Issuers.

     In the case of any partial redemption, selection of the Securities for redemption will be made
by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange,
if any, on which the Securities are listed or, if the Securities are not listed, then on a pro rata
basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair
and appropriate, although no Security of $2,000 in original principal amount or less will be
redeemed in part. If any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption relating
to such Security shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new
Security in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of
the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Security. On and after the redemption date,
interest will cease to accrue on Securities or portions thereof called for redemption as long as
the Company has deposited with the Paying Agent funds in satisfaction of the applicable redemption
price pursuant to the Indenture.

     In addition, at any time prior to November 15, 2013, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60
days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each holder’s registered address, the Issuers may
redeem the Securities, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to
the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to
receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

     Prior to the mailing of any notice of redemption of the Securities, the Issuers shall deliver
to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the Issuers are entitled to effect such
redemption, accompanied by an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee, acting reasonably,
that the conditions precedent to the right of redemption have occurred. Any such notice to the
Trustee may be cancelled at any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any Holder
and shall thereby be void and of no effect. The Issuers will be bound to redeem the Securities on
the date fixed for redemption.

     The Issuers are not required to make any mandatory redemption payments or sinking fund
payments with respect to the Securities.

     The Issuers may acquire Securities by means other than a redemption, whether by tender
offer, open market

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purchases, negotiated transactions or otherwise, in accordance with applicable securities laws, so
long as such acquisition does not otherwise violate the terms of the Indenture.

6. Repurchase Provisions

     If a Change of Control occurs, unless the Issuers have exercised their right to redeem all of
the Securities as described under paragraph 5 of the Securities, each Holder will have the right to
require the Issuers to repurchase from each Holder all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Securities at a purchase price in cash equal
to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of
purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest
due on the relevant interest payment date) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the
Indenture.

7. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

     The Securities are in registered form without coupons in denominations of principal amount of
$2,000 and whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange
Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other
things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay a sum sufficient to
cover any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not
register the transfer of or exchange of any Security (A) for a period beginning (1) 15 days before
the mailing of a notice of an offer to repurchase or redeem Securities and ending at the close of
business on the day of such mailing or (2) 15 days before an interest payment date and ending on
such interest payment date or (B) called for redemption, except the unredeemed portion of any
Security being redeemed in part.

8. Persons Deemed Owners

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

9. Unclaimed Money

     If money for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest remains unclaimed for two
years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Issuers at its request unless an
abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the
money must look only to the Issuers for payment as general creditors unless an abandoned property
law designates another person and not to the Trustee for payment.

10. Defeasance

     Subject to certain exceptions and conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Issuers at any
time may terminate some or all of their obligations under the Securities and the Indenture if the
Issuers deposit with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

11. Amendment, Supplement, Waiver

     Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture, the Securities or
the Subsidiary Guarantees may be amended or supplemented by the Issuers, Subsidiary Guarantors and
Trustee with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
then outstanding Securities and (ii) any default (other than with respect to nonpayment or in
respect of a provision that cannot be amended without the written consent of each Securityholder
affected) or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities. Subject to certain exceptions
set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Securityholder, the Issuers, Subsidiary
Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture, the Securities or the Subsidiary
Guarantees to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, to comply with Article
IV or Article X of the Indenture, to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition
to, or in place of, certificated Securities, to comply with the rules of DTC, to add Subsidiary
Guarantors with respect to the Securities, to secure the Securities, to release Subsidiary
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their designation as Unrestricted Subsidiaries or otherwise in accordance with the Indenture, to
add additional covenants of the Issuers or Events of Default, or to make changes that would provide
additional rights to the Holders or to surrender rights and powers conferred on the Issuers, to
comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying the Indenture under the Act,
to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder, to provide for
the issuance of Additional Securities and of Exchange Securities or private exchange securities, to
evidence and provide for the appointment of a successor trustee, to make any amendment to the
provisions of the Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Securities as permitted by
the Indenture or to conform the text of the Indenture, the Securities or the Subsidiary Guarantee
to any provision under the heading “Description of notes” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent
that such provision in the Offering Memorandum is intended to be a verbatim recitation of a
provision of the Indenture, the Securities or the Subsidiary Guarantees.

12. Defaults and Remedies

     Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (each of which is described in greater detail
in the Indenture) (i) default for 30 days in payment of interest or Additional Interest (as
required by the Registration Rights Agreement), if any, when due on the Securities; (ii) default in
payment of principal or of premium, if any, on the Securities when due at Stated Maturity, upon
required repurchase or upon optional redemption pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Securities, upon
declaration or otherwise; (iii) the failure by the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor to comply
with its obligations under Article IV or Section 10.2 of the Indenture; (iv)
failure by the Issuers to comply for 30 days after written notice with any of its obligations under
the covenants described under Section 3.10 of the Indenture (other than a failure to
purchase Securities when required under the Indenture, which failure shall constitute an Event of
Default under clause (ii) above); (v) the failure by the Issuers to comply for 60 days after
written notice with its other agreements contained in the Indenture or under the Securities; (vi)
default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which
there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Issuers or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is Guaranteed by the Issuers or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries), other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary,
whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or is created after the issue date of the
Initial Securities, which default (a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or
premium, if any, on such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such
Indebtedness (“payment default”) or (b) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness
prior to its maturity (the “cross acceleration provision”) and, in each case, the principal
amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness
under which there has been a payment default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated,
aggregates $20.0 million or more (or its foreign currency equivalent); (vii) certain events of
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuers or a Significant Subsidiary or group of
Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together (as of the latest audited consolidated financial
statements for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries), would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary (the “bankruptcy provisions”); (viii) failure by the Issuers or any Significant
Subsidiary or group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together (as of the latest audited
consolidated financial statements for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries), would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $20.0 million
(or its foreign currency equivalent) (net of any amounts that a reputable and creditworthy
insurance company has acknowledged liability for in writing), which judgments are not paid,
discharged, waived or stayed for a period of 60 days or more after such judgment becomes final (the
“judgment default provision”); or (ix) any Subsidiary Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary
or group of Restricted Subsidiaries that taken together as of the latest audited consolidated
financial statements for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms of the
Indenture) or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or any Subsidiary Guarantor that
is a Significant Subsidiary or group of Subsidiary Guarantors that taken together as of the latest
audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary denies or disaffirms its obligations under the Indenture or its
Subsidiary Guarantee.

     If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default described in clause (vii) of the
foregoing paragraph) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Issuers, or the Holders
of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities by notice to the Issuers and the
Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare all the Securities to
be due and payable. If an Event of Default described in clause (vii) hereof occurs and is
continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including
Additional Interest) on all the Securities will become and be immediately due and payable without
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the part of the Trustee or any Holders.

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

13. Trustee Dealings with the Issuers

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

14. No Recourse Against Others

     An incorporator, director, officer, employee or stockholder of each of the Issuers or any
Subsidiary Guarantor, solely by reason of this status, shall not have any liability for any
obligations of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Securities, the Indenture or the
Subsidiary Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or
their creation. By accepting a Security, each Securityholder waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are a part of the consideration for the issuance of the
Securities.

15. Authentication

     This Security shall not be valid until an authorized officer of the Trustee (or an
authenticating agent acting on its behalf) manually signs the certificate of authentication on
the other side of this Security.

16. Abbreviations

     Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder or an assignee, such as
TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (=joint tenants with
rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= custodian) and U/G/M/A (= Uniform
Gift to Minors Act).

17. CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN Numbers

     The Issuers have caused CUSIP, Common Code and IS1N numbers, if applicable, to be printed on
the Securities and have directed the Trustee to use CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN numbers, if
applicable, in notices of redemption or purchase as a convenience to Securityholders. No
representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as
contained in any notice of redemption or purchase and reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers placed thereon.

18. Governing Law

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

     The Issuers will furnish to any Securityholder upon written request and without charge to the
Security-holder a copy of the Indenture, which has in it the text of this Security in larger type.
Requests may be made to:

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	 	 	Colt Defense LLC
	 	 	547 New Park Avenue
	 	 	West Hartford, CT 06110
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	LTGEN Wm. M. Keys, USMC (Ret.)
	 

	 	 	 	President and CEO
	 

	 	Facsimile:
	 	(860) 244-1481
	 

	 	Telephone:
	 	(860) 244-1300
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	With copies to:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Colt Defense LLC
	 	 	547 New Park Avenue
	 	 	West Hartford, CT 06110
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	Jeffrey G. Grody
	 

	 	 	 	Senior Vice President and General Counsel
	 

	 	Facsimile:
	 	(860) 244-1475
	 

	 	Telephone:
	 	(860) 244-1325

19. USA Patriot Act

     The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act,
the Trustee is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or
legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to
the Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in
order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

     To assign this Security, fill in the form below:

     I or we assign and transfer this Security to:

 

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

 

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. No.)

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

 

			
	 	 	 
	Date:                     
	 	Your Signature:                                                             

	 	 	 

	Signature Guarantee:
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	(Signature must be guaranteed)

 

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

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

The undersigned hereby certifies that it • is / • is not an Affiliate of the Issuers and that, to
its knowledge, the proposed transferee • is / • is not an Affiliate of the Issuers.

In connection with any transfer or exchange of any of the Securities evidenced by this
certificate occurring prior to the date that is one year after the later of the date of original
issuance of such Securities and the last date, if any, on which such Securities were owned by the
Issuers or any Affiliate of the Issuers, the undersigned confirms that such Securities are being:

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	 	(1	)	 	o
	 	acquired for the undersigned’s own account, without transfer; or
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	(2	)	 	o
	 	transferred to the Issuers; or
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	(3	)	 	o
	 	transferred pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”); or
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	(4	)	 	o
	 	transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; or
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	(5	)	 	o
	 	transferred pursuant to and in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act; or
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	(6	)	 	o
	 	transferred to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1),
(2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act), that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter
containing certain representations and agreements (the form of which letter appears as
Section 2.8 of the Indenture); or

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	 	 	(7	)	 	o
	 	transferred pursuant to another available exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Securities
evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered Holder thereof,
provided, however, that if box (5), (6) or (7) is checked, the Issuers may require, prior to
registering any such transfer of the Securities, in their sole discretion, such legal opinions,
certifications and other information as the Issuers may reasonably request to confirm that such
transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the
registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, such as the exemption provided
by Rule 144 under such Act.

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	 

Signature
	 	 
	Signature Guarantee:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

(Signature must be guaranteed)

	 	 

Signature
	 	 

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

TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF BOX (1) OR (3) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

     The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Security for its own
account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it
and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in
reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the
Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request
such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s
foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule
144A.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Dated:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 

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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Signature of	 
	 	 	Amount of	 	 	Amount of	 	 	Principal Amount	 	 	authorized	 
	 	 	decrease in	 	 	increase in	 	 	of this Global	 	 	signatory of	 
	Date of	 	Principal Amount	 	 	Principal Amount	 	 	Security following	 	 	Trustee of	 
	increase/	 	of this Global	 	 	of this Global	 	 	such decrease or	 	 	Securities	 
	decrease	 	Security	 	 	Security	 	 	increase	 	 	Custodian	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

     If you elect to have this Security purchased by the Issuers pursuant to Section 3.5 or 3.10 of
the Indenture, check either box:

o            o

3.5           3.10

     If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Issuers pursuant to
Section 3.5 or Section 3.10 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount (must be in
denominations of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof): $           and specify the
denomination or denominations (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination)
of the Securities to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the within Security not being
repurchased (in the absence of any such specification, one such Security will be issued for the
portion not being repurchased):           .

	 	 	 	 	 

	Date:                     

	 	Your Signature	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

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

	 	 	 

	Signature Guarantee:
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	(Signature must be guaranteed)

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

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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE

     Pursuant to the Indenture (the “Indenture”) dated as of November 10, 2009 among Colt
Defense LLC, Colt Finance Corp., the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto (each a “Subsidiary
Guarantor” and collectively the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and Wilmington Trust FSB, as
trustee (the “Trustee”), each Subsidiary Guarantor, subject to the provisions of
Article X of the Indenture, hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as
primary obligor and not merely as surety, jointly and severally with each other Subsidiary
Guarantor, to each Holder of the Securities, to the extent lawful, and the Trustee the full and
punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest) on the Securities and
all other obligations and liabilities of the Company under the Indenture (including without
limitation interest (including Additional Interest) accruing after the filing of any petition in
bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to
the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition
interest is allowed in such proceeding and the obligations under Section 7.7 of the
Indenture) and the Registration Rights Agreement (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively
called the “Obligations”). Each unsecured Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that the Obligations
will rank equally in right of payment with other Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor, except
to the extent such other Indebtedness is subordinate to the Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor
further agrees (to the extent permitted by law) that the Obligations may be extended or renewed, in
whole or in part, without notice or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound under
this Subsidiary Guarantee notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Obligation.

     Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the
Issuers of any of the Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Subsidiary
Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Securities or the Obligations.

     Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein constitutes a
Guarantee of payment when due (and not a Guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require
that any resort be had by any Holder to any security held for payment of the Obligations.

     Except as set forth in Section 10.2 of the Indenture, the obligations of each
Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or
termination for any reason (other than payment of the Obligations in full), including any claim of
waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of
setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability of the Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or
impaired or otherwise affected by (a) the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to
enforce any right or remedy against the Issuers or any other person under the Indenture, the
Securities or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (c)
any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of the
Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement; (d) the release of any security held by any
Holder for the Obligations or any of them; (e) the failure of any Holder to exercise any right or
remedy against any other Subsidiary Guarantor; (f) any change in the ownership of the Issuers; (g)
any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Obligations, or (h)
any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any
manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Subsidiary Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a
discharge of such Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.

     Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein shall remain in full
force and effect until payment in full of all the Obligations or such Subsidiary Guarantor is
released from its Subsidiary Guarantee upon the merger or the sale of all the Capital Stock or
assets of the Subsidiary Guarantor or otherwise in compliance with Section 10.2 or
Article VIII of the Indenture. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Subsidiary
Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the
Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or
reorganization of the Issuers or otherwise.

     In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder has
at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the
Issuers to pay any of the Obligations

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when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or
otherwise, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by
the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Trustee or the Trustee on behalf
of the Holders an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid amount of such Obligations then due and
owing and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest) on such Obligations then
due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by law).

     Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between such Subsidiary Guarantor, on the
one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby
may be accelerated as provided in the Indenture for the purposes of its Subsidiary Guarantee
herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in
respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereby and (y) in the event of any such declaration of
acceleration of such Obligations, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith
become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantor for the purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee.

     Each Subsidiary Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all reasonable costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any
rights under this Subsidiary Guarantee.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	COLT RAPID MAT LLC 

as Subsidiary Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

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EXHIBIT B

[FORM OF FACE OF SERIES B NOTE]

[Depository Legend, if applicable]

			
	 	 	 
	No. [          ]
	 	Principal Amount $[                    ], as revised
	 
	 	by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global
	 
	 	Security attached hereto

CUSIP NO.                     

ISIN:                     

8.75% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2017

     Colt Defense LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Colt Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation,
promise to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of [      ] Dollars, as
revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto, on November 15, 2017.

     Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15

     Record Dates: May 1 and November 1

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated: 	COLT DEFENSE LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	COLT FINANCE CORP.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF

   AUTHENTICATION

WILMINGTON TRUST FSB,

as Trustee, certifies that this is

one of the Securities referred to

in the Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 

	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Authorized Officer
	 	 Date:

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF SERIES B NOTE]

COLT DEFENSE LLC

COLT FINANCE CORP.

8.75% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2017

1. Interest

     Colt Defense LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (such limited liability company, and
its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the
“Company”) and Colt Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (such corporation and its
successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called “Colt
Defense” and, together with the Company, the “Issuers”), promises to pay interest on
the principal amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above.

     The Issuers will pay interest semiannually on May 15 and November 15 of each year commencing
May 15, 2010. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest
has been paid on the Securities or, if no interest has been paid, from November 10, 2009. The
Company shall pay interest on overdue principal, and on overdue premium (plus interest on such
interest to the extent lawful), at the rate home by the Securities to the extent lawful. Interest
will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

2. Method of Payment

     By no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date on which any principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on any Security is due and payable, the Issuers shall irrevocably
deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if
any, and/or interest (including Additional Interest). The Issuers will pay interest (except
Defaulted Interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Securities at the close of
business on the May 1 or November 1 next preceding the interest payment date even if Securities are
cancelled, repurchased or redeemed after the record date and on or before the interest payment
date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The
Issuers will pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States that at the
time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of
Securities represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium, if any, and interest)
will be made by the transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The
Depository Trust Company or any successor depository. The Issuers will make all payments in respect
of a Definitive Security (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) by mailing a check to
the registered address of each Holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on the Securities
may also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
Securities, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the
United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the
Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 15 days
immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may
accept in its discretion).

3. Paying Agent and Registrar

     Initially, Wilmington Trust FSB (the “Trustee”) will act as Trustee, Paying Agent and
Registrar. The Issuers may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without
notice to any Securityholder. The Issuers or any of its domestically organized, wholly owned
Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

4. Indenture

     The Issuers issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as of November 10, 2009 (as it may
be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the
“Indenture”), among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee. The terms of the
Securities 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-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of
the Indenture (the “Act”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the
meanings

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ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all terms and provisions of the
Indenture, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and the Act for a statement of those
terms. To the extent any provision of this Security conflicts with the express provisions of the
Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

     The Securities are senior obligations of the Issuers. The aggregate principal amount of
Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture is unlimited. This Security
is one of the 8.75% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2017 referred to in the Indenture. The Securities
include (i) $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 8.75% Senior Notes, Series A,
due 2017 issued under the Indenture on November 10, 2009 (herein called “Initial
Securities”), (ii) if and when issued, additional 8.75% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2017 or
8.75% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2017 of the Issuers that may be issued from time to time under the
Indenture subsequent to November 10, 2009 (herein called “Additional Securities”) as
provided in Section 2.1 (a) of the Indenture and (iii) if and when issued, the Issuers’
8.75% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2017 that may be issued from time to time under the Indenture in
exchange for Initial Securities or Additional Securities in an offer registered under the
Securities Act as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement (herein called “Exchange
Securities”). The Initial Securities, Additional Securities and Exchange Securities are treated
as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on
the incurrence of indebtedness, the making of restricted payments, the sale of assets and
subsidiary stock, the incurrence of certain liens, the making of payments for consents, the
entering into of agreements that restrict distribution from restricted subsidiaries and the
consummation of mergers and consolidations. The Indenture also imposes requirements with respect to
the provision of financial information and the provision of guarantees of the Securities by certain
subsidiaries.

     To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest
(including post-filing or post-petition interest) on the Securities and all other amounts payable
by the Issuers under the Indenture, the Securities and the Registration Rights Agreement when and
as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according
to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantors have unconditionally
guaranteed (and future guarantors, together with the Subsidiary Guarantors, will unconditionally
Guarantee), jointly and severally, such obligations on a senior basis pursuant to the terms of the
Indenture.

5. Redemption

     Except as set forth below, the Securities will not be redeemable at the option of the Issuers
prior to November 15, 2013. On and after such date, the Securities will be redeemable, at the
Issuers’ option, in whole or in part, at any time upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior
notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address, at the following redemption
prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest (including
Additional Interest) to the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record
on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date):

     If redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on November 15 of the years set forth
below:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Redemption
	Period	 	Price
	2013
	 	 	104.375	%
	2014
	 	 	102.187	%
	2015 and thereafter
	 	 	100.000	%

     In addition, at any time and from time to time prior to November 15, 2012, the Issuers may
redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the original principal amount of the Securities (calculated
after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) with the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more
Equity Offerings at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of 108.75%
of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest),
if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record
date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, that:

     (1) at least 65% of the original principal amount of the Securities
(calculated after giving

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effect to any issuance of Additional Securities) must remain outstanding after each such
redemption; and

     (2) each such redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of closing of such
Equity Offering.

     If the redemption date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related
interest payment date, the accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest), if any,
will be paid on the optional redemption date to the Person in whose name the Security is registered
at the close of business on such record date, and no Additional Interest will be payable to Holders
whose Securities will be subject to redemption by the Issuers.

     In the case of any partial redemption, selection of the Securities for redemption will be made
by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange,
if any, on which the Securities are listed or, if the Securities are not listed, then on a pro rata
basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair
and appropriate, although no Security of $2,000 in original principal amount or less will be
redeemed in part. If any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption relating
to such Security shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new
Security in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of
the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Security. On and after the redemption date,
interest will cease to accrue on Securities or portions thereof called for redemption as long as
the Company has deposited with the Paying Agent funds in satisfaction of the applicable redemption
price pursuant to the Indenture.

     In addition, at any time prior to November 15, 2013, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60
days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each holder’s registered address, the Issuers may
redeem the Securities, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to
the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to
receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

     Prior to the mailing of any notice of redemption of the Securities, the Issuers shall deliver
to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the Issuers are entitled to effect such
redemption, accompanied by an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee, acting reasonably,
that the conditions precedent to the right of redemption have occurred. Any such notice to the
Trustee may be cancelled at any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any Holder
and shall thereby be void and of no effect. The Issuers will be bound to redeem the Securities on
the date fixed for redemption.

     The Issuers are not required to make any mandatory redemption payments or sinking fund
payments with respect to the Securities.

     The Issuers may acquire Securities by means other than a redemption, whether by tender offer,
open market purchases, negotiated transactions or otherwise, in accordance with applicable
securities laws, so long as such acquisition does not otherwise violate the terms of the Indenture.

6. Repurchase Provisions

     If a Change of Control occurs, unless the Issuers have exercised their right to redeem all of
the Securities as described under paragraph 5 of the Securities, each Holder will have the right to
require the Issuers to repurchase from each Holder all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Securities at a purchase price in cash equal
to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of
purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest
due on the relevant interest payment date) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the
Indenture.

7. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

     The Securities are in registered form without coupons in denominations of principal amount of
$2,000 and whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities
in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to
furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer

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documents and to pay a sum sufficient to cover any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by
the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange of any Security (A) for
a period beginning (1) 15 days before the mailing of a notice of an offer to repurchase or redeem
Securities and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or (2) 15 days before an
interest payment date and ending on such interest payment date or (B) called for redemption, except
the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

8. Persons Deemed Owners

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

9. Unclaimed Money

     If money for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest remains unclaimed for two
years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Issuers at its request unless an
abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the
money must look only to the Issuers for payment as general creditors unless an abandoned property
law designates another person and not to the Trustee for payment.

10. Defeasance

     Subject to certain exceptions and conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Issuers at any
time may terminate some or all of their obligations under the Securities and the Indenture if the
Issuers deposit with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

11. Amendment, Supplement, Waiver

     Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture, the Securities or
the Subsidiary Guarantees may be amended or supplemented by the Issuers, Subsidiary Guarantors and
Trustee with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
then outstanding Securities and (ii) any default (other than with respect to nonpayment or in
respect of a provision that cannot be amended without the written consent of each Securityholder
affected) or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities. Subject to certain exceptions
set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Securityholder, the Issuers, Subsidiary
Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture, the Securities or the Subsidiary
Guarantees to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, to comply with Article
IV or Article X of the Indenture, to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition
to, or in place of, certificated Securities, to comply with the rules of DTC, to add Subsidiary
Guarantors with respect to the Securities, to secure the Securities, to release Subsidiary
Guarantors upon their designation as Unrestricted Subsidiaries or otherwise in accordance with the
Indenture, to add additional covenants of the Issuers or Events of Default, or to make changes that
would provide additional rights to the Holders or to surrender rights and powers conferred on the
Issuers, to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying the Indenture
under the Act, to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder,
to provide for the issuance of Additional Securities and of Exchange Securities or private exchange
securities, to evidence and provide for the appointment of a successor trustee, to make any
amendment to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Securities
as permitted by the Indenture or to conform the text of the Indenture, the Securities or the
Subsidiary Guarantee to any provision under the heading “Description of notes” in the Offering
Memorandum to the extent that such provision in the Offering Memorandum is intended to be a
verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Securities or the Subsidiary Guarantees.

12. Defaults and Remedies

     Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (each of which is described in greater detail
in the Indenture) (i) default for 30 days in payment of interest or Additional Interest (as
required by the Registration Rights Agreement), if any, when due on the Securities; (ii) default in
payment of principal or of premium, if any, on the Securities when due at Stated Maturity, upon
required repurchase or upon optional redemption pursuant to

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paragraph 5 of the Securities, upon declaration or otherwise; (iii) the failure by the Issuers or any
Subsidiary Guarantor to comply with its obligations under Article IV or Section
10.2 of the Indenture; (iv) failure by the Issuers to comply for 30 days after written notice
with any of its obligations under the covenants described under Section 3.10 of the
Indenture (other than a failure to purchase Securities when required under the Indenture, which
failure shall constitute an Event of Default under clause (ii) above); (v) the failure by the
Issuers to comply for 60 days after written notice with its other agreements contained in the
Indenture or under the Securities; (vi) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under
which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money
borrowed by the Issuers or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is
Guaranteed by the Issuers or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), other than Indebtedness owed to
the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary, whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or is
created after the issue date of the Initial Securities, which default (a) is caused by a failure to
pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of
the grace period provided in such Indebtedness (“payment default”) or (b) results in the
acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its maturity (the “cross acceleration
provision”) and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the
principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a payment default or the
maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $20.0 million or more (or its foreign
currency equivalent); (vii) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the
Issuers or a Significant Subsidiary or group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together (as of
the latest audited consolidated financial statements for the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary (the “bankruptcy provisions”);
(viii) failure by the Issuers or any Significant Subsidiary or group of Restricted Subsidiaries
that, taken together (as of the latest audited consolidated financial statements for the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary to pay final judgments
aggregating in excess of $20.0 million (or its foreign currency equivalent) (net of any amounts
that a reputable and creditworthy insurance company has acknowledged liability for in writing),
which judgments are not paid, discharged, waived or stayed for a period of 60 days or more after
such judgment becomes final (the “judgment default provision”); or (ix) any Subsidiary
Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary or group of Restricted Subsidiaries that taken together as of
the latest audited consolidated financial statements for the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries would constitute a Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect
(except as contemplated by the terms of the Indenture) or is declared null and void in a judicial
proceeding or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary or group of Subsidiary
Guarantors that taken together as of the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would constitute a Significant Subsidiary denies or
disaffirms its obligations under the Indenture or its Subsidiary Guarantee.

     If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default described in clause (vii) of the
foregoing paragraph) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Issuers, or the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities by notice to the Issuers
and the Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare all the
Securities to be due and payable. If an Event of Default described in clause (vii) hereof occurs
and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including
Additional Interest) on all the Securities will become and be immediately due and payable without
any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders.

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

13. Trustee Dealings with the Company

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

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14. No Recourse Against Others

     An incorporator, director, officer, employee or stockholder of each of the Issuers or any
Subsidiary Guarantor, solely by reason of this status, shall not have any liability for any
obligations of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Securities, the Indenture or the
Subsidiary Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or
their creation. By accepting a Security, each Securityholder waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are a part of the consideration for the issuance of the
Securities.

15. Authentication

     This Security shall not be valid until an authorized officer of the Trustee (or an
authenticating agent acting on its behalf) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the
other side of this Security.

16. Abbreviations

     Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder or an assignee, such as
TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (=joint tenants with
rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= custodian) and U/G/M/A (= Uniform
Gift to Minors Act).

17. CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN Numbers

     The Issuers have caused CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN numbers, if applicable, to be printed on
the Securities and have directed the Trustee to use CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN numbers, if
applicable, in notices of redemption or purchase as a convenience to Securityholders. No
representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as
contained in any notice of redemption or purchase and reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers placed thereon.

18. Governing Law

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

     The Issuers will furnish to any Securityholder upon written request and without charge to the
Security-holder a copy of the Indenture, which has in it the text of this Security in larger type.
Requests may be made to:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	Colt Defense LLC
	 	 	547 New Park Avenue
	 	 	West Hartford, CT 06110
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	LTGEN Wm. M. Keys, USMC (Ret.)
	 

	 	 	 	President and CEO
	 

	 	Facsimile:
	 	(860) 244-1481
	 

	 	Telephone:
	 	(860) 244-1300
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	With copies to:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Colt Defense LLC
	 	 	547 New Park Avenue
	 	 	West Hartford, CT 06110
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	Jeffrey G. Grody
	 

	 	 	 	Senior Vice President and General Counsel
	 

	 	Facsimile:
	 	(860) 244-1475
	 

	 	Telephone:
	 	(860) 244-1325

19. USA Patriot Act

     The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. PATRIOT
Act, the

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Trustee is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal
entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to the
Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order
for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

     To assign this Security, fill in the form below:

     I or we assign and transfer this Security to:

 

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

 

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. No.)

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

 

			
	 	 	 
	Date:                                         
	 	Your Signature:                                                             

	 	 	 

	Signature Guarantee:
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	(Signature must be guaranteed)

 

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

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

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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Signature of	 
	 	 	Amount of	 	 	Amount of	 	 	Principal Amount	 	 	authorized	 
	 	 	decrease in	 	 	increase in	 	 	of this Global	 	 	signatory of	 
	Date of	 	Principal Amount	 	 	Principal Amount	 	 	Security following	 	 	Trustee of	 
	increase/	 	of this Global	 	 	of this Global	 	 	such decrease or	 	 	Securities	 
	decrease	 	Security	 	 	Security	 	 	increase	 	 	Custodian	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

     If you elect to have this Security purchased by the Issuers pursuant to Section 3.5 or 3.10 of
the Indenture, check either box:

o          o

  3.5        3.10

     If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Issuers pursuant to
Section 3.5 or Section 3.10 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount (must be in
denominations of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof): $                          and specify the
denomination or denominations (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination)
of the Securities to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the within Security not being
repurchased (in the absence of any such specification, one such Security will be issued for the
portion not being repurchased):                     .

	 	 	 	 	 

	Date:                     

	 	Your Signature	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

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

	 	 	 

	Signature Guarantee:
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	(Signature must be guaranteed)

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

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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE

     Pursuant to the Indenture (the “Indenture”) dated as of November 10, 2009 among Colt
Defense LLC, Colt Finance Corp., the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto (each a “Subsidiary
Guarantor” and collectively the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and Wilmington Trust FSB, as
trustee (the “Trustee”), each Subsidiary Guarantor, subject to the provisions of
Article X of the Indenture, hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as
primary obligor and not merely as surety, jointly and severally with each other Subsidiary
Guarantor, to each Holder of the Securities, to the extent lawful, and the Trustee the full and
punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest) on the Securities and
all other obligations and liabilities of the Company under the Indenture (including without
limitation interest (including Additional Interest) accruing after the filing of any petition in
bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to
the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition
interest is allowed in such proceeding and the obligations under Section 7.7 of the
Indenture) and the Registration Rights Agreement (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively
called the “Obligations”). Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that the Obligations will rank
equally in right of payment with other unsecured Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor, except
to the extent such other Indebtedness is subordinate to the Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor
further agrees (to the extent permitted by law) that the Obligations may be extended or renewed, in
whole or in part, without notice or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound under
this Subsidiary Guarantee notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Obligation.

     Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the
Issuers of any of the Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Subsidiary
Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Securities or the Obligations.

     Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein constitutes a
Guarantee of payment when due (and not a Guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require
that any resort be had by any Holder to any security held for payment of the Obligations.

     Except as set forth in Section 10.2 of the Indenture, the obligations of each
Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or
termination for any reason (other than payment of the Obligations in full), including any claim of
waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of
setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability of the Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or
impaired or otherwise affected by (a) the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to
enforce any right or remedy against the Issuers or any other person under the Indenture, the
Securities or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any thereof, (c)
any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of the
Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement; (d) the release of any security held by any
Holder for the Obligations or any of them; (e) the failure of any Holder to exercise any right or
remedy against any other Subsidiary Guarantor; (f) any change in the ownership of the Issuers; (g)
any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Obligations, or (h)
any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any
manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Subsidiary Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a
discharge of such Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.

     Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein shall remain in full
force and effect until payment in full of all the Obligations or such Subsidiary Guarantor is
released from its Subsidiary Guarantee upon the merger or the sale of all the Capital Stock or
assets of the Subsidiary Guarantor or otherwise in compliance with Section 10.2 or
Article VIII of the Indenture. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Subsidiary
Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the
Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or
reorganization of the Issuers or otherwise.

     In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder has
at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the
Issuers to pay any of the Obligations

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when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or
otherwise, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by
the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Trustee or the Trustee on behalf
of the Holders an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid amount of such Obligations then due and
owing and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest) on such Obligations then
due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by law).

     Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between such Subsidiary Guarantor, on the
one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby
may be accelerated as provided in the Indenture for the purposes of its Subsidiary Guarantee
herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in
respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereby and (y) in the event of any such declaration of
acceleration of such Obligations, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith
become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantor for the purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee.

     Each Subsidiary Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all reasonable costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any
rights under this Subsidiary Guarantee.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	COLT RAPID MAT LLC 

   as Subsidiary Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF INDENTURE SUPPLEMENT TO ADD SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

     This Supplemental Indenture, dated as of [____ ____], 20__ (this “Supplemental Indenture” or
“Guarantee”), among [name of future Guarantor] (the “Guarantor”), Colt Defense LLC
(together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”), Colt Finance Corp. (“Colt
Finance” and, together with the Company, the “Issuers”), each other then existing
Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture referred to below, and Wilmington Trust FSB, as Trustee
under the Indenture referred to below.

W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee have heretofore executed and
delivered an Indenture, dated as of November 10, 2009 (as amended, supplemented, waived or
otherwise modified, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal
amount of $250.0 million of 8.75% Senior Notes due 2017 of the Issuers (the “Securities”);

     WHEREAS, Section 3.12 of the Indenture provides that after the Issue Date the Issuers
are required to cause each Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary that does not
Guarantee any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) created or acquired by the
Company or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental
indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary will unconditionally Guarantee, on a joint and several
basis with the other Subsidiary Guarantors, the full and prompt payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities; and

     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Indenture, the Trustee and the Issuers are
authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to amend or supplement the
Indenture, without the consent of any Securityholder;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guarantor, the Issuers, the other
Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable
benefit of the Holders of the Securities as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

     SECTION 1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in
the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined. The words
“herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental
Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof

ARTICLE II

Agreement to be Bound; Guarantee

     SECTION 2.1 Agreement to be Bound. The Guarantor hereby becomes a party to the
Indenture as a Subsidiary Guarantor and as such will have all of the rights and be subject to all
of the obligations and agreements of a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture. The Guarantor
agrees to be bound by all of the provisions of the Indenture applicable to a Subsidiary Guarantor
and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture.

     SECTION 2.2 Guarantee. The Guarantor agrees, on a joint and several basis with all
the existing Subsidiary Guarantors, to fully, unconditionally and irrevocably Guarantee to each
Holder of the Securities and the Trustee the Obligations pursuant to Article X of the
Indenture.

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ARTICLE III

Miscellaneous

     SECTION 3.1 Notices. All notices and other communications to the Guarantor shall be
given as provided in the Indenture to the Guarantor, at its address set forth below, with a copy to
the Issuers as provided in the Indenture for notices to the Issuers.

     SECTION 3.2 Parties. Nothing expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be
construed to give any Person, firm or corporation, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Supplemental Indenture or the
Indenture or any provision herein or therein contained.

     SECTION 3.3 Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

     SECTION 3.4 Severability Clause. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture
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 such provision shall
be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.

     SECTION 3.5 Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture.
Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and
all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This
Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of
Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby. The Trustee
makes no representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental
Indenture or with respect to the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely
by the other parties hereto.

     SECTION 3.6 Counterparts. The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this
Supplemental Indenture in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.

     SECTION 3.7 Headings. The headings of the Articles and the sections in this Guarantee
are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or
interpretation of any provisions hereof

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR], 

as a Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	 	[Address] 	 	 
	 
	 	WILMINGTON TRUST FSB, as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	COLT DEFENSE LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	COLT FINANCE CORP.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

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Exhibit 4.2

EXECUTION VERSION

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

          This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated November 10, 2009 (the “Agreement”) is entered into
by and among Colt Defense LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), its
wholly-owned, direct subsidiary, Colt Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Colt Finance” and,
together with the Company, the “Issuers”), the Guarantors (as defined in Section 1 below), and J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc. (“JPMorgan”), as representative of the Initial Purchasers listed in Schedule
1 of the Purchase Agreement (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”).

          The Issuers, the Guarantors and JPMorgan, as representative of the Initial Purchasers, are
parties to the Purchase Agreement dated November 3, 2009 (the “Purchase Agreement”), which provides
for the sale by the Issuers to the Initial Purchasers of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
the Issuers’ 8.75% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Securities”) which will be guaranteed on an
unsecured senior basis by each of the Guarantors. As an inducement to JPMorgan, as representative
of the Initial Purchasers, to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Issuers and the Guarantors
have agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees the
registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a
condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.

          In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:

          1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:

          “Additional Guarantor” shall mean any subsidiary of the Company that executes a Subsidiary
Guarantee under the Indenture after the date of this Agreement.

          “Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

          “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include the
Company’s successors.

          “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time,
and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

          “Exchange Dates” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.

          “Exchange Offer” shall mean the exchange offer by the Issuers and the Guarantors of Exchange
Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

          “Exchange Offer Registration” shall mean a registration under the Securities Act effected
pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

          “Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean an exchange offer registration statement on
Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate form) under the Securities Act with respect to
the Exchange Offer and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, in each case
including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any
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          “Exchange Securities” shall mean senior notes issued by the Issuers and guaranteed by the
Guarantors under the Indenture containing terms identical to the Securities (except that the
Exchange Securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to any increase in annual
interest rate for failure to comply with this Agreement) and to be offered to Holders of Securities
in exchange for Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

          “Free Writing Prospectus” means each free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) prepared by or on behalf of the Issuers or used or referred to by the Issuers in
connection with the sale of the Securities or the Exchange Securities.

          “Guarantors” shall mean, collectively, the guarantors listed in Schedule 1 hereto, any
successors thereof and any Additional Guarantors.

          “Holders” shall mean the Initial Purchasers, for so long as they own any Registrable
Securities, and each of their successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become
owners of Registrable Securities under the Indenture; provided that for purposes of Sections 4 and
5 of this Agreement, the term “Holders” shall include Participating Broker-Dealers.

          “Indemnified Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof.

          “Indemnifying Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof.

          “Indenture” shall mean the Indenture relating to the Securities dated as of November 10, 2009
among the Issuers, the Guarantors and Wilmington Trust FSB, as trustee, and as the same may be
amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

          “Initial Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

          “Inspector” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(xiv)
hereof.

          “Issuer Information” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5(a) hereof.

          “JPMorgan” shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble.

          “Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of
the outstanding Registrable Securities; provided that whenever the consent or approval of Holders
of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, any Registrable
Securities owned directly or indirectly by the Issuers or any of its affiliates shall not be
counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required
percentage or amount; and provided, further, that if the Issuers shall issue any additional
Securities under the Indenture prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if applicable, the
effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement, such additional Securities and the Registrable
Securities to which this Agreement relates shall be treated together as one class for purposes of
determining whether the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable
Securities has been obtained.

          “Participating Broker-Dealer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

          “Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust
or unincorporated organization, or other legal entity or a government or agency or political
subdivision thereof.

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          “Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in, or, pursuant to the rules and regulations
of the Securities Act, deemed a part of, a Registration Statement, including any preliminary
prospectus, and any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement,
including a prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the
Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and
supplements to such prospectus, and in each case including any document incorporated by reference
therein.

          “Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

          “Registrable Securities” shall mean the Securities; provided that the Securities shall cease
to be Registrable Securities (i) when a Registration Statement with respect to such Securities has
become effective under the Securities Act and such Securities have been exchanged or disposed of
pursuant to such Registration Statement or (ii) when such Securities cease to be outstanding.

          “Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to the performance of or
compliance by the Issuers and the Guarantors with this Agreement, including without limitation: (i)
all SEC, stock exchange or Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) registration and
filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state
securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for any
Underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any Exchange Securities or
Registrable Securities), (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing,
word processing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free
Writing Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and any other related documents
relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v)
all fees and disbursements relating to the qualification of the Indenture under applicable
securities laws, (vi) the fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (vii) the fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Issuers and the Guarantors and, in the case of a Shelf
Registration Statement, the fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Holders (which counsel
shall be selected by the Majority Holders and which counsel may also be counsel for the Initial
Purchasers), and (viii) the fees and disbursements of the independent public accountants of the
Issuers and the Guarantors, including the expenses of any special audits or “comfort” letters
required by or incident to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, but excluding
fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters (other than fees and expenses set forth in clause
(ii) above) or the Holders and underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and
transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by a Holder.

          “Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement under the Securities Act of the
Issuers and the Guarantors that covers any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and all amendments and supplements to any such
registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus
contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by
reference therein.

          “SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

          “Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

          “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the
rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

          “Shelf Additional Interest Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d) hereof.

          “Shelf Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

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          “Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof.

          “Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Issuers and
the Guarantors that covers all or a portion of the Registrable Securities (but no other securities
unless approved by a majority of the Holders whose Registrable Securities are to be covered by such
Shelf Registration Statement) on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, or
any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such
registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus
contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by
reference therein.

          “Shelf Request” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

          “Subsidiary Guarantees” shall mean the guarantees of the Securities and Exchange Securities by
the Guarantors under the Indenture.

          “Staff” shall mean the staff of the SEC.

          “Target Registration Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d) hereof.

          “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to
time.

          “Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture.

          “Underwriter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e) hereof.

          “Underwritten Offering” shall mean an offering in which Registrable Securities are sold to an
Underwriter for reoffering to the public.

          2. Registration Under the Securities Act.

          (a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the
Staff, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to (i) cause to be
filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement covering an offer to the Holders to exchange all the
Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities and (ii) have such Registration Statement remain
effective until 180 days after the last Exchange Date for use by one or more Participating
Broker-Dealers. The Issuers and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer promptly after the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and use their reasonable
best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer not later than 60 days after such effective date.

          The Issuers and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer by mailing the related
Prospectus, appropriate letters of transmittal and other accompanying documents to each Holder
providing for and stating, in addition to such other disclosures as are required by applicable law,
substantially the following:

	(i)	 	that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this Agreement and that all Registrable
Securities validly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be accepted for exchange;
	 
	(ii)	 	the dates of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a period of at least 20 Business Days
from the date such notice is mailed) (the “Exchange Dates”);

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	(iii)	 	that any Registrable Security not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue
interest but will not retain any rights under this Agreement, except as otherwise specified herein;
	 
	(iv)	 	that any Holder electing to have a Registrable Security exchanged pursuant to the Exchange
Offer will be required to (A) surrender such Registrable Security, together with the appropriate
letters of transmittal, to the institution and at the address (located in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York) and in the manner specified in the notice, or (B) effect such exchange
otherwise in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for such Registrable
Security, in each case prior to the close of business on the last Exchange Date; and
	 
	(v)	 	that any Holder will be entitled to withdraw its election, not later than the close of business
on the last Exchange Date, by (A) sending to the institution and at the address (located in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) specified in the notice, a telegram, telex, facsimile
transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount of Registrable
Securities delivered for exchange and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to
have such Registrable Securities exchanged or (B) effecting such withdrawal in compliance with the
applicable procedures of the depositary for the Registrable Securities.

          As a condition to participating in the Exchange Offer, a Holder will be required to represent
to the Issuers and the Guarantors that (i) any Exchange Securities to be received by it will be
acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) at the time of the commencement of the
Exchange Offer it has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the
distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities in violation of
the provisions of the Securities Act, (iii) it is not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule
405 under the Securities Act) of the Issuers or any Guarantor and (iv) if such Holder is a
broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Registrable
Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities, then such
Holder will deliver a Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available a Prospectus
to purchasers) in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

          As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall:

	(i)	 	accept for exchange Registrable Securities or portions thereof validly tendered and not
properly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and
	 
	(ii)	 	deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Securities
or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by the Issuers and issue, and cause the Trustee to
promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder, Exchange Securities equal in principal amount to
the principal amount of the Registrable Securities tendered by such Holder.

          The Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to complete the
Exchange Offer as provided above and shall comply with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other applicable laws and regulations in connection with the
Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the
Exchange Offer does not violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff.

          (b) In the event that (i) the Issuers and the Guarantors determine that the Exchange Offer
Registration provided for in Section 2(a) above is not available or may not be completed as soon as
practicable after the last Exchange Date because it would violate any applicable law or applicable
interpretations of the Staff, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not for any other reason completed on or
prior to 540 days after the date hereof or (iii) upon receipt of a written request (a “Shelf
Request”) from any Initial Purchaser representing that it holds Registrable Securities that were
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Exchange Offer, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall, to the extent not prohibited by applicable
law or applicable interpretations by the Staff, use reasonable best efforts to cause to be filed as
soon as practicable after such determination, date or Shelf Request, as the case may be, a Shelf
Registration Statement providing for the sale of all the Registrable Securities by the Holders
thereof and to have such Shelf Registration Statement become effective.

          In the event that the Issuers and the Guarantors are required to file a Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall
use their reasonable best efforts to file and have become effective, in addition to the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) with respect to all Registrable
Securities, a Shelf Registration Statement (which may be a combined Registration Statement with the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement) with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Securities
held by the Initial Purchasers after completion of the Exchange Offer.

          In the event the Issuers and the Guarantors are required to file a Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to this Section 2(b), the Issuers and the Guarantors agree to use their
reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until the
expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144 (or any similar rule then in force, but not Rule
144A) under the Securities Act with respect to the Registrable Securities or such shorter period
that will terminate when all the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement
have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement (the “Shelf Effectiveness Period”). The
Issuers and the Guarantors further agree to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement,
the related Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus if required by the rules, regulations or
instructions applicable to the form used by the Issuers for such Shelf Registration Statement or by
the Securities Act or by any other rules and regulations thereunder or if reasonably requested by a
Holder of Registrable Securities with respect to information relating to such Holder, and to use
their reasonable best efforts to cause any such amendment to become effective, if required, and
such Shelf Registration Statement, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to
become usable as soon as thereafter practicable. The Issuers and the Guarantors agree to furnish to
the Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its
being used or filed with the SEC.

          (c) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any
registration pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b) hereof. Each Holder shall pay all
underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating
to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement.

          (d) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof will not be
deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC. A Shelf
Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective
unless it has been declared effective by the SEC or is automatically effective upon filing with the
SEC as provided by Rule 462 under the Securities Act.

          In the event that either the Exchange Offer is not completed or the Shelf Registration
Statement, if required pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) or 2(b)(ii) hereof (but not Section 2(b)(iii)
hereof), does not become effective on or prior to the date that is 540 days after the date hereof
(the “Target Registration Date”), the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be increased
by 0.25% per annum with respect to each 90-day period that passes, up to a maximum of 1.00% per
annum until the Exchange Offer is completed or the Shelf Registration Statement, if required
hereby, becomes effective or the Securities become freely tradable under the Securities Act. In the
event that the Issuers receive a Shelf Request pursuant to Section 2(b)(iii), and the Shelf
Registration Statement (or Registration Statement combining the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement) required to be filed thereby does not become
effective by the later of (x) the date that is 540 days after the date hereof or (y) 90 days after
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Request (such later date, the “Shelf Additional Interest Date”), then the interest rate on the
Registrable Securities will be increased by 0.25% per annum with respect to each 90-day period that
passes, up to a maximum of 1.00% per annum until the Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective
or the Securities become freely tradable under the Securities Act.

          If the Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, has become effective and thereafter
either ceases to be effective or the Prospectus contained therein ceases to be usable, in each case
whether or not permitted by this Agreement, at any time during the Shelf Effectiveness Period, and
such failure to remain effective or usable exists for more than 30 days (whether or not
consecutive) in any 12-month period, then the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be
increased by 0.25% per annum with respect to each 90-day period that passes, up to a maximum of
1.00% per annum commencing on the 31st day in such 12-month period and ending on such date that the
Shelf Registration Statement has again become effective or the Prospectus again becomes usable.

          (e) Without limiting the remedies available to the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, the
Issuers and the Guarantors acknowledge that any failure by the Issuers or the Guarantors to comply
with their obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof may result in material
irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy
at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in
the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may
be required to specifically enforce the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ obligations under Section 2(a)
and Section 2(b) hereof.

          3. Registration Procedures.

          (a) In connection with their obligations pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof, the
Issuers and the Guarantors shall:

          (i) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the appropriate form under the
Securities Act, which form (x) shall be selected by the Issuers and the Guarantors, (y) shall, in
the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the resale of the Registrable Securities by the
Holders thereof and (z) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of
the applicable form and include all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith;
and use their reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and
remain effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof;

          (ii) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each
Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the
applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented
by any required prospectus supplement and, as so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424
under the Securities Act; and keep each Prospectus current during the period described in Section
4(3) of and Rule 174 under the Securities Act that is applicable to transactions by brokers or
dealers with respect to the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities;

          (iii) to the extent any Free Writing Prospectus is used, file with the SEC any Free Writing
Prospectus that is required to be filed by the Issuers or the Guarantors with the SEC in accordance
with the Securities Act and to retain any Free Writing Prospectus not required to be filed;

          (iv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities, to
counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for such Holders and to each Underwriter of an
Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each
Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement
thereto, as such Holder, counsel or Underwriter

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may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale or other disposition of the Registrable
Securities thereunder; and the Issuers and the Guarantors consent to the use of such Prospectus,
preliminary prospectus or such Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto in
accordance with applicable law by each of the Holders of Registrable Securities and any such
Underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by and
in the manner described in such Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or such Free Writing Prospectus
or any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law;

          (v) use their reasonable best efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under
all applicable state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable
Securities covered by a Registration Statement shall reasonably request in writing by the time the
applicable Registration Statement becomes effective; cooperate with such Holders in connection with
any filings required to be made with FINRA; and do any and all other acts and things that may be
reasonably necessary to enable each Holder to complete the disposition in each such jurisdiction of
the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided that neither the Issuers nor any
Guarantor shall be required to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a broker
or dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so
qualify, (2) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (3) subject
itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not so subject;

          (vi) notify counsel for the Initial Purchasers and, in the case of a Shelf Registration,
notify each Holder of Registrable Securities and counsel for such Holders promptly and, if
requested by any such Holder or counsel, confirm such notification in writing (1) when a
Registration Statement has become effective, when any post-effective amendment thereto has been
filed and becomes effective, when any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed or any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed, (2) of any request by
the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments and supplements to a Registration
Statement, Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information after the
Registration Statement has become effective, (3) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities
authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, including the receipt by the Issuers of any notice
of objection of the SEC to the use of a Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401 (g)(2) under the Securities Act, (4) if, between the
applicable effective date of a Shelf Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of
Registrable Securities covered thereby, the representations and warranties of the Issuers or any
Guarantor contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other similar
agreement, if any, relating to an offering of such Registrable Securities cease to be true and
correct in all material respects or if the Issuers or any Guarantor receives any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (5) of the happening of any
event during the period a Registration Statement is effective that makes any statement made in such
Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus untrue in any
material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement or
Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading
and (6) of any determination by the Issuers or any Guarantor that a post-effective amendment to a
Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing
Prospectus would be appropriate;

          (vii) use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement or, in the case of a Shelf Registration, the resolution
of any objection of the SEC pursuant to Rule 401 (g)(2), including by filing an amendment to such
Shelf Registration Statement on the proper form as soon as practicable and provide immediate notice
to each Holder of the withdrawal of any such order or such resolution;

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          (viii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities,
without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and any post-effective
amendment thereto (without any documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto,
unless requested);

          (ix) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the Holders of Registrable Securities
to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable
Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and enable such Registrable
Securities to be issued in such denominations and registered in such names (all consistent with the
provisions of the Indenture) as such Holders may reasonably request at least one Business Day prior
to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities;

          (x) in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by
Section 3(a)(vi)(5) hereof, use their reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a
supplement or post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or the related
Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file
any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered (or, to the extent permitted by law,
made available) to purchasers of the Registrable Securities, such Prospectus or Free Writing
Prospectus, as the case may be, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; and the Issuers and the Guarantors shall notify the
Holders of Registrable Securities to suspend use of the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus
as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and such Holders hereby agree to
suspend use of the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, until the Issuers
and the Guarantors have amended or supplemented the Prospectus or the Free Writing Prospectus, as
the case may be, to correct such misstatement or omission;

          (xi) a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any
Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to a
Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus or of any document that is to be incorporated by reference
into a Registration Statement, a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus after initial filing of a
Registration Statement, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers (which shall be
deemed delivered upon delivery thereof to their counsel) (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration
Statement, to the Holders of Registrable Securities or their counsel) and make such of the
representatives of the Issuers and the Guarantors as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial
Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of
Registrable Securities or their counsel) available for discussion of such document; and the Issuers
and the Guarantors shall not, at any time after initial filing of a Registration Statement, use or
file any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment of or supplement to a Registration
Statement or a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus, or any document that is to be incorporated
by reference into a Registration Statement, a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus, of which the
Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the
Holders of Registrable Securities and their counsel) shall not have previously been advised and
furnished a copy or to which the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf
Registration Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities or their counsel) shall reasonably
object;

          (xii) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case
may be, not later than the initial effective date of a Registration Statement;

          (xiii) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in connection with
the registration of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be;
cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be
required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture
Act; and execute, and use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all
documents as may be required to effect such changes and all

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other forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so
qualified in a timely manner;

          (xiv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection by a representative
of the Holders of the Registrable Securities (an “Inspector”), any Underwriter participating in any
disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, any attorneys and accountants designated
by a majority of the Holders of Registrable Securities to be included in such Shelf Registration
and any attorneys and accountants designated by such Underwriter, at reasonable times and in a
reasonable manner, all pertinent financial and other records, documents and properties of the
Issuers and its subsidiaries, and cause the respective officers, directors and employees of the
Issuers and the Guarantors to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspector,
Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement; (all of
which, the “Records”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Records which the Issuers and the Guarantors
determine, in good faith, to be confidential and any Records which they notify the Inspectors are
confidential shall not be disclosed by the Inspectors unless (1) the disclosure of such Records is
necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in such Registration Statement, (2) the
release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court of competent
jurisdiction, (3) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public
other than as a result of a disclosure or failure to safeguard by such Inspector or (4) disclosure
of such information is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for any Inspector, necessary in
connection with any action, claim, suit or proceeding, directly or indirectly, involving or
potentially involving such Inspector and arising out of, based upon, related to, or involving this
Agreement, or any transactions contemplated hereby or arising hereunder. Each selling Holder of
such Registrable Securities and each Underwriter or other Person will be required to agree that
information obtained by it as a result of such inspections shall be deemed confidential and shall
not be used by it as the basis for any market transactions in the securities of the Issuers and the
Guarantors unless and until such is made generally available to the public. Each selling Holder of
such Registrable Securities and each such Underwriter or other Person will be required to further
agree that it will, to the extent permitted by law, upon learning that disclosure of such Records
is sought in a court of competent jurisdiction, give notice to the Issuers and the Guarantors and
allow the Issuers and the Guarantors to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of the
Records deemed confidential at their expense.

          (xv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use their reasonable best efforts to cause all
Registrable Securities to be listed on any securities exchange or any automated quotation system on
which similar securities issued or guaranteed by the Issuers or any Guarantor are then listed if
requested by the Majority Holders, to the extent such Registrable Securities satisfy applicable
listing requirements;

          (xvi) if reasonably requested by any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf
Registration Statement, promptly include in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment
such information with respect to such Holder as such Holder reasonably requests to be included
therein and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective
amendment as soon as practicable after the Issuers have received notification of the matters to be
so included in such filing; provided, however, that once the Shelf Registration Statement has been
declared effective, the Issuers and the Guarantors will not be required to so supplement or amend
the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus more than once every ninety (90) days;

          (xvii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary agreements and take all
such other customary actions in connection therewith (including those that are reasonably requested
by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf
Registration Statement), in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable
Securities including, but not limited to, an Underwritten Offering and in such connection, (1) to
the extent practicable, make such representations and warranties to the Holders and any
Underwriters of such Registrable Securities with respect to the business of the Issuers and its
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Writing Prospectus and documents incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference, if
any, in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters
in underwritten offerings and confirm the same if and when requested, (2) obtain opinions of
counsel to the Issuers and the Guarantors (which counsel (which may be Herrick, Feinstein LLP) and
opinions, in form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holders and such
Underwriters and their respective counsel) addressed to each selling Holder and Underwriter of
Registrable Securities, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in
underwritten offerings, (3) obtain “comfort” letters from the independent certified public
accountants of the Issuers and the Guarantors (and, if necessary, any other certified public
accountant of any subsidiary of the Issuers or any Guarantor, or of any business acquired by the
Issuers or any Guarantor for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to
be included in the Registration Statement) addressed to each selling Holder (to the extent
permitted by applicable professional standards) and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, such
letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort”
letters in connection with underwritten offerings, including but not limited to financial
information contained in any preliminary prospectus, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus and (4)
deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold or the Underwriters, and which are
customarily delivered in underwritten offerings, to evidence the continued validity of the
representations and warranties of the Issuers and the Guarantors made pursuant to clause (1) above
and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in an underwriting agreement;
and

          (xviii) so long as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, cause each Additional
Guarantor upon the creation or acquisition by the Issuers of such Additional Guarantor, to execute
a counterpart to this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A and to deliver such
counterpart, together with an opinion of counsel as to the enforceability thereof against such
entity, to the Initial Purchasers no later than five Business Days following the execution thereof.

          (b) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Issuers may require each Holder of
Registrable Securities to furnish to the Issuers such information regarding such Holder and the
proposed disposition by such Holder of such Registrable Securities as the Issuers and the
Guarantors may from time to time reasonably request in writing; provided the Issuers and the
Guarantors may require Holders to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving
such request, and any Holders (“Excluded Holders”) that fail to respond within such time may be
excluded from any such Shelf Registration Statement, provided, further, the Issuers and the
Guarantors shall promptly amend such Shelf Registration Statement to include such Excluded Holders
after receiving the required information from such Excluded Holders (but subject to the proviso set
forth in Section 3(a)(xvi)).

          (c) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder of Registrable Securities
covered in such Shelf Registration Statement agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the
Issuers and the Guarantors of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section
3(a)(vi)(3) or 3(a)(vi)(5) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of
the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus contemplated
by Section 3(a)(x) hereof and, if so directed by the Issuers and the Guarantors, such Holder will
deliver to the Issuers and the Guarantors all copies in its possession, other than permanent file
copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus covering
such Registrable Securities that is current at the time of receipt of such notice.

          (d) If the Issuers and the Guarantors shall give any notice to suspend the disposition of
Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall
extend the period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant
to this Agreement by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving
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and including the date when the Holders of such Registrable Securities shall have received copies
of the supplemented or amended Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus necessary to resume such
dispositions. The Issuers and the Guarantors may give any such notice only twice during any 365-day
period and any such suspensions shall not exceed 30 days for each suspension and there shall not be
more than two suspensions in effect during any 365-day period.

          (e) The Holders of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement who desire
to do so may sell such Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten
Offering, the investment bank or investment banks and manager or managers (each an “Underwriter”)
that will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Registrable Securities included in such offering.

          4. Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer.

          (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities
for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such
broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating
Broker-Dealer”) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and
must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any
resale of such Exchange Securities.

          The Issuers and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staffs position that if the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution
containing a statement to the effect set forth in the first paragraph of Section 4(a) above and the
means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the
Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such
Prospectus may be delivered by Participating BrokerDealers (or, to the extent permitted by law,
made available to purchasers) to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities
Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the
Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.

          (b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the
Issuers and the Guarantors agree to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement for a period of up to 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such
period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(d) of this Agreement), as may be required under the
Securities Act in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by
Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a)
above. The Issuers and the Guarantors further agree that Participating Broker-Dealers shall be
authorized to deliver such Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available) during
such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4.

          (c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuers, any Guarantor or any Holder
with respect to any request that the Initial Purchasers, as Participating Broker-Dealers, may make
pursuant to Section 4(b) above.

          5. Indemnification and Contribution.

          (a) Each Issuer and each Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold
harmless each Initial Purchaser and each Holder, their respective affiliates, directors and
officers and each Person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser or any Holder within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against
any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees
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suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or
several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (1) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or any omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading, or (2) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information”
(“Issuer Information”) filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities
Act, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out
of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser, or
information relating to any Holder furnished to the Issuers in writing through JPMorgan, or any
selling Holder, respectively, expressly for use therein. In connection with any Underwritten
Offering permitted by Section 3, the Issuers and the
Guarantors, jointly and severally, will also indemnify the Underwriters, if any, selling brokers,
dealers and similar securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, their
respective affiliates and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the
indemnification of the Holders, if requested in connection with any Registration Statement, any
Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any Issuer Information.

          (b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers,
the Guarantors, the Initial Purchasers and the other selling Holders, the directors of the Issuers
and the Guarantors, each officer of the Issuers and the Guarantors who signed the Registration
Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Issuers, the Guarantors, any Initial Purchaser
and any other selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only
with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon,
any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and
in conformity with any information relating to such Holder furnished to the Issuers in writing by
such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus and any Free Writing
Prospectus.

          (c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation),
claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any Person in respect of which indemnification
may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such Person (the “Indemnified Person”)
shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying
Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve
it from any liability that it may have under this Section 5 except to the extent that it has been
materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure;
and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from
any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under this Section 5. If any
such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have
notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled
to indemnification pursuant to this Section 5 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such
proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the fees and
expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any
Indemnified Person shall have the right
to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense
of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have
mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time
to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person
shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different
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the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded
parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both
parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests
between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection
with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and
expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified
Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such
separate firm (x) for any Initial
Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control Persons of such Initial Purchaser
shall be designated in writing by JPMorgan, (y) for any Holder, its directors and officers and any
control Persons of such Holder shall be designated in writing by the Majority Holders and (z) in
all other cases shall be designated in writing by the Issuers. The Indemnifying Person shall not be
liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled
with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees
to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified
Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees
and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable
for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii)
the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such
request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written
consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in
respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could
have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an
unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such
proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a
failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

          (d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an
Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying
such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Issuers and the
Guarantors from the offering of the Securities and the Exchange Securities, on the one hand, and by
the Holders from receiving Securities or Exchange Securities registered under the Securities Act,
on the other hand, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable
law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in
clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Issuers and the Guarantors on the one hand and the
Holders on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative fault of the Issuers and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders on the other shall
be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Issuers and the Guarantors or by the Holders and the parties’ relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission.

          (e) The Issuers, the Guarantors and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable
if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the
Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does
not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount
paid or payable by an
Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in
paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any
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Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of
this Section 5, in no event shall a Holder be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
amount by which the total price at which the Securities or Exchange Securities sold by such Holder
exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 5 are several and not joint.

          (f) The remedies provided for in this Section 5 are not exclusive and shall not limit any
rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

          (g) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 5 shall remain
operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii)
any investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers or any Holder or any Person
controlling any Initial Purchaser or any Holder, or by or on behalf of the Issuers or the
Guarantors or the officers or directors of or any Person controlling the Issuers or the Guarantors,
(iii) acceptance of any of the Exchange Securities and (iv) any sale of Registrable Securities
pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.

          6. General.

          (a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Issuers and the Guarantors represent, warrant and agree
that (i) the rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not
inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of any other outstanding securities issued or
guaranteed by the Issuers or any Guarantor under any other agreement and (ii) neither the Issuers
nor any Guarantor has entered into, or on or after the date of this Agreement will enter into, any
agreement that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in
this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

          (b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this
sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from
the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Issuers and the Guarantors have obtained the
written consent of Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent;
provided that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent to any departure from the
provisions of Section 5 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities
unless consented to in writing by such Holder. Any amendments, modifications, supplements, waivers
or consents pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be by a writing executed by each of the parties
hereto.

          (c) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be
made in writing by hand-delivery, registered firstclass mail, telex, telecopier, or any courier
guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such
Holder to the Issuers by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section
6(c), which address initially is, with respect to the Initial Purchasers, the address set forth in
the Purchase Agreement; (ii) if to the Issuers and the Guarantors, initially at the Issuers’
address set forth in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which
is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c); and (iii) to such other persons at
their respective addresses as provided in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other
address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c). All such
notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand,
if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if
mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the
next Business Day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery. Copies of
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communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee, at the
address specified in the Indenture.

          (d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties, including, without limitation and
without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall
be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Securities in
violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder
shall acquire Registrable Securities in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such
Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and
holding such Registrable Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be
bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and such Person shall be
entitled to receive the benefits hereof. The Initial Purchasers (in their capacity as Initial
Purchasers) shall have no liability or obligation to the Issuers or the Guarantors with respect to
any failure by a Holder to comply with, or any breach by any Holder of, any of the obligations of
such Holder under this Agreement.

          (e) Third Party Beneficiaries. Each Holder shall be a third party beneficiary to the
agreements made hereunder between the Issuers and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial
Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the
extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of
other Holders hereunder.

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

          (g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, are not a
part of this Agreement and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

          (h) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.

          (i) Entire Agreement; Severability. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the
parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all oral statements and prior writings
with respect thereto. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction contained in this Agreement
is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable or against public
policy, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions contained herein shall
remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated. The
Issuers, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to
replace the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of
which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions.

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	COLT DEFENSE LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ William M. Keys 	 
	 	 	Name:  	LT GEN Wm M. Keys, USMC (Ret.) 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President and Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 
	 	COLT FINANCE CORP.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ William M. Keys 	 
	 	 	Name:  	LT GEN Wm M. Keys, USMC (Ret.) 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President and Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 
	 	COLT RAPID MAT LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ William M. Keys 	 
	 	 	Name:  	LT GEN Wm M. Keys, USMC (Ret.) 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President and Chief Executive Officer 	 

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Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:

	 	 	 	 	 

	J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	For itself and on behalf of the
several Initial Purchasers	 	 
	 
	By
	 	/s/ Gerry Murray 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Authorized Signatory
	 	 

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Annex A

Counterpart to Registration Rights Agreement

          The undersigned hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees as a Guarantor (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2009 by and among the
Issuers, the guarantors party thereto and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., on behalf of itself and the
other Initial Purchasers) to be bound by the terms and provisions of such Registration Rights
Agreement.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this counterpart as of                     .

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[NAME]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

Schedule 1

[list of guarantors]

Colt Rapid Mat LLC

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