Document:

Agency Agreement

 Exhibit 4.6 
 Execution version 
 DELHAIZE GROUP SA/NV 

as Issuer 

ING BELGIUM SA/NV 
 as Domiciliary Agent 
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 

as Trustee 
  

 
 DOMICILIARY
AGENCY 
 AGREEMENT 
 dated as of October 8, 2010 
  

relating to 
 5.70% Senior Notes due 2040 

 BETWEEN: 
  

	 	(1)	DELHAIZE GROUP SA/NV, at its specified office at Square Marie Curie 40, 1070 Brussels, Belgium (the “Issuer”); 

 

	 	(2)	ING BELGIUM SA/NV at its specified office at avenue Marnix 24, 1000 Brussels, Belgium, as agent (the “Domiciliary Agent”); and

  

	 	(3)	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON at its specified office at 101 Barclay Street, New York, NY 10286 (the “Trustee”). 

WHEREAS: 
  

	 	(A)	The Issuer proposes to issue 5.70% senior notes due 2040 (the “Notes”) on or about October 8, 2010 (the “Issue Date”) pursuant to
an exchange offer for certain existing debt securities of Delhaize America, LLC. 

  

	 	(B)	Notes shall initially be offered and issued in reliance on Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) in
the form of one or more 144A Global Notes and in certain transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act in the form of one or more Regulation S Global Notes (together, the “Global Notes”).

  

	 	(C)	The Notes will be issued under and governed by the terms of an Indenture by and between the Issuer and the Trustee dated October 8, 2010 (as amended, supplemented
and/or restated from time to time, the “Indenture”). 

  

	 	(D)	The Issuer may exchange the Global Notes for definitive registered notes (the “Definitive Registered Notes”) after the Issue Date under certain
circumstances as described in the Indenture. 

  

	1.	INTERPRETATION 

  

	1.1	Definitions 

“Certificate” means a certificate that evidences the registration of a Definitive Registered Note in the name of a Holder
in the Register. 
 “Clearing Agreement” means the agreement dated October 8, 2010 by and among the Issuer,
the Domiciliary Agent and the NBB. 
 “Clearing Regulations” means the regulations of the X/N System, as amended
from time to time. 
 Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Indenture. 
  

	1.2	Headings 

 Headings shall
be ignored in construing this Agreement. 
  

	1.3	Statutory Modifications 

All references in this Agreement to the provisions of any statute shall be deemed to be references to that statute as from time to time
modified, extended, amended or re-enacted or to any statutory instrument, order or regulation made thereunder or under such re-enactment. 

  
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	1.4	Variations 

 All
references in this Agreement to an agreement, instrument or other document (including, without limitation, this Agreement and the Notes) shall be construed as a reference to that agreement, instrument or document as the same may be amended,
modified, varied, restated or supplemented from time to time. 
  

	1.5	Alternative Clearing System 

 All references in this Agreement to the X/N System and/or Euroclear shall, wherever the context so permits, be deemed to include reference to any additional or alternative clearing system approved by NBB,
the Issuer, the Domiciliary Agent and the Trustee. 
  

	1.6	Principal or Interest 

References in this Agreement to the principal or interest in respect of any Global Note or Definitive Registered Note, as the case may be,
shall be construed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Indenture. 
  

	1.7	Clauses and Schedules 

Any reference in this Agreement to a Clause or to a Schedule is, unless otherwise stated, to a clause hereof or to a schedule hereto.

  

	2.	X/N SYSTEM AND/OR EUROCLEAR PROCEDURES APPLICABLE 

 Transfers of Book-Entry Interests in the Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear will be subject to the laws and regulations applicable from time to time to Euroclear. 

 

	3.	APPOINTMENT OF DOMICILIARY AGENT 

  

	3.1	Domiciliary Agent 

 The
Domiciliary Agent is hereby appointed, and the Domiciliary Agent hereby agrees to act, (i) as domiciliary agent in respect of the Global Notes to perform the duties of domiciliataire of the Issuer under the Clearing Agreement and
(ii) as agent of the Issuer in respect of the Global Notes and the Definitive Registered Notes, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the relevant provisions of the Indenture, for the purpose of performing those
obligations and duties imposed upon the Domiciliary Agent by this Agreement and the Indenture. 
 The Domiciliary Agent will not
act as paying agent for the Global Notes. 
  

	3.2	Additional Duties 

 The
Domiciliary Agent shall perform such duties as are set out in this Agreement together with such additional duties as are set out with respect to the Domiciliary Agent in the Indenture. No obligations or duties of the Domiciliary Agent which are not
expressly stated herein or in the Indenture shall be implied. 
  

	3.3	Representation and Warranty of the Domiciliary Agent 

 The Domiciliary Agent hereby represents and warrants to the Issuer that it is qualified to act in its respective capacities under the provisions of this Agreement, the Indenture and under applicable law.

  

	3.4	Domiciliary Agent to Act for Trustee 

 At any time after a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing or the Global Notes or Definitive Registered Notes, as the case may be, shall otherwise have become due and

  
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repayable or the Trustee shall have received any money which it proposes to pay under Section 6.10 of the Indenture to the Holders, the Trustee may: 

 

	 	(a)	by notice in writing to the Issuer and the Domiciliary Agent, require the Domiciliary Agent (if other than the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer) pursuant to this
Agreement: 

  

	 	(i)	to hold all Global Notes or Certificates, as the case may be, documents and records held by them in respect of the Global Notes or Definitive Registered Notes, as the
case may be, on behalf of the Trustee; or 

  

	 	(ii)	to deliver up all documents and records held by it in respect of the Global Notes or Definitive Registered Notes, as the case may be, to the Trustee or as the Trustee
shall direct in such notice; provided that such notice shall be deemed not to apply to any documents or records which the Domiciliary Agent is obliged not to release by any applicable law or regulation; and 

 

	 	(b)	by notice in writing to the Issuer, require the Issuer to make all subsequent payments in respect of the Global Notes or Definitive Registered Notes, as the case may
be, to or to the order of the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.05 of the Indenture. 

  

	3.5	Notices of Change of Trustee or Domiciliary Agent 

 The Issuer shall forthwith give notice to the Domiciliary Agent of any change in the Person or Persons appointed as Trustee and shall forthwith give notice to the Trustee of any change in the Person or
Persons appointed as Domiciliary Agent. 
  

	4.	TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF GLOBAL NOTES 

  

	4.1	The Global Notes 

 Upon
execution and issuance by the Issuer of any Global Notes and authentication of such Global Notes by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.03 of the Indenture, the Trustee or its agent will cause the Global Notes to be delivered to and held
by the NBB. Upon receipt of the Global Notes, the Domiciliary Agent will cause the NBB to verify the receipt thereof in writing to the Domiciliary Agent who will immediately deliver a copy of the same to the Issuer and the Trustee. 

 

	4.2	The Definitive Registered Notes 

 In connection with any transfer or exchange under Section 2.07 and Appendix A of the Indenture, the Issuer hereby authorizes and instructs the Trustee to complete (as indicated by the Domiciliary
Agent or as initialled by the Trustee itself) any Certificates delivered to the Trustee for execution by the Issuer pursuant to this Clause 4.2, in each case if and as required under Belgian law or the terms of the Indenture, and to send any such
completed Certificates to the Issuer for execution, if required for their issuance under Belgian law and the terms of the Indenture. Upon any such execution by the Issuer of the Certificates, or otherwise upon their delivery to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall authenticate (in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture) any new Certificate if required to be so authenticated under Belgian law or the terms of the Indenture and shall, upon entry of such Holder in the Register as specified
below, deliver a Certificate to the Holder entitled thereto. The Issuer or an agent appointed by the Issuer for such purpose shall register the Holder of such Certificates in the Register in such name or names given to it by the relevant person as
set out in Appendix A to the Indenture, and the Issuer or such agent shall promptly notify the Domiciliary Agent that it has done so. The Issuer shall also arrange for such Global Notes and any documents evidencing the exchange of the Definitive
Registered Notes or specifying their terms that are required to enable the Domiciliary Agent and/or the Trustee to perform their obligations under this Agreement and the relevant provisions of the Indenture to be made available to the Trustee and/or
the Domiciliary Agent from time to time and in accordance with the provisions of the Clearing Agreement. 

  
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	5.	DUTIES OF THE DOMICILIARY AGENT 

  

	5.1	Administrative Duties 

 If
and to the extent specified by the Indenture and the terms of this Agreement, the Domiciliary Agent will: 
  

	 	(a)	receive and process requests for the transfer, exchange, redemption and repurchase of interests in the Global Notes or Definitive Registered Notes, as the case may be,
and assist in the exchange of the Global Notes for Definitive Registered Notes and any revised “Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Note” in respect of the Global Notes, in each case, in accordance with the terms and conditions of
this Agreement and the Indenture, including, without limitation, the restrictions on transfer and exchange set forth in Section 2.07 and Appendix A thereof; and 

 

	 	(b)	carry out such other acts as may be necessary to give effect to the Indenture and the other provisions of this Agreement. 

 

	5.2	Transfer, Exchange and Redemption 

  

	 	(a)	Transfers, exchanges and redemption by the Issuer or any Holder of interests in the Global Notes, the issue of a new “Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global
Note” attached to any Global Note and registration of transfers and exchanges of interests in Definitive Registered Notes shall, in each case, be made pursuant to Section 2.07 and Appendix A of the Indenture. 

 

	 	(b)	To the extent permitted under the Indenture, the Issuer, or an agent appointed by the Issuer for such purpose, will receive requests for the transfer of interests in
Definitive Registered Notes into interests in any Global Note, and instruct the Issuer, or the agent appointed by the Issuer for such purpose, to make the necessary entries in the Register and instruct the Domiciliary Agent to issue a new
“Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Note” attached to the relevant Global Note in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, those set forth in Clause 5.2 (a), above).

  

	 	(c)	The Domiciliary Agent will receive requests for the transfer and/or exchange of interests in any Global Note into interests in Definitive Registered Notes, issue a new
“Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Note” attached to the relevant Global Note in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, those set forth in Clause 5.2 (a), above) and instruct
the Issuer, or an agent appointed by the Issuer for such purpose, to make the necessary entries in the Register. The Trustee shall cause to be authenticated and delivered (to the extent required by and in accordance with Clause 4.2 and the
provisions of the Indenture) to each Holder of an interest in any Definitive Registered Note, a Certificate in respect thereof in the form set out in the Indenture. 

 

	 	(d)	The Domiciliary Agent will receive requests for all other transfers and/or exchanges and/or redemption by the Issuer of the Notes, except as otherwise set forth in
Section 2.07 and Appendix A of the Indenture, and shall issue a new “Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Note” attached to any Global Note in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including, without
limitation, those set forth in Clause 5.2 (a) above) to the NBB who will amend the principal amount of the Global Note(s) accordingly. (e) 

  

	5.3	Replacement Notes 

Replacement Notes shall be issued pursuant to Section 2.08 of the Indenture. 

 

	5.4	Cancellation 

Cancellation of Notes shall be made pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Indenture. 

  
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	5.5	Miscellaneous 

  

	 	(a)	The Domiciliary Agent will, if so requested by the Issuer, instruct the NBB and/or Euroclear, as applicable, to send Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8 and/or W-9, as
applicable, to the Participants and Indirect Participants with the instruction to deliver such Forms W-8 and W-9 to the Issuer. 

  

	 	(b)	The Domiciliary Agent will, at all times, comply with its obligations under, and enforce the provisions of the Clearing Agreement. 

 

	 	(c)	Should the NBB enter into an agreement with the sub-custodian in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.1 of the Clearing Agreement and inform the Domiciliary
Agent thereof, the Domiciliary Agent will request from NBB a copy of such agreement and, on receipt of any such agreement, shall provide a copy of the same to the Issuer. 

 

	6.	DOCUMENTS AND FORMS 

  

	6.1	Supply of Forms 

 The
Issuer will deliver to the Trustee or an authentication agent named by the Trustee for the performance of its duties hereunder, from time to time, so long as any Definitive Registered Note is outstanding, a supply of forms of Certificates sufficient
to meet the Trustee’s anticipated requirements for Certificates in reasonably sufficient time for the issue of the Certificates. 
  

	6.2	Safekeeping of Certificates 

 The Trustee shall , or shall ensure that the authentication agent does, maintain in safe custody all forms of Certificates delivered to and held by it and shall ensure that Certificates are issued only in
accordance with the Indenture and the provisions of this Agreement. 
  

	6.3	Information 

 Within seven
days of any request in writing therefor by the Issuer, so long as any of the Definitive Registered Notes are outstanding, the Trustee or the authentication agent shall certify to the Issuer the number of forms of Certificates held by it hereunder.

  

	6.4	Authentication Agent 

 The
Trustee hereby names ING Belgium SA/NV to initially act as authentication agent with respect to the Global Notes. 
  

	7.	PAYMENT 

  

	7.1	Payment to the Recipient or to the Holders 

 In order to provide for the payment of principal and interest in respect of the Global Notes or the Definitive Registered Notes, as the case may be, as the same becomes due and payable, the Issuer shall
pay or procure to be paid (in respect of the Global Notes) directly to the holders of the book-entry interests in the Global Notes (as shown in the records of the NBB or of a Participant in the X/N System) (the “Recipient”) or (in
respect of the Definitive Registered Notes) directly to the Holders of Definitive Registered Notes, for value on the day on which such payment becomes due, an amount equal to the amount of principal and/or (as the case may be) interest falling due
in respect of such Global Notes or Definitive Registered Notes, as the case may be, on the due date. The Recipient in respect of the Notes is expected initially to be the Bank of New York Mellon acting as CDI Depositary. 

  
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	7.2	Manner and Time of Payment and Pre-Advice of Payment 

 Each amount payable under Clause 7.1 shall be paid unconditionally by credit transfer in the payment currency and in same day, freely transferable cleared funds no later than 10.00 a.m. (Brussels time) on
the relevant day (with value as defined under Clause 7.1) to such account at such bank as the Recipient may from time to time by notice to the Issuer specify for such purpose subject to receipt of confirmation by the Domiciliary Agent that it has
sent no notice of cancellation of the Global Notes to the NBB. The Issuer, shall before 9.00 a.m. (Brussels time) on the second Business Day prior to the day on which the Recipient receives payment for amounts, procure that the bank effecting
payment for it confirms by tested telex or SWIFT MT100 message (or any other method acceptable to the Recipient) to the Recipient the payment instructions relating to such payment. 

 

	7.3	Payments by the Issuer in respect of the Global Notes 

  

	 	(a)	The Issuer, so long as the Notes are evidenced by the Global Notes and payment is made to it under Clause 7.1, shall make or procure the making of payments of principal
and interest in respect of such Notes held through the X/N System to an account specified by the Recipient in accordance with this Agreement and the Indenture. 

 

	 	(b)	In the case of payment of principal, so long as the Notes are evidenced by the Global Notes, the Issuer shall procure that there is noted in the “Schedule of
Increases or Decreases in Global Note” to such Global Note, the amount of such payment and the remaining principal amount of such Global Note (which shall be the previous principal amount thereof less the amount of principal then paid) and
shall procure the signature of such notation on its behalf. 

  

	7.4	Payments by the Issuer in respect of the Definitive Registered Notes 

 The Issuer shall pay or procure payment of principal and interest in respect of Definitive Registered Notes to Holders, in accordance with this Agreement and the Indenture; provided, however, that the
Issuer shall cancel each Certificate against presentation and surrender of which it has made full payment of principal and interest and shall deliver each Certificate so cancelled by it to, or to the order of, the Trustee. 

 

	7.5	Method of Payment to Recipient 

 All sums payable to the Recipient hereunder shall be paid in the payment currency to such account with such bank as the Recipient may from time to time notify to the Issuer. 

 

	8.	CANCELLATION, DESTRUCTION AND RECORDS 

  

	8.1	Cancellation 

 All
Certificates which are surrendered for transfer, exchange, redemption or repurchase shall be delivered to the Issuer or its appointed agent for cancellation, and the Registrar shall reduce the relevant principal amount on the Register against the
name of the Holder unless otherwise instructed by the Trustee. 
  

	8.2	Certification of Payment Details 

 The Domiciliary Agent shall as soon as practicable after redemption, payment, exchange or replacement of Global Notes, upon written request of the Issuer furnish to the Issuer, a certificate stating:

  

	 	(a)	the aggregate principal amount(s) of Global Notes which have been redeemed and the aggregate amount(s) paid in respect of interest paid on each Global Note;

  

	 	(b)	the Common Code and ISIN numbers of such Global Notes; and 

  
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	 	(c)	the aggregate principal amounts of Global Notes which have been so exchanged or surrendered and replaced. 

 

	8.3	Destruction 

 Unless
otherwise previously instructed by the Issuer or its appointed agent, the Domiciliary Agent or its designated agent shall destroy all cancelled Certificates and send to the Issuer a certificate giving the Certificate numbers, if any, and any
Certificates in numerical sequence and the aggregate amount paid in respect of the corresponding Definitive Registered Notes. 
  

	8.4	Records 

 The Domiciliary
Agent or, as the case may be, the Registrar, shall keep or cause to be kept a record of the transfer, exchange, payment, redemption and repurchase of all Global Notes or, respectively, Definitive Registered Notes, as the case may be. They shall make
or shall cause to be made such record available at all reasonable times to the Issuer. 
  

	9.	NOTICES 

 Any notice or
communication by any party hereunder to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telecopier or overnight air courier, to the others’
address: 
  

	 	(a)	If to the Issuer, at: 

  

			
	 Square Marie Curie 40
 1070 Brussels
 Belgium

	Fax:	    	       + 32 2412 2118
	Attention:    Stéfan Descheemaeker, Chief Financial Officer, and Miguel Silva Gonzalez, Vice President Treasury (separate notices for each
person)

  

	 	(b)	If to the Domiciliary Agent, at: 

  

			
	 ING Belgium SA/NV

avenue Marnix 24
 B-1000 Brussels

Belgium

	Fax:	    	       +32 2 547 36 86
	Attention:    Legal Financial Markets

  

	 	(c)	If to the Trustee, at: 

  

			
	 The Bank of New York Mellon
 101 Barclay Street
 New York, NY 10286
 United States of America

	Fax:	    	       +44 20 7964 2536
	Attention:    Corporate Trust Administration

 Any of the above listed Persons, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications. 

All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand,
if personally delivered; two Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier;
provided, however, that any such notice or communication which would otherwise be deemed to have been duly given after 4:00 p.m. on any 

  
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particular day shall not be deemed duly given until 10:00 a.m. on the immediately succeeding Business Day in the place of addressee. 

Any notice or communication delivered pursuant to this Agreement to a Holder of Definitive Registered Notes will be mailed by first class
mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier to its address shown on the Register. Failure to mail a notice or communication to such Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to
other Holders. 
 All notices to the Holders (while any Notes are represented by one or more Global Notes) shall be made in
accordance with Section 10.02 of the Indenture. 
 If a notice or communication is mailed or published in the manner
provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it. 
  

	10.	DOCUMENTS AND FORMS 

  

	10.1	Distribution by the Domiciliary Agent 

 The Issuer or its appointed agent shall provide to the Domiciliary Agent for distribution to the relevant Holder upon such Holder’s request: 

 

	 	(a)	specimen Certificates, if the same are prepared; and 

  

	 	(b)	sufficient copies of this Agreement and the Indenture together with electronic copies in a protected file format to be available for inspection, together with any other
documents required to be available for inspection or made available to Holders. 

  

	11.	INDEMNITY 

  

	11.1	Indemnity by the Issuer 

The Issuer shall indemnify the Domiciliary Agent (together with the Domiciliary Agent’s directors, officers and employees) against
any losses, liabilities, costs, expenses, claims, actions or demands which it may incur or which may be made against it as a result of or in connection with the appointment or the exercise of or performance of the powers, authorities and duties of
Domiciliary Agent, as the case may be, under this Agreement relating to the Global Notes or Definitive Registered Notes, as the case may be, except such as may result from its own willful default, fraud, negligence, bad faith or failure to comply
with its obligations hereunder or that of its officers, employees or agents provided, however that this Clause 11.1 shall not apply to the extent that the Domiciliary Agent would act for the Trustee in accordance with Clause 3.4 of this
Agreement. 
  

	11.2	Indemnity by the Domiciliary Agent 

 The Domiciliary Agent shall indemnify the Issuer against any loss, liability, cost, expense, claim, action or demand which the Issuer may incur or which may be made against the Issuer, as a result of or
in connection with such the Domiciliary Agent’s own willful default, fraud, negligence, bad faith or failure to comply with its obligations under this Agreement or that of its officers, employees or agents. Notwithstanding the foregoing under
no circumstances will the Domiciliary Agent be liable to the Issuer or any other party for the consequential loss (being loss of earnings, good will and operating profit even if the Domiciliary Agent has been advised of the possibility of such
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	11.3	Payment 

 In relation to
Clause 11.1 and Clause 11.2, the Issuer or the Domiciliary Agent (as applicable) shall indemnify the Domiciliary Agent and the Issuer, respectively and as applicable, promptly upon receipt by the Issuer or the Domiciliary Agent, as applicable, of a
demand therefor supported by evidence of such loss, liability, cost, expense, claim, action or demand. 
  

	11.4	Domiciliary Agent’ Liability 

 The Domiciliary Agent shall not be liable for any loss caused by events beyond its reasonable control including any malfunction, interruption or error in the transmission of information caused by any
machine or systems or interception of communication facilities, abnormal operating conditions or force majeure. The Domiciliary Agent shall have no liability whatsoever for any consequential, special, indirect or speculative loss or damages
(including, but not limited to, loss of profits, whether or not foreseeable) suffered by the Issuer in connection with the transactions contemplated by and the relationship established by this Agreement even if it has been advised as to the
possibility of the same. These provisions will override all other provisions of this Agreement. However, this Clause shall not be deemed to apply in the event of a determination of fraud on the part of the Domiciliary Agent in a non-appealable
judgment of a court having jurisdiction. 
  

	11.5	Survival of Indemnities 

The indemnities set out in Clauses 11.1 and 11.2 shall continue in full force and effect for a period of five years after the termination
or expiry of this Agreement. 
  

	12.	GENERAL 

  

	12.1	Obligations and Duties of the Domiciliary Agent 

 The Domiciliary Agent shall not be under any obligation to take any action hereunder which may tend to involve it in any expense or liability, the payment of which within a reasonable time is not, in its
reasonable opinion, assured to it. No implied duties or obligations shall be read into such documents against the Domiciliary Agent. 
 Save as set forth in Article 9 of the Indenture, if the terms of the Indenture, the Global Notes or Definitive Registered Notes, as the case may be, are amended on or after the date of this Agreement in a
way which affects the duties expressed to be performed by the Domiciliary Agent, it shall not be obliged to perform such duties as so amended unless it has first approved the relevant change to the terms of the Indenture or the Global Notes or
Definitive Registered Notes, as the case may be. 
  

	12.2	Consultation 

 The
Domiciliary Agent may consult with legal or other professional advisers selected by it and the written opinion of such advisers shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or omitted to be taken by the
Domiciliary Agent hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the opinion of such advisers. 
  

	12.3	Reliance on Documents 

The Domiciliary Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken or omitted to be taken or
anything suffered by it in reliance upon any, notice, direction, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been presented or signed by the proper parties. 

  
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	12.4	Reliance on Certificates 

The Domiciliary Agent shall be able to rely on the certificate of any party without enquiry as to any statement of such party the
Domiciliary Agent requires under the terms of this Agreement to carry out its duties hereunder. 
  

	12.5	Other Relationships 

 The
Domiciliary Agent and its affiliates, directors, officers and employees may become the owners of, or acquire any interest in, any Global Notes or Definitive Registered Notes, as the case may be, with the same rights as any other owner or holder, and
may engage or be interested in any business transaction with the Issuer without being liable to account to the Holders for any resulting profit, and may act on, or as depository, trustee or agent for, any committee or body of Holders or other
obligations of the Issuer as freely as if they were not a party, or connected with a party, to this Agreement. 
  

	12.6	Owner 

 Except as ordered
by a court of competent jurisdiction or as required by law, the Domiciliary Agent shall deem and treat the Person in whose name any Global Note is entered in the relevant account of the NBB, the X/N System, or Definitive Registered Note is
registered in the Register as absolute owner thereof for all purposes subject to the terms of the Indenture. 
  

	12.7	No Lien 

 The Domiciliary
Agent shall not exercise any lien, right of set-off or similar claim against the Issuer, any Holder of the Global Notes or Definitive Registered Notes, as the case may be, or over any amount held by them pursuant to the terms hereof. 

 

	12.8	Successor 

 In this
Agreement, “successor” in relation to a party hereto means an assignee or successor in title of such Person who, under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or domicile, has assumed the rights and obligations of such party
hereunder to which under such laws the same has been transferred. 
  

	12.9	Conflicts with the Clearing Agreement and the Indenture 

 To the extent that any terms and conditions set forth herein regarding the duties and obligations of the Domiciliary Agent conflict with the provisions of the Clearing Agreement or the Indenture, the
terms of the Indenture and then the Clearing Agreement shall govern (except for the relationship between the Issuer and the Domiciliary Agent, for which the terms of the Clearing Agreement shall govern). 

 

	12.10	Amendment and Waiver 

 The
Issuer and the Domiciliary Agent shall only agree to any amendment or modification to this Agreement in compliance with the relevant provisions of the Indenture. 
  

	13.	CHANGE IN APPOINTMENTS 

  

	13.1	Termination 

  

	 	(a)	Subject to Clause 6, the Issuer, with prior written notice to the Trustee, may at any time terminate the appointment of the Domiciliary Agent by giving to the
Domiciliary Agent at least 60 days’ prior written notice to that effect; provided always that no such notice shall take effect until a new Domiciliary Agent (which shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee) to exercise the powers and
undertake the duties hereby conferred and imposed upon the Domiciliary Agent has been appointed and, provided further that any new Domiciliary Agent holds an account in the X/N System and agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Clearing
Agreement. 

  
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	 	(b)	Subject to Clause 6, if at any time the Domiciliary Agent shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or shall file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or make an
assignment for the benefit of its creditors or consent to the appointment of a receiver or similar official of all or any substantial part of its property, or if a receiver of it or of all or any substantial part of its property shall be appointed,
or if any public officer shall take charge or control of the Domiciliary Agent or of its property or affairs, for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or a resolution is passed or an order made for the winding up of the
Domiciliary Agent, the Issuer may, with prior written notice to the Trustee, terminate the appointment of the Domiciliary Agent forthwith upon giving written notice and provided that its appointment may not be terminated until a new Domiciliary
Agent has been appointed who holds an account in the X/N System and agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Clearing Agreement. The termination of the appointment of the Domiciliary Agent hereunder shall not entitle the Domiciliary Agent to any
amount by way of compensation but shall be without prejudice to any amount then accrued due. 

  

	13.2	Resignation 

  

	 	(a)	Subject to Clause 6, the Domiciliary Agent may resign its appointment hereunder at any time by giving to the Issuer and the Trustee at least 60 days’ written
notice to that effect; provided that no such resignation shall take effect until a new Domiciliary Agent shall have been appointed by the Issuer to exercise the powers and undertake the duties hereby conferred and imposed upon the Domiciliary
Agent and such new Domiciliary Agent holds an account in the X/N System and agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Clearing Agreement. 

  

	 	(b)	If the Domiciliary Agent gives notice of its resignation in accordance with this Clause 13.2 and a replacement Domiciliary Agent is required and by the tenth day
before the expiration of such notice such replacement has not been duly appointed, the Domiciliary Agent may itself appoint as its replacement any reputable and experienced financial institution. Immediately following such appointment, the
Domiciliary Agent shall give notice of such appointment to the Issuer and the Trustee whereupon the Issuer and the replacement Domiciliary Agent shall acquire and become subject to the same rights and obligations between themselves as if they had
entered into an agreement in the form mutatis mutandis of this Agreement. 

  

	13.3	Effect of Resignation 

Upon its resignation or removal becoming effective: 
  

	 	(a)	the Domiciliary Agent shall forthwith transfer all records held by it hereunder to the successor Domiciliary Agent, but shall have no other duties or responsibilities
hereunder, and shall be entitled to the payment by the Issuer, of its remuneration for the services previously rendered hereunder in accordance with the terms of Clause 14 and to the reimbursement of all reasonable expenses (including legal
fees) incurred in connection therewith; and 

  

	 	(b)	the Domiciliary Agent shall repay to the Issuer (or to the Issuer’s order) a pro rata proportion (calculated on the basis of the total number of interest payments
made and to be made under the Global Notes or Definitive Registered Notes, as the case may be) of the fees paid to it in such capacity hereunder. 

  

	13.4	Merger or Consolidation 

A corporation into which the Domiciliary Agent is merged or with which it is consolidated or which results from a merger or consolidation
to which it is a party shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be the successor Domiciliary Agent under this Agreement. The Domiciliary Agent agrees to do all such further acts and things (if any) as are necessary to give effect to this
Clause 13.4. The Domiciliary Agent shall forthwith notify the other parties to this Agreement as soon as practicable after it becomes aware that any such event shall occur, giving details of the date on which such event is to occur and of the
successor Domiciliary Agent. 

  
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	13.5	Vesting of Powers 

 Upon
any successor Domiciliary Agent appointed hereunder executing, acknowledging and delivering to the Issuer and the Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, it shall, without any further act, deed or conveyance, become vested with
all authority, rights, powers, trusts, indemnities, duties and obligations of the Domiciliary Agent hereunder. 
  

	13.6	Change in the appointment of the Domiciliary Agent 

 In the event that the Domiciliary Agent ceases to hold an account in the X/N System or the appointment of the identity of the Domiciliary Agent is changed in accordance with the provisions of Clauses 13.1
and 13.2, above, the Domiciliary Agent shall remain obligated to fully perform its obligations under this Agreement until a new Domiciliary Agent is appointed, who holds an account in the X/N System, agrees to be bound by the provisions of the
Clearing Agreement and fully assumes the function of Domiciliary Agent under this Agreement. 
  

	14.	FEES AND EXPENSES 

  

	14.1	Fees 

 The Issuer shall,
in respect of the services to be performed by the Domiciliary Agent under this Agreement, pay to the Domiciliary Agent the fee (together with any applicable value added tax thereon which may be imposed in any relevant jurisdiction) as separately
agreed in writing. 
  

	14.2	Expenses 

 The Issuer
shall also pay, or procure the payment of, (against presentation of the relevant invoices) all out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable cable and postage expenses and insurance costs but excluding the clearing expenses of
the NBB) reasonably incurred by the Domiciliary Agent in connection with its services hereunder, together with any applicable value added tax as aforesaid. 
 The Issuer shall also pay the clearing expenses of the NBB in accordance with the Clearing Agreement. 
  

	14.3	Taxes and Duties 

 The
Issuer agrees to pay, or procure the payment of, any and all stamp, registration and other taxes and duties (including any interest and penalties thereon or in connection therewith) which are payable upon or in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, and the Issuer shall indemnify the Domiciliary Agent on demand against any claim, demand, action, liability, damages, cost, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and any applicable value
added tax) which it incurs as a result or arising out of or in relation to any failure by the Issuer to pay or delay in paying any of the same. All payments by the Issuer made in accordance with this Clause 14.3 (or 11.1 shall be made free and clear
of, and without withholding or deduction for, any taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatsoever nature imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any government having power to tax, unless such withholding or deduction is
required by law. In that event, the Issuer shall pay such additional amounts as will result in the Domiciliary Agent receiving such amounts as would have been received by it if no such withholding or deduction had been required. 

 

	14.4	Amendments to this Clause 14 

 At the request of the Domiciliary Agent, the parties to this Agreement may, from time to time during the continuance of this Agreement review the fees agreed initially pursuant to Clause 14.1
(Fees) with a view to determining whether the parties can mutually agree upon any changes to such fees. 

  
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	15.	COUNTERPARTS 

 This
Agreement may be executed and delivered in any number of counterparts, all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same document and any party to this Agreement may enter into the same by executing and delivering a counterpart.
Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. 

 

	16.	SEVERABILITY 

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

 

	17.	GOVERNING LAW, GOVERNING LANGUAGE AND JURISDICTION 

  

	17.1	Governing Law 

 This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New York. 
  

	17.2	Appointment of Process Agent by Issuer 

 The Issuer has appointed, as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) Corporate Service Company, upon whom process may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding arising out of
or based upon this Agreement, which may be instituted in a court located in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York (the “Appointment Letter Agreement”). 

 

	17.3	Jurisdiction 

 The parties
hereto submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. 
  

	17.4	U.S. securities law requirements 

 If and to the extent required by the Indenture, this Agreement shall be subject to and shall incorporate any requirements of the US Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect at such time. 

[signature page follows] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this Agreement the day and year first above written.

 THE ISSUER 
  

					
		 	DELHAIZE GROUP SA/NV
			
		 	    By:	 	/s/ A. M. Silva Gonzalez
		 	Name:	 	A. M. Silva Gonzalez
		 	Title:	 	Vice President - Treasury

  
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 THE DOMICILIARY AGENT 

 

													
		 	ING BELGIUM SA/NV	 	
					
		 	By:	 	/s/ Luce Rouleff	 	By:	 	 /s/ Bertrand Soenen

		 		 	Name: Luce Rouleff	 		 	Name: Bertrand Soenen

													
		 		 	 Title: Senior Advisor
           Legal Financial Markets
	 		 	 Title: Head of

          Legal Financial
Markets

  
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 THE TRUSTEE 
  

							
		 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
				
		 		 	By:	 	/s/ Trevor Blewer

							
		 	 Name: Trevor Blewer

							
		 	 Title: Vice President

  
 17Registration Rights Agreement

 Exhibit 4.7 
 EXECUTION VERSION 
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

by and among 

Delhaize Group S.A. 
 Delhaize America, LLC 
 Food Lion, LLC 

Hannaford Bros. Co. 
 Kash N’ Karry Food Stores, Inc. 
 FL Food Lion, Inc. 

Risk Management Services, Inc. 
 Hannbro Company 
 Martin’s Foods of South Burlington, Inc.

 Boney Wilson & Sons, Inc. 
 J.H. Harvey Co., LLC 
 Hannaford Licensing Corp. 

Victory Distributors, Inc. 
 Delhaize US Holding, Inc. 
 and 

Banc of America Securities LLC 
 J.P. Morgan Securities LLC 
 Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

 Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. 
 Dated as of October 8, 2010 

 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of October 8, 2010, by and among Delhaize Group SA/NV, a
Belgian limited liability company (société anonyme) (the “Company”) and, Delhaize America, LLC, (formerly Delhaize America, Inc.), Delhaize US Holding, Inc., Food Lion, LLC, Hannaford Bros. Co., Kash N’ Karry Food
Stores, Inc., FL Food Lion, Inc., Risk Management Services, Inc., Hannbro Company, Martin’s Foods of South Burlington, Inc., Boney Wilson & Sons, Inc., J.H. Harvey Co., LLC, Hannaford Licensing Corp., and Victory Distributors, Inc.
(collectively, the “Cross Guarantors”), each of which is party to a Cross-Guarantee Agreement dated May 21, 2007, as supplemented by a joinder agreement dated as of December 18, 2009 (the “Cross-Guarantee Agreement”),
and Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (collectively, the “Dealer Managers”), each of which has agreed to act as dealer manager pursuant to the
Dealer Manager Agreement, dated September 8, 2010 (the “Dealer Manager Agreement”), among the Company, Delhaize America, LLC. and the Dealer Managers in connection with the Company’s offer to exchange certain outstanding debt
securities of Delhaize America, LLC validly tendered in an exchange offer for the Company’s 5.70% Senior Notes due 2040 to be issued on the date hereof (the “Initial Exchange Offer”) and to be represented by certificated depositary
interests (the “Initial Notes”), which have the benefit of the guarantees by the Cross Guarantors under the Cross-Guarantee Agreement (the “Guarantees”). The Initial Notes and the Guarantees are herein collectively referred to as
the “Initial Securities.” 
 In order to induce the Dealer Managers to act as the exclusive dealer managers to the
Company in connection with the Initial Exchange Offer and to induce investors to participate in the Initial Exchange Offer, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Dealer Managers set forth in Section 6(n) of the Dealer Manager Agreement. 
 The parties hereby agree as follows: 
 SECTION 1.
Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings: 
 Advice:
As defined in Section 6(c) hereof. 
 Affiliate: Any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, a specified Person. “Control,” whether used as a noun or a verb, refers to the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct, or cause the
direction of, the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. 
 Agreement: As defined in the preamble hereto. 
 Broker-Dealer: Any
broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act. 

  
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 Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or U.S. federal holiday or a day
on which banking institutions or trust companies located in New York, New York are authorized or obligated to be closed. 

Commission: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 
 Company: As defined in the preamble hereto. 
 Consummate: A
registered Exchange Offer shall be deemed “Consummated” for purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (i) the filing and effectiveness under the Securities Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the
Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (ii) the maintenance of such Registration Statement continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the minimum period required pursuant to
Section 3(b) hereof, and (iii) the delivery by the Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Securities in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities that were tendered by
Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer. 
 Controlling Person: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof.

 Cross-Guarantee Agreement: As defined in the preamble hereto. 

Cross Guarantors: As defined in the preamble hereto. 
 Dealer Manager: As defined in the preamble hereto. 
 Dealer Manager
Agreement: As defined in the preamble hereto. 
 Effectiveness Target Date: As defined in Section 5 hereof.

 Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated thereunder. 
 Exchange Offer: The registration by the Company under the Securities Act of the Exchange
Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to which the Company offers the Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities the opportunity to exchange all such outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holders
for Exchange Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders. 

Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related
Prospectus. 
 Exchange Securities: The 5.70% Senior Notes due 2040, represented by certificateless depositary interests
of the same series under the Indenture as the Initial Notes, and the Guarantees attached thereto, to be issued to Holders in exchange for Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to this Agreement. 

  
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 FINRA: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. 

Guarantees: As defined in the preamble hereto. 
 Holders: As defined in Section 2(b) hereof. 
 Initial Exchange
Date: October 8, 2010. 
 Initial Exchange Offer: As defined in the preamble hereto. 

Indemnified Holder: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof. 

Indemnified Person: As defined in Section 8(c) hereof. 

Indemnifying Person: As defined in Section 8(c) hereof. 

Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of October 8, 2010, by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as
trustee, pursuant to which the Securities are to be issued, as such Indenture is amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. 
 Initial Notes: As defined in the preamble hereto. 
 Initial Securities:
As defined in the preamble hereto. 
 Interest Payment Date: As defined in the Indenture and the Securities.

 Person: An individual, partnership, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or
political subdivision thereof. 
 Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus. 

Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof. 

Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company relating to (a) an offering of Exchange Securities pursuant
to an Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, which is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case, including the Prospectus included
therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein. 
 Related Judgment: As defined in Section 12(i) hereof. 
 Related
Proceedings: As defined in Section 12(i) hereof. 
 Securities: The Initial Securities and the Exchange
Securities. 

  
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 Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
of the Commission promulgated thereunder. 
 Shelf Filing Deadline: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof. 

Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof. 

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

Trustee: The trustee under the Indenture. 
 Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Initial Security, until the earliest to occur of (a) the date on which such Initial Security is exchanged in the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Security
entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, (b) the date on which such Initial Security has been effectively registered under the Securities Act
and disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement, (c) the date on which such Initial Security is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the “Plan of
Distribution” contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including delivery of the Prospectus contained therein) and (d) the date such Initial Security shall cease to be outstanding. 

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

(a) Transfer Restricted Securities. The securities entitled to the benefits of this Agreement are the Transfer Restricted
Securities. 
 (b) Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities. A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities (each, a “Holder”) whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities. 

SECTION 3. Registered Exchange Offer. 

(a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permissible under applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in
Section 6(a) hereof have been complied with), each of the Company and the Cross Guarantors shall (i) cause to be filed with the Commission within 180 days after the Initial Exchange Date (or if such 180th day is not a Business Day, the
next succeeding Business Day), a Registration Statement under the Securities Act relating to the Exchange Securities and the Exchange Offer, (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective within
270 days after the Initial Exchange Date (or if such 270th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), (iii) in connection with the foregoing, cause all necessary filings in connection with the registration and qualification
of the Exchange Securities to be made under the state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and (iv) upon the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, commence the
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Offer. The Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the Exchange Securities to be offered in exchange for the Transfer Restricted Securities and to permit
resales of Initial Securities held by Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c) hereof. 
 (b) The Company and the
Cross Guarantors shall cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for at least 30 days (or longer, if required by U.S. federal or state securities laws or otherwise extended by
the Company at its option) after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders. The Company shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply in all material respects with all applicable federal and state securities laws. No securities other
than the Exchange Securities shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated within 300 days after the Initial Exchange Date (or if such
300th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day). As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall comply with the obligations set forth in Section 6(a)(ii).

 (c) The Company shall indicate in a “Plan of Distribution” section contained in the Prospectus forming a part of
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement that any Broker-Dealer who holds Initial Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities and that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities
(other than Transfer Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Company), may exchange such Initial Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the
Securities Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resales of the Exchange Securities received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, which prospectus delivery
requirement may be satisfied by the delivery by such Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. Such “Plan of Distribution” section shall also contain all other information with respect to such
resales by Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit such resales pursuant thereto, but such “Plan of Distribution” shall not name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Initial Securities held by any such
Broker-Dealer except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in policy after the date of this Agreement. 
 Each of the Company and the Cross Guarantors shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the
provisions of Section 6(c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Initial Securities acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own accounts as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities,
and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days from the
date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective and (ii) the date on which a Broker-Dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading activities. 

  
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 The Company shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to
Broker-Dealers promptly upon request at any time during such 180-day (or shorter as provided in the foregoing sentence) period in order to facilitate such resales. 
 SECTION 4. Shelf Registration. 
 (a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Company is not required to file an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or to consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by
applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) hereof have been complied with), (ii) for any reason the Exchange Offer is not Consummated within 300 days after the Initial Exchange Date (or if such
300th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), or (iii) with respect to any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (A) such Holder is prohibited by applicable law or Commission policy from participating in the
Exchange Offer, or (B) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Securities acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and that the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not
appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder, or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Initial Securities acquired directly from the Company or one of its Affiliates, then, upon such Holder’s request made prior to the
90th day after consummation of the Exchange Offer, the
Company and the Cross Guarantors shall 
 (x) cause to be filed a shelf registration
statement (or amend or supplement an existing shelf registration statements) pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (in either event, the “Shelf Registration
Statement”), on or prior to the 60th day
after the earlier to occur of (1) the date on which the Company determines that it cannot, whether pursuant to law or Commission policy, file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (2) the 300th day after the Initial Exchange Date if
the Company has not consummated the Exchange Offer, and (3) the date on which the Company receives notices from a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities as contemplated by clause (iii) above, but in no event earlier than the 180th day after the Initial Exchange Date (such earlier date being the
“Shelf Filing Deadline”), which Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for resales of all Transfer Restricted Securities the Holders of which shall have provided the information required pursuant to Section 4(b)
hereof; and 
 (y) use their reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration
Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on or before the 60th day after the Shelf Filing Deadline, but in no event earlier than the 270th day after the Initial Exchange Date. 
 Each of the Company and the Cross Guarantors shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions
of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Initial Securities by the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a), and to ensure that it
conforms with the requirements of this Agreement and complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of at least two years following the
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Initial Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been sold pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement or (ii) cease to be outstanding or (iii) become
eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Exchange Act). 
 (b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in
Connection with the Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder
furnishes to the Company in writing, within 20 Business Days after receipt of a request therefor, such information as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary
Prospectus included therein. Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the
Company by such Holder not materially misleading. 
 (c) During any 365-day period, the Company may suspend the availability of
a Shelf Registration Statement and the use of the related Prospectus for up to two periods of up to 30 consecutive days (except for the consecutive 30-day period immediately prior to maturity of the Initial Securities), but no more than an aggregate
of 60 days during any 365-day period, if determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Company there is valid purpose for the suspension. 
 SECTION 5. Additional Interest. If (i) any of the Registration Statements required by this Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the date
specified for such filing in this Agreement, (ii) any of such Registration Statements has not been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such effectiveness in this Agreement (the “Effectiveness Target
Date”), (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated on or prior to the date specified for such Consummation in this Agreement or (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but
shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose during the applicable period specified in this Agreement without being succeeded immediately by a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that cures
such failure and that is itself immediately declared effective, subject to the provisions of Section 4(c) of this Agreement (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a “Registration Default”), the Company hereby
agrees that the interest rate borne by the Transfer Restricted Securities shall be increased by 0.25% per annum during the 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of any Registration Default, and after such 90-day period, if such
Registration Default has not yet been cured, the interest rate borne by the Transfer Restricted Securities shall increase by an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to the next subsequent 90-day period; provided, however, in no event shall
any increase exceed an aggregate of 0.50% per annum. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults relating to any particular Transfer Restricted Securities, the interest rate borne by the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities from the date
of such cure will be reduced to the original interest rate borne by such Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, however, that, if after any such reduction in interest rate, a different Registration Default occurs, the interest rate borne
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 All obligations of the Company and the Cross Guarantors set forth in the preceding paragraph
that are outstanding with respect to any Transfer Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to such security shall have been satisfied
in full. 
 SECTION 6. Registration Procedures. 

(a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Cross Guarantors shall
comply with all of the applicable provisions of Section 6(c) hereof and shall comply with all of the following provisions: 
 (i) If in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company there is a question as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable law, each of the Company and the Cross Guarantors hereby agrees
to seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the Company and the Cross Guarantors to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Initial Securities. Each of the Company and the Cross Guarantors hereby agrees to
pursue the issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level but shall not be required to take commercially unreasonable action to effect a change of Commission policy. Each of the Company and the Cross Guarantors hereby agrees, however, to
(A) participate in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) deliver to the Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such an
Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently pursue a favorable resolution by the Commission staff of such submission. 
 (ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall furnish, prior to the Consummation thereof, a
written representation to the Company (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an Affiliate of the Company or any Cross Guarantor or, if it
is an Affiliate, it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, to the extent applicable, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with
any Person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Securities in its ordinary course of business, (D) it is not acting on behalf of any Person who
could not truthfully make the foregoing representations, and (E) it shall have made such other representations as may be reasonably necessary under applicable Commission rules, regulations or interpretations to render the use of Form F-4 or
another appropriate form under the Securities Act available or for the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective. In addition, all such Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities shall otherwise cooperate in the Company’s
preparations for the Exchange Offer. Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the securities to be acquired in the Exchange Offer
(1) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings
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May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (which may include any no-action letter
obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction
should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K if the resales are of Exchange Securities obtained by such Holder in
exchange for Initial Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Company. 
 (b) Shelf Registration Statement.
In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, each of the Company and the Cross Guarantors shall comply with all applicable provisions of Section 6(c) hereof. 
 (c) General Provisions. In connection with the obligations of the Company and the Cross Guarantors with respect to the Registration Statements and Prospectus pursuant to this Agreement, each of the
Company and the Cross Guarantors shall: 
 (i) use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Registration
Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial statements (including, if required by the Securities Act or any regulation thereunder, financial statements of the Cross Guarantors) for the period specified in Section 3 or 4
hereof, as applicable; upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain a material misstatement or omission or (B) not to be effective and usable for
resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the Company shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement, in the case of clause (A), correcting any such misstatement or omission,
and, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), use its reasonable best efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective and such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus to become usable for their intended purpose(s) as soon as
practicable thereafter; 
 (ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective
amendments to the applicable Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, or such shorter period as will terminate when all
Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act,
and to comply fully with the applicable provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration
Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus; 

(iii) advise the underwriter(s), if any, and selling Holders promptly and, if requested by such Persons, to confirm such
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any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective,
(B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the
initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading. If at
any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from
qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or blue sky laws, each of the Company and the Cross Guarantors shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest
possible time; 
 (iv) furnish without charge to each of the Dealer Managers, each selling Holder named in any
Registration Statement, and each of the underwriter(s), if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or
Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the review and comment of such Holders and underwriter(s) in connection with such sale, if
any, for a reasonable period of time prior to filing, and the Company will not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents
incorporated by reference) to which a Dealer Manager in respect of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement or the underwriter(s), if any, shall reasonably object in writing prior to filing (such objection to be
deemed timely made upon confirmation of telecopy transmission within such period). The objection of a Dealer Manager or underwriter, if any, shall be deemed to be reasonable if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as
applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains a material misstatement or omission; 
 (v) promptly prior to the
filing of any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Dealer Managers, each selling Holder named in any Registration Statement, and to the underwriter(s),
if any, make the Company’s and the Cross Guarantors’ representatives available for discussion of such document and other customary due diligence matters, and include such information in such document prior to the filing thereof as such
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 (vi) make available at reasonable times for inspection by the Dealer
Managers, the managing underwriter(s), if any, participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney or accountant retained by such Dealer Managers or any of the underwriter(s), all financial and other records,
pertinent corporate documents and properties of each of the Company and the Cross Guarantors and cause the Company’s and the Cross Guarantors’ officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such
Holder, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness and to participate in diligence meetings to the extent
reasonably requested by the managing underwriter(s), if any; provided that if any such information is identified by the Company or any Cross Guarantor as being confidential or proprietary, each Person receiving such information shall take such
actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information to the extent such action is otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment of or in derogation of the rights and interests of any such Holder, underwriter,
attorney or accountant; 
 (vii) if requested by any selling Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, promptly
incorporate in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such selling Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request to have included therein,
including, without limitation, information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the Transfer Restricted Securities, information with respect to the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold to such underwriter(s),
the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as
practicable after the Company is notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; 
 (viii) take all reasonable action necessary to enable Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., and Moody’s Investors Service Inc. to provide
their respective credit ratings of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement, if so requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities covered thereby or the underwriter(s), if any;

 (ix) furnish to each Dealer Manager, each selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without
charge, at least one copy of the Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits (including
exhibits incorporated therein by reference); 
 (x) deliver to each selling Holder and each of the
underwriter(s), if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request; each of the Company and the Cross Guarantors hereby
consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders and each of the 

  
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underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto; 

(xi) enter into such agreements (including an underwriting agreement), and make such representations and warranties, and
take all such other actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, all to such extent as may be
requested by any Dealer Manager or by any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities or underwriter in connection with any sale or resale pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement; and whether or not an underwriting
agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an Underwritten Registration, each of the Company and the Cross Guarantors shall: 
 (A) furnish to each Dealer Manager, each selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as they may request and as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary
underwritten offerings, upon the date of the Consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if applicable, the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement: 
 (1) a certificate, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, signed by (y) the President or any Vice
President and (z) a principal financial or accounting officer of each of the Company and the Cross Guarantors, as may be reasonably requested and as are customarily delivered in sales of securities or underwritten offerings; 

(2) an opinion, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement, as the case may be, of counsel for the Company and the Cross Guarantors, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as such parties may reasonably request;
and 
 (3) a customary comfort letter, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, from
the Company’s independent accountants, in the customary form and covering matters of the type customarily requested to be covered in comfort letters by underwriters in connection with primary underwritten offerings; 

(B) set forth in full or incorporate by reference in the underwriting agreement, if any, the indemnification provisions
and procedures of Section 8 hereof with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section; and 
 (C) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance with Section 6(c)(xi)(A) hereof and with any customary conditions contained in
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other agreement entered into by the Company or any of the Cross Guarantors pursuant to this Section 6(c)(xi), if any. 

If at any time the representations and warranties of the Company and the Cross Guarantors contemplated in
Section 6(c)(xi)(A)(1) hereof cease to be true and correct, the Company or the Cross Guarantors shall so advise the Dealer Managers and the underwriter(s), if any, and each selling Holder promptly and, if requested by such Persons, shall
confirm such advice in writing; 
 (xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities,
cooperate with the selling Holders, the underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the state securities or blue sky laws of such
jurisdictions as the selling Holders or underwriter(s), if any, may request and use its reasonable best efforts to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement;
provided, however, that none of the Company nor the Cross Guarantors shall be required to register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in
suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions relating to the Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject; 
 (xiii) shall issue, upon the request of any Holder of Initial Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement, Exchange Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of Initial Securities surrendered to the Company by such Holder in exchange therefor or being sold by such Holder; such Exchange Securities to be registered in the name of such Holder or in the name of the purchaser(s) of such
Securities, as the case may be; in return, the Initial Securities held by such Holder shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation; 
 (xiv) cooperate with the selling Holders and the underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not
bearing any restrictive legends; and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, may request at least two Business Days prior to any sale of
Transfer Restricted Securities made by such Holders or underwriter(s); 
 (xv) use its reasonable best efforts to
cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter(s), if
any, to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in Section 6(c)(xii) hereof; 
 (xvi) if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof shall exist or have occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or related
Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material

  
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fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; 
 (xvii) provide a CUSIP number for all Securities not later than the effective date of the Registration Statement covering such Securities and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with printed
certificates for such Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the National Bank of Belgium and take all other action necessary to ensure that all certificated depositary interests representing such Securities are eligible for
deposit with the Depository Trust Company; 
 (xviii) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made
with FINRA and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter (including any “qualified independent underwriter”) that is required to be retained in accordance with the rules and regulations of FINRA; 

(xix) otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and
make generally available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 (which need not be audited) for the twelve-month period (A) commencing at the end of any fiscal
quarter in which Transfer Restricted Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or reasonable best efforts Underwritten Offering or (B) if not sold to underwriters in such an offering, beginning with the first month of the
Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement; 
 (xx)
cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement required by this Agreement, and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders of
Securities to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and to execute and use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute,
all documents that may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner; 

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

(xxii) provide promptly to each Holder upon request each document filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements
of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act; and 
 (xxiii) following the consummation of the
Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of an applicable shelf registration statement and for so long as the Notes are outstanding if, in the judgment of the Dealer Managers or any of their Affiliates are required to deliver a prospectus in connection
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Notes, to periodically amend the applicable registration statement so that the information contained therein complies with the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act, to amend the
applicable registration statement or supplement the related prospectus or the documents incorporated therein when necessary to reflect any material changes in the information provided therein so that the registration statement and the prospectus
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing as of the date the prospectus is so delivered, not misleading
and to provide the Dealer Managers with copies of each amendment or supplement filed with the Commission and such other documents as the Dealer Managers may reasonably request. 

Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the existence of
any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies
of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any
additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. If so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such
Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event the Company shall give any such notice, the time period regarding the effectiveness of such
Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof to and
including the date when each selling Holder covered by such Registration Statement shall have received the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof or shall have received the Advice; provided,
however, that no such extension shall be taken into account in determining whether Additional Interest is due pursuant to Section 5 hereof or the amount of such Additional Interest, it being agreed that the Company’s option to suspend
use of a Registration Statement pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a Registration Default for purposes of Section 5 hereof. 
 SECTION 7. Registration Expenses. 
 (a) All
expenses incident to the Company’s and the Cross Guarantors’ performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company and the Cross Guarantors, jointly and severally, regardless of whether a Registration Statement
becomes effective, including, without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made by any Dealer Manager or Holder with FINRA (and, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any “qualified independent
underwriter” and its counsel that may be required by the rules and regulations of FINRA)); (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state securities or blue sky laws; (iii) all expenses of printing
(including printing certificates for the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, the Cross
Guarantors and, subject to Section 7(b) hereof, the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange Securities 

  
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on a securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements thereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company
and the Cross Guarantors (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance). 
 Each of the Company and the Cross Guarantors will, in any event, bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or
accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Company or the Cross Guarantors. 
 (b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), the Company
and the Cross Guarantors, jointly and severally, will reimburse the Dealer Managers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered in the Exchange Offer and/or resold pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contained in
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be Linklaters LLP or such other counsel as may be
chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared. 
 SECTION 8. Indemnification. 
 (a) The Company
and the Cross Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Holder and (ii) each Person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act) any Holder (any of the Persons referred to in this clause (ii) being hereinafter referred to as a “controlling person”) and (iii) the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents
of any Holder or any controlling person (any Person referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) may hereinafter be referred to as an “Indemnified Holder”), to the fullest extent lawful, from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, and as incurred, reimbursement of all reasonable costs of investigating or defending any claim or action, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body,
commenced or threatened, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to any Indemnified Holder) arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to
the Company by any of the Holders expressly for use therein. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability which the Company or any of the Cross Guarantors may otherwise have. 

(b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each
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underwriter who participates in an offering of Transfer Restricted Securities and each other selling Holder and each of their respective Affiliates, directors, officers (including each director
and officer of the Company and any Cross Guarantor who sign a Registration Statement), and any Person controlling (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company, any Cross Guarantor,
any Dealer Manager, any underwriter or any other selling Holder, and the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of each such Person, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the
Cross Guarantors to each of the Indemnified Holders, but only with respect to claims and actions based on information relating to such Holder furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement or any amendment
thereof or any Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability which a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may otherwise have. 

(c) Promptly after receipt by any Person with respect to which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Section 8 of notice of the
commencement of any action, such Person (the “Indemnified Person”) will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the Person against whom such indemnification may be sought
(the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing of the commencement thereof, but the omission so to notify the Indemnifying Person will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any Indemnified Person (i) for contribution under
paragraphs (d) and (e) under this Section 8 or (ii) otherwise than under the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8 or (iii) to the extent such Indemnifying Person is not prejudiced as a proximate result of
such failure. In case any such action is brought against any Indemnified Person and such Indemnified Person seeks or intends to seek indemnity from an Indemnifying Person, the Indemnifying Person will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent
that it shall elect, jointly with all other Indemnifying Persons similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the Indemnified Person promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such Indemnified Person, to assume the defense thereof with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person; provided, however, if the defendants in any such action include both the Indemnified Person and the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that a
conflict may arise between the positions of the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person in conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to such Indemnified Person which are different from or
additional to those available to the Indemnifying Person, the Indemnified Person or Persons shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such
Indemnified Persons or Persons. Upon receipt of notice from the Indemnifying Person to such Indemnified Person of such Indemnifying Person’s election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the Indemnified Person of counsel, the
Indemnifying Person will not be liable to such Indemnified Person under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with the defense thereof unless (A) the Indemnified
Person shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (together
with local counsel), approved by the Indemnifying Person or (B) the Indemnifying Person shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person within a reasonable time after notice
of commencement of the action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Person. 

  
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 (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an
Indemnified Person under Section 8(a) or (b) hereof (other than by reason of exceptions provided in those Sections) in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions or expenses referred to therein, then each
applicable Indemnifying Person, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Cross Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from the Initial Exchange Offer (which in the case of the Company and the Cross Guarantors shall be
deemed to be the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Securities to be issued by the Company and (y) any additional consideration paid by the Company in exchange for the outstanding debt securities of Delhaize America,
LLC exchanged in the Initial Exchange Offer), or if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, the relative fault of the Company and the Cross Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, in connection with the
statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Holders on the other shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or any of the Cross
Guarantors, on the one hand, or the Holders, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8(c) hereof, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in
connection with investigating or defending any action or claim. 
 (e) The Company, the Cross Guarantors and each Holder of
Transfer Restricted Securities agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other
method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, none of the Holders shall be required to contribute, in the
aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discount received by such Holder with respect to the Initial Securities exceeds the amount of any damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue
or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of
such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(e) are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Initial Securities held by each of the Holders hereunder and not joint.

 SECTION 9. Rule 144A. Each of the Company and the Cross Guarantors hereby agrees with each
Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding, to make available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer
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Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. 
 SECTION 10. Participation in Underwritten Registrations. No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell
such Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires,
powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. 
 SECTION 11. Selection of Underwriters. The Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such
Transfer Restricted Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker(s) and managing underwriter(s) that will administer such offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities included in such offering; provided, however, that such investment banker(s) and managing underwriter(s) must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company. 

SECTION 12. Miscellaneous.  
 (a) Remedies. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Agreement
and hereby agree to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate. 
 (b)
No Inconsistent Agreements. Each of the Company and the Cross Guarantors will not on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in
this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Neither the Company nor any of the Cross Guarantors has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to the Securities to any Person. The rights
granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s or any of the Cross Guarantors’ securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.

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

(i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the
Registrar under the Indenture; and 
 (ii) if to the Company or any Cross Guarantor: 

Delhaize Group SA/NV 
 Square Marie Curie 40 
 1070 Brussels 

Belgium 
 Attention: A.M. Silva Gonzalez and William Schoofs 
 (separate
notices to each person) 
 Fax: +32 (2) 412 8568 

and 
 Delhaize America, Inc. 
 2110 Executive Drive 

Salisbury, North Carolina 28147 
 U.S.A. 
 Attention: Attention: A.M. Silva Gonzalez and Garrett D.
Bowne IV 
 (separate notices to each person) 

Fax: +1 207 883 7555 
 with a copy to: 
 Hunton & Williams LLP 

1900 K Street, N.W. 
 Washington D.C., 20006 
 U.S.A. 

Fax: +1 202 779 7435 
 Attention: J. Steven Patterson 
 All such notices and communications shall be
deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and
on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery. 

  
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 Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered
by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address specified in the Indenture. 
 (e) Successors and Assigns.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including, without limitation, and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities; provided, however, that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or assign acquired Transfer Restricted Securities from such
Holder. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Transfer Restricted Securities, in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Transfer Restricted Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by
taking and holding such Transfer Restricted Securities, such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, including the restrictions on resale set forth in this
Agreement and, if applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof. 
 (f)
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute
one and the same agreement. 
 (g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and
shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. 
 (h) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THEREOF. 
 (i)
Consent to Jurisdiction. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (“Related Proceedings”) may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States
of America located in the City and County of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City and County of New York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the
exclusive jurisdiction (except for suits, actions, or proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any Specified Court in a Related Proceeding (a “Related Judgment”), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive)
of the Specified Courts in any Related Proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified
Court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any Related Proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any Specified Court that any
Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the Company and each of the Guarantors irrevocably appoints Corporations Services Company as its agent to receive service of process or other legal
summons for purposes of any Related Proceeding that may be instituted in any Specified Court. 
 (j) Severability. In the
event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, 

  
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legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby. 

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

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

			
	DELHAIZE GROUP SA/NV
		
	By:	 	 /s/ A. M. Sliva Gonzalez

		 	Name: A. M. Silva Gonzalez
		 	Title: Vice President - Treasury
	
	DELHAIZE AMERICA, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Garrett D. Bowen IV

		 	Name: Garrett D. Bowne IV
		 	Title: Vice President, Finance, Treasurer and Operations Controller
	
	DELHAIZE US HOLDING, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Garrett D. Bowne IV

		 	Name: Garrett D. Bowne IV
		 	Title: Treasurer
	
	FOOD LION, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ G. Linn Evans

		 	Name: G. Linn Evans
		 	Title: Senior VP and Secretary
	
	HANNAFORD BROS. CO.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Lisa K. Toner

		 	Name: Lisa K. Toner
		 	Title: Vice President and Secretary

  
 Registration
Rights Agreement Signature Page 

  

			
	KASH N’ KARRY FOOD STORES, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Lisa K. Toner

		 	Name: Lisa K. Toner
		 	Title: Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
	
	FL FOOD LION, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ G. Linn Evans

		 	Name: G. Linn Evans
		 	Title: Secretary
	
	RISK MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ G. Linn Evans

		 	Name: G. Linn Evans
		 	Title: Secretary
	
	HANNBRO COMPANY
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Lisa K. Toner

		 	Name: Lisa K. Toner
		 	Title: Secretary
	
	 MARTIN’S FOODS OF SOUTH
 BURLINGTON, INC.

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Lisa K. Toner

		 	Name: Lisa K. Toner
		 	Title: Assistant Secretary

  
 Registration
Rights Agreement Signature Page 

  

			
	BONEY WILSON & SONS, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Lisa K. Toner

		 	Name: Lisa K. Toner
		 	Title: Secretary
	
	J.H. HARVEY CO., LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ G. Linn Evans

		 	Name: G. Linn Evans
		 	Title: Vice President and Secretary
	
	HANNAFORD LICENSING CORP.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Lisa K. Toner

		 	Name: Lisa K. Toner
		 	Title: Secretary
	
	VICTORY DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Lisa K. Toner

		 	Name: Lisa K. Toner
		 	Title: Secretary

  
 Registration
Rights Agreement Signature Page 

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

			
	BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Shelli A. Merritt

		 	Name: Shelli A. Merritt
		 	Title: Managing Director
	
	J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Maria Sramek

		 	Name: Maria Sramek
		 	Title: Executive Director
	
	CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Tim Lu

		 	Name: Tim Lu
		 	Title: Managing Director
	
	DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Roger Heine

		 	Name: Roger Heine
		 	Title: Managing Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Peter Klosowicz

		 	Name: Peter Klosowicz
		 	Title: Director

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