Document:

EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 
 SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT 
 Cereplast, Inc. 

300 N. Continental Blvd. 
 Suite 300 

El Segundo, CA 90245 
 Gentlemen: 

The undersigned (the “Investor”) hereby confirms its agreement with Cereplast, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
“Company”), as follows: 
 1. This Subscription Agreement, including the Terms and Conditions for Purchase of
Shares attached hereto as Annex I (collectively, this “Agreement”) is made as of the date set forth below between the Company and the Investor. 
 The Company has authorized the sale and issuance to the Investor of up to an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares (each, a “Share,” collectively, the “Shares”) of its voting
common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), for a purchase price of $0.50 per Share (the “Purchase Price”). 
 2. The offering and sale of the Shares (the “Offering”) is being made pursuant to (a) an effective Registration Statement on Form S-3, No. 333-166307 (the “Registration
Statement”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on April 26, 2010, amended on May 21, 2010 and declared effective by the Commission on May 26, 2010, including
the Prospectus contained therein (the “Base Prospectus”), (b) if applicable, certain “free writing prospectuses” (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Act”)), that have been or will be filed, if required, with the Commission and delivered to the Investor on or prior to the date hereof (the “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”), containing certain supplemental
information regarding the Shares, the terms of the Offering and the Company, (c) if applicable, a Preliminary Prospectus Supplement (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”) containing certain supplemental information regarding
the Shares, the terms of the Offering and the Company and (d) a Prospectus Supplement (the “Prospectus Supplement” and, together with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus”) containing certain supplemental
information regarding the Shares and the terms of the Offering that will be filed with the Commission and delivered to the Investor (or made available to the Investor by the filing by the Company of an electronic version thereof with the
Commission). 
 3. The Company and the Investor agree that the Investor will purchase from the Company and the Company will
issue and sell to the Investor the Shares set forth below for the aggregate purchase price set forth below. The Shares shall be purchased pursuant to the Terms and Conditions for Purchase of Shares attached hereto as Annex I and
incorporated herein by this reference as if fully set forth herein. 

 4. The manner of settlement of the Shares purchased by the Investor shall be as follows:

 Delivery versus payment (“DVP”) through DTC (i.e., on the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver the
Shares registered in the Investor’s name and address as set forth below and released by Computershare Investor Services LLC, the Company’s “Transfer Agent”, to the Investor through DTC at the Closing directly to the account(s)
identified by the Investor; and simultaneously therewith payment shall be made by the Investor by wire transfer to the Company). 
 IT IS
THE INVESTOR’S RESPONSIBILITY TO (A) MAKE THE NECESSARY WIRE TRANSFER IN A TIMELY MANNER AND (B) ARRANGE FOR SETTLEMENT BY WAY OF DVP IN A TIMELY MANNER. IF THE INVESTOR DOES NOT DELIVER THE AGGREGATE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE SHARES OR
DOES NOT MAKE PROPER ARRANGEMENTS FOR SETTLEMENT IN A TIMELY MANNER, THE SHARES MAY NOT BE DELIVERED AT CLOSING TO THE INVESTOR. 
 5. The Investor represents that, except as set forth below, (a) it has had no position, office or other material relationship within the past three years with the Company or persons known to it to be
affiliates of the Company, (b) it is not a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or an Associated Person (as such term is defined under FINRA’s Membership and Registration Rules Section 1011) as of the Closing,
and (c) neither the Investor nor any group of Investors (as identified in a public filing made with the Commission) of which the Investor is a part in connection with the Offering of the Shares, acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, 20%
or more of the Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock) or the voting power of the Company on a post-transaction basis. Exceptions: 
 (If no exceptions, write “none.” If left blank, response will be deemed to be “none.”) 
 6. The Investor represents that it has received (or otherwise had made available to it by the filing by the Company of an electronic version thereof with the Commission) the Base Prospectus which is a
part of the Company’s Registration Statement, the documents incorporated by reference therein and any free writing prospectus (collectively, the “Disclosure Package”), prior to or in connection with the receipt of this
Agreement. The Investor acknowledges that, prior to the delivery of this Agreement to the Company, the Investor will receive certain additional information regarding the Offering (the “Offering Information”). Such information may be
provided to the Investor by any means permitted under the Act, including the Prospectus Supplement, a free writing prospectus and oral communications. 
 7. No offer by the Investor to buy Shares will be accepted and no part of the Purchase Price will be delivered to the Company until the Investor has received the Offering Information and the Company has
accepted such offer by countersigning a copy of this Agreement, and any such offer may be withdrawn or revoked, without obligation or commitment of any kind, at any time prior to the Company sending (orally, in writing or by electronic mail) notice
of its acceptance of such offer. An indication of interest will involve no obligation or commitment of any kind until the Investor has been delivered the Offering Information and this Agreement is accepted and countersigned by or on behalf of the
Company. 
 8. The Company acknowledges that the only material, non-public information relating to the Company it has provided
to the Investor in connection with the Offering prior to the date hereof is the existence of the Offering. 

  
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 Number of Shares: 1,000,000 
 Purchase price per Share: $0.50 
 Aggregate Purchase Price: $500,000 

Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between us by signing in the space provided below for that purpose. 

 

							
		 		 	Dated as of:
		 		 		 	
		 		 	INVESTOR
				
		 		 	By:	 	 
		 		 	Print Name:
		 		 	Title:
		 		 	Address:

 Agreed and Accepted 
 this             day of April, 2012: 
  

					
	CEREPLAST, INC.	 	
			
	By:	 	 	 	
		 	Title:	 	

 ANNEX I 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PURCHASE OF SHARES 
 1. Authorization and Sale of the Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company has authorized the sale of the Shares. 

2. Agreement to Sell and Purchase the Shares. 
 2.1 At the Closing (as defined in Section 3.1), the Company will sell to the Investor, and the Investor will purchase from the Company, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, the
number of Shares set forth on the last page of the Agreement to which these Terms and Conditions for Purchase of Shares are attached as Annex I (the “Signature Page”) for the aggregate purchase price therefor set forth
on the Signature Page. 
 3. Closing and Delivery of the Shares and Funds. 

3.1 Closing. The completion of the purchase and sale of the Shares (the “Closing”) shall occur at a place
and time (the “Closing Date”) to be specified by the Company, and of which the Investor will be notified in advance by the Company. At the Closing, (a) the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent to deliver to the Investor
through DTC the number of Shares set forth on the Signature Page registered in the name of the Investor or, if so indicated on the Investor Questionnaire attached hereto as Exhibit A, in the name of a nominee designated by the Investor,
and (b) the aggregate purchase price for the Shares being purchased by the Investor will be delivered by or on behalf of the Investor to the Company. 
 3.2 Conditions to the Obligations of the Parties. 
 (a)
Conditions to the Company’s Obligations. The Company’s obligation to issue and sell the Shares to the Investor shall be subject to: (i) the receipt by the Company of the purchase price for the Shares being purchased
hereunder as set forth on the Signature Page and (ii) the accuracy of the representations and warranties made by the Investor and the fulfillment of those undertakings of the Investor to be fulfilled prior to the Closing Date. 

(b) Conditions to the Investor’s Obligations. The Investor’s obligation to purchase the Shares is subject to the
accuracy of the representations and warranties made by the Company and the fulfillment of those undertakings of the Company to be fulfilled prior to the Closing Date. 
 3.3 Delivery of Shares and Funds. 
 No later than one
(1) business day after the execution of this Agreement by the Investor and the Company, the Investor shall notify the Company of the account or accounts to be credited with the Shares being purchased by the Investor. On the Closing Date, the
Company shall (i) deliver the Shares to the Investor through DTC directly to the account(s) identified by Investor, and (ii) simultaneously therewith, payment shall be made by the Investor by wire transfer to the Company in accordance with
wire transfer instructions provided to the Investor by the Company. 

 4. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Investor. 

The Investor acknowledges, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that: 

4.1 The Investor (a) is knowledgeable, sophisticated and experienced in making, and is qualified to make decisions with respect to,
investments in shares presenting an investment decision like that involved in the purchase of the Shares, including investments in securities issued by the Company and investments in comparable companies, (b) has answered all questions on the
Signature Page and the Investor Questionnaire and the answers thereto are true and correct as of the date hereof and will be true and correct as of the Closing Date and (c) in connection with its decision to purchase the number of Shares set
forth on the Signature Page, has received and is relying only upon the Disclosure Package and the documents incorporated by reference therein and the Offering Information. 
 4.2 (a) No action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction outside the United States by the Company that would permit an offering of the Shares, or possession or distribution of offering
materials in connection with the issue of the Shares in any jurisdiction outside the United States where action for that purpose is required, and (b) if the Investor is outside the United States, it will comply with all applicable laws and
regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which it purchases, offers, sells or delivers Shares or has in its possession or distributes any offering material, in all cases at its own expense. 

4.3 (a) The Investor has full right, power, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and (b) this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Investor enforceable against the Investor in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ and contracting parties’ rights generally and except as enforceability
may be subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except as to the enforceability of any rights to indemnification or contribution that may be violative
of the public policy underlying any law, rule or regulation (including any federal or state securities law, rule or regulation). 
 4.4 The Investor understands that nothing in this Agreement, the Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Offering Information or any other materials presented to the Investor in connection with the
purchase and sale of the Shares constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. The Investor has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors and made such investigation as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in
connection with its purchase of the Shares. 

  
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 4.5 Since the date on which the Company first contacted the Investor about the Offering, the
Investor has not disclosed any information regarding the Offering to any third parties (other than its legal, accounting and other advisors) and has not engaged in any purchases or sales involving the securities of the Company (including, without
limitation, any Short Sales involving the Company’s securities). The Investor covenants that it will not engage in any purchases or sales involving the securities of the Company (including Short Sales) prior to the time that the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed. The Investor agrees that it will not use any of the Shares acquired pursuant to this Agreement to cover any short position in the Common Stock if doing so would be in violation of applicable
securities laws. For purposes hereof, “Short Sales” include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, whether or not against the box,
and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward sales contracts, options, puts, calls, short sales, swaps, “put equivalent positions” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act) and similar arrangements (including
on a total return basis), and sales and other transactions through non-US broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers. 
 4.6
Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements; Third Party Beneficiary. Notwithstanding any investigation made by any party to this Agreement, all covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Company and the
Investor herein will survive the execution of this Agreement, and the delivery to the Investor of the Shares being purchased and the payment therefor. 
 5. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company. 
 The Company
acknowledges, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Investor that: 
 5.1 The Company is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of Nevada. 
 5.2 This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Company and constitutes the valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Company, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’
and contracting parties’ rights generally and except as enforceability may be subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except as to the
enforceability of any rights to indemnification or contribution that may be violative of the public policy underlying any law, rule or regulation (including any federal or state securities law, rule or regulation). 

5.3 The Shares are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable. 
 5.4 The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 495,000,000 shares of common stock,
par value $0.001 per share, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Preferred Stock”). As of April 25, 2012, there are 18,933,139 shares of Common Stock and 0 shares of preferred stock issued and
outstanding. 

  
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 6. Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder will
be in writing, will be mailed (a) if within the domestic United States by first-class registered or certified airmail, or nationally recognized overnight express courier, postage prepaid, or by facsimile or (b) if delivered from outside
the United States, by International Federal Express or facsimile, and (c) will be deemed given (i) if delivered by first-class registered or certified mail domestic, three business days after so mailed, (ii) if delivered by nationally
recognized overnight carrier, one business day after so mailed, (iii) if delivered by International Federal Express, two business days after so mailed and (iv) if delivered by facsimile, upon electronic confirmation of receipt and will be
delivered and addressed as follows: 
  

	 	(a)	if to the Company, to: 

 Cereplast, Inc. 
 N. Continental Blvd., Suite 300 

El Segundo, CA 902 
 Attention:Frederic Scheer, CEO 
 Facsimile: 310-615-9800

 with copies to: 

Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP 

61 Broadway, 32nd Floor 
 New York, NY 10006 
 Attention: Gregory Sichenzia, Esq.

 Fax: 212-930-9725 
  

	 	(b)	if to the Investor, at its address on the Signature Page hereto, or at such other address or addresses as may have been furnished to the Company in writing.

 7. Changes. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except pursuant to an instrument in writing
signed by the Company and the Investor. 
 8. Headings. The headings of the various sections of this Agreement have been
inserted for convenience of reference only and will not be deemed to be part of this Agreement. 
 9. Severability. In
case any provision contained in this Agreement should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 10. Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the
State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law that would require the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction. 

  
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 11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which will constitute an original, but all of which, when taken together, will constitute but one instrument, and will become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each party hereto and delivered to the other parties. The
Company and the Investor acknowledge and agree that the Company shall deliver its counterpart to the Investor along with the Prospectus Supplement (or the filing by the Company of an electronic version thereof with the Commission). 

12. Confirmation of Sale. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that such Investor’s receipt of the Company’s signed
counterpart to this Agreement, together with the Prospectus Supplement (or the filing by the Company of an electronic version thereof with the Commission), shall constitute written confirmation of the Company’s sale of the Shares to such
Investor. 
 13. Press Release. The Company and the Investor agree that the Company shall, prior to the opening of the
financial markets in New York City on the business day immediately after the date hereof, (a) issue a press release announcing the Offering and disclosing all material information regarding the Offering and (b) file a Current Report on
Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission including a form of this Agreement. 

  
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 EXHIBIT A 

CEREPLAST, INC. 
 INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE 
 Pursuant to Section 3 of
Annex I to the Agreement, please provide us with the following information: 
  

					
	1.	  	The exact name in which your Shares are to be registered. You may use a nominee name if appropriate:	  	  

			
	2.	  	The relationship between the Investor and the registered holder listed in response to item 1 above:	  	  

			
	3.      	  	The mailing address of the registered holder listed in response to item 1 above:	  	  

			
	4.	  	The Social Security Number or Tax Identification Number of the registered holder listed in the response to item 1 above:	  	  

			
	5.	  	Name of DTC Participant (broker-dealer at which the account or accounts to be credited with the Shares are maintained):	  	  

			
	6.	  	DTC Participant Number:	  	  

			
	7.	  	Name of Account at DTC Participant being credited with the Shares:	  	  

			
	8.	  	Account Number at DTC Participant being credited with the Shares:	  	  

  
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 Exhibit 4.1 

 
  

 
 D.R. HORTON, INC.

 and 
 THE GUARANTORS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO 
 Senior Debt Securities

 Indenture 
 Dated as of May 1, 2012 
 AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST
COMPANY, LLC, 
 as Trustee 
  

 
  

 CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE 

This Cross-Reference Table is not a part of the Indenture. 

 

			
	 TIA
 Section
	  	Indenture
Section
	 310(a)(1)
	  	7.10
	 (a)(2)
	  	7.10
	 (a)(3)
	  	N.A.
	 (a)(4)
	  	N.A.
	 (b)
	  	7.08; 7.10; 11.02
		  	
	 311(a)
	  	7.11
	 (b)
	  	7.11
	 (c)
	  	N.A.
		  	
	 312(a)
	  	2.05
	 (b)
	  	11.03
	 (c)
	  	11.03
		  	
	 313(a)
	  	7.06
	 (b)(1)
	  	N.A.
	 (b)(2)
	  	7.06
	 (c)
	  	11.02
	 (d)
	  	7.06
		  	
	 314(a)
	  	4.03; 11.02
	 (b)
	  	N.A.
	 (c)(1)
	  	11.04
	 (c)(2)
	  	11.04
	 (c)(3)
	  	N.A.
	 (d)
	  	N.A.
	 (e)
	  	11.05
		  	
	 315(a)
	  	7.01(b)
	 (b)
	  	7.05; 11.02
	 (c)
	  	7.01(a)
	 (d)
	  	7.01(c)
	 (e)
	  	6.11
		  	
	 316(a)(last sentence)
	  	11.06
	 (a)(1)(A)
	  	6.05
	 (a)(1)(B)
	  	6.04
	 (a)(2)
	  	N.A.
	 (b)
	  	6.07
		  	
	 317(a)(1)
	  	6.08
	 (a)(2)
	  	6.09
	 (b)
	  	2.04
	 318(a)
	  	11.01

 N.A. means Not Applicable. 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

This Table of Contents is not a part of the Indenture. 

 

							
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	 ARTICLE ONE

 
 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
  
	   
 

  
 

	 Section 1.01.
	 	Definitions	  	 	1	  
	 Section 1.02.
	 	Other Definitions	  	 	5	  
	 Section 1.03.
	 	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act	  	 	5	  
	 Section 1.04.
	 	Rules of Construction	  	 	5	  
	  
 ARTICLE
TWO
  
 THE SECURITIES

 
	 
   

   
 

	 Section 2.01.
	 	Form and Dating.	  	 	6	  
	 Section 2.02.
	 	Execution and Authentication	  	 	7	  
	 Section 2.03.
	 	Registrar and Paying Agent	  	 	8	  
	 Section 2.04.
	 	Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust	  	 	8	  
	 Section 2.05.
	 	Securityholder Lists	  	 	8	  
	 Section 2.06.
	 	Transfer and Exchange	  	 	8	  
	 Section 2.07.
	 	Replacement Securities	  	 	9	  
	 Section 2.08.
	 	Outstanding Securities	  	 	9	  
	 Section 2.09.
	 	Temporary Securities	  	 	9	  
	 Section 2.10.
	 	Cancellation	  	 	9	  
	 Section 2.11.
	 	Defaulted Interest	  	 	10	  
	 Section 2.12.
	 	Treasury Securities	  	 	10	  
	 Section 2.13.
	 	CUSIP/ISIN Numbers	  	 	10	  
	 Section 2.14.
	 	Deposit of Moneys	  	 	10	  
	 Section 2.15.
	 	Book-Entry Provisions for Global Security	  	 	10	  
	  
 ARTICLE
THREE
  
 REDEMPTION

 
	 
   

   
 

	 Section 3.01.
	 	Notices to Trustee	  	 	12	  
	 Section 3.02.
	 	Selection of Securities to be Redeemed	  	 	12	  
	 Section 3.03.
	 	Notice of Redemption	  	 	12	  
	 Section 3.04.
	 	Effect of Notice of Redemption	  	 	13	  
	 Section 3.05.
	 	Deposit of Redemption Price	  	 	13	  
	 Section 3.06.
	 	Securities Redeemed in Part	  	 	13	  
	  
 ARTICLE
FOUR
  
 COVENANTS

 
	 
   

   
 

	 Section 4.01.
	 	Payment of Securities	  	 	13	  
	 Section 4.02.
	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency	  	 	13	  
	 Section 4.03.
	 	Compliance Certificate	  	 	14	  
	 Section 4.04.
	 	Payment of Taxes; Maintenance of Corporate Existence; Maintenance of Properties	  	 	14	  
	 Section 4.05.
	 	Additional Guarantors	  	 	14	  
	 Section 4.06.
	 	Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.	  	 	15	  

  
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 ARTICLE
FIVE
  
 SUCCESSOR
CORPORATION
  
	 
   

   
 

	 Section 5.01.
	 	When Company May Merge, etc.	  	 	15	  
	  
 ARTICLE
SIX
  
 DEFAULTS AND
REMEDIES
  
	 
   

   
 

	 Section 6.01.
	 	Events of Default.	  	 	16	  
	 Section 6.02.
	 	Acceleration	  	 	17	  
	 Section 6.03.
	 	Other Remedies	  	 	18	  
	 Section 6.04.
	 	Waiver of Existing Defaults	  	 	18	  
	 Section 6.05.
	 	Control by Majority	  	 	18	  
	 Section 6.06.
	 	Limitation on Suits	  	 	18	  
	 Section 6.07.
	 	Rights of Holders to Receive Payment	  	 	18	  
	 Section 6.08.
	 	Collection Suit by Trustee	  	 	19	  
	 Section 6.09.
	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	  	 	19	  
	 Section 6.10.
	 	Priorities	  	 	19	  
	 Section 6.11.
	 	Undertaking for Costs	  	 	19	  
	  
 ARTICLE
SEVEN
  
 TRUSTEE

 
	 
   

   
 

	 Section 7.01.
	 	Duties of Trustee	  	 	20	  
	 Section 7.02.
	 	Rights of Trustee	  	 	20	  
	 Section 7.03.
	 	Individual Rights of Trustee	  	 	21	  
	 Section 7.04.
	 	Trustee’s Disclaimer	  	 	21	  
	 Section 7.05.
	 	Notice of Defaults.	  	 	21	  
	 Section 7.06.
	 	Reports by Trustee to Holders	  	 	22	  
	 Section 7.07.
	 	Compensation and Indemnity	  	 	22	  
	 Section 7.08.
	 	Replacement of Trustee	  	 	22	  
	 Section 7.09.
	 	Successor Trustee by Merger, etc	  	 	23	  
	 Section 7.10.
	 	Eligibility; Disqualification	  	 	23	  
	 Section 7.11.
	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company	  	 	23	  
	  
 ARTICLE
EIGHT
  
 DISCHARGE OF
INDENTURE
  
	 
   

   
 

	 Section 8.01.
	 	Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations	  	 	23	  
	 Section 8.02.
	 	Survival of the Company’s Obligations	  	 	25	  
	 Section 8.03.
	 	Application of Trust Money	  	 	26	  
	 Section 8.04.
	 	Repayment to the Company	  	 	26	  
	 Section 8.05.
	 	Reinstatement	  	 	26	  
	  
 ARTICLE
NINE
  
 GUARANTEES

 
	 
   

   
 

	 Section 9.01.
	 	Unconditional Guarantees	  	 	26	  

  
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	 Section 9.02.
	 	Severability	  	 	27	  
	 Section 9.03.
	 	Release of a Guarantor.	  	 	27	  
	 Section 9.04.
	 	Limitation of a Guarantor’s Liability	  	 	28	  
	 Section 9.05.
	 	Contribution	  	 	28	  
	 Section 9.06.
	 	Waiver of Subrogation	  	 	28	  
	 Section 9.07.
	 	Execution of Guarantee	  	 	28	  
	  
 ARTICLE
TEN
  
 AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND
WAIVERS
  
	 
   

   
 

	 Section 10.01.
	 	Without Consent of Holders	  	 	29	  
	 Section 10.02.
	 	With Consent of Holders	  	 	29	  
	 Section 10.03.
	 	Compliance with Trust Indenture Act	  	 	30	  
	 Section 10.04.
	 	Revocation and Effect of Consents	  	 	30	  
	 Section 10.05.
	 	Notation on or Exchange of Securities	  	 	31	  
	 Section 10.06.
	 	Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.	  	 	31	  
	 Section 10.07.
	 	Notice of Supplemental Indenture.	  	 	31	  
	  
 ARTICLE
ELEVEN
  
 MISCELLANEOUS

 
	 
   

   
 

	 Section 11.01.
	 	Trust Indenture Act Controls	  	 	31	  
	 Section 11.02.
	 	Notices	  	 	31	  
	 Section 11.03.
	 	Communications by Holders with Other Holders	  	 	32	  
	 Section 11.04.
	 	Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent	  	 	32	  
	 Section 11.05.
	 	Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion	  	 	33	  
	 Section 11.06.
	 	Rules by Trustee and Agents	  	 	33	  
	 Section 11.07.
	 	Legal Holidays	  	 	33	  
	 Section 11.08.
	 	Governing Law	  	 	33	  
	 Section 11.09.
	 	No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements	  	 	33	  
	 Section 11.10.
	 	No Recourse Against Others	  	 	33	  
	 Section 11.11.
	 	Successors and Assigns	  	 	33	  
	 Section 11.12.
	 	Duplicate Originals	  	 	34	  
	 Section 11.13.
	 	Severability	  	 	34	  

 SIGNATURES 
 EXHIBIT A – Form of Security 

  
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 INDENTURE dated as of May 1, 2012 (the “Base Indenture”), by and among
D.R. HORTON, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), each of the Guarantors from time to time party hereto in respect of a particular Series of Securities (each as defined in Section 1.01 below) and AMERICAN STOCK
TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as trustee (the “Trustee”). 
 Each party agrees as follows for the
benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company’s debt securities issued under this Base Indenture: 
 ARTICLE ONE 
 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 

Section 1.01. Definitions. 
 “Affiliate” means, when used with reference to a specified person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the
Person specified. 
 “Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-Registrar or agent for service of notices
and demands. 
 “Authorizing Resolution” means a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors or by an Officer
or committee of Officers pursuant to Board delegation authorizing a Series of Securities. 
 “Bankruptcy Law”
means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. 

“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee thereof. 

“Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
(however designated) of or in such Person’s capital stock or other equity interests. 
 “Capitalized Lease
Obligations” of any Person means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in
accordance with GAAP, and the amount of such obligations will be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Company” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the Indenture and thereafter means the successor. 

“control” means, when used with respect to any Person, the power to direct the management and policies of such Person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. 

“Credit Facilities” means, collectively, each of the credit facilities and lines of credit of the Company or one or more
Guarantors in existence on the date of this Base Indenture and one or more future facilities or lines of credit among or between the Company or one or more Guarantors and one or more lenders pursuant to which the Company or any Guarantor may incur
indebtedness for working capital and general corporate purposes (including acquisitions), as any such facility or line of credit may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and includes any agreement extending the
maturity of, increasing the amount of, or restructuring, all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such facility or line of credit or any successor facilities or lines of credit and includes any facility or line of credit with one or more lenders
refinancing or replacing all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such facility or line of credit or any successor facility or line of credit, provided, in each case, that such credit facility shall provide for commitments, or there shall
be loans or other extensions of credit outstanding thereunder, in each case in excess of $50 million. 

  
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 “Currency Agreement” of any Person means any foreign exchange contract,
currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person or any of its Subsidiaries against fluctuations in currency values. 
 “Default” means any event, act or condition that is, or after notice or the passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default. 

“Definitive Security” means a certificated Security registered in the name of the Securityholder thereof. 

“Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any Series which the Company shall determine will be issued in whole
or in part as a Global Security, DTC, another clearing agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, and any other applicable U.S. or foreign statute or regulation, which, in each case, shall be designated by the
Company pursuant to Section 2.01. 
 “Dollars” and “$” mean United States Dollars.

 “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York. 

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

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the accounting standards codification of the
Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such or any other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States, as in effect on the date of this Base Indenture. 

“Global Security” means, with respect to any Series of Securities, a Security executed by the Company and delivered by
the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all in accordance with the Indenture, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. 

“Guarantee” means the guarantee of Securities of any applicable Series by each Guarantor thereof under this Indenture.

 “Guarantors” means with respect to any Series (i) the Company’s Subsidiaries signatory to the
supplemental indenture or specified in the Authorizing Resolution with respect to such Series as the initial Guarantors of such Series, and (ii) each of the Company’s Subsidiaries that becomes a Guarantor of such Series pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture, in each case until released from its Guarantee pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture. 

“Holder” or “Securityholder” means the Person in whose name a Security is registered on the
Registrar’s books. 
 “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (i) any liability of
such Person (a) for borrowed money or under any reimbursement obligation relating to a letter of credit or other similar instruments (other than any standby letter of credit or similar instrument issued for the account of, or any surety,
performance, completion or payment bond, earnest money note or similar purpose undertaking or indemnification agreement issued or entered into by or for the account of, such Person in the ordinary course of business), (b) evidenced by a bond,
note, debenture or similar instrument (including a purchase money obligation) given in connection with the acquisition of any businesses, properties or assets of any kind or with services incurred in connection with expenditures that constitute
capital expenditures in accordance with GAAP (other than any obligation to pay a contingent purchase price as long as such obligation remains contingent), or (c) in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, (ii) any Indebtedness of others
described in clause (i) above that such Person has guaranteed to the extent of the guarantee and (iii) all Indebtedness of others described in clause (i) above secured by a Lien on any Property of such Person,

  
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whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided, that the amount of the Indebtedness of such Person shall be the lesser of (a) the fair market value of such
Property; and (b) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Persons; provided that Indebtedness shall not include accounts payable, liabilities to trade creditors of such Person or other accrued expenses arising in the ordinary
course of business or obligations under Currency Agreements or Interest Protection Agreements. 
 “Indenture”
means this Base Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time, including pursuant to any Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture pertaining to any Series, and including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such Authorizing
Resolution or supplemental indenture, the provisions of the TIA that are deemed to be a part of and govern this Base Indenture and any such Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture, respectively. 

“Interest Protection Agreement” of any Person means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate collar agreement,
option or futures contract or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person or any of its Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates with respect to Indebtedness. 

“Issue Date” means, with respect to any Series of Securities, the date on which the Securities of such Series are
originally issued under this Indenture. 
 “Lien” means, with respect to any Property, any mortgage, deed of
trust, lien, pledge, charge, hypothecation, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such Property. For purposes of this definition, a Person shall 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 or other title retention agreement relating to such Property. 
 “Non-Recourse Indebtedness” with respect to any Person means Indebtedness of such Person for which (i) the sole legal recourse for collection of principal and interest on such
Indebtedness is against the specific Property identified in the instruments evidencing or securing such Indebtedness (and any accessions thereto and proceeds thereof) and such Property was acquired with the proceeds of such Indebtedness or such
Indebtedness was incurred within 180 days after the acquisition of such Property and (ii) no other assets of such Person may be realized upon in collection of principal or interest on such Indebtedness. Indebtedness which is otherwise
Non-Recourse Indebtedness will not lose its character as Non-Recourse Indebtedness because there is recourse to the borrower, any guarantor or any other Person for (a) environmental or tax warranties and indemnities and such other
representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities as are customarily required in such transactions, or (b) indemnities for and liabilities arising from fraud, misrepresentation, misapplication or non-payment of rents, profits, insurance
and condemnation proceeds and other sums actually received by the borrower from secured assets to be paid to the lender, waste and mechanics’ liens. 
 “NYUCC” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time. 
 “Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Controller or the Secretary of the Company or a Guarantor, as applicable. 

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers or by an Officer and an Assistant Treasurer or
an Assistant Secretary of the Company. 
 “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel. The
counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the Trustee. 
 “Person” means any individual,
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. 

“principal” of a debt security means the principal of the security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any,
on the security. 

  
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 “Property” of any Person means all types of real, personal, tangible,
intangible or mixed property owned by such Person, whether or not included in the most recent consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries under GAAP. 
 “Publicly Traded Debt Securities” means any issue of debt securities of the Company or any of the Guarantors originally issued in a public offering registered with the SEC or in an
offering pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and of which issue at least $50 million aggregate principal amount is outstanding. 
 “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency performing the duties now assigned to it under the TIA. 

“Securities” means any Securities that are issued under this Base Indenture. 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

“Series” means a series of Securities established under this Base Indenture. 

“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company which would constitute a “significant subsidiary”
as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. 
 “Subsidiary” of any
Person means any corporation or other entity of which a majority of the Capital Stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such entity or other persons performing similar functions is at the time directly or
indirectly owned or controlled by such Person. 
 “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect
from time to time, except as otherwise provided herein. 
 “Trustee” means the party named as such in this Base
Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to this Base Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with
respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean only the Trustee with respect to Securities of that Series. 
 “Trust
Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters. 

“United States” means the United States of America. 

“U.S. Government Obligations” means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United States for the
payment 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 the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith
and credit obligation by the United States, which, in either case are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such
U.S. government obligations or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. government obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depositary receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such
custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. government obligation or the specific payment of interest on or
principal of the U.S. government obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt. 

  
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 Section 1.02. Other Definitions. 

 

					
	Term	  	 	Defined in Section	  
		
	Agent Members	  	 	2.15	  
	Base Indenture	  	 	Preamble	  
	Business Day	  	 	11.07	  
	Covenant Defeasance	  	 	8.01	  
	Custodian	  	 	6.01	  
	Event of Default	  	 	6.01	  
	Funding Guarantor	  	 	9.05	  
	Guarantee	  	 	9.01	  
	Legal Defeasance	  	 	8.01	  
	Legal Holiday	  	 	11.07	  
	Paying Agent	  	 	2.03	  
	Registrar	  	 	2.03	  
	Security Register	  	 	2.03	  
	Senior Officer	  	 	4.03	  
	Successor	  	 	5.01	  

 Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. 

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

“indenture securities” means the Securities of a particular Series. 

“indenture security holder” means a Securityholder. 
 “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture. 
 “indenture
trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee. 
 “obligor” on the indenture securities means
the Company, each of the Guarantors, or any other obligor on the Securities of a Series or any Guarantees thereof. 
 All other
TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings so assigned to them. 
 Section 1.04. Rules of Construction. 
 Unless the context
otherwise requires: 
  

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

  

	 	(2)	an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP and all accounting determinations shall be made in accordance with GAAP;

  

	 	(3)	“or” is not exclusive and “including” means “including without limitation”; 

 

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

  
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	 	(5)	“herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and other words of similar import, refer to this Indenture as a whole (including any Authorizing
Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to the relevant Series) and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; 

  

	 	(6)	all exhibits are incorporated by reference herein and expressly made a part of this Indenture; and 

 

	 	(7)	any transaction or event shall be considered “permitted by” or made “in accordance with” or “in compliance with” this Indenture or any
particular provision thereof if such transaction or event is not expressly prohibited by this Indenture or such provision, as the case may be. 

 ARTICLE TWO 
 THE SECURITIES 

Section 2.01. Form and Dating. 
 The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be issued under this Base Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more Series. Each Series shall be created
by an Authorizing Resolution or a supplemental indenture that establishes the terms of the Series, which may include the following: 
  

	 	(1)	the title of the Series; 

  

	 	(2)	the aggregate principal amount (or any limit on the aggregate principal amount) of the Series and, if any Securities of a Series are to be issued at a discount from
their face amount, the method of computing the accretion of such discount; 

  

	 	(3)	the interest rate or method of calculation of the interest rate; 

  

	 	(4)	the date from which interest will accrue; 

  

	 	(5)	the record dates for interest payable on Securities of the Series; 

  

	 	(6)	the dates when, places where and manner in which principal and interest are payable; 

 

	 	(7)	the Registrar and Paying Agent; 

  

	 	(8)	the terms of any mandatory (including any sinking fund requirements) or optional redemption by the Company; 

 

	 	(9)	the terms of any redemption at the option of Holders; 

  

	 	(10)	the permissible denominations in which Securities of such Series are issuable, if different from $2,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof;

  

	 	(11)	whether Securities of such Series will be issued in registered or bearer form and the terms of any such forms of Securities; 

 

	 	(12)	whether the Securities of the Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Security or Securities, the terms and conditions, if different from
those contained in this Base Indenture, upon which such Global Security or Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for Definitive Securities; the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities; the form of any legend or legends, if any,
to be borne by any such Global Security or Securities in addition to or in lieu of the legends referred to in Section 2.15; 

  
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	 	(13)	the currency or currencies (including any composite currency) in which principal or interest or both may be paid; 

 

	 	(14)	if payments of principal or interest may be made in a currency other than that in which Securities of such Series are denominated, the manner for determining such
payments; 

  

	 	(15)	provisions for electronic issuance of Securities or issuance of Securities of such Series in uncertificated form; 

 

	 	(16)	any Events of Default, covenants and/or defined terms in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in this Base Indenture; 

 

	 	(17)	whether and upon what terms Securities of such Series may be defeased or discharged if different from the provisions set forth in this Base Indenture;

  

	 	(18)	the form of the Securities of such Series, which, unless the Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture otherwise provides, shall be in the form of Exhibit
A; 

  

	 	(19)	any terms that may be required by or advisable under applicable law; 

  

	 	(20)	the percentage of the principal amount of the Securities of such Series which is payable if the maturity of the Securities of such Series is accelerated in the case of
Securities issued at a discount from their face amount; 

  

	 	(21)	whether Securities of such Series will or will not have the benefit of Guarantees and the Company’s Subsidiaries that will be the initial Guarantors of such
Series; 

  

	 	(22)	whether the Securities of the Series will be convertible into or exchangeable for other Securities, common shares or other securities of any kind of the Company or
another obligor, and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, including the initial conversion or exchange price or rate or the method of calculation, how and when the conversion price or
exchange ratio may be adjusted, whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the holder or at the Company’s option, the conversion or exchange period, and any other provision in relation thereto; and 

 

	 	(23)	any other terms in addition to or different from those contained in this Base Indenture applicable to such Series. 

All Securities of one Series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a Series may be reopened for issuances
of additional Securities of such Series pursuant to an Authorizing Resolution, an Officers’ Certificate or in any indenture supplemental hereto. 
 The creation and issuance of a Series and the authentication and delivery thereof are not subject to any conditions precedent. 
 Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication. 
 One Officer shall
sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. Each Guarantor shall execute the Guarantee in the manner set forth in Section 9.07. 
 If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall nevertheless be valid. 

  
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 A Security shall not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the Security. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Base Indenture. 
 The Trustee shall authenticate Securities for original issue upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate of the Company. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. 

Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent. 
 The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”), an office or agency where Securities may be
presented for payment (“Paying Agent”) and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and
of their transfer and exchange (the “Security Register”). The Company may have one or more co-Registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent.

 The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Base Indenture. The agreement
shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any such Agent and the Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Securities Register at
all reasonable times to obtain copies thereof, and the Trustee shall have the right to rely upon such register as to the names and addresses of the Holders and the principal amounts and certificate numbers thereof. If the Company fails to maintain a
Registrar or Paying Agent or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such. 
 The Company initially
appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent. 
 Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. 

Each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Securityholders and the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the
payment of principal of or interest on the Securities, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money and hold it as a separate
trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon doing so the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money. 
 Section 2.05. Securityholder Lists. 
 The Trustee shall preserve
in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least five (5) Business Days
before each semiannual interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Securityholders. 

Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange. 
 Where a Security is presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if the requirements of Section 8-401(a)
of the NYUCC are met and the other provisions of this Section 2.06 are satisfied. Where Securities are presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of other
denominations, the Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. To permit transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request. The Registrar need not transfer or
exchange any Security selected for redemption or repurchase, except the unredeemed or repurchased part thereof if the Security is redeemed or repurchased in part, or transfer or exchange any Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection of
Securities to be redeemed or repurchased. Any exchange or transfer shall be without charge, except that the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto except
in the case of exchanges pursuant to 2.09, 3.06, or 10.05 not involving any transfer. 

  
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 Any Holder of a Global Security shall, by acceptance of such Global Security, agree that
transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Security may be effected only through a book entry system maintained by the Holder of such Global Security (or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Security shall be required
to be reflected in a book entry. 
 Section 2.07. Replacement Securities. 

If the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been lost, destroyed, mutilated or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and
execute a replacement security, the Guarantors shall execute the related Guarantee and, upon written request of any Officer of the Company, the Trustee shall authenticate such replacement Security, provided, in the case of a lost, destroyed
or wrongfully taken Security, that the requirements of Section 8-405 of the NYUCC are met. If any such lost, destroyed, mutilated or wrongfully taken Security shall have matured or shall be about to mature, the Company may, instead of issuing a
substitute Security therefor, pay such Security without requiring (except in the case of a mutilated Security) the surrender thereof. An indemnity bond must be sufficient in the judgment of the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company, the
Trustee and any Agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced, including the acquisition of such Security by a bona fide purchaser. The Company and the Trustee may charge for its expenses in replacing a Security.

 Section 2.08. Outstanding Securities. 
 Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it and those described in this Section. A Security does not cease to be outstanding because
the Company, any Guarantor or one of their Affiliates holds the Security. 
 If a Security is replaced pursuant to
Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a “protected purchaser” (as such term is defined in the NYUCC). 

If the Paying Agent holds on a redemption date, purchase date or maturity date money sufficient to pay Securities payable on that date,
then on and after that date such Securities cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue. 
 Subject to the
foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were
carried by such other Security. 
 Section 2.09. Temporary Securities. 

Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities.
Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and, upon surrender for
cancellation of the temporary Security, the Company and the Guarantors shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities authenticated and delivered hereunder. 
 Section 2.10.
Cancellation. 
 The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and
Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange, redemption, purchase or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel and destroy, or retain in accordance with its standard
retention policy, all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, redemption, purchase, payment or cancellation. Unless the Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture so provides, the Company may not issue new Securities to
replace Securities that it has previously paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. 

  
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 Section 2.11. Defaulted Interest. 

If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities of any Series, it shall pay the defaulted interest plus any
interest payable on the defaulted interest to the persons who are Securityholders of such Series on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix such special record date and a payment date which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee. At least 15 days before such special record date, the Company shall mail to each Securityholder of the relevant Series a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid. On or before the
date such notice is mailed, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the amount of defaulted interest to be so paid. The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner if, after notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. 
 Section 2.12.
Treasury Securities. 
 In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities of a Series
have concurred in any direction, waiver, consent or notice, Securities owned by the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective Affiliates shall be considered as though they are not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities which the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so considered. 
 Section 2.13. CUSIP/ISIN Numbers. 
 The Company in issuing the
Securities of any Series may use a “CUSIP” and/or “ISIN” or other similar number, and if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP and/or ISIN or other similar number in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders of
such Securities; provided that no representation is hereby deemed to be made by the Trustee as to the correctness or accuracy of any such CUSIP and/or ISIN or other similar number printed in the notice or on such Securities, and that reliance
may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on such Securities. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in any CUSIP and/or ISIN or other similar number. 

Section 2.14. Deposit of Moneys. 
 Prior to 11:00 a.m. New York City time on each interest payment date and maturity date with respect to each Series of Securities, the Company shall have deposited with the Paying Agent in immediately
available funds money sufficient to make cash payments due on such interest payment date or maturity date, as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits the Paying Agent to remit payment to the Holders of such Series on such interest payment
date or maturity date, as the case may be. 
 Section 2.15. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Security. 

(a) Any Global Security of a Series initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of such
Depositary, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depositary and (iii) bear any required legends. 

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 the 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 the 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 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. 

  
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 (b) Transfers of any Global Security shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in
part, to the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Security may be transferred or exchanged for Definitive Securities in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary. In
addition, Definitive Securities shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in a Global Security if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary
for the Global Security and a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a request from the Depositary to issue
Definitive Securities. 
 (c) In connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the beneficial interest in any Global
Security to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b), the Registrar shall (if one or more Definitive Securities are to be issued) reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the Global Security in an
amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Security to be transferred, and the Company and the Guarantors shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Definitive Securities of like
Series and amount. 
 (d) In connection with the transfer of an entire Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant to
paragraph (b), the Global Security shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company and the Guarantors shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the
Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Securities of the same Series in authorized denominations. 

(e) The Holder of any Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any person, including Agent Members and persons that may
hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities of such Series. 
 (f) Unless otherwise provided in the Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture for a particular Series of Securities, each Global Security of such Series shall bear legends in substantially the
following forms: 
 “THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING
THIS SECURITY) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOLDERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS HEREIN, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE ANY SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE
AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.” 
 “UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY
A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR TO ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF ANY ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY
(AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO SUCH ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF
HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.” 

  
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 ARTICLE THREE 
 REDEMPTION 
 Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee. 

Securities of a Series that are redeemable prior to maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and, unless the
Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture provides otherwise, in accordance with this Article. 
 If the Company wants to
redeem Securities pursuant to Paragraph 4 of the Securities, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date and the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed. Any such notice may be cancelled at any time prior to notice of
such redemption being mailed to Holders. Any such cancelled notice shall be void and of no effect. 
 If the Company wants to
credit any Securities previously redeemed, retired or acquired against any redemption pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the Securities, it shall notify the Trustee of the amount of the credit and it shall deliver any Securities not previously
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation with such notice. 
 The Company shall give each notice provided for in this
Section 3.01 at least 30 days before the notice of any such redemption is to be mailed to Holders (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee). 
 Section 3.02. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed. 
 If fewer
than all of the Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed by a method the Trustee considers fair and appropriate and in a manner that complies with applicable requirements of the Depositary.
The Trustee shall make the selection from Securities outstanding not previously called for redemption and shall promptly notify the Company of the serial numbers or other identifying attributes of the Securities so selected. The Trustee may select
for redemption portions of the principal of Securities that have denominations larger than the minimum denomination for the Series. Securities and portions of them it selects shall be in amounts equal to a permissible denomination for the Series.
Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption. 

Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption. 
 At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.

 The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall state: 

 

	 	(1)	the redemption date; 

  

	 	(2)	the redemption price or the formula pursuant to which such price will be calculated; 

 

	 	(3)	if any Security is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Security to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date, upon surrender of
such Security, a new Security or Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued upon cancellation of the original Security; 

 

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

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

 

	 	(6)	that interest on Securities called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date; and 

 

	 	(7)	that the Securities are being redeemed pursuant to the mandatory redemption or the optional redemption provisions, as applicable. 

At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense;
provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to the Trustee at least 15 days prior to the date on which notice of redemption is to be mailed or such shorter period as may be satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officers’
Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph. 
 Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption. 
 Once notice of
redemption is mailed, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price as set forth in the notice of redemption. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the
redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. 
 Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.

 On or before the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent immediately available funds sufficient
to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Securities to be redeemed on that date. 
 Section 3.06. Securities
Redeemed in Part. 
 Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Company and the Guarantors shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate for each Holder a new Security of the same Series equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered. 
 ARTICLE FOUR 
 COVENANTS 

Section 4.01. Payment of Securities. 
 The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on a Series on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities of the Series. An installment of principal or interest shall be considered paid on
the date it is due if the Paying Agent holds on that date money designated for and sufficient to pay the installment. 
 The
Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Series; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate. 
 Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. 
 The Company
shall maintain the office or agency required under Section 2.03. The Company shall give prior written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail
to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the Trustee. 

  
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 Section 4.03. Compliance Certificate. 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company an Officers’ Certificate
stating whether or not the signers know of any continuing Default by the Company in performing any of its obligations under this Indenture. If they do know of such a Default, the certificate shall describe the Default. 

The Company shall, so long as any Securities are outstanding under this Indenture, deliver to the Trustee written notice of the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default within 30 days after a Senior Officer of the Company obtains knowledge of such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. A
“Senior Officer” of the Company means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or Chief Legal Officer of the Company. 

Section 4.04. Payment of Taxes; Maintenance of Corporate Existence; Maintenance of Properties. 

The Company will: 
 (a) cause to be paid and discharged all lawful taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon the Company and the Guarantors or upon the income or profits of the Company and the
Guarantors or upon Property or any part thereof belonging to the Company and the Guarantors before the same shall be in default, as well as all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might become a lien or charge upon such
Property or any part thereof; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim so long as the validity or amount thereof shall be contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and the nonpayment thereof does not, in the judgment of the Company, materially adversely affect the ability of the Company and the Guarantors to pay all obligations under this Indenture when due; and
provided further that the Company shall not be required to cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim if, in the judgment of the Company, such payment shall not be advantageous to the Company in the conduct
of its business and if the failure so to pay or discharge does not, in its judgment, materially adversely affect the ability of the Company and the Guarantors to pay all obligations under this Indenture when due; 

(b) cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate existence of the Company and each
of the Guarantors and to comply with all applicable laws; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph (b) shall prevent a consolidation or merger of the Company or any Guarantor not prohibited by the provisions of
Article Five, Article Nine or any other provision of this Indenture pertaining to a Series, and the Company may discontinue the corporate existence of any Guarantor, or fail to comply with any such applicable laws, if, in the
Company’s judgment, such discontinuance or non-compliance does not materially adversely affect the ability of the Company and the Guarantors to pay all obligations under this Indenture when due; and 

(c) at all times keep, maintain and preserve all the Property of the Company and the Guarantors in good repair, working order and
condition (reasonable wear and tear excepted) and from time to time make all needful and proper repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereto, so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and
advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph (c) shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any such properties if such discontinuance, in the
judgment of the Company, does not materially adversely affect the ability of the Company and the Guarantors to pay all obligations under this Indenture when due. 
 Section 4.05. Additional Guarantors. 
 If (a) any
Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor shall guarantee any (i) Indebtedness of the Company outstanding under any of the Credit Facilities or (ii) Publicly Traded Debt Securities, or (b) the Company elects to add any Subsidiary as a
Guarantor, then such Subsidiary shall (i) execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s
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the applicable supplemental indenture or Authorizing Resolution, does not have the benefit of Guarantees of other Subsidiaries of the Company) and under this Indenture (as it relates to all such
Series) on the terms set forth in this Indenture and (ii) deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Subsidiary and constitutes a legal, valid, binding
and enforceable obligation of such Subsidiary. Thereafter, such Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor for all purposes of this Indenture (as it relates to all such Series) until it is released from its obligations as a Guarantor pursuant to the provisions
of this Indenture. 
 Section 4.06. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. 

The Company and the Guarantors covenant (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) that they will not at any time insist upon, plead, or
in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the Company or any Guarantor from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on
the Securities of any Series as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) the Company and each
of the Guarantors 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. 
 ARTICLE FIVE 

SUCCESSOR CORPORATION 

Section 5.01. When Company May Merge, etc. 
 Neither the Company nor any Guarantor will consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (including by way of liquidation or
dissolution), to any Person (in each case other than in a transaction in which the Company or a Guarantor is the survivor of a consolidation or merger, or the transferee in a sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition) unless: 

(1) the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or the Guarantor, as the
case may be), or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition will be made (collectively, the “Successor”), is a corporation or other legal entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any state
thereof or the District of Columbia, and the Successor assumes by supplemental indenture in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee all of the obligations of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, under the Securities or a
Guarantee, as the case may be, and the Indenture, and 
 (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction,
no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. 
 The foregoing provisions shall not apply to: 

(A) the consolidation or merger of a Guarantor, or the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of a Guarantor, which under the provisions of Section 9.03 or the other provisions of this Indenture, results in such Guarantor being released from its Guarantee or the Successor not being required to
become a Guarantor, as the case may be, or 
 (B) a transaction the purpose of which is to change the state of
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 Upon any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the
Successor will be substituted for the Company or the relevant Guarantor under the Indenture. The Successor may then exercise every power and right of the Company or the relevant Guarantor under this Indenture, and except in the case of a lease, the
Company or the relevant Guarantor will be released from all of its liabilities and obligations in respect of the Securities, the Guarantee and the Indenture. If the Company or a Guarantor leases all or substantially all of its assets, the Company or
such Guarantor will not be released from its obligations to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities or the Guarantee, as applicable. 
 ARTICLE SIX 
 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES 

Section 6.01. Events of Default. 
 An “Event of Default” on a Series occurs if, voluntarily or involuntarily, whether by operation of law or otherwise, any of the following occurs: 

 

	 	(1)	the failure by the Company to pay interest on any Security of such Series when the same becomes due and payable and the continuance of any such failure for a period of
30 days; 

  

	 	(2)	the failure by the Company to pay the principal or premium of any Security of such Series when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration or
otherwise; 

  

	 	(3)	the failure by the Company or any Guarantor to comply with any of its agreements or covenants in, or provisions of, the Securities of such Series, the Guarantees (as
they relate thereto) or this Indenture (as they relate thereto) and such failure continues for the period and after the notice specified below (except in the case of a default with respect to Article Five (or any other provision specified in
the applicable supplemental indenture or Authorizing Resolution), which will constitute Events of Default with notice but without passage of time); 

  

	 	(4)	the acceleration of any Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness) of the Company or any Guarantor that has an outstanding principal amount of $50 million or
more, individually or in the aggregate, and such acceleration does not cease to exist, or such Indebtedness is not satisfied, in either case within 30 days after such acceleration; 

 

	 	(5)	the failure by the Company or any Guarantor to make any principal or interest payment in an amount of $50 million or more, individually or in the aggregate, in respect
of Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness) of the Company or any Guarantor within 30 days of such principal or interest becoming due and payable (after giving effect to any applicable grace period set forth in the documents governing
such Indebtedness); 

  

	 	(6)	the Company or any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law: 

 

	 	(A)	commences a voluntary case, 

  

	 	(B)	consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, 

 

	 	(C)	consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its Property, or 

 

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

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

 

	 	(A)	is for relief against the Company or any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary as debtor in an involuntary case, 

 

	 	(B)	appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary or a Custodian for all or substantially all of the Property of the Company or any
Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary, or 

  

	 	(C)	orders the liquidation of the Company or any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary, 

 

	 	and	the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or 

  

	 	(8)	any Guarantee of a Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms of such Guarantee and this
Indenture) or is declared null and void and unenforceable or found to be invalid or any Guarantor denies its liability under its Guarantee (other than by reason of release of a Guarantor from its Guarantee in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture and the Guarantee). 

 A Default as described in subclause (3) above will not be deemed an
Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the Company, or the Holders of at least 25 percent in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of the applicable Series notify the Company and the Trustee, of the Default and (except in the case
of a default with respect to Article Five (or any other provision specified in the applicable supplemental indenture or Authorizing Resolution)) the Company does not cure the Default within 60 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must
specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a “Notice of Default.” If such a Default is cured within such time period, it ceases to exist, without any action by the Trustee or any other Person. 

The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any
Bankruptcy Law. 
 Section 6.02. Acceleration. 
 If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default with respect to the Company resulting from subclause (6) or (7) above), shall have occurred and be continuing under the
Indenture, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25 percent in principal amount of the Securities of the applicable Series then outstanding by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare all Securities of such
Series to be due and payable immediately. Upon such declaration of acceleration, the amounts due and payable on the Securities of such Series will be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default with respect to the Company specified in
subclauses (6) or (7) above occurs, all amounts due and payable on the Securities of such Series will ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration, notice or other act on the part of the
Trustee and the Company or any Holder. 
 Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such
Series may rescind an acceleration with respect to such Series and its consequence (except an acceleration due to nonpayment of principal or interest) if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of
Default (other than the non-payment of accelerated principal) have been cured or waived. 
 No such rescission shall extend to
or shall affect any subsequent Event of Default, or shall impair any right or power consequent thereon. 

  
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 Section 6.03. Other Remedies. 

If an Event of Default on a Series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity
to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Series or to enforce the performance of any provision in the Securities or this Indenture applicable to the Series. 
 The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder in
exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. To the extent permitted by law, all
available remedies are cumulative. 
 Section 6.04. Waiver of Existing Defaults. 

Subject to Section 10.02, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of a Series on behalf of
all the Holders of the Series by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default on such Series and its consequences. When a Default is waived, it is cured and stops continuing, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have
been cured; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 
 Section 6.05.
Control by Majority. 
 The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of a Series may
direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it with respect to such Series. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction
(i) that conflicts with law or this Indenture, (ii) that, subject to Section 7.01, the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Securityholders, (iii) that would involve the Trustee in personal
liability, if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that adequate indemnity against such liability is not reasonably assured to it, or (iv) if the Trustee shall not have been provided with indemnity satisfactory to it. 

Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits. 
 A Securityholder of a Series may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Series unless: 
  

	 	(1)	the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default on the Series; 

 

	 	(2)	the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of the Series make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

  

	 	(3)	such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense; 

 

	 	(4)	the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and 

 

	 	(5)	no written request inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.06. 

A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of Securities of the same Series or to obtain a
preference or priority over another Holder of Securities of the same Series. 
 Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive
Payment. 
 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of
principal of and interest on any Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Security, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, is absolute and unconditional and shall not be
impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder. 

  
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 Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. 

If an Event of Default in payment of interest or principal specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal and interest remaining unpaid. 
 Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. 
 The Trustee
may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements, and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and counsel) and the Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, any Guarantor or their respective creditors or Property, and unless prohibited by applicable law or regulation, may vote on behalf of the
Holders in any election of a Custodian, and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any moneys or other Property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is
hereby authorized by each Securityholder to make such payments to the Trustee. Nothing herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder except as aforesaid for the election of the Custodian.

 Section 6.10. Priorities. 
 If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article with respect to Securities of any Series, it shall pay out the money in the following order: 

 

	 	First:	to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07; 

  

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

  

	 	Third:	to the Company or the Guarantors as their interests may appear. 

 The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Securityholders pursuant to this Section 6.10. 
 Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs. 
 In any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay
the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having the due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made
by the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the Series. 

  
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 ARTICLE SEVEN 
 TRUSTEE 
 Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee. 

(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall, prior to the
receipt of directions from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of the Series, exercise its rights and powers and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs. 
 (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default: 

(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. 
 (2) In the absence of
bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Indenture. The Trustee, however, shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts
or matters stated therein. 
 (c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that: 
 (1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of
paragraph (b) of this Section. 
 (2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts. 
 (3) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 or any other
direction of the Holders permitted hereunder. 
 (d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is
subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section. 
 (e) The Trustee may refuse to perform
any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense. 

(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree with the Company. Money held
in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. 
 (g) None of the
provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there shall be
reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such liability is not reasonably assured to it. 

Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee. 
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 (a) The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting on any
document, resolution, certificate, instrument, report, or direction believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document, resolution,
certificate, instrument, report, or direction. 
 (b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an
Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both, which shall conform to Sections 11.04 and 11.05 hereof and containing such other statements as the Trustee reasonably deems necessary to perform its duties hereunder. The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officers’ Certificate, Opinion of Counsel or any other direction of the Company permitted hereunder. 

(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due
care. 
 (d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to
be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture. 
 (e) The Trustee may consult
with counsel, and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. 
 (f) Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Indenture, any
demand, request, direction or notice from the Company or a Guarantor shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company or a Guarantor. 
 (g) For all purposes under this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any Event of Default (other than under Section 6.01(1) or 6.01(2)) unless a
Trust Officer assigned to and working in the Trustee’s corporate trust office has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any Event of Default is received by the Trustee at its address specified in Section 11.02 hereof
and such notice references the Securities generally, the Company or this Indenture. 
 Section 7.03. Individual Rights of
Trustee. 
 The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may
otherwise deal with the Company or any Guarantor or their affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee, however, must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

 Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer. 
 The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, the Securities or of any prospectus used to sell the Securities of any Series; it shall not be accountable for the
Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities; it shall not be accountable for any money paid to the Company, or upon the Company’s direction, if made under and in accordance with any provision of this Indenture; it shall not be
responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee; and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company or any Guarantor in this Indenture or in the Securities other than its
certificate of authentication. 
 Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults. 

If a Default on a Series occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder of the
Series notice of the Default (which shall specify any uncured Default known to it) within 90 days after it occurs, provided that in the case of any Default specified in Section 6.01(4) or (5), no such notice to
Securityholders shall be given until at least the end of the 30 day grace period referred to therein. Except in the case of a default in payment of principal of or interest on a Series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as the board
of directors of the Trustee, the executive or any trust committee of such directors and/or responsible officers of the Trustee in good faith determine(s) that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders of the Series. 

  
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 Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders. 

Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with May 15, 2013, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder a brief report dated
as of such May 15 that complies with TIA § 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA § 313(1) through (8) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date no report in relation thereto need be transmitted). The
Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b). 
 A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders shall
be delivered to the Company and filed by the Trustee with the SEC and each national securities exchange on which the Securities are listed. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee of each national securities exchange on which the Securities are
listed. 
 Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity. 
 The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services subject to any written agreement between the Trustee and the Company. The Company shall reimburse the
Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel. The Company shall indemnify the Trustee, its officers,
directors, employees and agents and hold it harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred or made by or on behalf of it in connection with the administration of this Indenture or the trust hereunder and its duties hereunder including the
costs and expenses of defending itself against or investigating any claim in the premises. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against
any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s, or its officers’, directors’, employees’ or agents’ negligence or bad faith. 
 Unless otherwise provided in any supplemental indenture or Authorizing Resolution relating to any Series, to ensure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a claim
prior to the Securities of all Series on all money or Property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of or interest on particular Securities. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection
with an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01 or in connection with Article Six hereof, the expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for services in connection therewith are to
constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law. 
 Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee. 

The Trustee may resign with respect to Securities of any or all Series by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding Securities (or of the relevant Series) may remove the Trustee by so notifying the removed Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor trustee with the Company’s consent. Such resignation or removal shall not take
effect until the appointment by the Securityholders of the relevant Series or the Company as hereinafter provided of a successor trustee and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor trustee. The Company may remove the Trustee and any
Securityholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee for any or no reason, including if: 

 

	 	(1)	the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 after written request by the Company or any bona fide Securityholder who has been a Securityholder for at
least six months; 

  

	 	(2)	the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent; 

  

	 	(3)	a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its Property; or 

 

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 If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any
reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of the relevant Series. If a successor trustee does not take office within 45 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee,
the Company or any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee. 
 A
successor trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee shall transfer all Property held by it as Trustee to the successor trustee, the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. A successor trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each
Securityholder. 
 Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. 

If the Trustee consolidates with, merges with or into or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust
business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor trustee. 
 Section 7.10.
Eligibility; Disqualification. 
 This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA
§ 310(a)(1). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $10,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b). 

Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. 

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

 DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE 
 Section 8.01. Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations. 
 (a) The Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have either paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) below be applied to the outstanding Securities of any Series upon compliance
with the applicable conditions set forth in paragraph (d). 
 (b) Upon the Company’s exercise under paragraph
(a) of the option applicable to this paragraph (b) with respect to any Series, the Company and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have been released and discharged from their respective obligations with respect to the outstanding
Securities of the Series on the date the applicable conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Securities of a Series, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of the Sections and matters under this Indenture referred to in
(i) and (ii) below, and the Company and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned, except for the following which shall
survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of outstanding Securities of a Series to receive solely from the trust fund described in paragraph (d) below and as more fully set forth in such
paragraph, payments in respect of the principal of and interest on such Securities when such payments are due and (ii) obligations listed in Section 8.02, subject to compliance with this Section 8.01. The Company may
exercise its option under this paragraph (b) with respect to a Series notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under paragraph (c) below with respect to the Securities of the Series. 

  
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 (c) Upon the Company’s exercise under paragraph (a) of the option
applicable to this paragraph (c) with respect to a Series, the Company and the Guarantors shall be released and discharged from the obligations under any covenant contained in Article Five and Sections 4.04 (but only to the
extent it applies to Guarantors), 4.05 and any other covenant contained in or referenced in the Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such Series (to the extent such release and discharge shall not be prohibited
thereby), on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Securities of such Series shall thereafter be deemed to be not “outstanding” for the purpose 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 outstanding Securities of a Series, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly
or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or
an Event of Default under Section 6.01(3) or otherwise, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby. 

(d) The following shall be the conditions to application of either paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) above to the
outstanding Securities of the applicable Series: 
 (1) The Company shall have irrevocably deposited in trust
with the Trustee (or another qualifying trustee), pursuant to an irrevocable trust and security agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, money in U.S. dollars or U.S. government obligations or a combination thereof in
such amounts and at such times as are sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of and interest on the outstanding Securities of such Series to maturity or redemption;
provided, however, that the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) shall have received an irrevocable written order from the Company instructing the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to apply such money or the proceeds of such U.S.
government obligations to said payments with respect to the Securities of such Series to maturity or redemption; 

(2) No Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from non-compliance with any
covenant from which the Company and the Guarantors are released upon effectiveness of such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) hereof, as applicable) shall have occurred and be continuing
on the date of such deposit or result therefrom; 
 (3) Such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of,
or constitute a default under, any other material instrument or agreement to which the Company or any of any of the Guarantors is a party or by which it or any of their Property is bound; 

(4)(i) In the event the Company elects paragraph (b) hereof, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel in the United States, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since
the Issue Date pertaining to such Series, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall state that, or (ii) in the event the Company elects
paragraph (c) hereof, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that, in the case of clauses (i) and
(ii), and subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and the defeasance contemplated hereby and
will be subject to federal income tax in the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred; 

(5) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate, stating that the deposit under
clause (1) was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of such Series over any other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other
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 (6) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel (subject to customary assumptions and qualifications) to the effect that, assuming no intervening bankruptcy of the Company or any Guarantor between the date of deposit and the 123rd day following the deposit and assuming that no Holder is an
“insider” of the Company under applicable Bankruptcy Law, after the 123rd day following the deposit, the trust funds shall not be subject to the effect of Section 547 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any analogous New York State law provision; and 

(7) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that
all conditions precedent specified herein relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section 8.01 have been complied with. 
 In the event all or any portion of the Securities of a Series are to be redeemed through such irrevocable trust, the Company must make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee, at the time of such
deposit, for the giving of the notice of such redemption or redemptions by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. 
 (e) In addition to the Company’s rights above under this Section 8.01, the Company may terminate all of its obligations under this Indenture with respect to a Series, and the obligations
of the Guarantors shall terminate with respect to such Series (subject to Section 8.02), when: 
 (1)
All Securities of such Series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07 and 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) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or all such Securities not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (A) have become due and payable, (B) will become due and payable at maturity within one year or (C) 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, and in each such case, the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another qualifying
trustee) as trust funds in trust solely for that purpose an amount in U.S. dollars or U.S. government obligations or a combination thereof sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay and
discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Securities of such Series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of and interest on the Securities of such Series, on the date of such deposit or to the maturity or
redemption date, as the case may be; 
 (2) The Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company; 
 (3) The Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee (or such other
qualifying trustee), to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Securities of such Series at maturity or redemption, as the case may be; and 
 (4) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, stating that all conditions precedent specified in this Section 8.01(e) relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with. 
 Section 8.02. Survival of the Company’s
Obligations. 
 Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture under Section 8.01, the
Company’s obligations in Paragraph 8 of the Securities and Sections 2.03 through 2.07, 4.01, 7.07, 7.08, 8.04 and 8.05, however, shall survive until the Securities of an applicable Series
are no longer outstanding. Thereafter, the Company’s obligations in Paragraph 8 of the Securities of such Series and Sections 7.07, 8.04 and 8.05 shall survive (as they relate to such Series). 

  
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 Section 8.03. Application of Trust Money. 

The Trustee shall hold in trust money or U.S. government obligations deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01. It shall
apply the deposited money and the money from U.S. government obligations in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities of the defeased Series. 

Section 8.04. Repayment to the Company. 
 The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company upon request any excess money or securities held by them at any time. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon
request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, 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 a newspaper of general circulation in the City of New York or 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 publication or mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company or any
Guarantor for payment as general creditors unless applicable abandoned property law designates another person and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease. 

Section 8.05. Reinstatement. 
 If the Trustee is unable to apply any money or U.S. government obligations in accordance with Section 8.01 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court
or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and each Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities relating to the Series shall be revived and reinstated as
though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.01 until such time as the Trustee is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. government obligations in accordance with Section 8.01; provided, however, that
(a) if the Company or any Guarantor has made any payment of interest on or principal of any Securities of the Series because of the reinstatement of its obligations hereunder, the Company or Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the
Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S. government obligations held by the Trustee and (b) unless otherwise required by any legal proceeding or any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority, the
Trustee shall return all such money or U.S. government obligations to the Company promptly after receiving a written request therefor at any time, if such reinstatement of the Company’s or Guarantor’s obligations has occurred and continues
to be in effect. 
 ARTICLE NINE 
 GUARANTEES 
 Section 9.01. Unconditional Guarantees. 

Subject to any other provisions set forth in the Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to a particular Series, each
Guarantor unconditionally, jointly and severally, guarantees (each such guarantee to be referred to herein as the “Guarantee”) to each Holder of Securities of such Series authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee
and its successors and assigns, that: (i) the principal of and interest on the Securities of such Series will be promptly paid in full when due, subject to any applicable grace period, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise and
interest on the overdue principal, if any, and interest on any interest of the Securities of such Series and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder, except obligations to pay principal of and
interest on any other Series not so guaranteed, will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities of such Series or
of any such other obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, subject to any applicable grace period, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise,
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the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, to the limitations set forth in Section 9.04. Each Guarantor agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be
unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Securities of such Series or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Securities of such Series with
respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each
Guarantor waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands
whatsoever and covenants that, subject to Section 9.03, this Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Securities of the applicable Series, this Indenture and in this Guarantee.
If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, any Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to the Company or any Guarantor, any amount paid by the
Company or any Guarantor to the Trustee or such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between each Guarantor, on the one hand, and the
Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Six for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition
preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article Six, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith
become due and payable by each Guarantor for the purpose of this Guarantee. 
 Section 9.02. Severability. 

In case any provision of this Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 
 Section 9.03. Release of a Guarantor.

 Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, in the event of (i) the sale or other disposition of
Capital Stock of any Guarantor if as a result of such disposition, such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of any Guarantor (other than to the Company or
another Guarantor), (iii) a merger or consolidation of a Guarantor with a Person other than the Company or another Guarantor, or (iv) a Guarantor ceasing to guarantee any (a) Indebtedness of the Company outstanding under any of the
Credit Facilities and (b) Publicly Traded Debt Securities, then such Guarantor (in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iv) above) will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under this
Article Nine, the other provisions of this Indenture and the Securities and the Person acquiring such assets (in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above) shall not be required to assume the Guarantor’s obligations under this
Article Nine, the other provisions of this Indenture and the Securities or otherwise become a Guarantor, in each case without any further action required on the part of the Trustee, any Holder, the Company or any Guarantor; provided
that such sale, disposition or other transaction is otherwise in compliance with this Indenture. 
 Nothing contained in this
Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially assets of a
Guarantor to the Company or another Guarantor. Upon any such consolidation, merger, or disposition, the Guarantee given by such Guarantor shall no longer have any force or effect. 

The Trustee shall deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing any such release upon receipt of a request by the Company accompanied by
an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel certifying as to the compliance with this Section 9.03. 
 Any
Guarantor not released in accordance with this Section 9.03 remains liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the Securities as provided in this Article Nine, except as provided in Article Eight.

  
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 Section 9.04. Limitation of a Guarantor’s Liability. 

Each Guarantor and by its acceptance hereof each Holder confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the guarantee by such
Guarantor pursuant to its Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of the Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar Federal or state law. To effectuate
the foregoing intention, the Holders and such Guarantor irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor under the Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of
such Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to Section 9.05, result in the
obligations of such Guarantor under the Guarantee not constituting such fraudulent transfer or conveyance. 
 Section 9.05.
Contribution. 
 In order to provide for just and equitable contribution among the Guarantors, the Guarantors agree,
inter se, that in the event any payment or distribution is made by any Guarantor (a “Funding Guarantor”) under the Guarantee, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from all other Guarantors in a pro rata amount
based on the Adjusted Net Assets of each Guarantor (including the Funding Guarantor) for all payments, damages and expenses incurred by that Funding Guarantor in discharging the Company’s obligations with respect to any Securities or any other
Guarantor’s obligations with respect to its Guarantee. “Adjusted Net Assets” of such Guarantor at any date shall mean the lesser of the amount by which (x) the fair value of the Property of such Guarantor exceeds the total
amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities (after giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities incurred or assumed on such date and after giving effect to any collection from any other Subsidiary of the Guarantor in
respect of the obligations of its Guarantee), but excluding liabilities under the Guarantee, of such Guarantor at such date and (y) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Guarantor at such date exceeds the amount that will be
required to pay the probable liability of such Guarantor on its debts (after giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities incurred or assumed on such date and after giving effect to any collection from any other Subsidiary of the
Company in respect of the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee), excluding debt in respect of the Guarantee of such Guarantor, as they become absolute and matured. 
 Section 9.06. Waiver of Subrogation. 
 Until all guaranteed
obligations under this Indenture and with respect to all Securities of an applicable Series are paid in full, each Guarantor irrevocably waives any claim or other rights which it may now or hereafter acquire against the Company that arise from the
existence, payment, performance or enforcement of such Guarantor’s obligations under the Guarantee and this Indenture, including any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification, and any right to participate in any claim or
remedy of any Holder of Securities of the applicable Series against the Company, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity, or under contract, statute or common law, including the right to take or receive from the Company, directly
or indirectly, in cash or other Property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim or other rights. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence and the Securities of
the applicable Series shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall have been deemed to have been paid to such Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust for the benefit of, the Holders of the Securities of the applicable Series, and
shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the benefit of such Holders to be credited and applied upon the Securities of the applicable Series, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Each Guarantor acknowledges
that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the waiver set forth in this Section 9.06 is knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits. 

Section 9.07. Execution of Guarantee. 
 To evidence their guarantee to the Holders set forth in this Article Nine with respect to any Series, the Guarantors shall execute the Guarantee in substantially the form included in Exhibit A or
in any such other form set forth in the Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture pertaining to the applicable Series, which shall be endorsed on each Security ordered to be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. Each Guarantor agrees
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Guarantee set forth in this Article Nine shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Security a notation of such Guarantee. Each such Guarantee shall be
signed on behalf of each Guarantor by one Officer (who shall, in each case, have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate or other actions) shall attest to such Guarantee prior to the authentication of the Security on which it is endorsed,
and the delivery of such Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of such Guarantee on behalf of such Guarantor. Such signature upon the Guarantee may be by manual or facsimile signature of
such officer and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Guarantee, and in case any such officer who shall have signed the Guarantee shall cease to be such officer before the Security on which such Guarantee is endorsed shall have been
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed of by the Company, such Security nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed the Guarantee had not ceased to be such officer of the Guarantor.

 ARTICLE TEN 
 AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS 
 Section 10.01. Without Consent of
Holders. 
 The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of a
Series without notice to or consent of any Securityholder of such Series: 
 (1) to cure any ambiguity, omission,
defect or inconsistency; 
 (2) to comply with Article Five; 

(3) to provide that specific provisions of this Indenture shall not apply to a Series not previously issued or to make a
change to specific provisions of this Indenture that only applies to any Series not previously issued or to additional Securities of a Series not previously issued; 

(4) to create a Series and establish its terms; 

(5) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities; 

(6) to release a Guarantor in respect of any Series which, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture applicable to
the particular Series, ceases to be liable in respect of its Guarantee; 
 (7) to add a Guarantor in respect of
any Series; 
 (8) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of
this Indenture under the TIA; and 
 (9) to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of
Securityholders. 
 After an amendment under this Section 10.01 becomes effective, the Company shall mail notice of
such amendment to the Securityholders. 
 Section 10.02. With Consent of Holders. 

The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of a Series with the written consent
of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series affected by the amendment (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities of such
Series). Each such Series shall vote as a separate class. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding 

  
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Securities of any Series may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of the Securities of such Series or of this Indenture relating to such Series (including any waiver granted in
connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities of such Series). Without the consent of each Holder of a Security affected thereby, however, an amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to
Section 6.04, may not: 
  

	 	(1)	reduce the amount of Securities of the relevant Series whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver; 

 

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

 

	 	(3)	reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Security or alter the provisions (including related definitions) with respect to redemption of any Security
pursuant to Article Three hereof; 

  

	 	(4)	modify the ranking or priority of the Securities of the relevant Series or any Guarantee thereof; 

 

	 	(5)	release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Guarantee or this Indenture otherwise than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

  

	 	(6)	make any change in Sections 6.04, 6.07 or this Section 10.02; 

 

	 	(7)	waive a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security; or 

 

	 	(8)	make any Security payable at a place or in money other than that stated in the Security, or impair the right of any Securityholder to bring suit as permitted by
Section 6.07. 

 An amendment of a provision included solely for the benefit of one or more Series
does not affect the interests of Securityholders of any other Series. 
 It shall not be necessary for the consent of the
Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplement, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. 
 Section 10.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. 
 Every
amendment to or supplement of this Indenture or any Securities shall comply with the TIA as then in effect. 
 Section 10.04.
Revocation and Effect of Consents. 
 A consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver by a Holder shall bind the
Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. Unless otherwise provided in the consent or
the consent solicitation statement or other document describing the terms of the consent, any Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Security or portion of a Security. Any revocation of a consent by the Holder of a Security or
any such subsequent Holder shall be effective only if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date on which the Trustee receives an Officers’ Certificate from the Company certifying that the requisite number of consents have
been received. 
 The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders
of Securities of any Series entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver. If a record date is fixed, and if Holders otherwise have a right to revoke their consent under the consent or the consent solicitation statement or other

  
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document describing the terms of the consent, then notwithstanding the second to last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their
duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days
after such record date. 
 An amendment, supplement or waiver with respect to a Series becomes effective upon the
(i) receipt by the Company or the Trustee of the requisite consents, (ii) satisfaction of any conditions to effectiveness as set forth in this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto containing such amendment, supplement or waiver
and (iii) execution of such amendment, supplement or waiver (or the related supplemental indenture) by the Company and the Trustee. After an amendment, supplement or waiver with respect to a Series becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder
of such Series, unless it makes a change described in any of clauses (1) through (8) of Section 10.02, in which case, the amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind a Holder of a Security who is affected thereby
only if it has consented to such amendment, supplement or waiver and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security; provided that no such waiver shall
impair or affect the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on a Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such
respective dates without the consent of such Holder. 
 Section 10.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities. 

If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Security, the Company may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to
the Trustee, at which time the Trustee shall place an appropriate notation on the Security about the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security
shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms. 
 Section 10.06. Trustee to Sign
Amendments, etc. 
 Subject to Section 7.02(b), the Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver
authorized pursuant to this Article if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing or refusing to sign such
amendment or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that such amendment, supplement or waiver is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture, that it is not inconsistent herewith, and that it will be valid and binding upon the Company and any Guarantors in accordance with its terms. 
 Section 10.07. Notice of Supplemental Indenture. 
 Promptly after the
execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 10.02, the Company shall transmit to the Holders of outstanding Securities of any Series affected thereby a notice setting forth in general terms the
substance of such supplemental indenture; provided that a filing of the supplemental indenture or a description thereof in a filing by the Company with the SEC pursuant to EDGAR or successor system shall satisfy this requirement. Failure to
send such notice will not impair the validity of such supplemental indenture. 
 ARTICLE ELEVEN 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Section 11.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls. 
 If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required provision shall control. 

Section 11.02. Notices. 
 Any order, consent, notice or communication shall be sufficiently given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: 

  
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 if to the Company or to any Guarantor: 

D.R. Horton, Inc. 

301 Commerce Street, Suite 500 
 Forth Worth, Texas 76102 
 Attention: Chief Financial Officer 

if to the Trustee: 
 American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC 
 59 Maiden Lane 

Plaza Level 
 New
York, NY 10038 
 Attention: Corporate Trust Administration 

The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications. 
 Any notice or communication mailed to a Securityholder shall be mailed to him by first class mail at his
address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given to him if so mailed within the time prescribed. 
 Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the
manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it except that notice to the Trustee shall only be effective upon receipt thereof by the Trustee. 

If the Company mails notice or communications to the Securityholders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee at the same time. 

Section 11.03. Communications by Holders with Other Holders. 
 Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and
anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c). 
 Section 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

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

	 	(1)	an Officers’ Certificate (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 11.05) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and 

  

	 	(2)	an Opinion of Counsel (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 11.05) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions
precedent and covenants, compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action or inaction, have been complied with and that any such section does not conflict with the terms
of this Indenture. 

  
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 Section 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. 

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

  

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

 

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

  

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

  

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

Section 11.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents. 
 The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for its functions. 

Section 11.07. Legal Holidays. 
 A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, a Sunday, a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in Fort Worth, Texas and New York, New York are not required to be open. If a payment
date is a Legal Holiday, payment may be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. If this Indenture provides for a time period that ends or requires performance of any
non-payment obligation by a day that is not a Business Day, then such time period shall instead be deemed to end on, and such obligation shall instead be performed by, the next succeeding Business Day. A “Business Day” is any day
other than a Legal Holiday. 
 Section 11.08. Governing Law. 

The laws of the State of New York shall govern this Indenture, the Securities of each Series and the Guarantees. 

Section 11.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. 
 This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this
Indenture. 
 Section 11.10. No Recourse Against Others. 

All liability (i) described in Paragraph 12 of the Securities of any director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of
the Company and (ii) described in the second paragraph of the guarantees of each Guarantor of any stockholder, officer, director, employee, incorporator, partner, member or manager, as such, of any Guarantor, is waived and released. 

Section 11.11. Successors and Assigns. 
 All covenants and agreements of the Company and the Guarantors in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind their respective successors and assigns. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture
shall bind its successors and assigns. 

  
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 Section 11.12. Duplicate Originals. 

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the
same agreement. 
 Section 11.13. Severability. 
 In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of a Series shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Indenture or of such Securities. 

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

 

			
	D.R. HORTON, INC.
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 
			
	AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as Trustee
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 EXHIBIT A 

 

			
	 No.             
	  	CUSIP/ISIN No.:             

 [Title of Security] 
 D.R. HORTON, INC. 
 a Delaware corporation 

promises to pay
to                                         
                                        or registered
assigns 
 the principal sum
of                                        
[Dollars]*
on                                        

 Interest Payment
Dates:                                        
and                                        

 Record
Dates:                                        
and                                        

  

			
		  	Dated:

  

			
	D.R. HORTON, INC.
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Title:

 Authenticated: 
  

			
	American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Securities referred to in the within
mentioned Indenture.
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Authorized Signatory

  

	*	Or other currency. Insert corresponding provisions on reverse side of Security in respect of foreign currency denomination or interest payment requirement.

  
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 D.R. HORTON, INC. 

[Title of Security] 
 D.R. HORTON, INC., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”), issued this Security under an Indenture dated as of May 1, 2012 (as amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance therewith, the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture dated as of             (the
“Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), by and among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as trustee (in such
capacity, the “Trustee”), to which reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders and of the terms upon which the
Securities are, and are to be, authorized and delivered. All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them therein. 

 

	1.	Interest. 

 The
Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest semiannually on             and
            of each year, commencing             ,             ,
until the principal is paid or made available for payment. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from
            ,             , provided that, if there is no existing default in the payment of interest, and if this
Security is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding interest payment date, interest shall accrue from such interest payment date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months. 
  

	2.	Method of Payment. 

The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest, if any, which will be paid on such special payment date to
Holders of record on such special record date as may be fixed by the Company) to the persons who are registered Holders of Securities at the close of business on the [Insert record dates] immediately preceding the interest payment date. Holders must
surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. 

 

	3.	Paying Agent and Registrar. 

 Initially, the Trustee will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change or appoint any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar without notice. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
of their Affiliates may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar. 
  

	4.	 Optional
Redemption.1 

The Company may redeem the Securities at any time on or after            , in
whole or in part, at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of their principal amount) together with interest accrued and unpaid to the date fixed for redemption: 

 

			
	 If redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing
on                     and ending on
                     in each of the following years
	  	Percentage

 [Insert provisions relating to redemption at option of Holders, if any] 

 

	1 	 If applicable. 

  
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 Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than
60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at its registered address. Securities in denominations larger than $2,0002 may be redeemed in part. On and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on Securities or portions of them
called for redemption, provided that if the Company shall default in the payment of such Securities at the redemption price together with accrued interest, interest shall continue to accrue at the rate borne by the Securities. 

 

	5.	 Mandatory
Redemption.3 

The Company shall redeem [            ]% of the aggregate principal amount of
Securities originally issued under the Indenture on each of [            ], which redemptions are calculated to retire
[            ]% of the Securities originally issued prior to maturity. Such redemptions shall be made at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together with
accrued interest to the redemption date. The Company may reduce the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed pursuant to this Paragraph 5 by the principal amount of any Securities previously redeemed, retired or acquired, otherwise than
pursuant to this Paragraph 5, that the Company has delivered to the Trustee for cancellation and not previously credited to the Company’s obligations under this Paragraph 5. Each such Security shall be received and credited for
such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price and the amount of such mandatory redemption payment shall be reduced accordingly. 
  

	6.	Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. 

 The Securities are in registered form only without coupons in denominations of $2,0004 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.5 A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities by presentation of such Securities to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with
a request to register the transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of other denominations. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay
any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not transfer or exchange any Security selected for redemption or purchase, except the unredeemed or unpurchased part thereof if the Security is redeemed or
purchased in part, or transfer or exchange any Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection of Securities to be redeemed or purchased. 
  

	7.	Persons Deemed Owners. 

 The registered Holder of this Security shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. 
  

	8.	Unclaimed Money. 

Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon written request any money
held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and thereafter, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors. 

 

	2 	 Insert different or additional denominations and multiples. 

	3 	 If applicable. 

	4 	 Insert different or additional denominations and multiples. 

	5 	 Insert different or additional denominations and multiples. 

  
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	9.	Amendment, Supplement, Waiver. 

 Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Securities may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of
each Series affected by the amendment and any past default or compliance with any provision relating to any Series of the Securities may be waived in a particular instance with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of such Series.1 Without the
consent of any Securityholder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Securities in certain respects as specified in the Indenture. 
  

	10.	Successor. 

 When a
successor assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Securities and the Indenture, the predecessor will be released from those obligations. 
  

	11.	Trustee Dealings With Company. 

 Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company
or its affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its affiliates, as if it were not Trustee, including owning or pledging the Securities. 
  

	12.	No Recourse Against Others. 

 A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in
respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities. The waiver may not be
effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws. 
  

	13.	Discharge of Indenture. 

 The Indenture contains certain provisions pertaining to defeasance and discharge, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth herein. 

 

	14.	Authentication. 

This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of
this Security. 
  

	15.	Abbreviations. 

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

	16.	GOVERNING LAW. 

THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

 

	6 	 If different terms apply, insert a brief summary thereof. 

  
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	17.	CUSIP and ISIN Numbers. 

 Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP and ISIN numbers to be printed on the Securities and has directed the
Trustee to use CUSIP and ISIN numbers in notices of repurchase as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of repurchase and reliance may
be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon. 
  

	18.	Copies. 

 The
Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture and the applicable Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture. Requests may be made to: D.R. Horton, Inc., 301 Commerce St., Suite 500, Fort
Worth, Texas 76102, Attention: Chief Financial Officer. 

  
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 ASSIGNMENT FORM 
 If you the Holder want to assign this Security, fill in the form below: 
  

					
		  	I or we assign and transfer this Security to	  	
			
		  	  
	  	
		  	(Insert assignee’s social security or tax ID number)	  	
			
		  	  
	  	
			
		  	  
	  	
			
		  	  
	  	
			
		  	  
	  	
		  	(Print or type assignee’s name, address, and zip code)	  	

 and irrevocably appoint 
  

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

Date:                     

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

Signature Guarantee:                     
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                 

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

  
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 [FORM OF NOTATION ON SECURITY OF GUARANTEE] 

GUARANTEE 

The undersigned (the “Guarantors”) have unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally (such guarantee by each
Guarantor being referred to herein as the “Guarantee”) (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on this Security, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of
interest on the overdue principal and interest, if any, on this Security, to the extent lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in
Article Nine of the Indenture and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of this Security or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the
terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. 
 No past, present or future
stockholder, officer, director, employee, incorporator, partner, member or manager, as such, of any of the Guarantors shall have any liability under the Guarantee by reason of such person’s status as stockholder, officer, director, employee,
incorporator, partner, member or manager. Each Holder of a Security by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Guarantees. 

Each Holder of this Security by accepting this Security agrees that any Guarantor named below shall have no further liability with
respect to its Guarantee if such Guarantor otherwise ceases to be liable in respect of its Guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. 
 THE GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
 The Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Securities upon which the Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the
Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers. 
  

			
	[List of Guarantors]
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Title:

  
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