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Exhibit 10.1

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

          INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), made and executed as of February 15, 2011, by
and between Oasis Petroleum Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Ted Collins, Jr., an
individual resident of the State of Texas (the “Indemnitee”).

WITNESSETH:

          WHEREAS, the Company is aware that, to induce and to retain highly competent persons to serve
the Company as directors or officers or in other capacities, the Company must provide such persons
with adequate protection through insurance and indemnification against inordinate risks of claims
and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the Company;

          WHEREAS, the Company recognizes the substantial increase in corporate litigation in general,
subjecting directors and officers to expensive litigation risks at the same time as the
availability and coverage of liability insurance has been severely limited;

          WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Bylaws”) contain indemnification
provisions which entitle the members of the Board of Directors and officers of the Company to
indemnification protection to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law; and

          WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company to obligate itself
contractually to indemnify such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to
provide an express process and procedure for seeking indemnification so that they will continue to
serve the Company free from undue concern.

AGREEMENT:

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises and covenants
contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Indemnitee do hereby agree as follows:

          1. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
set forth below:

          (a) “Disinterested Director” shall mean a director of the Company who is not or was not
a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is being sought.

          (b) “Expenses” shall include all reasonable attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees,
retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses,
duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service
fees, and all other disbursements or expenses incurred in connection with prosecuting,
defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating or being or preparing to be a
witness in any Proceeding or establishing the Indemnitee’s right of entitlement to
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          (c) “Independent Counsel” shall mean a law firm of at least 50 attorneys or a member of
a law firm of at least 50 attorneys that is experienced in matters of corporate law and that
neither is presently nor in the past five years has been retained to represent (i) the
Company or the Indemnitee or any affiliate thereof in any matter material to either such
party or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include
any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing,
would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or the Indemnitee in an
action to determine the Indemnitee’s right to indemnification under this Agreement.

          (d) “Proceeding” shall mean any threatened, pending or completed action, suit,
arbitration, investigation, inquiry, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, administrative
or legislative hearing, or any other proceeding (including, without limitation, any
securities laws action, suit, arbitration, investigation, inquiry, alternative dispute
resolution mechanism, hearing or procedure) whether civil, criminal, administrative,
arbitrative or investigative and whether or not based upon events occurring, or actions
taken, before the date hereof, and any appeal in or related to any such action, suit,
arbitration, investigation, inquiry, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, hearing or
proceeding and any inquiry or investigation (including discovery), whether conducted by or
in the right of the Company or any other person, that the Indemnitee in good faith believes
could lead to any such action, suit, arbitration, investigation, inquiry, alternative
dispute resolution mechanism, hearing or other proceeding or appeal thereof.

          2. SERVICE BY THE INDEMNITEE. The Indemnitee agrees to serve or to continue to serve as a
director or officer of the Company and will discharge his/her duties and responsibilities to the
best of his/her ability so long as the Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed in accordance with
the provisions of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the
“Certificate”), the Bylaws, and the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended (the “DGCL”), or
until his/her earlier death, retirement, resignation or removal, or also in the case of a
director, until his/her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. The Indemnitee may
at any time and for any reason resign from such position (subject to any other obligation, whether
contractual or imposed by operation of law), in which event this Agreement shall continue in full
force and effect after such resignation. Additionally, this Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect after the death, retirement or removal of the Indemnitee, or also in the case of a
director, until his/her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. Notwithstanding the
forgoing, this Agreement may be terminated in accordance with Section 22 hereof. Nothing in this
Agreement shall confer upon the Indemnitee the right to continue in the employ of the Company or
as a director of the Company, or affect the right of the Company to terminate, in the Company’s
sole discretion (with or without cause) and at any time, the Indemnitee’s employment or position
as a director, in each case, subject to any contractual rights of the Indemnitee existing
otherwise than under this Agreement.

          3. INDEMNIFICATION. The Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee and advance Expenses to the
Indemnitee as provided in this Agreement to the fullest extent permitted by the Certificate, the
Bylaws in effect as of the date hereof and the DGCL or other

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applicable law in effect on the date hereof and to any greater extent that the Bylaws, the
DGCL, or applicable law may in the future from time to time permit. Without diminishing the scope
of the indemnification provided by this Section 3, the rights of indemnification of the Indemnitee
provided hereunder shall include, but shall not be limited to, those rights hereinafter set forth,
except that no indemnification shall be paid hereunder to the Indemnitee:

          (a) on account of conduct of the Indemnitee which is adjudged in a final adjudication
by a court of competent jurisdiction from which there is no further right of appeal or in a
final adjudication of an arbitration pursuant to Section 12 hereof, if the Indemnitee elects
to seek such arbitration, to have been knowingly fraudulent or to constitute conduct not in
good faith, or in the case of a criminal matter, to have been knowingly unlawful;

          (b) in any circumstance where such indemnification is expressly prohibited by
applicable law in effect as of the date of this Agreement or subsequently determined to be
expressly prohibited by applicable law;

          (c) with respect to liability for which payment is actually made to the Indemnitee
under an insurance policy or under an indemnity clause, Bylaws provision or other agreement
(other than this Agreement), except in respect of any liability in excess of payment under
such insurance, clause, Bylaws provision or other agreement; or

          (d) if a final decision by a court having jurisdiction in the matter shall determine
that such indemnification is not lawful.

          4. ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS OTHER THAN AN ACTION BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY. The
Indemnitee shall be entitled to the indemnification rights provided in this Agreement if the
Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding, other than a
Proceeding by or in the right of the Company, by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was
a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or any of the Company’s direct or
indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, or is or was serving at the request of the Company or any of
the Company’s direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries as a director, officer, employee, agent
or fiduciary of any other entity, including, but not limited to, another corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, employee benefit plan, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by
reason of any act or omission by him/her in such capacity. Pursuant to this Section 4, the
Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all judgments, penalties (including, but not limited to,
excise and similar taxes) and fines against the Indemnitee, and all Expenses, liabilities and
amounts paid in settlement which were actually and reasonably incurred by, or in the case of
retainers, to be incurred by, the Indemnitee or on the Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such
Proceeding (including, but not limited to, the investigation, defense or appeal thereof).

          5. ACTIONS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY. The Indemnitee shall be entitled to the
indemnification rights provided in this Agreement if the Indemnitee was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding brought by or in the right of the Company to
procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was a director,
officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or any of the Company’s direct or indirect
wholly-owned subsidiaries, or is or was serving at the request of the

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Company or any of the Company’s direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries as a director,
officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of another entity, including, but not limited to, another
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, employee benefit plan, joint venture, trust
or other enterprise, or by reason of any act or omission by him/her in any such capacity. Pursuant
to this Section 5, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and
reasonably incurred by, or in the case of retainers, to be incurred by, him/her in connection with
such Proceeding (including, but not limited to the investigation, defense or appeal thereof);
provided, however, that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter
as to which the Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company in a final
adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction from which there is no further right of appeal
or in a final adjudication of an arbitration pursuant to Section 12 hereof, if the Indemnitee
elects to seek such arbitration, unless and to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State
of Delaware, or the court in which such Proceeding shall have been brought or is pending, shall
determine that such indemnification may be made.

          6. GOOD FAITH DEFINITION. For purposes of this Agreement, the Indemnitee shall be deemed to
have acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Company, or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, to have
had no reasonable cause to believe the Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful, if such action was based
on any of the following: (a) the records or books of the account of the Company or other
enterprise, including financial statements; (b) information supplied to the Indemnitee by the
officers of the Company or any of the Company’s direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries or
any entity at which the Indemnitee is or was serving as a director, officer, employee, agent or
fiduciary at the request of the Company or any of the Company’s direct or indirect wholly-owned
subsidiaries (each such entity, a “Subject Enterprise”) in the course of his/her duties; (c) the
advice of legal counsel for the Company or Subject Enterprise; or (d) information or records given
in reports made to the Company or Subject Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant
or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Company or other
enterprise. The provisions of this Section 6 shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in
any way the other circumstances in which the Indemnitee may be deemed to have met the applicable
standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement.

          7. INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF WITNESS. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Agreement, to the extent that the Indemnitee has served on behalf of the Company or any of the
Company’s direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, or is or was serving at the request of the
Company or any of the Company’s direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, as a witness or
other similar participant in any Proceeding, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all
Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by, or in the case of retainers, to be incurred by, the
Indemnitee in connection therewith to be paid by the Company within seven days of receipt by the
Company of a statement from the Indemnitee requesting such payment and detailing such Expenses.

          8. PARTIAL INDEMNIFICATION. If the Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this
Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of the judgments, penalties and
fines and Expenses and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by, or in the
case of retainers to be incurred by, the Indemnitee in connection with the investigation, defense,
appeal or settlement of such Proceeding described

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in Sections 4 and 5 hereof, but is not entitled to indemnification for the total amount
thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify the Indemnitee for the portion of such
judgments, penalties and fines and Expenses and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by, or in the case of retainers, to be incurred by, the Indemnitee for which the
Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified. For purposes of this Section 8 and without limitation,
the termination of any claim, issue, or matter in such a Proceeding described herein (a) by
dismissal, summary judgment, judgment on the pleading, or final judgment, with or without
prejudice, or (b) by agreement without payment or assumption or admission of liability by the
Indemnitee, shall be deemed to be a successful determination or result as to such claim, issue or
matter.

          9. PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO INDEMNIFICATION.

          (a) To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, the Indemnitee shall submit to the
Company a written request, including documentation and information which is reasonably
available to the Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether the Indemnitee
is entitled to indemnification. The Secretary of the Company shall, promptly upon receipt of
a request for indemnification, advise the Board of Directors that the Indemnitee has
requested indemnification. Any Expenses incurred by, or in the case of retainers, to be
incurred by, the Indemnitee in connection with the Indemnitee’s request for indemnification
hereunder shall be borne by the Company.

          (b) Upon written request by the Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Sections 4
and 5 hereof, the entitlement of the Indemnitee to indemnification pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement shall be determined by the following person or persons, who shall be
empowered to make such determination: (i) if requested by the Indemnitee, by Independent
Counsel in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered
to the Indemnitee; or (ii) if not so requested, (A) by the Board of Directors of the
Company, by a majority vote of a quorum (determined in accordance with the Bylaws)
consisting of Disinterested Directors, or (B) if a quorum consisting of Disinterested
Directors is not obtainable or if a majority vote of a quorum consisting of Disinterested
Directors so directs, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board of Directors,
a copy of which shall be delivered to the Indemnitee. The Independent Counsel shall be
selected by the Board of Directors of the Company unless there shall have occurred within
two years prior to the date of the commencement of the Proceeding for which indemnification
is claimed a “Change of Control” as defined in the Company’s 2010 Long Term Incentive Plan
in which case the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the claimant unless the claimant
shall request that such selection be made by the Board of Directors. Such determination of
entitlement to indemnification shall be made not later than 45 days after receipt by the
Company of a written request for indemnification. If it is so determined that the
Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to the Indemnitee shall be made within 15
days after such determination.

          (c) The Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification hereunder without a separate
determination by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to Section 9(b) hereof with respect to
any Proceeding and/or any claim, issue, or matter with respect thereto: (i) which is
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liability by the Indemnitee; or (ii) as to which a final decision on the merits has been
made by the court or other body with jurisdiction over that Proceeding, in which the
Indemnitee was not determined to be liable with respect to such claim, issue, or matter
asserted against the Indemnitee in the Proceeding; or (iii) as to which a court or
arbitrator determines upon application that, despite such a determination of liability on
the part of the Indemnitee, but in view of all the circumstances of the Proceeding and of
the Indemnitee’s conduct with respect thereto, the Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnification for such judgments, penalties, fines, amounts paid in
settlement, and Expenses as such court or arbitrator shall deem proper; provided, however,
such decision shall have been rendered in or with respect to the Proceeding for which the
Indemnitee seeks indemnification under this Agreement.

          10. PRESUMPTIONS AND EFFECT OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS.

          (a) In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification, the
Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to full indemnification hereunder, and the
Company shall have the burden of proof in the making of any determination contrary to such
presumption. Neither the failure of the Board of Directors (or such other person or persons
empowered to make the determination of whether the Indemnitee is entitled to
indemnification) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action
pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because the
Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor any determination thereby that
the Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense or
admissible as evidence in any Proceeding for any purpose or create a presumption that the
Indemnitee has acted in bad faith or failed to meet any other applicable standard of
conduct.

          (b) If the Board of Directors or the Independent Counsel, as applicable, shall have
failed to make a determination as to entitlement to indemnification within 45 days after
receipt by the Company of such request, the requisite determination of entitlement to
indemnification shall be deemed to have been made and the Indemnitee shall be absolutely
entitled to such indemnification, absent actual and material fraud in the request for
indemnification, a prohibition of indemnification under applicable law in effect as of the
date of this Agreement, or a subsequent determination that such indemnification is
prohibited by applicable law. The termination of any Proceeding described in Sections 4 or
5 hereof by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or
its equivalent, shall not, of itself: (i) create a presumption that the Indemnitee acted in
bad faith or in a manner which he/she reasonably believed to be opposed to the best
interests of the Company, or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that the Indemnitee
has reasonable cause to believe that the Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful; or (ii)
otherwise adversely affect the rights of the Indemnitee to indemnification, except as may be
provided herein.

          11. ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES. Subject to applicable law, all reasonable Expenses actually
incurred by, or in the case of retainers, to be incurred by, the Indemnitee in connection with any
Proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding, if
so requested by the Indemnitee, within seven days after the receipt by the Company of a statement
or statements from the Indemnitee requesting such

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advance or advances. The Indemnitee may submit such statements from time to time. The
Indemnitee’s entitlement to such Expenses shall include those incurred, or in the case of
retainers, to be incurred, in connection with any Proceeding by the Indemnitee seeking an
adjudication or award in arbitration pursuant to this Agreement. Such statement or statements
shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by, or in the case of retainers, to be incurred
by, the Indemnitee in connection therewith and shall include or be accompanied by a written
affirmation by the Indemnitee of the Indemnitee’s good faith belief that the Indemnitee has met
the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification under this Agreement and an undertaking by
or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that the
Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified against such Expenses by the Company pursuant to this
Agreement or otherwise. The form of Written Affirmation is attached as Exhibit A hereto.
Each written undertaking to pay amounts advanced must be an unlimited general obligation but need
not be secured, and shall be accepted without reference to financial ability to make repayment.

          12. REMEDIES OF THE INDEMNITEE IN CASES OF DETERMINATION NOT TO INDEMNIFY OR FAILURE TO
ADVANCE EXPENSES. In the event that a determination is made that the Indemnitee is not entitled
to indemnification hereunder or if the payment has not been timely made following a determination
of entitlement to indemnification pursuant to Sections 9 and 10 hereof, or if Expenses are not
advanced pursuant to Section 11 hereof, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to seek a final
adjudication in an appropriate court of the State of Delaware or any other court of competent
jurisdiction of the Indemnitee’s entitlement to such indemnification or advance. Alternatively,
the Indemnitee may, at the Indemnitee’s option, seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a
single arbitrator chosen by the Indemnitee and approved by the Company, which approval shall not
be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If the Indemnitee and the Company do not agree upon an
arbitrator within 30 days following notice to the Company by the Indemnitee that it seeks an award
in arbitration, the arbitrator will be chosen pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration
Association (the “AAA”). The arbitration will be conducted pursuant to the rules of the AAA, and
an award shall be made within 60 days following the filing of the demand for arbitration. The
arbitration shall be held in Houston, Texas. The Company shall not oppose the Indemnitee’s right
to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration or any other claim. Such judicial proceeding
or arbitration shall be made de novo, and the Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of a
determination (if so made) that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification. If a
determination is made or deemed to have been made pursuant to the terms of Section 9 or Section 10
hereof that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such
determination and shall be precluded from asserting that such determination has not been made or
that the procedure by which such determination was made is not valid, binding and enforceable. The
Company further agrees to stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the
Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement and is precluded from making any
assertions to the contrary. If the court or arbitrator shall determine that the Indemnitee is
entitled to any indemnification hereunder, the Company shall pay all reasonable Expenses actually
incurred by, or in the case of retainers to be incurred by, the Indemnitee in connection with such
adjudication or award in arbitration (including, but not limited to, any appellate Proceedings).

          13. NOTIFICATION AND DEFENSE OF CLAIM. Promptly after receipt by the Indemnitee of notice of
the commencement of any Proceeding, the Indemnitee will, if a claim

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in respect thereof is to be made against the Company under this Agreement, notify the
Company in writing of the commencement thereof. The omission or delay by the Indemnitee to so
notify the Company will not relieve the Company from any liability that it may have to the
Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise, except to the extent that the Company may suffer
material prejudice by reason of such failure or delay. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, with respect to any such Proceeding as to which the Indemnitee gives notice to the
Company of the commencement thereof:

     (a) The Company will be entitled to participate therein at its own expense.

     (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 13(b), to the extent that it may wish,
the Company, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, shall be entitled
to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee. After
prior written notice from the Company to the Indemnitee of its election to so assume the
defense thereof, the Company shall not be liable to the Indemnitee under this Agreement for
any legal or other Expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with the
defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation or as otherwise provided below.
The Indemnitee shall have the right to employ the Indemnitee’s own counsel in such
Proceeding, but the fees and Expenses of such counsel incurred after such notice from the
Company of its assumption of the defense thereof shall be at the expense of the Indemnitee
unless (i) the employment of counsel by the Indemnitee has been authorized by the Company;
(ii) the Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest
between the Company and the Indemnitee in the conduct of the defense of such Proceeding, and
such determination by the Indemnitee shall be supported by an opinion of counsel, which
opinion shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company; or (iii) the Company shall not in
fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of the Proceeding, in each of which cases
the fees and Expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the Company. The Company shall
not be entitled to assume the defense of any Proceeding brought by or on behalf of the
Company or as to which the Indemnitee shall have reached the conclusion provided for in
clause (ii) above.

     (c) The Company shall not be liable to indemnify the Indemnitee under this Agreement
for any amounts paid in settlement of any Proceeding without its prior written consent,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company shall not be required to
obtain the consent of the Indemnitee to settle any Proceeding which the Company has
undertaken to defend if the Company assumes full and sole responsibility for such settlement
and such settlement grants the Indemnitee a complete and unqualified release in respect of
any potential liability. The Company shall have no obligation to indemnify the Indemnitee
under this Agreement with regard to any judicial award issued in a Proceeding, or any
related Expenses of the Indemnitee, if the Company was not given a reasonable and timely
opportunity, at its expense, to participate in the defense of such Proceeding, except to the
extent the Company was not materially prejudiced thereby.

     (d) If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim pursuant to this Section 13,
the Company has director and officer liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give
prompt notice of the commencement of the Proceeding for which indemnification is

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sought to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective
policies.

     The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to
pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance
with the terms of the policies.

          14. OTHER RIGHTS TO INDEMNIFICATION. The indemnification and advancement of Expenses
provided by this Agreement are cumulative, and not exclusive, and are in addition to any other
rights to which the Indemnitee may now or in the future be entitled under any provision of the
Bylaws or Certificate of the Company, or other governing documents of any direct or indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, any vote of the stockholders of the Company or
Disinterested Directors, any provision of law or otherwise. Except as required by applicable law,
the Company shall not adopt any amendment to its Bylaws or Certificate the effect of which would
be to deny, diminish or encumber the Indemnitee’s right to indemnification under this Agreement.

          15. NO IMPUTATION. The knowledge or actions, or failure to act, of any director, officer,
agent or employee of the Company or the Company itself shall not be imputed to the Indemnitee for
purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement.

          16. DIRECTOR AND OFFICER LIABILITY INSURANCE. The Company shall, from time to time, make the
good faith determination whether it is practicable for the Company to obtain and maintain a policy
or policies of insurance with reputable insurance companies providing the officers and directors
of the Company and any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company with coverage for
losses from wrongful acts or to ensure the Company’s performance of its indemnification
obligations under this Agreement. Among other considerations, the Company will weigh the costs of
obtaining such insurance coverage against the protection afforded by such coverage.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have no obligation to obtain or maintain such
insurance if the Company determines in good faith that such insurance is not necessary or is not
reasonably available, if the premium costs for such insurance are disproportionate to the amount
of coverage provided, if the coverage provided by such insurance is limited by exclusions so as to
provide an insufficient benefit or if the Indemnitee is covered by similar insurance maintained by
a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. However, the Company’s decision
whether or not to adopt and maintain such insurance shall not affect in any way its obligations to
indemnify the Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise. In all policies of director and
officer liability insurance, the Indemnitee shall be named as an insured in such a manner as to
provide the Indemnitee the same rights and benefits as are accorded to the most favorably insured
of the Company’s directors, if the Indemnitee is a director; or of the Company’s officers, if the
Indemnitee is not a director of the Company but is an officer. The Company agrees that the
provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect regardless of whether liability or other
insurance coverage is at any time obtained or retained by the Company; except that any payments
made to, or on behalf of, the Indemnitee under an insurance policy shall reduce the obligations of
the Company hereunder with respect to the amount of such payment in accordance with Section 3(c)
hereof.

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          17. INTENT. This Agreement is intended to be broader than any statutory indemnification
rights applicable in the State of Delaware and shall be in addition to and supplemental to any
other rights the Indemnitee may have under the Certificate, the Bylaws, applicable law or
otherwise. To the extent that a change in applicable law (whether by statute or judicial decision)
permits greater indemnification by agreement than would be afforded currently under the
Certificate, the Bylaws, applicable law or this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties that
the Indemnitee enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. To the
extent there is any conflict between this Agreement and the Bylaws with respect to any right or
obligation of any party hereto, the terms of this Agreement shall control; provided, however, the
foregoing shall not apply to a reduction of any right of the Indemnitee.

          18. ATTORNEY’S FEES AND OTHER EXPENSES TO ENFORCE AGREEMENT. In the event that the
Indemnitee is subject to or intervenes in any Proceeding in which the validity or enforceability
of this Agreement is at issue or seeks an adjudication or award in arbitration to enforce the
Indemnitee’s rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement the Indemnitee, if
he/she prevails in whole or in part in such action, shall be entitled to recover from the Company
and shall be indemnified by the Company against any actual expenses for attorneys’ fees and
disbursements reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee.

          19. SUBROGATION. In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be
subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee, who
shall execute all documents required and shall do all acts that may be necessary to secure such
rights and to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

          20. EFFECTIVE DATE. The provisions of this Agreement shall cover claims or Proceedings
whether now pending or hereafter commenced and shall be retroactive to cover acts or omissions or
alleged acts or omissions which heretofore have taken place. The Company shall be liable under
this Agreement, pursuant to Sections 4 and 5 hereof, for all acts of the Indemnitee while serving
as a director and/or officer, notwithstanding the termination of the Indemnitee’s service, if such
act was performed or omitted to be performed during the term of the Indemnitee’s service to the
Company.

          21. GROSS-UP FOR TAXES. In the event any payment of indemnity to the Indemnitee under this
Agreement shall be deemed to be income for federal, state or local income, excise or other tax
purposes, then the Company shall pay to the Indemnitee, in addition to any amount for
indemnification provided for herein, an amount equal to the amount of taxes for which the
Indemnitee shall become liable (with offset for any deductions which the Indemnitee may have that
are related to the indemnification amount but without offset for any other deductions which the
Indemnitee may have that are not related to the indemnification amount), promptly upon receipt
from the Indemnitee of a request for reimbursement of such taxes together with a copy of the
Indemnitee’s tax return, which shall be maintained in strictest confidence by the Company. Any
such tax gross-up payment shall be paid to the Indemnitee within 60 days following receipt by the
Company of the Indemnitee’s request and tax return, which shall be received by the Company no
later than the end of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which the Indemnitee
remits the related taxes; provided, however, that in the event the Indemnitee is audited by the
Internal Revenue Service, the deadline for receipt by the Company of the Indemnitee’s request and
tax return shall be

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 extended to the end of three calendar years (plus the time length of any audit extensions
requested by the Internal Revenue Service) next following the calendar year in which the
Indemnitee remits the related taxes.

          22. DURATION OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall continue until and terminate upon the later
of: (a) ten years after the Indemnitee has ceased to occupy any of the positions or have any
relationships described in Sections 4 and 5 of this Agreement; (b) the final termination of all
Proceedings to which the Indemnitee may be subject by reason of the fact that he/she is or was a
director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or any of the Company’s direct or
indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, or is or was serving at the request of the Company or any of
the Company’s direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries as a director, officer, employee, agent
or fiduciary of any other entity, including, but not limited to, another corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, employee benefit plan, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by
reason of any act or omission by the Indemnitee in any such capacity; or (c) the expiration of all
statutes of limitation applicable to possible Proceedings to which the Indemnitee may be subject
arising out of the Indemnitee’s positions or relationships described in Sections 4 and 5 of this
Agreement. The indemnification provided under this Agreement shall continue as to the Indemnitee
even though he/she may have ceased to be a director or officer of the Company or any of the
Company’s direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
Company and its successors and assigns, including, without limitation, any corporation or other
entity which may have acquired all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or business or
into which the Company may be consolidated or merged, and shall inure to the benefit of the
Indemnitee and his/her spouse, successors, assigns, heirs, devisees, executors, administrators or
other legal representations. The Company shall require any successor or assignee (whether direct
or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the
business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same
manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession
or assignment had taken place.

          23. DISCLOSURE OF PAYMENTS. Except as required by any federal securities laws or other
federal or state law, neither party hereto shall disclose any payments under this Agreement unless
prior approval of the other party is obtained.

          24. CONTRIBUTION. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the
indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to the Indemnitee for any reason
whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying the Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount
incurred by the Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or
to be paid in settlement, and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim relating a Proceeding
under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the
circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the
Company and the Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving rise to such
Proceeding; and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees,
and agents) and the Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s). If such
contribution constitutes deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations and other guidance thereunder (“Section
409A”), as determined by the Company,

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 such contribution shall be paid to the Indemnitee (or the Indemnitee’s estate in the event of
death) upon the earlier of (a) the Indemnitee’s “separation from service” (as defined by the
Company in accordance with Section 409A); (b) the Indemnitee’s death; (c) the Indemnitee’s
becoming “disabled” (as defined in Section 409A); (d) the occurrence of an “unforeseeable
emergency” (as defined in Section 409A); or (e) a change in the ownership or effective control of
the Company or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company (as defined
in Section 409A).

          25. IRC SECTION 409A. This Agreement is intended to comply with Section 409A (as defined in
Section 23 of this Agreement) and any ambiguous provisions will be construed in a manner that is
compliant with the application of Section 409A. If (a) the Indemnitee is a “specified employee”
(as such term is defined by the Company in accordance with Section 409A) and (b) any payment
payable upon “separation from service” (as such term is defined by the Company in accordance with
Section 409A) under this Agreement is subject to Section 409A and is required to be delayed under
Section 409A because the Indemnitee is a specified employee, that payment shall be payable on the
earlier of (i) the first business day that is six months after the Indemnitee’s “separation from
service”; (ii) the date of the Indemnitee’s death; or (iii) the date that otherwise complies with
the requirements of Section 409A. This Section 25 shall be applied by accumulating all payments
that otherwise would have been paid within six months of the Indemnitee’s separation from service
and paying such accumulated amounts on the earliest business day which complies with the
requirements of Section 409A. For purposes of Section 409A, each payment or amount due under this
Agreement shall be considered a separate payment, and the Indemnitee’s entitlement to a series of
payments under this Agreement is to be treated as an entitlement to a series of separate payments.

          26. SEVERABILITY. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held invalid,
illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, (a) the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including, but not limited to, all portions of any
Sections of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (b) to the fullest extent
possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, but not limited to, all portions of any
paragraph of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, that are not themselves invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as
to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

          27. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed by one or more counterparts, each of which
shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one
and the same agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability
is sought shall be required to be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement.

          28. CAPTIONS. The captions and headings used in this Agreement are inserted for convenience
only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction
thereof.

          29. ENTIRE AGREEMENT, MODIFICATION AND WAIVER. This Agreement, along with any employment
agreement addressing the subject matter hereof and the Certificate

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and the Bylaws, interpreted as described in Section 17 hereof, constitutes the entire
agreement and understanding of the parties hereto regarding the subject matter hereof, and no
supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in
writing by all parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be
deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar) nor
shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver. No supplement, modification or amendment to this
Agreement shall limit or restrict any right of the Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of
any act or omission of the Indemnitee prior to the effective date of such supplement, modification
or amendment unless expressly provided therein.

          30. NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands or other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (a) delivered by hand with receipt
acknowledged by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, (b)
mailed by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested with postage prepaid, on the date
shown on the return receipt or (c) delivered by facsimile transmission on the date shown on the
facsimile machine report:

	 	(a)	 	If to the Indemnitee to:

Ted Collins, Jr.

508 West Wall Street, Suite 1200

Midland, Texas 79701

Facsimile: (432) 686-0302
	 
	 	(b)	 	If to the Company, to:

Oasis Petroleum Inc.

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 1500

Houston, TX 77002

Facsimile: (281) 404-9500

Attn: Board of Directors

	 	 	or to such other address as may be furnished to the Indemnitee by the Company or to the
Company by the Indemnitee, as the case may be.

          31. GOVERNING LAW. The parties hereto agree that this Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, applied without
giving effect to any conflicts of law principles.

[Signature Page Follows]

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	THE COMPANY:

OASIS PETROLEUM INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Thomas B. Nusz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Thomas B. Nusz 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President and Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 
	 	INDEMNITEE:

 	 
	 	/s/ Ted Collins, Jr.
 	 
	 	Name:  	Ted Collins, Jr. 	 
	 	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

EXHIBIT A

[DATE]

The Board of Directors of Oasis Petroleum Inc.

1001 Fannin Street

Houston, TX 77002

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Pursuant to Section 11 (“Advancement of Expenses”) of that certain Indemnification Agreement,
dated ________________, 2010, by and among Oasis Petroleum Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”) and me (the “Indemnification Agreement”), I request that the Company pay in advance the
reasonable expenses incurred by me in the defense of a Proceeding (as such term is defined in the
Indemnification Agreement). I also request that the Company pay in advance the reasonable Expenses
incurred by me in the defense of any other Proceeding, as such terms are defined in the
Indemnification Agreement, arising from substantially the same matters that are in the original
Proceeding in which I am named as a defendant by reason of the fact that I am or was an officer or
member of the Board of Directors of the Company or its affiliates.

     In relation to the request made above, I believe, in good faith, that I have met the standard
of conduct necessary for indemnification under the Indemnification Agreement, and I hereby
undertake to repay to the Company, immediately and upon demand, any expenses (including attorneys’
fees) paid by it to me or on my behalf in advance of the final disposition of the above-described
Proceedings, if it shall ultimately be determined that I am not entitled to be indemnified by the
Company pursuant to the Indemnification Agreement or otherwise.

Sincerely,

Printed Name:______________________________exv4w1

Exhibit 4.1

Execution Version

PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION,

as Issuer,

and

AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC,

as Trustee

INDENTURE

Dated as of February 18, 2011

5.50% SENIOR CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE 2016

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page
	ARTICLE I

	 
	 	 	 	 
	DEFINITIONS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.01. Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II

	 
	 	 	 	 
	ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.01. Designation and Amount
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.02. Form of Notes
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.03. Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest
	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.04. Security Registrar, Conversion Agent and Paying Agent
	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.05. Conversion Agent and Paying Agent to Hold Money and Property in Trust

	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.06. Holder Lists
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.07. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on
Transfer; Depositary
	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.08. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes
	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.09. Cancellation
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.10. Payment of Interest; Defaulted Interest
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.11. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.12. No Sinking Fund
	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.13. Ranking
	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.14. CUSIP Numbers
	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III

	 
	 	 	 	 
	REDEMPTION

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.01. No Right to Redeem
	 	 	18	 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
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	ARTICLE IV

	 
	 	 	 	 
	PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.01. Payment of Notes
	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency
	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.03. Compliance Certificate
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.04. Reservation of Common Stock
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.05. Issuance of Shares
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.06. Transfer Taxes
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.07. Reports by Company; 144A Information
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V

	 
	 	 	 	 
	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.01. Events of Default
	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.02. Acceleration
	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.03. Other Remedies
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.04. Filing Failure; Additional Interest
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.05. Waiver of Past Defaults
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.06. Control by Majority
	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.07. Limitation on Suits
	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.08. Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment or Effect Conversion

	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.09. Collection Suit by Trustee
	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.10. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.11. Priorities
	 	 	26	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.12. Undertaking for Costs
	 	 	26	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.13. Restricted Securities; Additional Interest
	 	 	26	 

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	 	 	Page
	ARTICLE VI

	 
	 	 	 	 
	TRUSTEE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.01. Duties of Trustee
	 	 	27	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.02. Rights of Trustee
	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.03. Individual Rights of Trustee
	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.05. Notice of Defaults
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.07. Compensation and Indemnity
	 	 	31	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.08. Replacement of Trustee
	 	 	31	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.09. Successor Trustee by Merger
	 	 	32	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.10. Eligibility; Disqualification
	 	 	32	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.02. Application of Funds or Securities Deposited for Payment of Notes

	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.03. Repayment by Trustee, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent
	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND AMENDMENTS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.01. Without Consent of Noteholders
	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.02. Modification and Amendment with Consent of Noteholders
	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures, Agreements and Waivers
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.05. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.06. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	37	 

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	 	 	Page
	Section 8.07. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers
	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.08. Notation on or Exchange of Notes
	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX

	 
	 	 	 	 
	CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, LEASE OR CONVEYANCE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.01. Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.02 Successor Substituted
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X

	 
	 	 	 	 
	CONVERSION OF NOTES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.01. Conversion Privilege
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.02. Conversion Procedures
	 	 	40	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.03. Payments Upon Conversion
	 	 	42	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.04. Adjustment of Conversion Rate
	 	 	43	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.05. Shares to be Fully Paid
	 	 	51	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.06. Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale
	 	 	52	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.07. Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions
	 	 	53	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.08. Shareholder Rights Plans
	 	 	53	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI

	 
	 	 	 	 
	REPURCHASE OF NOTES AT OPTION OF HOLDERS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.01. Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change
	 	 	54	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.02. No Payment Following Acceleration of the Notes
	 	 	57	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.03. Compliance with Tender Offer Rules
	 	 	57	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XII

	 
	 	 	 	 
	MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls
	 	 	58	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.02. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
	 	 	58	 

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	 	 	Page
	Section 12.03. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
	 	 	58	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.04. Successors
	 	 	59	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.05. Official Acts by Successor Corporation
	 	 	59	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.06. Addresses for Notices, Etc.
	 	 	59	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.07. Governing Law
	 	 	59	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.08. Benefits of Indenture
	 	 	60	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.09. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
	 	 	60	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.10. Counterparts
	 	 	60	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.11. Trustee
	 	 	60	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.12. Further Instruments and Acts
	 	 	60	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.13. Waiver of Jury Trial
	 	 	60	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.14. Force Majeure
	 	 	60	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.15. Calculations
	 	 	61	 
	 
	Schedule A        Additional Share Table
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit A            Form of Notes
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit B            Form of Conversion Notice
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit C            Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit D            Form of Assignment and Transfer
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit E            Form of Restrictive Legend for Common Stock Issued upon Conversion
	 	 	 	 

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INDENTURE

5.50% Senior Convertible Notes due 2016

          INDENTURE, dated as of February 18, 2011 (this “Indenture”), between PROSPECT CAPITAL
CORPORATION, a corporation organized under the laws of Maryland, as issuer (the “Company”), and
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, a New York limited liability trust company, as
trustee hereunder (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY:

          WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance of its 5.50% Senior Convertible Notes due 2016 (the “Notes”), initially in
an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $172,500,000; and

          WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, as provided in this Indenture, the valid and binding
obligations of the Company, and to make this Indenture the valid and binding agreement of each of
the Company and the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof, have been done and performed.

NOW THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

          For and in consideration of the premises and of the covenants contained herein, the Company
and the Trustee covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders (as
defined below) of the Notes issued on or after the date of this Indenture, as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

               Section 1.01. Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise
expressly provided for or unless the context otherwise requires:

          “2010 Notes” means the 6.25% Senior Convertible Notes due 2015 issued by the Company on
December 21, 2010.

          “Additional Interest” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.13(a).

          “Additional Interest Period” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.13(a).

          “Additional Shares” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.01(b)(1).

          “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the
purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified

 

 

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

          “Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any conversion, repurchase, transfer or
exchange of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Note, the rules and procedures of the
Depositary, to the extent applicable to such conversion, transfer or exchange.

          “Authenticating Agent” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.11.

          “Averaging Period” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.04(e).

          “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or state law for the relief
of debtors.

          “Board of Directors” means either (i) the Board of Directors of the Company, the executive
committee or any other committee or director of that board duly authorized to act for it in respect
hereof, or (ii) one or more duly authorized officers of the Company to whom the Board of Directors
of the Company or a committee thereof has delegated the authority to act with respect to the
matters contemplated by this Indenture.

          “Board Resolution” means (i) a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors or a committee
thereof, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee or (ii) a certificate signed by the authorized officer or officers of the Company to whom
the Board of Directors of the Company or a committee thereof has delegated its authority (as
described in the definition of Board of Directors), and in each case, delivered to the Trustee.

          “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed.

          “Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any capital stock (including preferred
stock), shares, interest, participations or other ownership interests (however designated) of such
Person and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for corporate
stock), warrants or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

          “Close of Business” means 5:00 p.m. (New York City time).

          “Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

          “Common Stock” means, subject to Section 10.06, shares of common stock of the Company, par
value $0.001 per share, at the date of this Indenture or shares of any class or classes resulting
from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof and that have no preference in respect of
dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company and that are not subject to redemption by the Company;
provided that if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the

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shares of each such class then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the
total number of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total
number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.

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

          “Company Request” and “Company Order” mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in
the name of the Company by the President or a Vice President of the Company, or by the Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to
the Trustee.

          “Conversion Agent” means the Trustee or any successor office or agency where the Notes may be
surrendered for conversion.

          “Conversion Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.02(b).

          “Conversion Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.02(b)(i).

          “Conversion Obligation” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.01(a).

          “Conversion Price” means, as of any date, $1,000 divided by the Conversion Rate as of such
date.

          “Conversion Rate” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.01(a).

          “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any time its corporate
trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, 59 Maiden Lane, New York, New York 10038, Attention: Corporate
Trust Services/Prospect Capital Corporation, or such other address as the Trustee may designate
from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office
of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time
to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).

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

          “Default” means an event that is, or after notice or passage of time, or both, would be an
Event of Default with respect to the Notes.

          “Defaulted Interest” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.10.

          “Delayed Distribution” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.04(d).

          “Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global
form, the Person specified in the Notes as the Depositary with respect to such

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Notes, until a successor shall have been appointed, and thereafter, “Depositary” shall mean or
include such successor.

          “Distributed Property” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.04(c)(i).

          “Dollar” or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time shall be legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

          “Effective Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.01(b)(2).

          “Event of Default” means, with respect to the Notes, any event specified in Section 5.01,
after such event has continued the period of time, if any, and after the giving of notice, if any,
therein designated.

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

          “Filing Additional Interest” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.01.

          “Filing Failure” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.01.

          “Fundamental Change” will be deemed to have occurred when any of the following has occurred:

     (a) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or
consolidation other than those excluded under clause (c) below) the result of which is that
any “person” becomes the “beneficial owner” (as these terms are defined in Rule 13d-3 and
Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Capital
Stock of the Company that is at that time entitled to vote by the holder thereof in the
election of the Board of Directors (or comparable body);

     (b) the stockholders of the Company approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or
dissolution of the Company;

     (c) the consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person, or the
sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition, in one or a series of related
transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and those of its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as this term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of
the Exchange Act); other than:

     (i) any transaction that does not result in any reclassification, conversion,
exchange or cancellation of all or substantially all of the outstanding shares of
Capital Stock of the Company;

     (ii) any changes resulting from a subdivision or combination or change solely
in par value;

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     (iii) any transaction pursuant to which the holders of 50% or more of the total
voting power of all shares of Capital Stock of the Company entitled to vote
generally in elections of directors immediately prior to such transaction have the
right to exercise, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the total voting power of
all shares of Capital Stock of the continuing or surviving Person entitled to vote
generally in elections of directors immediately after giving effect to such
transaction; or

     (iv) any merger primarily for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of
incorporation of the Company and resulting in a reclassification, conversion or
exchange of outstanding shares of Common Stock solely into shares of common stock of
the surviving entity; or

     (d) the termination of trading of Common Stock, which will be deemed to have occurred
if the Common Stock or other common stock into which the Notes are convertible is not listed
for trading on any of the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Market or the NASDAQ
Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors).

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, any transaction or event described above also will not
constitute a Fundamental Change if, in connection with such transaction or event, or as a result
therefrom, a transaction described in clauses (a) or (c) above occurs (without regard to any
exclusion contained in clause (c)), and at least 90% of the consideration paid for Common Stock
(excluding cash payments for fractional shares, cash payments made pursuant to dissenters’
appraisal rights and cash dividends) consists of shares of common stock (or depositary receipts in
respect thereof) traded on any of the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Market or the
NASDAQ Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors) (or will be so traded or quoted
immediately following the completion of the merger or consolidation or such other transaction) and,
as a result of such transaction, the Notes become convertible into the Reference Property.

          “Fundamental Change Company Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.01(b).

          “Fundamental Change Repurchase Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.01(a).

          “Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 11.01(a)(i).

          “Fundamental Change Repurchase Price” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.01(a).

          “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as used in the United States applied on
a consistent basis as in effect from time to time.

          “Global Note” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.07(f).

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

          “Initial Notes” means the Notes issued on the date of this Indenture.

          “interest” means, when used with reference to the Notes, any interest payable under the terms
of the Notes.

          “Interest Payment Date” means February 15 and August 15 of each year, beginning on August 15,
2011.

          “Last Reported Sale Price” means, with respect to Common Stock or any other security for which
a Last Reported Sale Price must be determined, on any date, the closing sale price per share of
Common Stock or unit of such other security (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average
of the last bid and last ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average
last bid and the average last ask prices) on such date as reported in composite transactions for
the principal U.S. securities exchange on which Common Stock or such other security is traded. If
the Common Stock or such other security are not listed for trading on a United States national or
regional securities exchange on the relevant date, the Last Reported Sale Price shall be the last
quoted bid price per share of Common Stock or such other security in the over-the-counter market on
the relevant date, as reported by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common
Stock or such other security are not so quoted, the Last Reported Sale Price shall be the average
of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the Common Stock or such other security on the
relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking
firms selected from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company for that purpose. The
Last Reported Sale Price shall be determined without reference to extended or after hours trading.

          “Lien” means any security interest, pledge, lien or other encumbrance.

          “Limitation” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.03(d).

          “Maturity Date” means August 15, 2016.

          “Merger Event” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.06(a).

          “Non-Stock Change of Control” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.01(b)(1).

          “Note” or “Notes” shall have the meaning specified in the first paragraph of the recitals of
this Indenture.

          “Note Register” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.04.

          “Noteholder” or “Holder” or “holder,” as applied to any Note, or other similar terms (but
excluding the term “beneficial holder”), means any Person in whose name at the time a particular
Note is registered on the Note Register.

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          “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer, President
or a Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall include the
statements provided for in Section 12.03, if and to the extent required by the provisions of
Section 12.02.

          “Opening of Business” means 9:00 a.m. (New York City time).

          “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion reasonably acceptable to the Trustee from legal
counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company; provided, however, that counsel that
is an employee of, or counsel to, the Company shall be acceptable to the Trustee. Each such
opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 12.03, if and to the extent required
by the provisions of Section 12.02.

          “Outstanding”, when used with respect to Notes, means, as of the date of determination, all
Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

     (a) Notes theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation (including Notes converted and cancelled pursuant to this Indenture);

     (b) Notes for whose payment money in the necessary amount has been theretofore
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set
aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying
Agent) for the Holders of such Notes; and

     (c) Notes which have been paid pursuant to Section 2.08 or in exchange for or in lieu
of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other
than any such Notes in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it that such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such
Notes are valid obligations of the Company;

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

          “Paying Agent” means the office or agency designated by the Company where Notes may be
presented for payment, initially the Trustee.

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

          “Predecessor Security” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a
portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.08 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note.

          “Record Date,” with respect to the payment of interest on any Interest Payment Date, shall
have the meaning specified in Section 2.03.

          “Reference Property” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.06(a).

          “Resale Restriction Termination Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.07(b).

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

          “Restricted Common Stock Legend” means the legend set forth in Exhibit E hereto.

          “Restricted Note Legend” means the restricted legend set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

          “Restricted Securities” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.07(a).

          “Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any similar successor rule or
regulation, as amended from time to time.

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

          “Security Registrar” means the office or agency maintained by the Company where Notes may be
presented for registration of transfer or exchange, initially the Trustee.

          “Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary which is a “significant subsidiary” (within the
meaning specified in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X, promulgated under the Securities Act) of the
Company, excluding any Subsidiary of the Company which is (a) a non-recourse or limited recourse
subsidiary, (b) a bankruptcy remote special purpose vehicle, or (c) that is not consolidated with
the Company for purposes of GAAP.

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          “Special Record Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.10(1).

          “Spin-Off” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.04(c)(ii).

          “Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to the Notes, means August 15, 2016.

          “Stock Price” means the price paid per share of Common Stock in connection with a Fundamental
Change pursuant to which Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate as set forth in
Section 10.01(b) hereof. If holders of Common Stock receive only cash in such Fundamental Change
transaction, then the Stock Price shall be the cash amount paid per share. Otherwise, the Stock
Price shall be equal to the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 5
consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the
Effective Date of the Fundamental Change.

          “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other entity of which a
majority of (i) the voting power of the voting equity securities or (ii) the outstanding equity
interests of which are owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “voting equity securities” means equity securities having voting power for the election
of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of security has such voting
power by reason of any contingency.

          “Trading Day” means a day during which (i) trading in Common Stock generally occurs and (ii) a
Last Reported Sale Price for Common Stock (other than a Last Reported Sale Price referred to in the
next to last sentence of such definition) is available for such day; provided that if shares of
Common Stock are not admitted for trading or quotation on or by any exchange, bureau or other
organization referred to in the definition of Last Reported Sale Price (excluding the next to last
sentence of that definition), Trading Day shall mean any Business Day.

          “Trigger Event” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.04(c)(ii).

          “Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and as
in effect from time to time.

          “Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee
hereunder.

          “United States” means the United States of America (including the states and the District of
Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.

          “Valuation Period” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.04(c)(ii)

          All other terms used in this Indenture, which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act or which
are by reference therein defined in the Securities Act (except as herein otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires) shall have the meanings assigned to

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such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of
the execution of this Indenture. The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” and words of similar
import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision. The terms defined in this Article include the plural as well as the singular.

ARTICLE II

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES

               Section 2.01. Designation and Amount. The Notes shall be designated as the “5.50%
Senior Convertible Notes due 2016.” The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is limited to $172,500,000, except for Notes
authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of
other Notes pursuant to Section 2.07, Section 10.02, Section 11.01 and Section 2.08 hereof.

               Section 2.02. Form of Notes. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication to be borne by such Notes shall be substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit A hereto.

          Any of the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such
notations, legends or endorsements as the officers executing the same may approve (execution
thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and that are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required by the Depositary, as may be required to comply
with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of
any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or
designated for issuance, or to conform to usage or to indicate any special limitations or
restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.

          A Global Note shall represent such principal amount of the Outstanding Notes as shall be
specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of
Outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of
Outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect
repurchases, conversions, transfers or exchanges permitted hereby. Any endorsement of a Global
Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of Outstanding Notes
represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee,
in such manner and upon instructions given by the Holder of such Notes in accordance with this
Indenture. Payment of principal and accrued and unpaid interest on a Global Note shall be made to
the Holder of such Note on the date of payment, unless a Record Date or other means of determining
Holders eligible to receive payment is provided for herein.

          The terms and provisions contained in the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto
are incorporated herein and shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this
Indenture and to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and
delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

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               Section 2.03. Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest.

          The Notes shall
be issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and
integral multiples thereof. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall bear
interest from the date specified on the face of the form of Note attached as Exhibit A
hereto. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve
30-day months. The initial interest payment on the Notes on August 15, 2011 Interest Payment Date
shall be equal to $27.0417 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes. If an Interest Payment Date, a
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Maturity Date is not a Business Day, payment will be made on
the next succeeding Business Day, and no additional interest will accrue thereon as a result
thereof.

          The Person in whose name any Note (or its Predecessor Security) is registered on the Note
Register at the Close of Business on any Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date
shall be entitled to receive the accrued and unpaid interest payable on such Interest Payment Date,
subject to Section 4.01(b) hereof. Interest shall be payable at the office of the Company
maintained by the Company for such purposes in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, which
shall initially be an office or agency of the Trustee. The Company shall pay interest (i) on any
Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it
appears in the Note Register (or upon written application by such Person to the Security Registrar
not later than the relevant Record Date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to such
Person’s account within the United States, if such Person is entitled to interest on an aggregate
principal in excess of $2,000,000) or (ii) on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. The term “Record Date” with
respect to any Interest Payment Date shall mean the February 1 or August 1 preceding the applicable
February 15 or August 15 Interest Payment Date, respectively.

               Section 2.04. Security Registrar, Conversion Agent and Paying Agent.

          The Trustee shall initially serve as the Security Registrar, Conversion Agent and Paying Agent
for the Notes. The Security Registrar, the Conversion Agent and the Paying Agent shall each
maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City. The Security Registrar
shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange (the “Note Register”). The
Company may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional conversion agents and paying
agents. The term Paying Agent includes any additional paying agents, the term Conversion Agent
includes any additional conversion agents and the term Security Registrar includes any
co-registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Security
Registrar without prior notice to any Holder.

          The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Security Registrar,
Conversion Agent or Paying Agent that is not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall
implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the name and address of each such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a
Security Registrar, Conversion Agent or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be
entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 6.07. The Company or any of its
domestically incorporated Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Security
Registrar.

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

               Section 2.05. Conversion Agent and Paying Agent to Hold Money and Property in
Trust.

          Except as otherwise provided herein, on or prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each due
date of payment or settlement date of conversion in respect of any Note, the Company shall deposit
with the Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, as applicable, a sum of money (in immediately available
funds) and any property due upon conversion sufficient to make such payments or conversion when
due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent or Conversion Agent (other than the Trustee) to
agree in writing that such Paying Agent or Conversion Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of
Holders or the Trustee all money or property held by such Paying Agent or Conversion Agent for the
payment of principal of, interest on, and other payments and conversion in respect of the Notes,
and shall notify the Trustee in writing of any Default by the Company in making any such payment or
conversion. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, it shall
segregate the money or property held by it as Paying Agent or Conversion Agent and hold it as a
separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes. The Company at any time may
require a Paying Agent or Conversion Agent (other than the Trustee) to pay all money or property
held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by such Paying Agent or Conversion
Agent. Upon complying with this Section 2.05, the Paying Agent or Conversion Agent (if other than
the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money or property delivered to
the Trustee. Upon any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding with respect to the
Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent and Conversion Agent for the Notes.

               Section 2.06. Holder Lists.

          The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent
list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the Security
Registrar, the Company, on its own behalf, shall furnish to the Trustee, in writing, at least seven
Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may
reasonably request in writing upon at least 15 days’ prior written request, a list in such form and
as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders.

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          Section 2.07. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on
Transfer; Depositary.

          (a) Every Note (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof)
that bears, or is required under this Section 2.07 to bear, the Restricted Note Legend (together
with any Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Notes that bears, or is required under this
Section 2.07 to bear, the Restricted Common Stock Legend, collectively, the “Restricted
Securities”) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.07
(including those set forth in the Restricted Note Legend and the Restricted Common Stock Legend, as
applicable), unless such restrictions on transfer shall be eliminated or otherwise waived by
written consent of the Company following receipt of legal advice satisfactory to the Company in its
sole discretion, supporting the permissibility of the waiver of such transfer restrictions, and the
Holder of each such Note or shareholder of such Common Stock, as applicable, by such Holder’s or
shareholder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer. As used
in this Section 2.07, the term “transfer” means any sale, pledge, loan, transfer or other
disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Security or any interest therein.

          (b) Until the date that is one year after the last date of the original issuance of the Notes
or such later date, if any, as may be required by applicable laws (such applicable date, the
“Resale Restriction Termination Date”): (i) each certificate evidencing a Note shall bear the
Restricted Note Legend and (ii) each certificate evidencing shares of Common Stock issued upon
conversion of the Notes shall bear the Restricted Common Stock Legend; unless such Restricted
Security has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under
the Securities Act (and which continues to be effective at the time of such transfer) or sold
pursuant to Rule 144, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing as set forth above, with
written notice thereof to the Trustee.

          (c) In connection with any transfer of the Notes prior to the Resale Restriction Termination
Date, the holder must complete and deliver the Form of Assignment and Transfer attached hereto as
Exhibit D, with the appropriate box checked, to the Trustee (or any successor Trustee, as
applicable).

          (d) Any Notes that are Outstanding following the Resale Restriction Termination Date and any
Notes as to which the conditions for the removal of the Restricted Note Legend set forth thereon
have been satisfied may, upon surrender of such Notes to the Security Registrar for exchange in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.07, be exchanged for a new Note or Notes, of like
tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the Restricted Note Legend. The Company
will cause the removal of the legends required by Section 2.07(b) from any Global Note promptly
following the Resale Restriction Termination Date by: (i) instructing the Trustee in writing to
remove such legends from such Global Note; (ii) providing to the Trustee and the Depositary written
notice to change the CUSIP number for the Notes to the applicable unrestricted CUSIP number; and
(iii) complying with any Applicable Procedures for delegending or otherwise exchanging such Global
Note for a Global Note not bearing the restrictive legend (including DTC’s mandatory exchange
process, if applicable); whereupon any legends otherwise required by Section 2.07(b) shall be
deemed removed from any Global Notes without any further action on the part of the Holders.

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          Prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, any Notes purchased or owned by the Company
or any Subsidiary thereof may not be resold by the Company or such Subsidiary unless registered
under the Securities Act or resold pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act in a transaction which results in such Notes no longer being “restricted
securities” (as defined under Rule 144).

          (e) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this instrument or under applicable law
with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note other than to require delivery of such
certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and
when expressly required by, the terms of this instrument, and to examine the same to determine
substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

          (f) So long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, unless
otherwise required by law, all Notes shall be represented by one or more Notes in global
form (each, a “Global Note”) registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the
Depositary. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in a Global Note, which does not
involve the issuance of a definitive Note, shall be effected through the Depositary (but not the
Trustee or the Custodian) in accordance with this Indenture (including the restrictions on transfer
set forth herein) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor.

               Section 2.08. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes.

          If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company, together with such
security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to save each of them or any
agent of either of them harmless, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in exchange therefor a new Note of the same series and principal amount, containing
identical terms and provisions and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

          If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i) evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and (ii) such security or indemnity as
may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the
absence of actual notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a bona
fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its written request the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a new Note of the
same series and principal amount, containing identical terms and provisions and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding.

          Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two paragraphs, in case any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its
discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay the amount due and payable with respect to such
Note.

          Upon the issuance of any new Note under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be

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imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the
Trustee) connected therewith.

          Every new Note issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether
or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone,
and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any
and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

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

               Section 2.09. Cancellation.

          To the extent permitted by law, the Company may from time to time repurchase any Notes in the
open market or by tender offer at any price or by private agreement without giving prior notice to
Holders. The Company may, at its option, surrender any Notes repurchased by it to the Trustee for
cancellation, but may not reissue or resell such Notes.

          The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Security
Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes
surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or conversion. The Trustee and
no one else shall cancel and dispose of them in accordance with its customary procedures and upon
written request of the Company shall return to the Company all Notes surrendered for registration
of transfer, exchange, payment, purchase, conversion or cancellation. All Notes so delivered to
the Trustee may not be reissued or resold and shall be cancelled promptly by the Trustee. The
Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.

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

               Section 2.10. Payment of Interest; Defaulted Interest.

          Subject to Section 4.01, interest on any Note that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Note (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the Close of Business on the Record Date for
such interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to
Section 2.04.

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          Subject to Section 4.01, any interest on any Note that is payable, but is not punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
registered Holder thereof on the relevant Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such defaulted interest and, if applicable, interest on such defaulted interest (to the extent
lawful) at the rate or formula specified in the Notes of such series (such defaulted interest and,
if applicable, interest thereon herein collectively called “Defaulted Interest”) may be paid by the
Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

          (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose
names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the Close of
Business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed
in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted
Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (which shall not be
less than 20 days after such notice is received by the Trustee), and at the same time the Company
shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid
in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for
such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held
in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause
provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a record date (the “Special Record Date”) for the payment
of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to
the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the
notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special
Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice (which notice
shall be prepared by the Company) of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Notes at
his address as it appears in the Note Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in
whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the Close of
Business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following
clause (2).

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

          Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.10, each Note delivered under this
Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall
carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Note.

               Section 2.11. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

          The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its President or a Vice President and
attested by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. The signature of any of these

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officers on the Notes may be manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such
authorized officer and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Notes. Notes bearing the
manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the
Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such
offices at the date of such Notes.

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

          The Trustee will, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate Notes in an unlimited
aggregate principal amount, subject to the provisions of this Indenture. Each Company Order will
specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the Notes are to be
authenticated.

          The Trustee may appoint an agent (the “Authenticating Agent”) reasonably acceptable to the
Company to authenticate the Notes. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, any such
Authenticating Agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this
Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such Authenticating Agent.

          In case the Company pursuant to Article IX shall be consolidated or merged with or into any
other Person or shall convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the successor Person resulting from such
consolidation, or surviving such merger, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or the
Person that shall have received a conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition as aforesaid,
shall have executed an indenture supplemental hereto with the Trustee pursuant to Article VIII, any
of the Notes authenticated or delivered prior to such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer,
lease or other disposition may, from time to time, at the request of the successor Person, be
exchanged for other Notes executed in the name of the successor Person with such changes in
phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but otherwise in substance of like tenor as the Notes
surrendered for such exchange and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon Company Order of
the successor Person, shall authenticate and deliver Notes as specified in such order for the
purpose of such exchange. If Notes shall at any time be authenticated and delivered in any new
name of a successor Person pursuant to this Section 2.11 in exchange or substitution for or upon
registration of transfer of any Notes, such successor Person, at the option of the Holders but
without expense to them, shall provide for the exchange of all Notes at the time Outstanding for
Notes authenticated and delivered in such new name.

               Section 2.12. No Sinking Fund. No sinking fund is provided for the Notes.

               Section 2.13. Ranking. The Notes constitute a senior general unsecured obligation of
the Company, ranking equally in right of payment with all of the existing and future senior
unsecured indebtedness of the Company (including the 2010 Notes) and ranking

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senior in right of payment to any future indebtedness of the Company that is expressly made
subordinate to the Notes by the terms of such indebtedness.

               Section 2.14. CUSIP Numbers.

          The Company in issuing the Notes and Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes may use CUSIP
numbers (if then generally in use). The Trustee shall not be responsible for the use of CUSIP
numbers, and the Trustee makes no representation as to their correctness as printed on any Note,
certificate of Common Stock or notice to Holders and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in
writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION

               Section 3.01. No Right to Redeem. The Notes shall not be redeemable before their
Stated Maturity at the option of the Company.

ARTICLE IV

PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

               Section 4.01. Payment of Notes.

          (a) The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes that it will
duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with the terms of
such Notes and this Indenture. Interest on any Note that is payable, and is punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid pursuant to Section 2.03.

          (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.01, a Holder of any Notes at the Close of
Business, on a Record Date shall be entitled to receive interest on such Notes on the corresponding
Interest Payment Date. A Holder of any Notes as of a Record Date that are converted after Close of
Business on such Record Date and prior to the Opening of Business on the corresponding Interest
Payment Date shall be entitled to receive accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of
such Notes, notwithstanding the conversion of such Notes prior to such Interest Payment Date.

          (c) On the Maturity Date, the Company will pay accrued and unpaid interest to the Person to
whom the Company pays the principal amount of the Notes.

               Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

          The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, an office or agency
(which may be an office of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee, Security

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Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer,
exchange or conversion and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes
and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of
the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the
address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

          The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time
rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission will in any
manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of
Manhattan, New York City, for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency.

          The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or
agency of the Company.

               Section 4.03. Compliance Certificate, Notice of Default.

          The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 calendar days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Company an Officers’ Certificate, one of the signatories of which shall be the chief
executive officer, chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company, stating that
in the course of the performance by the signer of his or her duties as an officer of the Company,
he or she would normally have knowledge of any Default and whether or not such signer knows of any
Default that occurred during such period. If such signer does have knowledge of a Default, the
certificate shall describe the Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or
proposes to take with respect thereto.

          The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within five
calendar days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default,
an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the details of such Default or Event of Default and the
action that the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

               Section 4.04. Reservation of Common Stock.

          The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of
its authorized but unissued Common Stock or shares held in treasury by the Company, for the purpose
of effecting the conversion of Notes, the full number of shares of Common Stock then issuable upon
the conversion of all Outstanding Notes.

               Section 4.05. Issuance of Shares.

          All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Notes shall be newly issued shares
or shares held in treasury by the Company, shall have been duly authorized and validly issued and
shall be fully paid and nonassessable, and shall be free from preemptive rights and free of any
Lien or adverse claim.

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               Section 4.06. Transfer Taxes.

          If a Holder converts Notes into shares of Common Stock, the Company will pay any and all
documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of shares of Common Stock upon
the conversion. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any tax or duty that may be
payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of Common Stock in
a name other than that of the Holder of the Note or Notes to be converted, and no such issue or
delivery shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such issue has paid to the Company
the amount of any such tax or duty, or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such
tax or duty has been paid.

               Section 4.07. Reports by Company; 144A Information.

          (a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 15 days after filing with the Commission,
copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such
portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may by rules and regulations prescribe) that it
is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. All
required reports, information and documents referred to in this Section 4.07(a) shall be deemed to
be delivered to the Trustee at the time such reports, information and documents are publicly filed
with the Commission via the Commission’s EDGAR and/or IDEA filing system (or any successor system).

          (b) The Company covenants and agrees that it shall, during any period in which it is not
subject to Section 13 or 15(d) under the Exchange Act, make available to any Holder or beneficial
holder of Notes or any holder of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof which continue to be
Restricted Securities and any prospective purchaser of Notes or such Common Stock designated by
such Holder or beneficial holder, the information, if any, required pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4)
under the Securities Act upon the request of any such Holder or beneficial holder of the Notes or
such Common Stock, until such time as such securities are no longer “restricted securities” within
the meaning of Rule 144, assuming such Notes have not been owned or beneficially owned by an
“affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company.

          (c) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational
purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the
Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to
conclusively rely exclusively on an Officers’ Certificate). Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Section 4.07, the Company, to the extent permitted under the Trust Indenture Act,
shall not be required to deliver to the Trustee or the Holders any material for which the Company
has sought and received confidential treatment by the Commission.

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ARTICLE V

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

               Section 5.01. Events of Default. Each of the following shall be Events of Default
with respect to the Notes:

     (a) failure by the Company to pay any interest (including Additional Interest and
Filing Additional Interest, if any) on the Notes when due and such failure continues for a
period of 30 calendar days;

     (b) failure by the Company to pay principal of the Notes when due at the Maturity Date,
or failure by the Company to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price payable, in respect
of any Notes when due;

     (c) failure by the Company to deliver shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of any
Notes and such failure continues for five calendar days following the scheduled settlement
date for such conversion;

     (d) failure by the Company to issue a Fundamental Change Company Notice on a timely
basis in accordance with Section 11.01 when due;

     (e) a failure to pay principal when due (whether at stated maturity or otherwise) or an
uncured Default that results in the acceleration of maturity, of any indebtedness for
borrowed money of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount
in excess of $20,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent), unless such indebtedness is
discharged, or such acceleration is rescinded, stayed or annulled, within a period of 30
calendar days after written notice of such failure or uncured Default is given to the
Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding;

     (f) Default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company
in this Indenture with respect to any Note (other than a covenant or warranty a Default in
whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), and
continuance of such Default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the
Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes a written notice
specifying such Default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;

     (g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any
Bankruptcy Law:

          (i) commences a voluntary case,

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

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

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

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

          (i) is for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary
case,

          (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, or for all or
substantially all of either of its property, or

          (iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, and the
order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days.

          The Company shall be required to notify the Trustee promptly upon becoming aware of the
occurrence of any Default under this Indenture with respect to the Notes. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Indenture, the sole remedy for the failure by the Company to comply with
Section 4.07, and for any failure to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust
Indenture Act, if applicable (each, a “Filing Failure”), will, at the Company’s option, for the 365
days after the occurrence an Event of Default relating to such Filing Failure consist of the right
to receive additional interest on the Notes (“Filing Additional Interest”) at an annual rate equal
to 0.50% of the principal amount of the Notes. In the event the Company does not elect to pay the
Filing Additional Interest upon the occurrence of an Event of Default relating to a Filing Failure
or such Filing Failure continues for more than 365 days after the occurrence of the Event of
Default related thereto, the Notes will be subject to acceleration in accordance with Section 5.02.
The Filing Additional Interest will be in addition to, and will be payable in the same manner as,
any Additional Interest that may accrue on the Notes, and will accrue on all Outstanding Notes from
and including the date on which the Event of Default relating to Filing Failure first occurs to but
not including the 365th day thereafter (or such earlier date on which the Filing Failure shall have
been cured or waived). On such 365th day (or such earlier date on which the Filing Failure shall
have been cured or waived), the Filing Additional Interest shall cease to accrue.

               Section 5.02. Acceleration.

          (a) In the case of an Event of Default specified in clause (g) or (h) of Section 5.01 hereof
with respect to the Company, all Outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without
further action or notice by the Trustee or any Holder. Subject to Section 5.01, if any other Event
of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable
immediately. Upon any such declaration, the Notes shall become due and payable immediately.

          (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in clause (e) of Section
5.01 occurs resulting in a declaration of acceleration of the Notes, such declaration

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of acceleration shall be automatically annulled if such Event of Default triggering such
declaration of acceleration pursuant to clause (e) of Section 5.01 shall have been remedied or
cured by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or waived by the holders of the relevant
indebtedness within 60 days of the declaration of acceleration with respect thereto and if (i) the
annulment of the acceleration of the Notes would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a
court of competent jurisdiction and (ii) all existing Events of Default, except nonpayment of
principal or interest on the Notes that became due and payable solely because of the acceleration
of the Notes, have been cured or waived.

               (c) At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Notes as described in
this Section 5.02, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes
may rescind and cancel such declaration and its consequences: (i) if the rescission would not
conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction; (ii) if all existing
Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal or interest that has
become due solely because of the acceleration; (iii) to the extent the payment of such interest is
lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has become due
otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid; and (iv) if the Company has paid
(or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay) the Trustee its reasonable compensation and
reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and advances (including, but not limited to,
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses). No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default
or impair any right consequent thereto.

                    Section 5.03. Other Remedies.

               If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy
to collect the payment of principal and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any
provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

               The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not
produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note
in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or
remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are
cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

                    Section 5.04. [RESERVED]

                    Section 5.05. Waiver of Past Defaults.

     The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes Outstanding may, on
behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, consent to the waiver of any past Default or Event of
Default under this Indenture and its consequences, except:

	 	(1)	 	failure by the Company to pay principal of or interest (including
Additional Interest or Filing Additional Interest, if any) on the Notes when due;

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	 	(2)	 	failure by the Company to deliver shares of Common Stock upon the
conversion of any Notes;
	 
	 	(3)	 	failure by the Company to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date in connection with a Holder of Notes
exercising its repurchase rights in accordance with this Indenture; or
	 
	 	(4)	 	failure of the Company to comply with a covenant or provision of this
Indenture which under Article VIII cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby.

     Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture and the Notes;
but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair
any right consequent thereon.

                    Section 5.06. Control by Majority.

               Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may direct
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the
Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to
follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines in good
faith may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the
Trustee in personal liability.

                    Section 5.07. Limitation on Suits.

               A Holder may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes only if:

          (a) such Holder gives to the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is
continuing;

          (b) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes
make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy as Trustee;

          (c) such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee security or
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

          (d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 calendar days after receipt
of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and

          (e) during such 60-day period, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the then Outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such
request.

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

               Section 5.08. Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment or Effect
Conversion.

          Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to
receive payment of principal and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates
expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates or the right to convert Notes in
accordance with Article X of this Indenture, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent
of such Holder.

               Section 5.09. Collection Suit by Trustee.

          If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(a) or (b) hereof occurs and is continuing,
the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust
against the Company, and to enforce such judgment and collect the monies adjudicated or decreed to
be payable, for the whole amount of principal of and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes,
interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall
be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

               Section 5.10. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

          The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and
empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on
any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the
making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07. To the extent that the payment
of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07 out of the estate in any such
proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and
shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties
that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any
plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to
authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any
plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of
any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding.

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               Section 5.11. Priorities.

          If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article V, it shall pay out the money in
the following order:

          First: to the Trustee (or any predecessor Trustee), its agents and attorneys for amounts due
under Section 6.07, including payment of all reasonable compensation, expenses and liabilities
incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

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

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

          The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes
pursuant to this Section 5.11. If a record date is fixed, the Trustee shall send, by first class
mail, electronically or by any other means approved by the Trustee to the Holders of the Notes of
record a notice at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the payment date. Such notice
shall state: (1) that a payment is being made pursuant to this Section 5.11, (2) the relevant
Default and the circumstances giving rise to the collection of money pursuant to this Section 5.11,
(3) the payment date and (4) the amount of such payment per $1,000 of Notes.

               Section 5.12. Undertaking for Costs.

          All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by his acceptance thereof
shall be deemed to have agreed, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a
court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking
to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having
due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This
Section 5.12 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to
Section 5.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the
then Outstanding Notes.

               Section 5.13. Restricted Securities; Additional Interest.

          (a) If, at any time during the six-month period beginning on, and including, the date which is
six months after the date hereof (the “Additional Interest Period”), the Company fails to timely
file any document or report that the Company is required to file with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (taking into account the extension pursuant to Rule 12b-25
under the Exchange Act), other than current reports on Form 8-K (after giving effect to all
applicable grace periods thereunder), the Company shall pay additional interest (“Additional
Interest”) on the Notes, which will be in addition to any Filing Additional Interest that may
accrue on the Notes, and which shall accrue on the Notes at a rate of

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0.50% per annum of the principal amount of Notes Outstanding for each day during the
Additional Interest Period for which the Company’s failure to file, as described above, has
occurred and is continuing.

          (b) Additional Interest payable in accordance with Section 5.13(a) shall be payable in arrears
on each Interest Payment Date for the Notes following accrual in the same manner as regular
interest on the Notes.

          (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.13, no Additional
Interest shall accrue following the end of the Additional Interest Period, regardless of whether
any failure to file as described in Section 5.13(a) has occurred or is continuing.

ARTICLE VI

TRUSTEE

               Section 6.01. Duties of Trustee.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

          (iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 5.06.

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

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

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

          (g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 6.01 and to
the provisions of the TIA.

          (h) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in
it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders shall
have provided to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs,
expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) and liabilities that might be incurred
by it in compliance with such request or direction.

               Section 6.02. Rights of Trustee.

          (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from
acting upon any paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented
by the proper Person or Persons. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the
document.

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

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

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

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

          (f) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated
in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond or other paper or document; but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such
further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit and, if the Trustee
shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company at reasonable times, in a reasonable manner and upon
reasonable advance notice, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and
shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or
investigation.

          (g) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default
except, (i) during any period it is serving as Security Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes,
any Event of Default occurring pursuant to Sections 5.01(a), 5.01(b) or 5.01(c) or (ii) any Default
or Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer shall have received written notification or
obtained actual knowledge. The term “actual knowledge” shall mean the actual fact or statement of
knowing by a Responsible Officer without independent investigation with respect thereto.

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

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

          (j) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in
each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act
hereunder.

          (k) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth
the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified
actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any Person
authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any Person specified as so authorized in any
such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

               Section 6.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.

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          The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes
and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it
were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Security Registrar, co-registrar or
co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections
6.01 and 6.10. In addition, the Trustee shall be permitted to engage in transactions with the
Company; provided, however, that if the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest (as such term is
defined in Section 310(b) of the TIA) the Trustee must (i) eliminate such conflict within 90 days
of acquiring such conflicting interest, (ii) apply to the Commission for permission to continue
acting as Trustee or (iii) resign as Trustee hereunder.

               Section 6.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer.

          The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the
Notes or the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the
Company in this Indenture or in any document issued or offering circular (or similar document) used
in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication or for the use or application of any funds received by any Paying Agent other than
the Trustee.

               Section 6.05. Notice of Defaults.

          If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if a Responsible Officer has
actual knowledge thereof, the Trustee shall, except as provided in the next paragraph, mail to each
Holder notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days of being notified by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.03 of this Indenture unless such Default or Event of Default has been cured
or waived.

          Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal or interest on any
Note (including Additional Interest and Filing Additional Interest, if any, and payments pursuant
to the required repurchase provisions of such Note, if any), the Trustee may withhold the notice if
and so long as its board of directors, a committee of its board of directors or a committee of its
Responsible Officers and/or a Responsible Officer in good faith determines that withholding the
notice is in the interests of registered Holders.

               Section 6.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.

          As promptly as practicable after each March 1 beginning with the March 1 following the date of
this Indenture, and in any event prior to September 1 in each year, the Trustee shall mail to each
Holder a brief report dated as of such March 1 that complies with TIA § 313(a), if and to the
extent such report may be required by the TIA. The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b).
The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports required by TIA § 313(c).

          A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be filed with the Commission
and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Notes are listed. The Company agrees to notify
promptly the Trustee in writing whenever the Notes become listed on any stock exchange and of any
delisting thereof.

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               Section 6.07. Compensation and Indemnity.

          The Company covenants and agrees: (a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee
shall be entitled to such compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder as shall be agreed
by the Company and the Trustee in writing (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in
regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); (b) to reimburse the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, fees, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by or on behalf of it in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture
(including the reasonable compensation, fees, and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and
of all agents and other Persons not regularly in its employ), except any such reasonable expense,
disbursement or advance as shall be determined to have been caused by its own negligence or willful
misconduct; and (c) to indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it
harmless against, any loss, liability, damage, claim or expense, including taxes, if any (other
than taxes based upon, determined by or measured by the income of the Trustee), incurred without
negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance
or administration of this Indenture or the trusts hereunder and its duties hereunder, including
enforcement of this Section 6.07. The obligations of the Company under this Section 6.07 to
compensate and indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and to pay or reimburse the
Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for expenses, fees, disbursements and advances shall
constitute an additional obligation hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture, the resignation or removal of the Trustee or the termination of this Indenture. To
secure the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under this Section 6.07, the Trustee shall
have a prior Lien upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except
funds and property paid by the Company and held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of
particular Notes. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default
specified in Section 5.01(g) or (h) occurs, such expenses and compensation for services are
intended to constitute expenses of administration under Bankruptcy Law.

               Section 6.08. Replacement of Trustee.

          The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Company and the Trustee in
writing and the Company may appoint a successor Trustee. The Company shall remove the Trustee if:

          (a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.10;

          (b) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;

          (c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

          (d) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

          If the Trustee resigns or is removed by the Company or by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Notes and the Company does not reasonably promptly appoint a successor
Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the

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Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes may appoint a successor Trustee.

          A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring
Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the
Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to
Holders. The retiring Trustee shall upon payment of its charges hereunder promptly transfer all
property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, upon payment of any fees and expenses due
and owing to it hereunder.

          If the Company has not appointed a successor Trustee within 60 days after the retiring Trustee
resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of 10% in principal amount of the Notes
may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee.

          If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.10, any Holder may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

          Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.08, the Company’s
obligations under Section 6.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

               Section 6.09. Successor Trustee by Merger.

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

          In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the
Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been
authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of
authentication of any predecessor Trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at
that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may
authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the
successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which
it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall
have.

               Section 6.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.

          There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee
under Trust Indenture Act Sections 310(a)(1) and (2) and which shall have a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000, and have a Corporate Trust Office in the Borough of Manhattan in
New York City, State of New York. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of any federal, state, territorial or District of
Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section,

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the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any
time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.10,
the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in
this Article VI.

ARTICLE VII

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS

          Section 7.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

          When (a) the Company delivers to the Trustee all Outstanding Notes (other than Notes which
have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section
2.08) for cancellation or (b) all Outstanding Notes have become due and payable and the Company
deposits with the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent, as applicable, whether at the
Stated Maturity or any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, upon conversion or otherwise, cash or
shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property) and cash, as applicable under this Indenture,
sufficient to pay all amounts due and owing on all Outstanding Notes (other than Notes which have
been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.08);
and if, in any such case, the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect, and the Trustee,
on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
stating that all conditions precedent relating to the satisfaction and discharge contemplated by
this provision have been complied with, and at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging such satisfaction and discharging this Indenture. The Company
agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly
incurred, and to compensate the Trustee for any services thereafter reasonably and properly
rendered, by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the Notes.

               Section 7.02. Application of Funds or Securities Deposited for Payment of
Notes.

          All moneys or securities deposited with the Trustee, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, as
applicable, shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent or Conversion Agent (other than the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, as applicable),
to the Holders of the Notes for the payment of which such moneys or securities have been deposited,
of all sums due and to become due thereon, but such money need not be segregated from other funds
or securities except to the extent required by law.

               Section 7.03. Repayment by Trustee, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent.

          In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes,
all moneys or securities then held by any Paying Agent or Conversion Agent under the provisions of
this Indenture with respect to the Notes shall, upon demand of the Company, be repaid to it and
thereupon such Paying Agent or Conversion Agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such moneys or securities.

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          Any moneys or securities deposited with or paid to the Trustee, Paying Agent or Conversion
Agent, as applicable, for the payment of any amount on the Notes and not applied but remaining
unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such amount shall have become due and payable,
shall, upon the written request of the Company and unless otherwise required by mandatory
provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Company
by the Trustee, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, as applicable, and the Holder of the Notes shall,
unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed
property laws, thereafter look only to the Company for any payment which such Holder may be
entitled to collect, and all liability of the Trustee, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent with
respect to such moneys or securities shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee,
Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, before being required to make any such repayment with respect to
moneys or securities deposited with it for any payment in respect of the Notes, shall, at the
expense of the Company, mail by first-class mail to Holders of the Notes at their addresses as they
shall appear on the Note Register notice that such moneys or securities remain and that, after a
date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such mailing or
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money or securities then remaining will be repaid to the
Company.

ARTICLE VIII

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND AMENDMENTS

               Section 8.01. Without Consent of Noteholders. Without the consent of any Holders of
the Notes, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at
any time and from time to time, may amend, waive, modify or supplement this Indenture or the Notes
for any of the following purposes:

          (a) to comply with Sections 9.01,10.06 and 11.01;

          (b) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes or to
surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;

          (c) to secure the Notes;

          (d) to provide for the addition or modification of any of the provisions of this Indenture as
shall be necessary or desirable to provide for or facilitate the guarantee of the Notes by one or
more guarantors;

          (e) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee
with respect to the Notes and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall
be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than
one Trustee;

          (f) to qualify, or maintain qualification of, this Indenture under the TIA;

          (g) to cure any ambiguity or correct or supplement any inconsistent or otherwise defective
provision contained in this Indenture;

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          (h) to make any provision with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture
that the Company may deem necessary or desirable and that shall not be inconsistent with provisions
of this Indenture provided that such change or modification does not, in the good faith opinion of
the Company’s Board of Directors, adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any
material respect;

          (i) to provide for conversion rights of Holders of Notes and the Company’s repurchase
obligations in connection with a Fundamental Change in the event of any reclassification of the
Common Stock, merger or consolidation, or sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of the Company’s
property and assets substantially as an entirety;

          (j) to conform the provisions of this Indenture to the “Description of the Notes” section
contained in the Company’s offering memorandum related to the Notes dated February 14, 2011;

          (k) to increase the Conversion Rate; provided that the increase will not adversely affect the
interest of the Holders of the Notes; and

          (l) to make any provision with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture
that the Company may deem necessary or desirable and that shall not be inconsistent with provisions
of this Indenture; provided that such amendment or modification does not, in the good faith opinion
of the Board of Directors, adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any
material respect.

               Section 8.02. Modification and Amendment with Consent of Noteholders.

          With the written consent or the affirmative vote of the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the
Company when authorized by a Board Resolution, together with the Trustee, may amend, waive, modify
or supplement any other provision of this Indenture or the Notes; provided, however, that no such
amendment, waiver, modification or supplement may, without the written consent or the affirmative
vote of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby:

          (a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of or any installment of principal of or
interest (including Additional Interest and Filing Additional Interest, if any) on, any Note; or
reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate or amount of interest (including Additional
Interest and Filing Additional Interest, if any) thereon, or adversely affect any right of
repayment at the option of the Holder of any Note, or change the currency in which the principal of
any Note or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of
repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the
case may be);

          (b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, the consent of whose
Holders is required for any such amendment, waiver, modification or

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supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver with
respect to such Notes pursuant to Section 5.05 of this Indenture;

          (c) make any change that affects the right of any Holder to convert Notes into shares of the
Common Stock or reduce the number of shares of Common Stock or any other property receivable upon
conversion pursuant to the terms of this Indenture;

          (d) relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of
Manhattan, New York City; and

          (e) change the Company’s obligation to repurchase any Notes upon a Fundamental Change in a
manner adverse to the Holders after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change.

          Upon the written request of the Company accompanied by a copy of a Board Resolution
authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture or other agreement, instrument or
waiver, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Holders as aforesaid,
the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture or other
agreement, instrument or waiver.

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

               Section 8.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures, Agreements and
Waivers.

          In executing, any supplemental indenture, agreement, instrument or waiver permitted by this
Article VIII or the modifications thereby of this Indenture, the Trustee shall, upon request, be
provided with, and (subject to Section 6.01 hereof) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate from each obligor under the Notes entering into
such supplemental indenture, agreement, instrument or waiver, each stating that the execution of
such supplemental indenture, agreement, instrument or waiver (a) is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture; (b) does not violate the provisions of any agreement or instrument evidencing any other
indebtedness of the Company, or any Subsidiary of the Company; and (c) that all conditions
precedent in this Indenture relating to such supplemental indenture have been complied with. The
Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture, agreement,
instrument or waiver which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture, the Notes or otherwise. The Company will notify Holders within a reasonable time of any
amendment to this Agreement or of any supplemental indenture entered into. However, any failure by
the Company to give such notice to all of the Holders, or any defect in the notice, will not impair
or affect the validity of the modification or amendment.

               Section 8.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any
supplemental indenture under this Article VIII, this Indenture, the Notes, if applicable, shall be
modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this

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Indenture and the Notes, if applicable, as the case may be, for all purposes; and every Holder
of Notes theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

               Section 8.05. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

          Every supplemental indenture or amendment to this Indenture or the Notes shall comply with the
TIA as then in effect, to the extent the TIA is applicable to this Indenture or any supplemental
indenture hereto.

               Section 8.06. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures.

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

               Section 8.07. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers.

          A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Note shall bind the Holder and every
subsequent Holder of that Note or portion of the Note that evidences the same debt as the
consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Note.
However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder’s
Note or portion of the Note if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the
amendment or waiver becomes effective. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall
bind every Holder. An amendment or waiver made pursuant to Section 8.02 shall become effective
upon receipt by the Trustee of the requisite number of written consents.

          The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or
required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then
notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record
date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such
consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such
Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall become valid or
effective more than 120 days after such record date.

               Section 8.08. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

          If an amendment changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Note to
deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note regarding the
changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so
determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee, at the expense of the
Company, shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms.

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Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Note shall not affect the validity
of such amendment.

ARTICLE IX

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, LEASE OR CONVEYANCE

               Section 9.01. Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets.

          The Company will not, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, consolidate
with or merge with or into any other Person, or sell, convey, transfer or lease its property and
assets substantially as an entirety to another Person, unless:

	 	(1)	 	either (a) the Company shall be the continuing corporation or (b) the
resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if other than the Company) shall be a
corporation or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (the
“Successor Company”), and such Successor Company shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental to this Indenture in a form reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company
under the Notes and this Indenture;
	 
	 	(2)	 	immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and
	 
	 	(3)	 	if so requested by the Trustee, the Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee any Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental
indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental
indenture, comply with this Article IX and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been satisfied.

               Section 9.02. Successor Substituted.

          In the event of any transaction described in and complying with the conditions listed in
Section 9.01 in which the Company is not the continuing corporation, the Successor Company formed
or remaining shall succeed, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Company, and the Company shall be discharged from its obligations, under the Notes and this
Indenture.

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ARTICLE X

CONVERSION OF NOTES

          Section 10.01. Conversion Privilege.

          (a) Upon compliance with the provisions of this Article X, a Holder of Notes shall have the
right, at such Holder’s option, to convert all or any portion (if the portion to be converted is
$1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) of such Note at any time prior to the
Close of Business on the scheduled Business Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date at a rate
(the “Conversion Rate”) of 78.3699 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment by the Company as
provided in Section 10.04) per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, together with cash in lieu of
fractional shares (collectively, the “Conversion Obligation”).

          (b) (1) If and only to the extent a Noteholder elects to convert Notes prior to the Maturity
Date in connection with a transaction described in clause (a), clause (c) (without reference to
subclause (ii) thereunder) or clause (d) of the definition of Fundamental Change pursuant to which
10% or more of the consideration for the Common Stock (other than cash payments for fractional
shares and cash payments made in respect of dissenters’ appraisal rights) in such transaction
consists of cash or securities (or other property) that are not shares of common stock traded or
scheduled to be traded immediately following such transaction on the New York Stock Exchange, the
NASDAQ Global Marker or the NASDAQ Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors),
referred to herein as a “Non-Stock Change of Control”, then the Conversion Rate applicable to each
$1,000 principal amount of Notes so converted shall be increased by an additional number of shares
of Common Stock (the “Additional Shares”) as described in Section 10.01(b)(2) below. The Company
shall notify Holders of the anticipated Effective Date of a Non-Stock Change of Control no later
than such time that the Non-Stock Change of Control occurs. Settlement of Notes tendered for
conversion to which Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate as provided in this
subsection shall be settled pursuant to Section 10.02 below, as applicable. For purposes of this
Section 10.01(b), a conversion of Notes shall be deemed to be “in connection with” a Non-Stock
Change of Control to the extent that the related conversion notice is received by the Conversion
Agent following the Effective Date of the Non-Stock Change of Control but before the Close of
Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
Such conversion notice shall indicate that the Holder of Notes has elected to convert Notes in
connection with a Non-Stock Change of Control; provided, however, that the failure to so indicate
shall not in any way affect the Conversion Obligation or the right of such Holder to receive
Additional Shares in connection with such conversion.

     (2) The number of Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate will be increased shall be
determined by reference to the table attached as Schedule A hereto, based on the date on which the
Non-Stock Change of Control occurs or becomes effective (the “Effective Date”), and the Stock
Price; provided, that if the Stock Price is between two Stock Price amounts in the table attached
as Schedule A hereto or the Effective Date is between two Effective Dates in the table
attached as Schedule A hereto, the number of Additional Shares shall be determined by a
straight-line interpolation between the number of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and
lower Stock Price amounts and the two Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 360-day year;

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provided further that if (x) the Stock Price is in excess of $18.00 per share of Common Stock
(subject to adjustment in the same manner as set forth in Section 10.04), no Additional Shares will
be added to the Conversion Rate, and (y) the Stock Price is less than $11.60 per share of Common
Stock (subject to adjustment in the same manner as set forth in Section 10.04), no Additional
Shares will be added to the Conversion Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the
total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion, as adjusted pursuant to this
Section 10.01(b)(2), exceed 86.2068 per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes, subject to the same
adjustments as the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.04.

          The number of Additional Shares within the table in Schedule A hereto shall be
adjusted in the same manner as and as of any date on which the Conversion Rate is adjusted as set
forth in Section 10.04 (other than by operation of an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to
this Section 10.01(b)). The Stock Prices set forth in the first row of the table attached as
Schedule A hereto (i.e., the column headers) shall be simultaneously adjusted as of any
date on which the Conversion Rate is adjusted (other than by operation of an adjustment to the
Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 10.01(b)). The adjusted Stock Prices shall equal the
Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise
to the Stock Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted.

               Section 10.02. Conversion Procedures.

          (a) Each Note shall be convertible at the office of the Conversion Agent and, if applicable,
in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.

          (b) In order to exercise the conversion privilege with respect to any interest in a Global
Note, the Holder must complete the appropriate instruction form for conversion pursuant to the
Depositary’s book-entry conversion program, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents
if required by the Company or the Conversion Agent, pay all taxes or duties, if any, for which the
Holder is responsible pursuant to Section 4.06, and the Conversion Agent must be informed of the
conversion in accordance with the customary practice of the Depositary. In order to exercise the
conversion privilege with respect to any certificated Notes, the Holder of any such Notes to be
converted, in whole or in part, shall:

          (i) complete and manually sign the conversion notice provided on the back of the Note
and attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Conversion Notice”) or a facsimile of the
Conversion Notice;

          (ii) deliver the completed Conversion Notice, which is irrevocable, and the Note to the
Conversion Agent;

          (iii) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents; and

          (iv) if required, pay all taxes or duties pursuant to Section 4.06.

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          The date on which the Holder satisfies all of the applicable requirements set forth in this
Section 10.02(b) is the “Conversion Date.” The Conversion Agent will provide the Company with
notice of any conversion by a Holder of the Notes on the Conversion Date (which, for the avoidance
of doubt, shall be the next Business Day if the applicable requirements are satisfied after the
Close of Business on a Business Day and prior to the open of Business on the next Business Day).

          (c) Each Conversion Notice shall state the name or names (with address or addresses) in which
any certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable upon such
conversion shall be issued. All such Notes surrendered for conversion shall, unless the shares of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion are to be issued in the same name as the registration of such
Notes, be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company duly executed by, the Holder or his duly authorized attorney.

          (d) In case any certificated Notes of a denomination greater than $1,000 shall be surrendered
for partial conversion, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to
the Holder of the Notes so surrendered, without charge, new Notes in authorized denominations in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Notes.

          Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected as to any such Notes (or portion
thereof) surrendered for conversion immediately prior to the Close of Business on the relevant
Conversion Date. The person in whose name the certificate or certificates for the number of shares
of Common Stock that shall be issuable upon such conversion shall become the holder of record of
such shares of Common Stock as of the Close of Business on such Conversion Date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing and anything contained in this Indenture to the contrary, in no event shall a Holder
be entitled to the benefit of a Conversion Rate adjustment pursuant to the provisions of Article X
hereof in respect of Notes surrendered for conversion if, by virtue of being deemed the record
holder of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion pursuant to the foregoing
sentence, such Holder participates, as a result of being such holder of record, in the transaction
or event that would otherwise give rise to such Conversion Rate adjustment to the same extent and
in the same manner as holders of shares of Common Stock generally.

          (e) Upon the conversion of an interest in Global Notes, the Trustee (or other Conversion Agent
appointed by the Company) shall make a notation on such Global Notes as to the reduction in the
principal amount represented thereby. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any
conversions of Notes effected through any Conversion Agent other than the Trustee.

          (f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Note in respect of which a Holder has delivered a
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice exercising such Holder’s option to require the Company to
purchase such Note may be converted only if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is withdrawn
in accordance with Section 11.01(c) hereof.

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               Section 10.03. Payments Upon Conversion.

          (a) Upon any conversion of any Notes, on the third Business Day immediately following the
Conversion Date, the Company shall deliver to the converting Holder a number of shares of Common
Stock equal to (i) the aggregate principal amount of such Notes to be converted divided by $1,000,
multiplied by (ii) the Conversion Rate in effect as of such Conversion Date, together with any cash
payment for any fractional share of Common Stock as described in Section 10.03(c).

          (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, upon the conversion of any
Notes, unless the Holder converts after a Record Date for an interest payment but prior to the
corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Holder will also receive a separate cash payment
representing accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest and Filing Additional
Interest, if any) to, but not including, the Conversion Date. Any such payment will be made on the
settlement date applicable to the relevant conversion of the Notes.

          (c) The Company shall not issue fractional shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Notes.
If multiple Notes shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of
full shares which shall be issuable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted hereby) so
surrendered. If any fractional share of Common Stock would be issuable upon the conversion of any
Notes, the Company shall make payment therefor in cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock
based on the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the relevant Conversion Date.

          (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, no Holder of Notes will be
entitled to receive shares of Common Stock upon conversion to the extent (but only to the extent)
that such receipt would cause such converting Holder to become, directly or indirectly, a
“beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder) of more than 5.0% of the Common Stock outstanding at such time
(the “Limitation”). Any purported delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Notes
shall be void and have no effect to the extent (but only to the extent) that such delivery would
result in the converting Holder becoming the beneficial owner of more than 5.0% of the shares of
Common Stock outstanding at such time. If any delivery of shares of Common Stock owed to a Holder
upon conversion of Notes is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of the Limitation, the
Company’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and the Company shall deliver
such shares as promptly as practicable after any such converting Holder gives notice to the Company
that such delivery would not result in it being the beneficial owner of more than 5.0% of the
shares of Common Stock outstanding at such time. The Limitation shall no longer apply following
the Effective Date of any Fundamental Change.

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               Section 10.04. Adjustment of Conversion Rate. The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted
from time to time by the Company as follows:

     (a) If the Company issues shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on
shares of Common Stock, or effects a share split or share combination, then the Conversion
Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

          where

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	CR1
	 	=
	 	the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Opening of
Business on the record date for such dividend or distribution or the effective
date of such share split or combination, as the case may be;
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	CR0
	 	=
	 	the Conversion Rate in effect at Close of Business on the Trading
Day immediately preceding the record date for such dividend or distribution or
the effective date of such share split or combination, as the case may be;
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	OS0
	 	=
	 	the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at Close of
Business on the Trading Day immediately preceding the record date for such
dividend or distribution or the effective date of such share split or
combination; and
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	OS1
	 	=
	 	the number of shares of Common Stock that would be outstanding
immediately after, and solely as a result of, such dividend, distribution,
share split or combination, as the case may be.

Such adjustment shall become effective immediately prior to the Opening of Business on the record
date for such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such share split or combination, as
the case may be. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 10.04(a) is
declared but not so paid or made, or the outstanding shares of Common Stock are not subdivided or
combined, as the case may be, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of
the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, or subdivide
or combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, to the Conversion Rate that
would then be in effect if such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination had not been
declared.

          (b) In case the Company shall issue to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock any
rights or warrants (other than rights issued pursuant to a shareholders’ rights plan) entitling
them for a period of not more than 60 days from the issuance date for such distribution to
subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, at a price per share less than the Last Reported
Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding

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the declaration date of such distribution, then the Conversion Rate shall be increased based
on the following formula:

  where

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	CR1
	 	=
	 	the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Opening of
Business on the record date for such distribution;
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	CR0
	 	=
	 	the Conversion Rate in effect at the Close of Business on the
Trading Day immediately preceding the record date for such distribution;
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	OS0
	 	=
	 	the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the Close of
Business on the Trading Day immediately preceding the record date for such
distribution;
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	X
	 	=
	 	the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant
to such rights or warrants; and
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Y
	 	=
	 	the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate
price payable to exercise such rights or warrants, divided by the average of
the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading
Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the record date for
such distribution.

Such adjustment shall be successively made whenever any such rights or warrants are issued and
shall become effective immediately prior to the Opening of Business on the record date for such
distribution. If such rights or warrants are not issued or to the extent they are not so exercised
prior to their expiration, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate
that would then be in effect if such record date for such distribution had not been fixed.

          In determining whether any rights or warrants entitle the holder thereof to subscribe for or
purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the Last Reported Sale Price of the
Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the declaration date of such distribution,
and in determining the aggregate offering price of such Common Stock, there shall be taken into
account any consideration received by the Company for such rights or warrants and any amount
payable on exercise or conversion thereof, where the value of such consideration, if other than
cash, shall be determined by the Board of Directors.

          (c)

          (i) In case the Company shall distribute shares of Capital Stock, evidences of
indebtedness or other assets or property to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock
(excluding dividends and distributions covered by Section 10.04(a),

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Section 10.04(b), Section 10.04(d), and distributions described below in Section
10.04(c)(ii) with respect to Spin-Offs (as defined below)) (any of such shares of Capital
Stock, evidences of indebtedness or other asset or property hereinafter in this
Section 10.04(c) called the “Distributed Property”), then, in each such case the Conversion
Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 where

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	CR1
	 	=
	 	the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Opening of
Business on the record date for such distribution;
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	CR0
	 	=
	 	the Conversion Rate in effect at the Close of Business on the
Trading Day immediately preceding the record date for such distribution;
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SP0
	 	=
	 	the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock
over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the record date for such distribution; and
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	FMV
	 	=
	 	the fair market value (as determined by the Board of
Directors or a committee thereof) of the Distributed Property distributed with
respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock as of the Opening of Business
on the record date for such distribution.

Such adjustment shall become effective immediately prior to the Opening of Business on the record
date for shareholders entitled to receive such distribution; provided that (1) if the then fair
market value (as so determined) of the portion of the Distributed Property so distributed
applicable to one share of Common Stock is equal to or greater than SP0 as set forth
above or (2) if SP0 exceeds the fair market value of the Distributed Property by less
than $0.01, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each
Noteholder shall have the right to receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes upon
conversion, the amount of Distributed Property such Holder would have received had such Holder
converted such Notes immediately prior to the record date for determining the shareholders of the
Company entitled to receive the Distributed Property. If such dividend or distribution is not so
paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then
be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. If such dividend or
distribution consists of rights or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the extent
that such rights or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration. If the Board of
Directors determines the fair market value of any distribution for purposes of this Section
10.04(c)(i) by reference to the actual or when issued trading market for any securities, it must in
doing so consider the prices in such market over the same period used in determining SP0
above.

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          (ii) With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 10.04(c) where there has
been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock in shares of Capital
Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or
other business unit of the Company that are listed on a national or regional securities
exchange (a “Spin-Off”), then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following
formula:

where

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	CR1
	 	=
	 	the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Opening of
Business on the record date for the Spin-Off;
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	CR0
	 	=
	 	the Conversion Rate in effect at the Close of Business, on the
Trading Day immediately preceding the record date for the Spin-Off;
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	FMV
	 	=
	 	the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Capital
Stock or other similar equity interest distributed to holders of Common Stock
applicable to one share of Common Stock over the first 10 consecutive Trading
Day period immediately following, and including, the third Trading Day after
the record date for such Spin-Off (such period, the “Valuation Period”); and
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	MP0
	 	=
	 	the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock over
the Valuation Period.

Such adjustment shall occur immediately after the Opening of Business on the day after the last day
of the Valuation Period but will be given effect as of the Opening of Business on the record date
for the Spin-Off; provided that in respect of any conversion within the ten Trading Days following
any Spin-Off, references within this Section 10.04(c)(ii) to ten Trading Days shall be deemed
replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between such Spin-Off and the
Conversion Date in determining the applicable Conversion Rate. Because the Company will make the
adjustment to the Conversion Rate at the end of the Valuation Period with retroactive effect, the
Company will delay the settlement of any Notes where the Conversion Date occurs during the
Valuation Period. In such event, the Company will deliver shares of Common Stock and any cash in
lieu thereof (based on the adjusted Conversion Rate) on the third Business Day following the last
day of the Valuation Period.

          Rights or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of Common Stock, entitling the
holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase Capital Stock (either initially or under certain
circumstances), which rights or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events
(“Trigger Event”): (i) are deemed to be transferred with such Common Stock; (ii) are not
exercisable; and (iii) are also issued in respect of future issuances of Common Stock, shall be

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deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Section 10.04(c) (and no adjustment to the
Conversion Rate under this Section 10.04(c) will be required) until the occurrence of the earliest
Trigger Event, whereupon such rights and warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an
appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the Conversion Rate shall be made under this Section
10.04(c). If any such right or warrant, including any such existing rights or warrants distributed
prior to the date of this Indenture, are subject to events, upon the occurrence of which such
rights or warrants become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness
or other assets, then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be deemed to be
the date of distribution and record date with respect to new rights or warrants with such rights
(and a termination or expiration of the existing rights or warrants without exercise by any of the
holders thereof). In addition, in the event of any distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights
or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the preceding sentence)
with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which
an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 10.04 was made, (1) in the case of any such
rights or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or repurchased without exercise by any holders
thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted upon such final redemption or repurchase to give
effect to such distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash
distribution, equal to the per share redemption or repurchase price received by a holder or holders
of Common Stock with respect to such rights or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such
rights or warrants), made to all holders of Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or
repurchase, and (2) in the case of such rights or warrants that shall have expired or been
terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if
such rights and warrants had not been issued.

          For purposes of this Section 10.04(c) and Section 10.04(a) and Section 10.04(b), any dividend
or distribution to which this Section 10.04(c) is applicable that also includes a dividend or
distribution of Common Stock to which Section 10.04(a) applies or a dividend or distribution of
rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock to which Section 10.04(a) or Section
10.04(b) applies (or both), shall be deemed instead to be (1) a dividend or distribution of the
evidences of indebtedness, assets or shares of Capital Stock other than such Common Stock or rights
or warrants to which this Section 10.04(c) applies, and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by
this Section 10.04(c) with respect to such dividend or distribution shall then be made, immediately
followed by (2) a dividend or distribution of such Common Stock or such rights or warrants (and any
further Conversion Rate adjustment required by Section 10.04(a) and Section 10.04(b) with respect
to such dividend or distribution shall then be made), except (A) the record date of such dividend
or distribution shall be substituted as “the record date” and “the date fixed for such
determination” within the meaning of Section 10.04(a) and Section 1004(b) and (B) any Common Stock
included in such dividend or distribution shall not be deemed outstanding “at Close of Business on
the Trading Day immediately preceding the record date for such dividend or distribution or the
effective date of such share split or combination” within the meaning of Section 10.04(a) or “at
Close of Business on the Trading
Day immediately preceding the record for such distribution” within the meaning of Section
10.04(b).

          (d) In case the Company shall pay any cash dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash
to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock (other than dividends or

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distributions made in
connection with the dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company or distributions to which
Section 10.06 applies), then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	where	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	CR1
	 	=
	 	the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Opening of
Business on the record date for such dividend or distribution;
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	CR0
	 	=
	 	the Conversion Rate in effect at the Close of Business, on the
Trading Day immediately preceding the record date for such distribution;
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SP0
	 	=
	 	the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock
over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the record date for such distribution;
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	DTA
	 	=
	 	the dividend threshold amount, which will initially be equal
to $0.101150 per share in any month; provided that if there is not a record
date for a dividend in any month, the DTA may be carried forward by the Company
to the next subsequent month, and to the extent the aggregate amount of any
dividends with record dates in such subsequent month is less than $0.2023 such
difference may be carried forward to the second subsequent month, subject to a
maximum DTA at any time of $0.30345; and
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	C
	 	=
	 	the amount in cash per share that the Company distributes to
holders of Common Stock in any dividend.

          Such adjustment shall become effective immediately prior to the Opening of Business on the
record date for such dividend or distribution.

          The dividend threshold amount is subject to adjustment on an inversely proportional basis
whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted other than pursuant to this Section 10.04(d). If an
adjustment is required to be made as set forth in this Section 10.04(d) as a result of a
distribution that is not a regular monthly or quarterly dividend, the dividend threshold amount
will be deemed to be zero. For the avoidance of doubt, a distribution that relates to a prior
monthly or quarterly period during which the record date for a regular distribution did not occur
(such distribution, a “Delayed Distribution”) shall constitute a regular monthly or
quarterly dividend (whether paid separately or together with the regular monthly or quarterly
distribution with respect to the period in which such Delayed Distribution occurs), notwithstanding
the fact that the record date for such Delayed Distribution occurs after the monthly or quarterly
period to which the Delayed Distribution relates.

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          If “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined above), or
if the difference between “SP0” and “C” is less than $0.01, in lieu of the foregoing
increase, each Holder of a Note shall receive, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount thereof,
at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of shares of Common Stock, the amount of cash
that such Holder would have received as if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock
equal to the Conversion Rate on the record date for such cash dividend or distribution.

          For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Section 10.04(d), in the event of any
reclassification of the Common Stock, as a result of which the Notes become convertible into more
than one class of Common Stock, if an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required pursuant to
this Section 10.04(d), references in this Section 10.04(d) to one share of Common Stock or Last
Reported Sale Price of one share of Common Stock shall be deemed to refer to a unit or to the price
of a unit consisting of the number of shares of each class of Common Stock into which the Notes are
then convertible equal to the number of shares of such class issued in respect of one share of
Common Stock in such reclassification. The above provisions of this paragraph shall similarly
apply to successive reclassifications.

          (e) In case the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender
offer or exchange offer for Common Stock, to the extent that the cash and value of any other
consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock exceeds the Last Reported Sale
Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or
exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, then the Conversion Rate shall be
increased based on the following formula:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	where	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	CR1
	 	=
	 	the Conversion Rate in effect at the Close of Business on the day
such tender offer or exchange offer expires;
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	CR0
	 	=
	 	the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Opening of
Business on the Trading Day immediately following the day such tender offer or
exchange offer expires;
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	AC
	 	=
	 	the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration
(as determined by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof) paid or
payable for shares purchased in such tender or exchange offer;
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SP1
	 	=
	 	the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock over
the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading
Day next succeeding the day such tender or exchange offer expires (the
“Averaging Period”);

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	 	OS1
	 	=
	 	the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after
the Close of Business on the day such tender or exchange offer expires (after
giving effect to such tender offer or exchange offer); and
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	OS0
	 	=
	 	the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior
to the date such tender or exchange offer expires (prior to giving effect to
such tender offer or exchange offer).

Such adjustment shall become effective immediately prior to the Opening of Business on the day
following the last day of the Averaging Period, but will be given effect as of the Opening of
Business on the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender offer or exchange offer expires.
Because the Company will make the adjustment to the Conversion Rate at the end of the Averaging
Period with retroactive effect, the Company will delay the settlement of any Notes where the
Conversion Date occurs during the Averaging Period. In such event, the Company will deliver shares
of Common Stock and any cash in lieu thereof (based on the adjusted Conversion Rate) on the third
Business Day immediately following the last day of the Averaging Period.

          (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 10.04, no adjustments to the
Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 10.04 will be made:

          (i) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future
plan or similar arrangement providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable
on the Company’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of
Common Stock under any such plan or arrangement;

          (ii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase
such shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan
or program or similar arrangement of, or assumed by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

          (iii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant,
right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in clause (ii) of
this Section 10.04(f) and outstanding as of the date the Notes were first issued;

          (iv) for a change in the par value of the Common Stock; or

          (v) for accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest and Filing
Additional Interest, if any).

          (g) To the extent a transaction qualifies under two or more of Section 10.04(a), Section
10.04(b), Section 10.04(c) Section 10.04(d) and Section 10.04(e), the Conversion Rate shall be
adjusted pursuant to Section 10.04(c)(i).

          (h) For purposes of this Section 10.04 the term “record date” shall mean, with respect to any
dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of

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shares of Common Stock
have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the shares of Common
Stock (or other applicable security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash,
securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of shareholders of the Company
entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the
Board of Directors or by statute, contract or otherwise).

          (i) All calculations and other determinations under this Article X shall be made by the
Company in accordance with Section 12.15 hereof and shall be made to the nearest cent or to the
nearest one-ten thousandth (1/10,000) of a share, as the case may be. No adjustment shall be made
for the Company’s issuance of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for
Common Stock, or the right to purchase Common Stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities,
other than as provided in this Section 10.04. No adjustment shall be made to the Conversion Rate
unless such adjustment would require a change of at least 1% in the Conversion Rate then in effect
at such time. The Company shall carry forward any adjustments that are less than 1% of the
Conversion Rate, take such carried-forward adjustments into account in any subsequent adjustment,
and make such carried forward adjustments, regardless of whether the aggregate adjustment is less
than 1%, (i) annually on the anniversary of the first date of issue of the Notes and otherwise,
(ii) upon any conversion of the Notes, and (iii) (1) 10 Business Days prior to the Maturity Date of
the Notes (whether at Stated Maturity or otherwise) or (2) 10 Business Days prior to any
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, unless such adjustment has already been made.

          (j) Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall promptly
file with the Trustee and any Conversion Agent other than the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate
setting forth the Conversion Rate after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the
facts requiring such adjustment. The Trustee and Conversion Agent may conclusively rely on the
accuracy of the Conversion Rate adjustment provided by the Company. Unless and until a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee shall have received such Officers’ Certificate, the Trustee shall not be
deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment of the Conversion Rate and may assume without inquiry
that the last Conversion Rate of which it has knowledge is still in effect. Promptly after
delivery of such certificate, the Company shall prepare a notice of such adjustment of the
Conversion Rate setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate and the date on which each adjustment
becomes effective and provide notice to Holders of such adjustment.

          (k) For purposes of this Section 10.04, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time
outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company but shall include shares
issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock.

          (l) The Company will not take any action that would result in an adjustment to the Conversion
Rate pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10.04 without complying with NASDAQ Listing Rule
5635, if applicable.

               Section 10.05. Shares to be Fully Paid.
Subject to Section 10.03(c), the Company shall provide, free from preemptive rights,
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Stock to provide for conversion of the Notes from time to time as such Notes are
presented for conversion.

          Section 10.06. Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale.

          (a) If the Company:

          (i) reclassifies or changes its Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a
subdivision or combination); or

          (ii) consolidates or merges with or into any Person or sells, leases, transfers,
conveys or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets and those of its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole to another Person;

and in either case holders of Common Stock receive stock, other securities or other property or
assets (including cash or any combination thereof) with respect to or in exchange for their Common
Stock (any such event, a “Merger Event”), then from and after the effective date of such Merger
Event, the Company or the successor or purchasing Person, as the case may be, shall execute with
the Trustee a supplemental indenture (which shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act as in force
at the date of execution of such supplemental indenture if such supplemental indenture is then
required to so comply) providing that at and after the effective time of such Merger Event, each
Outstanding Note will, without the consent of Holders of the Notes, become convertible in
accordance with this Indenture into the consideration the holders of Common Stock received in such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition (such consideration, the “Reference Property”). If the transaction causes the Common
Stock to be converted into the right to receive more than a single type of consideration
(determined based in part upon any form of shareholder election), the Reference Property into which
the Notes will become convertible will be deemed to be the kind and amount of consideration elected
to be received by a majority of shares of Common Stock which voted for such an election (if
electing between two types of consideration) or a plurality of shares of Common Stock which voted
for such an election (if electing between more than two types of consideration), as the case may
be. The Company shall not become a party to any such Merger Event unless its terms are consistent
with this Section 10.06 in all material respects.

          (b) The Company shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to be
mailed to each Holder, at the address of such Holder as it appears on the Note Register, within 20
days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or
validity of such supplemental indenture. The above provisions of this Section 10.06 shall
similarly apply to successive reclassifications, changes, consolidations, mergers,
combinations, sales and conveyances. If this Section 10.06 applies to any Merger Event,
Section 10.04 shall not apply.

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               Section 10.07. Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions.

          In case:

          (a) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on its Common Stock that
would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.04; or

          (b) the Company shall authorize the granting to all of the holders of its Common Stock of
rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any share of any class or any other rights or
warrants;

          (c) of any reclassification of Common Stock (other than a subdivision or combination of the
outstanding Common Stock, or a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no
par value to par value), or of any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party and for
which approval of any shareholders of the Company is required, or of the sale or transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company; or

          (d) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company,

the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and to be mailed to each Noteholder at his
address appearing on the Note Register at least 10 days before the applicable date specified in
clause (x) or (y) below, as the case may be, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to
be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or rights or warrants, or, if a record is
not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such
dividend, distribution or rights are to be determined, or (y) the date on which such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is
expected to become effective or occur, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of
Common Stock of record shall be entitled to convert their Common Stock for securities or other
property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer,
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall
not affect the legality or validity of such dividend, distribution, reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.

               Section 10.08. Shareholder Rights Plans.
To the extent that any future shareholders’ rights plan adopted by the Company is in effect
upon conversion of the Notes into Common Stock, Holders shall receive, in addition to any Common
Stock issuable upon such conversion, the rights under the applicable rights agreement unless the
rights have separated from the Common Stock at the time of conversion of the Notes, in which case,
the Conversion Rate will be adjusted as if the Company distributed to all holders of its Common
Stock shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness or assets as described in Section
10.04(c)(i), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of
such rights. If, and only if, the Holders receive rights under such
shareholders’ rights plan as described in the preceding sentence upon conversion of their
Notes, then no other adjustment pursuant to this Article X shall be made in connection with such
shareholders’ rights plan.

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ARTICLE XI

REPURCHASE OF NOTES AT OPTION OF HOLDERS

               Section 11.01. Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change.

          (a) If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time prior to the Maturity Date, then each
Noteholder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase all
of such Holder’s Notes or any portion thereof that is a multiple of $1,000 principal amount, for
cash on or after the Close of Business on the date (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Date”)
specified by the Company that is not less than twenty (20) calendar days and not more than
thirty-five (35) calendar days after the date of the Fundamental Change Company Notice (as defined
below) at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued
and unpaid interest thereon (including Additional Interest and Filing Additional Interest, if any)
to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (collectively, the “Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is
after a Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the accrued and
unpaid interest (including Additional Interest and Filing Additional Interest, if any) will be paid
on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date to the Holder of record on the Record Date.

          Repurchases of Notes under this Section 11.01 shall be made, at the option of the Holder
thereof, upon:

          (i) delivery to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) by a
Holder of a duly completed notice (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice”) in the form
set forth on the reverse of the Note at any time prior the Close of Business on the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; and

          (ii) delivery or book-entry transfer of the Notes to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent
appointed by the Company) at any time after delivery of the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Notice (together with all necessary endorsements) at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) in the Borough of Manhattan, such
delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price therefor; provided that such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be so paid
pursuant to this Section 11.01 only if the Note so delivered to the Trustee (or other Paying
Agent appointed by the Company) shall conform in all respects to the description thereof in
the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.

The Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice shall state:

          (A) if certificated, the certificate numbers of Notes to be delivered for
repurchase;

          (B) the portion of the principal amount of Notes to be repurchased, which must
be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof;

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          (C) that the Notes are to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the Notes and this Indenture; and

          (D) if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is delivered prior to the
occurrence of a Fundamental Change pursuant to a definitive agreement giving rise to
a Fundamental Change, that the Holder acknowledges that the Company’s offer is
conditioned on the occurrence of such Fundamental Change.

provided, however, that if the Notes are not in certificated form, the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice must comply with Applicable Procedures.

          Any repurchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 11.01
shall be consummated by the delivery of the consideration to be received by the Holder promptly
following the later of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and the time of the book-entry
transfer or delivery of the Note.

          The Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) shall promptly notify the Company
of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal
thereof in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.01(c).

          Any Note that is to be repurchased only in part shall be surrendered to the Trustee (with, if
the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder of such Note without service charge, a
new Note or Notes, containing identical terms and conditions, each in an authorized denomination in
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unrepurchased portion of the principal
of the Note so surrendered.

          (b) On or before the fifth (5th) calendar day after the occurrence of a Fundamental
Change, the Company shall provide to all Holders of record of the Notes as of the date of the
Fundamental Change Company Notice at their addresses shown in the Note Register (and to beneficial
owners to the extent required by applicable law) and the Trustee and Paying Agent a written notice
(the “Fundamental Change Company Notice”) of the occurrence of such Fundamental Change and of the
repurchase right at the option of the Holders arising as a result thereof. Such mailing shall be
by first class mail. Simultaneously with providing such Fundamental Change Company Notice, the
Company shall publish a notice containing the information included therein once in a newspaper of
general circulation in The City of New York
or publish such information on the Company’s website or through such other public medium as
the Company may use at such time.

          Each Fundamental Change Company Notice shall specify:

          (i) the events causing the Fundamental Change;

          (ii) the date of the Fundamental Change;

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          (iii) that the Holder must exercise the repurchase right prior to the Close of Business
on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;

          (iv) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;

          (v) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;

          (vi) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;

          (vii) the applicable Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the applicable Conversion
Rate;

          (viii) that the Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has
been delivered by a Holder may be converted only if the Holder withdraws the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and

          (ix) the procedures that Holders must follow to require the Company to repurchase their
Notes.

          No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the
Noteholders’ repurchase rights or affect the validity of the proceedings for the repurchase of the
Notes pursuant to this Section 11.01.

          (c) A Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn by delivering a written notice of
withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with the Fundamental Change Company Notice at any time
prior to the Close of Business on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, specifying:

          (i) the principal amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of withdrawal
is being submitted;

          (ii) the principal amount, if any, of such Notes that remains subject to the original
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, which portion must be in principal amounts of $1,000
or an integral multiple of $1,000; and

          (iii) if certificated Notes have been issued, the certificate numbers of the withdrawn
Notes;

provided, however, that if the Notes are not in certificated form, the notice must comply with
Applicable Procedures. The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any
certificated Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been withdrawn
in compliance with the provisions of this Section 11.01(c). If the Notes are not in certificated
form, such return must comply with the appropriate procedures of the Depositary. If a Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice is given and then subsequently withdrawn in accordance with this Section
11.01(c), then the Company shall not be obligated to repurchase any Notes listed in such
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.

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          (d) On or prior to 1:00 p.m. (local time in The City of New York) on the Business Day
following the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Company will deposit with the Trustee (or
other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent,
set aside, segregate and hold in trust in accordance with this Indenture an amount of money or
securities sufficient to repurchase as of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date all of the Notes
to be repurchased as of such date at the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Subject to receipt
of funds and/or Notes by the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company and subject to
extension if necessary to comply with the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940),
payment for Notes surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) prior to the Close of Business on
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date will be made promptly after the later of (x) the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date with respect to such Note (provided the Holder has satisfied the conditions
to the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in this Section 11.01), and (y) the time
of book-entry transfer or the delivery of such Note to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed
by the Company) by the Holder thereof in the manner required by this Section 11.01 by mailing
checks for the amount payable to the Holders of such Notes entitled thereto as they shall appear in
the Note Register (in the case of certificated Notes) by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee (if the Notes are not in certificated form).
The Trustee shall, promptly after such payment return to the Company any funds in excess of the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

          (e) If the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) holds money or securities
sufficient to repurchase as of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date all the Notes or portions
thereof that are to be purchased as of the Business Day following the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date, then on and after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (i) such Notes will cease to be
Outstanding, (ii) interest (including Additional Interest and Filing Additional Interest, if any)
will cease to accrue on such Notes, whether or not book-entry transfer of the Notes has been made
or the Notes have been delivered to the Trustee or Paying Agent, as the case may be, and (iii) all
other rights of the Holders of such Notes will terminate other than the right to receive the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price upon delivery or transfer of such Notes.

               Section 11.02. No Payment Following Acceleration of the Notes.

          There shall be no purchase of any Notes pursuant to this Article IX if the principal amount of
the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded on or prior to the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date. The Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) will
promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any certificated Notes
held by it following acceleration of the Notes and shall deem canceled any instructions for
book-entry transfer of the Notes in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary, in which
case, upon such return and cancellation, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect
thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

               Section 11.03. Compliance with Tender Offer Rules.

          In connection with any offer to purchase Notes under Section 11.01 hereof, the Company shall,
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rules
under the Exchange Act that may then be applicable, (b) file a Schedule TO or any other required
schedule under the Exchange Act and (c) otherwise comply with all federal and state securities laws
so as to permit the rights and obligations under Section 11.01 to be exercised in the time and in
the manner specified in Section 11.01.

ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

               Section 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls.

     This Indenture is hereby made subject to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of the TIA
required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the TIA upon such qualification
regardless of whether this Indenture shall ever be so qualified; provided that this Section 12.01
shall not constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any party hereto that any such
qualification is required prior to the time such qualification is in fact required under the terms
of the TIA. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof
that is required to be included in an indenture qualified under the TIA, such required provision
shall control.

               Section 12.02. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

     Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking
any action under this Indenture, the Company shall, upon request, deliver to the Trustee an
Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent (including covenants compliance with
which constitutes a condition precedent), if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the
proposed action have been complied with and, upon request, an Opinion of Counsel stating that in
the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent (including covenants compliance with
which constitutes a condition precedent), if any, have been complied with.

               Section 12.03. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

     Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided
for in this Indenture (other than Officers’ Certificates provided for in Section 4.03) shall
include:

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

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

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

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

     In giving an Opinion of Counsel, counsel may rely as to factual matters on an Officers’
Certificate or such other certificates of officer(s) of the Company as it may deem appropriate and
on certificates of public officials.

               Section 12.04. Successors.
All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements of the Company contained in this
Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not. All
agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns whether so
expressed or not.

               Section 12.05. Official Acts by Successor Corporation.
Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or
performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed
with like force and effect by the like board, committee or officer of any corporation or entity
that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor of the Company.

               Section 12.06. Addresses for Notices, Etc.
Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be
given or served by the Trustee or by the Noteholders on the Company shall be deemed to have been
sufficiently given or made, for all purposes if given or served by being deposited postage prepaid
by registered or certified mail in a post office letter box addressed (until another address is
filed by the Company with the Trustee) to the Company, 10 East 40th Street, New York,
New York 10016, Attention Joseph Ferraro. Any notice, direction, request or demand hereunder to or
upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if
given or served by being deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office
letter box addressed to American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, LLC, 59 Maiden Lane, New York,
New York 10038, Attention: Corporate Trust Services/Prospect Capital Corporation.

          The Trustee, by notice to the Company, may designate additional or different addresses for
subsequent notices or communications.

          Any notice or communication mailed to a Noteholder shall be mailed to him by first class mail,
postage prepaid, at his address as it appears on the Note Register and shall be sufficiently given
to him if so mailed within the time prescribed.

          Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Noteholder or any defect in it shall not affect
its sufficiency with respect to other Noteholders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the
manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

               Section 12.07. Governing Law.

          THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES OF SUCH STATE OTHER THAN NEW
YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SECTION 5-1401. THIS INDENTURE IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE
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BE A PART OF THIS INDENTURE AND SHALL, TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, BE
GOVERNED BY SUCH PROVISIONS.

               Section 12.08. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any person,
other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any authenticating agent, any Security Registrar
and their successors hereunder, the Noteholders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under this Indenture.

               Section 12.09. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

          The table of contents and the titles and headings of the articles and sections of this
Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part
hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

               Section 12.10. Counterparts.

          This Indenture may be executed and delivered in any number of counterparts, each of which when
so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.

               Section 12.11. Trustee.

          The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture. The
statements and recitals herein are deemed to be those of the Company and not of the Trustee.

               Section 12.12. Further Instruments and Acts.

          Upon request of the Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and
do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the
purposes of this Indenture.

               Section 12.13. Waiver of Jury Trial.

          EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

               Section 12.14. Force Majeure.

          In no event shall the Trustee or Conversion Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or
delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or
indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages,
accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or other acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunction of utilities,

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communications or computer (software or hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee
and the Conversion Agent shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices
in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

               Section 12.15. Calculations.

          Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Company shall be responsible for making
all calculations called for under the Notes. These calculations include, but are not limited to,
determinations of the Last Reported Sale Price of Common Stock, accrued interest payable on the
Notes and the Conversion Rate and Conversion Price. The Company or its agents shall make all these
calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, such calculations will be final and binding
on Holders of the Notes. The Company shall provide a schedule of these calculations to each of the
Trustee and the Conversion Agent, and each of the Trustee and Conversion Agent is entitled to rely
upon the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will
forward these calculations to any Holder of the Note upon the request of that Holder.

61

 

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed by their
respective officers hereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	COMPANY:

PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	M. Grier Eliasek 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President and Chief Operating Officer 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	TRUSTEE:

AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST 

    COMPANY, LLC,

as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

 

 

SCHEDULE A

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Stock Price
	Effective Date	 	$11.60	 	$12.00	 	$12.50	 	$12.76	 	$13.00	 	$13.50	 	$14.00	 	$14.50	 	$15.00	 	$16.00	 	$17.00	 	$18.00
	February 18, 2011
	 	 	7.8369	 	 	 	7.8369	 	 	 	6.7170	 	 	 	5.9043	 	 	 	5.2079	 	 	 	3.9140	 	 	 	2.8195	 	 	 	1.9109	 	 	 	1.1783	 	 	 	0.2429	 	 	 	0.0098	 	 	 	0.0000	 
	August 15, 2011
	 	 	7.8369	 	 	 	7.8369	 	 	 	6.1488	 	 	 	5.3255	 	 	 	4.6236	 	 	 	3.3320	 	 	 	2.2627	 	 	 	1.3965	 	 	 	0.7168	 	 	 	0.0786	 	 	 	0.0011	 	 	 	0.0000	 
	August 15, 2012
	 	 	7.8369	 	 	 	7.2097	 	 	 	5.3746	 	 	 	4.5339	 	 	 	3.8242	 	 	 	2.5422	 	 	 	1.5130	 	 	 	0.7467	 	 	 	0.2671	 	 	 	0.0000	 	 	 	0.0021	 	 	 	0.0000	 
	August 15, 2013
	 	 	7.8369	 	 	 	7.0416	 	 	 	5.0981	 	 	 	4.2133	 	 	 	3.4730	 	 	 	2.1529	 	 	 	1.0784	 	 	 	0.3234	 	 	 	0.0320	 	 	 	0.0000	 	 	 	0.0001	 	 	 	0.0000	 
	August 15, 2014
	 	 	7.8369	 	 	 	7.0626	 	 	 	4.9924	 	 	 	4.0599	 	 	 	3.2868	 	 	 	1.9365	 	 	 	0.8961	 	 	 	0.2188	 	 	 	0.0000	 	 	 	0.0044	 	 	 	0.0000	 	 	 	0.0000	 
	August 15, 2015
	 	 	7.8369	 	 	 	6.8888	 	 	 	4.6311	 	 	 	3.6245	 	 	 	2.7883	 	 	 	1.3441	 	 	 	0.4175	 	 	 	0.0026	 	 	 	0.0000	 	 	 	0.0000	 	 	 	0.0000	 	 	 	0.0000	 
	August 15, 2016
	 	 	7.8369	 	 	 	4.9634	 	 	 	1.6301	 	 	 	0.0000	 	 	 	0.0000	 	 	 	0.0000	 	 	 	0.0000	 	 	 	0.0000	 	 	 	0.0000	 	 	 	0.0000	 	 	 	0.0000	 	 	 	0.0000	 

Sch. A-1

 

EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH
OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE
& CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]

[Restricted Note Legend]

THE NOTES AND THE COMMON STOCK, IF ANY, ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN OR THEREIN MAY BE
REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE
OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, AND NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION.

BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:

	 	1.	 	REPRESENTS THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A
“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO
EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, AND
	 
	 	2.	 	AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION (THE “COMPANY”)
THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, ASSIGN, TRANSFER, PLEDGE, ENCUMBER OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSE OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT
IS THE LATER OF (X) ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF OR SUCH
SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY
SUCCESSOR PROVISION THEREUNDER, AND (Y) SUCH LATER DATE,

A-1

 

	 	 	 	IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT: (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF
ITS SUBSIDIARIES, OR (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME
EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN
COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE (2)(D) ABOVE, THE COMPANY, AND
THE TRANSFER AGENT, IN THE CASE OF ANY COMMON STOCK ISSUED UPON THE CONVERSION OF THE NOTES, AND
THE TRUSTEE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR
OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS
BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO
REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

NO AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OF THE COMPANY OR PERSON THAT HAS
BEEN AN AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OF THE COMPANY DURING THE THREE
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING MONTHS MAY PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRE THIS NOTE OR A BENEFICIAL INTEREST
HEREIN.

A-2

 

Prospect Capital Corporation

5.50% Senior Convertible Notes due 2016

			
	 	 	 
	No.                     
	 	$                                        
			
	 	 	 
	CUSIP No. 74348TAB8
	ISIN No. US74348TAB89	 

          Prospect Capital Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of Maryland (herein
called the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to
on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to [CEDE & CO., or registered
assigns (the “Depositary”)]1, the principal sum of [____] ($[____])[, or such other
principal amount as shall be set forth on the Schedule I hereto,]2 on August 15, 2016,
unless earlier converted or repurchased.

          This Note shall bear interest at the rate of 5.50% per year from February 18, 2011, or from
the most recent date to which interest had been paid or provided. Interest on this Note shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Except as otherwise
provided in the Indenture, interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on each February 15 and
August 15, commencing August 15, 2011, to Holders of record at the Close of Business on the
preceding February 1 and August 1, respectively. Interest payable on each Interest Payment Date
shall equal the amount of interest accrued from, and including the immediately preceding Interest
Payment Date (or from and including February 18, 2011, if no interest has been paid hereon) to but
excluding such Interest Payment Date. To the extent lawful, payments of principal or interest
(including Additional Interest and Filing Additional Interest, if any) on the Notes that are not
made when due will accrue interest at the annual rate of 1.0% above the then-applicable interest
rate borne by the Notes from the required payment date in accordance with the provisions of the
Indenture.

          Payment of the principal and interest, on this Note will be made at the office or agency of
the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, or elsewhere
as provided in the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the
time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at
the option of the Company, payment of interest, may be made by (i) check mailed to the address of
the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Note Register or (ii) wire transfer
to an account of the Person entitled thereto located inside the United States; provided further,
however, that, with respect to any Holder of Notes with an aggregate principal amount in excess of
$2,000,000, at the application of such Holder in writing to the Company, interest on such Holder’s
Notes shall be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds to such Holder’s account in the
United States supplied by such Holder from time to time to the Trustee and Paying Agent (if
different from the Trustee) not later than the applicable Record Date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, payment of interest in respect of Notes held in global form shall be made in accordance
with procedures required by the Depositary.

 

			
	1	 	Use bracketed language for a Global Note.
	 
	2	 	Use bracketed language for a Global Note.

Exh. A-1

 

     Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof,
including, without limitation, provisions giving the Holder of this Note the right to convert this
Note into Common Stock on the terms and subject to the limitations referred to on the reverse
hereof and as more fully specified in the Indenture. Such further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

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

     This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of
authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee or a duly authorized
authenticating agent under the Indenture.

[Remainder of page intentionally left blank]

Exh. A-2

 

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by the
undersigned officer.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	M. Grier Eliasek 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President and Chief Operating Officer 	 

	 	 	 	 	 

	Attest
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name: Brian H. Oswald
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:   Secretary	 	 

Dated: February 18, 2011

Exh. A-3

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

          This is one of the Notes of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 

	AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC,

as trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	BY:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Authorized Officer
	 	 

Exh. A-4

 

[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]

Prospect Capital Corporation

5.50% Senior Convertible Notes due 2016

          This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Company, designated as its 5.50%
Senior Convertible Notes due 2016 (herein called the “Notes”), issued under and pursuant to an
Indenture dated as of February 18, 2011 (herein called the “Indenture”) between the Company and
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (herein called the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and
all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company
and the Holders of the Notes. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Note shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.

          In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be
continuing, the principal of and interest on all Notes may be declared, and upon said declaration
shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions
provided in the Indenture.

          Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company will make all payments and
deliveries in respect of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the principal amount on the
Maturity Date, as the case may be, to the Holder who surrenders a Note to a Paying Agent to collect
such payments in respect of the Note. The Company will pay cash amounts in money of the United
States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

          The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee in certain
circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, and in other circumstances, with
the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time
Outstanding, evidenced as in the Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of
any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes;
provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall make any of the changes set forth in
Section 8.02 of the Indenture, without the consent of each Holder of an Outstanding Note affected
thereby. It is also provided in the Indenture that, prior to any declaration accelerating the
maturity of the Notes, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time
Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any past Default or Event of
Default under the Indenture and its consequences except as provided in the Indenture. Any such
consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be
conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note and any
securities which may be issued in exchange or substitution hereof, irrespective of whether or not
any notation thereof is made upon this Note or such other securities.

          No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall
alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and

Exh. A-5

 

unconditional, to pay the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on this Note at the
place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the lawful money herein prescribed.

          The Notes are issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal
amount and integral multiples thereof. At the office or agency of the Company referred to on the
face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without
payment of any service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange
of Notes (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture), Notes may be exchanged for a like
aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations.

          The Notes are not subject to redemption and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking
fund.

          Upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Holder has the right, at such Holder’s
option, to require the Company to repurchase all of such Holder’s Notes or any portion thereof (in
principal amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof) in accordance with the provisions of the
Indenture on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date at a price equal to 100% of the principal
amount of the Notes such holder elects to require the Company to repurchase, together with accrued
and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest and Filing Additional Interest, if any) to but
excluding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. The Company shall mail to all Holders of record
of the Notes a notice of the occurrence of a Fundamental Change and of the repurchase right arising
as a result thereof at any time following the Company entering into a definitive agreement that, if
consummated, would give rise to a Fundamental Change, but in any event not later than the fifth
(5th) calendar day after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change.

          Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder may surrender
for conversion all or any portion of this Note that is in an integral multiple of $1,000. Upon
conversion, the Holder shall be entitled to receive the consideration specified in the Indenture.
No fractional share of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of a Note. Instead, the
Company shall pay cash in lieu of such fractional share of Common Stock as provided in the
Indenture. The initial Conversion Rate shall be 78.3699 shares of Common Stock per $1,000
principal amount of Notes, subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of the
Indenture. If a Holder converts all or a part of this Note in connection with the occurrence of
certain Fundamental Change transactions, the Conversion Rate shall be increased in the manner and
to the extent described in the Indenture.

          Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note at the office or agency of the
Company in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, a new Note or Notes of authorized
denominations for an equal aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange
thereof, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge except for any tax,
assessments or other governmental charge imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or
exchange of Notes (except as otherwise set forth in the Indenture).

          The Company, the Trustee, any authenticating agent, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent and
any Security Registrar may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as

Exh. A-6

 

the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding
any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose of receiving payment hereof, or
on account hereof, for the conversion hereof and for all other purposes, and neither the Company
nor the Trustee nor any other authenticating agent nor any Paying Agent nor any other Conversion
Agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All payments
made to or upon the order of such registered Holder shall, to the extent of the sum or sums paid,
satisfy and discharge liability for monies payable on this Note.

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

Exh. A-7

 

Schedule I3

Prospect Capital Corporation

5.50% Senior Convertible Notes due 2016

     No. ____________

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Notation Explaining	 	Authorized
	 	 	 	 	Principal Amount	 	Signature of Trustee
	Date	 	Principal Amount	 	Recorded	 	or Custodian
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

			
	3	 	For Global Notes only

Exh. A-8

 

EXHIBIT B

FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE

To: Prospect Capital Corporation

               
   The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby exercises the option to convert this
Note, or the portion hereof (which is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof)
below designated into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred
to in this Note, and directs that the shares of Common Stock issuable and deliverable upon such
conversion, together with any check in payment for fractional shares of Common Stock, and any Notes
representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered
holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below. If shares or any portion of this
Note not converted are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the
undersigned will pay all transfer taxes and duties payable with respect thereto. Any amount
required to be paid to the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Note.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:                                         
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Signature(s)
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

Signature Guarantee

	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 
	Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible Guarantor Institution (banks,
stock brokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions) with membership
in an approved signature guarantee medallion program pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, if shares of Common
Stock is to be issued, or Notes to be delivered, other than to and in the name
of the registered holder.

	 	 

Exh. B-1

 

	 	 	 
	Fill in for registration of shares of Common Stock if to be issued, and Notes
if to be delivered, other than to and in the name of the registered holder:

	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

(Name)

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

(Street Address)

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

(City, State and Zip Code)

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

Please print name and address

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Principal amount to be converted (if less than all): $____,000
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number

Exh. B-2

 

EXHIBIT C

FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE

             
             To: Prospect Capital Corporation

             
             The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from
Prospect Capital Corporation (the “Company”) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with
respect to the Company and requests and instructs the Company to repay the entire principal amount
of this Note, or the portion thereof (which is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple
thereof) below designated, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Note,
to the registered holder hereof.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:                                         
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Signature(s)
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number Principal
amount to be repaid (if less than all): $____,000

NOTICE:	 	 
	 
	 

	 	The above signatures of the holder(s) hereof must correspond with
the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular
without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.	 	 

Exh. C-1

 

EXHIBIT D

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER

               
   For value received ______________ hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
_____________ (Please insert social security or Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee) the
within Note, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints ____________ attorney to transfer the
said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

             
     In connection with any transfer of the Notes prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date
of the original issuance of the Notes, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being
transferred:

	 	o	 	To Prospect Capital Corporation or a subsidiary thereof; or
	 
	 	o	 	To a “qualified institutional buyer” in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended; or
	 
	 	o	 	Pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or
	 
	 	o	 	Pursuant to a Registration Statement which has been declared effective under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and which continues to be effective at the time of transfer;

and unless the Notes has been transferred to Prospect Capital Corporation or a subsidiary thereof,
the undersigned confirms that such Notes are not being transferred to an “affiliate” of the Company
as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them
in the Indenture between Prospect Capital Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company,
LLC, as Trustee.

Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee shall refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced
by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof.

	 	 	 

	Dated:                                         
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

Signature(s)

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

Signature Guarantee

	 	 

	 	 	 
	Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible Guarantor Institution (banks,
stock brokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions) with membership
in an approved signature guarantee medallion program pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, if Common Stock is to be
issued, or Notes to be delivered, other than to and in the name of the
registered holder.

	 	 

Exh. D-1

 

NOTICE: The signature on the conversion notice, the option to elect repurchase upon a Fundamental
Change, or the assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in
every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

Exh. D-2

 

EXHIBIT E

THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT ), AND THIS SECURITY
MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN
APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM.

THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS SECURITY MAY BE
OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), SUBJECT TO THE ISSUER’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY
SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO THIS CLAUSE (I) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM THAT ANY SUCH
EXEMPTION IS AVAILABLE TO THE HOLDER, (II) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OR (III) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH
(III) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B)
THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS
SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.

Exh. E-1

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