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                                                                   Exhibit 10.12

                                  March 7, 2003

Walter Killough
6 Garden Court
Mahwah, NJ  07430

Dear Walter:

     This letter will confirm our understanding of the arrangements under which
your employment with J.Crew is terminated as set forth below:

          1.   The parties hereby acknowledge and confirm that your employment
               with the Company is terminated effective as of March 14, 2003
               (the "Termination Date").

          2.   Subject to this Agreement becoming effective (as described in
               Paragraph 17 hereof), the Company will continue to pay you your
               base salary of $390,000 per annum for the twelve (12) month
               period beginning on the day immediately following the Termination
               Date ("Severance Period"), payable in accordance with the
               Company's regular payroll practices for its employees. At your
               election, the Company will also reimburse you for Cobra premiums
               paid by you during the Severance Period. The foregoing payments
               shall be reduced by any required tax withholdings and shall not
               be taken into account as compensation and no service credit shall
               be given after the Termination Date for purposes of determining
               the benefits payable under any other plan, program, agreement or
               arrangement of the Company. Notwithstanding anything herein to
               the contrary, your right to receive the foregoing payments shall
               terminate effective immediately upon the date that you become
               employed as a full-time employee with a new employer; provided
               that if the base salary you receive pursuant to such new
               employment ("New Salary") is less than $390,000 per annum, the
               Company will continue to pay you an incremental amount during the
               remaining Severance Period such that the New Salary payments you
               receive together with such incremental amount will equal $390,000
               on an annualized basis. In addition, upon request, outplacement
               services will be provided in accordance with the Company's
               policy. You acknowledge that, except for the foregoing payments,
               you are not entitled to any payment by the Company in the nature
               of either severance or termination pay or other compensation of
               any kind.

          3.   As of the Termination Date, you have vested options to purchase
               (i) 31,400 shares of Common Stock ("Common Stock") of J. Crew
               Group, Inc. ("Parent") at $6.82 exercise price per share, (ii)
               11,160 shares of Common Stock at a $10.00 exercise price per
               share, and (iii) 5,000 shares of Common Stock at a $10.65
               exercise price per share (collectively, the "Vested Options").
               You acknowledge that (i) your right to exercise the Vested
               Options shall expire 90 days immediately following the
               Termination Date (i.e. June 12, 2003) and (ii) all of your other
               options which have not yet vested (totaling options to purchase
               27,400 shares of Common Stock) terminate effective immediately,
               in accordance with the

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               provisions of your stock option agreements with Parent and the J.
               Crew Group, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the "Option
               Plan").

          4.   By signing this Agreement, you agree that in exchange for the
               consideration set forth herein, you hereby voluntarily, fully and
               unconditionally release and forever discharge the Company,
               Parent, their present and former parent corporation(s),
               subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates and otherwise related
               entities and their respective incumbent and former employees,
               directors, plan administrators, officers and agents, individually
               and in their official capacities (collectively, the "Releasees"),
               from any and all charges, actions, causes of action, demands,
               debts, dues, bonds, accounts, covenants, contracts, liabilities,
               or damages of any nature whatsoever, whether now known or
               claimed, to whomever made, which you have or may have against any
               or all of the Releasees for or by reason of any cause, nature or
               thing whatsoever, up to the present time, arising out of or
               related to your employment with the Company or the termination of
               such employment, including, by way of examples and without
               limiting the broadest application of the foregoing, any actions,
               causes of action, or claims under any contract or federal, state
               or local decisional law, statues, regulations or constitutions,
               any claims for notice, pay in lieu of notice, wrongful dismissal,
               breach of contract, defamation or other tortious conduct,
               discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived disability,
               age, sex, race or any other factor (including, without
               limitation, any claim pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights
               Act of 1964, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age
               Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, the Family
               and Medical Act of 1993, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Fair
               Labor Standards Act, the State, City and local laws of New York,
               and the equal employment law or laws of the state and/or city in
               which you work), any claim pursuant to any other applicable
               employment standards or human rights legislation or for severance
               pay, salary, bonus, incentive or additional compensation,
               vacation pay, insurance, other benefits, interest, and/or
               attorney's fees.

               If you have made or should hereafter make any complaint, charge,
               claim, allegation or demand, or commence or threaten to commence
               any action, complaint, charge, claim or proceeding, against any
               or all of the Releasees for or by reason of any cause, matter or
               thing whatsoever existing up to the present time, this Agreement
               may be raised as and shall constitute a complete bar to any such
               action, complaint, charge, claim, allegation or proceeding, and,
               subject to a favorable ruling by a tribunal of final
               jurisdiction, the Releasees shall recover from you, and you shall
               pay to the Releasees, all costs incurred by them, including their
               attorneys' fees, as a consequence of any such action, complaint
               charge, claim, allegation or proceeding; provided, however, that
               this shall not limit you from enforcing your rights under this
               Agreement and in the event any action is commenced to enforce
               your rights under this Agreement, each party shall bear its own
               legal fees and expenses; and provided further, however, that this
               is not intended to interfere with your right to file a charge
               with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") in
               connection with any claim you believe you may have against any
               Releasee. However, by signing this Agreement, you agree to waive
               any right to recover in any proceeding you may bring before the
               EEOC (or any state human rights commission) or in any proceeding
               brought by the EEOC (or any state human rights commission) on
               your behalf.

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               You specifically release all claims under the Age Discrimination
               in Employment Act ("ADEA") relating to your employment and its
               termination.

          5.   You acknowledge that the payments and benefits described in
               Section 2 above that you are receiving in connection with the
               foregoing release is in accordance with the provisions of your
               letter agreement, dated March 14, 2000 ("Letter Agreement").

          6.   You hereby agree and acknowledge that you shall be bound by and
               comply with the restrictive covenants provided in the Letter
               Agreement (the "Restrictive Covenants"), and that such
               Restrictive Covenants are hereby made part of this Agreement as
               if specifically restated herein and that the payments described
               in Section 2 above that you are receiving are subject to and
               contingent upon your compliance with Restrictive Covenants.

          7.   You acknowledge and agree that, notwithstanding any other
               provision of this Agreement, if you breach any of your
               obligations under this Agreement or any Restrictive Covenant, (a)
               you will forfeit your right to receive the payments and benefits
               described in Section 2 above (to the extent the payments were not
               theretofore paid) and the Company shall be entitled to recover
               any payments already made to you or on your behalf, (b) the
               Vested Options shall expire as of the date of such breach to the
               extent not theretofore exercised and, if exercised as of the date
               of such breach, you shall immediately reimburse the Company for
               the profit upon exercise (such profit calculated as the
               difference between the (i) greater of either the Fair Market
               Value (as defined in the Option Plan) of a share of Common Stock
               on the date of exercise or the amount paid by the Company to you
               per share of Common Stock for the purchase of the shares acquired
               upon exercise, and (ii) exercise price, times the number of
               options exercised).

          8.   You agree that, in the event that you are served with legal
               process or other request purporting to require you to testify,
               plead, respond or defend and/or produce documents at a legal
               proceeding, threatened proceeding, investigation or inquiry
               involving the Releasees, you will: (1) refuse to provide
               testimony or documents absent a subpoena, court order or similar
               process from a regulatory agency: (2) within three (3) business
               days or as soon thereafter as practical, provide oral
               notification to the Company's Executive Vice-President of Human
               Resources of your receipt of such process or request to testify
               or produce documents; and (3) provide to the Company's Executive
               Vice-President of Human Resources by overnight delivery service a
               copy of all legal papers and documents served upon you. You
               further agree that in the event you are served with such process,
               you will meet and confer with the Company's designee(s) in
               advance of giving such testimony or information. You also agree
               to cooperate fully with the Releasees in connection with any
               existing or future litigation against the Releasees, whether
               administrative, civil or criminal in nature, in which and to the
               extent the Releasees deem your cooperation necessary. The Company
               agrees to reimburse you for your reasonable out-of-pocket
               expenses incurred in connection with the performance of your
               obligations under this Section 8.

          9.   This Agreement does not constitute an admission of liability or
               wrongdoing of any kind by you or the Company or its affiliates.

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          10.  The terms of this Agreement shall be binding on the parties
               hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs and
               representatives.

          11.  This Agreement, together with your stock option agreements with
               Parent and the Option Plan, constitute the entire understanding
               of the Company and you with respect to the subject matter hereof
               and supersedes all prior understandings, written or oral. The
               terms of this Agreement may be changed, modified or discharged
               only by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto. A
               failure of the Company or you to insist on strict compliance with
               any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of
               such provision or any other provision hereof. If any provision of
               this Agreement is determined to be so broad as to be
               unenforceable, such provision shall be interpreted to be only so
               broad as is enforceable.

          12.  This Agreement shall be construed, enforced and interpreted in
               accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New
               York.

          13.  The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that each party has
               reviewed and negotiated the terms and provisions of this
               Agreement and has contributed to its revision. Accordingly, the
               rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are resolved
               against the drafting party shall not be employed in the
               interpretation of this Agreement. Rather, the terms of this
               Agreement shall be construed fairly as to both parties hereto and
               not in favor or against either party.

          14.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and
               by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which
               counterpart, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to
               be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together,
               shall constitute but one and the same Agreement.

          15.  You acknowledge that, by your free and voluntary act of signing
               below, you agree to all of the terms of this Agreement and intend
               to be legally bound thereby.

          16.  You acknowledge that you have received this Agreement on or
               before March 7, 2003. You understand that you may consider
               whether to agree to the terms contained herein for a period of
               forty-five (45) days after the date hereof. However, the
               operation of the provisions of Sections 2 through 4 above may be
               delayed until you execute this Agreement and return it to the
               Company and it becomes effective as provided below. You
               acknowledge that you have consulted with an attorney prior to
               your execution of this Agreement or have determined by your own
               free will not to consult with an attorney.

          17.  This Agreement will become effective, enforceable and irrevocable
               seven days after the date on which it is executed by you (the
               "Effective Date"). During the seven-day period prior to the
               Effective Date, you may revoke your agreement to accept the terms
               hereof by indicating in writing to the Executive Vice-President
               of Human Resources your intention to revoke. If you exercise your
               right to revoke hereunder, you shall forfeit your right to
               receive any of the payments and other benefits provided for
               herein, and to the extent such payments or benefits have already
               been made, you agree that you will immediately reimburse the
               Company for the value of such payments and benefits.

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     If the foregoing correctly reflects our understanding, please sign the
enclosed copy of this letter agreement, whereupon it will become a binding
agreement between us.

                                        J. CREW OPERATING CORP.

                                        By: _______________________
                                            Name: David F. Kozel
                                            Title: Executive Vice-President,
                                                   Human Resources

Agreed to and accepted:

By:__________________________
   Walter Killough

Dated:     _________, 2003

Acknowledgment

STATE OF _________________)

                                ss:

COUNTY OF _______________)

On the __ day of _______, 2003, before me personally came Walter Killough who,
being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at 6 Garden Court,
Mahwah, New Jersey 07430, and did acknowledge and represent that he has had an
opportunity to consult with attorneys and other advisers of his choosing
regarding the Agreement set forth above, that he has reviewed all of the terms
of the Agreement and that he fully understands all of its provisions, including
without limitation, the general release and waiver set forth therein.

__________________________
Notary Public

Date:_____________________

                                       5Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 11, 2003

Exhibit 4.10 
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
 
$525,000,000 
 
$175 MILLION 91⁄4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2010 
 
$350 MILLION 91⁄2% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2013 
 
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of February 11, 2003, among The Premcor Refining Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the purchasers set forth on Schedule A to the Purchase Agreement
(collectively, the “Purchasers”), of an aggregate of $175 million principal amount of 91⁄4% Senior Notes due 2010 and an aggregate of $350 million 91⁄2% Senior Notes due 2013 (together, the “Senior Notes”) of
the Company. The Company proposes to issue and sell to the Purchasers upon the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement the Senior Notes. As an inducement to the Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and in satisfaction of a condition to
the obligations of the Purchasers thereunder, the Company agrees with the Purchasers for the benefit of holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Registrable Securities (as defined herein) as follows: 
 
1. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this
Registration Rights Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings: 
 
“Base Interest” shall mean the interest, if any, that would otherwise accrue on the Securities under the terms thereof and the Indenture, without giving effect to the provisions of
this Agreement. 
 
The term
“broker-dealer” shall mean any broker or dealer registered with the Commission under the Exchange Act. 
 
“Closing” shall mean the date of the closing of the issuance and sale of the Senior Notes pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement. 
 
“Commission” shall
mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other federal agency at the time administering the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, whichever is the relevant statute for the particular purpose. 
 
“Effective Time”, in the case of (i) an
Exchange Registration, shall mean the time and date as of which the Commission declares an Exchange Registration Statement effective or as of which an Exchange Registration Statement otherwise 

becomes effective and (ii) a Shelf Registration, shall mean the time and date as of which the Commission
declares a Shelf Registration Statement effective or as of which a Shelf Registration Statement otherwise becomes effective. 
 
“Electing Holder” shall mean any holder of Registrable Securities that has returned a completed and signed Notice and
Questionnaire to the Company in accordance with Section 3(d)(ii) or 3(d)(iii) hereof. 
 
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or any successor thereto, as the same shall be amended from time to time. 
 
“Exchange Offer” shall have the meaning
assigned thereto in Section 2(a) hereof. 
 
“Exchange Registration” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3(c) hereof. 
 
“Exchange Registration Statement” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a) hereof. 
 
“Exchange Securities” shall have the meaning
assigned thereto in Section 2(a) hereof. 
 
The
term “holder” shall mean each of the Purchasers and other persons who acquire Registrable Securities from time to time (including any successors or assigns), in each case for so long as such person owns any Registrable Securities.

 
“Indenture” shall mean the
indenture, dated as of February 11, 2003, between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, with respect to the Senior Notes as the same shall be amended from time to time. 
 
“Notice and Questionnaire” means a Notice of
Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. 
 
The term “person” shall mean a corporation, association, partnership, organization, business, limited liability company,
individual, government or political subdivision thereof or governmental agency. 
 
“Purchase Agreement” shall mean the Purchase Agreement, dated January 28, 2003, among the Purchasers and the Company relating to the Senior Notes. 
 
“Registrable Securities” shall mean the
Securities; provided, however, that a Security shall cease to be a Registrable Security when (i) in the 
 

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circumstances contemplated by Section 2(a) hereof, the Security has been exchanged for an Exchange
Security in an Exchange Offer as contemplated in Section 2(a) hereof; (ii) in the circumstances contemplated by Section 2(b) hereof, a Shelf Registration Statement registering such Security under the Securities Act has been declared or becomes
effective and such Security has been sold or otherwise transferred by the holder thereof pursuant to and in a manner contemplated by such effective Shelf Registration Statement; (iii) such Security is sold pursuant to Rule 144 under circumstances in
which any legend borne by such Security relating to restrictions on transferability thereof, under the Securities Act or otherwise, is removed by the Company or pursuant to the Indenture; (iv) such Security is eligible to be sold pursuant to
paragraph (k) of Rule 144; or (v) such Security shall cease to be outstanding. 
 
“Registration Default” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(c) hereof. 
 
“Registration Expenses” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4 hereof. 
 
“Resale Period” shall have the meaning
assigned thereto in Section 2(a) hereof. 
 
“Restricted Holder” shall mean (i) a holder that is an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405, (ii) a holder who acquires Exchange Securities outside the ordinary course of such holder’s
business, (iii) a holder who has arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in any Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing Exchange Securities and (iv) a holder that is a broker-dealer, but only with respect to Exchange
Securities received by such broker-dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer in exchange for Registrable Securities acquired by the broker-dealer directly from the Company. 
 
“Rule 144,” “Rule 405” and “Rule 415” shall mean, in each
case, such rule promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as the same shall be amended from time to time. 
 
“Securities” shall mean the Senior Notes to be issued and sold to the Purchasers, and securities issued in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof pursuant to the Indenture. 
 
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, or any successor thereto, as the same shall be amended from time to time. 
 
“Shelf Registration” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(b) hereof.

 

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“Shelf
Registration Statement” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(b) hereof. 
 
“Special Interest” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(c) hereof. 
 
“Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, or any successor thereto, and the rules, regulations
and forms promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be amended from time to time. 
 
Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference herein to a “Section” or “clause” refers to a Section or clause, as the case may be, of this Registration Rights Agreement, and
the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Registration Rights Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision. 
 
2. Registration Under the Securities Act. (a) Except as
set forth in Section 2(b) below, the Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to file under the Securities Act, as soon as practicable, but no later than 90 days after the Closing, a registration statement relating to an offer to exchange
(such registration statement, an “Exchange Registration Statement”, and such offer, an “Exchange Offer”) any and all of the Securities of each series for a like aggregate principal amount of such series at maturity
of debt securities issued by the Company, which debt securities are substantially identical to the Securities of such series, respectively (and are entitled to the benefits of the Indenture), except that they have been registered pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act and do not contain provisions for the Special Interest contemplated in Section 2(c) below (such new debt securities hereinafter called “Exchange Securities”). The Company
agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Exchange Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act as soon as practicable after the Closing. The Exchange Offer will be registered under the Securities Act on the
appropriate form and will comply with all applicable tender offer rules and regulations under the Exchange Act. The Company further agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to commence the Exchange Offer promptly after such registration statement
has become effective, hold such Exchange Offer open for at least 20 business days and issue Exchange Securities for all Registrable Securities that have been validly tendered and not withdrawn on or prior to the expiration of such Exchange Offer.
Such Exchange Offer will be deemed to have been “completed” only if the securities received by holders other than Restricted Holders in such Exchange Offer for such Registrable Securities are, upon receipt, transferable by each such holder
without need for further compliance with Section 5 of the Securities Act and with the Exchange Act (except for the requirement to deliver a prospectus included in the Exchange Registration Statement applicable to resales by any broker-dealer of
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Securities received by such broker-dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer in exchange for Registrable
Securities other than those acquired by the broker-dealer directly from the Company), and without material restrictions under the “blue sky” or securities laws of a substantial majority of the States of the United States of America. Such
Exchange Offer shall be deemed to have been completed upon the earlier to occur of (i) the Company having exchanged the applicable Exchange Securities for all outstanding Registrable Securities of such Series pursuant to the Exchange Offer and (ii)
the Company having exchanged, pursuant to such Exchange Offer, Exchange Securities for all Registrable Securities that have been properly tendered and not withdrawn before the expiration of such Exchange Offer, which shall be on a date that is at
least 20 business days following the commencement of such Exchange Offer. The Company agrees (x) to include in the Exchange Registration Statement a prospectus for use in connection with any resales of such Exchange Securities by a broker-dealer,
other than resales of such Exchange Securities received by a broker-dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer in exchange for Registrable Securities acquired by the broker-dealer directly from the Company, and (y) to keep such Exchange Registration
Statement effective for a period (the “Resale Period”) beginning when such Exchange Securities are first issued in such Exchange Offer and ending upon the earlier of the expiration of the 90th day after such Exchange Offer has been
completed or such time as such broker-dealers no longer own any Registrable Securities. With respect to such Exchange Registration Statement, each broker-dealer that holds such Exchange Securities received in such Exchange Offer in exchange for
Registrable Securities not acquired by it directly from the Company shall have the benefit of the rights of indemnification and contribution set forth in Sections 6(a), (c), (d) and (e) hereof. 
 
(b) If, prior to the time the Exchange Offer
is completed, existing Commission interpretations are changed such that the Securities received by holders, other than Restricted Holders, in such Exchange Offer for Registrable Securities are not or would not be, upon receipt, transferable by each
such holder without need for further compliance with Section 5 of the Securities Act (except for the requirement to deliver a prospectus included in the Exchange Registration Statement applicable to resales by broker-dealers of Exchange Securities
received by such broker-dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer in exchange for Registrable Securities other than those acquired by the broker-dealer directly from the Company) or if such Exchange Offer has not been consummated within 225 days
following the Closing, in lieu of conducting the Exchange Offer contemplated by Section 2(a), the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to file under the Securities Act as soon as practicable, but no later than 45 days after the date on
which the obligation to file such “shelf” registration statement arises, a “shelf” registration statement providing for 
 

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the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis by the holders of, all
of the Registrable Securities, pursuant to Rule 415 or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission (such filing, a “Shelf Registration” and such registration statement, a “Shelf Registration Statement”).
In addition, in the event that the Purchasers shall not have resold all of the Securities initially purchased by them from the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement prior to the consummation of the applicable Exchange Offer, the Company shall
file under the Securities Act as soon as practicable a Shelf Registration Statement in respect of such Securities. The Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts (i) to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to become or be declared effective
no later than 105 days following the date on which the obligation to file such Shelf Registration Statement arose and to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective (subject to the provisions of the last sentence of this Section
2(b)) in order to permit the prospectus forming a part thereof to be usable by holders for resales of such Registrable Securities for a period ending on the earlier of the second anniversary of the effective date thereof or such time as there are no
longer any Registrable Securities outstanding, provided, however, that no holder shall be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in such Shelf Registration Statement or to use the prospectus forming a part thereof for resales
of applicable Registrable Securities unless such holder is an Electing Holder, and (c) after the Effective Time of such Shelf Registration Statement, promptly upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities that is not then an Electing
Holder, to take any action reasonably necessary to enable such holder to use the prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, any action necessary to identify such holder as a selling
securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement, provided, however, that nothing in this clause (ii) shall relieve any such holder of the obligation to return a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company in
accordance with Section 3(d)(iii) hereof. The Company further agrees (subject to the provisions of the last sentence of this Section 2(b)) to supplement or make amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement, as and when required by the rules,
regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company for such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder for shelf registration, and the Company agrees to furnish to each
Electing Holder copies of any such supplement or amendment prior to its being used or promptly following its filing with the Commission. Notwithstanding the requirement to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, the Company
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days once during any 90-day period and up to three times during any 365-day period, but no
more than an aggregate of 90 days during any 365-period if, (a)(i) an event occurs and is continuing as a result of which the Shelf Registration Statement would, in the Company’s good faith judgment, contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading and (ii) the Company determines in good faith that the disclosure of such event at such time is reasonably likely to have a material adverse
effect on the business, operations or prospects of the Company or (b) the disclosure otherwise relates to a pending material business transaction or other corporate development. 
 
(c) In the event that (i) the Company has not filed the Exchange Registration Statement or
Shelf Registration Statement on or before the date on which such registration statement is required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a) or 2(b), respectively, or (ii) such Exchange Registration Statement has not become effective or been declared
effective by the Commission within 180 days of the Closing, or (iii) such Shelf Registration Statement has not become effective within 105 days of the date on which the obligation to file such Shelf Registration Statement arose, or (iv) the Exchange
Offer has not been completed within 30 business days after the effectiveness deadline of the Exchange Registration Statement relating to such Exchange Offer (if such Exchange Offer is then required to be made) or (v) any Exchange Registration
Statement or Shelf Registration Statement required by Section 2(a) or 2(b) hereof is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter either be withdrawn by the Company or shall become subject to an effective stop order issued pursuant to Section
8(d) of the Securities Act suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement (except as specifically permitted herein) without being succeeded within 30 days by an additional registration statement filed and declared effective (each such
event referred to in clauses (i) through (v), a “Registration Default” and each period during which a Registration Default has occurred and is continuing, a “Registration Default Period”), then, as liquidated
damages for such Registration Default, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9(b), special cash interest (“Special Interest”), in addition to Base Interest, shall accrue and be payable at a per annum rate of 0.25%. If the
Company has not completed the Exchange Offer by the 270th day following the Closing (or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration has not become effective by the 150th day after the obligation to file it arose), the Special Interest shall increase by
an additional 0.25% and shall accrue and be payable at a per annum rate of 0.5% until the Company has completed such Exchange Offer (or until such Shelf Registration has become effective). 
 

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(d) The Company shall take all reasonable actions necessary or advisable to be taken by it to ensure that the transactions contemplated herein are effected as so contemplated. 
 
(e) Any reference herein to a registration
statement as of any time shall be deemed to include any document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, therein by reference as of such time and any reference herein to any post-effective amendment to a registration statement as of any time
shall be deemed to include any document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, therein by reference as of such time. 
 
3. Registration Procedures. If the Company files a registration statement pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b), the following
provisions shall apply: 
 
(a) If
the Company files a registration statement pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b), at or before the Effective Time of any Exchange Offer or any Shelf Registration, as the case may be, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to qualify
the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act in a timely manner and shall make any changes to the Indenture reasonably necessary for it to be so qualified. 
 
(b) If the Company files a registration statement pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b), in the event that such
qualification would require the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the Company shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture. 
 
(c) In connection with the Company’s obligations with respect to the registration of
Exchange Securities as contemplated by Section 2(a) (an “Exchange Registration”), if applicable, the Company shall, as soon as practicable (or as otherwise specified): 
 
(i) use its reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the Commission, as soon as
practicable but no later than 90 days after the Closing, an Exchange Registration Statement on any form which may be utilized by the Company and which shall permit the Exchange Offer and resales of Exchange Securities by broker-dealers during the
Resale Period to be effected as contemplated by Section 2(a), and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Exchange Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable thereafter; 
 

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(ii) as soon as practicable use its reasonable best efforts to prepare and
file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such Exchange Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein as may be necessary to effect and maintain the effectiveness of such Exchange Registration Statement for the periods
and purposes contemplated in Section 2(a) hereof and as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions applicable to the form of such Exchange Registration Statement, and promptly provide each
broker-dealer holding Exchange Securities with such number of copies of the prospectus included therein (as then amended or supplemented), in conformity in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, as such broker-dealer reasonably may request prior to the expiration of the Resale Period, for use in connection with resales of such Exchange Securities; 
 
(iii) promptly notify each broker-dealer that
has requested or received copies of the prospectus included in such registration statement, and confirm such advice in writing, (A) when such Exchange Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or any prospectus amendment or
supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed (delivery of a copy of the filed Exchange Registration Statement or amendment to the Initial Purchasers shall be sufficient notice for purposes of this clause (A)), and, with respect to such
Exchange Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (B) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Exchange Registration Statement or the initiation of
any proceedings for that purpose, (C) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Exchange Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose
or (D) at any time during the Resale Period when a prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, that such Exchange Registration Statement, prospectus, prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment does not
conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a
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necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then
existing; 
 
(iv) in the event that
the Company would be required, pursuant to Section 3(c)(iii)(D) above, to notify any broker-dealers holding Exchange Securities, without unreasonable delay prepare and furnish to each such holder a reasonable number of copies of a prospectus
supplemented or amended so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of such Exchange Securities during the Resale Period, such prospectus shall conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust
Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading in light of the circumstances then existing; 
 
(v) use its reasonable best efforts to (A) register or qualify the Exchange Securities under the securities laws or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as are contemplated by Section 2(a), if such registration or
qualification is required by such laws, prior to the commencement of the Exchange Offer, (B) keep such registrations or qualifications in effect and comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of offers, sales and dealings therein in such
jurisdictions until the expiration of the Resale Period and (C) take any and all other actions as may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each broker-dealer holding such Exchange Securities to consummate the disposition thereof in such
jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required for any such purpose to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for the requirements of
this Section 3(c)(v), (2) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction or (3) make any changes to its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or any agreement between it and its stockholders; 
 
(vi) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain
the consent or approval of each governmental agency or authority, whether federal, state or local, which may be required to effect the Exchange Registration, the Exchange Offer and the offering and sale of the Exchange Securities by broker-dealers
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(vii) provide a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities, not later than
the Effective Time and provide the Trustee with printed certificates for the Exchange Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company; 
 
(viii) comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally
available to its securityholders an earning statement of the Company and its subsidiaries complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158 thereunder) no later than 45 days after the end of a
12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Exchange Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such
12-month period; 
 
(ix) prior to
the consummation of the Exchange Offer, cause to be delivered to the Trustee for the benefit of holders an opinion of outside counsel to the effect that the Exchange Securities when issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Exchange Offer, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture. 
 
(d) In connection with the Company’s
obligations with respect to any Shelf Registration, if applicable, the Company shall, as soon as practicable (or as otherwise specified): 
 
(i) use its reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the Commission, as soon as practicable but in any case within
the time periods specified in Section 2(b), a Shelf Registration Statement on any form which may be utilized by the Company and which shall register all of the Registrable Securities for resale by the holders thereof in accordance with such method
or methods of disposition as may be specified by such of the holders (subject to clause (xv) below) as, from time to time, may be Electing Holders and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective as
soon as practicable but in any case within the time periods specified in Section 2(b); 
 
(ii) not less than 30 calendar days prior to the Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement, mail the

 

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Notice and Questionnaire to the holders of Registrable Securities; no holder shall be
entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in such Shelf Registration Statement as of the Effective Time, and no holder shall be entitled to use the prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of such Registrable Securities at any time,
unless such holder has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company by the deadline for response set forth therein; provided, however, holders of such Registrable Securities shall have at least 28 calendar
days from the date on which the Notice and Questionnaire is first mailed to such holders to return a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company; 
 
(iii) after the Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement, upon the request of any
holder of Registrable Securities that is not then an Electing Holder, promptly send a Notice and Questionnaire to such holder; provided that the Company shall not be required to take any action to name such holder as a selling securityholder
in such Shelf Registration Statement or to enable such holder to use the prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of such Registrable Securities until such holder has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company;

 
(iv) as soon as practicable
prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such Shelf Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein as may be necessary to effect and maintain the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement for the
period specified in Section 2(b) hereof (subject to the provisions of the last sentence of Section 2(b)) and as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions applicable to the form of such Shelf
Registration Statement, and furnish to the Electing Holders copies of any such supplement or amendment simultaneously with or prior to its being used or filed with the Commission; 
 
(v) provide (A) the Electing Holders, (B) any underwriters (which term, for purposes of this
Registration Rights Agreement, shall include a person deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act), if any, thereof, (C) any sales or placement agent therefor, (D) counsel for any such underwriter or agent
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for all the Electing Holders the opportunity to participate in the preparation of such
Shelf Registration Statement, each prospectus included therein or filed with the Commission and each amendment or supplement thereto; 
 
(vi) for a reasonable period prior to the filing of such Shelf Registration Statement, and throughout the period specified
in Section 2(b), make available at reasonable times at the Company’s principal place of business or such other reasonable place for inspection by the persons referred to in Section 3(d)(v) who shall certify to the Company in writing that they
have a current intention to sell the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration such financial and other information and books and records of the Company, and cause the officers, employees, counsel and independent certified public
accountants of the Company to respond to such inquiries, as shall be reasonably necessary, in the judgment of the respective counsel referred to in such Section, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the
Securities Act; provided, however, that each such party shall be required to maintain in confidence and not to disclose to any other person any information or records reasonably designated by the Company as being confidential, until
such time as (A) such information becomes a matter of public record (whether by virtue of its inclusion in such registration statement or otherwise), (B) such person shall be required so to disclose such information pursuant to a subpoena or order
of any court or other governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the matter (subject to the requirements of such order, and only after such person shall have given the Company prompt prior written notice of such requirement) or (C)such
information is required to be set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or in an amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to such prospectus in order that such Shelf
Registration Statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement, as the case may be, complies with applicable requirements of the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Commission and does not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing; 
 

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(vii) promptly notify each of the Electing Holders, any sales or placement agent therefor and any underwriter thereof (which notification may be made through any managing underwriter that is a representative of such underwriter for
such purpose) and confirm such advice in writing, (A) when such Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or any prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to such Shelf
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (B) of any comments by the Commission and by the “blue sky” or securities commissioner or regulator of any state with respect thereto or any
request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to such Shelf Registration Statement or prospectus or for additional information, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration
Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for that purpose, (D) if at any time the representations and warranties of the Company contemplated by Section 3(d)(xv) or Section 5 cease to be true and correct in all material respects,
(E) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose or (F) if at any
time when a prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, such Shelf Registration Statement, prospectus, prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment does not conform in all material respects to the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing; 
 
(viii) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such
registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto at the earliest practicable date; 
 
(ix) if requested by any managing underwriter or underwriters, any placement or sales agent or any Electing Holder,
promptly incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as is required by the applicable rules 
 

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and regulations of the Commission and as such managing underwriter or underwriters, such
agent or such Electing Holder specifies should be included therein relating to the terms of the sale of such Registrable Securities, including information with respect to the principal amount at maturity of such Registrable Securities being sold by
such Electing Holder or agent or to any underwriters, the name and description of such Electing Holder, agent or underwriter, the offering price of such Registrable Securities and any discount, commission or other compensation payable in respect
thereof, the purchase price being paid therefor by such underwriters and with respect to any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold by such Electing Holder or agent or to such underwriters; and make all required filings
of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment promptly after notification of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; 
 
(x) furnish upon written request to each Electing Holder, each placement or sales agent, if
any, therefor, each underwriter, if any, thereof and the respective counsel referred to in Section 3(d)(v) an executed copy (or, in the case of an Electing Holder, a conformed copy) of such Shelf Registration Statement, each such amendment and
supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits thereto (in the case of an Electing Holder of the Registrable Securities, upon request) and documents incorporated by reference therein) and such number of copies of such Shelf Registration
Statement (excluding exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein unless specifically so requested by such Electing Holder, agent or underwriter, as the case may be) and of the prospectus included in such Shelf Registration
Statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus), in conformity in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, and such other documents, as such Electing Holder, agent, if any, and underwriter, if any, may reasonably request in order to facilitate the offering and disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Electing Holder, offered or
sold by such agent or underwritten by such underwriter and to permit such Electing Holder, agent and underwriter to satisfy the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act; and the Company hereby consents to the use of 
 

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such prospectus (including such preliminary and summary prospectus) and any amendment or
supplement thereto by each such Electing Holder and by any such agent and underwriter, in each case in the form most recently provided to such person by the Company, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by
the prospectus (including such preliminary and summary prospectus) or any supplement or amendment thereto; 
 
(xi) use its reasonable best efforts to (A) register or qualify the Registrable Securities to be included in such Shelf
Registration Statement under such securities laws or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as any Electing Holder and each placement or sales agent, if any, therefor and underwriter, if any, thereof shall reasonably request, (B) keep such
registrations or qualifications in effect and comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of offers, sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions during the period the Shelf Registration is required to remain effective under Section
2(b) above and for so long as may be necessary to enable any such Electing Holder, agent or underwriter to complete its distribution of the Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement (subject to the provisions of the last sentence of
Section 2(b)) and (C) take any and all other actions as may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each such Electing Holder, agent, if any, and underwriter, if any, to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of such Registrable
Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required for any such purpose to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for the requirements of
this Section 3(d)(xi), (2) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction or (3) make any changes to its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or any agreement between it and its stockholders; 
 
(xii) use its reasonable best efforts to
obtain the consent or approval of each governmental agency or authority, whether federal, state or local, which may be required to effect the Shelf Registration or the offering or sale in connection therewith or to enable the selling holder or
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(xiii) cooperate with the Electing Holders and the managing underwriters,
if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing such Registrable Securities to be sold, which certificates shall be printed, lithographed or engraved, or produced by any combination of such methods, and which
shall not bear any restrictive legends; and, in the case of an underwritten offering, enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriters may request at least two business days
prior to any sale of such Registrable Securities; 
 
(xiv) provide a CUSIP number for all Registrable Securities, not later than the Effective Time and provide the Trustee with printed certificates for the Exchange Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository
Trust Company; 
 
(xv) enter into
one or more underwriting agreements, engagement letters, agency agreements, “best efforts” underwriting agreements or similar agreements, as appropriate, including customary provisions relating to indemnification and contribution, and take
such other actions in connection therewith as any Electing Holders aggregating at least 20% in aggregate principal amount at maturity of Registrable Securities at the time outstanding shall reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities: 
 
(xvi) whether or not an agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(d)(xv) hereof is entered into and whether or not any portion of the offering contemplated by the Shelf Registration is an underwritten offering or is made through
a placement or sales agent or any other entity, (A) make such representations and warranties to the Electing Holders and the placement or sales agent, if any, therefor and the underwriters, if any, thereof in form, substance and scope as are
customarily made in connection with an offering of securities pursuant to any appropriate agreement or to a registration statement filed on the form applicable to the Shelf Registration; (B) obtain an opinion of counsel to the Company in customary
form and covering such matters, of the type customarily covered by such an opinion, as the managing underwriters, if any, or as any Electing Holders of at least 20% in aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Registrable Securities at the time
outstanding may reasonably request, addressed to such Electing Holder or Electing Holders 
 
 

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and the placement or sales agent, if any, therefor and the underwriters, if any, thereof
and dated the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (and if such Shelf Registration Statement contemplates an underwritten offering of a part or all of the Registrable Securities, dated the date of the closing under the underwriting
agreement relating thereto) (it being agreed that the matters to be covered by such opinion shall include the due incorporation and good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries; the qualification of the Company and its subsidiaries to transact
business as foreign corporations; the due authorization, execution and delivery of the relevant agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(d)(xv) hereof; the due authorization, execution, authentication and issuance, and the validity and
enforceability, of the Securities; the absence of material legal or governmental proceedings involving the Company; the absence of a breach by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of, or a default under, material agreements binding upon the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company; the absence of governmental approvals required to be obtained in connection with the Shelf Registration, the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities, this Registration Rights Agreement or any
agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(d)(xv) hereof, except such approvals, if any, as may be required under state securities or “blue sky” laws; the material compliance as to form of such Shelf Registration Statement and any
documents incorporated by reference therein and of the Indenture with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, respectively; and, as of the date of the opinion and
of the Shelf Registration Statement or most recent post-effective amendment thereto, as the case may be, the absence from such Shelf Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein, as then amended or supplemented, and from the documents
incorporated by reference therein (in each case other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein) of an untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading (in the case of such documents, in light of the circumstances existing at the time that such documents were filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act)); (C) obtain a “comfort” letter or letters from
the independent certified public accountants of the Company addressed to the selling Electing Holders, the placement or sales agent, if any, therefor or the underwriters, if any, thereof, dated (i) the effective 
 

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date of such Shelf Registration Statement and (ii) the effective date of any prospectus
supplement to the prospectus included in such Shelf Registration Statement or post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement which includes unaudited or audited financial statements as of a date or for a period subsequent to that of
the latest such statements included in such prospectus (and, if such Shelf Registration Statement contemplates an underwritten offering pursuant to any prospectus supplement to the prospectus included in such Shelf Registration Statement or
post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement which includes unaudited or audited financial statements as of a date or for a period subsequent to that of the latest such statements included in such prospectus, dated the date of the
closing under the underwriting agreement relating thereto), such letter or letters to be in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by letters of such type; (D) deliver such documents and certificates, including
officers’ certificates, as may be reasonably requested by any Electing Holders of at least 20% in aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Registrable Securities at the time outstanding or the placement or sales agent, if any, therefor and
the managing underwriters, if any, thereof to evidence the accuracy of the representations and warranties made pursuant to clause (A) above or those contained in Section 5(a) hereof and the compliance with or satisfaction of any agreements or
conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company; and (E) undertake such obligations relating to expense reimbursement, indemnification and contribution as are provided in Section 6 hereof;

 
(xvii) notify in writing each
holder of Registrable Securities of any proposal by the Company to amend or waive any provision of this Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to Section 9(h) hereof and of any amendment or waiver effected pursuant thereto, each of which notices
shall contain the text of the amendment or waiver proposed or effected, as the case may be; 
 
(xviii) in the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act shall underwrite any Registrable Securities
or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or “assist in the distribution” (within the meaning of the Rules of Fair Practice and the By-Laws of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
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successor thereto, as amended from time to time) thereof, whether as a holder of such
Registrable Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, assist such broker-dealer in complying with the requirements of such Rules and By-Laws, including by (A) if such Rules or
By-Laws shall so require, engaging a “qualified independent underwriter” (as defined in such Rules and By-Laws (or any successor thereto)) to participate in the preparation of the applicable Shelf Registration Statement relating to such
Registrable Securities, to exercise usual standards of due diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by such Shelf Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales agent,
to recommend the yield of such Registrable Securities, (B) indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 6 hereof (or to such other customary extent as may be
requested by such underwriter) and (C) providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the Rules of Fair Practice of the NASD; and 
 
(xix) comply with all applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its securityholders an earning statement of the Company and its subsidiaries complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158
thereunder) no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Shelf
Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month period. 
 
(e) In the event that the Company would be required, pursuant to Section 3(d)(vii)(F) above, to notify the Electing Holders, the placement or sales agent, if any, and the managing underwriters, if any,
the Company shall without delay prepare and furnish to each of the Electing Holders, to each placement or sales agent, if any, and to each such underwriter, if any, a reasonable number of copies of a prospectus supplemented or amended so that, as
thereafter delivered to purchasers of Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
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an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing. Each Electing Holder agrees that upon receipt of any notice from the Company pursuant to Section 3(d)(vii)(F) hereof, such
Electing Holder shall forthwith discontinue the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until such Electing Holder shall have received copies of such amended or supplemented prospectus, and if so directed
by the Company, such Electing Holder shall deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Electing Holder’s possession of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at
the time of receipt of such notice. 
 
(f) In the event of a Shelf Registration, in addition to the information required to be provided by each Electing Holder in its Notice and Questionnaire, the Company may require such Electing Holder to furnish to the Company such
additional information regarding such Electing Holder and such Electing Holder’s intended method of distribution of Registrable Securities as may be required in order to comply with the Securities Act. Each such Electing Holder agrees to notify
the Company as promptly as practicable of any inaccuracy or change in information previously furnished by such Electing Holder to the Company or of the occurrence of any event in either case as a result of which any prospectus relating to such Shelf
Registration contains or would contain an untrue statement of a material fact regarding such Electing Holder or such Electing Holder’s intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities or omits to state any material fact regarding
such Electing Holder or such Electing Holder’s intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing,
and promptly to furnish to the Company any additional information required to correct and update any previously furnished information or required so that such prospectus shall not contain, with respect to such Electing Holder or the disposition of
such Registrable Securities, an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing. 
 
(g) Until the expiration of two years after
the Closing, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 144) to, resell any of the Securities that have been reacquired by any of them except pursuant to an effective registration statement under
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4. Registration Expenses. The Company agrees to bear and to pay or cause to be paid
promptly all expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Registration Rights Agreement, including (a) all Commission and any NASD registration, filing and review fees and expenses including fees and disbursements
of counsel for the placement or sales agent or underwriters in connection with such registration, filing and review, (b) all fees and expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under the state securities
and “blue sky” laws referred to in Section 3(d)(xi) hereof and determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as any managing underwriters or the Electing Holders may designate, including any fees
and disbursements of counsel for the Electing Holders (subject to the limitations of clause (i) below) or underwriters in connection with such qualification and determination, (c) all expenses relating to the preparation, printing, production,
distribution and reproduction of each registration statement required to be filed hereunder, each prospectus included therein or prepared for distribution pursuant hereto, each amendment or supplement to the foregoing, the expenses of preparing the
Securities for delivery and the expenses of printing or producing any underwriting agreements, agreements among underwriters, selling agreements and “blue sky” or legal investment memoranda and all other documents in connection with the
offering, sale or delivery of Securities to be disposed of (including certificates representing the Securities), (d) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses relating to the offering, sale or delivery of Securities and the preparation of documents
referred to in clause (c) above, (e) fees and expenses of the Trustee under the Indenture, any agent of the Trustee and any counsel for the Trustee and of any collateral agent or custodian, (f) internal expenses (including all salaries and expenses
of the Company’s officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), (g) fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel and independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any opinions or
“comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance), (h) reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” engaged pursuant to Section 3(d)(xviii) hereof, (i)
reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of one counsel for the Electing Holders retained in connection with a Shelf Registration, as selected by the Electing Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount at maturity of the
Registrable Securities held by Electing Holders (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company), (j) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities, and (k) fees, expenses and disbursements of any other
persons, including special experts, retained by the Company in connection with such registration (collectively, the “Registration Expenses”). To the extent that any Registration Expenses are incurred, assumed or paid by any holder
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Registration Expenses so incurred, assumed or paid promptly after receipt of a request therefor.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holders of the Registrable Securities being registered shall pay all agency fees and commissions and underwriting discounts and commissions attributable to the sale of such Registrable Securities and the fees and
disbursements of any counsel or other advisors or experts retained by such holders (severally or jointly), other than the counsel and experts specifically referred to above. 
 
5. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each
Purchaser and each of the holders from time to time of Registrable Securities that: 
 
(a) The compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument
to which the Company or any subsidiary of the Company is a party or by which the Company or any subsidiary of the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company is subject, nor will such
action result in any violation of the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, as amended, or the by-laws of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any of their properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated by this Registration Rights Agreement, except the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities, qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications, if any, as may be required under state securities or “blue sky” laws in connection with the offering and distribution of the Securities. 
 
(b) This Registration Rights Agreement has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. 
 
6. Indemnification. 
 
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each of the holders of Registrable Securities included in an Exchange Registration Statement, each of the Electing Holders of Registrable
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Statement and each person who participates as a placement or sales agent or as an
underwriter in any offering or sale of such Registrable Securities against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such holder, agent or underwriter may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Exchange Registration Statement or Shelf Registration
Statement, as the case may be, under which such Registrable Securities were registered under the Securities Act, or any preliminary, final or summary prospectus contained therein or furnished by the Company to any such holder, Electing Holder, agent
or underwriter, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and
the Company shall, and it hereby agrees to, reimburse such holder, such Electing Holder, such agent and such underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such action or
claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable to any such person in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such registration statement, or preliminary, final or summary prospectus, or amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such person expressly for use therein; 
 
(b) Indemnification by the Electing Holders and any Agents and Underwriters. The Company may require, as a
condition to including any Registrable Securities in any registration statement filed pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof and to entering into any underwriting agreement with respect thereto, that the Company shall have received an undertaking
reasonably satisfactory to it from the Electing Holder of such Registrable Securities and from each underwriter named in any such underwriting agreement, severally and not jointly, to (i) indemnify and hold harmless the Company, and all other
holders of Registrable Securities, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or such other holders of Registrable Securities may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement, or any preliminary, final or summary prospectus
contained therein or furnished by the Company to any such Electing 
 

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Holder, agent or underwriter, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or
are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Electing Holder or underwriter expressly for use therein, and (ii)
reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that no such Electing
Holder shall be required to undertake liability to any person under this Section 6(b) for any amounts in excess of the dollar amount of the proceeds to be received by such Electing Holder from the sale of such Electing Holder’s Registrable
Securities pursuant to such registration. 
 
(c) Notices of Claims, Etc. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of written notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is
to be made against an indemnifying party pursuant to the indemnification provisions of or contemplated by this Section 6, notify such indemnifying party in writing of the commencement of such action; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying
party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party other than under the indemnification provisions of or contemplated by Section 6(a) or 6(b) hereof. In case any such action shall be brought against any
indemnified party and it shall notify an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, such indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly
notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying
party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, such indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred
by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to
the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder 
 

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(whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or
claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. 
 
(d) Contribution. If for any reason the indemnification provisions contemplated by Section 6(a) or Section 6(b) are unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in
respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such indemnifying party or by such indemnified party, and the parties’
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 6(d) were determined by
pro rata allocation (even if the holders or any agents or underwriters or all of them were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in
this Section 6(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6(d), no holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount
by which the dollar amount of the proceeds received by such holder from the sale of any Registrable Securities (after deducting any fees, discounts and commissions applicable thereto) exceeds the amount of any damages which such holder has otherwise
been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission, and no underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the 
 

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total price at which the Registrable Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the
public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The holders’ and any underwriters’ obligations in this
Section 6(d) to contribute shall be several in proportion to the principal amount at maturity of Registrable Securities registered or underwritten, as the case may be, by them and not joint. 
 
(e) The obligations of the Company under this
Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer, director and partner of each holder, agent and underwriter and each person, if any, who
controls any holder, agent or underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act; and the obligations of the holders and any agents or underwriters contemplated by this Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective holder,
agent or underwriter may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company (including any person who, with his consent, is named in any registration statement as about to become a
director of the Company) and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act. 
 
7. Underwritten Offerings. 
 
(a) Selection of Underwriters. If any of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration are to be
sold pursuant to an underwritten offering, the managing underwriter or underwriters thereof shall be designated by Electing Holders holding at least a majority in aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Registrable Securities to be included in
such offering, provided that such designated managing underwriter or underwriters is or are reasonably acceptable to the Company. 
 
(b) Participation by Holders. Each holder of Registrable Securities hereby agrees with each other such holder that
no such holder may participate in any underwritten offering hereunder unless such holder (i) agrees to sell such holder’s Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder
to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting 
 

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agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements. 
 
8. Rule 144. The Company
covenants to the holders of Registrable Securities that to the extent it shall be required to do so under the Exchange Act, the Company shall timely file the reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act (including
the reports under Section 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act referred to in subparagraph (c)(1) of Rule 144 adopted by the Commission under the Securities Act) and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder, and shall take such
further action as any holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitations of
the exemption provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar or successor rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission. 
 
9. Miscellaneous. 
 
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The
Company represents, warrants, covenants and agrees that it has not granted, and shall not grant, registration rights with respect to Registrable Securities or any other securities which would be inconsistent with the terms contained in this
Registration Rights Agreement. 
 
(b) Specific Performance. The parties hereto acknowledge that there would be no adequate remedy at law if the Company fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder and that the Purchasers and the holders from time to time
of the Registrable Securities may be irreparably harmed by any such failure, and accordingly agree that the Purchasers and such holders, in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity, shall be entitled to compel
specific performance of the obligations of the Company under this Registration Rights Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Registration Rights Agreement, in any court of the United States or any state thereof having
jurisdiction. 
 
(c)
Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand, if delivered personally or by courier, or three days after
being deposited in the mail (registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested) as follows: If to the Company, to it at 1700 E. Putnam Avenue, Suite 500, Old Greenwhich, CT 06870, Attention: General Counsel, with a copy to

 

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Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, 180 Maiden Lane, New York, New York 10038
Attention: Martin H. Neidell, Esq., and if to a holder, to the address of such holder set forth in the security register or other records of the Company, or to such other address as the Company or any such holder may have furnished to the other in
writing in accordance herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt. 
 
(d) Parties in Interest. All the terms and provisions of this Registration Rights Agreement shall be binding upon,
shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the parties hereto and the holders from time to time of the Registrable Securities and the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto and such holders. In the event that any
transferee of any holder of Registrable Securities shall acquire Registrable Securities, in any manner, whether by gift, bequest, purchase, operation of law or otherwise, such transferee shall, without any further writing or action of any kind, be
deemed a beneficiary hereof for all purposes and such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Registration Rights Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such transferee shall be entitled to
receive the benefits of, and be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by all of the applicable terms and provisions of this Registration Rights Agreement. If the Company shall so request, any such successor, assign or transferee shall agree
in writing to acquire and hold the Registrable Securities subject to all of the applicable terms hereof. 
 
(e) Survival. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and each other provision set
forth in this Registration Rights Agreement or made pursuant hereto shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation (or statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any holder of Registrable Securities, any
director, officer or partner of such holder, any agent or underwriter or any director, officer or partner thereof, or any controlling person of any of the foregoing, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Registrable Securities pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement and the transfer and registration of Registrable Securities by such holder and the consummation of any Exchange Offer. 
 
(f) Governing Law. THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. 
 
(g) Headings. The descriptive headings of the several Sections and paragraphs of this Registration Rights Agreement are inserted for 
 

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convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Registration Rights Agreement and shall
not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Registration Rights Agreement. 
 
(h) Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Registration Rights Agreement and the other writings referred to herein
(including the Indenture and the form of Securities) or delivered pursuant hereto which form a part hereof contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to its subject matter. This Registration Rights Agreement supersedes all prior
agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to its subject matter. This Registration Rights Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Registration Rights Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a
particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only by a written instrument duly executed by the Company and the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount at maturity of each Series of the Registrable Securities at
the time outstanding. Each holder of any Registrable Securities at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound by any amendment or waiver effected pursuant to this Section 9(h), whether or not any notice, writing or marking indicating such
amendment or waiver appears on such Registrable Securities or is delivered to such holder. 
 
(i) Inspection. For so long as this Registration Rights Agreement shall be in effect, this Registration Rights
Agreement and a complete list of the names and addresses of all the holders of Registrable Securities shall be made available for inspection and copying on any business day by any holder of Registrable Securities of the same Series for proper
purposes only (which shall include any purpose related to the rights of the holders of Registrable Securities under the Securities, the Indenture and this Agreement) at the offices of the Company at the address thereof set forth in Section 9(c)
above and at the office of the Trustee under the Indenture. 
 
(j) Counterparts. This Registration Rights Agreement may be executed by the parties in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall
together constitute one and the same instrument. Agreed to and accepted as of the date referred to above. 
 
 

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	 THE PREMCOR REFINING GROUP INC.

	
	 By:
	 	 
	 	 	

	 	 	 Name:

	 	 	 Title:

	
	 CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC
 MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
 DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
 GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
 FLEET SECURITIES,
INC.

	
	 By:
	 	 
	 	 	

	 	 	 Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
 On behalf of each of the Purchasers

 
 
 

Exhibit A 
 
 
THE PREMCOR REFINING GROUP INC.

 
[FORM OF INSTRUCTION TO DTC PARTICIPANTS] 
 

(Date of
Mailing) 
 
URGENT—IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUESTED 
 
DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE: [DATE]1 
 

 
The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) has identified
you as a DTC Participant through which beneficial interests in The Premcor Refining Group Inc. (the “Company”) [91⁄4% Senior Notes due 2010] [91⁄2% Senior Notes due 2013] (the “Securities”) are held. 
 
The Company is in the process of registering the Securities
under the Securities Act of 1933 for resale by the beneficial owners thereof. In order to have their Securities included in the registration statement, beneficial owners must complete and return the enclosed Notice of Registration Statement and
Selling Securityholder Questionnaire. 
 
It is
important that beneficial owners of the Securities receive a copy of the enclosed materials as soon as possible as their rights to have the Securities included in the registration statement depend upon their returning the Notice and Questionnaire by
[DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE]. Please forward a copy of the enclosed documents to each beneficial owner that holds interests in the Securities through you. If you require more copies of the enclosed materials or have any questions pertaining to this
matter, please contact The Premcor Refining Group Inc. 1700 E. Putnam Avenue, Suite 500, Old Greenwich, CT 06870, Attention: General Counsel, phone: (203) 698-7500. 
 
 

	1	 	Not less than 28 calendar days from date of mailing. 

 

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The Premcor
Refining Group Inc. 
 
Notice of Registration
Statement 
 
and 
 
Selling Securityholder Questionnaire 
 

 
(Date) 
 
Reference is hereby made to the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) between The Premcor Refining Group Inc. (the “Company”) and the Purchasers named therein. Pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-1 or S-3 (the “Shelf Registration Statement”) for the
registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Company’s [91⁄4% Senior Notes due 2010] [91⁄2% Senior Notes due 2013] (the “Securities”). A copy of the
Registration Rights Agreement is attached hereto. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement. 
 
Each beneficial owner of Registrable Securities (as defined below) is entitled to have the Registrable
Securities beneficially owned by it included in the Shelf Registration Statement. In order to have Registrable Securities included in the Shelf Registration Statement, this Notice of Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire
(“Notice and Questionnaire”) must be completed, executed and delivered to the Company’s counsel at the address set forth herein for receipt ON OR BEFORE [DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE]. 
 
Beneficial owners of Registrable Securities who do not
complete, execute and return this Notice and Questionnaire by such date (i) will not be named as selling securityholders in the Shelf Registration Statement and (ii) may not use the Prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable
Securities. 
 
Certain legal consequences arise
from being named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the
consequences of being named or not being named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus. 
 

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The term
“Registrable Securities” is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement. 
 
 
 
ELECTION 
 
The undersigned holder (the “Selling
Securityholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include in the Shelf Registration Statement the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by it and listed below in Item (3). The undersigned, by signing and returning this Notice and
Questionnaire, agrees to be bound with respect to such Registrable Securities by the terms and conditions of this Notice and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 6 of the Registration Rights
Agreement, as if the undersigned Selling Securityholder were an original party thereto. 
 
Upon any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Selling Securityholder will be required to deliver to the Company and Trustee the Notice of Transfer set forth
in Appendix A to the Prospectus and as Exhibit B to the Registration Rights Agreement. 
 
The Selling Securityholder hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate and complete: 
 

A-3 

 
QUESTIONNAIRE

 
(1) (a) Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder: 
 
 

 
(b) Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as in (a) above) of Registrable Securities Listed in Item (3)
below: 
 
 

 
(c) Full Legal Name of DTC Participant (if applicable and if not the same as
(b) above) Through Which Registrable Securities Listed in Item (3) below are Held: 
 
 

 
(2) Address for Notices to
Selling Securityholder: 
 
 

 
 

 
Telephone:
                                        
                         
 
Fax:
                                        
                                     
 
Contact Person:
                                        
                 
 
(3) Beneficial Ownership of Securities: 
 
Except as set forth below in this Item (3), the undersigned does not beneficially own any Securities. 
 
(a) Principal amount at maturity of Registrable Securities beneficially owned:
                                     
 
CUSIP No(s). of such Registrable Securities:
                                        
         
 
(b)
Principal amount at maturity of Securities other than Registrable Securities beneficially owned:                  
 
CUSIP No(s). of such other Securities: 
 

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(c) Principal amount at
maturity of Registrable Securities which the undersigned wishes to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement: 
 
 

 
CUSIP No(s). of such Registrable Securities to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement:
                         
 
(4) Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company: 
 
Except as set forth below in this Item (4), the undersigned Selling Securityholder is not the beneficial or registered owner of any other
securities of the Company, other than the Securities listed above in Item (3). 
 
State any exceptions here: 
 
(5) Relationships
with the Company: 
 
Except as set forth below,
neither the Selling Securityholder nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (5 % or more) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or
affiliates) during the past three years. 
 
State any exceptions
here: 
 
(6) Plan of Distribution: 
 
Except as set forth below, the undersigned Selling
Securityholder intends to distribute the Registrable Securities listed above in Item (3) only as follows (if at all): Such Registrable Securities may be sold from time to time directly by the undersigned Selling Securityholder or, alternatively,
through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. Such Registrable Securities may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated
prices. Such sales may be effected in transactions (which may involve crosses or block transactions) (i) on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the Registered Securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale, (ii) in
the over-the-counter market, (iii) in transactions otherwise than on such exchanges or services or in the over-the-counter market, or (iv) through the writing of options. In connection with sales of the Registrable Securities or otherwise, the
Selling Securityholder may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the 
 

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Registrable Securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Securityholder may
also sell Registrable Securities short and deliver Registrable Securities to close out such short positions, or loan or pledge Registrable Securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such securities. 
 
State any exceptions here: 
 
 

 
By signing below, the Selling Securityholder acknowledges that
it understands its obligation to comply, and agrees that it will comply, with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, particularly Regulation M (which governs manipulation, stabilization and trading activity
during a distribution of securities). 
 
In the
event that the Selling Securityholder transfers all or any portion of the Registrable Securities listed in Item (3) above after the date on which such information is provided to the Company, the Selling Securityholder agrees to notify the
transferee(s) at the time of the transfer of its rights and obligations under this Notice and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement. 
 
By signing below, the Selling Securityholder consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items (1)
through (6) above and the inclusion of such information in the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus. The Selling Securityholder understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company, and any underwriters in an
underwritten offering of such Selling Securityholder’s Registrable Securities listed in Item(3) above, in connection with the preparation of the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus. 
 
In accordance with the Selling Securityholder’s
obligation under Section 3(d) of the Registration Rights Agreement to provide such information as may be required by law for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, the Selling Securityholder agrees to promptly notify the Company of any
inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein which may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Shelf Registration Statement remains in effect. All notices hereunder and pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement
shall be made in writing, by hand-delivery, first-class mail, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery as follows: 
 

A-6 

 
(i) To the Company:

 
The Premcor Refining Group Inc. 
1700 E. Putnam Avenue 
Suite 500 
Old Greenwich, CT 06870 
Attention: General
Counsel 
(203) 698-7500 
 
(ii) With a copy to: 
 
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 
180
Maiden Lane 
New York, New York 10038 
Attention: Martin H. Neidell, Esq. 
(212) 806-5836 
 
Once this Notice and Questionnaire is executed by the Selling Securityholder and received by the
Company’s counsel, the terms of this Notice and Questionnaire, and the representations and warranties contained herein, shall be binding on, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the respective successors, heirs, personal
representatives, and assigns of the Company and the Selling Securityholder (with respect to the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by such Selling Securityholder and listed in Item (3) above). This Agreement shall be governed in all respects
by the laws of the State of New York. 
 
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent. 
 

	 Dated:
	  	 
	 	  	

	
	

	 Selling Securityholder

	 (Print/type full legal name of beneficial owner of Registrable Securities)

	
	 By:
	  	 
	 	  	

	 Name:
	  	 
	 Title:
	  	 

 

A-7 

 
PLEASE RETURN THE COMPLETED
AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE FOR RECEIPT ON OR BEFORE [DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE] TO THE COMPANY’S COUNSEL AT: 
 
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 
180
Maiden Lane 
New York, New York 10038 
Attention: Martin H. Neidell, Esq. 
Facsimile: (212) 806-7836 
 
 

A-8 

 
Exhibit B

 
 
NOTICE OF TRANSFER PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT 
 
The Premcor Refining Group Inc. 
l 
 
 
Attention: Trust Officer 
 
Re: The Premcor Refining Group Inc. (the “Company”) [91⁄4% Senior Notes due 2010] [91⁄2% Senior Notes due 2013] 
 
Dear Sirs: 
 
Please be advised that              has
transferred $             aggregate principal amount at maturity of the above-referenced Notes pursuant to an effective Registration Statement on Form
[            ] (File No. 333-             ) filed by the Company. 
 
We hereby certify that the prospectus delivery requirements,
if any, of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, have been satisfied and that the above-named beneficial owner of the Notes is named as a “Selling Holder” in the Prospectus dated
            , 20     or in supplements thereto, and that the aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Notes transferred are the Notes listed in such
Prospectus opposite such owner’s name. 
 
Dated: 
 

	 Very truly yours,

	
	

	 (Name)

	
	 By:
	 	 
	 	 	

	 	 	 (Authorized Signature)

 

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