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EX-4.1

 Exhibit 4.1 
 EXECUTION VERSION 
  

 
 INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED

 AS ISSUER 
 AND 
 BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY 

AS TRUSTEE 

INDENTURE 

DATED AS OF JUNE 12, 2013 
 $700,000,000 
 5.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023 

 
  

 CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE* 

 

			
	Trust Indenture Act Section	  	Indenture Section
		
	§ 310 (a)(1)	  	6.05, 6.09, 6.11, 6.12
	          (a)(2)	  	6.05, 6.09, 6.11, 6.12
	          (b)	  	6.05, 6.08, 6.10
	§ 311 (a)	  	6.05, 6.13
	          (b)	  	6.05
	§ 312 (a)	  	7.01, 7.02
	          (b)	  	7.02
	          (c)	  	7.02
	§ 313 (a)	  	7.03
	          (b)(2)	  	7.03
	          (c)	  	6.02, 7.03, 7.04
	§ 314 (a)	  	7.04
	          (a)(4)	  	10.19
	          (b)	  	N.A.
	          (c)(1)	  	1.03, 1.04, 4.04, 12.01
	          (c)(2)	  	1.03, 1.04, 4.04, 12.01
	          (d)	  	N.A.
	          (e)	  	1.03
	§ 315 (a)	  	5.12, 6.01, 6.03, 9.03
	          (b)	  	5.12, 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 9.03
	          (c)	  	5.12, 6.01, 6.03, 9.03
	          (d)	  	5.12, 6.01, 6.03, 9.03
	          (e)	  	5.12, 5.14
	§ 316 (a)(1)(A)	  	5.12
	          (a)(1)(B)	  	5.02, 5.13
	          (a)(2)	  	N.A.
	          (b)	  	5.08
	          (c)	  	1.05
	§ 317 (a)(1)	  	5.03
	          (a)(2)	  	5.04
	          (b)	  	10.03
	§ 318 (a)	  	1.08

  

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

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

					
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	ARTICLE ONE	  
	
	 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER
 PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
	   

  

		
	 Section 1.01. Definitions
	  	 	1	  
	 Section 1.02. Other Definitions
	  	 	29	  
	 Section 1.03. Compliance Certificates and Opinions
	  	 	31	  
	 Section 1.04. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
	  	 	31	  
	 Section 1.05. Acts of Holders
	  	 	32	  
	 Section 1.06. Notices, etc., to the Trustee, the Company and Any Guarantor
	  	 	34	  
	 Section 1.07. Notice to Holders; Waiver
	  	 	34	  
	 Section 1.08. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
	  	 	35	  
	 Section 1.09. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
	  	 	35	  
	 Section 1.10. Successors and Assigns
	  	 	35	  
	 Section 1.11. Separability Clause
	  	 	35	  
	 Section 1.12. Benefits of Indenture
	  	 	35	  
	 Section 1.13. GOVERNING LAW
	  	 	35	  
	 Section 1.14. Legal Holidays
	  	 	36	  
	 Section 1.15. Independence of Covenants
	  	 	36	  
	 Section 1.16. Schedules and Exhibits
	  	 	36	  
	 Section 1.17. Counterparts
	  	 	36	  
	
	ARTICLE TWO	  
	
	SECURITY FORMS	  
		
	 Section 2.01. Forms Generally
	  	 	36	  
	 Section 2.02. Form of Face of Security
	  	 	37	  
	 Section 2.03. Form of Reverse of Securities
	  	 	45	  
	
	ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES	  
		
	 Section 3.01. Title and Terms
	  	 	50	  
	 Section 3.02. Denominations
	  	 	51	  
	 Section 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
	  	 	51	  
	 Section 3.04. Temporary Securities
	  	 	52	  
	 Section 3.05. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange
	  	 	53	  
	 Section 3.06. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities
	  	 	54	  

  
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	 Section 3.07. Special Transfer and Exchange Provisions
	  	 	56	  
	 Section 3.08. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
	  	 	59	  
	 Section 3.09. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
	  	 	60	  
	 Section 3.10. CUSIP Numbers
	  	 	61	  
	 Section 3.11. Persons Deemed Owners
	  	 	61	  
	 Section 3.12. Cancellation
	  	 	61	  
	 Section 3.13. Computation of Interest
	  	 	62	  
	
	ARTICLE FOUR	  
	
	DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE	  
		
	 Section 4.01. Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	  	 	62	  
	 Section 4.02. Defeasance and Discharge
	  	 	62	  
	 Section 4.03. Covenant Defeasance
	  	 	63	  
	 Section 4.04. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	  	 	63	  
	 Section 4.05. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions
	  	 	65	  
	 Section 4.06. Reinstatement
	  	 	66	  
	
	ARTICLE FIVE	  
	
	REMEDIES	  
		
	 Section 5.01. Events of Default
	  	 	67	  
	 Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
	  	 	69	  
	 Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
	  	 	70	  
	 Section 5.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	  	 	71	  
	 Section 5.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities
	  	 	71	  
	 Section 5.06. Application of Money Collected
	  	 	72	  
	 Section 5.07. Limitation on Suits
	  	 	72	  
	 Section 5.08. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest
	  	 	73	  
	 Section 5.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	  	 	73	  
	 Section 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	  	 	73	  
	 Section 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver
	  	 	74	  
	 Section 5.12. Control by Holders
	  	 	74	  
	 Section 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults
	  	 	74	  
	 Section 5.14. Undertaking for Costs
	  	 	75	  
	 Section 5.15. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws
	  	 	75	  
	 Section 5.16. Remedies Subject to Applicable Law
	  	 	75	  

  
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	ARTICLE SIX	  
	
	THE TRUSTEE	  
		
	 Section 6.01. Duties of Trustee
	  	 	76	  
	 Section 6.02. Notice of Defaults
	  	 	77	  
	 Section 6.03. Certain Rights of Trustee
	  	 	77	  
	 Section 6.04. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Dispositions of Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof
	  	 	79	  
	 Section 6.05. Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections; etc
	  	 	79	  
	 Section 6.06. Money Held in Trust
	  	 	80	  
	 Section 6.07. Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its Prior Claim
	  	 	80	  
	 Section 6.08. Conflicting Interests
	  	 	81	  
	 Section 6.09. Trustee Eligibility
	  	 	81	  
	 Section 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee
	  	 	81	  
	 Section 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
	  	 	83	  
	 Section 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
	  	 	83	  
	 Section 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
	  	 	84	  
	
	ARTICLE SEVEN	  
	
	HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY	  
		
	 Section 7.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
	  	 	84	  
	 Section 7.02. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders
	  	 	85	  
	 Section 7.03. Reports by Trustee
	  	 	85	  
	 Section 7.04. Reports by Company and Guarantors
	  	 	85	  
	
	ARTICLE EIGHT	  
	
	CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OF ASSETS	  
		
	 Section 8.01. Company and Guarantors, if Any, May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms
	  	 	86	  
	 Section 8.02. Successor Substituted
	  	 	89	  
	
	ARTICLE NINE	  
	
	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	  
		
	 Section 9.01. Supplemental Indentures and Agreements Without Consent of Holders
	  	 	90	  

  
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	 Section 9.02. Supplemental Indentures and Agreements with Consent of Holders
	  	 	91	  
	 Section 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures and Agreements
	  	 	93	  
	 Section 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures
	  	 	93	  
	 Section 9.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
	  	 	93	  
	 Section 9.06. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
	  	 	93	  
	 Section 9.07. Notice of Supplemental Indentures
	  	 	94	  
	 Section 9.08. Revocation and Effects of Consents
	  	 	94	  
	
	ARTICLE TEN	  
	
	COVENANTS	  
		
	 Section 10.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
	  	 	94	  
	 Section 10.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency
	  	 	94	  
	 Section 10.03. Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust
	  	 	95	  
	 Section 10.04. Corporate Existence
	  	 	96	  
	 Section 10.05. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims
	  	 	97	  
	 Section 10.06. Maintenance of Properties
	  	 	97	  
	 Section 10.07. Maintenance of Insurance
	  	 	98	  
	 Section 10.08. Limitation on Indebtedness
	  	 	98	  
	 Section 10.09. Limitation on Restricted Payments
	  	 	101	  
	 Section 10.10. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates
	  	 	106	  
	 Section 10.11. Limitation on Liens
	  	 	108	  
	 Section 10.12. Limitation on Sale of Assets
	  	 	108	  
	 Section 10.13. Limitation on Issuances of Guarantees of and Pledges for Indebtedness
	  	 	113	  
	 Section 10.14. [Reserved]
	  	 	114	  
	 Section 10.15. Purchase of Securities upon a Change of Control
	  	 	114	  
	 Section 10.16. Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries
	  	 	117	  
	 Section 10.17. Limitations on Unrestricted Subsidiaries
	  	 	118	  
	 Section 10.18. Provision of Financial Statements
	  	 	120	  
	 Section 10.19. Statement by Officers as to Default
	  	 	120	  
	 Section 10.20. Waiver of Certain Covenants
	  	 	121	  
	
	ARTICLE ELEVEN	  
	
	REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES	  
		
	 Section 11.01. Rights of Redemption
	  	 	121	  
	 Section 11.02. Applicability of Article
	  	 	122	  
	 Section 11.03. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
	  	 	122	  

  
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	 Section 11.04. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
	  	 	122	  
	 Section 11.05. Notice of Redemption
	  	 	123	  
	 Section 11.06. Deposit of Redemption Price
	  	 	124	  
	 Section 11.07. Securities Payable on Redemption Date
	  	 	124	  
	 Section 11.08. Securities Redeemed or Purchased in Part
	  	 	125	  
	
	ARTICLE TWELVE	  
	
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE	  
		
	 Section 12.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	  	 	125	  
	 Section 12.02. Application of Trust Money
	  	 	126	  

  

			
	 ANNEX A
	  	Intercompany Note
		
	 EXHIBIT A
	  	Regulation S Certificate
		
	 EXHIBIT B
	  	Restricted Securities Certificate
		
	 EXHIBIT C
	  	Unrestricted Securities Certificate
		
	 APPENDIX I
	  	Form of Transfer Notice
		
	 APPENDIX II
	  	Form of Transferee Certificate

  
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 INDENTURE, dated as of June 12, 2013 between Ingles Markets, Incorporated, a North
Carolina corporation (the “Company”), and Branch Banking and Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”). 
 RECITALS OF THE COMPANY 
 The Company has duly authorized the creation of
an issue of 5.75% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Securities”) of the tenor and amount hereinafter set forth, and to provide therefor the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture and the Securities;

 This Indenture is subject to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be
part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; 
 All acts and things necessary have been done to
make (i) the Securities, when duly issued and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder, the valid obligations of the Company and (ii) this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: 

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed,
for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as follows: 
 ARTICLE ONE 

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER 
 PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION 
 Section 1.01. Definitions. 

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: 

(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well
as the singular; 
 (b) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly
or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein; 
 (c) all accounting terms not otherwise
defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP; 

 (d) 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; 
 (e) all references to $, US$, dollars or United States dollars shall refer to the lawful currency of the United States of America; and 

(f) all references herein to particular Sections or Articles refer to this Indenture unless otherwise so indicated.

 Certain terms used principally in Article Four are defined in Article Four. 

“Acquired Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person (1) existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary or (2) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case, other than Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or such
acquisition, as the case may be. Acquired Indebtedness shall be deemed to be incurred on the date of the related acquisition of assets from any Person or the date the acquired Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be. 

“Additional Interest” means all additional interest then owing pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement. Unless the
context indicates otherwise, all references to “interest” in this Indenture or the Securities shall be deemed to include any Additional Interest. 
 “Additional Securities” means Securities (other than the Initial Securities) issued under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 3.03 and 11.08 hereof, as part of the
same series as the Initial Securities. The Initial Securities and any Additional Securities subsequently issued under this Indenture shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers,
amendments, redemptions, and offers to purchase. 
 “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person; (2) any other Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class or series of
such specified Person’s (or any of such Person’s direct or indirect parent’s) Capital Stock or any officer or director of any such specified Person or other Person or, with respect to any natural Person, any person having a
relationship with such Person by blood, marriage or adoption not more remote than first cousin; or (3) any other Person 10% or more of the Voting Stock of which is beneficially owned or held directly or indirectly by such specified Person. For
the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. 

  
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 “Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Security on any applicable
Redemption Date, the greater of (i) 1.0% of the then outstanding principal amount of such Security and (ii) the excess of: 
 (a) the present value at such Redemption Date of the sum of (i) the Redemption Price of such Security at June 15, 2018 (such Redemption Price being set forth in the table appearing under
Section 2.03) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on such Security through June 15, 2018 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest), such present value to be computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of
such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over 
 (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such
Security. 
 “Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global
Security or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary for such Security, Euroclear and Clearstream, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect at the time of such transfer or transaction.

 “Asset Sale” means any sale, issuance, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition (including, without
limitation, by way of merger, consolidation or sale and leaseback transaction) (collectively, a “transfer”), directly or indirectly, in one or a series of related transactions, of: 

(1) any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary; 

(2) all or substantially all of the properties and assets of any division or line of business of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary; or 
 (3) any other properties or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other
than in the ordinary course of business. 
 For the purposes of this definition, the term “Asset Sale” shall not
include any transfer of properties and assets: 
 (A) that is governed by the provisions described under
Article Eight hereof, 
 (B) that is by the Company to any Guarantor, or by any Guarantor to the Company
or any Guarantor in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, including any issuance of Capital Stock, 
 (C)
that would be within the definition of a “Restricted Payment” in Section 10.09 and would be permitted to be made as a Restricted Payment (and shall be deemed a Restricted Payment) under such Section, 

  
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 (D) that is of obsolete equipment in the ordinary course of business,

 (E) any disposition of Cash Equivalents, 

(F) non-exclusive license or sublicense of intellectual property or other intangibles, 

(G) surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of
any kind, 
 (H) to the extent permitted under Section 1031 of the Tax Code, any exchange of like property,

 (I) that is a lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of
business, or 
 (J) the Fair Market Value of which in the aggregate does not exceed $7.5 million in any
transaction or series of related transactions. 
 “Asset Swap” means the exchange by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of a portion of its property, business or assets, in the ordinary course of business, for property, business or assets which, or Capital Stock of a Person all or substantially all of whose assets, are of a type used in the
business of the Company on the date of this Indenture or in a Permitted Business, or a combination of any property, business or assets or Capital Stock of such a Person and cash or Cash Equivalents. 

“Average Life to Stated Maturity” means, as of the date of determination with respect to any Indebtedness, the quotient
obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the products of (a) the number of years from the date of determination to the date or dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness multiplied by (b) the amount of each
such principal payment by (2) the sum of all such principal payments. 
 “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11,
United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended, or any similar United States federal or state law or foreign law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, winding up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors or any amendment to,
succession to or change in any such law. 
 “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company or
any Guarantor, as the case may be, or any duly authorized committee of such board. 
 “Board Resolution” means
a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee. 

  
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 “Business Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
which is not a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in The City of New York or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.

 “Capital Lease Obligation” of any Person means any obligation of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries
on a Consolidated basis under any capital lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) real or personal property which, in accordance with GAAP, is required to be recorded as a capitalized lease obligation. 

“Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations, rights in or other equivalents
(however designated) of such Person’s capital stock, other equity interests whether now outstanding or issued after the date hereof, partnership interests (whether general or limited), limited liability company interests, any other interest or
participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, including any Preferred Stock, and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into Capital
Stock), warrants or options exchangeable for or convertible into such Capital Stock. 
 “Cash Equivalents”
means: 
 (1) any evidence of Indebtedness issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United
States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, 
 (2) deposits, certificates of deposit or acceptances of any
financial institution that is a member of the Federal Reserve System and whose senior unsecured debt is rated at least “A-1” by S&P, or at least “P-1” by Moody’s, 

(3) commercial paper with a maturity of 365 days or less issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate or Subsidiary of
the Company) organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and rated at least “A-1” by S&P and at least “P-1” by Moody’s, 

(4) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating to marketable direct obligations issued or
unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States maturing within 365 days from the date of acquisition, and 

(5) money market funds which invest substantially all of their assets in securities described in the preceding clauses
(1) through (4). 

  
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 “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the
following events: 
 (1) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than Permitted Holders, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a Person shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all shares
that such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of Voting Stock entitled to exercise more than 35% of the total voting power of all outstanding
Voting Stock of the Company, provided that the Permitted Holders “beneficially own” (as so defined) Voting Stock entitled to exercise less than 50% of the total voting power of all outstanding Voting Stock of the Company;

 (2) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted
the Board of Directors of the Company (together with any new directors whose election to such board or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of the Company was approved by a vote of (a) 66 2/3% of the directors then still in office
who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved or (b) the Permitted Holders, provided that immediately following such decision the Permitted Holders
“beneficially own” Voting Stock entitled to exercise at least 50% of the total voting power of all outstanding Voting Stock of the Company) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of such Board of Directors then in office;

 (3) the Company consolidates with or merges with or into any Person or sells, assigns, conveys, transfers,
leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to any Person, or any Person consolidates with or merges into or with the Company, in any such event pursuant to transaction in which the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company
is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where 

(A) the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is changed into or exchanged for (1) Voting Stock of the surviving
corporation which is not Redeemable Capital Stock or (2) cash, securities and other property (other than Capital Stock of the surviving corporation) in an amount which could be paid by the Company as a Restricted Payment as described in
Section 10.09 hereof (and such amount shall be treated as a Restricted Payment subject to the provisions of Section 10.09 hereof); and 
 (B) immediately after such transaction, no “person” or “group,” other than Permitted Holders, is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act,
except that a Person shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of Voting Stock
entitled to exercise more than 35% of the total voting power of all outstanding Voting Stock of the surviving corporation; or 

  
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 (4) the Company is liquidated or dissolved or adopts a plan of liquidation
or dissolution other than in a transaction which complies with the provisions described in Article Eight. 
 For purposes
of this definition, any transfer of an equity interest of an entity that was formed for the purpose of acquiring Voting Stock of the Company will be deemed to be a transfer of such portion of such Voting Stock as corresponds to the portion of the
equity of such entity that has been so transferred. 
 “Class A Common Stock” means the Company’s
Class A Common Stock, $0.05 par value per share. 
 “Class B Common Stock” means the Company’s Class
B Common Stock, $0.05 par value per share. 
 “Clearstream” means Clearstream, societe anonyme (or any
successor securities clearing agency). 
 “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from
time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Securities Act, Exchange Act and Trust Indenture
Act then the body performing such duties at such time. 
 “Commodity Price Protection Agreement” means any
forward contract, commodity swap, commodity option or other similar financial agreement or arrangement relating to, or the value which is dependent upon, fluctuations in commodity prices. 

“Common Stock” means the Company’s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. 

“Company” means Ingles Markets, Incorporated, a corporation incorporated under the laws of North Carolina, until a
successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person. To the extent necessary to comply with the requirements of the provisions of
Sections 310 through 317 of the Trust Indenture Act as they are applicable to the Company, the term “Company” shall include any other obligor with respect to the Securities for purposes of complying with such provisions. 

  
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 “Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written
request or order signed in the name of the Company, by any one of its Chairman of the Board, its President, its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Financial Officer or a Vice President (regardless of Vice Presidential designation), and by any one of
its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee. 

“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” of any Person means, for any period, the ratio of: 

(a) the sum of Consolidated Net Income (Loss), and in each case to the extent deducted in computing Consolidated Net
Income (Loss) for such period, Consolidated Interest Expense, Consolidated Income Tax Expense and Consolidated Non-cash Charges for such period, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, all determined in accordance
with GAAP, less all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period and less all cash payments during such period relating to non-cash charges that were added back to Consolidated Net Income in determining the Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio in any prior period, to 
 (b) the sum of Consolidated Interest Expense for such period,
cash and non-cash dividends paid on any Redeemable Capital Stock or Preferred Stock of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period, 
 in each case after giving pro forma effect (as calculated in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act or any successor provision) to: 

(1) the incurrence of the Indebtedness giving rise to the need to make such calculation and (if applicable) the
application of the net proceeds therefrom, including to refinance other Indebtedness, as if such Indebtedness was incurred, and the application of such proceeds occurred, on the first day of such period; 

(2) the incurrence, repayment or retirement of any other Indebtedness by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries since
the first day of such period as if such Indebtedness was incurred, repaid or retired at the beginning of such period (other than the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes pursuant to
any revolving credit agreement); 
 (3) in the case of Acquired Indebtedness or any acquisition occurring at the
time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the related acquisition, assuming such acquisition had been consummated on the first day of such period; and 
 (4) any acquisition or disposition by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of any company or any business or any assets out of the ordinary course of business, whether by merger, stock purchase or
sale or asset purchase or sale, or any related repayment of Indebtedness, in each case since the first day of such period, assuming such acquisition or disposition had been consummated on the first day of such period; 

  
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 provided that in making such computation, the Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to interest
on any Indebtedness computed on a pro forma basis and (A) bearing a floating interest rate shall be computed as if the rate in effect on the date of computation had been the applicable rate for the entire period (other than with respect to
Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes pursuant to any revolving credit agreement) and (B) which was not outstanding during the period for which the computation is being made but which bears, at
the option of such Person, a fixed or floating rate of interest, shall be computed by applying at the option of such Person either the fixed or floating rate. 
 “Consolidated Income Tax Expense” of any Person means, for any period, the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes of such Person and its Consolidated Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period as determined in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Consolidated Interest Expense” of any
Person means, without duplication, for any period, the sum of: 
 (a) the interest expense of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a Consolidated basis, including, without limitation, 
 (1)
amortization of debt discount, 
 (2) the net costs associated with Interest Rate Agreements, Currency Hedging
Agreements and Commodity Price Protection Agreements (including amortization of discounts), 
 (3) the interest
portion of any deferred payment obligation, 
 (4) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed
with respect to letters of credit and bankers acceptance financing and 
 (5) accrued interest, plus

 (b) (1) the interest component of the Capital Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid
or accrued by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period and 
 (2) all capitalized interest
of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus 
 (c) the interest expense under any Guaranteed Debt
of such Person and any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent not included under clause (a)(3) above, whether or not paid by such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries. 

  
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 “Consolidated Net Income (Loss)” of any Person means, for any period, the
Consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a Consolidated basis as determined in accordance with GAAP, adjusted, to the extent included in calculating such net income (or loss), by excluding,
without duplication, 
 (1) all extraordinary gains or losses net of taxes (less all fees and expenses relating
thereto), 
 (2) the portion of net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a
Consolidated basis allocable to minority interests in unconsolidated Persons or Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the extent that cash dividends or distributions have not actually been received by such Person or one of its Consolidated Restricted
Subsidiaries, 
 (3) [Reserved], 

(4) any gain or loss, net of taxes, realized upon the termination of any employee pension benefit plan, 

(5) gains or losses, net of taxes (less all fees and expenses relating thereto), in respect of dispositions of assets
other than (a) in the ordinary course of business and (b) other than for purposes of calculating the Restricted Payment Basket, the disposition of real estate outside the ordinary course of business if either: (i) no shopping center
or grocery store was operated on such real estate for a period of 12 months preceding the date of disposition or (ii) the shopping center or grocery store operated on such real estate has generated an annual net loss in the two consecutive
fiscal years preceding the date of disposition, 
 (6) the net income of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent
that the declaration of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree,
order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, 

(7) any restoration to net income of any contingency reserve, except (a) to the extent provision for such reserve was
made out of income accrued at any time following the date of this Indenture and (b) the contingency reserve for contingent income tax liabilities not to exceed $2.0 million in the aggregate, or 

(8) any net gain arising from the acquisition of any securities or extinguishment, under GAAP, of any Indebtedness of such
Person. 
 “Consolidated Non-cash Charges” of any Person means, for any period, the aggregate depreciation,
amortization and other non-cash charges of such Person and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis for such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP (excluding any non-cash charge which requires an accrual or reserve for cash charges for any
future period). 

  
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 “Consolidated Tangible Assets” of any Person means, at any time, for such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to (a) the Consolidated assets of the Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries minus (b) all Intangible Assets of the Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries at
that time. 
 “Consolidation” means, with respect to any Person, the consolidation of the accounts of such
Person and each of its Subsidiaries if and to the extent the accounts of such Person and each of its Subsidiaries would normally be consolidated with those of such Person, all in accordance with GAAP. The term “Consolidated” shall have a
similar meaning. 
 “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee or an affiliate or agent thereof
at which at any particular time the corporate trust business for the purposes of this Indenture shall be principally administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located at 223 West Nash Street, Wilson, NC 27893.

 “Currency Hedging Agreements” means one or more of the following agreements which shall be entered into by
one or more financial institutions: foreign exchange contracts, currency swap agreements or other similar agreements or arrangements designed to protect against the fluctuations in currency values. 

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

 “Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities issued in the form of one or more Book-Entry Securities,
The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), its nominees and successors, or another Person designated as Depositary by the Company, which must be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act. 

“Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of the valuation. The aggregate Fair Market Value of the Designated Non-cash Consideration held
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary at any given time, taken together with the Fair Market Value at the time of receipt of all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received and still held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary at
such time, may not exceed the greater of (x) $20.0 million in aggregate or (y) 2% of the Company’s Consolidated Tangible Assets, at the time of the receipt of the Designated Non-cash Consideration (with the Fair Market Value being
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 “Disinterested Director” means, with respect to any transaction or series
of related transactions, a member of the Board of Directors of the Company who does not have any material direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such transaction or series of related transactions. 

“Equity Offering” means any public or private sale of common stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock) of the Company
with gross proceeds to the Company of at least $25.0 million. 
 “Euroclear” means the Euroclear Clearance
System (or any successor securities clearing agency). 
 “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.01. 
 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or any successor
statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder. 
 “Fair Market Value” means,
with respect to any asset or property, the sale value that would be obtained in an arm’s-length free market transaction between an informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and willing buyer under no compulsion to
buy. Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company acting in good faith and shall be evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors. 
 “Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” or “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied, which are in effect on the
date of this Indenture. 
 “Global Securities” means the Rule 144A Global Securities and the Regulation S
Global Securities, if any, to be issued as Book-Entry Securities issued to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.06. 
 “Guarantee” means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Company’s Indenture Obligations. 
 “Guaranteed Debt” of any Person means, without duplication, all Indebtedness of any other Person referred to in the definition of Indebtedness below guaranteed directly or indirectly in
any manner by such Person, or in effect guaranteed directly or indirectly by such Person through an agreement 

(1) to pay or purchase such Indebtedness or to advance or supply funds for the payment or purchase of such Indebtedness,

  
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 (2) to purchase, sell or lease (as lessee or lessor) property, or to
purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of such Indebtedness or to assure the holder of such Indebtedness against loss, 

(3) to supply funds to, or in any other manner invest in, the debtor (including any agreement to pay for property or
services without requiring that such property be received or such services be rendered), 
 (4) to maintain
working capital or equity capital of the debtor, or otherwise to maintain the net worth, solvency or other financial condition of the debtor or to cause such debtor to achieve certain levels of financial performance, or 

(5) otherwise to assure a creditor against loss; 
 provided that the term “guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business. 

“Guarantor” means any Subsidiary which becomes a guarantor of the Securities after the date of this Indenture by
executing a guarantee of the Securities pursuant to Section 10.11 or Section 10.13 until a successor replaces such party pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, shall mean such successor.

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

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, 

(1) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services,
excluding any trade payables and other accrued current liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business, but including, without limitation, all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in connection with any letters of credit
issued under letter of credit facilities, acceptance facilities or other similar facilities, 
 (2) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or other similar instruments, 
 (3) all
indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even if the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are
limited to repossession or sale of such property), but excluding trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business, 

  
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 (4) all obligations under Interest Rate Agreements, Currency Hedging
Agreements or Commodity Price Protection Agreements of such Person, 
 (5) all Capital Lease Obligations of such
Person, 
 (6) all Indebtedness referred to in clauses (1) through (5) above of other Persons and all
dividends of other Persons, the payment of which is secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien, upon or with respect to property (including, without limitation,
accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness, 
 (7) all Guaranteed Debt of such Person, 
 (8) all Redeemable
Capital Stock issued by such Person valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary maximum fixed repurchase price plus accrued and unpaid dividends, 
 (9) Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, and 
 (10) any amendment, supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension, refunding or refinancing of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (1) through (9) above. 

For purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Redeemable Capital Stock which does not have a fixed
repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Redeemable Capital Stock as if such Redeemable Capital Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture,
and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the Fair Market Value of such Redeemable Capital Stock, such Fair Market Value to be determined in good faith by the board of directors of the issuer of such Redeemable Capital Stock. 

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof. 
 “Indenture Obligations” means the obligations of the Company and any other obligor under this Indenture or under the Securities, including any Guarantor, to pay principal of, premium, if
any, and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) when due and payable, and all other amounts due or to become due under or in connection with this Indenture, the Securities and the performance of all other obligations to the Trustee and the
Holders under this Indenture and the Securities, according to the respective terms thereof. 

  
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 “Initial Purchasers” means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, BB&T Capital Markets, a division of BB&T Securities, LLC and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. 
 “Initial Securities” means the first $700.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Securities issued under this Indenture on the date hereof. 

“Intangible Assets” means intellectual property, goodwill and other intangible assets, in each case determined in
accordance with GAAP. 
 “Interest Payment Date” means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on the
Securities. 
 “Interest Rate Agreements” means one or more of the following agreements which shall be entered
into by one or more financial institutions: interest rate protection agreements (including, without limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements) and/or other types of interest rate hedging agreements from time to
time. 
 “Investment” means, with respect to any Person, directly or indirectly, any advance, loan (including
guarantees), or other extension of credit 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, acquisition or ownership
by such Person of any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities issued or owned by any other Person and all other items that would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. 

“Issue Date” means the original issue date of the Initial Securities under this Indenture. 

“Lien” means any mortgage or deed of trust, charge, pledge, lien (statutory or otherwise), privilege, security interest,
assignment, deposit, arrangement, easement, hypothecation, claim, preference, priority or other encumbrance upon or with respect to any property of any kind (including any conditional sale, capital lease or other title retention agreement, any
leases in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest), real or personal, movable or immovable, now owned or hereafter acquired. A Person will be deemed to own subject to a Lien any property which it has acquired or holds
subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Capital Lease Obligation or other title retention agreement. 
 “Maturity” means, when used with respect to the Securities, the date on which the principal of the Securities becomes due and payable as therein provided or as provided in this Indenture,
whether at Stated Maturity, the Offer Date or the Redemption Date and whether by declaration of acceleration, Offer in respect of Excess Proceeds, Change of Control Offer in respect of a Change of Control, call for redemption or otherwise.

  
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 “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor
rating agency. 
 “Net Cash Proceeds” means: 

(a) with respect to any Asset Sale by any Person, the proceeds thereof (without duplication in respect of all Asset Sales)
in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of, or stock or other assets when disposed of for, cash or Cash Equivalents (except to the extent that such obligations
are financed or sold with recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) net of 
 (1) brokerage
commissions and other reasonable fees and expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel and investment bankers) related to such Asset Sale, 
 (2) provisions for all taxes payable as a result of such Asset Sale, 
 (3) payments made to retire Indebtedness where payment of such Indebtedness is secured by the assets or properties the subject of such Asset Sale, 

(4) amounts required to be paid to any Person (other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) owning a beneficial
interest in the assets subject to the Asset Sale and 
 (5) appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, after such Asset Sale,
including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale, all as reflected in an
Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and 
 (b) with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital
Stock or options, warrants or rights to purchase Capital Stock, or debt securities or Capital Stock that have been converted into or exchanged for Capital Stock as referred to in Section 10.09, the proceeds of such issuance or sale in
the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of, or stock or other assets when disposed of for, cash or Cash Equivalents (except to the extent that

  
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such obligations are financed or sold with recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), net of attorney’s fees, accountant’s fees and brokerage, consultation, underwriting and
other fees and expenses actually incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof. 
 “Non-U.S. Person” means a Person that is not a “U.S. person” as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act. 

“Offering Memorandum” means the Final Offering Memorandum dated May 29, 2013 relating to the offering of the
Securities. 
 “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the
President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or a Vice President (regardless of Vice Presidential designation), and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company or any
Guarantor, as the case may be, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and delivered to, the Trustee. 

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company, any Guarantor or the
Trustee, unless an Opinion of Independent Counsel is required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee, and which opinion shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. 

“Opinion of Independent Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel which is issued by a Person who is not an employee,
director or consultant (other than non-employee legal counsel) of the Company and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee, and which opinion shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. 

“Outstanding” when used with respect to Securities means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except: 
 (a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee
or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; 
 (b) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or
redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company or any Affiliate thereof) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company or any
Affiliate thereof shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
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 (c) Securities, to the extent provided in Sections 4.02 and
4.03, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance or covenant defeasance as provided in Article Four; and 
 (d) Securities in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have
been presented to the Trustee and the Company proof reasonably satisfactory to each of them that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands the Securities are valid obligations of the Company; 

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by the Company, any Guarantor, or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, any Guarantor or such other obligor shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows
to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect
to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, any Guarantor or such other obligor. 

“Pari Passu Indebtedness” means (a) any Indebtedness of the Company that is equal in right of payment to the
Securities and (b) with respect to any Guarantee, Indebtedness which ranks equal in right of payment to such Guarantee. 

“Paying Agent” means any Person (including the Company) authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on, any Securities on behalf of the Company. 
 “Permitted Business” means the lines of
business conducted by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date hereof and business reasonably related, complementary or ancillary thereto, including reasonably related extensions or expansions thereof. 

“Permitted Holders” means (i) Robert P. Ingle II, (ii) the spouse, issue, issue’s spouses or
grandchildren or other members of the immediate family of Robert P. Ingle II or such other person; (iii) any trusts created for the benefit of the Persons described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iv) or any trust for the benefit of any such
trust; (iv) in the event of the incompetence or death of any of the Persons described in clauses (i) and (ii), such Person’s estate, executor, administrator, committee or other personal representative or beneficiaries, in each case
who at any particular date shall beneficially own or have the right to acquire, directly or indirectly, equity interests of the Company; or (v) the Ingles Markets, Incorporated Investment/Profit Sharing Plan and Trust. 

  
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 “Permitted Investment” means: 

(1) Investments in the Company or any Guarantor or any Person which, as a result of such Investment, in one transaction or
a series of related transactions, (a) becomes a Guarantor or (b) is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or any Guarantor; 

(2) Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary described under clauses (v), (vi), (vii) and
(viii) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”; 
 (3) Investments in any of the Securities;

 (4) cash or Cash Equivalents; 

(5) [Reserved]; 
 (6) Investments acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale permitted under Section 10.12 to the extent such Investments are non-cash proceeds as
permitted under such Section 10.12; 
 (7) Investments in existence on the Issue Date; 

(8) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting cash or Cash Equivalents and received in connection with
a disposition of assets (including Asset Sales); 
 (9) 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 such other Person; 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;

 (10) any permitted hedging obligations; 

(11) Investments the payment for which consists of Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock) of the Company or a
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 (12) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this
Indenture; 
 (13) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material or
equipment; 
 (14) Investments having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments
made pursuant to this clause that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed $10.0 million at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent
changes in value) in any Person with which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has entered into a licensing, management, franchise, joint venture, consulting or similar agreement on customary terms and conditions; 

(15) loans and advances to officers, directors, managers and employees for business-related travel expenses, moving
expenses and other similar expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices and in compliance with applicable laws; 

(16) loans to the Company’s Profit Sharing Plan in accordance with clause (ix) under Section 10.10;
and 
 (17) in addition to Investments pursuant to clauses (1) through (16) above, Investments in the
aggregate not to exceed the greater of (a) $100.0 million or (b) 5.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets, at any one time outstanding. 
 In connection with any assets or property contributed or transferred to any Person as an Investment, such property and assets shall be equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined by the Company’s
Board of Directors) at the time of Investment. 
 “Permitted Liens” means the following types of Liens:

 (1) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims either (a) not delinquent or
(b) contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have set aside on its books such reserves as may be required pursuant to GAAP; 

(2) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, materialmen, repairmen and
other Liens imposed by law incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith, if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP, shall have been made in
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 (3) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in
connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, including any Lien securing letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in connection therewith, or
to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed
money); 
 (4) 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 shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired; 

(5) easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances in respect of real property
not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; 
 (6) any interest or title of a lessor under any Capital Lease Obligation; provided that such Liens do not extend to any property or assets which is not leased property subject to such Capital Lease
Obligation; 
 (7) Liens upon 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; 

(8) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit which encumber documents and
other property relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof; 
 (9) Liens encumbering
deposits made to secure obligations arising from statutory, regulatory, contractual, or warranty requirements of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including rights of offset and set-off; 

(10) Liens securing Interest Swap Obligations which Interest Swap Obligations relate to Indebtedness that is otherwise
permitted under this Indenture; 
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 (12) Liens securing Acquired Indebtedness incurred in accordance with
Section 10.08 (any Liens securing any refinancing thereof); provided that: 
 (a) such Liens
secured such Acquired Indebtedness at the time of and prior to the incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and were not granted in connection with, or in anticipation of, the incurrence of
such Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; and 
 (b) such Liens do not
extend to or cover any property or assets of the Company or of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries other than the property or assets that secured the Acquired Indebtedness prior to the time such Indebtedness became Acquired Indebtedness of the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and are no more favorable to the lienholders than those securing the Acquired Indebtedness prior to the incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company; 
 (13) Liens on assets of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor to secure
Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary that is otherwise permitted under this Indenture; 
 (14) leases,
subleases, licenses and sublicenses granted to others that do not materially interfere with the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; 

(15) banker’s Liens, rights of setoff and similar Liens with respect to cash and Cash Equivalents on deposit in one
or more bank accounts in the ordinary course of business; 
 (16) Liens arising from filing Uniform Commercial
Code financing statements regarding leases; 
 (17) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as
a matter of law to secure payments of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods; 
 (18) Liens
existing as of the Issue Date to the extent and in the manner such Liens are in effect on the Issue Date; 
 (19)
Liens securing the Securities and the Guarantees; 
 (20) Liens in favor of the Company or a Restricted
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 (21) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred under clauses (i) and
(iv) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness; 
 (22) Liens securing any refinancing which is incurred
to refinance any Indebtedness which has been secured by a Lien permitted under this Indenture and which has been incurred in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that such Liens: (i) are no less
favorable to the holders in any material respect and are not more favorable to the lienholders in any material respect with respect to such Liens than the Liens in respect of the Indebtedness being refinanced; and (ii) do not extend to or cover
any property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries whose value exceeds the assets or property which secured the Indebtedness so refinanced; provided, further, that in the event that the property or assets being
secured is not the same property or assets which secured the Indebtedness so refinanced, the Company shall provide an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee certifying that the Liens securing such refinancing are in compliance with this clause
(22); 
 (23) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Guarantor owing to the Company or another
Guarantor permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Indenture; and 
 (24) other Liens securing Indebtedness
permitted to be incurred in compliance with the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 10.08(a), provided that the aggregate principal amount of all obligations secured pursuant to this clause
(24) shall not exceed 15% of Consolidated Tangible Assets at any one time outstanding. 
 “Person” means
any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. 

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same
debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.08 in exchange for a mutilated Security or in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen
Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Security. 
 “Preferred
Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment of dividends or distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over the Capital Stock of any other class in such Person. 

  
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 “Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement,
including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including any such prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Securities covered by a
Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to a prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and in each case including all material incorporated by reference therein. 

“Purchase Money Obligation” means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on assets related to the business of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary and any additions and accessions thereto, which are purchased by the Company at any time after the Securities are issued; provided that: 

(1) the security agreement or conditional sales or other title retention contract pursuant to which the Lien on such
assets is created (collectively a “Purchase Money Security Agreement”) shall be entered into (a) within 180 days after the purchase or substantial completion of the construction of such assets or (b) at any time with
respect to refinancings of Purchase Money Obligations, and shall at all times be confined solely to the assets so purchased or acquired, any additions and accessions thereto and any proceeds therefrom, and 

(2) (A) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby (determined on a per asset basis in the
case of any additions and accessions) shall not at the time such Purchase Money Security Agreement is entered into exceed 100% of the purchase price to the Company of the assets subject thereto or (B) the Indebtedness secured thereby shall be
with recourse solely to the assets so purchased or acquired, any additions and accessions thereto and any proceeds therefrom. 

“Qualified Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all Capital Stock of such Person other than Redeemable Capital
Stock. 
 “Redeemable Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that, either by its terms or by the terms of any
security into which it is convertible or exchangeable or otherwise, is or upon the happening of an event or passage of time would be, required to be redeemed prior to the final Stated Maturity of the principal of the Securities or is redeemable at
the option of the holder thereof at any time prior to such final Stated Maturity (other than upon a change of control of or sale of assets by the Company in circumstances where the holders of the Securities would have similar rights), or is
convertible into or exchangeable for debt securities at any time prior to such final Stated Maturity at the option of the holder thereof. 
 “Redemption Date” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed pursuant to any provision in this Indenture means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
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 “Redemption Price” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed
pursuant to any provision in this Indenture means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture. 

“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement related to the Securities, dated as of
June 12, 2013 among the Company and the Representative. 
 “Registration Statement” means any registration
statement of the Company and any Guarantors which covers any of the Securities (and any related guarantees) pursuant to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, and all amendments and supplements to any such Registration Statement,
including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein. 
 “Regular Record Date” for the interest (including Additional Interest, if any) payable on any Interest Payment Date means the June 1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business
Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date. 
 “Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act,
as amended from time to time. 
 “Regulation S Global Securities” means one or more permanent global Securities
in registered form representing the aggregate principal amount of Securities sold in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. 
 “Representative” means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as representative of the several Initial Purchasers. 

“Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee means any officer or employee assigned to the Corporate
Trust Office or any agent of the Trustee appointed hereunder, including any vice president, assistant vice president, secretary, assistant secretary, or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee or any agent of the Trustee appointed
hereunder to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. 
 “Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that has not been designated by the Board of Directors of the Company by a Board Resolution delivered to the Trustee as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to and in compliance with Section 10.17. 
 “Rule 144A” means Rule
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 “Rule 144A Global Securities” means one or more permanent global Securities
in registered form representing the aggregate principal amount of Securities sold in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act. 
 “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Group, a division of McGraw Hill, Inc. or any successor rating agency. 

“Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals. The Initial Securities and the Additional Securities
shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture. 
 “Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder. 

“Senior Indebtedness” means the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including interest, to the extent
allowable, accruing after the filing of a petition initiating any proceeding under any state, federal or foreign bankruptcy law) on any Indebtedness of the Company (other than as otherwise provided in this definition), whether outstanding on the
date of this Indenture or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, and whether at any time owing, actually or contingent, unless, in the case of any particular Indebtedness, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the
same is outstanding expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall not be senior in right of payment to the Securities. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Senior Indebtedness” shall not include 

(1) [Reserved], 
 (2) Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to any Indebtedness of the Company, 
 (3) Indebtedness which when incurred and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of Title 11, United States Bankruptcy Code, is without recourse to the Company, 

(4) Indebtedness which is represented by Redeemable Capital Stock, 

(5) any liability for foreign, federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by the Company to the extent such
liability constitutes Indebtedness, 
 (6) Indebtedness of the Company to a Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of
the Company or any of such Affiliate’s Subsidiaries, 
 (7) to the extent it might constitute Indebtedness,
amounts owing for goods, materials or services purchased in the ordinary course of business or consisting of trade accounts payable owed or owing by the Company, and amounts owed by the Company for compensation to employees or services rendered to
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 (8) that portion of any Indebtedness which at the time of issuance is issued
in violation of this Indenture. 
 “Shelf Registration Statement” means a “shelf” registration
statement of the Company and the Guarantors, if any, pursuant to Section 4 of the Registration Rights Agreement, which covers all of the Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) on an appropriate form
under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus
contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein. 
 “Significant
Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning of Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in
effect on the Issue Date. 
 “Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed
by the Company pursuant to Section 3.09. 
 “Stated Maturity” means, when used with respect to any
Indebtedness or any installment of interest thereon, the dates specified in such Indebtedness as the fixed date on which the principal of such Indebtedness or such installment of interest, as the case may be, is due and payable. 

“Subordinated Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor subordinated in right of payment to the
Securities or a Guarantee, as the case may be. 
 “Subsidiary” of a Person means 

(1) any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting power of the Voting Stock of which is owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries thereof, or 
 (2) any limited partnership of which such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a general partner, or 
 (3) any other Person in which such Person, or one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person, or such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, has more than 50% of the outstanding
partnership or similar interests or has the power, by contract or otherwise, to direct or cause the direction of the policies, management and affairs thereof. 

  
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 “Successor Security” of any particular Security means every Security issued
after, and evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by, such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.08 hereof in exchange for or in
lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security. 
 “Tax Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulation promulgated thereunder. 

“Temporary Cash Investments” means (1) any evidence of Indebtedness, maturing not more than one year after the date
of acquisition, issued by the United States of America, or an instrumentality or agency thereof, and guaranteed fully as to principal, premium, if any, and interest by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, (2) any
certificate of deposit, maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition, issued by, or time deposit of, a commercial banking institution that is a member of the Federal Reserve System and that has combined capital and surplus and
undivided profits of not less than $500 million, whose debt has a rating, at the time as of which any investment therein is made, of “P-1” (or higher) according to Moody’s or “A-1” (or higher) according to S&P,
(3) commercial paper, maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Company) organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia with a rating, at the time as of which any investment therein is made, of “P-1” (or higher) according to Moody’s or “A-1” (or higher) according to S&P and (4) any money market
deposit accounts issued or offered by a domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500 million; provided that the short term debt of such commercial bank has a rating, at the time of Investment, of “P-1” (or
higher) according to Moody’s or “A-1” (or higher) according to S&P. 
 “Treasury Rate”
means, as of the applicable Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such Redemption Date of constant maturity United States Treasury securities (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15
(519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to such Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period
from such Redemption Date to June 15, 2018; provided, however, that if no published maturity exactly corresponds with such date, then the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated on a straight-line basis from the
arithmetic mean of the yields for the next shortest and next longest published maturities; provided further, however, that if the period from such redemption date to June 15, 2018, is less than one year, the weekly average
yield on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used. 

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

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, or any successor statute. 

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Guarantor) designated as such pursuant to
and in compliance with the covenant described in Section 10.17. 
 “Unrestricted Subsidiary
Indebtedness” of any Unrestricted Subsidiary means Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary 
 (1)
as to which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary is directly or indirectly liable (by virtue of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary being the primary obligor on, guarantor of, or otherwise liable in any respect to, such
Indebtedness) and 
 (2) which, upon the occurrence of a default with respect thereto, does not result in, or
permit any holder of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary to declare, a default on such Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity;
provided that notwithstanding the foregoing any Unrestricted Subsidiary may guarantee the Securities. 
 “Voting
Stock” of a Person means Capital Stock of such Person of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power in the aggregate under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of
directors, managers or trustees of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time Capital Stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency). 

“Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary all the Capital Stock of which is owned by the
Company or another Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares). 
 Section 1.02. Other
Definitions. 
  

			
	 Term
	  	 Defined in Section

	 “Act”
	  	1.05
	 “Agent Members”
	  	3.06
	 “cash”
	  	10.12
	 “Change of Control Offer”
	  	10.15

  
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	 Term
	  	 Defined in Section

	 “Change of Control Purchase Date”
	  	10.15
	 “Change of Control Purchase Notice”
	  	10.15
	 “Change of Control Purchase Price”
	  	10.15
	 “control”
	  	1.01
	 “covenant defeasance”
	  	4.03
	 “Defaulted Interest”
	  	3.09
	 “defeasance”
	  	4.02
	 “Defeasance Redemption Date”
	  	4.04
	 “Defeased Securities”
	  	4.01
	 “Designation”
	  	10.17
	 “Designation Amount”
	  	10.17
	 “DTC”
	  	1.01
	 “Excess Proceeds”
	  	10.12
	 “incur”
	  	10.08
	 “maximum fixed repurchase price”
	  	1.01
	 “Net Cash Proceeds Transaction”
	  	10.12
	 “Offer”
	  	10.12
	 “Offer Date”
	  	10.12
	 “Offered Price”
	  	10.12
	 “Pari Passu Debt Amount”
	  	10.12
	 “Pari Passu Offer”
	  	10.12
	 “Permitted Indebtedness”
	  	10.08
	 “Permitted Payment”
	  	10.09
	 “Private Placement Legend”
	  	2.02
	 “Purchase Money Security Agreement”
	  	1.01
	 “refinancing”
	  	10.08
	 “Required Filing Date”
	  	10.18
	 “Restricted Payment Basket”
	  	10.09
	 “Restricted Payments”
	  	10.09
	 “Restricted Period”
	  	2.01
	 “Revocation”
	  	10.17
	 “Securities”
	  	Recitals
	 “Security Amount”
	  	10.12
	 “Security Register”
	  	3.05
	 “Security Registrar”
	  	3.05
	 “Special Payment Date”
	  	3.09
	 “Surviving Entity”
	  	8.01
	 “Surviving Guarantor Entity”
	  	8.01
	 “transfer”
	  	1.01
	 “U.S. Government Obligations”
	  	4.04

  
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 Section 1.03. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. 

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company and
any Guarantor (if applicable) and any other obligor on the Securities (if applicable) shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent, if
any, provided for in this Indenture (including any covenant compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) relating to the proposed action have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to
the Trustee stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such certificates or opinions is
specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. 
 Every certificate or Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include: 

(a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or individual or firm signing such opinion has read and
understands such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; 
 (b) 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; 
 (c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual or such firm, he or it has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or it to express an informed opinion as to
whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and 
 (d) a statement as to whether, in the
opinion of each such individual or such firm, such condition or covenant has been complied with. 
 Section 1.04. Form of
Documents Delivered to Trustee. 
 In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an
opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. 

  
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 Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company, any Guarantor or other obligor on
the Securities may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations
by, an officer or officers of the Company, any Guarantor or other obligor on the Securities stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, any Guarantor or other obligor on the Securities,
unless such officer or counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. Opinions of Counsel required to be delivered to the Trustee may
have qualifications customary for opinions of the type required and counsel delivering such Opinions of Counsel may rely on certificates of the Company, any Guarantor or government or other officials customary for opinions of the type required,
including certificates certifying as to matters of fact, including that various financial covenants have been complied with. 

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company, any Guarantor or other obligor on the Securities may be based, insofar as it
relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Company or any Guarantor unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know,
that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his certificate or opinion may be based are erroneous. Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public accountants filed with the
Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is independent with respect to the Company and any Guarantors. 
 Where any
Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. 

Section 1.05. Acts of Holders. 
 (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are
delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders
signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the
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 (b) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register. 

(c) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act by the Holder of any Security shall bind every
future Holder of the same Security or the Holder of every Security issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, suffered or omitted to be done by the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the
Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor of the Securities in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security. 
 (d) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer
authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other
manner which the Trustee deems sufficient. 
 (e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of such Holders entitled to give such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding Trust Indenture Act Section 316(c), any such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to
such Board Resolution, which shall be a date not more than 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and no later than the date such first solicitation is completed. 

If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before
or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Securities then Outstanding have
authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for this purpose the Securities then Outstanding shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months
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 (f) For purposes of this Indenture, any action by the Holders which may be taken in writing
may be taken by electronic means or as otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. 
 Section 1.06. Notices, etc., to the
Trustee, the Company and Any Guarantor. 
 Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of
Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with: 
 (a) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company, or any Guarantor or any other obligor on the Securities shall be sufficient for every purpose (except as provided in Section 5.01(c)) hereunder
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or delivered by recognized overnight courier, to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or at any other address previously furnished in writing
to the Holders or the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor on the Securities by the Trustee; or 
 (b) the
Company or any Guarantor by the Trustee or any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose (except as provided in Section 5.01(c)) hereunder if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or delivered by recognized overnight
courier, to the Company or such Guarantor addressed to it c/o Ingles Markets, Incorporated, 2913 U.S. Highway 70 West, Black Mountain, North Carolina 28711, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, or at any other address previously furnished in writing
to the Trustee by the Company or such Guarantor. 
 Section 1.07. Notice to Holders; Waiver. 

Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or delivered by recognized overnight courier, to each Holder affected by such event, at its address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date,
and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall
affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Any notice when mailed to a Holder in the aforesaid manner shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder whether or not actually received by such Holder. Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by
Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. 

  
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 In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause,
it shall be impracticable to mail notice of any event as required by any provision of this Indenture, then any method of giving such notice as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.

 Section 1.08. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. 

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with any provision of the Trust Indenture Act or another provision which is
required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, the provision or requirement of the Trust Indenture Act shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of
the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be. 

Section 1.09. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. 
 The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 

Section 1.10. Successors and Assigns. 
 All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company and any Guarantors shall bind their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. 

Section 1.11. Severability Clause. 
 In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities or Guarantees, if any, 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 1.12. Benefits of Indenture. 

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities or Guarantees, if any, express or implied, shall give to any Person (other than the
parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any Paying Agent and the Holders) any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. 
 Section 1.13. GOVERNING LAW. 
 THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES AND THE
GUARANTEES, IF ANY, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF. 

  
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 Section 1.14. Legal Holidays. 

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Maturity or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities) payment of interest (including Additional Interest, if any) or principal or premium, if any, need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding
Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Maturity or Stated Maturity and no interest shall accrue with respect to such payment for the period from and after such Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date, Maturity or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to the next succeeding Business Day. 
 Section
1.15. Independence of Covenants. 
 All covenants and agreements in this Indenture shall be given independent effect so
that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or be otherwise within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an
Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists. 
 Section 1.16. Schedules and Exhibits. 

All schedules and exhibits attached hereto are by this reference made a part hereof with the same effect as if herein set forth in full.

 Section 1.17. Counterparts. 
 This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original; but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

ARTICLE TWO 

SECURITY FORMS 

Section 2.01. Forms Generally. 
 The Securities, the Guarantees, if any, and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication thereon shall be in substantially the forms set forth in this Article Two, with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted hereby and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the
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herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities and Guarantees, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities and Guarantees. Any portion of the text of any Security may be
set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Security. 
 The definitive
Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, all as determined
by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. 
 Securities offered and sold in
reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Rule 144A Global Securities, substantially in the form set forth in Section 2.02, deposited upon issuance with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary,
registered in the name of the Depositary, or its nominee, in each case for credit to an account of a direct or indirect participant of the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The
aggregate principal amount of the Rule 144A Global Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as hereinafter provided. 

Securities offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S, if any, shall be issued in the form of one or more Regulation S Global
Securities, substantially in the form set forth in Section 2.02, deposited upon issuance with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, registered in the name of the Depositary, or its nominee in each case for credit by the
Depositary to an account of a direct or indirect participant of the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided; provided, however, that upon such deposit through and including the
40th day after the later of the commencement of the Offering and the original issue date of the Securities (such period through and including such 40th day, the “Restricted Period”), all such Securities shall be credited to or
through accounts maintained at the Depositary by or on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream unless exchanged for interests in the Rule 144A Global Securities in accordance with the transfer and certification requirements described below. The aggregate
principal amount of the Regulation S Global Securities, if any, may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as hereinafter provided. 

Section 2.02. Form of Face of Security. 
 The form of the face of any Securities authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be substantially as follows: 
 Unless and until (i) an Initial Security is sold under an effective Registration Statement or (ii) an Initial Security is exchanged in connection with an effective Registration Statement, in
each case pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, then such Initial Security shall bear the legend set forth below (the “Private Placement Legend”) on the face thereof: 

  
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 THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN
A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY
RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT: 

(A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY: 

 

	 	(i)	(a) TO A PERSON WHO IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A,
(b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (d) TO AN
INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1),(2),(3) OR (7) OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR”)) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER
CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES LESS THAN $250,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY
THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (e) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS),

  

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	 	(iii)	PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER
APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND IN EACH CASE SUBJECT TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF THIS SECURITY BY THE HOLDER OR BY ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL; AND 

(B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED
HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144A FOR RESALE OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY 

THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED OR HELD WITH THE ASSETS OF (I) AN “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” (AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO ERISA, (II) A “PLAN” WHICH IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE
“CODE”), (III) ANY ENTITY DEEMED UNDER ERISA TO HOLD “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING BY REASON OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN’S OR PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN SUCH ENTITY, OR (IV) A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN OR CHURCH PLAN
SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW THAT IS SIMILAR IN PURPOSE OR EFFECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY OR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”), UNLESS THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS
SECURITY (AND ANY EXCHANGE OF THE NOTE FOR AN EXCHANGE NOTE) BY THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE, THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD THAT IT HOLDS THIS SECURITY, WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR
SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A SIMILAR VIOLATION UNDER ANY APPLICABLE SIMILAR LAW. BY ITS ACQUISITION OR HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY, EACH PURCHASER AND TRANSFEREE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT THE FOREGOING REQUIREMENTS HAVE
BEEN SATISFIED. 
 [Legend if Security is a Global Security] 

  
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 THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY OR A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE &
CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 3.06 AND 3.07 OF THE INDENTURE. 

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

  
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 INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED 

 
  

5.75% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2023 
 CUSIP NO.                  
  

			
	No.                 	  	$                           
     

 Ingles Markets, Incorporated, a North Carolina corporation (herein called the
“Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
                 or registered assigns, the principal sum of
                 United States dollars on June 15, 2023 [(or such other amount identified on the Schedule of Exchanges of Global Security attached
hereto)]1, at the office or agency of the Company referred
to below, and to pay interest thereon from June 12, 2013, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually on June 15 and December 15 in each year, commencing
December 15, 2013, at the rate of 5.75% per annum, subject to adjustments as described in the second following paragraph, in United States dollars, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for. Interest shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. 
 [The Holder of this Security is entitled to
the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement between the Company and the Representative, dated June 12, 2013.]2 
 The
interest (including Additional Interest, if any) 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 any Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the June 1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any
such interest (including Additional Interest, if 
  

 

	1	To be included if the Security is a Global Security. 

	2	To be included only in the Initial Securities on the Issue Date and any Additional Securities that bear the Private Placement Legend. 

  
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any) not so punctually paid, or duly provided for, and interest on such defaulted interest at the interest rate borne by the Securities, to the extent lawful, shall forthwith cease to be payable
to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or any Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such defaulted interest to
be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time 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 this Indenture not inconsistent with the requirements of such exchange, all as more fully provided in this Indenture. 

Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on, this Security, and exchange or
transfer of the Security, will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose (which initially will be a corporate trust office of the Trustee located at 223 West Nash Street, Wilson, NC 27893), or at such other office or
agency as may be maintained for such purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 This Security is entitled to the benefits of any future
Guarantees by any applicable Guarantors of the punctual payment when due and performance of the Indenture Obligations made in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders. 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof or by the
authenticating agent appointed as provided in the Indenture by manual signature of an authorized signer, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by the manual
or facsimile signature of its authorized officers. 
  

			
	INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

This is one of the 5.75% Senior Notes due 2023 referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 

 

			
	BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, solely as Trustee
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Authorized Signatory

 Dated: 

  
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 OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE 

If you wish to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 10.12 or Section 10.15, as
applicable, of the Indenture, check the Box: [ ]. 
 If you wish to have a portion of this Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 10.12 or Section 10.15, as applicable, of the Indenture, state the amount (in original principal amount): 
 $                    . 

 

									
	Date:	 	 	 		 	Your Signature:	 	 
		 		 		 		 	 (Sign exactly as your name

appears on the other side of this

Security)

 Signature Guarantee:
                                 

[Signature must be guaranteed by an eligible Guarantor Institution (banks, stock brokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions) with
membership in an approved guarantee medallion program pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 17Ad-15] 

  
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 Section 2.03. Form of Reverse of Securities. 

The form of the reverse of the Securities shall be substantially as follows: 

INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED 
 5.75% Senior Note due 2023 
 This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of
Securities of the Company designated as its 5.75% Senior Notes due 2023 (herein called the “Securities”), limited, with respect to the Securities first issued under the Indenture, to an aggregate principal amount of $700.0 million,
issued under and subject to the terms of an indenture (herein called the “Indenture” dated as of June 12, 2013, between the Company and Branch Banking and Trust Company, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,”
which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties, obligations and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, if any, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The Indenture permits the issuance of Additional Securities
subject to compliance with certain conditions. If there exists any conflict between this Security and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern. 
 The Securities are subject to redemption at any time on or after June 15, 2018, at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount), if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning the years indicated below: 

 

					
	 Year
	  	Redemption
Price	 
	 2018
	  	 	102.875	% 
	 2019
	  	 	101.917	% 
	 2020
	  	 	100.958	% 
	 2021 and thereafter
	  	 	100.000	% 

 The amount payable to the holder of a Security shall be equal to the applicable Redemption Price of the Securities
redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest, if any), if any, to the Redemption Date (subject to the rights of Holders of record on relevant record dates to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or
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 In addition, at any time prior to June 15, 2016, the Company, at its option, may use
the net proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings to redeem up to an aggregate of 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities issued under the Indenture (including the principal amount of any Additional Securities issued under the Indenture)
at a redemption price equal to 105.750% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the Redemption Date (subject to the rights of Holders of record on relevant record dates to receive interest due
on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the Redemption Date); provided that at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities (including the principal amount of any Additional Securities issued under the Indenture)
remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption. In order to effect the foregoing redemption, the Company must mail a notice of redemption no later than 30 days after the closing of the related Equity Offering and must
consummate such redemption within 60 days of the closing of the Equity Offering. 
 In addition, prior to June 15, 2018,
the Company may redeem the Securities at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities redeemed
plus the Applicable Premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, (including Additional Interest, if any) to the applicable Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due
on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the Redemption Date). 
 If less than all of the Securities are to be
redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed in compliance with the requirements of the principal national security exchange, if any, on which the Securities are listed, or if the Securities are not so listed,
pro rata, by lot or by any other method the Trustee shall deem fair and reasonable. Securities redeemed in part must be redeemed only in integral multiples of $1,000. Redemption pursuant to the provisions relating to an Equity Offering
must be made on a pro rata basis or on as nearly a pro rata basis as practicable (subject to the procedures of DTC or any other depositary). 
 Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder may require the Company to purchase such Holder’s Securities in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000, at a purchase price in cash
in an amount equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, (including Additional Interest, if any) to the date of purchase, pursuant to a Change of Control Offer in accordance with the procedures set forth
in the Indenture. 
 Upon the occurrence of certain Asset Sales, the Company may be required to offer to purchase the
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 In the case of any redemption or repurchase of Securities in accordance with the Indenture,
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities of record as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date or Special Record Date referred to on the
face hereof. Securities (or portions thereof) for whose redemption and payment provision is made in accordance with the Indenture shall cease to bear interest from and after the Redemption Date. 

In the event of redemption or repurchase of this Security in accordance with the Indenture in part only, a new Security or Securities for
the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof. 
 If an Event of
Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal amount of all the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. 
 The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire Indebtedness on the Securities and (b) certain restrictive covenants and related Defaults and Events of Default, in
each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth therein. 
 The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions
(including certain amendments permitted without the consent of any Holders and certain amendments which require the consent of all of the Holders) as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the Guarantors, if any, and the rights of the Holders under the Indenture and the Securities and the Guarantees, if any, at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting, with certain exceptions (including certain waivers which require the consent of all of the Holders) as therein provided, the Holders of at
least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, to waive compliance by the Company and the Guarantors, if any, with certain provisions of the Indenture and the
Securities and the Guarantees, if any, and certain past Defaults under the Indenture and the Securities and the Guarantees, if any, and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by or on behalf of the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive
and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon
this Security. 
 No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or
impair the obligation of the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor on the Securities (in the event such Guarantor or such other obligor is obligated to make payments in respect of the Securities), which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, this Security at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. 

  
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 As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount,
will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
 Certificated securities shall be transferred to all beneficial
holders in exchange for their beneficial interests in the Rule 144A Global Securities or the Regulation S Global Securities, if any, if (i) such Depositary (A) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depositary for such Global Security or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered as such under the Exchange Act, and in either case the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days, (ii) the Company, at its
option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of the Securities in certificated form or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default or any event which after notice or lapse of time or
both would be an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security and the Holder thereof has requested such exchange. Upon any such issuance, the Trustee is required to register such certificated Securities in the name of, and cause the same to
be delivered to, such Person or Persons (or the nominee of any thereof). All such certificated Securities would be required to include the Private Placement Legend. 
 Securities in certificated form are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of a differing authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 

At any time when the Company is not subject to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, upon the written request of a Holder of a
Security, the Company will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished such information as is specified pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto) to such Holder or to a prospective purchaser of such
Security who such Holder informs the Company is reasonably believed to be a “Qualified Institutional Buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as the case may be, in order to permit compliance by such Holder with
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 No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 
 Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose
name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and none of the Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 

THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF
LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF. 
 All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein
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 ARTICLE THREE 
 THE SECURITIES 
 Section 3.01. Title and Terms. 

The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture on the first issuance is
limited to $700,000,000 in principal amount of Securities, except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Sections 3.03, 3.04,
3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 3.08, 9.06, 10.12, 10.15 or 11.08. Additional Securities may be issued under this Indenture in compliance with Sections 3.03 and 10.08. 

The Securities shall be known and designated as the “5.75% Senior Notes due 2023” of the Company. The Stated Maturity of the
Securities shall be June 15, 2023, and the Securities shall each bear interest at the rate of 5.75% per annum, as such interest rate may be adjusted as set forth in the Securities, from June 12, 2013 or from the most recent Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid, payable semiannually on June 15 and December 15 in each year, commencing December 15, 2013, until the principal thereof is paid or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal,
interest (to the extent lawful) or premium, if any, shall be payable on demand. 
 The principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on, the Securities shall be payable and the Securities shall be exchangeable and transferable at an office or agency of the Company maintained for such purposes (which initially will be a corporate trust office of the Trustee located at 223
West Nash Street, Wilson, NC 27893). 
 For all purposes hereunder, the Initial Securities and any Additional Securities issued
pursuant to this Indenture will be treated as one class and are together referred to as the “Securities.” 
 The
Securities shall be subject to repurchase by the Company pursuant to an Offer as provided in Section 10.12. 

Holders shall have the right to require the Company to purchase their Securities, in whole or in part, in the event of a Change of
Control pursuant to Section 10.15. 
 The Securities shall be redeemable as provided in Article Eleven and in
the Securities. 
 The Securities shall be Senior Indebtedness of the Company ranking equal to all other existing and future
Senior Indebtedness of the Company and senior to all Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company. 

  
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 At the election of the Company, the entire Indebtedness on the Securities or certain of the
Company’s obligations and covenants and certain Events of Default thereunder may be defeased as provided in Article Four. 
 Section 3.02. 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. 
 Section 3.03.
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. 
 The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by one of
its Chairman of the Board, its President, its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Financial Officer or one of its Vice Presidents. 
 Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them
have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities. 
 At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities executed by the Company to the Trustee (with Guarantees, if any, endorsed thereon)
for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities which order shall set forth the number of separate Securities certificates, the principal amount of each of the Securities to be authenticated,
the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated, the Holder of each of the Securities and delivery instructions; and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities as
provided in this Indenture and not otherwise. 
 Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. 

No Security or Guarantee, if any, endorsed thereon shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for
any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized officer, and such certificate upon any Security shall
be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. 
 In case the Company, or any Guarantor, pursuant to Article Eight, shall, in a single transaction or through a series of related transactions, be consolidated or merged with or into any other Person
or shall sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, and the successor Person resulting from such consolidation or surviving such merger, or into which the
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shall have been merged, or the successor Person which shall have participated in the sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition as aforesaid, shall have executed an
indenture supplemental hereto with the Trustee pursuant to Article Eight, any of the Securities authenticated or delivered prior to such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, 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 Request of the successor Person, shall authenticate and deliver Securities as specified in such request 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 3.03 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. 

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities on behalf of the Trustee. Unless
limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating
agent has the same rights as any Security Registrar or Paying Agent to deal with the Company and its Affiliates. 
 If an
officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates such Security such Security shall be valid nevertheless. 
 Section 3.04. Temporary Securities. 
 Pending the preparation of definitive
Securities, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the
tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their
execution of such Securities. 
 If temporary Securities are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities to be prepared
without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Company designated for
such purpose pursuant to Section 10.02, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor
a like principal amount of definitive Securities of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities. 

  
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 Section 3.05. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange. 

The Company shall cause the Trustee to keep, so long as it is the Security Registrar, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, or
such other office as the Trustee may designate, a register (the register maintained in such office or in any other office or agency designated pursuant to Section 10.02 being herein sometimes referred to as the “Security
Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as the Security Registrar may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee shall initially be the
“Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided. The Company may change the Security Registrar or appoint one or more co-Security Registrars without notice. 

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at the office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to
Section 10.02, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series of any authorized denomination or
denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount. 
 Furthermore, any Holder of the 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 the Holder of such Global Security (or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest
in a Security shall be required to be reflected in a book entry. 
 At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for
other Securities of any authorized denomination or denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, Securities of the same series which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. 
 All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same Indebtedness, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. 
 Every Security presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer, or for exchange, repurchase or redemption, shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and
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 No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer, exchange or
redemption of Securities, except for any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith, other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.08, 9.06, 10.12,
10.15 or 11.08 not involving any transfer. 
 The Company shall not be required (a) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange any Security during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of the Securities selected for redemption under Section 11.04 and ending at the close of
business on the day of such mailing or (b) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of Securities being redeemed in part. 

Every Security shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer provided in the legend required to be set forth on the face of each
Security pursuant to Section 2.02, and the restrictions set forth in this Section 3.05, and the Holder of each Security, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof (or interest therein), agrees to be bound by such restrictions
on transfer. 
 The restrictions imposed by this Section 3.05 upon the transferability of any particular Security
shall cease and terminate if and when such Security has been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. Any Security as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms or
shall have terminated may, upon surrender of such Security for exchange to the Security Registrar in accordance with the provision of this Section 3.05, be exchanged for a new Security, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, which
shall not bear the Private Placement Legend, that the restrictions contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. The Company shall inform the Trustee of the effective date
of any Registration Statement registering the Securities under the Securities Act no later than two Business Days after such effective date. 
 Except as provided in the preceding paragraph, any Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, any Global Security, whether pursuant to this
Section 3.05, Section 3.04, 3.08, 9.06 or 11.08 or otherwise, shall also be a Global Security and bear the legend specified in Section 2.02. 

Section 3.06. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities. 

(a) Each Global Security initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or the nominee of
such Depositary, (ii) be deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary or with the Trustee as custodian for such Depositary and (iii) bear legends as set forth in Section 2.02. 

  
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 Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) shall have
no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under such Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of
the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect
to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or shall impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any
Security. 
 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part
for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (i) such Depositary (A) has
notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered as such under the Exchange Act, and in either case the Company fails to appoint a
successor Depositary within 90 days, (ii) the Company, at its option, executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order stating that it elects to cause the issuance of the Securities in certificated form and that all Global Securities shall
be exchanged in whole for Securities that are not Global Securities (in which case such exchange shall be effected by the Trustee) or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default or any event which after notice or lapse
of time or both would be an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security and the Holder thereof has requested such exchange. 
 (c) If any Global Security is to be exchanged for other Securities or canceled in whole, it shall be surrendered by or on behalf of the Depositary or its nominee to the Trustee, as Security Registrar, for
exchange or cancellation as provided in this Article Three. If any Global Security is to be exchanged for other Securities or canceled in part, or if another Security is to be exchanged in whole or in part for a beneficial interest in any
Global Security, then either (i) such Global Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as provided in this Article Three or (ii) the principal amount thereof shall be reduced or increased by an amount equal to
the portion thereof to be so exchanged or canceled, or equal to the principal amount of such other Security to be so exchanged for a beneficial interest therein, as the case may be, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the
Trustee, as Security Registrar, whereupon the Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, shall instruct the Depositary or its authorized representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its records. Upon any such surrender or
adjustment of a Global Security, the Trustee shall, subject to this Section 3.06(c) and as otherwise provided in this Article Three, authenticate and deliver any Securities issuable in exchange for such Global Security (or any
portion thereof) to or upon the order of, and registered in such names as may be directed by, the Depositary or its authorized representative. Upon the request of the Trustee in connection with the occurrence of any of the events specified in the
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reasonable supply of Securities that are not in the form of Global Securities. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon any order, direction or request of the Depositary or its authorized
representative which is given or made pursuant to this Article Three if such order, direction or request is given or made in accordance with the Applicable Procedures. 
 (d) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Article Three
or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof. 

(e) The Depositary or its nominee, as registered owner of a Global Security, shall be the Holder of such Global Security for all purposes
under this Indenture and the Securities, and owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security shall hold such interests pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Accordingly, any such owner’s beneficial interest in a Global Security will be
shown only on, and the transfer of such interest shall be effected only through, records maintained by the Depositary or its nominee or its Agent Members. 
 Section 3.07. Special Transfer and Exchange Provisions. 
 (a) Certain
Transfers and Exchanges. Transfers and exchanges of Securities and beneficial interests in a Global Security of the kinds specified in this Section 3.07 shall be made only in accordance with this Section 3.07. 

(i) Rule 144A Global Security to Regulation S Global Security. If the owner of a beneficial interest in the Rule
144A Global Security wishes at any time to transfer such interest to a Person who wishes to acquire the same in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security, such transfer may be effected only in accordance with the
provisions of this paragraph and paragraph (iv) below and subject to the Applicable Procedures. Upon receipt by the Trustee, as Security Registrar, of (a) an order given by the Depositary or its authorized representative directing that a
beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security in a specified principal amount be credited to a specified Agent Member’s account and that a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Security in an equal principal amount be debited
from another specified Agent Member’s account and (b) a Regulation S Certificate in the form of Exhibit A hereto, satisfactory to the Trustee and duly executed by the owner of such beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Security or
his attorney duly authorized in writing, then the Trustee, as Security Registrar but subject to paragraph (iv) below, shall reduce the principal amount of the Rule 144A Global Security and increase the principal amount of the Regulation S
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 (ii) Regulation S Global Security to Rule 144A Global Security. If
the owner of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security, if any, wishes at any time to transfer such interest to a Person who wishes to acquire the same in the form of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Security, such
transfer may be effected only in accordance with this paragraph (ii) and subject to the Applicable Procedures. Upon receipt by the Trustee, as Security Registrar, of (a) an order given by the Depositary or its authorized representative
directing that a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Security in a specified principal amount be credited to a specified Agent Member’s account and that a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security in an equal principal
amount be debited from another specified Agent Member’s account and (b) if such transfer is to occur during the Restricted Period, a Restricted Securities Certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, satisfactory to the Trustee and duly
executed by the owner of such beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security or his attorney duly authorized in writing, then the Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall reduce the principal amount of the Regulation S Global Security and
increase the principal amount of the Rule 144A Global Security by such specified principal amount as provided in Section 3.06(c). 
 (iii) Exchanges Between Global Security and Non-Global Security. A beneficial interest in a Global Security may be exchanged for a Security that is not a Global Security as provided in
Section 3.07(b), provided that, if such interest is a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Security, or if such interest is a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security and such exchange is to occur during the
Restricted Period, then such interest shall bear the Private Placement Legend (subject in each case to Section 3.07(b)). 
 (iv) Regulation S Global Security to Be Held Through Euroclear or Clearstream During Restricted Period. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Depositary to ensure that, until the
expiration of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Security, if any, may be held only in or through accounts maintained at the Depositary by Euroclear or Clearstream (or by Agent Members acting for the account
thereof), and no person shall be entitled to effect any transfer or exchange that would result in any such interest being held otherwise than in or through such an account; provided that this paragraph (iv) shall not prohibit any
transfer or exchange of such an interest in accordance with paragraph (ii) above. Notwithstanding anything otherwise stated herein, during the Restricted Period, holders of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Security may not
transfer such interest to a person that takes delivery thereof in the form of an interest in the Rule 144A Global Security; upon the expiration of the Restricted Period, such interest in the Regulation S Global Security may be transferred to a
person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in the Rule 144A Global Security, provided that (for persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S)) such person delivers a certificate in the Form of Exhibit C hereto to the
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 (b) Private Placement Legends. Rule 144A Securities and their Successor Securities
and Regulation S Securities and their Successor Securities shall bear a Private Placement Legend, subject to the following: 
 (i) subject to the following clauses of this Section 3.07(b), a Security or any portion thereof which is exchanged, upon transfer or otherwise, for a Global Security or any portion thereof
shall bear the Private Placement Legend borne by such Global Security while represented thereby; 
 (ii) subject
to the following clauses of this Section 3.07(b), a new Security which is not a Global Security and is issued in exchange for another Security (including a Global Security) or any portion thereof, upon transfer or otherwise, shall bear
the Private Placement Legend borne by such other Security; 
 (iii) Exchange Securities, and all other Securities
sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, together with their respective Successor Securities, shall not bear a Private Placement Legend; 

(iv) at any time after the Securities may be freely transferred without registration under the Securities Act or without
being subject to transfer restrictions pursuant to the Securities Act, a new Security which does not bear a Private Placement Legend may be issued in exchange for or in lieu of a Security (other than a Global Security) or any portion thereof which
bears such a legend if the Trustee has received an Unrestricted Securities Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, satisfactory to the Trustee and duly executed by the Holder of such legended Security or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and after such date and receipt of such certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such a new Security in exchange for or in lieu of such other Security as provided in this Article Three; 

(v) a new Security which does not bear a Private Placement Legend may be issued in exchange for or in lieu of a Security
(other than a Global Security) or any portion thereof which bears such a legend if, in the Company’s judgment, placing such a legend upon such new Security is not necessary to ensure compliance with the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, and the Trustee, at the direction of the Company, shall authenticate and deliver such a new Security as provided in this Article Three; and 

(vi) notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.07(b), a Successor Security of a Security that
does not bear a particular form of Private Placement Legend shall not bear such form of legend unless the Company has reasonable cause to believe that such Successor Security is a “restricted security” within the meaning of Rule 144, in
which case the Trustee, at the direction of the Company, shall authenticate and deliver a new Security bearing a Private Placement Legend in exchange for such Successor Security as provided in this Article Three. 

  
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 By its acceptance of any Security bearing the Private Placement Legend, each Holder of such
a Security acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Security set forth in this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Security only as provided in this Indenture. 

The Security Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to
Section 3.06 or this Section 3.07. The Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice
to the Security Registrar. 
 Section 3.08. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. 

If (a) any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or (b) the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and there is delivered to the Company, any Guarantor and the Trustee, such security or indemnity, in each case, as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the
absence of notice to the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon a Company Request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for any such
mutilated Security or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a replacement Security of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding and each Guarantor, if any, shall execute a replacement
Guarantee, if any. 
 In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and
payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a replacement Security, pay such Security. 
 Upon the issuance
of any replacement Securities under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to pay all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes or other governmental charges that may be imposed in relation thereto and any
other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. 
 Every replacement Security and
Guarantee, if any, issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company and any Guarantor, whether or not the 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 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
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 Section 3.09. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. 

Interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on the
Stated Maturity of such interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name the Security (or any Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest payment. 

Any interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on any Security which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for,
on the Stated Maturity of such interest, and interest on such defaulted interest at the then applicable interest rate borne by the Securities, to the extent lawful (such defaulted interest and interest thereon herein collectively called
“Defaulted Interest”), shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the Regular Record Date; and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Subsection (a) or
(b) below: 
 (a) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose
names the Securities (or any relevant Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company 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 Payment Date”), and at the same time the
Company 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 Special Payment
Date, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Subsection provided. Thereupon the Company shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest
which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the Special Payment Date and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the
Company in writing of such Special Record Date. In the name and at the expense of the Company, the Trustee shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to each Holder at its address as it appears in the Security Register, 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 Payment Date
therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities are registered on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Subsection (b). 

  
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 (b) The Company 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 this Indenture not inconsistent with the requirements of such exchange, if, after
written notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Subsection, such payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. 
 Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.09, 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 (including Additional Interest, if any), and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security. 
 Section 3.10. CUSIP Numbers. 
 The Company in issuing the Securities may
use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and the Company, or the Trustee on behalf of the Company, shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any
such notice shall 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 redemption or exchange and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities; and provided further, however, that failure to use CUSIP numbers in any notice of redemption or exchange shall not affect the validity or sufficiency of such notice. 

Section 3.11. Persons Deemed Owners. 
 Prior to and at the time of due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name any Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.09) interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on, such
Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and none of the Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 Section 3.12. Cancellation. 
 All Securities surrendered for payment, purchase, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange shall be delivered to the Trustee and, if not already canceled, shall be promptly canceled by it. The
Company and any Guarantor may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company or any such Guarantor may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities
so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. The Trustee shall provide certification of their cancellation to the Company, upon request. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as
provided in this Section 3.12, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall provide the Company a list of all Securities that have been canceled from time to time as requested by the Company. 

  
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 Section 3.13. Computation of Interest. 

Interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve
30-day months. 
 ARTICLE FOUR 
 DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE 
 Section 4.01. Option to Effect Defeasance
or Covenant Defeasance. 
 The Company may, at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to the Securities,
elect to have either Section 4.02 or Section 4.03 applied to all of the Outstanding Securities (the “Defeased Securities”), upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Four.

 Section 4.02. Defeasance and Discharge. 
 Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 4.01 of the option applicable to this Section 4.02, the Company, each Guarantor and any other obligor upon the Securities, if any,
shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to the Defeased Securities on the date the conditions set forth in Section 4.04 below are satisfied (hereinafter, “defeasance”). For this purpose,
such defeasance means that the Company, each Guarantor, if any, and any other obligor under this Indenture shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the Defeased Securities, which shall thereafter be deemed
to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 4.05 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this
Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company and upon Company Request, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise
terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of Defeased Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 4.04 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal
of, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on, such Securities, when such payments are due, (b) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Defeased Securities under Sections 3.04, 3.05,
3.08, 10.02 and 10.03, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, including, without limitation, the Trustee’s rights under Section 6.07, and (d) this Article
Four. Subject to compliance with this Article Four, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 4.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 4.03 with respect to the Securities.

  
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 Section 4.03. Covenant Defeasance. 

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 4.01 of the option applicable to this Section 4.03, the Company
and each Guarantor, if any, shall be released from its obligations under any covenant or provision contained or referred to in Sections 10.05 through 10.18, inclusive, and the provisions of clause (iii) of
Section 8.01(a), with respect to the Defeased Securities, on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 4.04 below are satisfied (hereinafter, “covenant defeasance”), and the Defeased Securities
shall thereafter be deemed to be not “Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed
“Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to the Defeased Securities, the Company and each Guarantor, if any, may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in
respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such Section, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision
herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 5.01(c) or (g) but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Defeased
Securities shall be unaffected thereby. 
 Section 4.04. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. 

The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section 4.02 or Section 4.03 to the Defeased
Securities: 
 (1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as
trust funds, in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (a) cash in United States dollars in an amount, (b) U.S.
Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms and with no further reinvestment will provide, not later than one day before the due date of payment, money in an
amount, or (c) a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants or a nationally recognized investment banking firm expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee to pay and discharge, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Defeased Securities, on the Stated Maturity of such
principal or interest (or on any date after June 15, 2018 (such date being referred to as the “Defeasance Redemption Date”), if at or prior to electing to exercise either its option applicable to Section 4.02 or its
option applicable to Section 4.03, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an irrevocable notice to redeem the Defeased Securities on the Defeasance Redemption Date). For this purpose, “U.S. Government Obligations”
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of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) 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 by 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
depository 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 Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation
held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository 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 depository receipt
from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt; 

(2) In the case of an election under Section 4.02, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion
of Independent Counsel in the United States stating that (A) the Internal Revenue Service has issued a ruling to the Company or has issued a revenue ruling or other published administrative position or (B) since the date hereof, 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 Independent Counsel in the United States shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities will not recognize
income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such 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 defeasance had not
occurred; 
 (3) In the case of an election under Section 4.03, the Company shall have delivered to
the Trustee an Opinion of Independent Counsel in the United States to the effect that the Holders of the 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) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or insofar as
Section 5.01(h) or (i) is concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit; 
 (5) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not cause the Trustee for the Securities to have a conflicting interest in violation of and for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to any
securities of the Company or any Guarantor; 
 (6) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a Default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company, any Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound; 

  
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 (7) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in the trust
arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration thereunder; 

(8) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Independent Counsel in the United States to the effect
that after the 91st day following the date of deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; 

(9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by
the Company with the intent of preferring the holders of the Securities or any Guarantee over the other creditors of the Company or any Guarantor with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company, any Guarantor
or others; 
 (10) No event or condition shall exist that would prevent the Company from making payments of the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities on the date of such deposit or at any time ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit; and 

(11) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Independent Counsel,
each stating that all conditions precedent (other than conditions which cannot be satisfied for 91 days) provided for relating to either the defeasance under Section 4.02 or the covenant defeasance under Section 4.03, as the
case may be, have been complied with. 
 Opinions of Counsel or Opinions of Independent Counsel required to be delivered under
this Section shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and may have qualifications customary for opinions of the type required and counsel delivering such opinions may rely on certificates of the Company or government or
other officials customary for opinions of the type required, which certificates shall be limited as to matters of fact, including that various financial covenants have been complied with. 

Section 4.05. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. 

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, all United States dollars and U.S. Government Obligations
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applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (excluding the Company or any of its
Affiliates acting as Paying Agent), as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law. Money so held in trust shall not be subject to the provisions of Article Thirteen. 
 The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 4.04 or the
principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is imposed, assessed or for the account of the Holders of the Defeased Securities. 

Anything in this Article Four to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time
upon Company Request any United States dollars or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 4.04 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect defeasance or covenant defeasance. 
 Section 4.06. Reinstatement. 
 If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to
apply any United States dollars or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 4.02 or 4.03, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or
otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities and any Guarantor’s obligations under any Guarantee shall be revived and reinstated, with present and prospective effect, as
though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 4.02 or 4.03, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such United States dollars or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with
Section 4.02 or 4.03, as the case may be; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment to the Trustee or Paying Agent of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security following the reinstatement of
its obligations, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall promptly pay any such amount to the Holders of the Securities and the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the United States
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 ARTICLE FIVE 
 REMEDIES 
 Section 5.01. Events of Default. 

“Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (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): 

(a) there shall be a default in the payment of any interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on any Security when
it becomes due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period of 30 days; 
 (b) there shall be a
default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security at its Maturity (upon acceleration, optional or mandatory redemption, if any, required repurchase or otherwise); 

(c) (i) there shall be a default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Company or any
Guarantor under this Indenture or any Guarantee (other than a default in the performance, or breach, of a covenant or agreement which is specifically dealt with in clause (a), (b) or in clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this clause (c))
and such default or breach shall continue for a period of 30 days after written notice has been given, by certified mail, (1) to the Company by the Trustee or (2) to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities; (ii) there shall be a default in the performance or breach of Article Eight herein; (iii) the Company shall have failed to make or consummate an Offer in accordance with the provisions
of Section 10.12 herein; or (iv) the Company shall have failed to make or consummate a Change of Control Offer in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.15 herein; 

(d) one or more defaults shall have occurred under any of the agreements, indentures or instruments under which the
Company, any Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary then has outstanding Indebtedness in excess of $15.0 million, individually or in the aggregate, and either (i) such default results from the failure to pay such Indebtedness at its stated
final Maturity or (ii) such default or defaults have resulted in the acceleration of the Maturity of such Indebtedness; 
 (e) any Guarantee shall for any reason cease to be, or shall for any reason be asserted in writing by any Guarantor or the Company not to be, in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with
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 (f) one or more judgments, orders or decrees of any court or regulatory or
administrative agency for the payment of money in excess of $20.0 million, either individually or in the aggregate, shall be rendered against the Company, any Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary or any of their respective properties and shall not
be discharged or fully bonded and there shall have been a period of 60 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of an appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect and the Company is not making payments
or complying with its obligations entered into in connection with such judgment, order or decree; 
 (g) any
holder or holders of at least $20.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Company, any Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary after a default under such Indebtedness shall notify the Trustee of the sale or disposition of any
assets of the Company, any Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary that have been pledged to or for the benefit of such holder or holders to secure such Indebtedness or shall commence proceedings, or take any action (including by way of set-off), to
retain in satisfaction of such Indebtedness or to collect on, seize, dispose of or apply in satisfaction of Indebtedness, assets of the Company, any Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary (including funds on deposit or held pursuant to lock-box and
other similar arrangements); 
 (h) there shall have been the entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of
(i) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Bankruptcy Law or (ii) a decree or order adjudging the Company, any Guarantor
or any Significant Subsidiary bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary under any applicable federal or state law, or
appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part of their respective properties, or ordering the winding
up or liquidation of their affairs, and any such decree or order for relief shall continue to be in effect, or any such other decree or order shall be unstayed and in effect, for a period of 60 consecutive days; or 

(i) (A) the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary commences a voluntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Bankruptcy Law or any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, (B) the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary consents to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company,
such Guarantor or such Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Bankruptcy Law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, (C) the Company, any Guarantor or any
Significant Subsidiary files a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law, (D) the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary (1) consents to the filing of such
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appointment of, or taking possession by, a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company, any Guarantor or such Significant Subsidiary or of
any substantial part of their respective properties, (2) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or (3) admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due or (E) the Company, any Guarantor or any
Significant Subsidiary takes any corporate action in furtherance of any such actions in this clause (i). 
 Section 5.02.
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. 
 If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified
in Sections 5.01(h) and (i) herein with respect to the Company or a Guarantor) shall occur and be continuing with respect to this Indenture, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities then Outstanding may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare all unpaid principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on all Securities to be due and payable
immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders of the Securities) and upon any such declaration, such principal, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) shall become due
and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in clause (h) or (i) of Section 5.01 with respect to the Company or a Guarantor occurs and is continuing, then all the Securities shall ipso facto become and be due and
payable immediately in an amount equal to the principal amount of the Securities, together with accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest, if any), if any, to the date the Securities become due and payable, without any declaration
or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. Thereupon, the Trustee may, at its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce the rights of the Holders of the Securities by appropriate judicial proceedings. 

After a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Securities, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been
obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities Outstanding by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if: 
 (a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay (1) all
sums paid or advanced by the Trustee under this Indenture and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, (2) all overdue interest on all Outstanding Securities, (3) the
principal of, and premium, if any, on any Outstanding Securities which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate borne by the Securities and (4) to the extent that payment of such
interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate borne by the Securities; 
 (b) the rescission
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 (c) all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of principal of,
premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on the Securities which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13. 

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

Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. 

The Company and each Guarantor, if any, covenant that if 

(a) default is made in the payment of any interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on any Security when such
interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or 
 (b) default is made in
the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on any Security at the Stated Maturity thereof or otherwise, 
 the Company and such
Guarantor, if any, will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest (including Additional
Interest, if any), with interest upon the overdue principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate borne by the Securities; and, in
addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel. 

If the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name
and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Company or any Guarantor or
any other obligor upon the Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities, wherever situated. 

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the
rights of the Holders under this Indenture or any Guarantee by such appropriate private or judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce such rights, including seeking recourse against any Guarantor pursuant to
the terms of any Guarantee, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein or therein, or to enforce any other proper remedy, including, without limitation,
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Guarantor pursuant to the terms of a Guarantee, or to enforce any other proper remedy, subject however to Section 5.12. No recovery of any such judgment upon any property of the
Company or any Guarantor shall affect or impair any rights, powers or remedies of the Trustee or the Holders. 
 Section 5.04.
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. 
 In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor, including any Guarantor, upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors,
the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment
of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, 
 (a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal, and premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such
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 of the
Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and 
 (b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; 
 and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay
the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07. 

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder
any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the 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 5.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities. 

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantees, if any, may be prosecuted and enforced by the
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instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered. 

Section 5.06. Application of Money Collected. 
 Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article or otherwise on behalf of the Holders or the Trustee pursuant to this Article or through any proceeding or any arrangement or restructuring in
anticipation or in lieu of any proceeding contemplated by this Article shall be applied, subject to applicable law, in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee: 

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07; 

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest
(including Additional Interest, if any), in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal,
premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest, if any); and 
 THIRD: The balance, if any, to the
Person or Persons entitled thereto, including the Company, provided that all sums due and owing to the Holders and the Trustee have been paid in full as required by this Indenture. 

Section 5.07. Limitation on Suits. 
 No Holder of any Securities shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture or the Securities, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or
for any other remedy hereunder, unless 
 (a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a
continuing Event of Default; 
 (b) the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as trustee hereunder; 

(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee a reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities
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 (d) the Trustee for 15 days after its receipt of such notice, request and
offer (and if requested, provision) of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and 
 (e) no
direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 15-day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities; 

it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture, any Security or any Guarantee to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, any
Security or any Guarantee, except in the manner provided in this Indenture and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Holders. 
 Section 5.08. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest. 
 Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right based on the terms stated herein, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.09) interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption or repurchase,
on the Redemption Date or the repurchase date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. 

Section 5.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. 
 If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture or any Guarantee and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or
has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case the Company, any Guarantor, any other obligor on the Securities, the Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be
restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted. 

Section 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. 
 No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
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 Section 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. 

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default
shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article Five or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to
time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be. 
 Section 5.12. Control
by Holders. 
 The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities shall
have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, provided that 

(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture (including, without limitation,
Section 5.07) or any Guarantee, expose the Trustee to personal liability or expense, or be unduly prejudicial to Holders not joining therein; and 
 (b) subject to the provisions of Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction. 

Section 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults. 
 The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may on behalf of the Holders of all Outstanding Securities waive any past Default hereunder and its
consequences, except a Default 
 (a) in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest (including
Additional Interest, if any) on any Security (which may only be waived with the consent of each Holder of Securities affected); or 
 (b) in respect of a covenant or a provision hereof which under this Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Security Outstanding affected by such modification or
amendment. 
 Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be
deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 

  
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 Section 5.14. Undertaking for Costs. 

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any
court may in its discretion require, 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, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such
suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good
faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant, but the provisions of this Section 5.14 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the
aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on, any
Security on or after the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date). 
 Section 5.15. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. 
 Each of the
Company and the Guarantors, if any, covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any
usury or other law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which would prohibit or forgive the Company or any Guarantor from paying all or any portion of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest (including Additional Interest,
if any) on the Securities contemplated herein or in the Securities or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each of the Company and the Guarantors, if any (to the extent that it may lawfully do so), hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no
such law had been enacted. 
 Section 5.16. Remedies Subject to Applicable Law. 

All rights, remedies and powers provided by this Article Five may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does
not violate any applicable provision of law in the premises, and all the provisions of this Indenture are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law which may be controlling in the premises and to be limited to the extent
necessary so that they will not render this Indenture invalid, unenforceable or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable law. 

  
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 ARTICLE SIX 
 THE TRUSTEE 
 Section 6.01. Duties of Trustee. 

Subject to the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Sections 315(a) through 315(d): 

(a) if a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and
powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs; 

(b) except during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default: 

(1) the Trustee need perform only those duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no covenants or
obligations shall be implied in this Indenture against the Trustee; and 
 (2) in the absence of bad faith or
willful misconduct on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture; 
 (c) the Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that: 

(1) this Subsection (c) does not limit the effect of Subsection (b) of this Section 6.01;

 (2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer,
unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and 
 (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 of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Outstanding Securities relating to the time, method and place of conducting
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 (d) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or
risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it; 
 (e) whether or not therein
expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to Subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 6.01; and 

(f) the Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money or assets received by it except as the Trustee may agree
with the Company. Assets held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other assets except to the extent required by law. 
 Section 6.02. Notice of Defaults. 
 Within 90 days after a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee receives notice of the occurrence of any Default, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders and any other Persons entitled to receive reports pursuant to Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, as their names
and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such Default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on any Security, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a trust committee of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith
determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders. 
 Section 6.03. Certain Rights of
Trustee. 
 Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01 hereof and Trust Indenture Act Sections 315(a) through
315(d): 
 (a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon receipt by it
of any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of Indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed
or presented by the proper party or parties; 
 (b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein
shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution; 

(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and any advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall
be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon; 

  
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 (d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights
or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which might be incurred therein or thereby in compliance with such request or direction; 
 (e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion, rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture
other than any liabilities arising out of the negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Trustee; 
 (f)
the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, approval, appraisal, bond, debenture, note,
coupon, security or other paper or document unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding; provided that, if the payment within a reasonable
time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this
Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such expenses or liabilities as a condition to proceeding; the reasonable expenses of every such investigation so requested by the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities Outstanding shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand; provided, further, the Trustee in its discretion may make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may deem fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or
by agent or attorney; 
 (g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder; 

(h) 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 each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder; 

  
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 (i) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers’
Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any individual authorized to sign an
Officers’ Certificate, including any individual specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded; 
 (j) the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for punitive, special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss or profit) irrespective of
whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action; 
 (k) the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of the trusts and powers under this Indenture; 

(l) the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under
this Indenture arising out of or caused directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotages;
epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunction of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; acts of civil or military authorities and governmental action; and 

(m) the permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as duties. 

Section 6.04. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Dispositions of Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof. 

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the
statements of the Company and the Guarantors, if any, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities, except that the
Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in any Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1
to be supplied to the Company will be true and accurate subject to the qualifications set forth therein. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof. 

Section 6.05. Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections; etc. 

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with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent and, subject to Trust Indenture Act Sections 310 and 311, may otherwise deal
with the Company and receive, collect, hold and retain collections from the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent. 

Section 6.06. Money Held in Trust. 
 All moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by mandatory provisions of law. Except for funds or securities deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Article Four, the Trustee shall be required to invest all moneys received by the Trustee, until used or applied as
herein provided, in Temporary Cash Investments in accordance with the directions of the Company. 
 Section 6.07.
Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its Prior Claim. 
 The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the
Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an
express trust) and the Company covenants and agrees to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by or on behalf of the Trustee in accordance
with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all agents and other persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may arise from its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The Company also covenants and agrees to indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any claim, loss, liability, tax, assessment or other
governmental charge (other than taxes applicable to the Trustee’s compensation hereunder) or expense incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration
of this Indenture or the trusts hereunder and its duties hereunder, including enforcement of this Section 6.07 and also including any liability which the Trustee may incur as a result of failure to withhold, pay or report any tax,
assessment or other governmental charge, and the costs and expenses of defending itself against or investigating any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The obligations of the
Company under this Section 6.07 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute an
additional obligation hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee. 

  
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 Section 6.08. Conflicting Interests. 

The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. 

Section 6.09. Trustee Eligibility. 
 There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as trustee under Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a) and which shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000, to the extent there is an institution eligible and willing to serve. If such Trustee publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.09, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.09, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article. 
 Section 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee. 

(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective
until the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee under Section 6.11. 
 (b) The Trustee, or any trustee
or trustees hereafter appointed, may at any time resign by giving written notice thereof to the Company no later than 30 Business Days prior to the proposed date of resignation. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly
appoint a successor trustee by written instrument executed by authority of the Board of Directors of the Company, a copy of which shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and a copy to the successor trustee. If an instrument of acceptance by a
successor trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may, or any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint and prescribe a
successor trustee. 
 (c) The Trustee may be removed at any time for any cause or for no cause by an Act of the Holders of not
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 (d) If at any time: 

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b) after written request
therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, 

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or 
 (3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, 
 then, in any case,
(i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, the Holder of any Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the
Trustee and appoint a successor trustee. 
 (e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a
vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor trustee and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If, within 60 days after such
resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, the Company has not appointed a successor Trustee, a successor trustee shall be appointed by the Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee. Such successor trustee so appointed shall forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment become the successor trustee and supersede the successor trustee appointed by the Company. If
no successor trustee shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of the Securities and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities
then outstanding may, at the expense of the Company, subject to Section 5.14, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee. 

(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor trustee by
mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of Securities as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor trustee and the address of its
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 Section 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. 

Every successor trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee as if originally named as Trustee hereunder; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Company or the successor trustee, upon payment of its charges pursuant to Section 6.07 then unpaid,
such retiring Trustee shall pay over to the successor trustee all moneys at the time held by it hereunder and shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations. Upon
request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and powers. 

No successor trustee with respect to the Securities shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 6.11 unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be eligible to act as trustee under the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a) and this Article Six and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and
have a Corporate Trust Office or an agent selected in accordance with Section 6.09. 
 Upon acceptance of
appointment by any successor trustee as provided in this Section 6.11, the Company shall give notice thereof to the Holders of the Securities, by mailing such notice to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security
Register. If the acceptance of appointment is substantially contemporaneous with the appointment, then the notice called for by the preceding sentence may be combined with the notice called for by Section 6.10. If the Company fails to
give such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be given at the expense of the Company. 

Section 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. 

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from
any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee (including the trust created by this Indenture) shall be the
successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be eligible under Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a) and this Article Six and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and have a
Corporate Trust Office or an agent selected in accordance with Section 6.09, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. 

  
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 In case at the time such successor 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 trustee; and in all such cases such
certificate shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor
Trustee or to authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation. 
 Section 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. 
 If and
when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or other obligor under the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such
other obligor). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein. 
 ARTICLE SEVEN 
 HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY

 Section 7.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. 

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee 

(a) semiannually, not more than 10 days after each Regular Record Date, a list, in such form as the Trustee may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as of such Regular Record Date; and 
 (b) at such
other times as the Trustee may reasonably request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content to that in subsection (a) hereof as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the
time such list is furnished; 
 provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar, no such
list need be furnished. 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 all Holders and shall otherwise comply with Trust Indenture Act
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 Section 7.02. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders. 

Holders may communicate pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this
Indenture or the Securities, and the Trustee shall comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 312(b). The Company, the Trustee, the Security Registrar and any other Person shall have the protection of Trust Indenture Act Section 312(c).
Further, every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that none of the Company nor the Trustee or any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any
information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with Trust Indenture Act Section 312, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of
mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Trust Indenture Act Section 312. 
 Section 7.03. Reports by
Trustee. 
 (a) Within 60 days after June 15 of each year commencing with the first June 15 after the issuance of
Securities, the Trustee, if so required under the Trust Indenture Act, shall transmit by mail to all Holders, in the manner and to the extent provided in Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c), a brief report dated as of such June 15 in
accordance with and with respect to the matters required by Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail to all Holders, in the manner and to the extent provided in Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c), a brief
report in accordance with and with respect to the matters required by Trust Indenture Act Section 313(b)(2). 
 (b) A copy
of each report transmitted to Holders pursuant to this Section 7.03 shall, at the time of such transmission, be mailed to the Company and filed with each stock exchange, if any, upon which the Securities are listed and also with the
Commission. The Company will notify the Trustee promptly if the Securities are listed on any stock exchange. 
 Section 7.04.
Reports by Company and Guarantors. 
 The Company and each Guarantor, if any, as the case may be, shall: 

(a) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, is required to file the
same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the
Company or any Guarantor may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, is not required to file information, documents or
reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall (i) deliver to the Trustee annual audited financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries, prepared on a Consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP, within 120 days after the
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the Company, and (ii) file with the Trustee and, to the extent permitted by law, the Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission,
such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed
from time to time in such rules and regulations; 
 (b) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance
with the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, with the conditions and covenants of
this Indenture as are required from time to time by such rules and regulations (including such information, documents and reports referred to in Trust Indenture Act Section 314(a)); and 

(c) within 15 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, transmit by mail to all Holders in the manner and to the
extent provided in Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c), such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 10.18 hereunder and
subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 7.04 as are required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission. 
 Delivery of any reports, information and documents to the Trustee hereunder is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such 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 conclusively on an Officers’ Certificate).
The Trustee is under no duty to examine such reports, information or documents to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture or to ascertain the correctness of the information or statements contained therein. The Trustee is entitled to
assume such compliance and correctness unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee is informed otherwise. 
 ARTICLE EIGHT

 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OF ASSETS 
 Section 8.01. Company and Guarantors, if Any, May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms. 
 (a) The Company will not, in a single transaction or through a series of related transactions, consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person or group of Persons, or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to enter into any such transaction or series of transactions, if such transaction or series of
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would result in a sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a
Consolidated basis to any other Person or group of Persons, unless at the time and after giving effect thereto: 

(1) either (a) the Company will be the continuing corporation or (b) the Person (if other than the Company)
formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis (the “Surviving Entity”) will be a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and such Person
expressly assumes, by a supplemental indenture, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, as the case may be, and the
Securities and this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement will remain in full force and effect as so supplemented (and any Guarantees will be confirmed as applying to such Surviving Entity’s obligations); 

(2) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis (and treating any
Indebtedness not previously an obligation of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which becomes the obligation of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such transaction as having been incurred at the time of
such transaction), no Default or Event of Default will have occurred and be continuing; 
 (3) immediately after
giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis (on the assumption that the transaction occurred on the first day of the four-quarter period for which financial statements are available ending immediately prior to the consummation of such
transaction with the appropriate adjustments with respect to the transaction being included in such pro forma calculation), the Company (or the Surviving Entity if the Company is not the continuing obligor hereunder) could incur $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) under Section 10.08 herein; 
 (4) at the time of
the transaction, each Guarantor, if any, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, will have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under this Indenture and the
Securities; and 
 (5) at the time of the transaction, the Company or the Surviving Entity will have delivered,
or caused to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that such consolidation, merger, transfer, sale, assignment,
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transfer, lease or other transaction and the supplemental indenture in respect thereof comply with this Indenture and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such
transaction have been complied with. 
 (b) Each Guarantor, if any, will not, and the Company will not permit any Guarantor to,
in a single transaction or through a series of related transactions, consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person (other than the Company or any Guarantor) or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person or group of Persons (other than the Company or any Guarantor) or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to enter into any such transaction or series of transactions if such transaction
or series of transactions, in the aggregate, would result in a sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Guarantor and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated
basis to any other Person or group of Persons (other than the Company or any Guarantor), unless at the time and after giving effect thereto: 
 (1) either (a) the Guarantor will be the continuing entity in the case of a consolidation or merger involving the Guarantor or (b) the Person (if other than the Guarantor) formed by such
consolidation or into which such Guarantor is merged or the Person which acquires by sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Guarantor and its Restricted Subsidiaries
on a Consolidated basis (the “Surviving Guarantor Entity”) will be duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and such Person expressly assumes,
by a supplemental indenture, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee of the Securities and this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement and such Guarantee, Indenture and
Registration Rights Agreement will remain in full force and effect; 
 (2) immediately before and immediately
after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, no Default or Event of Default will have occurred and be continuing; and 
 (3) at the time of the transaction, such Guarantor or the Surviving Guarantor Entity will have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that such consolidation, merger, transfer, sale, assignment, conveyance, lease or other transaction and the supplemental indenture in respect thereof comply with
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 (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of Section 8.01(b) shall not
apply to any Guarantor whose Guarantee of the Securities is unconditionally released and discharged in accordance with paragraph (c) of Section 10.13. 
 (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary
and (ii) the Company may merge with an Affiliate that has no significant assets or liabilities and was formed solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of organization of the Company in another state of the United States,
provided that, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), (a) so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby and (b) the successor Person (in the case of a consolidation,
merger or transfer involving the Company or a Guarantor) assumes all the obligations of the Company or Guarantor, as applicable, under the Registration Rights Agreement, this Indenture and the Securities or its Guarantee, as the case may be,
pursuant to a supplemental indenture in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. 
 In the event of any transaction (other
than a lease) described in and complying with the conditions listed in Sections 8.01(a) and 8.01(b) in which the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, is not the continuing corporation, the successor Person formed or remaining or to
which such transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, and the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, would be discharged (other than
in a transaction that results in the transfer of assets constituting or accounting for less than 95% of the Consolidated assets (as of the last balance sheet date available to the Company) of the Company or the Consolidated revenue of the Company
(as of the last 12-month period for which financial statements are available)) from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities or its Guarantee, as the case may be, and the Registration Rights Agreement. 

Section 8.02. Successor Substituted. 
 Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company or any Guarantor, if any, in
accordance with Section 8.01, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, is merged, or the successor Person to which such sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer,
lease or disposition is made, shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture, the Securities and/or the related Guarantee, as the case may
be, and the Registration Rights Agreement, with the same effect as if such successor had been named as the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, herein, in the Securities and/or in the Guarantee, as the case may be, and the Registration
Rights Agreement, and the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, would be discharged (other than in a transaction that results in the transfer of assets constituting or accounting for less than 95%

  
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of the Consolidated assets (as of the last balance sheet date available to the Company) of the Company or the Consolidated revenue of the Company (as of the last 12-month period for which
financial statements are available)) from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities or its Guarantee, as the case may be, and the Registration Rights Agreement; provided that in the case of a transfer by lease, the
predecessor shall not be released from the payment of principal and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on the Securities or its Guarantee, if any, as the case may be. 

ARTICLE NINE 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES 
 Section 9.01. Supplemental Indentures and Agreements Without Consent of Holders. 
 Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, the Guarantors, if any, and any other obligor under the Securities when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to
time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto or agreements or other instruments with respect to this Indenture, the Securities or any Guarantee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

 (a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the
Securities, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or such Guarantor or obligor herein and in the Securities and in any Guarantee in accordance with Article Eight; 

(b) to add to the covenants of the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities for the benefit of the
Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities, as applicable, herein, in the Securities or in any Guarantee; 

(c) to cure any ambiguity, or to correct or supplement any provision herein or in any supplemental indenture, in the
Securities or in any Guarantee which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, in the Securities or in any Guarantee or make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, the
Securities or any Guarantee; provided that, in each case, such provisions shall not adversely affect the interest of the Holders; 
 (d) to comply with the requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, as contemplated by Section 9.05 or
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 (e) to add a Guarantor or co-obligor pursuant to the requirements of
Section 10.13 hereof or otherwise; 
 (f) to evidence and provide the acceptance of the appointment
of a successor Trustee hereunder; 
 (g) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits
to the Holders and that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder; 

(h) to conform the text of this Indenture or the Securities to any provision of the “Description of Notes” in
the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in the “Description of Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture or the Securities; 

(i) to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Securities as
permitted by this Indenture, including to facilitate the issuance and administration of the Securities; provided, however, that (i) 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 (ii) such amendment does not adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer Securities; or 

(j) to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant a security interest in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders
as additional security for the payment and performance of the Company’s and any Guarantor’s Indenture Obligations, in any property, or assets, including any of which are required to be mortgaged, pledged or hypothecated, or in which a
security interest is required to be granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture or otherwise. 
 Section 9.02.
Supplemental Indentures and Agreements with Consent of Holders. 
 Except as permitted by Section 9.01, with
the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Securities), by Act of said Holders delivered to the
Company, each Guarantor, if any, and the Trustee, the Company and each Guarantor (if a party thereto) when authorized by Board Resolutions, and the Trustee may (i) enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto or agreements or other
instruments with respect to any Guarantee, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or amending, modifying or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Securities or any Guarantee (including but not
limited to, for the purpose of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under this Indenture, the Securities or any Guarantee) or (ii) waive compliance with any provision in this Indenture, the Securities or any Guarantee (other than
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of past Defaults covered by Section 5.13 and waivers of covenants which are covered by Section 10.20); provided, however, that no such supplemental
indenture, agreement or instrument shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby: 
 (a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on, or change to an earlier date any Redemption Date of, or waive a default in
the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on, any such Security or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or
change the coin or currency in which the principal of any such Security or any premium or the interest (including Additional Interest, if any) thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment after
the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date); 
 (b) after the
obligation to purchase Securities arises thereunder, amend, change or modify in any material respect the obligation of the Company to make and consummate a Change of Control Offer in the event of a Change of Control or make and consummate an Offer
with respect to any Asset Sale that has been consummated or, after such Change of Control has occurred or such Asset Sale has been consummated, modify any of the provisions or definitions with respect thereto; 

(c) reduce the percentage in principal amount of such Outstanding Securities, the consent of whose holders is required for
any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver or compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture; 
 (d) modify any of the provisions of this Section 9.02 or Section 5.13 or Section 10.20, except to increase the percentage of such Outstanding Securities required for
such actions or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each such Security affected thereby; 

(e) except as otherwise permitted under Article Eight, consent to the assignment or transfer by the Company or any
Guarantor of any of its rights and obligations hereunder; or 
 (f) amend or modify any of the provisions of this
Indenture relating to the ranking of the Securities or any Guarantee in any manner adverse to the Holders of the Securities or any Guarantee. 
 Upon the written request of the Company and each Guarantor, if any, accompanied by a copy of Board Resolutions authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture or Guarantee, and upon the
filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Holders as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company and each Guarantor in the execution of such supplemental indenture or Guarantee. 

  
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 It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section 9.02 to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture or Guarantee or agreement or instrument relating to any Guarantee, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. 

Section 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures and Agreements. 

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture, agreement, instrument or waiver permitted by
this Article Nine or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Trust Indenture Act Sections 315(a) through 315(d) and Section 6.02 hereof) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture, agreement or instrument (a) is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and (b) does not
violate the provisions of any agreement or instrument evidencing any other Indebtedness of the Company, any Guarantor or any other Restricted Subsidiary. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture,
agreement or instrument which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture, any Guarantee or otherwise. 
 Section 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. 
 Upon the execution of
any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter
authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby. 
 Section 9.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.

 Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article Nine shall conform to the requirements of the Trust
Indenture Act as then in effect. 
 Section 9.06. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. 

Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article Nine may, and
shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and each Guarantor and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities. 

  
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 Section 9.07. Notice of Supplemental Indentures. 

Promptly after the execution by the Company, any Guarantor and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of
Section 9.02, the Company shall give notice thereof to the Holders of each Outstanding Security affected, in the manner provided for in Section 1.06, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental
indenture. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture. 

Section 9.08. Revocation and Effects of Consents. 
 Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that
evidences the same Indebtedness as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if a notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder, or subsequent Holder, may revoke the consent as to his Security or portion of a
Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective. An amendment or waiver shall become effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter bind every Holder. 

ARTICLE TEN 

COVENANTS 

Section 10.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. 

The Company shall duly and punctually pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on the
Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. 
 Section 10.02. Maintenance of Office or
Agency. 
 The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment. The
Company also will maintain an office or agency where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer, redemption or exchange. The office of the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office initially located at 223 West Nash Street, Wilson, NC
27893, will be such office or agency of the Company, unless the Company shall designate and maintain some other office or agency for one or more of such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location and any
change in the location of any such offices or agencies. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required offices or agencies or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations or surrenders may be
made at the office of the agent of the Trustee and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee such agent as its agent to receive all such presentations or surrenders. 

  
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 The Company may 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 such designation. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and any change in the
location of any such office or agency. 
 The Trustee shall initially act as Paying Agent for the Securities. 

Section 10.03. Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust. 

If the Company or any of its Affiliates shall at any time act as Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on any of the Securities, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any, or interest (including
Additional Interest, if any) so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. 

If the Company or any of its Affiliates is not acting as Paying Agent, the Company will, on or before each due date of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on any of the Securities, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum in same day funds sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any, or interest (including Additional Interest, if any)
so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest (including Additional Interest, if any), and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the
Trustee of such action or any failure so to act. 
 If the Company is not acting as Paying Agent, the Company will cause each
Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 10.03, that such Paying Agent will: 

(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest (including Additional
Interest, if any) on the Securities in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided; 

(b) give the Trustee notice of any Default by the Company or any Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities) in
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 (c) at any time during the continuance of any such Default, upon the written
request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent; and 
 (d)
acknowledge, accept and agree to comply in all aspects with the provisions of this Indenture relating to the duties, rights and liabilities of such Paying Agent. 
 The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee
all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the
Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money. 
 Any money deposited with
the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal and premium, if any, or interest (including Additional Interest, if any) has become due and payable shall promptly be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the
Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as
trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York Times and
The Wall Street Journal (national edition), and mail to each such Holder, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification, publication and
mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will promptly be repaid to the Company. 
 Section 10.04.
Corporate Existence. 
 Subject to Article Eight, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate existence and related rights and franchises (charter and statutory) of the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
preserve any such right or franchise or the corporate existence of any such Restricted Subsidiary if the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer necessary or desirable in the conduct of the
business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole and that the loss thereof would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder; and provided,
further, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit a sale, transfer or conveyance of a Restricted Subsidiary or any of its assets in compliance with the terms of this Indenture. 

  
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 Section 10.05. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. 

The Company shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, on or before the date the same shall become due and payable,
(a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shown to be due on any return of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or otherwise assessed or upon the
income, profits or property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries if failure to pay or discharge the same could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company or any Guarantor to perform its
obligations hereunder and (b) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies, which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon the property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except for any Lien permitted to be incurred
under Section 10.11, if failure to pay or discharge the same could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company or any Guarantor to perform its obligations hereunder; 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 whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings properly instituted and diligently conducted and in respect of which appropriate reserves (in the good faith judgment of management of the Company) are being maintained in accordance with GAAP. 

Section 10.06. Maintenance of Properties. 
 The Company shall cause all material properties owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or used or held for use in the conduct of its business or the business of any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and
improvements thereof, all as in the reasonable judgment of the Company may be consistent with sound business practice and necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times; provided,
however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the
business of any of the its Restricted Subsidiaries and not reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder; provided, further, however, that the foregoing
shall not prohibit a sale, transfer or conveyance of a Restricted Subsidiary or any of its properties or assets in compliance with the terms of this Indenture. 

  
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 Section 10.07. Maintenance of Insurance. 

The Company shall at all times keep all of its and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ properties which are of an insurable nature insured
with insurers, believed by the Company in good faith to be financially sound and responsible, and/or by prudent self-insurance, against loss or damage to the extent that property of similar character is usually so insured by corporations similarly
situated and owning like properties in the same general geographic areas in which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries operate, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business affairs or prospects of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. 
 Section 10.08. Limitation on Indebtedness. 
 (a) The Company will not, and
will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, issue, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise in any manner become directly or indirectly liable for the payment of or otherwise incur, contingently or otherwise (collectively,
“incur”), any Indebtedness (including any Acquired Indebtedness), unless such Indebtedness is incurred by the Company or any Guarantor or constitutes Acquired Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary and, in each case, the
Company’s Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the most recent four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available immediately preceding the incurrence of such Indebtedness taken as one period is at least equal to or
greater than 2:1. 
 (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and, to the extent specifically set forth below, the
Restricted Subsidiaries may incur each and all of the following (collectively, the “Permitted Indebtedness”): 
 (i) Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor (and Guarantees of such Indebtedness by any Subsidiaries that have become Guarantors) in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time not to
exceed $220.0 million under (i) one or more revolving credit facilities, lines of credit, letters of credit or term loans or (ii) any renewal, extension, substitution, refunding, refinancing or replacement (a “refinancing”) of
any Indebtedness described under clause (i); 
 (ii) [Reserved]; 

(iii) Indebtedness of the Company pursuant to the Securities in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $700.0 million
and Indebtedness of any Guarantor pursuant to a Guarantee of the Securities and the exchange notes and related exchange guarantees, if any, to be issued in exchange for the Securities and the Guarantees pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement;

  
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 (iv) Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor represented by Capital
Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Obligations for the purpose of financing the purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business
not to exceed the greater of (i) $100.0 million and (ii) 5.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets at any one time outstanding; 
 (v) Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding at the Issue Date; 
 (vi) Indebtedness of the Company owing to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any Indebtedness of the Company owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor is made pursuant to an
intercompany note in the form attached to this Indenture and is unsecured and is subordinated in right of payment from and after such time as the Securities shall become due and payable (whether at Stated Maturity, acceleration or otherwise) to the
payment and performance of the Company’s obligations under the Securities; provided, further, that any disposition, pledge or transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person (other than a disposition, pledge or transfer to a
Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or other obligor not permitted by this clause (vi); 
 (vii) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness is made pursuant to an intercompany note in the form
attached to this Indenture; provided, further, that (a) any disposition, pledge or transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person (other than a disposition, pledge or transfer to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) shall be
deemed to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the obligor not permitted by this clause (vii), and (b) any transaction pursuant to which any Restricted Subsidiary, which has Indebtedness owing to the Company or any other Restricted
Subsidiary, ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be the incurrence of Indebtedness by such Restricted Subsidiary that is not permitted by this clause (vii); 

(viii) Guarantees of any Restricted Subsidiary made in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.13;

 (ix) obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary entered into in the ordinary course of business
(a) pursuant to Interest Rate Agreements designed to protect the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary against fluctuations in interest rates in respect of Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as long as such obligations do
not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness then outstanding, (b) under any Currency Hedging Agreements, relating to (1) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and/or (2) obligations to purchase or
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any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Currency Hedging Agreements do not increase the Indebtedness or other obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
outstanding other than as a result of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable thereunder or (c) under any Commodity Price Protection Agreements which do not increase the amount
of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary outstanding other than as a result of fluctuations in commodity prices or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable thereunder; 

(x) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect
to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims or self-insurance, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations
regarding workers’ compensation claims; 
 (xi) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, earn outs, adjustments of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided, however, that such Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the
balance sheet will not be deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (xi)); 

(xii) Indebtedness solely in respect of surety, performance or appeal bonds, to the extent that such incurrence does not
result in the incurrence of any obligation for the payment of borrowed money to others; 
 (xiii) any renewals,
extensions, substitutions, refundings, refinancings or replacements (a “refinancing”) of any Indebtedness described in paragraph (a) of this Section and clauses (iii) and (v) of this paragraph (b) of this
definition of “Permitted Indebtedness,” including any successive refinancings so long as the borrower under such refinancing is the Company or, if not the Company, the same as the borrower of the Indebtedness being refinanced and the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness represented thereby (or if such Indebtedness provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof, the original
issue price of such Indebtedness plus any accreted value attributable thereto since the original issuance of such Indebtedness) is not increased to a principal amount in excess of the principal amount on the Issue Date, plus the amount of premium or
other payment actually paid at such time to refinance the Indebtedness, plus the amount of expenses of the Company incurred in connection with such refinancing and (1) in the case of any refinancing of Indebtedness that is Subordinated
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is made subordinated to the Securities at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced and (2) in the case of Senior Indebtedness or Subordinated Indebtedness, as the case
may be, such refinancing does not reduce the Average Life to Stated Maturity or the Stated Maturity of such Indebtedness; and 
 (xiv) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries in addition to that described in clauses (i) through (xiii) above, and any renewals, extensions, substitutions, refinancings or
replacements of such Indebtedness, so long as the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness shall not exceed $150.0 million outstanding at any one time in the aggregate. 

(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 10.08, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the
criteria of more than one of the types of Indebtedness permitted by this Section 10.08, the Company in its sole discretion shall classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness and only be required to include the amount of such
Indebtedness as one of such types. Accrual of interest, accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, will not be deemed to be an
incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this covenant; provided, in each such case, that the amount thereof is included in Consolidated Interest Expense of the Company as accrued. 

Section 10.09. Limitation on Restricted Payments. 
 (a) The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly: 
 (i) declare or pay any dividend on, or make any distribution to holders of, any shares of the Company’s Capital Stock (other than dividends or distributions payable solely in shares of its Qualified
Capital Stock or in options, warrants or other rights to acquire shares of such Qualified Capital Stock); 
 (ii)
purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, directly or indirectly, the Company’s Capital Stock or any Capital Stock of any Affiliate of the Company (other than Capital Stock of any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company) or options, warrants or other rights to acquire such Capital Stock; 
 (iii) make any principal
payment on, or repurchase, redeem, defease, retire or otherwise acquire for value, prior to any scheduled principal payment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness; 

(iv) declare or pay any dividend or distribution on any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary to any Person (other
than (a) to the Company or any of its Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries or (b) dividends or distributions made by a Restricted Subsidiary on a pro rata basis to all stockholders of such Restricted Subsidiary); or 

  
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 (v) make any Investment in any Person (other than any Permitted Investments)

 (any of the foregoing actions described in clauses (i) through (v) above, other than any such action that is a Permitted Payment
(as defined below), collectively, “Restricted Payments”) (the amount of any such Restricted Payment, if other than cash, shall be the Fair Market Value of the assets proposed to be transferred, as determined by the Board of
Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be conclusive and evidenced by a Board Resolution), unless: 

(1) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such proposed Restricted Payment on a pro
forma basis, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and such Restricted Payment shall not be an event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both, would be, an “event of default” under the terms
of any Indebtedness of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries; 
 (2) immediately before and immediately
after giving effect to such Restricted Payment on a pro forma basis, the Company could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) under the provisions of Section 10.08 herein; and 

(3) after giving effect to the proposed Restricted Payment, the aggregate amount of all such Restricted Payments declared
or made after the Issue Date and all Designation Amounts does not exceed the sum (the “Restricted Payment Basket”) of: 
 (A) 50% of the aggregate Consolidated Net Income of the Company accrued on a cumulative basis during the period beginning on May 12, 2009 and ending on the last day of the Company’s last fiscal
quarter ending prior to the date of the Restricted Payment (or, if such aggregate cumulative Consolidated Net Income shall be a loss, minus 100% of such loss); 
 (B) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received after May 12, 2009 by the Company either (I) as capital contributions in the form of common equity to the Company or (II) from the issuance or sale
(other than to any of its Subsidiaries) of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or any options, warrants or rights to purchase such Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (except, in each case, to the extent such proceeds are used to purchase,
redeem or otherwise retire Capital Stock or Subordinated Indebtedness as set forth below in clause (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (b) below) (and excluding the Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance of Qualified Capital Stock financed,
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 (C) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received after May 12, 2009 by the
Company (other than from any of its Subsidiaries) upon the exercise of any options, warrants or rights to purchase Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (and excluding the Net Cash Proceeds from the exercise of any options, warrants or rights to
purchase Qualified Capital Stock financed, directly or indirectly, using funds borrowed from the Company or any Subsidiary until and to the extent such borrowing is repaid); 

(D) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received after May 12, 2009 by the Company from the conversion or exchange, if
any, of debt securities or Redeemable Capital Stock of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries into or for Qualified Capital Stock of the Company plus, to the extent such debt securities or Redeemable Capital Stock were issued after the Issue
Date, the aggregate of Net Cash Proceeds from their original issuance (and excluding the Net Cash Proceeds from the conversion or exchange of debt securities or Redeemable Capital Stock financed, directly or indirectly, using funds borrowed from the
Company or any Subsidiary until and to the extent such borrowing is repaid); 
 (E) in the case of the
disposition or repayment of any Investment constituting a Restricted Payment made after May 12, 2009, an amount (to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income) equal to (x) the cash return of capital with respect to such
Investment, plus (y) 50% of any amounts received in cash in excess of the return of capital to the extent such amount is not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, in any case, less the cost
of the disposition of such Investment and net of taxes; and 
 (F) in the case of the designation of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary after May 12, 2009 (as long as the designation of such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary was deemed a Restricted Payment), the Fair Market Value of the Company’s interest in such
Subsidiary provided that such amount shall not in any case exceed (x) the amount of the Restricted Payment deemed made at the time the Subsidiary was designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus (y) 50% of any increase in the Fair Market
Value of such Company’s interest in such Subsidiary over such Subsidiary’s value on the date such Subsidiary was designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent such amount is not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income of the
Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries. 
 (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and in the case of clauses (ii) through
(v) and (vii) below, so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing or would arise therefrom, the foregoing provisions shall not prohibit the following actions (each of clauses (i) through (iv) and (vi) through
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 (i) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration
thereof, if at such date of declaration such payment was permitted by the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section and such payment shall have been deemed to have been paid on such date of declaration and shall not have been deemed a
“Permitted Payment” for purposes of the calculation required by paragraph (a) of this Section 10.09; 
 (ii) the repurchase, redemption, or other acquisition or retirement for value of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company in exchange for (including any such exchange pursuant to the
exercise of a conversion right or privilege in connection with which cash is paid in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares or scrip), or out of the Net Cash Proceeds of a substantially concurrent issuance and sale for cash (other than to a
Subsidiary) of, other shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company; provided that the Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance of such shares of Qualified Capital Stock are excluded from clause (3)(B) of paragraph (a) of this
Section 10.09; 
 (iii) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or acquisition for value
or payment of principal of any Subordinated Indebtedness in exchange for, or in an amount not in excess of the Net Cash Proceeds of, a substantially concurrent issuance and sale for cash (other than to any Subsidiary of the Company) of any Qualified
Capital Stock of the Company, provided that the Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance of such shares of Qualified Capital Stock are excluded from clause (3)(B) of paragraph (a) of this Section 10.09; 

(iv) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement, refinancing, acquisition for value or payment of principal of any
Subordinated Indebtedness (other than Redeemable Capital Stock) (a “refinancing”) through the substantially concurrent issuance of new Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company, provided that any such new Subordinated
Indebtedness (A) shall be in a principal amount that does not exceed the principal amount so refinanced (or, if such Subordinated Indebtedness provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration thereof, then such lesser amount as of the date of determination), plus the lesser of (1) the stated amount of any premium or other payment required to be paid in connection with such a refinancing pursuant to the
terms of the Indebtedness being refinanced or (2) the amount of premium or other payment actually paid at such time to refinance the Indebtedness, plus, in either case, the amount of expenses of the Company incurred in connection with such
refinancing; (B) has an Average Life to Stated Maturity greater than the remaining Average Life to Stated Maturity of the Securities; (C) has a Stated Maturity for its final scheduled principal payment later than the Stated Maturity for
the final scheduled principal payment of the Securities; and (D) is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Securities at least to the same extent as the Subordinated Indebtedness to be refinanced; 

  
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 (v) the payment of cash dividends on the Company’s shares of Common
Stock in the aggregate amount per fiscal quarter equal to $0.165 per share for each share of Class A Common Stock of the Company outstanding as of the one record date for dividends payable in respect of such fiscal quarter and $0.15 per share
for each share of Class B Common Stock of the Company outstanding as of the one record date for dividends payable in respect of such fiscal quarter (as such $0.165 and $0.15 shall be adjusted for specified changes in the capitalization of the
Company upon recapitalizations, reclassifications, stock splits, stock dividends, reverse stock splits, stock consolidations and similar transactions), provided, however, in the event a Change of Control occurs, the aggregate amounts
permitted to be paid in cash dividends per fiscal quarter shall not exceed the aggregate amounts of cash dividends paid in the same fiscal quarter most recently occurring prior to such Change of Control, provided, further, that for
purposes of this exception, shares of Common Stock issued for less than Fair Market Value (other than shares issued pursuant to options or otherwise in accordance with the Company’s employee stock option, purchase or option plans) shall not be
deemed outstanding. (For clarity purposes, dividends paid pursuant to this exception will be included as Restricted Payments in determining whether the Company has capacity to make additional Restricted Payments); 

(vi) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Capital Stock of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company held by any present or former employee or director of the Company (or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) pursuant to any management equity subscription agreement or stock option agreement or other management or
employee benefit plan or similar agreement; provided that (A) the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Capital Stock shall not exceed $2.5 million in any twelve-month period (with unused amounts in
any calendar year being carried over to succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $5.0 million in any calendar year); provided further that such amount in any calendar year may
be increased by an amount not to exceed (x) the cash proceeds from the sale of Capital Stock of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to members of management and directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries that occurs after the Issue Date,
less (y) (1) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made pursuant to clause (x) of this subparagraph (vi) and (2) the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Company since the Issue Date upon the exercise of
stock options; and provided further that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company from members of management of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of Capital Stock of the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this covenant or any other provision of this Indenture, and (B) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately
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 (vii) repurchases of Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights
to acquire Capital Stock, deemed to occur upon the exercise of any options, warrants or convertible securities if the Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price of such options, warrants or convertible securities and repurchases of
Capital Stock deemed to occur upon the withholding of a portion of the Capital Stock granted or awarded to any employee to pay for taxes payable by such employee upon such grant or award; 

(viii) the repurchase and retirement of Class B Common Stock held by the Company’s Profit Sharing Plan,
provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased and retired Class B Common Stock does not exceed $2.5 million in any calendar year; and 
 (ix) additional Restricted Payments that, when taken with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (ix) since the Issue Date do not exceed $100.0 million. 

Section 10.10. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates. 

The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into any
transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the sale, purchase, exchange or lease of assets, property or services) with or for the benefit of any Affiliate of the Company (other than the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary) unless such transaction or series of related transactions is entered into in good faith and in writing and (1) such transaction or series of related transactions is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that would be available in a comparable transaction in arm’s-length dealings with an unrelated third party, (2) with respect to any transaction or series of related transactions
involving aggregate value in excess of $5.0 million, the Company delivers an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee certifying that such transaction or series of related transactions complies with clause (1) above, and (3) with respect
to any transaction or series of related transactions involving aggregate value in excess of $15.0 million, either (a) such transaction or series of related transactions has been approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors of the Board
of Directors of the Company, or in the event there is only one Disinterested Director, by such Disinterested Director, or (b) the Company delivers to the Trustee a written opinion of an investment banking firm of national standing or other
recognized independent expert with experience appraising the terms and conditions of the type of transaction or series of related transactions for which an opinion is required stating that the transaction or series of related transactions is fair to
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to: 
 (i) transactions and agreements in existence on the Issue Date and any renewals, amendments, modifications and changes to such agreements which are not adverse in any material respect to the Company,

  
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 (ii) transactions between or among the Company or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries; 
 (iii) Restricted Payments permitted by this Indenture; 

(iv) compensation (including bonuses and equity compensation) paid to and other benefits (including retirement, health and
other benefit plans, profit sharing plans or management equity subscription agreements) and indemnification arrangements provided on behalf of officers, directors, managers, employees or consultants of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in
each case in the ordinary course of business; 
 (v) the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of its obligations under the terms of, any stockholders’ agreement (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement but excluding any management agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the
Issue Date and any similar agreements which it may enter into thereafter; 
 (vi) transactions with Unrestricted
Subsidiaries, customers, clients, suppliers, joint venture partners, lessors or lessees of property (real or personal) or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with
the terms of this Indenture which are fair to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on terms substantially similar to those contained in similar contracts entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with unaffiliated third
parties, or if neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary has entered into a similar contract with a third party, on terms that are in the reasonable determination of the senior management of the Company, at least as favorable as might
reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated third party; 
 (vii) the issuance of Qualified
Capital Stock (including all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Qualified Capital Stock) of the Company; 
 (viii) loans and advances to officers, directors, managers and employees for business related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of
business or consistent with past practices and in compliance with all applicable laws; and 
 (ix) loans to the
Company’s Profit Sharing Plan in aggregate amounts at any time outstanding not to exceed $2.0 million to enable the Plan to provide benefits to eligible employees during “black-out” periods. 

  
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 Section 10.11. Limitation on Liens. 

The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur or affirm any Lien
(other than a Permitted Lien) of any kind securing any Indebtedness (including any assumption, guarantee or other liability with respect thereto by any Restricted Subsidiary) upon any property or assets (including any intercompany notes) of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary owned on the date of this Indenture or acquired after the date of this Indenture, or assign or convey any right to receive any income or profits therefrom, unless the Securities (or a Guarantee in the case of
Liens of a Guarantor) are directly secured equally and ratably with (or, in the case of Subordinated Indebtedness, prior or senior thereto, with the same relative priority as the Securities shall have with respect to such Subordinated Indebtedness).

 Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Lien securing the Securities granted pursuant to this covenant shall be automatically and
unconditionally released and discharged upon the release by the holders of the Indebtedness described above of their Lien on the property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (including any deemed release upon payment in full of all
obligations under such Indebtedness), at such time as the holders of all such Indebtedness also release their Lien on the property or assets of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, or upon any sale, exchange or transfer to any Person not an
Affiliate of the Company of the property or assets secured by such Lien, or of all of the Capital Stock held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in, or all or substantially all the assets of, any Restricted Subsidiary creating such Lien.

 Section 10.12. Limitation on Sale of Assets. 
 (a) The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, consummate an Asset Sale unless (1) at least 75% of the consideration from such
Asset Sale other than Asset Swaps is received in cash and (2) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the shares or assets subject to such Asset
Sale (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company and evidenced in a Board Resolution); provided that the amount of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Asset
Sale shall be deemed “cash” for purposes of this provision. With respect to an Asset Swap constituting an Asset Sale, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to receive in cash an amount equal to 75% of the Proceeds of
the Asset Sale which do not consist of like-kind assets acquired with the Asset Swap. 
 (b) The Company shall apply, or cause
such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale (a “Net Cash Proceeds Transaction”), within 365 days of receipt thereof either (1) to permanently reduce Senior Indebtedness of the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary, and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility; (2) to make

  
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an investment or capital expenditure in properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets (including Capital Stock)
that will be used in the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto; (3) to acquire Capital Stock of another Person provided such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary; and/or (4) to effect a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (1), (2) and (3). The amount of such Net Cash Proceeds not used or invested within 365 days of the Net Cash Proceeds Transaction
as set forth in this paragraph constitutes “Excess Proceeds.” 
 (c) When the aggregate amount of Excess
Proceeds exceeds $50.0 million or more, the Company will apply the Excess Proceeds to the repayment of the Securities and any other Pari Passu Indebtedness outstanding with similar provisions requiring the Company to make an offer to purchase such
Indebtedness with the proceeds from any Asset Sale as follows: (A) the Company will make an offer to purchase (an “Offer”) from all Holders of the Securities in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture in the
maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities that may be purchased out of an amount (the “Security Amount”) equal to the product of such Excess Proceeds multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which
is the outstanding principal amount of the Securities, and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount (or accreted value in the case of Indebtedness issued with original issue discount) of the Securities and such Pari
Passu Indebtedness (subject to proration in the event such amount is less than the aggregate Offered Price (as defined herein) of all Securities tendered) and (B) to the extent required by such Pari Passu Indebtedness to permanently reduce the
principal amount of such Pari Passu Indebtedness (or accreted value in the case of Indebtedness issued with original issue discount), the Company will make an offer to purchase or otherwise repurchase or redeem Pari Passu Indebtedness (a
“Pari Passu Offer”) in an amount (the “Pari Passu Debt Amount”) equal to the excess of the Excess Proceeds over the Security Amount; provided that in no event will the Company be required to make a Pari Passu
Offer in a Pari Passu Debt Amount exceeding the principal amount (or accreted value) of such Pari Passu Indebtedness plus the amount of any premium required to be paid to repurchase such Pari Passu Indebtedness. The offer price for the Securities
will be payable in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities plus accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest, if any), if any, to the date (the “Offer Date”) such Offer is consummated
(the “Offered Price”), in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate Offered Price of the Securities tendered pursuant to the Offer is less than the Security Amount relating thereto
or the aggregate amount of Pari Passu Indebtedness that is purchased in a Pari Passu Offer is less than the Pari Passu Debt Amount, the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes. If the aggregate principal amount
of Securities and Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon the completion of the purchase of all the
Securities tendered pursuant to an Offer and the completion of a Pari Passu Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds, if any, shall be reset at zero. 

  
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 (d) If the Company becomes obligated to make an Offer pursuant to clause (c) above, the
Securities and the Pari Passu Indebtedness shall be purchased by the Company, at the option of the holders thereof, in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000, on a date that is not earlier than 30 days and not later than 60 days from the
date the notice of the Offer is given to holders, or such later date as may be necessary for the Company to comply with the requirements under the Exchange Act. 
 (e) The Company will comply with the applicable tender offer rules, including Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other applicable securities laws or regulations in connection with an Offer.

 (f) Subject to paragraph (e) above, within 30 days after the date on which the amount of Excess Proceeds equals or
exceeds $10.0 million, the Company shall send or cause to be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Trustee and to each Holder, at his address appearing in the Security Register, a notice stating or including: 

(1) that the Holder has the right to require the Company to repurchase, subject to proration, such Holder’s
Securities at the Offered Price; 
 (2) the Offer Date; 

(3) the instructions a Holder must follow in order to have his Securities purchased in accordance with paragraph
(c) of this Section; 
 (4) (i) the most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K (including audited
consolidated financial statements) of the Company, the most recent subsequently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as applicable, and any Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed subsequent to such Quarterly Report, other than Current
Reports describing Asset Sales otherwise described in the offering materials (or corresponding successor reports) (or in the event the Company is not required to prepare any of the foregoing Forms, the comparable information required pursuant to
Section 10.18), (ii) a description of material developments, if any, in the Company’s business subsequent to the date of the latest of such reports, (iii) if material, appropriate pro forma financial information, and
(iv) such other information, if any, concerning the business of the Company which the Company in good faith believes will enable such Holders to make an informed investment decision regarding the Offer; 

(5) the Offered Price; 
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 (7) that Securities must be surrendered prior to the Offer Date to the
Paying Agent at the office of the Paying Agent or to an office or agency referred to in Section 10.02 to collect payment; 
 (8) that any Securities not tendered will continue to accrue interest (including Additional Interest, if any) and that unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Offered Price, any Security
accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer shall cease to accrue interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on and after the Offer Date; 
 (9) the procedures for withdrawing a tender; and 
 (10) that the
Offered Price for any Security which has been properly tendered and not withdrawn and which has been accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be paid promptly following the Offered Date. 

(g) Holders electing to have Securities purchased hereunder will be required to surrender such Securities at the address specified in the
notice prior to the Offer Date. Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election to have their Securities purchased pursuant to this Section 10.12 if the Company receives, not later than one Business Day prior to the Offer Date, a
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth (1) the name of the Holder, (2) the certificate number of the Security in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, (3) the principal amount of the
Security (which shall be $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) delivered for purchase by the Holder as to which his election is to be withdrawn, (4) a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such principal amount of
such Security purchased, and (5) the principal amount, if any, of such Security (which shall be $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) that remains subject to the original notice of the Offer and that has been or will be delivered for
purchase by the Company. 
 (h) The Company shall (i) not later than the Offer Date, accept for payment Securities or
portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Offer, (ii) not later than 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Offer Date, deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent an amount of money in same day funds sufficient to pay the aggregate Offered
Price of all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be purchased on that date and (iii) not later than 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Offer Date, deliver to the Paying Agent an Officers’ Certificate stating the Securities or
portions thereof accepted for payment by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail or deliver to Holders of Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to the Offered Price of the Securities purchased from each such Holder, and the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail or deliver to such Holders a new Security equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Security surrendered. Any Securities not so accepted shall be promptly
mailed or delivered by the Paying Agent at the Company’s expense to the Holder thereof. For purposes of this Section 10.12, the Company shall choose a Paying Agent which shall not be the Company. 

  
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 Subject to applicable escheat laws, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the
Company any cash that remains unclaimed, together with interest, if any, thereon, held by them for the payment of the Offered Price; provided, however, that (x) to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the
Company with the Trustee in respect of an Offer exceeds the aggregate Offered Price of the Securities or portions thereof to be purchased, then the Trustee shall hold such excess for the Company and (y) unless otherwise directed by the Company
in writing, promptly after the Business Day following the Offer Date the Trustee shall return any such excess to the Company together with interest or dividends, if any, thereon. 

(i) Securities to be purchased shall, on the Offer Date, become due and payable at the Offered Price and from and after such date (unless
the Company shall default in the payment of the Offered Price) such Securities shall cease to bear interest (including Additional Interest, if any). Such Offered Price shall be paid to such Holder promptly following the later of the Offer Date and
the time of delivery of such Security to the relevant Paying Agent at the office of such Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required. Upon surrender of any such Security for purchase in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such
Security shall be paid by the Company at the Offered Price; provided, however, that installments of interest (including Additional Interest, if any) whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Offer Date shall be payable to the Person
in whose name the Securities (or any Predecessor Securities) is registered as such on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to the terms and the provisions of Section 3.09; provided, further, that Securities to be
purchased are subject to proration in the event the Excess Proceeds are less than the aggregate Offered Price of all Securities tendered for purchase, with such adjustments as may be appropriate by the Trustee so that only Securities in
denominations of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000, shall be purchased. If any Security tendered for purchase shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof by deposit of funds with the Trustee or a Paying Agent in accordance with paragraph
(h) above, the principal thereof (and premium, if any, thereon) shall, until paid, bear interest (including Additional Interest, if any) from the Offer Date at the rate borne by such Security. Any Security that is to be purchased only in part
shall be surrendered to a Paying Agent at the office of such Paying Agent (with, if the Company, the Security Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar or the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without
service charge, one or more new Securities of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in an aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the principal amount of the Security so surrendered that is not
purchased. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Offer Date. 

  
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 Section 10.13. Limitation on Issuances of Guarantees of and Pledges for Indebtedness.

 (a) The Company will not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary, other than a Guarantor, directly or indirectly, to secure
the payment of any Indebtedness of the Company and the Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, pledge any intercompany notes representing obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Guarantor) or any Capital
Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than (x) a Guarantor or (y) Milkco, Inc.) to secure the payment of any Indebtedness unless in each case such Restricted Subsidiary simultaneously executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to
this Indenture providing for a guarantee of payment of the Securities by such Restricted Subsidiary, which guarantee shall be on the same terms as the guarantee of such Indebtedness (if a guarantee of such Indebtedness is granted by any such
Restricted Subsidiary) except that the guarantee of the Securities need not be secured. 
 (b) The Company will not cause or
permit any Restricted Subsidiary (which is not a Guarantor), directly or indirectly, to guarantee, assume or in any other manner become liable with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary unless such Restricted
Subsidiary simultaneously executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to this Indenture providing for a Guarantee of the Securities on the same terms as the guarantee of such Indebtedness except that (A) such Guarantee need not be secured
unless required pursuant to Section 10.11 or otherwise under this Indenture and (B) if such Indebtedness is by its terms expressly subordinated to the Securities, any such assumption, guarantee or other liability of such Restricted
Subsidiary with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to such Restricted Subsidiary’s Guarantee of the Securities at least to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Securities. 

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Securities shall provide by its terms that it (and all
Liens securing the same) shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon (1) any sale, exchange or transfer, to any Person not an Affiliate of the Company, of all of the Company’s Capital Stock in, or all or
substantially all the assets of, such Restricted Subsidiary, or the designation of such Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, which transaction is in compliance with the terms of this Indenture and such Restricted Subsidiary is
released from all guarantees, if any, by it of other Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries or (2) the release by the holders of the Indebtedness of the Company described in clauses (a) and (b) above of their
security interest or their guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary (including any deemed release upon payment in full of all obligations under such Indebtedness), at such time as (A) no other Indebtedness of the Company has been secured or
guaranteed by such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, or (B) the holders of all such other Indebtedness which is secured or guaranteed by such Restricted Subsidiary also release their security interest in or guarantee by such Restricted
Subsidiary (including any deemed release upon payment in full of all obligations under such Indebtedness). 

  
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 Section 10.14. [Reserved]. 

Section 10.15. Purchase of Securities upon a Change of Control. 

(a) If a Change of Control occurs, then each Holder shall have the right to require that the Company purchase all or any part (in
integral multiples of $1,000) of such Holder’s Securities pursuant to the offer described below in this Section 10.15 (the “Change of Control Offer”) and in accordance with the other procedures set forth in
subsections (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 10.15. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company shall offer to purchase all of the Securities at a purchase price (the “Change of Control Purchase Price”) in
cash in an amount equal to 101% of the principal amount of such Securities, plus accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest, if any), if any, to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Purchase Date”) (subject
to the rights of holders of record on relevant record dates to receive interest (including Additional Interest, if any) due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to such date of purchase). 

(b) Within 30 days of any Change of Control or, at the Company’s option, prior to such Change of Control but after it is publicly
announced, the Company shall notify the Trustee and give written notice (a “Change of Control Purchase Notice”) of such Change of Control to each Holder by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at his address appearing in the Security
Register. The Change of Control Purchase Notice shall state, among other things: 
 (1) that a Change of Control
has occurred, the date of such event, and that such Holder has the right to require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Securities at the Change of Control Purchase Price; 

(2) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of Control (including but not limited to information with
respect to pro forma historical income, cash flow and capitalization after giving effect to such Change of Control); 
 (3) (i) the most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K (including audited consolidated financial statements) of the Company, the most recent subsequently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as
applicable, and any Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed subsequent to such Quarterly Report (or in the event the Company is not required to prepare any of the foregoing Forms, the comparable information required to be prepared by the
Company and any Guarantor pursuant to Section 10.18), (ii) a description of material developments, if any, in the Company’s business subsequent to the date of the latest of such reports and (iii) such other information, if
any, concerning the business of the Company which the Company in good faith believes will enable such Holders to make an informed investment decision regarding the Change of Control Offer; 

  
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 (4) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 10.15 and that all Securities properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will be accepted for payment at the Change of Control Purchase Price; 

(5) the Change of Control Purchase Date, which shall be fixed by the Company on a Business Day no earlier than 30 days nor
later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, nor, in any event, earlier than the commencement of the Change of Control, or such later date as is necessary to comply with requirements under the Exchange Act; 

(6) the Change of Control Purchase Price; 

(7) the names and addresses of the Paying Agent and the offices or agencies referred to in Section 10.02;

 (8) that Securities must be surrendered on or prior to the Change of Control Purchase Date to the Paying Agent
at the office of the Paying Agent or to an office or agency referred to in Section 10.02 to collect payment; 
 (9) that the Change of Control Purchase Price for any Security which has been properly tendered and not withdrawn will be paid promptly following the Change of Control Offer Purchase Date; 

(10) the procedures that a Holder must follow to accept a Change of Control Offer or to withdraw such acceptance;

 (11) that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest (including Additional Interest, if any);
and 
 (12) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Purchase Price, any
Securities accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest (including Additional Interest, if any) after the Change of Control Purchase Date. 

(c) Upon receipt by the Company of the proper tender of Securities, the Holder of the Security in respect of which such proper tender was
made shall (unless the tender of such Security is properly withdrawn) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Change of Control Purchase Price with respect to such Security. Upon surrender of any such Security for purchase in accordance with
the foregoing provisions, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Change of Control Purchase Price; provided, however, that installments of interest (including Additional Interest, if any) whose Stated Maturity is on or prior
to the Change of Control Purchase Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to the terms and the

  
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provisions of Section 3.09. If any Security tendered for purchase in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.15 shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof, the
principal thereof (and premium, if any, thereon) shall, until paid, bear interest (including Additional Interest, if any) from the Change of Control Purchase Date at the rate borne by such Security. Holders electing to have Securities purchased will
be required to surrender such Securities to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the Change of Control Purchase Notice at least one Business Day prior to the Change of Control Purchase Date. Any Security that is to be purchased only in part
shall be surrendered to a Paying Agent at the office of such Paying Agent (with, if the Company, the Security Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar or the Trustee, as the case may be, duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of
such Security, without service charge, one or more new Securities of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in an aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the principal amount of the Security so
surrendered that is not purchased. 
 (d) The Company shall (i) not later than the Change of Control Purchase Date, accept
for payment Securities or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (ii) not later than 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Business Day following the Change of Control Purchase Date, deposit with the Trustee or with a
Paying Agent an amount of money in same day funds sufficient to pay the aggregate Change of Control Purchase Price of all the Securities or portions thereof which have been so accepted for payment and (iii) not later than 10:00 a.m. (New York
time) on the Business Day following the Change of Control Purchase Date, deliver to the Paying Agent an Officers’ Certificate stating the Securities or portions thereof accepted for payment by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail
or deliver to Holders of Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to the Change of Control Purchase Price of the Securities purchased from each such Holder, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail
or deliver to such Holders a new Security equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Security surrendered. Any Securities not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Paying Agent at the Company’s expense to the
Holder thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on the Change of Control Purchase Date. For purposes of this Section 10.15, the Company shall choose a Paying Agent which shall not be the
Company. 
 (e) A tender made in response to a Change of Control Purchase Notice may be withdrawn if the Company receives, not
later than one Business Day prior to the Change of Control Purchase Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter, specifying, as applicable: 
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 (2) the certificate number of the Security in respect of which such notice
of withdrawal is being submitted; 
 (3) the principal amount of the Security (which shall be $1,000 or an
integral multiple thereof) delivered for purchase by the Holder as to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted; 
 (4) a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such principal amount of such Security purchased; and 

(5) the principal amount, if any, of such Security (which shall be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) that remains
subject to the original Change of Control Purchase Notice and that has been or will be delivered for purchase by the Company. 

(f) Subject to applicable escheat laws, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company any cash that remains unclaimed,
together with interest or dividends, if any, thereon, held by them for the payment of the Change of Control Purchase Price; provided, however, that (x) to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company
pursuant to clause (ii) of paragraph (d) above exceeds the aggregate Change of Control Purchase Price of the Securities or portions thereof to be purchased, then the Trustee shall hold such excess for the Company and (y) unless
otherwise directed by the Company in writing, promptly after the Business Day following the Change of Control Purchase Date the Trustee shall return any such excess to the Company together with interest, if any, thereon. 

(g) The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the applicable tender offer rules, including Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange
Act, and any other applicable securities laws or regulations in connection with a Change of Control Offer. 
 (h) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company 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 compliance with the requirements set forth in
this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all the Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. 

Section 10.16. Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. 

The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise
cause to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (A) pay dividends or make any other distribution on its Capital Stock or any other interest or participation in or
measured by its profits, (B) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary, (C) make any Investment in the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary or
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transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary. However, this covenant will not prohibit any encumbrance or restriction (1) pursuant to an
agreement in effect on the date of this Indenture; (2) with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company on the date of this Indenture, in existence at the time such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company and not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, provided that such encumbrances and restrictions are not applicable to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary or the properties or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than such Subsidiary which is becoming a Restricted Subsidiary; (3) pursuant to any agreement of a Guarantor governing any Indebtedness permitted by clause
(i) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness as to the assets financed with the proceeds of, or used to finance, such Indebtedness; (4) contained in any Acquired Indebtedness or other agreement of any entity or related to assets
acquired by or merged into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries so long as such encumbrance or restriction was not entered into in contemplation of the acquisition, merger or consolidation transaction; and (5) under
any agreement that extends, renews, refinances or replaces the agreements containing the encumbrances or restrictions in the foregoing clauses (1) through (4), or in this clause (5), provided that the terms and conditions of any such
encumbrances or restrictions are no more restrictive in any material respect than those under or pursuant to the agreement evidencing the Indebtedness so extended, renewed, refinanced or replaced. 

Section 10.17. Limitations on Unrestricted Subsidiaries. 
 The Company may designate after the Issue Date any Subsidiary (other than a Guarantor) as an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” under this Indenture (a “Designation”) only if:

 (a) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of or after giving effect to such
Designation; 
 (b) the Company would be permitted to make an Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) at
the time of Designation (assuming the effectiveness of such Designation) pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 10.09 herein in an amount (the “Designation Amount”) equal to the greater of (1) the net book value
of the Company’s interest in such Subsidiary calculated in accordance with GAAP or (2) the Fair Market Value of the Company’s interest in such Subsidiary as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors;

 (c) the Company would be permitted under this Indenture to incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than
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 (d) such Unrestricted Subsidiary does not own any Capital Stock in any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company which is not simultaneously being designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; 

(e) such Unrestricted Subsidiary is not liable, directly or indirectly, with respect to any Indebtedness other than
Unrestricted Subsidiary Indebtedness, provided that an Unrestricted Subsidiary may provide a Guarantee for the Securities; and 
 (f) such Unrestricted Subsidiary is not a party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding at such time with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary unless the terms of any such agreement,
contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company or, in the event such condition is not
satisfied, the value of such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding to such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed a Restricted Payment. 
 In the event of any such Designation, the Company shall be deemed to have made an Investment constituting a Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 10.09 hereof for all purposes of this
Indenture in the Designation Amount. 
 The Company shall not and shall not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to at any
time: 
 (a) provide credit support for, guarantee or subject any of its property or assets (other than the
Capital Stock of any Unrestricted Subsidiary) to the satisfaction of, any Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument evidencing such Indebtedness) (other than Permitted Investments in Unrestricted
Subsidiaries); or 
 (b) be directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary.
For purposes of the foregoing, the Designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be the Designation of all of the Subsidiaries of such Subsidiary as Unrestricted Subsidiaries. 

The Company may revoke any Designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (a “Revocation”) if: 

(a) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of and after giving effect to such Revocation;

 (b) all Liens and Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary outstanding immediately following such
Revocation would, if incurred at such time, have been permitted to be incurred for all purposes of this Indenture; and 

  
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 (c) unless such redesignated Subsidiary shall not have any Indebtedness
outstanding (other than Indebtedness that would be Permitted Indebtedness), immediately after giving effect to such proposed Revocation, and after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of any such Indebtedness of such redesignated Subsidiary as
if such Indebtedness was incurred on the date of the Revocation, the Company could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to Section 10.08 herein. 

All Designations and Revocations must be evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company delivered to the Trustee
certifying compliance with the foregoing provisions. 
 Section 10.18. Provision of Financial Statements. 

Whether or not the Company is subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will, to the extent permitted under
the Exchange Act, file with the Commission the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents which the Company would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) if the Company were so subject, such
documents to be filed with the Commission on or prior to the date (the “Required Filing Date”) by which the Company would have been required so to file such documents if the Company were so subject. The Company will also in any
event (a) within 15 days of each Required Filing Date file with the Trustee copies of the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents which the Company would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Company were subject to either of such Sections and (b) if filing such documents by the Company with the Commission is not permitted under the Exchange Act, promptly upon written request
and payment of the reasonable cost of duplication and delivery, supply copies of such documents to any prospective holder at the Company’s cost. If any Guarantor’s financial statements would be required to be included in the financial
statements filed or delivered pursuant to this Indenture if the Company were subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall include such Guarantor’s financial statements in any filing or delivery pursuant to this
Indenture. In addition, so long as any of the Securities remain outstanding, the Company will make available to any prospective purchaser of Securities or beneficial owner of Securities in connection with any sale thereof the information required by
Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act, until such time as the Company has either exchanged the Securities for securities identical in all material respects which have been registered under the Securities Act or until such time as the holders
thereof have disposed of such Securities pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. 
 Section
10.19. Statement by Officers as to Default. 
 (a) The Company and the Guarantors, if any, will deliver to the Trustee,
on or before a date not more than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, and 60 days after the end of each fiscal quarter ending after the date hereof, a written statement signed by two executive
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one of whom shall be the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company and any such Guarantor, as to compliance herewith, including
whether or not, after a review of the activities of the Company during such year or such quarter and of the Company’s and each Guarantor’s, if any, performance under this Indenture, to the best knowledge, based on such review, of the
signers thereof, the Company and each Guarantor, if any have fulfilled all of their respective obligations and are in compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture throughout such year or quarter, as the case may be, and, if
there has been a Default specifying each Default and the nature and status thereof and any actions being taken by the Company and the Guarantors, if any, with respect thereto. 
 (b) When any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or if the Trustee or any Holder or the trustee for or the holder of any other evidence of Indebtedness of the Company or any
Subsidiary gives any notice or takes any other action with respect to a claimed default, the Company and the Guarantors, if any, shall deliver to the Trustee by registered or certified mail or facsimile transmission followed by an originally
executed copy of an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default, Event of Default, notice or other action, the status thereof and what actions the Company and the Guarantors, if any, are taking or propose to take with respect thereto, within
five Business Days after the occurrence of such Default or Event of Default. 
 Section 10.20. Waiver of Certain
Covenants. 
 The Company and the Guarantors, if any, may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or
condition set forth in Sections 10.06 through 10.14, and 10.16 through 10.19, if, before or after the time for such compliance, the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at
the time Outstanding shall, by Act of such Holders, waive such compliance in such instance with such covenant or provision, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until
such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect. 

ARTICLE ELEVEN 

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES 
 Section 11.01. Rights of Redemption. 
 (a) The Securities are subject to
redemption at any time on or after June 15, 2018 at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, subject to the conditions, and at the Redemption Prices, specified in the form of Security, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
(including Additional Interest, if any) to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on relevant Regular Record Dates and Special Record Dates to receive interest due on relevant Interest Payment Dates and Special Payment
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 (b) In addition, at any time prior to June 15, 2016, the Company, at its option, may
use the net proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings to redeem up to an aggregate of 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities issued under this Indenture (including the principal amount of any Additional Securities) at a redemption price
equal to 105.750% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest, if any) thereon, if any, to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on relevant Regular Record Dates
and Special Record Dates to receive interest due on relevant Interest Payment Dates and Special Payment Dates); provided that at least 65% of the initial aggregate principal amount of Securities (including the principal amount of any
Additional Securities) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption. In order to effect the foregoing redemption, the Company must mail a notice of redemption no later than 30 days after the closing of the related Equity
Offering and must consummate such redemption within 60 days of the closing of the Equity Offering. 
 Section 11.02.
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 Eleven. 

Section 11.03. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. 
 The election of the Company to redeem any Securities pursuant to Section 11.01 shall be evidenced by a Company Order and an Officers’ Certificate. In case of any redemption at the
election of the Company, the Company shall, not less than 45 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee in writing of such
Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed. 
 Section 11.04. Selection by Trustee of
Securities to Be Redeemed. 
 If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the particular Securities or portions
thereof to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date. The Trustee shall select the Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed in compliance with the requirements of the principal national security exchange,
if any, on which the Securities are listed, or if the Securities are not so listed, pro rata, by lot or by any other method the Trustee shall deem fair and reasonable. The amounts to be redeemed shall be equal to $2,000 or any integral multiple of
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 The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, 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 11.05. Notice
of Redemption. 
 Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 days nor
more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at its address appearing in the Security Register. 
 All notices of redemption shall state: 
 (a) the Redemption Date;

 (b) the Redemption Price; 

(c) if less than all Outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the identification of the particular Securities to be
redeemed; 
 (d) in the case of a Security to be redeemed in part, the principal amount of such Security to be
redeemed and that after the Redemption Date upon surrender of such Security, new Security or Securities in the aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued; 

(e) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;

 (f) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security or
portion thereof to be redeemed, and that (unless the Company shall default in payment of the Redemption Price) interest (including Additional Interest, if any) thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date; 

(g) the names and addresses of the Paying Agent and the offices or agencies referred to in Section 10.02 where
such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; 
 (h) the CUSIP number, if any,
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 (i) the procedures that a Holder must follow to surrender the Securities to
be redeemed. 
 Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company
or, at the Company’s written request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. If the Company elects to give notice of redemption, it shall provide the Trustee with a certificate stating that such notice has been given in
compliance with the requirements of this Section 11.05 setting forth the information set forth therein and will provide a complete form of such notice. 
 The notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or
any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security. 

Section 11.06. Deposit of Redemption Price. 
 On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if either of the Company or any of its Affiliates is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold
in trust as provided in Section 10.03) an amount of money in same day funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date or Special Payment Date) accrued interest
(including Additional Interest, if any) on, all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail or deliver to Holders of Securities so redeemed payment in an amount equal to the
Redemption Price of the Securities purchased from each such Holder. All money, if any, earned on funds held in trust by the Trustee or any Paying Agent shall be remitted to the Company. For purposes of this Section 11.06, the Company
shall choose a Paying Agent which shall not be the Company. 
 Section 11.07. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

 Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become
due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest (including Additional
Interest, if any). Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price together with accrued interest (including Additional Interest, if any) to the
Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest (including Additional Interest, if any) whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, registered as such on the relevant Regular Record Dates and Special Record Dates according to the terms and the provisions of Section 3.09. 

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

Section 11.08. Securities Redeemed or Purchased in Part. 
 Any Security which is to be redeemed or purchased only in part shall be surrendered to the Paying Agent at the office or agency maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 10.02 (with, if
the Company, the Security Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Security Registrar or the Trustee, as the case may be, duly executed by, the Holder
thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered that is not redeemed or purchased. 

ARTICLE TWELVE 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE 
 Section 12.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. 
 This Indenture
will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities as expressly provided for herein) as to all Outstanding Securities hereunder, and the Trustee, upon
Company Request and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when: 
 (a) either (1) all the Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) lost, stolen or destroyed Securities which have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section 3.08 or (ii) all Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust as provided in
Section 10.03) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (2) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable, (ii) will become due and payable at
their Stated Maturity within one year, or (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Company; 
 (b) the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee
as trust funds in trust an amount in United States dollars sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal of, premium, if any, and accrued
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 (c) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other
sums payable hereunder by the Company and any Guarantor; and 
 (d) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an
Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Independent Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, each stating that (i) all conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge hereof have been
complied with and (ii) such satisfaction and discharge will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company any Guarantor or any Subsidiary
is a party or by which the Company, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary is bound. 
 Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge
hereof, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07 and, if United States dollars shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (2) of subsection (a) of this Section 12.01,
the obligations of the Trustee under Section 12.02 and the last paragraph of Section 10.03 shall survive. 
 Section 12.02. Application of Trust Money. 
 Subject to the provisions of
the last paragraph of Section 10.03, all United States dollars deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all
as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Name:
		 	Title:

  
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	BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, solely as Trustee
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Name:
		 	Title:

  
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 ANNEX A 
 INTERCOMPANY NOTE 

                      
  , 20[    ] 
 Evidences of all loans or advances (“Loans”) made hereunder
shall be reflected on the grid attached hereto. FOR VALUE RECEIVED,             , a              corporation (the
“Maker”), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY ON DEMAND to the order of (the “Holder”) the principal sum of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans (plus accrued interest thereon) at any time and from time to time
made hereunder which has not been previously paid. 
 All capitalized terms used herein that are defined in, or by reference in,
the Indenture among Ingles Markets, Incorporated, a North Carolina corporation (the “Company”) and Branch Banking and Trust Company, as trustee, dated as of June 12, 2013 (the “Indenture”), have the meanings
assigned to such terms therein, or by reference therein, unless otherwise defined. 
 ARTICLE I 

TERMS OF INTERCOMPANY NOTE 
 Section 1.01 Note Not Forgivable. Unless the Maker of the Loan hereunder is the Company or any Guarantor, the Holder may not forgive any amounts owing under this intercompany note. 

Section 1.02 Interest: Prepayment. 
 (a) The interest rate (“Interest Rate”) on the Loans shall be a rate per annum reflected on the grid attached hereto. 

(b) The interest, if any, payable on each of the Loans shall accrue from the date such Loan is made and, subject to Section 2.01,
shall be payable upon demand of the Holder. 
 (c) To the extent permitted by law, if the principal or accrued interest, if any,
of the Loans is not paid on the date demand is made, interest on the unpaid principal and interest will accrue at a rate equal to the Interest Rate, if any, plus 100 basis points per annum from maturity until the principal and interest on such Loans
are fully paid. 
 (d) Subject to Section 2.01, any amounts hereunder may be repaid at any time by the Maker. 

  
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 Section 1.03 Subordination. Subject to Section 2.01, all Loans hereunder
shall be subordinated in right of payment to the payment and performance of the obligations of the Company and any Subsidiary (which Subsidiary is also an obligor under the Indenture, the Securities, a Guarantee or other Senior Indebtedness or Pari
Passu Indebtedness, as the case may be, whether as a borrower or guarantor) under the Indenture, the Securities, the Guarantees, if any, or any other Indebtedness ranking senior to or pari passu with the Securities. 

ARTICLE II 

EVENTS OF DEFAULT 

Section 2.01 Events of Default. If after the date of issuance of this Loan (i) an Event of Default has occurred under
the Indenture, (ii) an Event of Default (as defined) has occurred under any other Senior Indebtedness or (iii) an “event of default” (as defined) has occurred under any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, then
(x) in the event the Maker is (A) a Subsidiary which is not a Guarantor or (B) a Guarantor in the case where the Holder is the Company, all amounts owing under the Loans hereunder shall be immediately due and payable to the Holder,
(y) in the event the Maker is the Company, the amounts owing under the Loans hereunder shall not be due and payable at any time and shall not be paid and (z) in the event the Maker is a Guarantor and the Holder is not the Company or any
Guarantor, the amounts owing under the Loans hereunder shall not be due and payable at any time and shall not be paid; provided, however, that if such Event of Default or event of default has been waived, cured or rescinded, such
amounts shall no longer be due and payable in the case of clause (x), and such amounts may be paid in the case of clauses (y) and (z). If the Holder is a Subsidiary, then the Holder hereby agrees that if it receives any payments or
distributions on any Loan from the Company or a Guarantor which is not payable pursuant to clause (y) or (z) of the prior sentence after any Event of Default described in clauses (i) or (ii) or any event of default described in
clause (iii) above has occurred, is continuing and has not been waived, cured or rescinded, it will pay over and deliver forthwith to the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, all such payments and distributions. 

ARTICLE III 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Section 3.01 Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this intercompany note, or consent to depart
herefrom is permitted at any time for any reason, except with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities. 

Section 3.02 Assignment. No party to this Agreement may assign, in whole or in part, any of its rights and obligations under
this intercompany note, except to its legal successor in interest. 

  
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 Section 3.03 Third Party Beneficiaries. The holders of the Securities or any
other Indebtedness ranking pari passu with or senior to, the Securities or any Guarantees, shall be third party beneficiaries to this intercompany note and upon an Event of Default shall have the right to enforce this intercompany note
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. 
 Section 3.04 Headings. Article and Section headings in this
intercompany note are included for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this intercompany note for any other purpose. 
 Section 3.05 Entire Agreement. This intercompany note sets forth the entire agreement of the parties with respect to its subject matter and supersedes all previous understandings, written or
oral, in respect thereof. 
 Section 3.06 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF). 

Section 3.07 Waivers. The Maker hereby waives presentment, demand for payment, notice of protest and all other demands and
notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance or enforcement hereof. 
  

			
		
	By:	 	 
		 	

  
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 EXHIBIT A 
 REGULATION S CERTIFICATE 
 (For transfers pursuant to § 3.07(a)(i) of the
Indenture) 
 Branch Banking and Trust Company 
 223 West Nash Street 
 Wilson, NC 27893 

 

	 	Re:	5.75% Senior Notes due 2023 
of Ingles Markets, Incorporated (the “Securities”) 

Reference is made to the Indenture, dated as of June 12, 2013 (the “Indenture”), between Ingles Markets,
Incorporated, a North Carolina corporation (“Company”), and Branch Banking and Trust Company, as Trustee. Terms used herein and defined in the Indenture or in Regulation S or Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the
“Securities Act”) are used herein as so defined. 
 This certificate relates to
US$             principal amount of Securities, which are evidenced by the following certificate(s) (the “Specified Securities”): 

CUSIP No(s).
                                         
                
 Certificate No(s).
                                         
        
 The person in whose name this certificate is executed below (the
“Undersigned”) hereby certifies that either (i) it is the sole beneficial owner of the Specified Securities or (ii) it is acting on behalf of all the beneficial owners of the Specified Securities and is duly authorized by
them to do so. Such beneficial owner or owners are referred to herein collectively as the “Owner.” The Specified Securities are represented by a Global Security and are held through the Depositary or an Agent Member in the name of
the Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner. 
 The Owner has requested that the Specified Securities be transferred to a
person (the “Transferee”) who will take delivery in the form of a Regulation S Global Security. In connection with such transfer, the Owner hereby certifies that, unless such transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, it is being effected in accordance with Rule 904 or Rule 144A under the Securities Act and with all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions. Accordingly,
the Owner hereby further certifies as follows: 
 (1) Rule 904 Transfers. If the transfer is being
effected in accordance with Rule 904: 

  
 Ex. A-1

 (A) the Owner is not a distributor of the Securities, an affiliate of the
Company or any such distributor or a person acting on behalf of any of the foregoing; 
 (B) the offer of the
Specified Securities was not made to a person in the United States; 
 (C) either: 

(i) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or the Owner and any person
acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the Transferee was outside the United States, or 
 (ii) the
transaction is being executed in, on or through the facilities of the Eurobond market, as regulated by the Association of International Bond Dealers, or another designated offshore securities market and neither the Owner nor any person acting on its
behalf knows that the transaction has been prearranged with a buyer in the United States; 
 (D) no directed
selling efforts have been made in the United States by or on behalf of the Owner or any affiliate thereof; 
 (E)
if the Owner is a dealer in securities or has received a selling concession, fee or other remuneration in respect of the Specified Securities, and the transfer is to occur during the Restricted Period, then the requirements of Rule 904(c)(1) have
been satisfied; and 
 (F) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements
of the Securities Act. 
 (2) [Reserved]. 
 This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers. 
 Dated: 
 (Print the name of the Undersigned, as such term is defined in the second
paragraph of this certificate.) 
  

			
		
	By: 	 	 
		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 (If the Undersigned is a corporation, partnership or fiduciary, the title of the person signing on
behalf of the Undersigned must be stated.) 

  
 Ex. A-2

 EXHIBIT B 
 RESTRICTED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE 
 (For transfers pursuant to
§ 3.07(a)(ii) of the Indenture) 
 Branch Banking and Trust Company 
 223 West Nash Street 
 Wilson, NC 27893 

 

	 	Re:	5.75% Senior Notes due 2023 
of Ingles Markets, Incorporated (the “Securities”) 

Reference is made to the Indenture, dated as of June 12, 2013 (the “Indenture”), between Ingles Markets,
Incorporated, a North Carolina corporation (“Company”), and Branch Banking and Trust Company, as Trustee. Terms used herein and defined in the Indenture or in Rule 144A or Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the
“Securities Act”) are used herein as so defined. 
 This certificate relates to
US$             principal amount of Securities, which are evidenced by the following certificate(s) (the “Specified Securities”): 

CUSIP No(s).
                                         
                
 ISIN No(s). If any.
                                         
    
 Certificate No(s).
                                         
        
 The person in whose name this certificate is executed below (the
“Undersigned”) hereby certifies that either (i) it is the sole beneficial owner of the Specified Securities or (ii) it is acting on behalf of all the beneficial owners of the Specified Securities and is duly authorized by
them to do so. Such beneficial owner or owners are referred to herein collectively as the “Owner.” The Specified Securities are represented by a Global Security and are held through the Depositary or an Agent Member in the name of
the Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner. 
 The Owner has requested that the Specified Securities be transferred to a
person (the “Transferee”) who will take delivery in the form of a Restricted Security. In connection with such transfer, the Owner hereby certifies that, unless such transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, it is being effected in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act and all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions. Accordingly, the Owner hereby further
certifies as follows: 
 (1) Rule 144A Transfers. If the transfer is being effected in accordance with
Rule 144A: 
 (A) the Specified Securities are being transferred to a person that the Owner and any person acting
on its behalf reasonably believe is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, acquiring for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer; and 

  
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 (B) the Owner and any person acting on its behalf have taken reasonable
steps to ensure that the Transferee is aware that the Owner may be relying on Rule 144A in connection with the transfer; and 
 (2) [Reserved]. 
 This certificate and the statements contained herein are made
for your benefit and the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers. 

  
 Ex. B-2

 Dated: 
 (Print the name of the Undersigned, as such term is defined in the second paragraph of this certificate.) 

 

			
		
	By: 	 	 
		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 (If the Undersigned is a corporation, partnership or fiduciary, the title of the person signing on
behalf of the Undersigned must be stated.) 

  
 Ex. B-3

 EXHIBIT C 
 UNRESTRICTED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE 
 (For removal of Securities Act Legends
pursuant to § 3.07(b)) 
 Branch Banking and Trust Company 
 223 West Nash Street 
 Wilson, NC 27893 

 

	 	Re:	5.75% Senior Notes due 2023 
of Ingles Markets, Incorporated (the “Securities”) 

Reference is made to the Indenture, dated as of June 12, 2013 (the “Indenture”), between Ingles Markets,
Incorporated, a North Carolina corporation (“Company”), and Branch Banking and Trust Company, as Trustee. Terms used herein and defined in the Indenture or in Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities
Act”) are used herein as so defined. 
 This certificate relates to
US$             principal amount of Securities, which are evidenced by the following certificate(s) (the “Specified Securities”): 

CUSIP No(s).
                                         
                                

Certificate No(s).
                                         
            
 The person in whose name this certificate is executed
below (the “Undersigned”) hereby certifies that either (i) it is the sole beneficial owner of the Specified Securities or (ii) it is acting on behalf of all the beneficial owners of the Specified Securities and is duly
authorized by them to do so. Such beneficial owner or owners are referred to herein collectively as the “Owner.” If the Specified Securities are represented by a Global Security, they are held through the Depositary or an Agent
Member in the name of the Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner. If the Specified Securities are not represented by a Global Security, they are registered in the name of the Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner. 

The Owner has requested that the Specified Securities be exchanged for Securities bearing no Private Placement Legend pursuant to
Section 3.07(b) of the Indenture. The Owner acknowledges that any future transfers of the Specified Securities must comply with all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions. 

  
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 This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the
benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers. 
 Dated: 
 (Print the name of the Undersigned, as such term is defined in the second paragraph of this certificate.) 

 

			
		
	By: 	 	 
		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 (If the Undersigned is a corporation, partnership or fiduciary, the title of the person signing on
behalf of the Undersigned must be stated.) 

  
 Ex. C-2

 APPENDIX I 
 [FORM OF TRANSFER NOTICE] 
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered holder
hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto 
 Insert Taxpayer Identification No.
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                     
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
           
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
           
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
            
 (Please print or typewrite name and address including zip code of
assignee) 
 the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
            
 attorney to transfer such Security on the books of the Company with
full power of substitution in the premises. 

  
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 [THE FOLLOWING PROVISION TO BE INCLUDED 

ON ALL CERTIFICATES FOR SECURITIES 
 EXCEPT PERMANENT OFFSHORE PHYSICAL CERTIFICATES] 
 In connection with any transfer
of this Security occurring prior to the date which is the earlier of the date of an effective Registration Statement or June 12, 2013, the undersigned confirms that without utilizing any general solicitation or general advertising that:

 [Check One] 
  

	 ̈  (a)	this Security is being transferred in compliance with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A thereunder.

 or 
  

	 ̈  (b)	this Security is being transferred other than in accordance with (a) above and documents are being furnished which comply with the conditions of transfer set forth
in this Security and the Indenture. 

 If none of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or other Security Registrar shall
not be obligated to register this Security in the name of any Person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in Section 307 of the Indenture shall have been
satisfied. 
  

			
	 Date:
                                         
                                         
          
	  	  

		  	NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within-mentioned instrument in every particular, without alteration or any
change whatsoever.

 Signature Guarantee:
                                         
                                         
                       

[Signature must be guaranteed by an eligible Guarantor Institution (banks, stock brokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions) with
membership in an approved guarantee medallion program pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 17Ad-15] 

  
 App. I-2

 TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (a) 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. 
  

			
	 Date:
                                         
                                         
          
	  	  

		  	NOTICE: To be executed by an authorized signatory.

  
 App. I-3

 APPENDIX II 
 FORM OF TRANSFEREE CERTIFICATE 
 I or we assign and transfer this Security to: 

Please insert social security or other identifying number of assignee
                                         
                                         
                      
                                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
            
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
           
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
            
 Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee 

and irrevocably appoint
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
         [Agent], to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The Agent may substitute another to act for him. 
  

			
	Dated
                                         
                                         
              	  	Signed
                                         
                                         
      
		  	 (Sign exactly as name appears on the other side of this Security)

 [Signature must be guaranteed by an eligible Guarantor Institution (banks, stock brokers, savings and loan associations
and credit unions) with membership in an approved guarantee medallion program pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 17 Ad-15] 

  
 App. II-1EX-4.3

 Exhibit 4.3 
 EXECUTION VERSION 
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

by and among 

Ingles Markets, Incorporated 
 and 
 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

 As Representative of the Initial Purchasers 
 named in Schedule A to the Purchase Agreement 
 Dated as of June 12,
2013 

 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of June 12, 2013, by and among Ingles
Markets, Incorporated, a North Carolina corporation (the “Company”), and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated (the “Representative”) on behalf of the initial purchasers set forth on Schedule A to the
Purchase Agreement (as defined below) (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), each of whom has agreed to purchase the Company’s 5.75% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Initial Securities”) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as
defined below). 
 This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated May 29, 2013 (the “Purchase
Agreement”), between the Company and the Representative (i) for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and (ii) for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Initial Securities, including the Initial Purchasers. In order to
induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Initial Securities, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial
Purchasers set forth in Section 5(f) of the Purchase Agreement. 
 The parties hereby agree as follows: 

SECTION 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:

 Additional Interest: As defined in Section 5 hereof. 

Additional Interest Payment Date: With respect to the Initial Securities, each Interest Payment Date. 

Advice: As defined in Section 6(c) hereof. 
 Agreement: As defined in the preamble hereto. 
 Broker-Dealer: Any
broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act. 
 Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or U.S.
federal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies located in New York, New York are authorized or obligated to be closed. 
 Closing Date: The date of this Agreement. 
 Commission: The
Securities and Exchange Commission. 
 Company: As defined in the preamble hereto. 

Consummate: A registered Exchange Offer shall be deemed “Consummated” for purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence
of (i) the filing and effectiveness under the Securities Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Securities to be 

 
issued in the Exchange Offer, (ii) the maintenance of such Registration Statement continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the minimum
period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, and (iii) the delivery by the Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Securities in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Transfer
Restricted Securities that were validly tendered by Holders thereof and accepted by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Offer. 

Effectiveness Target Date: As defined in Section 5 hereof. 

Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

Exchange Offer: The registration by the Company under the Securities Act of the Exchange Securities pursuant to a Registration
Statement pursuant to which the Company offers the Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities, so permitted under applicable law and Commission policy to participate in such an offer, the opportunity to exchange all such outstanding
Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holders for Exchange Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities validly tendered by such Holders and accepted by the Company
in such exchange offer. 
 Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating to the Exchange
Offer, including the related Prospectus. 
 Exchange Securities: The 5.75% Senior Notes due 2023, of the same series
under the Indenture as the Initial Securities, to be issued to Holders in exchange for Transfer Restricted Securities in the Exchange Offer. 
 FINRA: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority 
 Holders: As defined
in Section 2(b) hereof. 
 Indemnified Holder: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof. 

Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of June 12, 2013, by and between the Company and Branch Banking and Trust Company, as
trustee (the “Trustee”), pursuant to which the Securities are to be issued, as such Indenture is amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. 

Initial Purchaser: As defined in the preamble hereto. 
 Initial Placement: The issuance and sale by the Company of the Initial Securities to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. 

Initial Securities: As defined in the preamble hereto. 
 Interest Payment Date: As defined in the Indenture and the Securities. 

Person: An individual, partnership, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political
subdivision thereof. 

  
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 Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without
limitation, any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all
material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus. 
 Purchase Agreement: As defined in the preamble hereto.

 Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof. 

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

Representative: As defined in the preamble hereto. 
 Securities: The Initial Securities and the Exchange Securities. 

Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 
 Selling Holder: Any Holder named as a selling security holder in any Registration Statement. 
 Shelf Filing Deadline: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof. 
 Shelf
Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof. 
 Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Initial
Security, until the earliest to occur of (a) the date on which such Initial Security is exchanged in the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Security entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act, (b) the date on which such Initial Security has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement and (c) the date on which
such Initial Security is distributed to the public by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including delivery of the Prospectus contained therein). 

Trust Indenture Act: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. 

Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering: A registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter
for reoffering to the public. 
 SECTION 2. Securities Subject to this Agreement. 

(a) Transfer Restricted Securities. The securities entitled to the benefits of this Agreement are the Transfer Restricted
Securities. 

  
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 (b) Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities. A Person is deemed to be a holder of
Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a “Holder”) whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities. 

SECTION 3. Registered Exchange Offer. 
 (a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permissible under applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) hereof have been complied with), the Company shall
(i) file with the Commission as soon as practicable after the Closing Date, but in no event later than 120 days after the Closing Date (or if such 120th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), a Registration Statement
under the Securities Act relating to the Exchange Securities and the Exchange Offer, (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective at the earliest possible time, but in no event later than
210 days after the Closing Date (or if such 210th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), (iii) in connection with the foregoing, file (A) all pre-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as may be
necessary in order to cause such Registration Statement to become effective, (B) if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act and (C) cause all necessary filings in
connection with the registration and qualification of the Exchange Securities to be made under the state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and (iv) upon the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement, commence the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the Exchange Securities to be offered in exchange for the Transfer Restricted Securities and to
permit resales of Initial Securities held by Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c) hereof. 
 (b) The Company
shall cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the
Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no event shall such period be less than 30 days after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders. The Company shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal
and state securities laws. No securities other than the Exchange Securities shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the
earliest practicable date after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective, but in no event later than 250 days after the Closing Date (or if such 250th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day). 

(c) The Company shall indicate in a “Plan of Distribution” section contained in the Prospectus forming a part of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement that any Broker-Dealer who holds Initial Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities and that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than
Transfer Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Company or an affiliate of the Company), may exchange such Initial Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within
the meaning of the Securities Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resales of the Exchange Securities received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer,

  
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which prospectus delivery requirement may be satisfied by the delivery by such Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. Such “Plan of
Distribution” section shall also contain all other information with respect to such resales by Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit such resales pursuant thereto, but such “Plan of Distribution” shall not
name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Initial Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in policy after the date of this Agreement. 

The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented
and amended as required by the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Initial Securities acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own accounts as a result of market-making activities
or other trading activities, and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period ending on the earlier of
(i) 180 days from the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective and (ii) the date on which a Broker-Dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading
activities. 
 The Company shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to Broker-Dealers promptly
upon request at any time during such 180-day (or shorter as provided in the foregoing sentence) period in order to facilitate such resales. 
 SECTION 4. Shelf Registration. 
 (a) Shelf Registration. If
(i) as a result of any changes in law or applicable interpretations of the staff of the Commission (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) hereof have been complied with) the Company is not permitted to file an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or to consummate the Exchange Offer, (ii) for any reason the Exchange Offer is not Consummated within 250 days after the Closing Date (or if such 250th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day),
(iii) prior to the Consummation of the Exchange Offer the Initial Purchasers request from the Company with respect to Transfer Restricted Securities not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer or (iv) with
respect to any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (A) such Holder is prohibited by applicable law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, or (B) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Securities acquired by it
in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and that the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder, or (C) such Holder is a
Broker-Dealer and holds Initial Securities acquired directly from the Company or one of its affiliates, then, upon such Holder’s request, the Company shall 
 (x) file with the Commission a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (in either event, the
“Shelf Registration Statement”) as promptly as practicable but in any event on or prior to 250 days after the Closing Date (or if such 250th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) (such date being the “Shelf
Filing Deadline”), which Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for resales of all Transfer Restricted Securities the Holders of which shall have provided the information required pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof; and 

  
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 (y) use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration
Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as promptly as practicable, but no later than (A) 90 days (or if such 90th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) or (B) 30 days if the Shelf Registration Statement
is not reviewed by the Commission (or if such 30th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), after the time such obligation to file first arises. 
 The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Sections 6(b) and
(c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Initial Securities by the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a), and to ensure that it conforms with the
requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of at least two years following the Closing Date (or shorter period that will terminate when
all the Initial Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement). 
 (b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may include any of its Transfer Restricted
Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company in writing, within 20 days after receipt of a request therefor, such information as the Company may reasonably request
for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all
information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading. 
 SECTION 5. Additional Interest. If (i) any of the Registration Statements required by this Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such filing in
this Agreement, (ii) any of such Registration Statements has not been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such effectiveness in this Agreement (the “Effectiveness Target Date”), (iii) the
Exchange Offer has not been Consummated within 30 Business Days after the Effectiveness Target Date with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared
effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose for more than 30 days in the aggregate of any 12 consecutive month period (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a
“Registration Default”), the Company hereby agrees that the interest rate borne by the Transfer Restricted Securities shall be increased by 0.25% per annum during the 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of any
Registration Default and shall increase by 0.25% per annum at the end of each subsequent 90-day period, but in no event shall such increase exceed 1.00% per annum (any such increase in the interest rate borne by the Transfer Restricted
Securities being referred to herein as “Additional Interest”). Following the cure of all Registration Defaults relating to any particular Transfer Restricted Securities, the interest rate borne by the relevant Transfer Restricted
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interest rate borne by such Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, however, that, if after any such reduction in interest rate, a different Registration Default occurs, the interest
rate borne by the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities shall again be increased pursuant to the foregoing provisions to give effect to any such Additional Interest. 
 All obligations of the Company set forth in the preceding paragraph that are outstanding with respect to any Transfer Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted
Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to such security shall have been satisfied in full. 

SECTION 6. Registration Procedures. 
 (a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company shall comply with all of the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof, shall use its reasonable best
efforts to effect such exchange to permit the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and shall comply with all of the following provisions: 

(i) If in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company there is a question as to whether the Exchange Offer is
permitted by applicable law, the Company hereby agrees to seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the Company to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Initial Securities. The Company hereby agrees to pursue
the issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level but shall not be required to take commercially unreasonable action to effect a change of Commission policy. The Company hereby agrees, however, to (A) participate in telephonic
conferences with the Commission, (B) deliver to the Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such an Exchange Offer should be permitted and
(C) diligently pursue a favorable resolution by the Commission staff of such submission. 
 (ii) As a
condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to the Consummation thereof, a written representation
to the Company (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an affiliate of the Company, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to
engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Securities in its ordinary course of
business. In addition, all such Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities shall otherwise cooperate in the Company’s preparations for the Exchange Offer. Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder
using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the securities to be acquired in the Exchange Offer (1) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission enunciated
in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993,
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letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale
transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K if the resales
are of Exchange Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Initial Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Company. 
 (b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof and shall use its reasonable best
efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company will as expeditiously as possible
prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the
intended method or methods of distribution thereof. 
 (c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration
Statement and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any Registration Statement and the related Prospectus required to permit resales of Initial
Securities by Broker-Dealers), the Company shall: 
 (i) use its reasonable best efforts to keep such
Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial statements for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable; upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such Registration Statement or
the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain a material misstatement or omission or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the Company shall file
promptly an appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement, in the case of clause (A), correcting any such misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), use its reasonable best efforts to cause such amendment to
be declared effective and such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus to become usable for their intended purpose(s) as soon as practicable thereafter; 

(ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration
Statement as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by
such Registration Statement have been sold; cause the 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 to comply fully with the applicable
provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period
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 (iii) advise the underwriter(s), if any, and Selling Holders promptly and,
if requested by such Persons, to confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for
offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the
statements therein not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending
the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or blue sky laws, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest
possible time; 
 (iv) furnish without charge to each of the Initial Purchasers, each Selling Holder, and each of
the underwriter(s), if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (and if requested by any Initial
Purchaser, any documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the review and comment of such Holders and underwriter(s) in connection with such sale, if any, for a
period of at least five Business Days, and the Company will not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents incorporated by
reference) to which an Initial Purchaser of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement or the underwriter(s), if any, shall reasonably object in writing within five Business Days after the receipt thereof (such objection
to be deemed timely made upon confirmation of telecopy transmission within such period). The objection of an Initial Purchaser or underwriter, if any, shall be deemed to be reasonable if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or
supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains a material misstatement or omission; 
 (v) if
requested by any Initial Purchaser, promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers, each Selling Holder, and
to the underwriter(s), if any, make the Company’s representatives available for discussion of such document and other customary due diligence matters, and include such information in such document prior to the filing thereof as such Selling
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 (vi) make available at reasonable times for inspection by the Initial
Purchasers, the managing underwriter(s), if any, participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney or accountant retained by such Initial Purchasers or any of the underwriter(s), all financial and other
records, pertinent corporate documents of the Company and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Initial Purchaser, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with
such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness and to participate in meetings with investors to the extent requested by the managing underwriter(s), if any;

 (vii) if requested by any Selling Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, promptly incorporate in any
Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such Selling Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without
limitation, information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the Transfer Restricted Securities, information with respect to the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold to such underwriter(s), the purchase price
being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the
Company is notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; 

(viii) cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be rated with the appropriate
rating agencies, if so requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities covered thereby or the underwriter(s), if any; 
 (ix) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each Selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, at least one copy of the Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and
of each amendment thereto, and if requested by any such Person, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein by reference); 

(x) deliver to each Selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, as many copies of the
Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request; the Company hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the
Selling Holders and each of the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto; 

(xi) enter into such agreements (including an underwriting agreement), and make such customary representations and
warranties, and take all such other customary actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, all to such
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or by any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities or underwriter in connection with any sale or resale pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement; and whether or not
an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an Underwritten Registration, the Company shall: 
 (A) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each Selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as they may request and as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary
underwritten offerings, upon the date of the Consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if applicable, the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement: 
 (1) a certificate, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, signed by (y) the President or any Vice
President and (z) a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, confirming, as of the date thereof, the matters set forth in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 5(e) of the Purchase Agreement and such other
matters as such parties may reasonably request; 
 (2) an opinion, dated the date of Consummation of the
Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, of counsel for the Company, covering the matters set forth in Section 5(c) of the Purchase Agreement and such other matters as such parties may
reasonably request, and in any event including a statement to the effect that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company,
representatives of the underwriter(s), if any, and counsel to the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the preparation of such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and have considered the matters required to be stated therein and
the statements contained therein, although such counsel has not independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements; and that such counsel advises that, on the basis of the foregoing, no facts came to such counsel’s
attention that caused such counsel to believe that the applicable Registration Statement, at the time such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto became effective, and, in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, as of the date of Consummation, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus
contained in such Registration Statement as of its date and, in the case of the opinion dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, as of the date of Consummation, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. Without limiting the foregoing, such counsel may state further that such counsel assumes no responsibility for, and has not independently verified, the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of the financial statements, notes and schedules and other financial data or financial information included in any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement or the related Prospectus; and 

  
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 (3) a customary comfort letter, dated the date of effectiveness of the
Shelf Registration Statement, from the Company’s independent accountants, in the customary form and covering matters of the type customarily requested to be covered in comfort letters by underwriters in connection with primary underwritten
offerings, and covering or affirming the matters set forth in the comfort letters delivered pursuant to Section 5(a) of the Purchase Agreement, without exception; 

(B) set forth in full or incorporate by reference in the underwriting agreement, if any, the indemnification provisions
and procedures of Section 8 hereof with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section; and 
 (C) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance with Section 6(c)(xi)(A) hereof and with any customary conditions contained in
the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company pursuant to this Section 6(c)(xi), if any. 
 If at any time the representations and warranties of the Company contemplated in Section 6(c)(xi)(A)(1) hereof cease to be true and correct, the Company shall so advise the Initial Purchasers and the
underwriter(s), if any, and each Selling Holder promptly and, if requested by such Persons, shall confirm such advice in writing; 
 (xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with the Selling Holders, the underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration and
qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Selling Holders or underwriter(s), if any, may request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to
enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it
is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions relating to the Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not then so
subject; 
 (xiii) [Reserved]; 

(xiv) cooperate with the Selling Holders and the underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery
of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders or the
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 (xv) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the
disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in Section 6(c)(xii) hereof; 
 (xvi) if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof shall exist or have occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or related
Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; 

(xvii) provide a CUSIP number for all Securities not later than the effective date of the Registration Statement covering
such Securities and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for such Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company and take all other action necessary to ensure that all such
Securities are eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company; 
 (xviii) cooperate and assist in any
filings required to be made with the FINRA and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter (including any “qualified independent underwriter”) that is required to be retained in accordance with the rules and
regulations of FINRA; 
 (xix) otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 under the Securities Act (which need not be audited) for the
twelve-month period (A) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Transfer Restricted Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts Underwritten Offering or (B) if not sold to underwriters in such an
offering, beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement; 
 (xx) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement required by this Agreement, and, in connection therewith,
cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders of Securities to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and to execute and use its reasonable
best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;

 (xxi) cause all Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange or
automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed if requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities or the managing underwriter(s), if any; and 

  
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 (xxii) provide promptly to each Holder upon request each document filed with
the Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act. 
 Each Holder agrees by
acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer
Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the
“Advice”) by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. If so directed by the Company, each Holder will
deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of such
notice. In the event the Company shall give any such notice, the time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by the number of days during the period
from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof to and including the date when each Selling Holder shall have received the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by
Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof or shall have received the Advice; provided, however, that no such extension shall be taken into account in determining whether Additional Interest is due pursuant to Section 5 hereof or the amount of
such Additional Interest, it being agreed that the Company’s option to suspend use of a Registration Statement pursuant to this paragraph may be treated as a Registration Default for purposes of Section 5 hereof to the extent, but only to
the extent, any such suspension triggers a Registration Default. 
 SECTION 7. Registration Expenses. 

(a) All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company, regardless
of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made by any Initial Purchaser or Holder with the FINRA (and, if applicable, the fees and
expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” and its counsel that may be required by the rules and regulations of FINRA)); (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state securities or blue sky laws;
(iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company and, subject to Section 7(b) hereof, the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange Securities on a securities exchange or automated
quotation system pursuant to the requirements thereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to
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 The Company will, in any event, bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation,
all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Company. 

(b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), the Company will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered in the Exchange Offer and/or resold pursuant to the “Plan of
Distribution” contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be Cahill
Gordon & Reindel LLP or such other counsel as may be chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared. 

SECTION 8. Indemnification. 
 (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Holder and (ii) each Person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act) any Holder (any of the Persons referred to in this clause (ii) being hereinafter referred to as a “controlling person”) and (iii) the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and
agents of any Holder or any controlling person (any Person referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) may hereinafter be referred to as an “Indemnified Holder”), to the fullest extent lawful, from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions and expenses (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses incurred in connection therewith and as incurred, reimbursement of all reasonable costs of investigating, preparing, pursuing,
settling, compromising, paying or defending any claim or action, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to any Indemnified Holder), joint
or several, directly or indirectly caused by, related to, based upon, arising out of or in connection with any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto), or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses are caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any
of the Holders expressly for use therein. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have. 
 In case any action or proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation or proceeding) shall be brought or asserted against any of the Indemnified Holders with respect to which indemnity
may be sought against the Company, such Indemnified Holder (or the Indemnified Holder controlled by such controlling person) shall promptly notify the Company in writing; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not
relieve the Company of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement. Such Indemnified Holder shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action and the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be paid,

  
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as incurred, by the Company (regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an Indemnified Holder is not entitled to indemnification hereunder). The Company shall not, in connection with
any one such action or proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related actions or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more
than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any time for such Indemnified Holders, which firm shall be designated by the Holders. The Company shall be liable for any settlement of any such action or proceeding effected
with the Company’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be withheld unreasonably, and the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Indemnified Holder from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of
any settlement of any action effected with the written consent of the Company. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of each Indemnified Holder, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in or otherwise seek to
terminate any pending or threatened action, claim, litigation or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not any Indemnified Holder is a party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise,
consent or termination includes an unconditional release of each Indemnified Holder from all liability arising out of such action, claim, litigation or proceeding. 
 (b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers, and any Person controlling (within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company, and the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of each such Person, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity
from the Company to each of the Indemnified Holders, but only with respect to claims and actions based on information relating to such Holder furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement. In
case any action or proceeding shall be brought against the Company or its directors or officers or any such controlling person in respect of which indemnity may be sought against a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, such Holder shall have the
rights and duties given the Company, and the Company, its directors and officers and such controlling Person shall have the rights and duties given to each Holder by the preceding paragraph. 

(c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or
(b) hereof (other than by reason of exceptions provided in those Sections) in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions or expenses referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from the Initial Placement (which in the case of the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total gross proceeds to the Company from the Initial Placement), the amount
of Additional Interest which did not become payable as a result of the filing of the Registration Statement resulting in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments actions or expenses, and such Registration Statement, or if such allocation
is not permitted by applicable law, the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Indemnified Holder on the other shall be determined by reference to, 

  
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among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company,
on the one hand, or the Indemnified Holders, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in the second paragraph of Section 8(a) hereof, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably
incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim. 
 The Company and each Holder of
Transfer Restricted Securities agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(c) 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 which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or
defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, none of the Holders (and its related Indemnified Holders) shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total discount received by such Holder with respect to the Initial Securities exceeds the amount of any damages which 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 8(c) are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Initial Securities held by each of the Holders hereunder and not joint. 

SECTION 9. Rule 144A. The Company hereby agrees with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain
outstanding, to make available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder or beneficial owner, the
information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. 

SECTION 10. Participation in Underwritten Registrations. No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Registration hereunder
unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and
executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. 

SECTION 11. Selection of Underwriters. The Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration
Statement who desire to do so may sell such Transfer Restricted Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker(s) and managing underwriter(s) that will administer such offering will be selected by
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities included in such offering; provided, however, that such investment banker(s) and managing underwriter(s) must be reasonably satisfactory to the
Company. 

  
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 SECTION 12. Miscellaneous. 

(a) Remedies. The Company hereby agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason
of a breach by it of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate. 
 (b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to
the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The Company has not previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to its securities to any Person. The rights granted to the
Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof. 

(c) Adjustments Affecting the Securities. The Company will not take any action, or permit any change to occur, with respect to the
Securities that would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Holders to Consummate any Exchange Offer. 
 (d)
Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company has (i) in the case of
Section 5 hereof and this Section 12(d)(i), obtained the written consent of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the case of all other provisions hereof, obtained the written consent of Holders of a
majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities (excluding any Transfer Restricted Securities held by the Company or its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions
hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose securities are not being tendered pursuant
to such Exchange Offer may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered or registered; provided, however, that, with respect to any matter that directly or
indirectly affects the rights of any Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Company shall obtain the written consent of each such Initial Purchaser with respect to which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver, consent or departure is to be
effective. 
 (e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in
writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery: 

(i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the
Registrar under the Indenture; and 

  
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	 	(ii)	if to the Company: 

 Ingles
Markets, Incorporated 
 2913 US Highway 70W 
 Black Mountain, NC 28711-9103 
 Telecopier No.: (828) 669-3511 

Attention: Ron Freeman, Chief Financial Officer 
 with a copy to: 
 Greenberg Traurig LLP 

3333 Piedmont Road NE, Suite 2500 
 Atlanta, GA 30305 
 Telecopier No: (678) 553-2621 and (678) 553-2431

 Attention: Ted Blum, Esq. and Gerald L. Baxter, Esq. 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five
Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery. 
 Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving
the same to the Trustee at the address specified in the Indenture. 
 (f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including, without limitation, and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided,
however, that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or assign acquired Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder. 

(g) 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. 
 (h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. 

(i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT 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 THEREOF. 
 (j) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions
contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein
shall not be affected or impaired thereby. 

  
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 (k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression
of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings,
other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties
with respect to such subject matter. 

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

			
	Ingles Markets, Incorporated
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first
above written: 
  

			
	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
		
	By:	 	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Managing Director

  
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