Document:

First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 2, 2012

 Exhibit 4.2 
 EXECUTION COPY 
  
  

 
 THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF
COMPANIES, INC. 
 and 
 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 
 Trustee 

 
  

First Supplemental Indenture 
 Dated as of March 2, 2012 
 to the Senior Debt Indenture dated as of
March 2, 2012 
  
  

Creating a series of Securities designated 
 4.00% Senior Notes due 2022 
  

 
  

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
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	ARTICLE 1	  
	
	DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION	  
			
	SECTION 1.01	 	Provisions of the Base Indenture	  	 	2	  
	SECTION 1.02	 	Definitions	  	 	2	  
	
	ARTICLE 2	  
	
	GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES	  
			
	SECTION 2.01	 	Creation of Series; Establishment of Form	  	 	7	  
	SECTION 2.02	 	Payment of Principal or Interest	  	 	8	  
	SECTION 2.03	 	Optional Redemption by the Company	  	 	9	  
	SECTION 2.04	 	Change of Control Offer	  	 	11	  
	
	ARTICLE 3	  
	
	GLOBAL SECURITIES	  
			
	SECTION 3.01	 	Form	  	 	14	  
	SECTION 3.02	 	Transfer and Exchange	  	 	14	  
	
	ARTICLE 4	  
	
	REMEDIES	  
			
	SECTION 4.01	 	Additional Events of Default	  	 	15	  
	
	ARTICLE 5	  
	
	WAIVER, MODIFICATIONS AND AMENDMENTS	  
			
	SECTION 5.01	 	Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders	  	 	15	  
	
	ARTICLE 6	  
	
	RANKING	  
			
	SECTION 6.01	 	Senior in Right of Payment	  	 	15	  

  
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	ARTICLE 7	  
	
	MISCELLANEOUS	  
			
	SECTION 7.01	 	Integral Part	  	 	16	  
	SECTION 7.02	 	Adoption, Ratification and Confirmation	  	 	16	  
	SECTION 7.03	 	Counterparts	  	 	16	  
	SECTION 7.04	 	GOVERNING LAW	  	 	16	  
	SECTION 7.05	 	Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust Indenture Act	  	 	16	  
	SECTION 7.06	 	Effect of Headings	  	 	16	  
	SECTION 7.07	 	Severability of Provisions	  	 	16	  
	SECTION 7.08	 	Successors and Assigns	  	 	16	  
	SECTION 7.09	 	Benefit of Indenture	  	 	16	  
	SECTION 7.10	 	Acceptance by Trustee	  	 	16	  
			
	Exhibit A	 	Form of Note	  	 	EX. A-1	  

  
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 FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 2, 2012 between THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP
OF COMPANIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association under the laws of the United States of America and having a corporate trust office in Atlanta, Georgia, as
trustee (the “Trustee”). 
 RECITALS OF THE COMPANY 

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of March 2, 2012 (the “Base
Indenture”), to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its senior unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as provided in
the Base Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, Section 8.01(7) of the Base Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may from
time to time enter into one or more indentures supplemental thereto to establish the form or terms of Securities of a new series; 
 WHEREAS, Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture provides that the Company may enter into supplemental indentures to establish the terms and provisions of a series of Securities issued pursuant to the
Base Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, the Company, pursuant to the foregoing authority, proposes in and by this First Supplemental
Indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”) to supplement the Base Indenture in so far as it will apply only to a series of Securities to be known as the
Company’s “4.00% Senior Notes due 2022” (the “Notes”) issued hereunder (and not to any other series); 
 WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture to establish the Notes as a series of Securities under the Base Indenture and to provide for, among other
things, the issuance of and the form and terms of the Notes for purposes of the Notes and the Holders thereof; and 
 WHEREAS,
all things necessary have been done to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Company, the valid obligations of the Company, and to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid
agreement of the Company, in accordance with their and its terms. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises
and the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes, as follows: 

  
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 ARTICLE 1 

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION 
 SECTION 1.01 Provisions of the Base Indenture. 
 Except insofar as
herein otherwise expressly provided, all the definitions, provisions, terms and conditions of the Base Indenture shall remain in full force and effect. The Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all
respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and considered as one and the same instrument for all purposes and every Holder of Notes authenticated and delivered under the Base
Indenture shall be bound hereby. 
 SECTION 1.02 Definitions. 

For all purposes of the Indenture relating to the series of Securities (consisting of the Notes) created hereby, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the subject matter or context otherwise requires: 
 (a) unless the context
otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” refers to an Article or Section, as the case may be, of this Supplemental Indenture; 

(b) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as
the singular; 
 (c) each capitalized term that is used in this Supplemental Indenture but not defined herein
shall have the meaning specified in the Base Indenture; 
 (d) all other terms used herein which are defined in
the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, or defined by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and not otherwise defined herein, have the meanings assigned to them therein; 

(e) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;

 (f) the word “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including, without
limiting the generality of, any description preceding such term; and 
 (g) the words “herein,”
“hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to the Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. 

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

  
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 “Base Indenture” has the meaning provided in the recitals. 

“Below Investment Grade Rating Event,” with respect to the Notes, means that such Notes become rated below Investment
Grade by at least two of the three Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that results in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of a Change of
Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of such Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies); provided that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by
virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control
Repurchase Event hereunder) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at its request that the reduction was the result,
in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the Below Investment
Grade Rating Event). 
 “Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5
under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” shall be deemed to have beneficial
ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The
terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” shall have corresponding meanings. 

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

(1) the direct or indirect sale, 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 properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) and
Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act); 
 (2) the adoption by the Company’s shareholders of a plan
relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution; 
 (3) the Company (by way of a report or any other
filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) becomes aware of the acquisition by any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or
Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act, or any successor
provision), in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of 

  
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 Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of more than 50% of the
total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company; 
 (4) the first day on which a majority of the members of
the Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors; or 
 (5) the Company consolidates with, or
merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such other Person is converted into or
exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where immediately after such transaction, no “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act)
becomes, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner of more than 50% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving or transferee Person. 
 “Change of Control Offer” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a). 
 “Change of Control Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a). 
 “Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a). 
 “Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event in respect of the Notes. 

“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, Luxembourg (formerly Cedel Bank,
société anonyme), and any successor thereto. 
 “Company” has the meaning provided in the
recitals. 
 “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent
Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes, that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of Notes of comparable maturity to the
remaining term of the Notes. 
 “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the
arithmetic average of three Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date. 
 “Continuing
Directors” means, as of any date of determination, those members of the Board of Directors of the Company, each of whom (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the Issue Date; or (2) was nominated for election or elected to
such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy
statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such nomination). 

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(c)(ii). 

  
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 “Definitive Security” means a certificated Security registered in the name
of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 3.02 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, and such Security shall not bear the Global Security Legend. 

“Depositary” shall mean The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), its nominees and their respective
successors and assigns. 
 “Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system, or
its successor. 
 “Fitch” means Fitch, Inc. (or any successor). 

“Global Securities” means with respect to the Notes issued hereunder, one or more global notes which are executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and
which shall bear the Global Security Legend. 
 “Global Security Legend” means the legend set forth in
Exhibit A. 
 “Holder” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Security Register.

 “Indenture” has the meaning provided in the recitals, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or
restated in compliance with the provisions thereof. 
 “Independent Investment Banker” means one of the
Reference Treasury Dealers selected by the Company. 
 “Interest Payment Date” means March 15 and
September 15 of each year. 
 “Investment Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its
equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moody’s), BBB– or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P) or BBB– or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating
categories of Fitch) (or, in each case, if such Rating Agency ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from
any Rating Agency selected by the Company as a replacement Rating Agency). 
 “Issue Date” means the date of
this Supplemental Indenture. 
 “Maturity” means the date on which the principal of the Notes becomes due and
payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by call for redemption or otherwise. 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (or any successor). 

  
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 “Notes” has the meaning provided in the recitals. 

“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any
Notes on behalf of the Company. The Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of the Company may act as Paying Agent with respect to any Notes issued hereunder. 
 “Principal,” “Principal Amount” or “principal” of a Note means the principal amount of the Note. 

“Rating Agency” means: 
 (1) each of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch; and 
 (2) if any of
Moody’s, S&P or Fitch ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the
meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a replacement agency for any or all of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, as the case may be. 

“Redemption Date” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or
pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture. 
 “Redemption Price” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(a). 
 “Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of any three primary U.S. Government securities
dealer selected by the Company, and their respective successors. 
 “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation”
means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the arithmetic average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its
principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding that Redemption Date. 

“Regular Record Date” means March 1 and September 1 (whether or not a Business Day). 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Notes that
would be due after the related Redemption Date but for that redemption. If that Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to the Notes, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on the Notes will be reduced by
the amount of interest accrued on the Notes to, but excluding, such Redemption Date. 
 “S&P” means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (or any successor). 

  
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 “Securities” has the meaning specified in the recitals. 

“Stated Maturity” means March 15, 2022. 
 “Supplemental Indenture” has the meaning provided in the recitals, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated in compliance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual
equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding that Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount)
equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that Redemption Date. 
 “Trustee” has the meaning provided in the
recitals and, subject to the provisions of Article 5 of the Base Indenture, any successor to that person. 

“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of
the Exchange Act) as of any date, the Capital Stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the Board of Directors of such person. 
 ARTICLE 2 
 GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES

 SECTION 2.01 Creation of Series; Establishment of Form. In accordance with Section 2.01 of the
Base Indenture, there is hereby created a series of Securities under the Indenture entitled “4.00% Senior Notes due 2022”. 
 (a) The form of the Notes, including the form of the certificate of authentication, is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 
 (b) The Trustee shall authenticate or deliver the Notes for original issue in an initial aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000 upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of
the Notes. The Company may from time to time issue additional Notes in accordance with Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture. The Notes issued originally hereunder, together with any additional Notes subsequently issued, shall be treated as a
single class for purposes of the Indenture. 
 (c) The aggregate Principal Amount of the Notes shall be due and payable at the
Stated Maturity unless earlier repaid in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture. 
 (d) The outstanding Principal Amount of
the Notes shall bear interest at a rate of 4.00% per annum, from the Issue Date or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be, payable semiannually in arrears on each
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Maturity, until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest on the Notes will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

 (e) If any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Change of Control Payment Date or Maturity date is not a Business Day, the
payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest, as applicable, will be made on the next succeeding Business Day. No interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Change
of Control Payment Date or the Maturity date, as the case may be, to the date payment is made on such next succeeding Business Day. 
 (f) All amounts payable in connection with the Notes shall be denominated and payable in the lawful currency of the United States. 
 (g) The Notes shall be payable and may be presented for registration of transfer and exchange, without service charge, at the office of the Company maintained for such purpose in the State of New York,
City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, which shall initially be the office or agency of the Trustee. 
 (h) The Company may
appoint and change any Paying Agent, Security Registrar or co-registrar without notice, other than notice to the Trustee, except that the Company will maintain at least one Paying Agent in the State of New York, City of New York, Borough of
Manhattan. The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any agent not a party to the Indenture that shall implement the provisions of the Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of the name and address of any such agent and any change in the address of such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Paying Agent, Security Registrar and/or agent for service of notices and demands, the Trustee shall act as such Paying
Agent, Security Registrar or agent for service of notices and demands. The Company may remove any Paying Agent or Security Registrar upon written notice to such Paying Agent or Security Registrar and the Trustee; and any such Paying Agent or
Security Registrar may resign as such Paying Agent or Security Registrar, as the case may be, upon written notice to the Company and the Trustee; provided that no such removal or resignation shall become effective until (i) the
acceptance of an appointment by a successor Paying Agent or Security Registrar, as the case may be, as evidenced by an appropriate agency agreement entered into by the Company and such successor and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification
to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as such Paying Agent or Security Registrar until the appointment of a successor agent in accordance with clause (i) of this proviso. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates
may act as Paying Agent, Security Registrar or co-registrar. 
 (i) Article 11 of the Base Indenture shall have no force or
effect in respect of, or application to, the Notes. 
 SECTION 2.02 Payment of Principal or Interest.

 (a) Payments. Payments of principal and interest on the Notes shall be made in the manner provided for in the Notes.

  
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 (b) Holder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the Security Registrar, the Company shall furnish, or cause the Security 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 Holders. 

(c) Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. 

(i) Semiannual interest on any Notes that 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 Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose. Each installment of interest on any
Notes shall be paid by check mailed to the address of such registered Holder as shown on the Security Register. In the case of a Global Security, semiannual interest payable on any applicable Interest Payment Date will be paid to the Depositary,
with respect to that portion of such Global Security held for its account by wire transfer of same-day funds for the purpose of permitting the Depositary to credit the interest received by it in respect of such Global Security to the accounts of the
Beneficial Owners thereof. 
 (ii) Except as otherwise specified with respect to the Notes, any semiannual
interest on any Notes that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any applicable payment date (herein called “Defaulted Interest,” which term shall include any accrued and unpaid interest that has accrued on
such defaulted amount), shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder thereof on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company as provided for in Section 2.08
of the Base Indenture. 
 (iii) Subject to the foregoing provisions of Section 2.02 of this Supplemental
Indenture and Section 2.08 of the Base Indenture, Notes delivered under this Supplemental Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Notes shall carry the rights to semiannual interest accrued and
unpaid, and to accrue interest, which were carried by such other Notes. 
 (d) Sinking Fund. There shall be no sinking
fund provided for the Notes. 
 SECTION 2.03 Optional Redemption by the Company. 

(a) Right to Redeem; Notice to Trustee, Paying Agent and Holders. The Company, at its option, may at any time or from time to time
redeem the Notes in whole or in part at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments on such Notes
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year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at a rate equal to the sum of the applicable Treasury Rate plus 35 basis points (the “Redemption Price”), plus in either case accrued
and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or any portion of the Notes called for redemption (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the
Redemption Price and accrued interest). 
 (b) Fewer Than All Outstanding Notes to Be Redeemed. If fewer than all of the
outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected in Principal Amounts of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, and in compliance with the applicable policies and procedures of the Depositary (or if
the Notes are not held by a Depositary, the Trustee shall effect such selection pro rata, by lot or by any other method as the Trustee considers fair and appropriate). The Trustee will make such selection promptly following receipt of a notice from
the Company setting forth the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and the proposed Redemption Date and delivered to the Trustee not less than 45 days (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) prior to the proposed
Redemption Date. 
 (c) Notice of Redemption. If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 2.03(a)
hereof, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed a notice of redemption by first-class mail to the Trustee, the Paying Agent and each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such
Holder’s address as it appears on the Security Register or otherwise in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures. Notices of redemption may not be conditional. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the registered Holder received the notice. In any case, failure to duly give such notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the
notice, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note. 
 The notice shall identify the
Notes to be redeemed and shall state: 
 (i) the Redemption Date; 

(ii) the Redemption Price; 
 (iii) the name and address of the Paying Agent; 
 (iv) that Notes
called for redemption must be presented and surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price; 

(v) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment of such Redemption Price, interest, if any, on the Notes called
for redemption will cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the Holder will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price upon presentation and surrender to the Paying Agent of the Notes; 

(vi) if any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the certificate number and portion of the Principal Amount of such Note
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the Redemption Date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in Principal Amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued in the name of the Holder upon cancellation of the
original Note; 
 (vii) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Supplemental Indenture pursuant to
which the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption are being redeemed; and 
 (viii) the CUSIP and ISIN
number or numbers for the Notes called for redemption and that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of any such CUSIP or ISIN number that is listed in such notice or printed on the Notes. 

At the Company’s request, made at least five Business Days prior to the date upon which such notice is to be mailed, the Paying
Agent shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense. 
 (d) Effect of
Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 2.03(c) hereof, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price. Upon presentation and surrender to
the Paying Agent, Notes called for redemption shall be paid at the Redemption Price. 
 (e) Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or before 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and any accrued and unpaid interest with respect to all
the Notes to be redeemed on that date other than the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption which on or prior thereto have been delivered by the Company to the Security Registrar for cancellation. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall, as
promptly as practicable, return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the Redemption Price of, and any accrued and unpaid interest with respect to the Notes
to be redeemed. 
 The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying
Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of the Redemption Price and any accrued and unpaid interest and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making
any such payment. If the Company or an Affiliate of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price plus accrued interest and hold such funds as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may
require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee. 

(f) With respect to the Notes only, Sections 10.02 through 10.06 of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable. 

SECTION 2.04 Change of Control Offer. (a) If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, each Holder shall have the
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all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) on the terms
set forth herein. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company shall offer payment (a “Change of Control Payment”) in cash equal to not less than 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid
interest to, but excluding, the date of repurchase (the “Change of Control Payment Date”) which date will be no earlier than the date of the Change of Control. 

(b) No later than 30 days following any occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, the Company shall mail a notice to the
Trustee and each Holder or otherwise give notice in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the Change
of Control Payment Date specified in such notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, but in no event earlier than the date of the Change of Control. Such notice shall also state:

 (i) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 2.04 and that all Notes
properly tendered and not withdrawn shall be accepted for payment; 
 (ii) the purchase price and the Change of
Control Payment Date; 
 (iii) that any Note not properly tendered shall remain outstanding and continue to
accrue interest; 
 (iv) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all
Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest on and after the Change of Control Payment Date; 
 (v) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer shall be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase”
on the reverse of the Notes completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Paying Agent specified in the notice at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control
Payment Date; 
 (vi) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election to
require the Company to purchase such Notes, provided that the Paying Agent receives at the address specified by it, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a facsimile
transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the Principal Amount of Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such Notes purchased; and 

(vii) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in Principal Amount to the
unpurchased portion of the Notes 

  
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surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 in Principal Amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. 

At the Company’s request, made at least five Business Days prior to the date upon which such notice is to be mailed, the Paying
Agent shall give the notice of Change of Control Offer in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense. 
 (c) The
Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the Change of Control Offer. To the
extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 2.04, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws or regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its
obligations under this Section 2.04 by virtue of such compliance. 
 (d) On or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date,
the Company shall, to the extent lawful: 
 (i) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly
tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; 
 (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the
Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered; and 
 (iii) deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. 

(e) The Paying Agent shall promptly mail or wire transfer to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for
such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in Principal Amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each
such new Note shall be in a Principal Amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. 
 (f) The Company
shall publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date. 
 (g) The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and
otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 2.04 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. 

(h) If the Change of Control Payment Date is on or after a Regular Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any
accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such Regular 

  
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Record Date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer. 

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Supplemental Indenture, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance
of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement has been executed by the time of making the Change of Control Offer. 
 (j) The Security Registrar need not transfer or exchange any Notes tendered and not withdrawn in connection with a Change of Control Offer (except, in the case of a Note to be repurchased in part, the
portion of the Note not to be repurchased) for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of Change of Control Offer and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing. 

(k) This Section 2.04 shall be applicable notwithstanding the applicability of any other provisions of the Indenture. 

ARTICLE 3 
 GLOBAL SECURITIES 
 SECTION 3.01 Form. The Notes shall
initially be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities. The Company shall execute and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver such Global Security or Securities in the manner provided for in Article 2 of
the Base Indenture. 
 SECTION 3.02 Transfer and Exchange. Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 3.02,
a Global Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee
to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Securities shall be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Securities if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company (A) that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as Depositary for the Global Securities and the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days after receiving such notice or (B) that it has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and the
Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days after becoming aware of such condition; (ii) the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Securities; or
(iii) if Holders of not less than 25% of aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding or the Trustee notifies the Company in writing that it has requested the issuance of Definitive Securities due to the occurrence and continuation
of a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (i), (ii) or (iii) above, Definitive Securities shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee.
Global Securities also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.05 and 2.07 of the Base Indenture. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Security or an portion thereof,
pursuant to the Indenture, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security. A 

  
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Global Security may not be exchanged for another Security other than as provided in this Section 3.02. 
 ARTICLE 4 
 REMEDIES 

SECTION 4.01 Additional Events of Default. The following events shall each constitute an additional “Event of
Default” under the Base Indenture whenever used with respect to the Notes (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or
order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body): failure by the Company to repurchase Notes or make a Change of Control Offer in a timely manner in accordance with Section 2.04 hereof. 

ARTICLE 5 
 WAIVER, MODIFICATIONS AND AMENDMENTS 
 SECTION 5.01 Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Holders. (a) Supplemental indentures modifying the Indenture and the terms of the Notes may be entered into as set forth in Article 8 of the Base Indenture; provided that, in addition to the provisions of
Section 8.02 of the Base Indenture, the Company and the Trustee also may not, without the consent of each Holder of Notes affected thereby, enter into a supplemental indenture modifying or amending the Indenture or the Notes to: 

(i) change the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes (including Section 2.03) in a manner adverse to
such Holder; or 
 (ii) amend, change or modify the Company’s obligation to make and consummate a Change of
Control Offer in the event of a Change of Control Repurchase Event in accordance with Section 2.04 of this Supplemental Indenture, including any definition relating thereto, after the Change of Control or Change of Control Repurchase Event has
occurred. 
 (b) With respect to the Notes only, Section 8.02(3) of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable. 

ARTICLE 6 
 RANKING 
 SECTION 6.01 Senior in Right of Payment. The
Notes shall be direct senior obligations of the Company and shall rank (a) senior in right of payment to all existing and future Indebtedness that is, by its terms, expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes and (b) pari
passu in right of payment with all other unsecured senior Indebtedness of the Company. The Notes are not guaranteed. 

  
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 ARTICLE 7 

MISCELLANEOUS 
 SECTION 7.01 Integral Part. This Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Indenture with respect to the Notes only. 

SECTION 7.02 Adoption, Ratification and Confirmation. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this
Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided. The provisions of this Supplemental
Indenture shall, subject to the terms hereof, supersede the provisions of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes to the extent the Base Indenture is inconsistent herewith. 

SECTION 7.03 Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so
executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 
 SECTION 7.04 GOVERNING LAW. THE INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW RULES OF SAID
STATE. 
 SECTION 7.05 Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust Indenture Act. If and to the extent
that any provision of the Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision required under the terms of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trust Indenture Act provision shall control. 

SECTION 7.06 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect
the construction hereof. 
 SECTION 7.07 Severability of Provisions. In case any provision in the Indenture
or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 

SECTION 7.08 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in the Indenture by the parties hereto shall bind
their respective successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. 
 SECTION 7.09 Benefit of Indenture. Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any
Paying Agent, and their successors hereunder, and the Holders of the Notes, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim hereunder or under the Indenture. 
 SECTION 7.10 Acceptance by Trustee. The Trustee accepts the amendments to the Base Indenture effected by this Supplemental Indenture and agrees to execute the trusts created by the Base
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forth in this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the recitals contained
herein, which shall be taken as the statements of the Company and except as provided in the Indenture the Trustee shall not be responsible or accountable in any way whatsoever for or with respect to the validity or execution or sufficiency of this
Supplemental Indenture and the Trustee makes no representation with respect thereto. All rights, protections, privileges, indemnities and benefits granted or afforded to the Trustee under the Indenture shall be deemed incorporated herein by this
reference and shall be deemed applicable to all actions taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee under this Supplemental Indenture. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed, and the Company’s corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	 THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC.

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nicholas J. Camera

		 	Name: Nicholas J. Camera
		 	Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

  

			
	[SEAL]
	
	Attest:
	
	 /s/ Ellen T. Johnson

	Name:	 	Ellen T. Johnson
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 [Supplemental Indenture – Signature Page] 

			
	 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

		
	By:	 	 /s/ George T. Hogan

		 	Name: George T. Hogan
		 	Title:   Vice President

 [Supplemental Indenture – Signature Page] 

 EXHIBIT A 
 [FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY] 
 [FOR GLOBAL SECURITY] [THIS SECURITY IS IN GLOBAL FORM WITHIN
THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN CERTIFICATED FORM IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES
DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY
SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. 
 UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC. OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS SECURITY OR ANY PORTION HEREOF IS REGISTERED
IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.] 

  
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 THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC. 

4.00% Senior Notes due 2022 
 No.          
  

									
		 		 		  	 CUSIP No.:
 ISIN
No.:
	  	

 The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
Delaware (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
            , or registered assigns, on March 15, 2022 the principal sum of              Dollars
($            ) and to pay interest thereon from March 2, 2012 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually on
March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing on September 15, 2012, at the rate of 4.00% per annum until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest next preceding such Interest Payment Date. 
 Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this
Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the State of New York, City of New York, Borough of Manhattan; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by
check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as all of the Notes of this series are represented by Notes in global form, the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on this global Note shall be paid in same day funds to the Depositary, or to such name or entity as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary. 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its
corporate seal. 
  

			
	 THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC.

		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	 Name:

		 	 Title:

	
	 Attest:

		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	 Name:

		 	 Title:

 [SEAL] 

Dated:             , 2012 
 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

			
	
	This is one of the Notes described in the within-mentioned Indenture and Supplemental Indenture.

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee 

			
		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	Authorized Signatory

 [FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF SECURITY] 

THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC. 
 4.00% Senior Notes due 2022 
 1. INTEREST 

THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the
outstanding Principal Amount of this Note at the rate of 4.00% per annum from March 2, 2012 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be, until Maturity. The Company
shall pay interest semiannually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 2012, and at Maturity to the Person in whose name the Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record
Date of March 1 and September 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest on the Notes will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of
twelve 30-day months. 
 If any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Change of Control Payment Date or Maturity date is not a
Business Day, the payment of principal and interest, as applicable, will be made on the next succeeding Business Day. No interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Change of Control
Payment Date or the Maturity date, as the case may be, to the date payment is made on such next succeeding Business Day. 
 2. METHOD OF PAYMENT

 Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall make payments in respect of the Notes to the Persons
who are registered Holders of Notes as of the close of business on the Business Day preceding the Redemption Date or Maturity date, as the case may be, or at the close of business on a Change of Control Payment Date. Holders must surrender Notes to
a Paying Agent to collect such payments in respect of the Notes. The Company shall pay cash amounts in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. However, the Company may make such
cash payments by check payable in such money. 
 3. PAYING AGENT AND SECURITY REGISTRAR 

Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association under the laws of the United States of America and having a
corporate trust office in Atlanta, Georgia (the “Trustee”), shall act as Paying Agent and Security Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent and Security Registrar or co-registrar without notice, other than
notice to the Trustee except that the Company will maintain at least one Paying Agent in the State of New York, City of New York, Borough of Manhattan. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates may act as Paying Agent,
Security Registrar or co-registrar. 

 4. INDENTURE 
 This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under a Senior Debt Indenture,
dated as of March 2, 2012 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of March 2, 2012 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture,
the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the
respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and the terms upon which the Notes are to be authenticated and delivered. The terms, conditions and provisions of the Notes are those stated in the Indenture,
those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and those set forth in the Notes. 

The Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company initially issued in an aggregate Principal Amount of $250,000,000. 

5. REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY 
 No sinking fund is provided for the Notes. Except as set forth below, the Notes shall not be redeemable by the Company. 
 The Company, at its option, may at any time or from time to time redeem the Notes in whole or in part at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be
redeemed and (2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments on such Notes discounted to the date of redemption, on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at a rate equal to the
sum of the applicable Treasury Rate, plus 35 basis points, plus in either case accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. 
 6. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY 
 Subject to the provisions of
paragraph 5 of this Note, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed a notice of redemption by first-class mail to the Trustee, the Paying Agent and each Holder of Notes to be
redeemed at such Holder’s address as it appears on the Note register or otherwise in accordance with DTC’s procedures. If money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date
is deposited with the Paying Agent prior to or on the Redemption Date, on and after the Redemption Date, interest, if any, shall cease to accrue on such Notes or portions thereof. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 Principal Amount may be
redeemed in part but only in integral multiples of $1,000 Principal Amount in excess thereof. 
 7. REPURCHASE OF NOTES AT THE OPTION OF THE
HOLDER UPON A CHANGE OF CONTROL REPURCHASE EVENT 
 If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, each Holder shall have the
right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of 

 
$1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer on the terms set forth in the Indenture. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company will offer payment
in cash equal to not less than 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding the date of repurchase, which date will be no earlier than the date of the Change of Control. The Company
shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in
Section 2.04 of the Supplemental Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. 

8. RANKING 
 The Notes shall be
direct senior obligations of the Company and shall rank senior in right of payment to all existing and future Indebtedness that is, by its terms, expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes and pari passu in right of payment with
all other unsecured senior Indebtedness of the Company. The Notes are not guaranteed. 
 9. DEFAULTED INTEREST 

Except as otherwise specified with respect to the Notes, any Defaulted Interest on any Note shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
registered Holder thereof on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company as provided for in Section 2.08 of the Base Indenture and Section 2.02 of the
Supplemental Indenture. 
 10. DENOMINATIONS; TRANSFER; EXCHANGE 
 The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Security
Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. In the event of a partial redemption of the Notes or Change
of Control Offer, the Security Registrar need not transfer or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed), or any Notes tendered and not withdrawn in
connection with a Change of Control Offer (except, in the case of a Note to be repurchased in part, the portion of the Note not to be repurchased), for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice with respect to a redemption or Change of
Control Offer, as applicable, and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing. The Notes are subject to certain transfer restrictions set forth in Article 3 of the Supplemental Indenture. 

11. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS 
 The
registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of this Note for all purposes. 
 12. UNCLAIMED MONEY OR PROPERTY 

 The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company upon written request any money
or property held by them for the payment of any amount with respect to the Notes that remains unclaimed for one year; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such return, shall at the
expense of the Company cause to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or mail to each such Holder notice that such money or property remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall
not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication or mailing, any unclaimed money or property then remaining shall be returned to the Company. After return to the Company, Holders entitled to the money or property must look to the
Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person. 
 13. AMENDMENT; WAIVER

 Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture or the Notes may be amended with the written
consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the Notes at the time outstanding and (ii) certain Defaults or noncompliance with certain provisions may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a
majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the Notes at the time outstanding. The Indenture or the Notes may be amended without the consent of any Holders under circumstances set forth in Section 8.01 of the Base Indenture. 

14. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES 
 If
an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Principal Amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, may declare the outstanding Principal Amount and any accrued and unpaid interest, of all
the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default which shall result in the Notes being declared due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default. 

Events of Default in respect of the Notes are set forth in Section 4.01 of the Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by
Article 4 of the Supplemental Indenture. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives indemnity or security reasonably
satisfactory to it. Subject to certain limitations, conditions and exceptions, Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power, including the
annulment of a declaration of acceleration. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing Default (except a Default in payment of amounts specified in clauses (1) and (2) of Section 4.01 of the Base Indenture) if it
determines that withholding notice is in their interests. 
 15. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, AND SALE OF ASSETS 

In the event of a consolidation, merger, or sale of assets to convey, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the Company’s
property or assets as described in Section 7.01 of the Base Indenture, the successor corporation to the Company shall succeed to and be 

 
substituted for the Company, and may exercise the Company’s rights and powers under the Indenture, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the Company shall be relieved of all
obligations and covenants under the Indenture and the Notes with respect to its obligations under the Indenture. 
 16. TRUSTEE AND AGENT
DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY 
 The Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar under the Indenture, each in its individual or any
other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if
it were not Trustee, Paying Agent or Security Registrar. 
 17. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS 

A director, officer or employee, as such, of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any stockholder as such, of the Company shall
not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases
all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes. 
 18. AUTHENTICATION 

This Note shall not be valid until an authorized officer of the Trustee or Authenticating Agent manually signs the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note. 
 19. ABBREVIATIONS 

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TENANT (=tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act). 
 20. GOVERNING LAW 
 The Indenture and this Note shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of law rules of said state. 

 ASSIGNMENT FORM 
 To assign this Security, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Security to: 
  

					
		 	  
	 	
		 	(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. number)	 	
			
		 	  
	 	
		 	  
	 	
		 	  
	 	
		 	  
	 	
		 	  
	 	
		 	(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)	 	

 and irrevocably appoint
                                         
                                        as agent to
transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him. 
  

									
	Dated:	 	  
	 	Your Signature:	 	  
	 	
	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security)	 	

  

			
	 Signature Guaranty:
	 	  

		 	[Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Trustee, which requirements will include membership or
participation in STAMP or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Trustee in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act.]

  

			
	 Social Security Number or

Taxpayer Identification Number:
	 	  

 OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE 

The undersigned registered Holder of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (the
“Company”) as to the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Company and requests and instructs the Company to repurchase this Note, or the portion hereof (which is $2,000 Principal Amount or an
integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) designated below, in accordance with paragraph 7 of this Note and the terms of the Supplemental Indenture referred to in this Note and directs that the check in payment for this Note or the portion
thereof and any Notes representing any unrepurchased principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered Holder hereof. 
  

									
	Dated:	 	  
	 	Your Signature:	 	  
	 	
	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security)	 	

  

			
	 Signature Guaranty:
	 	  

		 	[Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Trustee, which requirements will include membership or
participation in STAMP or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Trustee in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act.]

  

			
	 Social Security Number or

Taxpayer Identification Number:
	 	  

 Principal Amount to be purchased (if 
 less than all):$            ,000.Registration Rights Agreement

 Exhibit 4.2 
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
 THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”) is entered into as of February 29, 2012, by and among Encore Wire Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Capital Southwest Corporation, a Texas corporation (“CSC”),
and Capital Southwest Venture Corporation, a Nevada corporation (“CSVC” and together with CSC, the “Stockholders”). 
 RECITALS 
 A. The Stockholders currently own shares of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) as follows (the “Shares”): (i) CSC owns 1,312,500 shares of Common stock, and (ii) CSVC currently owns 2,774,250 shares of Common Stock. 

B. The Stockholders desire that the Company register the offer and sale of the Shares on a registration statement on Form S-3, and the
Company desires to register the offer and sale of the Shares on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. 

AGREEMENT 

In consideration of the mutual promises made herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows: 
 1. Definitions. For purposes
of this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings: 
 (a) “Affiliate” means, when used with
respect to a specified Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, owns or controls, is under common ownership or control with, or is owned or controlled by, such Person; 

(b) “Agreement” has the meaning given to such term in the preamble to this Agreement. 

(c) “Blackout Period” means the period beginning on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter and ending at 9:00 a.m.
Dallas time on the third full Business Day following the date of the public release of the Company’s earnings results for such quarter. 
 (d) “Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which commercial banks are open for business with the public in Dallas, Texas. 

(e) “CSC” has the meaning given to such term in the preamble to this Agreement. 

(f) “CSVC” has the meaning given to such term in the preamble to this Agreement. 

(g) “Common Stock” has the meaning given to such term in the Recitals. 

(h) “Disposition” means any sale, assignment, gift, transfer, pledge or mortgage of Common Stock by the Stockholders.

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

  
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 (j) “Person” means an individual, partnership, limited partnership, limited
liability company, foreign limited liability company, trust, estate, corporation, custodian, trustee, executor, administrator, nominee or entity in a representative capacity. 
 (k) “Registration Expenses” has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4. 
 (l) “Registration Statement” has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 2(a)(i). 
 (m) “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. 
 (n) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 

(o) “Shares” has the meaning given to such term in the Recitals. 

(p) “Stockholders” has the meaning given to such term in the preamble to this Agreement. 

2. Registration of the Shares 
 (a) The Company will use reasonable efforts to: 
 (i) prepare and
file with the SEC a resale registration statement on Form S-3 to register the offer and sale of the Shares by the Stockholders (the “Registration Statement”) promptly after the Company files with the SEC its annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011; 
 (ii) cause the Registration Statement to become effective,
including promptly responding to comments and requests from the SEC; 
 (iii) promptly prepare and file with the
SEC any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or prospectus which, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, is required in connection with the registration of the offer and sale of the Shares; 

(iv) register or qualify the Shares under such other state securities laws or laws of such jurisdictions as the Company
determines to be applicable; provided that the Company will not be required to (A) register or qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this subparagraph or (B) consent to
general service of process in any such jurisdiction; and 
 (v) furnish to the Stockholders, at the
Stockholders’ sole expense, such number of copies of the Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the prospectus included in the Registration Statement, any documents incorporated by reference therein and such other
documents as the Stockholders may reasonably request in order to facilitate the Disposition of the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement. 
 (b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to: 
 (i) file the Registration Statement, if the Company becomes ineligible to file a registration statement on Form S-3 under the rules and regulations of the SEC; 

  
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 (ii) engage an underwriter to offer or sell the Shares under the
Registration Statement; or 
 (iii) make any public disclosure prior to the date when such information would
otherwise be required to be filed with SEC under the Exchange Act (including any applicable extensions). 
 (c) In connection
with the Company preparing and filing the Registration Statement, the Stockholders will: 
 (i) furnish to the
Company in writing such information as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with the Registration Statement and prospectus; and 
 (ii) keep confidential and not disclose to third-parties (except as required by law and excluding the Stockholder’s lawyers, accountants, and bankers) any information received from the Company
pursuant to this Agreement regarding the Company or any proposed registration (or suspension thereof) of the offer and sale of the Common Stock under the Securities Act (other than disclosure previously made by the Stockholders to their respective
portfolio companies that they intend to register the Shares). 
 3. Trading Restrictions 

(a) For so long as an employee of CSC serves as a director of the Company, the Stockholders shall not effect any Disposition of the
Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement during the Blackout Period and during any period that they are in possession of material, non-public information concerning the Company. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Stockholders shall request
pre-clearance of such Disposition from the Chief Financial Officer of the Company (“CFO”) at least two business days prior to the proposed date of such Disposition for the purpose of ensuring that the Stockholders are not otherwise
in possession of material, non-public information concerning the Company. If the circumstances described in paragraph 3(b)(i) and paragraph 3(b)(ii) exist, the CFO will not pre-clear the Disposition, and the Stockholders will
discontinue any Disposition of the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement; provided that the Company shall notify the Stockholders in writing when the Company determines that the Stockholders may thereafter resume any Disposition of the
Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement. 
 (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement,
during any time period in which an employee of CSC does not serve as a director of the Company, the Company may, upon written notice to the Stockholders, suspend the Stockholders’ use of any prospectus that is a part of the Registration
Statement, and the Stockholders shall discontinue any Disposition of the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement if (i) the Company is pursuing an acquisition, merger, reorganization, disposition or other material transaction or some
other material event or circumstance has occurred and (ii) the Company, in its sole discretion, determines that immediate public disclosure of such transaction, event or circumstance is not in the best interests of the Company; provided that
the Company shall notify the Stockholders in writing when the Company determines that the Stockholders may thereafter resume any Disposition of the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement. 

4. Registration Expenses and Other Compensation 
 All expenses incident to the Company’s preparation or performance of, or compliance with, this Agreement, including to the extent applicable (a) all registration and filing fees, (b) fees
and expenses of compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws (including reasonable fees and 

  
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disbursements of counsel in connection with “blue sky” qualifications of the Shares), (c) printing expenses, (d) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any listing
of the Shares, (e) fees and expenses of counsel for the Company and (f) fees and expenses of the Company’s independent certified public accountants (including the expenses of any special audit or “cold comfort” letters
required by or incident to such performance) (all such expenses being herein called “Registration Expenses”), will be borne by the Stockholders whether or not the Registration Statement becomes effective unless the Registration
Statement does not become effective solely due to the actions or omissions of the Company and without any fault of the Stockholders. The Stockholders shall reimburse the Company and/or directly pay the Registration Expenses promptly upon the
Stockholders receiving written notice from the Company specifying the amount of Registration Expenses that the Company has incurred and attaching the actual invoices that have been paid by the Company or are requested to be paid. To the extent the
Company is being reimbursed for Registration Expenses previously paid by it, the Stockholders shall wire cash in the amount of the Registration Expenses to a bank account specified by the Company in such notice. 

5. Miscellaneous 
 (a) Notices 
 All notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be
in writing and shall be deemed given (i) when delivered personally by hand (with written confirmation of receipt), (ii) when sent by facsimile (with written confirmation of transmission) or (iii) one Business Day following the day
sent by overnight courier (with written confirmation of receipt), in each case at the following addresses and facsimile numbers (or to such other address or facsimile number as a party may have specified by notice given to the other party pursuant
to this provision): 
 If to the Company: 
 Encore Wire Corporation 
 1329 Milwood Road 

McKinney, Texas 75069 
 Attn: Frank J. Bilban 
 Fax: (214) 733-5008 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: 
 Thompson & Knight LLP 
 One Arts Plaza 

1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500 
 Dallas, Texas 75201 
 Attn: Ann Marie Cowdrey 

Fax: (214) 999-9001 
 If to the Stockholders: 
 Capital Southwest Corporation 

12900 Preston Road, Suite 700 
 Dallas, Texas 75230 
 Attn: William R. Thomas III 

Fax: (972) 233-7362 

  
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 with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: 

Locke Lord LLP 

2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2200 
 Dallas, Texas 75201 
 Attn: Gina Betts 

Fax: (214) 756-8515 
 (b) Entire Agreement 
 This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. 

(c) Binding Effect; Assignment; No Third Party Benefit 
 This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns. Other than the indemnification
provisions of paragraph 5, nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any person other than the parties hereto, and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors, and permitted assigns, any
rights, benefits, or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. 
 (d) Severability 

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable, this Agreement shall be considered divisible and such provision shall be
deemed inoperative to the extent it is deemed unenforceable, and in all other respects this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect; provided that if any such provision may be made enforceable by limitation thereof, then such provision shall
be deemed to be so limited and shall be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. 
 (e) Governing Law

 THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, WITHOUT
REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF. 
 (f) Descriptive Headings 

The descriptive headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement, and shall not
affect in any manner the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. 
 (g) References 

All references in this Agreement to paragraphs and other subdivisions refer to the paragraphs and other subdivisions of this Agreement
unless expressly provided otherwise. The words “this Agreement,” “herein,” “hereof,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
subdivision unless expressly so limited. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” and “including” are used in this Agreement, such words shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

  
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 (h) Consent to Jurisdiction 

(i) The parties hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Texas and the
federal courts of the United States of America located in Dallas, Texas, and appropriate appellate courts therefrom, over any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, and each party hereby
irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such dispute or proceeding may be heard and determined in such courts. The parties hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which they may now or
hereafter have to the laying of venue of any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby brought in such court or any defense of inconvenient forum for the maintenance of such dispute. Each of
the parties hereto agrees that a judgment in any such dispute may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. This consent to jurisdiction is being given solely for purposes of this Agreement
and is not intended to, and shall not, confer consent to jurisdiction with respect to any other dispute in which a party to this Agreement may become involved. 
 (ii) Each of the parties hereto hereby consents to process being served by any party to this Agreement in any suit, action, or proceeding of the nature specified in subparagraph (a) above by the
mailing of a copy thereof. 
 (iii) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT. 
 (i) Amendment 

The provisions of this Agreement may only be amended, waived or modified by written instrument executed by the parties to this Agreement.

 (j) Waiver 
 No failure or delay by a party hereto in exercising any right, power, or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power, or privilege. 
 (k) Counterparts 

This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of
which shall constitute one and the same agreement. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, the parties hereto. 

[Signature Page Follows.] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date and year
first above written. 
  

					
	THE COMPANY:
	
	ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Frank J. Bilban

		 	Name:	 	 Frank J. Bilban

		 	Title:	 	 VP & CFO

	
	THE STOCKHOLDERS:
	
	CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ William R. Thomas III

		 	Name:	 	 William R. Thomas III

		 	Title:	 	 Vice President

	
	CAPITAL SOUTHWEST VENTURE CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ William R. Thomas III

		 	Name:	 	 William R. Thomas III

		 	Title:	 	 Vice President

  
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