Document:

EX-4.9

 Exhibit 4.9 

$400,000,000 1.100% Senior Notes due 2017 

$350,000,000 2.000% Senior Notes due 2018 

$500,000,000 3.750% Senior Notes due 2023 

$750,000,000 5.150% Senior Notes due 2043 

MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS COMPANY 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

November 8, 2013 
 Barclays Capital Inc., 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 
 J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and

 RBS Securities Inc., as Representatives of the several initial purchasers 

listed on Schedule A hereto 
 Dear Sirs: 

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, an Iowa corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to Barclays Capital Inc.,
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and RBS Securities Inc. (the “Representatives”) and the other Initial Purchasers named in the Purchase Agreement described below (collectively with the Representatives, the
“Initial Purchasers”), upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement, dated as of November 5, 2013 (the “Purchase Agreement”), $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.100% Senior Notes due 2017 (the
“Initial 2017 Notes”), $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.000% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Initial 2018 Notes”), $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.750% Senior Notes due 2023 (the
“Initial 2023 Notes”) and $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.150% Senior Notes due 2043 (the “Initial 2043 Notes” and together with the Initial 2017 Notes, the Initial 2018 Notes and the Initial 2023
Notes, the “Initial Securities”). The Initial Securities will be issued pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of October 4, 2002, as amended by Article IV of the Second Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of
May 16, 2003, as further amended by Article IV of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of March 24, 2006, as further amended by Article IV of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of May 11, 2007, as
further supplemented by the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 7, 2009, and as supplemented by the Ninth Supplemental Indenture, to be entered into on or about November 8, 2013 (collectively, the “Indenture”),
between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees with the Initial Purchasers,
for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and the holders of each series of the Securities (as defined below) (collectively, the “Holders”), as follows: 

 1. Registered Exchange Offer. Unless not permitted by applicable law (after the Company
has complied with the ultimate paragraph of this Section 1), the Company shall prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement (the “Exchange Offer Registration
Statement”) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to a proposed offer (the “Registered Exchange Offer”) to the Holders of Transfer
Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 6 hereof), who are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Initial 2017
Notes, the Initial 2018 Notes, the Initial 2023 Notes and the Initial 2043 Notes, as applicable, a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the applicable series of the Company issued under the Indenture, substantially identical in all
material respects to the Initial 2017 Notes, the Initial 2018 Notes, the Initial 2023 Notes and the Initial 2043 Notes, as applicable, and registered under the Securities Act (together, the “Exchange Securities”). The Company shall
use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act within 365 days (such 365th day being an “Effectiveness Deadline”) after the date on which the
Initial Purchasers purchase the Initial Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the “Closing Date”) and will keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective for not less than 30 days (or longer, if required by
applicable law) after the date notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders (such period being called the “Exchange Offer Registration Period”). 

If the Company commences the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company will be entitled to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer 30 days
after such commencement (provided that the Company has accepted all the Initial Securities theretofore validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the Registered Exchange Offer). 

Following the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly commence the
Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of the Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities electing to exchange its Initial 2017 Notes, Initial 2018 Notes, Initial 2023 Notes or Initial 2043 Notes for
the applicable amount and series of Exchange Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business
and has no arrangements or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such
Exchange Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act. 
 The Company
acknowledges that, pursuant to current interpretations by the Commission’s staff of Section 5 of the Securities Act, in the absence of an applicable exemption therefrom, (i) each Holder which is a
broker-dealer electing to exchange Initial Securities, acquired for its own account as a result of market making activities or other trading activities, for the applicable series of Exchange Securities (an
“Exchanging Dealer”), is required to deliver a prospectus containing the information set forth in (a) Annex A hereto on the cover, (b) Annex B hereto in the “Exchange Offer Procedures” section and the
“Purpose of the Exchange Offer” section, and (c) Annex C hereto in the “Plan of Distribution” section of such prospectus in connection with a sale of any such Exchange Securities received by such Exchanging Dealer pursuant
to the Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) an Initial Purchaser that elects to sell Securities (as defined below) acquired in exchange for Initial Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, is required to deliver a prospectus
containing the information required by Items 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act in connection with such sale. 

The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the
prospectus contained therein, in order to permit such prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of 

  
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the Securities Act for such period of time as such persons must comply with such requirements in order to resell the Exchange Securities; provided, however, that (i) in the
case where such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto must be delivered by an Exchanging Dealer or an Initial Purchaser, such period shall be the lesser of 120 days and the date on which all Exchanging Dealers and the Initial
Purchasers have sold all Exchange Securities held by them (unless such period is extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) and (ii) the Company shall make such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any resale of any Exchange Securities for a period of not less than 120 days after the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer. 

If, upon consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, any Initial Purchaser holds Initial Securities acquired by it as part of its initial
distribution, the Company, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Securities pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, shall issue and deliver to such Initial Purchaser upon the written request of such Initial Purchaser, in exchange (the
“Private Exchange”) for the Initial 2017 Notes, the Initial 2018 Notes, the Initial 2023 Notes and the Initial 2043 Notes held by such Initial Purchaser, a like principal amount of debt securities of such series of the Company
issued under the Indenture and substantially identical in all material respects to the Initial 2017 Notes, the Initial 2018 Notes, the Initial 2023 Notes and the Initial 2043 Notes, as applicable (together, the “Private Exchange
Securities”). The Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities are herein collectively called the “Securities”. 

In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall: 

(a) mail to each Holder a copy of the prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an
appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents 
 (b) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than
30 days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice thereof is mailed to the Holders; 
 (c)
utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which may be the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee; 

(d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last
business day on which the Registered Exchange Offer shall remain open; and 
 (e) otherwise comply with all applicable
laws. 
 As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Company
shall: 
 (x) accept for exchange all the Initial Securities of each series validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to
the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange; 
 (y) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all the Initial
Securities of each series so accepted for exchange; and 
 (z) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each
Holder of the Initial 2017 Notes, the Initial 2018 Notes, the Initial 2023 Notes or the Initial 2043 Notes, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities of the applicable series, as the case may be, equal in principal amount to the
Initial 2017 Notes, the Initial 2018 Notes, the Initial 2023 Notes or the Initial 2043 Notes, as applicable, of such Holder so accepted for exchange. 

  
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 The Indenture provides that the Exchange Securities of each series will not be subject to the
transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and that all the Securities of each series will vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that none of the Securities of a particular series will have the right to vote or consent as a
class separate from one another on any matter. 
 Interest on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security issued pursuant to the
Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange will accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the applicable series of Initial Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on such
series of Initial Securities, from the date of original issue of the applicable series of Initial Securities. 
 Each Holder participating
in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to the Company that at the time of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange Securities received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of
its business, (ii) at the time of commencement of the Registered Exchange Offer, such Holder had no arrangements or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of any series of Securities or Exchange Securities within the
meaning of the Securities Act, (iii) such Holder is not an “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, of the Company or if it is an affiliate, such Holder will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of any series of
Exchange Securities and (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer, that it will receive Exchange Securities of the applicable series for its own account in exchange for Initial 2017 Notes, Initial 2018 Notes,
Initial 2023 Notes or Initial 2043 Notes, as applicable, that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that it will be required to acknowledge that it will deliver
a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. 
 Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will
ensure that (i) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, 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 and (iii) any prospectus forming part of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and any supplement to such prospectus, does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 

If following the date hereof there has been announced a change in Commission policy with respect to exchange offers that in the reasonable
opinion of counsel to the Company raises a substantial question as to whether the Registered Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable federal law, the Company will seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the
Company to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer. The Company will pursue the issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level. In connection with the foregoing, the Company will take all such other actions as may be requested by the
Commission or otherwise reasonably required in connection with the issuance of such decision, including without limitation (i) participating in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (ii) delivering to the Commission staff an analysis
prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that the Registered Exchange Offer should be permitted and (iii) diligently pursuing a resolution (which need not be favorable) by
the Commission staff. 

  
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 2. Shelf Registration. If, (i) because of any change in law or in applicable
interpretations thereof by the staff of the Commission, the Company is not permitted to effect a Registered Exchange Offer, as contemplated by Section 1 hereof, (ii) the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated by the date that is 40
days after the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective (such 40th day being the “Consummation Deadline”), (iii) at any time prior to the Effectiveness Deadline (as defined below), any
Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to the Initial Securities of any series (or the Private Exchange Securities of any series) not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities of the applicable series in the Registered Exchange Offer and
held by it following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer or (iv) any Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer) is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer or, in the case of any Holder (other than an Exchanging
Dealer) that participates in the Registered Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive freely tradeable Exchange Securities of the applicable series on the date of the exchange and any such Holder so requests for any reason other than the failure
by such Holder to make a timely and valid tender in accordance with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall take the following actions (the date on which any of the conditions described in the foregoing clauses (i) through
(iv) occur, including in the case of clauses (iii) or (iv) the receipt of the required notice, being a “Trigger Date”): 

(a) The Company shall as promptly as practicable prepare and file with the Commission and thereafter use its reasonable best
efforts to cause to be declared effective not later than the latter to occur of the date that is (i) 150 days after the Trigger Date and (ii) 365 days after the Closing Date (such 150th or 365th day, as the case may be, being an
“Effectiveness Deadline”), a registration statement (the “Shelf Registration Statement” and, together with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, a “Registration Statement”) on an appropriate
form under the Securities Act relating to the offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities of the applicable series by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution set forth in the Shelf Registration
Statement and Rule 415 under the Securities Act (hereinafter, the “Shelf Registration”); provided, however, that no Holder (other than an Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it
covered by the Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder. 

(b) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective in order
to permit the prospectus included therein to be lawfully delivered by the Holders of the relevant Securities, for a period that terminates on the later of (x) one year (or for such longer period if extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below)
from the Closing Date or (y) 90 days from the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement, or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been sold pursuant
thereto or (ii) are no longer Transfer Restricted Securities (such applicable period being called the “Shelf Registration Period”). 

(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall cause the Shelf Registration
Statement and the related prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, amendment or supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 

  
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 3. Registration Procedures. In connection with any Shelf Registration Statement
contemplated by Section 2 hereof and, to the extent applicable, any Registered Exchange Offer contemplated by Section 1 hereof, the following provisions shall apply: 

(a) The Company shall (i) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of
the Registration Statement and each amendment thereof and each supplement, if any, to the prospectus included therein and, in the event that an Initial Purchaser (with respect to any portion of an unsold allotment from the original offering of the
Initial Securities) is participating in the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall use its best efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as such Initial
Purchaser reasonably may propose not later than five business days after delivery of such documents to such Initial Purchaser; (ii) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the “Exchange Offer
Procedures” section and the “Purpose of the Exchange Offer” section and in Annex C hereto in the “Plan of Distribution” section of the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and include the
information set forth in Annex D hereto in the letter of transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer; (iii) if requested by an Initial Purchaser, include the information required by Items 507 or 508, as applicable, of
Regulation S-K under the Securities Act in the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; (iv) include within the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement a section entitled “Plan of Distribution,” reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, which shall contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by the staff of the Commission with respect to the
potential “underwriter” status of any broker-dealer that is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”)) of Exchange Securities received by such broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), whether such positions
or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the Commission or such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchasers based upon advice of counsel (which may be in-house counsel), represent the prevailing
views of the staff of the Commission; and (v) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the Holders who propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling securityholders. 

(b) The Company shall give written notice to the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities of the applicable series and
any Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the Company has received prior written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v)
hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been made): 

(i) when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective; 
 (ii) of
any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information; 

(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; 

  
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 (iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities of any series for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose of which the Company has knowledge; and 

(v) of the happening of any event that requires the Company to make changes in the Registration Statement or the prospectus in
order that the Registration Statement or the prospectus do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact nor omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the prospectus,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. 
 (c) The Company shall make every reasonable
effort to obtain the withdrawal, at the earliest possible time, of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. 

(d) The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without
charge, at least one copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits
thereto (including those, if any, incorporated by reference). 
 (e) The Company shall deliver to each Exchanging Dealer and
each Initial Purchaser, and to any other Holder who so requests, without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial
statements and schedules, and, if any Initial Purchaser or any such Holder requests, all exhibits thereto (including those incorporated by reference). 

(f) The Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to each Holder of Securities included within the coverage
of the Shelf Registration, without charge, as many copies of the prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included in the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such person may reasonably request. The
Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use in accordance with applicable law of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of the Securities in connection with the offering and
sale of the Securities covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement. 

(g) The Company shall deliver to each Initial Purchaser, any Exchanging Dealer, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer, without charge, as many copies of the final prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such persons may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use in accordance with applicable law of the prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto by any Initial Purchaser, if necessary, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer in connection with the
offering and sale of the Exchange Securities covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement. 

(h) Prior to any public offering of any series of Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement, the Company shall
cooperate with the Holders of the Securities included therein and their Special Counsel (as defined in paragraph (p) below) in connection with the 

  
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registration or qualification of the Securities of such series for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such states of the United States as any Holder of the
Securities of such series reasonably requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Securities covered by such Registration Statement;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general service of
process or to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject. 
 (i) The Company shall cooperate with the
Holders of the Securities of each series to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Securities of each series to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such
denominations and registered in such names as the Holders may request a reasonable period of time prior to sales of each series of Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. 

(j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above during
the period for which the Company is required to maintain an effective Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly prepare and file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a
supplement to the related prospectus and any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of the Securities of the applicable series or purchasers of Securities of the applicable series, the prospectus will not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the
Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities of the applicable series and any known Participating Broker-Dealer in accordance with paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above to
suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made, then the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities of the applicable series and any such Participating
Broker-Dealers shall suspend use of such prospectus, and the period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement provided for in Section 2(b) above and the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
provided for in Section 1 above shall each be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities of the applicable
series and any known Participating Broker-Dealer shall have received such amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to this Section 3(j). 

(k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement, the Company will provide a CUSIP number for
each series of the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, and provide the applicable trustee with printed certificates for each series of the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities or
the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company. 
 (l)
The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all rules and regulations of the Commission to the extent and so long as they are applicable to the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration and will make generally available
to its security holders (or otherwise provide in accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, 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 Registration Statement, which
statement shall cover such 12-month period. 

  
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 (m) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Indenture to
be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, in a timely manner and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee under the Indenture and the Holders of Securities of each series to effect such changes to the Indenture as
may be required for such qualification. 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. 
 (n) The Company may require each Holder of Securities to be sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement
to furnish to the Company such information regarding the Holder and the distribution of the Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, and the Company may exclude from such
registration the Securities of any Holder that fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request. 

(o) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements (including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary
form) and take all such other action, if any, as any Holder of the Securities shall reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Securities pursuant to any Shelf Registration. 

(p) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company shall (i) make available at reasonable times and upon reasonable
notice for inspection by a representative of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities being sold, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and any attorney,
accountant or other agent retained by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and (ii) cause the Company’s officers,
directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, in
each case, as shall be reasonably necessary to enable such persons to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided, however, that the foregoing inspection and information
gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of the Initial Purchasers by you and on behalf of the other parties, by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such other parties as described herein (which counsel shall be Latham & Watkins LLP
or another law firm reasonably acceptable to the Company, such counsel being referred to herein as the “Special Counsel”); provided, further, however, that, as a condition to supplying such information, the
Company shall receive an agreement in writing from such Special Counsel agreeing that any information that is designated in writing by the Company, in good faith, as confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential
by such Special Counsel and any other person entitled to receive such information pursuant to this paragraph (p) unless (w) disclosure of such information is required pursuant to applicable law or by court or administrative order,
(x) disclosure of such information is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company, necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission of a material fact in any Registration Statement, prospectus or any supplement or
post-effective amendment thereto or disclosure is otherwise required by law, (y) such information becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by such counsel or any other person entitled to receive such
information pursuant to this paragraph (p) in violation of this proviso or (z) such information is approved for release by the Company in writing. 

  
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 (q) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if requested by any
Holder of Securities covered thereby, shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver an opinion and updates thereof relating to the Securities in customary form addressed to such Holders and the managing underwriters, if any, thereof and dated, in the
case of the initial opinion, the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (it being agreed that the matters to be covered by such opinion shall include, without limitation, the due incorporation and good standing of the Company and its
“significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X); the qualification of the Company and its significant 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(o) hereof; the due authorization, execution, authentication and issuance, and the validity and enforceability, of the applicable Securities; the absence of material legal or governmental
proceedings involving the Company and its significant subsidiaries; the absence of governmental approvals required to be obtained in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the offering and sale of the applicable Securities, or any
agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(o) hereof; the 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, respectively; and, as of the date of the opinion and as of the effective date 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 any documents incorporated by reference therein, if applicable, of an untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any such documents, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time that such documents were
filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act); (ii) its officers to execute and deliver all customary documents and certificates and updates thereof requested by any underwriters of the applicable Securities; and (iii) its independent
public accountants and the independent public accountants with respect to any other entity, if any, for which financial information is provided in the Shelf Registration Statement to provide to the selling Holders of the applicable Securities and
any underwriter therefor a comfort letter in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with underwritten offerings, subject to receipt of appropriate documentation as contemplated, and only
if permitted, by Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72. 
 (r) In the case of the Registered Exchange Offer, if
requested by any Initial Purchaser or any known Participating Broker-Dealer, the Company shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver to such Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a signed opinion in the form set forth in Section 6(d)-(f) of the Purchase Agreement with such changes as are customary in connection with the preparation
of a Registration Statement and (ii) its independent public accountants and the independent public accountants with respect to any other entity, if any, for which financial information is provided in the Registration Statement to deliver to
such Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a comfort letter or comfort letters, as applicable, in customary form, meeting the requirements as to the substance thereof as set forth in Section 6(a)-(b) of the Purchase Agreement, with appropriate date changes. 
 (s) If a
Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated, upon delivery of the Initial 2017 Notes, the Initial 2018 Notes, the Initial 2023 Notes and the Initial 2043 Notes, as applicable, by Holders to the Company (or to such other
Person as directed by the Company) in exchange for the applicable series of Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall mark, or caused to be marked, on the Initial Securities so exchanged that such
Initial Securities are being canceled in exchange for the applicable series of Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be; in no event shall any Initial Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied. 

  
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 (t) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause each series of
Securities covered by any Registration Statement to continue to be rated by the rating agencies that initially rated such Securities during the period that any such Registration Statement is required hereunder to remain effective (it being
acknowledged, however, that the foregoing shall not be deemed to require the Company to maintain the rating of such Securities at the rating initially given to the Securities). 

(u) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act shall
underwrite any series of Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or “assist in the distribution” (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the “Rules”) of the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”)) thereof, whether as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will assist such broker-dealer in complying with the requirements of such Rules, including, without limitation, by (i) if such Rules, including Rule 2720, shall so require, engaging a “qualified independent
underwriter” (as defined in Rule 2720) to participate in the preparation of the Registration Statement relating to such Securities, to exercise usual standards of due diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering
contemplated by such Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales agent, to recommend the yield of such Securities, (ii) indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to the extent of the
indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 5 hereof and (iii) 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. 
 (v) The Company shall
use its reasonable best efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of each series of the Securities covered by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby. 

(w) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the Company may postpone or suspend the filing or the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement (or any amendments or supplements thereto) if (i) such action is required by applicable law or (ii) such action is taken by the Company in good faith and for valid business reasons (not including the avoidance of the
Company’s obligations hereunder), including the acquisition or divestiture of assets, other pending corporate developments, public filings with the Commission or other similar events, so long as the Company promptly thereafter complies with the
requirements of Section 3(j) hereof, if applicable. Notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in the immediately preceding sentence (each such occurrence, a “Suspension”), no such Suspension shall suspend,
postpone or in any other manner affect the running of the time period after which a Registration Default shall be deemed to occur and, if the filing or effectiveness of any such Registration Statement is postponed or suspended as a result of a
Suspension, a Registration Default shall nonetheless exist if all other requirements required for the occurrence of a Registration Default shall then be satisfied, and the provisions of Section 6 hereof requiring the accrual and payment of
Additional Interest, as set forth in such Section, on each series of the Securities shall be payable. 
 4. Registration Expenses.
 
 (a) All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of and compliance with this Agreement will be borne
by the Company, regardless of whether a Registration Statement is ever filed or becomes effective, including without limitation; 

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 (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state
“blue sky” or securities laws; 
 (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for each series
of the Securities to be issued in the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; 

(iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; and 

(v) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any
special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance). 
 The Company will bear its internal expenses (including,
without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any person, including special experts, retained by the Company. 

(b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Initial Purchasers
and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities who are tendering Initial Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and/or selling or reselling Securities pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of the Special Counsel. 

5. Indemnification. 

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of the Securities, any Participating Broker-Dealer and each person, if any, who controls such Holder or such Participating Broker-Dealer within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each Holder,
any Participating Broker-Dealer and such controlling persons are referred to collectively as the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, or any actions in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the Securities) to which each Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or
prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration, 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 shall reimburse, as incurred, the Indemnified Parties for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof; provided, however, that (i) the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein and (ii) with respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement
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indemnity agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities purchased the Securities concerned, to the extent that a prospectus relating to such Securities was required to be delivered by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer under the Securities Act in connection with such
purchase and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer results from the fact that there was not delivered to such person, at or prior to the confirmation of the sale of such Securities to such person, a
prospectus correcting any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer; provided
further, however, that this indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to such Indemnified Party. The Company shall also indemnify underwriters, their officers and directors and each
person who controls such underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders of the Securities if requested by such Holders. 

(b) Each Holder of the Securities, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each person, if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or any actions in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such controlling person may become
subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a
Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein; and, subject to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as incurred, the Company for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to
any liability which such Holder may otherwise have to the Company or any of its controlling persons. 
 (c) Promptly after
receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 5 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including a governmental investigation), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under this Section 5, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; provided, however, that the omission so to notify the indemnifying party (i) shall not relieve the indemnifying party from
any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may 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 the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 5 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in
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party shall have the right to employ counsel to represent the indemnified party and their respective controlling persons who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim in respect of
which indemnity may be sought by the indemnified party against the indemnifying party under this Section 5 if the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party in connection with the defense of such
action, if in the written opinion of counsel to either the indemnifying party or the indemnified party, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or likely conflicts of interest between them or the
indemnifying party shall have failed to employ counsel within a reasonable period of time, and in that event the fees and expenses of one firm of separate counsel (in addition to the fees and expenses of one firm of local counsel in each applicable
jurisdiction) shall be paid by the indemnifying party. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or
could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter
of such action, 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) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified
party under subsections (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions that 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 the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or such Holder or such other indemnified party, as the case
may be, on the other, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is
the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(d), the Holders of the Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds received by such
Holders from the sale of the Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds the amount of damages which such Holders have 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. For purposes of this
paragraph (d), each person, if any, who controls such indemnified party within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such indemnified party and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. 

(e) The agreements contained in this Section 5 shall survive the sale of the Securities pursuant to a Registration
Statement and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified party. 

  
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 6. Additional Interest Under Certain Circumstances.  

(a) Additional interest (the “Additional Interest”) with respect to each Transfer Restricted Security in a
series shall be assessed as follows if either of the following events occur (each such event in clauses (i) and (ii) below being herein called a “Registration Default”): 

(i) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the
applicable Effectiveness Deadline; or 
 (ii) on and after the applicable Effectiveness Deadline (plus an additional 30 days
in respect of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement), any Registration Statement required by this Agreement has been declared effective by the Commission but (A) such Registration Statement thereafter ceases to be effective or (B) such
Registration Statement or the related prospectus ceases to be usable in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities of such series during the periods specified herein because (1) any event occurs as a result of which the related
prospectus forming part of such Registration Statement would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not
misleading, (2) it shall be necessary to amend such Registration Statement or supplement the related prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder or (3) of a Suspension by the Company
in accordance with Section 3(w) hereof. 
 Each of the foregoing will constitute a Registration Default whatever the reason for any such
event and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is beyond the control of the Company or pursuant to operation of law or as a result of any action or inaction by the Commission. 

Additional Interest shall accrue on each Transfer Restricted Security over and above the interest set forth in the title of such Transfer
Restricted Security from and including the date on which any such Registration Default shall occur to but excluding the date on which all such Registration Defaults have ceased to be continuing, at a rate of 0.50% per annum (the
“Additional Interest Rate”). 
 (b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 6(a)(ii) hereof shall
be deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus if (i) such Registration Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a
post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited financial information with respect to the Company where such post-effective
amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared effective to permit Holders to use the related prospectus or (y) other material events with respect to the Company that would need to be described in such Shelf Registration Statement or
the related prospectus and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the Company is proceeding promptly and in good faith to amend or supplement such Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus to describe such events; provided,
however, that in any case if such Registration Default occurs for a continuous period in excess of 30 days, Additional Interest shall be payable in accordance with the above paragraph from the date of such Registration Default until
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 (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to pay the
Additional Interest required pursuant to paragraph (a) above to a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities if the applicable Registration Default arises by reason of the failure of such Holder to provide such information as (i) the Company
may reasonably request, with reasonable prior written notice, for use in the Shelf Registration Statement or any prospectus included therein to the extent the Company reasonably determines that such information is required to be included therein by
applicable law, (ii) the FINRA or the Commission may request in connection with such Shelf Registration Statement or (iii) is required to comply with the agreements of such Holder contained in Section 3(a) to the extent compliance
thereof is necessary for the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective. 
 (d) Any amounts of Additional Interest
due pursuant to Section 6(a) will be payable in cash on the regular interest payment dates with respect to the Securities of the applicable series. The amount of Additional Interest will be determined by multiplying the applicable Additional
Interest Rate by the principal amount of the Securities of such series and further multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such Additional Interest Rate was applicable during such period (determined on the basis
of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months), and the denominator of which is 360. 

(e) “Transfer Restricted Securities” means each Security until the earliest of (i) the date on which such
Security has been exchanged by a person other than a broker-dealer for a freely transferable Exchange Security of the applicable series in the Registered Exchange Offer, (ii) following the exchange by a broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer of an Initial 2017 Note, Initial 2018 Note, Initial 2023 Note or Initial 2043 Note, as applicable, for an Exchange Security of the applicable series, the date on which
such Exchange Security is sold to a purchaser who receives from such broker-dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
(iii) the date on which such Security has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement, (iv) the date on which such Security is distributed to the public pursuant
to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (v) two years from the Closing Date, provided, however, that at the written request of the Company, the Representative may in its sole discretion agree to shorten such two-year
period to one year from the Closing Date. 
 7. Rules 144 and 144A. The Company agrees with each Holder, for so long as any
Transfer Restricted Securities of any series remain outstanding and during any period in which the Company (i) is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to make available, upon request of any Holder, to such Holder or
beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities of the applicable series in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities designated by such Holder or beneficial owner, the information
required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A, and (ii) is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to use its reasonable best
efforts to make all filings required thereby in a timely manner in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities by Holders (other than affiliates and certain recent affiliates) pursuant to Rule 144. 

8. Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities of a certain series covered by any Shelf Registration are
to be sold in an underwritten offering, subject to the proviso in Section 3(o) hereof, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that will administer the offering (the “Managing Underwriters”) will be
selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such series of Transfer Restricted Securities to be included in such offering and will be reasonably acceptable to the Company. 

  
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 No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such person
(i) agrees to sell such person’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis reasonably 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 agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. 

9. Miscellaneous. 

(a) Remedies. The Company acknowledges and agrees that any failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under
Section 1 and 2 hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the
event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company’s obligations under Sections 1 and 2 hereof. The Company further agrees to waive the defense in
any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate. 
 (b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The
Company will not on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The
Company hereby represents that the rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof. 

(c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers
or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, except by the Company and with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series affected by such amendment, modification,
supplement, waiver or consents; provided, however, that, with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly adversely affects the rights of any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities occurring within the period in which any
Registration Statement is effective for such Holder, the Company shall obtain the written consent of each such Holder against which such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver, consent or departure is to be effective. Without the consent of the
Holder of each affected Security, however, no modification may change the provisions relating to the payment of Additional Interest. 

(d) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand
delivery, first-class mail, facsimile transmission, or air courier which guarantees overnight delivery: 

(1) if to a Holder of the Securities, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company. 

(2) if to the Initial Purchasers to each of (i) Barclays Capital Inc., 745 7th Avenue, New York, NY 10019, Fax:
(646) 834-8133, Attention: Syndicate Registration; (ii) Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013, Fax: (212 816-7912, Attention: General Counsel; (iii) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New
York, NY 10179, Fax: (212) 834-6081, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk – 3rd Floor; and (iv) RBS Securities Inc., 600 Washington Blvd, Stamford, CT 06901, Fax: (203) 873-4534, Attention: Debt Capital Markets / Syndicate

  
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 and with a copy to: 

Latham & Watkins LLP 

885 Third Avenue 

New York, New York 10022-4802 

Fax No.: (212) 751-4864 

Attention: Jonathan R. Rod 

(3) if to the Company, at its address as follows: 

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company 

666 Grand Avenue 

P.O. Box 657 

Des Moines, Iowa 50306-0657 

Fax No.: (402) 241-1658 

Attention: General Counsel 

with a copy to: 

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 

200 Park Avenue 

New York, NY 10166 

Fax No. (212) 351-5324 

Attention: Peter J. Hanlon 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three
business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged by recipient’s facsimile machine operator, if sent by facsimile transmission; and on the day delivered, if sent by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery. 
 (e) Third Party Beneficiaries. The Holders shall be third party
beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may deem such enforcement necessary or
advisable to protect their rights or the rights of Holders hereunder. 
 (f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement
shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. 
 (g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 

(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise
affect the meaning hereof. 
 (i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. 

  
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 (j) Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained herein,
or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected
or impaired thereby. 
 (k) Securities Held by the Company. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified
percentage of principal amount of Securities or Securities of a series is required hereunder, Securities held by the Company or its affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be affiliates solely
by reason of their holdings of such Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage. 

(l) Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal
and State Courts of the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. 

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 If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and
return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the several Initial Purchasers and the Company in accordance with its terms. 

 

			
	Very truly yours,
	
	MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS COMPANY
		
	By:	 	/s/ Calvin D. Haack
		 	Name: Calvin D. Haack
		 	Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 Registration Rights Agreement 

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

			
	BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Robert A. Stowe
	Name: Robert A. Stowe
	Title: Managing Director

  

			
	CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Brian Bednarski
	Name: Brian Bednarski
	Title: Managing Director

  

			
	J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
		
	By:	 	/s/ Robert Bottamedi
	Name: Robert Bottamedi
	Title: Vice President

  

			
	RBS SECURITIES INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Okwudiri Onyedum
	Name: Okwudiri Onyedum
	Title: Managing Director – Debt Capital Markets

  

			
	On behalf of each of the Purchasers
	listed in Schedule A of the Purchase Agreement

 Registration Rights Agreement 

 ANNEX A 

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange
Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a
broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by
a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired by such
broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed that, for a period of 120 days after the Expiration Date
(as defined herein), it will make this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.” 

 ANNEX B 

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial
Securities, where such Initial Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that
it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. See “Plan of Distribution.” 

 ANNEX C 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION 
 Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. This
Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in exchange for Initial Securities where such
Initial Securities were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed that, for a period of 120 days after the Expiration Date, it will make this
prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition,
until                     , 20    , all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Securities may be required to deliver a
prospectus.(1) 
 The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange
Securities by broker-dealers. Exchange Securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or
more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange Securities or a combination of such methods
of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive
compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such Exchange Securities. Any broker-dealer that resells
Exchange Securities that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such Exchange Securities may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the
meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of Exchange Securities and any commission or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal
states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

 For a period of 120 days after the Expiration Date the Company will promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and any
amendment or supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The Company has agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer (including
the expenses of one counsel for the Holders of the Securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the Securities (including any broker-dealers)
against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. 
  

	(1)	In addition, the legend required by Item 502(e) of Regulation S-K will appear on the inside front cover page of the
Exchange Offer prospectus below the Table of Contents. 

 ANNEX D 

[    ] CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER WHO ACQUIRED THE INITIAL SECURITIES FOR YOUR OWN
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broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or
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is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.EX-10.17

 Exhibit 10.17 

EQUITY CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT 

(FINANCING DOCUMENTS) 
 Dated as of
June 27, 2013 
 by and among 

MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS COMPANY, 

as the Contributor, 
 SOLAR STAR
FUNDING, LLC, 
 as the Company, 

SSC XIX, LLC 
 as the SS1 Company
Owner, 
 SSC XX, LLC 
 as the SS2
Company Owner, 
 SOLAR STAR CALIFORNIA XIX, LLC 

and 
 SOLAR STAR CALIFORNIA XX, LLC,

 as the Project Companies, 
 and

 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 

as the Collateral Agent 
  

 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

 

							
	 	 	 	  	Page	 
	 ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION
	  	 	2	  
			
	 Section 1.1.
	 	Definitions	  	 	2	  
	 Section 1.2.
	 	Interpretation	  	 	6	  
		
	 ARTICLE II. EQUITY CONTRIBUTIONS
	  	 	6	  
			
	 Section 2.1.
	 	Equity Contributions	  	 	6	  
	 Section 2.2.
	 	Contribution Mechanics	  	 	7	  
	 Section 2.3.
	 	Accelerated Equity Contributions	  	 	8	  
	 Section 2.4.
	 	Deemed Equity Contributions	  	 	8	  
		
	 ARTICLE III. EQUITY CREDIT SUPPORT
	  	 	8	  
			
	 Section 3.1.
	 	General	  	 	8	  
	 Section 3.2.
	 	Extraordinary Draw Circumstances	  	 	9	  
	 Section 3.3.
	 	Excess Amounts	  	 	9	  
	 Section 3.4.
	 	Cancellation or Return of Funds	  	 	10	  
		
	 ARTICLE IV. BANKRUPTCY
	  	 	10	  
			
	 Section 4.1.
	 	Bankruptcy Waiver by Contributor	  	 	10	  
	 Section 4.2.
	 	Bankruptcy Events	  	 	11	  
		
	 ARTICLE V. WAIVERS; UNCONDITIONALITY; SUBROGATION; REINSTATEMENT
	  	 	11	  
			
	 Section 5.1.
	 	Waiver of Defenses	  	 	11	  
	 Section 5.2.
	 	Obligations Unconditional	  	 	12	  
	 Section 5.3.
	 	Subrogation	  	 	13	  
	 Section 5.4.
	 	Reinstatement	  	 	13	  
		
	 ARTICLE VI. PURCHASED INTERESTS IN BANKRUPTCY
	  	 	14	  
			
	 Section 6.1.
	 	Required Purchase of Interests	  	 	14	  
	 Section 6.2.
	 	Effect of Purchase of Purchased Interests	  	 	14	  
	 Section 6.3.
	 	Subordinate Nature of Purchased Interests	  	 	14	  
	 Section 6.4.
	 	No Voting Rights	  	 	15	  
	 Section 6.5.
	 	Obligations Unconditional	  	 	15	  
	 Section 6.6.
	 	Notice of Purchase	  	 	15	  
		
	 ARTICLE VII. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	  	 	15	  
			
	 Section 7.1.
	 	Organization; Authority; Powers	  	 	15	  
	 Section 7.2.
	 	No Conflict	  	 	15	  
	 Section 7.3.
	 	Enforceability	  	 	16	  
	 Section 7.4.
	 	No Litigation	  	 	16	  
	 Section 7.5.
	 	Equity Interests	  	 	16	  

							
	 Section 7.6.
	 	Compliance with Law	  	 	16	  
	 Section 7.7.
	 	Financial Statements	  	 	16	  
	 Section 7.8.
	 	Adequate Information	  	 	16	  
	 Section 7.9.
	 	Investment Company Act	  	 	16	  
	 Section 7.10.
	 	Solvency	  	 	16	  
	 Section 7.11.
	 	Pari Passu Obligations	  	 	16	  
		
	 ARTICLE VIII. COVENANTS
	  	 	17	  
	 Section 8.1.
	 	Existence	  	 	17	  
	 Section 8.2.
	 	Compliance with Laws	  	 	17	  
	 Section 8.3.
	 	Fundamental Changes	  	 	17	  
	 Section 8.4.
	 	Further Assurances	  	 	17	  
		
	 ARTICLE IX. MISCELLANEOUS
	  	 	17	  
			
	 Section 9.1.
	 	Notices	  	 	17	  
	 Section 9.2.
	 	Entire Agreement	  	 	17	  
	 Section 9.3.
	 	Severability	  	 	18	  
	 Section 9.4.
	 	Headings	  	 	18	  
	 Section 9.5.
	 	GOVERNING LAW	  	 	18	  
	 Section 9.6.
	 	Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process	  	 	18	  
	 Section 9.7.
	 	WAIVERS	  	 	18	  
	 Section 9.8.
	 	Amendments	  	 	19	  
	 Section 9.9.
	 	Assignments	  	 	19	  
	 Section 9.10.
	 	Counterparts	  	 	20	  
	 Section 9.11.
	 	No Waiver	  	 	20	  
	 Section 9.12.
	 	Specific Performance	  	 	20	  
	 Section 9.13.
	 	Termination	  	 	20	  
	 Section 9.14.
	 	Rights of Collateral Agent	  	 	20	  

  
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 This EQUITY CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (FINANCING DOCUMENTS) (this “Agreement”),
dated as of June 27, 2013, is entered into by and among MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS COMPANY, an Iowa corporation (the “Contributor”), SOLAR STAR FUNDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“Company”), SSC XIX, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “SS1 Company Owner”), SSC XX, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SS2 Company Owner” and, together with the SS1 Company
Owner, the “Project Company Owners”), SOLAR STAR CALIFORNIA XIX, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SS1 Company”), SOLAR STAR CALIFORNIA XX, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SS2
Company” and together with SS1 Company, the “Project Companies” and each individually, a “Project Company”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the Collateral Agent under the Intercreditor
Agreement referenced below (in such capacity, together with any successor Collateral Agent appointed pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement, the “Collateral Agent”). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined as set forth
in Section 1.1. 
 R E C I T A L S: 

WHEREAS, the Contributor indirectly owns 100% of the outstanding Equity Interests in ASVP Holding, LLC (the “Pledgor”), and
the Pledgor directly or indirectly owns 100% of the outstanding Equity Interests in each of the Obligors. 
 WHEREAS, (a) the Company,
SS1 Company Owner and SS1 Company intend to develop, design, engineer, procure, construct, commission, finance, own, operate, maintain and use an alternating current solar photovoltaic electric generating facility with a capacity of approximately
309 MW at the delivery point (approximately 318 MW nameplate capacity) owned by SS1 Company, together with an on-site electrical substation, a 230 kV switching station, certain monitoring and maintenance infrastructure and other ancillary facilities
to be located in Kern and Los Angeles Counties, California (as more fully defined in the Intercreditor Agreement, the “SS1 Project”) and (b) the Company, SS2 Company Owner and SS2 Company intend to develop, design, engineer,
procure, construct, commission, finance, own, operate, maintain and use an alternating current solar photovoltaic electric generating facility with a capacity of approximately 270 MW at the delivery point (approximately 279 MW nameplate capacity)
owned by SS2 Company, together with two on-site electrical substations, two 230 kV switching stations, certain monitoring and maintenance infrastructure and other ancillary facilities to be located in Kern County, California (as more fully defined
in the Intercreditor Agreement, the “SS2 Project” and, together with the SS1 Project, the “Projects” and each individually, a “Project”); 

WHEREAS, the Obligors intend to incur certain Indebtedness pursuant to the Financing Documents and, in connection therewith, enter into the
Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, refinanced, replaced or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”),
among the Company, the Project Company Owners, the Project Companies, the Pledgor, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and Indenture Trustee named therein and each other Person party thereto from time to time; 

 WHEREAS, the Contributor has agreed to make or cause to be made Equity Contributions to the
Obligors from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof; and 
 WHEREAS, in order to induce the Secured Parties to extend credit and
other financial accommodations to or for the benefit of, and purchase debt securities of, the Company pursuant to the Financing Documents, the parties have agreed to the provisions set forth in this Agreement. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 A
G R E E M E N T: 
 ARTICLE I. 

DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION 

Section 1.1. Definitions. Each capitalized term used and not otherwise defined herein (including in the introductory paragraph and
recitals hereto) shall have the meaning assigned to such term (whether directly or by reference to another agreement or document) in the Intercreditor Agreement. In addition to the terms defined in the Intercreditor Agreement, the following terms
used herein, including in the introductory paragraph and recitals hereto, shall have the following meanings: 
 “Acceptable L/C
Issuer” shall mean a financial institution whose unsecured and unguaranteed long-term senior debt obligations are rated at least A3 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or at least A- by
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, Inc. 
 “Account Bank” shall mean, with respect to a Cash Collateral
Account, the bank at which such Cash Collateral Account is established and maintained. 
 “Agreement” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement. 
 “Cash Collateral Account” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(a). 
 “Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement. 
 “Commitments” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
Reimbursement Agreement. 
 “Company” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement. 
 “Construction Account” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Depositary Agreement. 

  
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 “Contribution Date” shall mean each date that an Equity Contribution is required
to be made or is made by the Contributor. 
 “Contribution Notice” shall mean a notice delivered by the Company (or the
Collateral Agent, as permitted under Section 2.2(a)) to the Contributor setting forth the requested Contribution Date (which shall be no sooner than five Business Days following the date such notice is delivered) and the amount of the
requested Equity Contribution. 
 “Contributor” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement. 
 “Defaulted Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1. 

“EPC ECA (SS1 Project)” shall mean the Sponsor Equity Contribution Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2012, among the
SS1 Company, the SS1 Company Owner, the Contributor, SunPower Corporation, Systems, and SunPower Corporation. 
 “EPC ECA (SS2
Project)” shall mean the Sponsor Equity Contribution Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2012, among the SS2 Company, the SS2 Company Owner, the Contributor, SunPower Corporation, Systems, and SunPower Corporation. 

“EPC ECAs” shall mean, collectively, the EPC ECA (SS1 Project) and the EPC ECA (SS2 Project). 

“Equity Commitment” shall mean $2,750,600,000.00 

“Equity Contribution” shall mean, without duplication, (a) a deemed (in accordance with
Section 2.4) cash equity contribution by the Contributor to equity of the Pledgor and (b) a deemed (in accordance with Section 2.4) cash equity contribution (with the cash equity contribution made under
clause (a) above) by the Pledgor to equity of the Company or either Project Company. 
 “Equity Letter of Credit”
shall mean an irrevocable letter of credit (including any replacement irrevocable letter of credit provided therefor from time to time in accordance with Section 3.1(b)) (a) that is provided by, or on behalf of, the Contributor in
support of the Equity Commitment, (b) that is issued by an Acceptable L/C Issuer, (c) that names the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) as the beneficiary thereunder, (d) for which the reimbursement obligations
are not secured by any of the Collateral, (e) that names a Person other than any Obligor as the account party subject to payment of reimbursement obligations thereunder (and with respect to which none of the Obligors is directly or indirectly
liable for the payment of reimbursement obligations) and (f) is in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. 

“Intercreditor Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement. 

“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material and adverse effect on the Contributor’s ability to perform its
obligations under this Agreement. 

  
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 “MIPA (AV 1 Project)” shall mean the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement for
purchase of membership interests in Solar Star California XIX, LLC, dated as of December 28, 2012, by and among SunPower Corporation, Systems, SunPower Corporation and the SS1 Company Owner. 

“MIPA (AV 2 Project)” shall mean the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement for purchase of membership interests in Solar
Star California XX, LLC, dated as of December 28, 2012, by and among SunPower Corporation, Systems, SunPower Corporation and the SS2 Company Owner. 

“MIPAs” shall mean, collectively, the MIPA (AV 1 Project) and the MIPA (AV 2 Project). 

“Pledgor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement. 

“Pre-Closing Contributions” shall mean all amounts which have been loaned or contributed by or on behalf of the Contributor
or the Pledgor to or for the benefit of the Obligors on or prior to the date hereof, which amounts are equal to $292,784,486.36. 

“Pre-Closing Purchase Price Payments” shall mean all amounts paid by or on behalf of the Project Company Owners to SunPower
Corporation, Systems and SunPower Corporation prior to the date hereof as purchase price for the Equity Interests of the Project Companies pursuant to the MIPAs, which amounts are equal to $34,209,096. 

“Project Company” and “Project Companies” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the introductory
paragraph of this Agreement. 
 “Project Company Owners” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory
paragraph of this Agreement. 
 “Project” and “Projects” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in
the recitals to this Agreement. 
 “Project Costs” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Depositary
Agreement. 
 “Purchased Interests” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1. 

“Reimbursed Contributions” shall mean amounts repaid or reimbursed by the Obligors to the Contributor or an Affiliate of the
Contributor as described in clause (g) of the definition of “Project Costs” in the Depositary Agreement. 
 “Required
Equity Contribution” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1(a). 
 “Required
Ratings” of any Person shall mean credit ratings of such Person’s unsecured long-term senior debt obligations of at least two of the following: (a) Baa3 from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., (b) BBB- from
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, Inc. and (c) BBB- from Fitch Ratings. 

  
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 “Solvent” shall mean, with respect to any Person, that, as of the date of
determination, both (a) (i) the sum of such Person’s debt (including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair saleable value of such Person’s present assets, (ii) such Person’s capital is not unreasonably
small in relation to its business as contemplated on the applicable date of determination and (iii) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur, or believe (nor should it reasonably believe) that it will incur, debts beyond its
ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise); and (b) such Person is “solvent” within the meaning given that term and similar terms under the Bankruptcy Law and other applicable Governmental Rules
relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time,
represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5). 

“SS1 Company” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement. 

“SS1 Company Owner” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement. 

“SS1 Project” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement. 

“SS2 Company” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement. 

“SS2 Company Owner” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement. 

“SS2 Project” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement. 

“Termination Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.13. 

“Unfunded Commitment” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the positive result (if any) of the following (without
duplication): 
 (a) the Equity Commitment, minus  

(b) the total Equity Contributions made or deemed made hereunder (including as a result of (i) any drawing on the Equity
Letter of Credit or a Cash Collateral Account pursuant to Section 2.2(b), (ii) voluntary Equity Contributions made as described in Section 2.1(c)(x), (iii) accelerated Equity Contributions made pursuant to
Section 2.3 or (iv) the purchase by the Contributor of Purchased Interests pursuant to Section 6.1) on or prior to such date, minus 

  
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 (c) the total amount of any Pre-Closing Contributions, minus 

(d) the total amount of any (i) Pre-Closing Purchase Price Payments and (ii) any additional amounts paid by or on
behalf of the Project Company Owners to SunPower Corporation, Systems and SunPower Corporation as additional “Purchase Price” adjustments under, and as defined in, the MIPAs, minus 

(e) the total equity contributions made on or prior to such date by the Contributor pursuant to the EPC ECAs (but, for
certainty, without duplication of the Equity Contributions), minus 
 (f) the aggregate principal amount of the Series
A Senior Secured Notes and, to the extent issued on or prior to such date, the Additional Senior Secured Notes, minus 

(g) all Project Revenues (as defined in the Depositary Agreement) deposited into the Revenue Account (as defined in the
Depositary Agreement) on or prior to such date, plus  
 (h) all Reimbursed Contributions that have been paid to the
Contributor or an Affiliate of the Contributor on or prior to such date. 
 Section 1.2. Interpretation. Unless otherwise provided
herein, the rules of interpretation set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Agreement (including its introductory paragraph and recitals). 

ARTICLE II. 
 EQUITY CONTRIBUTIONS

 Section 2.1. Equity Contributions. 

(a) Required Equity Contributions. At any time prior to the Termination Date that there are no amounts on deposit in the Construction
Account to pay for Project Costs or amounts on deposit in the Construction Account are not available for the payment of Project Costs (including as a result of the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default), the Contributor shall make, or
cause to be made, an Equity Contribution (a “Required Equity Contribution”), in accordance with the mechanics set forth in Section 2.2(a), in an amount (as set forth in the Contribution Notice described below) equal to
(subject to Section 2.1(b)) the amount of Project Costs then due and payable or reasonably anticipated to become due and payable within the following 30-day period on the Contribution Date set forth in a Contribution Notice delivered by
the Company to the Contributor no less than five Business Days prior to such Contribution Date. 
 (b) Maximum Equity Contributions.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth therein, the Contributor shall not be obligated to make any Equity Contribution pursuant to Section 2.1(a) in an amount that would exceed the then Unfunded Commitment. 

  
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 (c) No Limitation on Voluntary Equity Contributions. Nothing herein shall be construed to
prohibit or otherwise limit the Contributor or any of its Affiliates from depositing or causing to be deposited voluntary Equity Contributions (x) in the Construction Account or (y) other accounts, in each case at the time and in the
amount elected by the Contributor in its sole discretion. 
 Section 2.2. Contribution Mechanics. 

(a) Cash Funding. The Contributor (i) shall make each Required Equity Contribution by depositing an amount equal to such Required
Equity Contribution, as specified in the applicable Contribution Notice, in the Construction Account no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Contribution Date specified in such Contribution Notice and (ii) may make, from time
to time in its sole discretion, Equity Contributions upon delivery of notice thereof to the Collateral Agent by depositing an amount equal to such Equity Contribution in the Construction Account. If the Company shall not have delivered a
Contribution Notice for any Required Equity Contribution to the Contributor on or prior to the Business Day prior to the first payment date for the Project Costs that are to be paid with the proceeds of such Required Equity Contribution, the
Collateral Agent shall be permitted (but shall not be required) to deliver such Contribution Notice on behalf of the Company to the Contributor. 

(b) Funding by Draws or Transfers. If, at any time that the Equity Letter of Credit is then in effect or a Cash Collateral Account is
then being maintained, the Contributor does not deposit, or cause to be deposited, a Required Equity Contribution in the Construction Account on the Contribution Date specified in the applicable Contribution Notice, the Collateral Agent may (or, if
the Collateral Agent receives a written notice from the Contributor certifying that it does not have sufficient funds to make, or intends for any reason not to make, a Required Equity Contribution on any Contribution Date and stating the amount of
such unfunded Required Equity Contribution, the Collateral Agent shall): 
 (i) if the Equity Letter of Credit is then in
effect, draw the Equity Letter of Credit in the amount of such unfunded Required Equity Contribution, and the Collateral Agent shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, the proceeds of such drawing directly into the Construction Account; or 

(ii) if a Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded pursuant to Section 3.1(a) or 3.2 and is
then being maintained, direct the applicable Account Bank to transfer funds in the amount of such unfunded Required Equity Contribution from such Cash Collateral Account to the Construction Account. 

The Collateral Agent’s failure to draw upon the Equity Letter of Credit or direct funds to be withdrawn from a Cash Collateral Account in accordance with
this Section 2.2(b) shall not limit or relieve the obligations of the Contributor under Section 2.2(a); provided that any failure of the Contributor to fund a Required Equity Contribution resulting from a failure by
the Collateral Agent to draw or direct in accordance with this Section 2.2(b) shall not constitute a default of the Contributor hereunder, a Default or an Event of Default. 

  
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 Section 2.3. Accelerated Equity Contributions. At any time prior to the Termination Date,
if (a) a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing or (b) requested by the Required Secured Parties after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default (which request shall be made by the Required Secured Parties only
if the Secured Parties comprising the Required Secured Parties shall have reasonably determined that such Event of Default could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Depositary Agreement)), in either case,
as indicated in a written notice of the Collateral Agent delivered to the Contributor, the Contributor shall make or cause to be made Equity Contributions, within five Business Days following receipt of such notice, to the Construction Account in an
amount equal to the then Unfunded Commitment. If the Contributor fails to make or cause to be made the Equity Contributions as and when required to be made pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the Collateral Agent may, if applicable, draw
upon the Equity Letter of Credit or direct the transfer of amounts from any Cash Collateral Account, in either case, in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the amount of the Equity Contribution required to be made pursuant to this
Section 2.3 and (ii) the stated amount of the Equity Letter of Credit or the amount then on deposit in such Cash Collateral Account, as applicable. 

Section 2.4. Deemed Equity Contributions. Upon (a) the deposit by the Contributor of an Equity Contribution in the Construction
Account pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(x) or 2.2(a), or the deposit by the Contributor of an Equity Contribution in any other account pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(y), (b) the deposit by the Collateral Agent of the
proceeds of a drawing under the Equity Letter of Credit in the Construction Account pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(i) or (c) the transfer by the applicable Account Bank of amounts from a Cash Collateral Account to the Construction
Account pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(ii), and notwithstanding that any such amounts shall be deposited directly into the Construction Account, (i) the Contributor shall be deemed to have made an equity contribution to MidAmerican
Renewables, LLC in the amount of such Equity Contribution or deposited or transferred amount, (ii) MidAmerican Renewables, LLC shall be deemed to have made an equity contribution to MidAmerican Solar, LLC in the amount of such Equity
Contribution or deposited or transferred amount, (iii) MidAmerican Solar, LLC shall be deemed to have made an equity contribution to the Pledgor in the amount of such Equity Contribution or deposited or transferred amount, and (iv) the
Pledgor shall be deemed to have made an equity contribution to the Company in the amount of such Equity Contribution or deposited or transferred amount. 

ARTICLE III. 
 EQUITY CREDIT
SUPPORT 
 Section 3.1. General. 

(a) Delivery; Maintenance. Within 30 days following any date on which the Contributor ceases to maintain the Required Ratings, the
Contributor shall (i) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Collateral Agent the Equity Letter of Credit or (ii) fund, or cause to be funded, a cash collateral account established for the sole purpose of holding such amounts (which
cash collateral account shall be pledged by the Contributor to the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) on customary terms) (a “Cash Collateral Account”), in either case, in an amount equal to the then Unfunded
Commitment. At all times thereafter and prior to the earlier of (A) any date on which the Contributor reacquires the Required Ratings and (B) the Termination Date, the Contributor shall maintain the Equity Letter of Credit or a Cash
Collateral Account, in either case, in an amount equal to the then Unfunded Commitment. 

  
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 (b) Replacement. The Contributor may replace, or cause to be replaced, the Equity Letter
of Credit or a Cash Collateral Account with one or more substitute Equity Letters of Credit and/or Cash Collateral Accounts from time to time, and the Collateral Agent shall deliver to the Contributor all documentation in its possession and
reasonably requested by the Contributor in order to effect such replacement. 
 Section 3.2. Extraordinary Draw Circumstances. If at
any time that an Equity Letter of Credit is in effect: 
 (a) the Contributor shall have failed to cause the Equity Letter of
Credit to be maintained in a stated amount at least equal to the Unfunded Commitment and such failure has continued for a period of 30 days or more; 

(b) the Contributor shall have failed to cause the Equity Letter of Credit to be renewed, extended or replaced at least
30 days prior to the stated expiration date thereof; 
 (c) the issuer of the Equity Letter of Credit shall cease to be
an Acceptable L/C Issuer and such cessation has continued for a period of at least 30 days without replacement with a substitute Equity Letter of Credit or such issuer resuming its status as an Acceptable L/C Issuer; or 

(d) the Contributor shall be subject to any Bankruptcy Event, 

the Collateral Agent, promptly upon receiving written notice from the Company, the Contributor, the Administrative Agent, the Required L/C Facility Lenders or
the Required Secured Parties of the conclusion or commencement, as applicable, of the above specified period, if applicable, shall draw upon the Equity Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the stated amount of the Equity Letter of Credit in
accordance with the terms thereof, and the Collateral Agent shall promptly deposit or cause to be deposited the proceeds thereof into a Cash Collateral Account established for the sole purpose of holding such draw proceeds. Funds on deposit in any
such Cash Collateral Account shall be, as applicable, (i) transferred to the Construction Account in accordance with Section 2.2(b)(ii) or (ii) released to the Contributor in an amount equal to the stated amount of any
replacement Equity Letter of Credit provided by the Contributor pursuant to Section 3.1(b) or otherwise partially released to the Contributor from time to time in accordance with Section 3.3(b). 

Section 3.3. Excess Amounts. If, at any time that the Equity Letter of Credit or a Cash Collateral Account is required to be in place,
the stated amount of the Equity Letter of Credit or the amount on deposit in such Cash Collateral Account, as applicable, exceeds the then Unfunded Commitment: 

(a) in case of an Equity Letter of Credit, the Contributor may (i) deliver to the Collateral Agent, and the Collateral
Agent shall promptly thereafter sign and deliver to the Contributor, a reduction certificate in the form attached to the Equity Letter of Credit (or otherwise in a form reasonably acceptable to the issuer of the Equity Letter of Credit)

  
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for countersignature by the Contributor requesting a reduction in the stated amount of the Equity Letter of Credit in the amount of such excess and (ii) deliver, or cause to be delivered,
such reduction certificate to the issuer of the Equity Letter of Credit, and the stated amount of the Equity Letter of Credit shall thereupon be reduced as requested in such reduction certificate; or 

(b) in the case of a Cash Collateral Account, upon request by the Contributor, the Collateral Agent shall instruct the
applicable Account Bank to transfer an amount equal to such excess to, or as directed by, the Contributor. 
 Prior to taking any action under this
Section 3.3, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to receive an officer’s certificate from the Contributor (upon which it may conclusively rely) certifying that such action is permitted by this Agreement. 

Section 3.4. Cancellation or Return of Funds. Promptly upon the earlier of (a) any date on which the Contributor reacquires the
Required Ratings and (b) the Termination Date, the Collateral Agent shall, as applicable, (i) in case of an Equity Letter of Credit, return the Equity Letter of Credit to, or as directed by, the Contributor for cancellation, or
(ii) in the case of a Cash Collateral Account, instruct the applicable Account Bank to transfer all amounts on deposit therein to, or as directed by, the Contributor. Prior to taking any action with respect to Sections 3.4(a) or
(b), the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to receive an officer’s certificate from the Contributor (upon which it may conclusively rely) certifying that such action is permitted by this Agreement. 

ARTICLE IV. 
 BANKRUPTCY 

Section 4.1. Bankruptcy Waiver by Contributor. The Contributor hereby irrevocably waives, to the extent it may do so under applicable
Governmental Rules, any protection to which it may be entitled under Sections 365(c)(1), 365(c)(2) and 365(e)(2) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or equivalent provisions of any other Bankruptcy Laws, or any successor provision of any Bankruptcy Law
of similar import, in the event of any Bankruptcy Event with respect to any Obligor or the Pledgor. Specifically, in the event that the trustee (or similar official) in a Bankruptcy Event with respect to any Obligor or the Pledgor or the
debtor-in-possession takes any action (including the institution of any action, suit or other proceeding for the purpose of enforcing the rights of any Obligor under this Agreement), the Contributor shall not assert any defense, claim or
counterclaim denying liability hereunder on the basis that this Agreement is an executory contract or a “financial accommodation” that cannot be assumed, assigned or enforced or on any other theory directly or indirectly based on
Section 365(c)(1), 365(c)(2) or 365(e)(2) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or equivalent provisions of any other Bankruptcy Laws, or any successor provision of any Bankruptcy Law of similar import. If a Bankruptcy Event with respect to any Obligor
or the Pledgor shall occur, the Contributor agrees, after the occurrence of such Bankruptcy Event, to reconfirm in writing, to the extent permitted by applicable Governmental Rules, its pre-petition waiver of
any protection to which it may be entitled under Sections 365(c)(1), 365(c)(2) and 365(e)(2) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or equivalent provisions of any other Bankruptcy Laws, or any successor provision of any Bankruptcy Law of similar import,
and, to give effect to such waiver, the Contributor consents, to the extent permitted by applicable Governmental Rules, to the assumption and enforcement of each provision of this Agreement by the debtor-in-possession or such Obligor’s or the
Pledgor’s trustee in bankruptcy, as the case may be. 

  
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 Section 4.2. Bankruptcy Events. No obligation of the Contributor under this Agreement
shall be altered, limited or affected by any Bankruptcy Event relating to any Obligor or the Pledgor, or by any defense which any Obligor may have by reason of any order, decree or decision of any court or administrative body resulting from any such
Bankruptcy Event. 
 ARTICLE V. 

WAIVERS; UNCONDITIONALITY; SUBROGATION; REINSTATEMENT 

Section 5.1. Waiver of Defenses. The Contributor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives and relinquishes, to the maximum extent
permitted by applicable Governmental Rules, all rights or remedies accorded by applicable Governmental Rules to sureties or guarantors and agrees not to assert or take advantage of any such right or remedies, including: 

(a) any right to require any Secured Party to proceed against any Obligor or any other Person or to proceed against or exhaust
any security held by any Secured Party at any time or to pursue any other remedy in any Secured Party’s power before proceeding against the Contributor to enforce the provisions of this Agreement; 

(b) any defense that may arise by reason of the incapacity, lack of power or authority, death, dissolution, merger, termination
or disability of any Obligor, the Pledgor or any other Person or the failure of any Secured Party to file or enforce a claim against the estate (in administration, bankruptcy or any other proceeding) of any Obligor, the Pledgor or any other Person;

 (c) demand, presentment, protest and notice of any kind (other than any notices expressly required to be delivered to the
Contributor hereunder), creation or incurring of any new or additional indebtedness or obligation or of any action or non-action on the part of any Obligor, the Pledgor or any Secured Party, any endorser or
creditor of the foregoing or on the part of any other Person under any Financing Document; 
 (d) any defense based upon an
election of remedies by the Secured Parties, including an election to proceed by non-judicial rather than judicial foreclosure, which destroys or otherwise impairs the subrogation rights of the Contributor,
the right of the Contributor to proceed against any Obligor, the Pledgor or another Person for reimbursement, or both; 
 (e)
any defense based on any offset against any amounts which may be owed by any Person to the Contributor, any Obligor or the Pledgor or for any reason whatsoever; 

  
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 (f) any defense based upon any Governmental Rule which provides that the
obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; 

(g) any defense based on any failure to act, delay or omission whatsoever on the part of any Obligor, the Pledgor or the
Contributor or the failure by any Obligor, the Pledgor or the Contributor to do any act or thing or to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement to be observed or performed by it under the Financing Documents; 

(h) any defense, setoff or counterclaim which may at any time be available to or asserted by any Obligor, the Pledgor or the
Contributor against any Secured Party or any other Person under the Financing Documents based on or related to the bankruptcy or insolvency of any Obligor or the Pledgor; 

(i) any duty on the part of any Secured Party to disclose to the Contributor any facts such Secured Party may now or hereafter
know about any Obligor or the Pledgor, regardless of whether such Secured Party has reason to believe that any such facts materially increase the risk beyond that which the Contributor intends to assume, or have reason to believe that such facts are
unknown to the Contributor, or have a reasonable opportunity to communicate such facts to the Contributor (the Contributor acknowledging that it is fully responsible for being and keeping informed of the financial condition of each Obligor and the
Pledgor); 
 (j) any defense based on any change in the time, manner or place of any payment under, or in any other term of,
the Financing Documents or any other amendment, renewal, extension, acceleration, compromise or waiver of or any consent or departure from the terms of the Financing Documents (other than this Agreement); 

(k) any defense based upon any borrowing or grant of a security interest under Section 364 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code;
and 
 (l) any other circumstance (including any statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any
representation by any Secured Party that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or discharge of, any guarantor or surety (other than setoff against the Contributor or, subject to Section 5.4, the defense of payment of the
applicable amounts). 
 Section 5.2. Obligations Unconditional. All rights of the Secured Parties and all obligations of the
Contributor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of: 
 (a) any lack of validity, legality or
enforceability of any Financing Document (other than this Agreement); 
 (b) the failure of any Secured Party to
(i) assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against any Obligor, the Pledgor, the Contributor or any other Person under the provisions of the Financing Documents or otherwise or (ii) exercise any right or remedy
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 (c) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term
of, all or any portion of the Secured Obligations, or any other extension or renewal of any obligation of any Obligor, the Pledgor, the Contributor or otherwise; 

(d) any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination of any of the Secured Obligations for any reason other than the full
payment in cash thereof or the occurrence of the Discharge Date, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise; 

(e) any amendment to, rescission, waiver or other modification of, or any consent to departure from, any term of any Financing
Document unless entered into and approved in accordance therewith; 
 (f) any addition, exchange, release, surrender or non-perfection of any collateral, or any amendment to or waiver or release or addition of, or consent to departure from, any other security interest held by any Secured Party; or 

(g) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a legal or equitable discharge of, any
Obligor, the Pledgor, the Contributor or any surety or guarantor (other than the defense of payment of the applicable amounts). 
 Section
5.3. Subrogation. Prior to the Termination Date, the Contributor waives any claim, right or remedy which it may now have or hereafter acquire against any Obligor that arises hereunder and/or from the performance by the Contributor of its
obligations hereunder, whether or not such claim, right or remedy arises in equity, under contract, by statute, under common law or otherwise. Any amount paid by any Obligor to the Contributor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence prior
to the Termination Date shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) and shall promptly thereafter be paid to the Collateral Agent for application in accordance with the Financing Documents. 

Section 5.4. Reinstatement. This Agreement and the obligations of the Contributor and each Obligor hereunder shall automatically be
reinstated if and to the extent that (a) for any reason any payment made by or on behalf of the Contributor in respect of any portion of the Equity Commitment pursuant to this Agreement is rescinded or otherwise restored to the Contributor or
any Obligor, whether as a result of any Bankruptcy Event with respect to any Obligor, the Pledgor or any other Person or as a result of any settlement or compromise with any Person (including the Contributor) in respect of such payment, in each case
as if such payment had not been made, or (b) after the occurrence of the Termination Date as a result of the occurrence of the circumstance described in clause (b) of Section 9.13, and provided that the
circumstances described in clause (a) or (c) of Section 9.13 have not occurred, the Contributor is paid any Reimbursed Contribution and, as a result thereof, there is a positive Unfunded Commitment;
provided however that any such reinstated obligations shall be subject to the conditions to the making of an Equity Contribution that are set forth in Article II (including Section 2.1(c)). 

  
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 ARTICLE VI. 

PURCHASED INTERESTS IN BANKRUPTCY 

Section 6.1. Required Purchase of Interests. If by reason of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Contributor, the Pledgor or any
Obligor, or any act of a Governmental Authority, (a) any Equity Contribution due hereunder has not been deposited in the Construction Account within five Business Days after the date on which such amount is payable hereunder or (b) any
Equity Contribution theretofore deposited pursuant to Article II is rescinded or otherwise restored to the Contributor and five Business Days have elapsed after the date that such Equity Contribution was rescinded or otherwise restored
(such Equity Contribution, whether required but not made as provided in clause (a) above or made and returned as provided in clause (b) above, the “Defaulted Payment”), the Contributor shall, without any further
notice or demand by the Collateral Agent, purchase (i) an undivided participating interest in each of the L/C Loans, Letters of Credit and Commitments and (ii) Series A Senior Secured Notes and Additional Senior Secured Notes, in each
case, then outstanding (the purchased participating interests and notes described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, the “Purchased Interests”) as provided in the following sentence, in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the amount of the Defaulted Payment. The Contributor’s purchase of the Purchased Interests shall be made pro rata among the Purchased Interests based on the respective outstanding amounts thereof. The Contributor shall effect its
purchase of the Purchased Interests constituting L/C Loans, Letters of Credit and Commitments pursuant to this Section 6.1 in accordance with the relevant procedures set forth in the Reimbursement Agreement. The purchase by the
Contributor of the Series A Senior Secured Notes and the Additional Senior Secured Notes constituting the Purchased Interests by the Contributor pursuant to this Section 6.1 shall be at par (plus accrued interest) and shall comply
with all Governmental Rules (including those of the Securities and Exchange Commission in relation to tenders for debt securities), and all such Series A Senior Secured Notes and Additional Senior Secured Notes shall be held by the Contributor until
such time as it is able to contribute all such Series A Senior Secured Notes and Additional Senior Secured Notes to the Company for cancellation. The failure of any holder of Series A Senior Secured Notes or the Additional Senior Secured Notes to
tender its Notes pursuant to the such tender offer shall not result in a Default or Event of Default, and the Contributor’s obligation in any such circumstance shall be to pay any amounts that would otherwise have been paid to non-tendering
holders of Series A Senior Secured Notes or Additional Senior Secured Notes to the Company as promptly as the Contributor is able to do so. 

Section 6.2. Effect of Purchase of Purchased Interests. The Contributor’s purchase of the Purchased Interests following a
Defaulted Payment in respect of Equity Contributions shall satisfy the Contributor’s obligation pursuant to Section 2.1 to make Equity Contributions to the extent of the Purchased Interests so purchased by the Contributor. 

Section 6.3. Subordinate Nature of Purchased Interests. The Contributor hereby agrees that the Purchased Interests shall be subordinate
in all respects to the interests in the L/C Loans, Letters of Credit, Commitments, Series A Senior Secured Notes and Additional Senior Secured Notes retained by the Secured Parties, so that all payments received or collected on account of the
Purchased Interests and applied to the payment or termination thereof, whether received or collected through repayment of the Purchased Interests by any Obligor or through right of set-off with respect thereto or realization upon any Collateral or
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payment of the principal, interest, fees and other amounts then due (whether at its stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) on the interests in the L/C Loans, Letters of Credit,
Commitments, Series A Senior Secured Notes and Additional Senior Secured Notes retained by the Secured Parties until such principal, interest, fees and other amounts are paid in cash in full, before any such payments are applied on account of the
Purchased Interests. 
 Section 6.4. No Voting Rights. Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Article VI, in
determining whether the consent of the applicable Secured Parties required for any action under a Financing Document has been obtained for all purposes under the Financing Documents, the Purchased Interests shall not be deemed to be outstanding.

 Section 6.5. Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of the Contributor under this Article VI to purchase the
Purchased Interests are absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default or any other circumstance, including any circumstance of the nature described in Section 5.2. 

Section 6.6. Notice of Purchase. The Contributor will promptly notify the Collateral Agent of any purchase made by it under this
Article VI. 
 ARTICLE VII. 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 

The Contributor represents and warrants to each Obligor and the Collateral Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties), as of the Closing Date
and each other relevant date set forth in the Financing Documents, that: 
 Section 7.1. Organization; Authority; Powers. The
Contributor (a) is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (b) has all requisite corporate power and authority to (i) own or hold under lease and operate the
property and assets it purports to own or hold under lease, (ii) carry on its business as now conducted and as now proposed to be conducted and (iii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement, and (c) is
qualified to do business and in good standing in each jurisdiction where such qualification is required by law. The execution, delivery and performance by the Contributor of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all corporate action required
to be taken or obtained by the Contributor.
 Section 7.2. No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by the Contributor of
this Agreement will not (a) violate (i) the organizational or governing documents of the Contributor, (ii) any provision of any Governmental Rule applicable to or binding on the Contributor or any of its properties or (iii) any
applicable order of any court or any rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority, (b) be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, give rise to a right of
or result in any cancellation or acceleration of any right or obligation (including any payment) or to a loss of a benefit under any agreement or other instrument to which the Contributor is a party or by which it or any of its property is or may be
bound, or (c) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the Contributor, except, in the case of clause (a)(ii) or (iii), (b) or (c) above, where
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 Section 7.3. Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Contributor and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each other party hereto, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Contributor enforceable against the Contributor in accordance with its terms,
subject to (a) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 
 Section 7.4. No Litigation. There are no actions, suits,
investigations or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Contributor, threatened against or affecting the Contributor that, if adversely determined to or against the Contributor,
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 Section 7.5. Equity Interests. The Contributor indirectly owns
100% of the outstanding Equity Interests in the Pledgor, and the Pledgor directly or indirectly owns 100% of the outstanding Equity Interests in each of the Obligors. 

Section 7.6. Compliance with Law. The Contributor is in compliance with all applicable Governmental Rules, other than any
non-compliance that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 Section 7.7. Financial Statements. In the
case of the financial statements of the Contributor most recently delivered to the Secured Parties pursuant to Section 4.02(k) or 5.04, as applicable, of the Reimbursement Agreement or, if applicable, the corresponding provisions of the Note
Documents, each such financial statement and information has been prepared in conformity with GAAP and fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial position of the Contributor described in such financial statements as at the respective
dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows of the Contributor described therein for each of the periods then ended, subject, in the case of any such unaudited financial statements, to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments. 
 Section 7.8. Adequate Information. The Contributor is informed of the
financial condition and prospects of each Obligor and has reviewed and is familiar with the terms of the Financing Documents that are material to its obligations hereunder. 

Section 7.9. Investment Company Act. The Contributor is not an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended. 
 Section 7.10. Solvency. The Contributor is Solvent. 

Section 7.11. Pari Passu Obligations. The Contributor’s obligation to make Equity Contributions as required hereunder
ranks, according to its terms, at least pari passu with the Contributor’s obligations under its outstanding senior unsecured Indebtedness. 

  
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 ARTICLE VIII. 

COVENANTS 
 The Contributor
covenants and agrees to comply with the following covenants at all times prior to the Termination Date: 
 Section 8.1. Existence.
Subject to Section 8.3, the Contributor shall maintain and preserve its existence. 
 Section 8.2. Compliance with Laws.
The Contributor shall comply with all applicable Governmental Rules, except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

Section 8.3. Fundamental Changes. The Contributor shall not liquidate, terminate, wind-up or dissolve, or combine, merge or consolidate
with or into any other entity, other than any such merger in which (a) the Contributor is the surviving Person or (b) if another Person is the surviving Person, such Person shall have assumed in writing or by operation of law the
obligations of the Contributor under this Agreement and, if such surviving Person does not have the Required Ratings, (i) the Equity Letter of Credit with a stated amount equal to the then Unfunded Commitment shall remain in full force and
effect or shall be replaced in accordance with Section 3.1(b) or (ii) a Cash Collateral Account shall be funded in an amount equal to the then Unfunded Commitment. 

Section 8.4. Further Assurances. The Contributor shall perform, upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent or as necessary,
all reasonable acts as may be necessary to carry out the intent of this Agreement. 
 ARTICLE IX. 

MISCELLANEOUS 
 Section 9.1.
Notices. All notices required or permitted under the terms and provisions hereof shall be in writing, and any such notice shall become effective upon delivery in accordance with Section 9.11 of the Intercreditor Agreement. Notices to the
Obligors or the Collateral Agent may be given at the addresses set forth in Section 9.11 of the Intercreditor Agreement (or as otherwise instructed in writing by such Person to the other parties hereto), and notices to the Contributor may be
given at the address set forth below (or as otherwise instructed in writing by the Contributor to the other parties hereto): 
  

					
		  	 MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
 666
Grand Avenue, Suite 500
 Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2580

Attention: General Counsel
 Facsimile: 402.231.1658
	  	

 Section 9.2. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire contract between the parties
relative to the subject matter hereof. Any previous agreement, whether written or oral, among the parties or their Affiliates with respect to the subject matter hereof is superseded by this Agreement. 

  
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 Section 9.3. Severability. In case any provision in or obligation hereunder shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. If any such provision of this Agreement is so declared
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the parties shall promptly negotiate in good faith new provisions to eliminate such invalidity and to restore this Agreement as near as possible to its original intent and effect. 

Section 9.4. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are
not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement. 

Section 9.5. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE
CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

Section 9.6. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. 

(a) Jurisdiction. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive
jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for
recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State Court or, to the
extent permitted by law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner
provided by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any New York State or federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action
or proceeding in any such court. 
 (b) Consent to Service of Process. Each party hereto further irrevocably consents to the service
of process in any action or proceeding in such courts by the mailing thereof by any parties thereto by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such party at its address specified in Section 9.11 of the Intercreditor Agreement or
Section 9.1 above, as applicable. Nothing herein shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. 

Section 9.7. WAIVERS. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A
TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. EACH 

  
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PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION,
SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.7. 

Section 9.8. Amendments. No amendment, supplement or waiver of any provision of this Agreement nor consent to any departure by any of
the parties hereto from any provision of this Agreement shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by each of the parties hereto and is otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement. Any
such amendment, supplement, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specified purpose for which given. 

Section 9.9. Assignments. 

(a) General. This Agreement and the rights, interests or obligations hereunder may not be assigned by any of the parties hereto without
the prior written consent of the other parties hereto; provided however that (a) each Obligor may, without consent of the other parties, collaterally assign its rights under this Agreement to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit
of the Secured Parties, as collateral security for the Secured Obligations of such Obligor pursuant to the Security Agreement (and as further described in Section 9.9(b)) and (b) the Contributor may, without consent of the other
parties, assign its rights under this Agreement as permitted under Section 8.3. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Contributor, each Obligor and the Collateral Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties),
and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Nothing in this Agreement will confer upon any Person not a party to this Agreement, or the legal representatives of such person or entity, any rights or remedies of any nature or kind
whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. Any purported assignment of this Agreement in violation of this Section 9.9 shall be null and void and shall be ineffective to relieve any party of its obligations hereunder. 

(b) Consent to Collateral Assignment. The Contributor hereby consents to the collateral assignment by each Obligor of all of its right,
title and interest in, to and under this Agreement to the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) pursuant to the Security Agreement. The Contributor and each Obligor agree that the Collateral Agent (or its designee or assignee)
shall, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, be entitled to enforce this Agreement in its own name and to exercise any and all rights of each Obligor under this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof (either in its own name or in the name
of each Obligor, as the Collateral Agent may elect), and the Contributor and each Obligor agree to comply and cooperate in all respects with such exercise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent (or its designee or assignee), subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, shall have the full right and power to enforce directly against the Contributor all obligations of the Contributor under
this Agreement and otherwise to exercise all remedies available to each Obligor hereunder, and to make all demands and give all notices and make all requests (either in its own name or in the name of any Obligor, as the Collateral Agent may elect)
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given by any Obligor under this Agreement (including the right to make demand for payment of Equity Contributions in accordance with Section 2.2(a)), and the Contributor acknowledges
and agrees that any such action taken by the Collateral Agent shall be deemed effective for all purposes of this Agreement to the same extent as if such action had been taken directly by the such Obligor. If the Contributor shall receive
inconsistent directions under this Agreement from the Company and the Collateral Agent, the directions of the Collateral Agent shall be deemed the superseding directions (so long as such directions are consistent with the provisions of this
Agreement) and the Contributor shall accordingly comply with such directions of the Collateral Agent. 
 Section 9.10. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed
counterpart to this Agreement by facsimile transmission or electronic transmission in “.pdf” format shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original. 

Section 9.11. No Waiver. No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or
remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy by the Collateral Agent preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
remedy. All remedies hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other remedies provided by applicable law. The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have waived any rights hereunder or under any other agreement or instrument unless such
waiver shall be in writing and signed by the Collateral Agent. 
 Section 9.12. Specific Performance. To the extent it may do so
under applicable Governmental Rules, the Collateral Agent may demand specific performance of this Agreement. The Contributor hereby irrevocably waives, to the extent it may do so under applicable Governmental Rules, any defense based on the adequacy
of a remedy at law that may be asserted as a bar to the remedy of specific performance in any action brought against the Contributor for specific performance of this Agreement by the Collateral Agent or for its benefit by a receiver, custodian or
trustee appointed for any Obligor or the Pledgor, or in respect of all or a substantial part of their respective assets, under any Bankruptcy Law. 

Section 9.13. Termination. Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary (but subject to Section 5.4), this
Agreement and the obligations of the Obligors and the Contributor hereunder shall terminate on the earliest to occur of (a) the Project Completion Date (as defined in the Reimbursement Agreement), (b) the date upon which the Equity
Commitment has been fully funded by the Contributor hereunder and (c) the Discharge Date (such earliest date, the “Termination Date”), and any Unfunded Commitment as of the Termination Date shall be deemed to be automatically
cancelled on the Termination Date. 
 Section 9.14. Rights of Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent is entitled to the rights,
privileges, protections, immunities, benefits and indemnities set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement and the respective Financing Documents as if specifically set forth herein. 

[Signature page follows.] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Equity Contribution Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized representatives as of the day and year first written above. 
  

			
	MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS COMPANY, as the Contributor
		
	By:	 	/s/ Calvin D. Haack
	Name: Calvin D. Haack
	Title: Vice President and Treasurer

  

			
	 SOLAR STAR FUNDING, LLC,
 as the
Company

		
	By:	 	/s/ Kevin D. Dodson
	Name: Kevin D. Dodson
	Title: Vice President

  

			
	 SSC XIX, LLC,
 as SS1 Company
Owner

		
	By:	 	/s/ Kevin D. Dodson
	Name: Kevin D. Dodson
	Title: Vice President

  

			
	 SSC XX, LLC,
 as SS2 Company
Owner

		
	By:	 	/s/ Kevin D. Dodson
	Name: Kevin D. Dodson
	Title: Vice President

 
			
	 SOLAR STAR CALIFORNIA XIX, LLC,
 as
a Project Company

		
	By:	 	/s/ Kevin D. Dodson
	Name: Kevin D. Dodson
	Title: Vice President

  

			
	 SOLAR STAR CALIFORNIA XX, LLC,
 as a
Project Company

		
	By:	 	/s/ Kevin D. Dodson
	Name: Kevin D. Dodson
	Title: Vice President

  
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	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Collateral Agent
		
	By:	 	/s/ Julius R. Zamora
	Name: Julius R. Zamora
	Title: Vice President

  
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