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Exhibit 4.1

BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.

to

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

INDENTURE

Dated as of January 12, 2010

SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES

 

 

BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.

Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 310

through 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939

	 	 	 
	Trust Indenture Act Section	 	Indenture Section
	Section 310(a)(1)
	 	6.9
	(a)(2)
	 	6.9
	(a)(3)
	 	Not Applicable
	(a)(4)
	 	Not Applicable
	(b)
	 	6.8
	Section 311(a)
	 	6.13
	(b)
	 	6.13
	Section 312(a)
	 	7.1
	 
	 	7.2
	(b)
	 	7.2
	(c)
	 	7.2
	Section 313(a)
	 	7.3
	(b)
	 	7.3
	(c)
	 	7.3
	(d)
	 	7.3
	Section 314(a)
	 	7.4
	(a)(4)
	 	1.1
	(b)
	 	Not Applicable
	(c)(1)
	 	1.2
	(c)(2)
	 	1.2
	(c)(3)
	 	Not Applicable
	(d)
	 	Not Applicable
	(e)
	 	1.2
	Section 315(a)
	 	6.1
	(b)
	 	6.2
	(c)
	 	6.1
	(d)
	 	6.1
	(e)
	 	5.14
	Section 316(a)
	 	1.1
	(a)(1)(A)
	 	5.2
	 
	 	5.12
	(a)(1)(B)
	 	5.13
	(a)(2)
	 	Not Applicable
	(b)
	 	5.8
	(c)
	 	1.4
	Section 317(a)(1)
	 	5.3
	(a)(2)
	 	5.4
	(b)
	 	10.3
	Section 318(a)
	 	1.7

 

			
	Note:	 	This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the
Indenture.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.1
	 	Definitions	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.2
	 	Compliance Certificates and Opinions	 	 	8	 
	Section 1.3
	 	Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee	 	 	8	 
	Section 1.4
	 	Acts of Holders; Record Dates	 	 	9	 
	Section 1.5
	 	Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Company and Guarantors	 	 	10	 
	Section 1.6
	 	Notice to Holders; Waiver	 	 	10	 
	Section 1.7
	 	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.8
	 	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.9
	 	Successors and Assigns	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.10
	 	Separability Clause	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.11
	 	Benefits of Indenture	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.12
	 	Governing Law	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.13
	 	Legal Holidays	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.14
	 	No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.15
	 	No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders	 	 	12	 
	Section 1.16
	 	Language of Notices, Etc	 	 	12	 
	Section 1.17
	 	Force Majeure	 	 	12	 
	ARTICLE II SECURITY FORMS	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.1
	 	Forms Generally	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.2
	 	Form of Face of Security	 	 	13	 
	Section 2.3
	 	Form of Reverse of Security	 	 	14	 
	Section 2.4
	 	Form of Legend for Global Securities	 	 	17	 
	Section 2.5
	 	Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication	 	 	17	 
	ARTICLE III THE SECURITIES	 	 	17	 
	Section 3.1
	 	Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series	 	 	17	 
	Section 3.2
	 	Denominations	 	 	19	 
	Section 3.3
	 	Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating	 	 	19	 
	Section 3.4
	 	Temporary Securities	 	 	20	 
	Section 3.5
	 	Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange	 	 	21	 
	Section 3.6
	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Wrongfully Taken Securities	 	 	23	 
	Section 3.7
	 	Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved	 	 	23	 
	Section 3.8
	 	Persons Deemed Owners	 	 	24	 
	Section 3.9
	 	Cancellation	 	 	24	 

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	Section 3.10
	 	Computation of Interest	 	 	24	 
	Section 3.11
	 	CUSIP Numbers	 	 	24	 
	ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE	 	 	25	 
	Section 4.1
	 	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	 	 	25	 
	Section 4.2
	 	Application of Trust Money	 	 	26	 
	ARTICLE V DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES	 	 	26	 
	Section 5.1
	 	Events of Default	 	 	26	 
	Section 5.2
	 	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment	 	 	27	 
	Section 5.3
	 	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee	 	 	28	 
	Section 5.4
	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	 	 	28	 
	Section 5.5
	 	Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities	 	 	29	 
	Section 5.6
	 	Application of Money Collected	 	 	29	 
	Section 5.7
	 	Limitation on Suits	 	 	29	 
	Section 5.8
	 	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest and to Convert	 	 	30	 
	Section 5.9
	 	Restoration of Rights and Remedies	 	 	30	 
	Section 5.10
	 	Rights and Remedies Cumulative	 	 	30	 
	Section 5.11
	 	Delay or Omission Not Waiver	 	 	30	 
	Section 5.12
	 	Control by Holders	 	 	30	 
	Section 5.13
	 	Waiver of Past Defaults	 	 	30	 
	Section 5.14
	 	Undertaking for Costs	 	 	31	 
	Section 5.15
	 	Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws	 	 	31	 
	ARTICLE VI THE TRUSTEE	 	 	31	 
	Section 6.1
	 	Certain Duties and Responsibilities	 	 	31	 
	Section 6.2
	 	Notice of Defaults	 	 	32	 
	Section 6.3
	 	Certain Rights of Trustee	 	 	32	 
	Section 6.4
	 	Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities	 	 	33	 
	Section 6.5
	 	May Hold Securities	 	 	33	 
	Section 6.6
	 	Money Held in Trust	 	 	33	 
	Section 6.7
	 	Compensation and Reimbursement	 	 	33	 
	Section 6.8
	 	Conflicting Interests	 	 	34	 
	Section 6.9
	 	Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility	 	 	34	 
	Section 6.10
	 	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor	 	 	34	 
	Section 6.11
	 	Acceptance of Appointment by Successor	 	 	35	 

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	 	 	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.12
	 	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business	 	 	36	 
	Section 6.13
	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company	 	 	36	 
	Section 6.14
	 	Appointment of Authenticating Agent	 	 	36	 
	ARTICLE VII HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY	 	 	37	 
	Section 7.1
	 	Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders	 	 	37	 
	Section 7.2
	 	Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders	 	 	38	 
	Section 7.3
	 	Reports by Trustee	 	 	38	 
	Section 7.4
	 	Reports by Company	 	 	38	 
	ARTICLE VIII CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE	 	 	38	 
	Section 8.1
	 	Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms	 	 	38	 
	Section 8.2
	 	Successor Substituted	 	 	39	 
	ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	 	 	39	 
	Section 9.1
	 	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders	 	 	39	 
	Section 9.2
	 	Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders	 	 	40	 
	Section 9.3
	 	Execution of Supplemental Indentures	 	 	41	 
	Section 9.4
	 	Effect of Supplemental Indentures	 	 	41	 
	Section 9.5
	 	Conformity with Trust Indenture Act	 	 	42	 
	Section 9.6
	 	Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures	 	 	42	 
	Section 9.7
	 	Subordination Unimpaired	 	 	42	 
	ARTICLE X COVENANTS	 	 	42	 
	Section 10.1
	 	Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest	 	 	42	 
	Section 10.2
	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency	 	 	42	 
	Section 10.3
	 	Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust	 	 	43	 
	Section 10.4
	 	Corporate Existence	 	 	43	 
	Section 10.5
	 	Statement by Officers as to Default	 	 	43	 
	Section 10.6
	 	Waiver of Certain Covenants	 	 	44	 
	ARTICLE XI REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES	 	 	44	 
	Section 11.1
	 	Applicability of Article	 	 	44	 
	Section 11.2
	 	Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee	 	 	44	 
	Section 11.3
	 	Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed	 	 	44	 
	Section 11.4
	 	Notice of Redemption	 	 	45	 
	Section 11.5
	 	Deposit of Redemption Price	 	 	45	 
	Section 11.6
	 	Securities Payable on Redemption Date	 	 	46	 
	Section 11.7
	 	Securities Redeemed in Part	 	 	46	 

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	ARTICLE XII SINKING FUNDS	 	 	46	 
	Section 12.1
	 	Applicability of Article	 	 	46	 
	Section 12.2
	 	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities	 	 	47	 
	Section 12.3
	 	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund	 	 	47	 
	ARTICLE XIII DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE	 	 	47	 
	Section 13.1
	 	Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance	 	 	47	 
	Section 13.2
	 	Defeasance and Discharge	 	 	47	 
	Section 13.3
	 	Covenant Defeasance	 	 	48	 
	Section 13.4
	 	Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance	 	 	48	 
	Section 13.5
	 	Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions	 	 	49	 
	Section 13.6
	 	Reinstatement	 	 	50	 
	ARTICLE XIV GUARANTEES	 	 	50	 
	Section 14.1
	 	Guarantees	 	 	50	 
	ARTICLE XV SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES	 	 	52	 
	Section 15.1
	 	Securities Subordinate to Senior Debt	 	 	53	 
	Section 15.2
	 	Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc	 	 	53	 
	Section 15.3
	 	Prior Payment to Senior Debt Upon Acceleration of Securities	 	 	54	 
	Section 15.4
	 	No Payment When Senior Debt in Default	 	 	54	 
	Section 15.5
	 	Payment Permitted in Certain Situations	 	 	55	 
	Section 15.6
	 	Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt	 	 	55	 
	Section 15.7
	 	Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights	 	 	55	 
	Section 15.8
	 	Trustee to Effectuate Subordination	 	 	55	 
	Section 15.9
	 	No Waiver of Subordination Provisions	 	 	55	 
	Section 15.10
	 	Notice to Trustee	 	 	56	 
	Section 15.11
	 	Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent	 	 	56	 
	Section 15.12
	 	Trustee Not Fiduciary For Holders of Senior Debt	 	 	56	 
	Section 15.13
	 	Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt; Preservation of Trustees Rights	 	 	56	 
	Section 15.14
	 	Article Applicable to Paying Agents	 	 	56	 

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     INDENTURE, dated as of January 12, 2010, between BEAZER HOMES USA, INC., a corporation
duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), having its
principal office at 1000 Abernathy Road, Suite 1200, Atlanta, Georgia 30308 and U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

     The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for
the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”) to be issued in one or more series as provided in
this Indenture.

     All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company in accordance
with its terms have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

     For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders
thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Securities or of any series thereof, as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

     Section 1.1 Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

          (1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and
include the plural as well as the singular;

          (2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly
or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

          (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in
accordance with GAAP;

          (4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” refers
to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture;

          (5) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;

          (6) when used with respect to any Security, the words “convert”, “converted” and “conversion”
are intended to refer to the right of the Holder or the Company to convert or exchange, or the
right of the Company to cause the conversion or exchange of, such Security into or for securities
or other property in accordance with such terms, if any, as may hereafter be specified for such
Security as contemplated by Section 3.1, and these words are not intended to refer to any
right of the Holder or the Company to exchange such Security for other Securities of the same
series and like tenor pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or
11.7 or another similar provision of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires;
and references herein to the terms of any Security that may be converted mean such terms as may be
specified for such Security as contemplated in Section 3.1; and

          (7) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to “duly provided for” and other
words of similar import with respect to any amount or property required to be paid or delivered, as
applicable, shall include, without limitation, having made such amount or property available for
payment or delivery.

     “Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.4.

 

 

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

     “Applicable Procedures” of a Depositary means, with respect to any matter at any time, the
policies and procedures of such Depositary, if any, that are applicable to such matter at such
time.

     “Authenticating Agent” means, when used with respect to Securities of any series, any Person
authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate the Securities of such
series.

     “Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of that board.

     “Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full
force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee. Where any
provision of this Indenture refers to action to be taken pursuant to a Board Resolution (including
the establishment of any series of the Securities and the forms and terms thereof), such action may
be taken by any officer or employee of the Company authorized to take such action by the Board of
Directors as evidenced by a Board Resolution.

     “Business Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of
Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close; provided that, when used
with respect to any Security, “Business Day” may have such other meaning, if any, as may be
specified for such Security as contemplated by Section 3.1.

     “Capital Stock” means:

          (1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;

          (2) in the case of a limited liability company or similar entity, any membership or similar
interests therein;

          (3) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

          (4) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited); and

          (5) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share
of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

     “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted,
created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

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

     “Company Order” or “Company Request” means a written request or order signed in the name of
the Company by any two of the following: a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a
President, a Vice President, a Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company, or any other

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officer or officers of the Company designated in writing by or pursuant to authority of the
Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee from time to time.

     “Corporate Trust Office” means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any particular
time this Indenture shall be administered and which, at the date hereof, is located at c/o U.S.
Bank Corporate Trust Services, 1349 West Peachtree Street NW, Suite 1050, Atlanta, Georgia 30309,
or at such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders
and the Company, or the corporate trust office of any successor Trustee at which at any particular
time this Indenuture shall be administered.

     “corporation” means a corporation, association, company (including a limited liability
company), joint-stock company, business trust or other similar entity.

     “Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 13.3.

     “Credit Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 5, 2009,
among the Company, the lenders and letter of credit issuers party thereto, and Citibank, N.A., as
agent and swingline lender, together with related documents thereto including any guarantee
agreements and security documents, as amended, modified supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded,
replaced, restructured repaid or refinanced from time to time (including any agreement extending
the maturity thereof or increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder or adding entities
as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder) whether with the original agents and lenders or
otherwise and whether provided under the original Amended and Restated Credit Agreement or other
credit agreements or otherwise.

     “Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.7.

     “Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 13.2.

     “Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in
the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency that is designated to act as
depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 3.1.

     “DTC” has the meaning specified in Section 1.4.

     “Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire
Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for,
Capital Stock).

     “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.

     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in
each case as amended from time to time.

     “Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 1.4.

     “GAAP” means, at any time, (i) generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a
significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States or (ii) if at such time the
Company is required to prepare its financial statements for reports filed with the Commission under
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act pursuant to standards other than those specified in clause
(i) (which may include International Financial Reporting Standards), such other standards, in each
case which are in effect at such time.

     “Global Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series
and bears the legend set forth in Section 2.4 (or such legend as may be specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1 for such Securities).

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     “Guarantee” means a guarantee of any Securities by a Guarantor as contemplated by Article
XIV; provided that the term “Guarantee,” when used with respect to any Security or with respect
to the Securities of any series, means a guarantee of such Security or of the Securities of such
series, respectively, by a Guarantor of such Security or of the Securities of such series,
respectively, as contemplated by Article XIV.

     “Guarantor” means any Person, if any, who shall have become a Guarantor under this Indenture
pursuant to Section 9.1 hereof, in each case unless and until a successor Person shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, at which time references to
such Guarantor shall mean such successor Person; provided that the term “Guarantor”, when used,
with respect to the Securities of any series, means the Persons, if any, who shall from time to
time be the guarantors of Securities of such series as contemplated by Article XIV.

     “Guarantor’s Board of Directors” means, with respect to any Guarantor, either the board of
directors or similar governing body or Person of such Guarantor or any duly authorized committee of
such board or Person.

     “Guarantor’s Board Resolution” means, with respect to any Guarantor, a copy of a resolution
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Guarantor to have been duly adopted by
such Guarantor’s Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee. Where any provision of this Indenture refers to action
to be taken pursuant to a Guarantor’s Board Resolution, such action may be taken by any officer or
employee of such Guarantor authorized to take such action by such Guarantor’s Board of Directors as
evidenced by a Guarantor’s Board Resolution.

     “Guarantor’s Officers’ Certificate” means, with respect to any Guarantor, a certificate signed
by any two of the following: a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a
Vice President, a Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, a Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such
Guarantor, or any other officer or officers of such Guarantor designated in a writing by or
pursuant to authority of such Guarantor’s Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee from time
to time.

     “Guarantor Request” or “Guarantor Order” means, with respect to any Guarantor, a written
request or order signed in the name of such Guarantor by any two of the following: a Chairman of
the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Vice President, a Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Guarantor, or any other officer or
officers of such Guarantor designated in writing by or pursuant to authority of such Guarantor’s
Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee from time to time. In the event that Guarantor
Requests relating to the same matter shall be delivered by two or more Guarantors on the same date,
such requests may be combined into a single document, provided that the requests made by each
Guarantor therein shall be several and not joint requests of each such Guarantor.

     “Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.

     “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, whether recourse is to all or a portion of
the assets of such Person, whether currently existing or hereafter incurred and whether or not
contingent and without duplication, (i) every obligation of such Person for money borrowed; (ii)
every obligation of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,
including obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or
businesses; (iii) every reimbursement obligation of such Person with respect to letters of credit,
bankers’ acceptances or similar facilities issued for the account of such Person; (iv) every
obligation of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services
(but excluding trade accounts payable or other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course
of business); (v) every capital lease obligation of such Person; (vi) all indebtedness of such
Person, whether incurred on or prior to the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred, for
claims in respect of derivative products, including interest rate, foreign exchange rate and
commodity forward contracts, options and swaps and similar arrangements; (vii) every obligation of
the type referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) of another Person and all dividends of another
Person the payment of which, in either case, such Person has guaranteed or is responsible or liable
for, directly or indirectly, as obligor or otherwise; and (viii) any renewals, extensions,
refundings, amendments or modifications of any obligation of the type referred to in clauses (i)
through (vii).

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     “Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such
supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of
and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture”
shall also include the terms of any particular series or specific Securities within a series and of
any Guarantees thereof established as contemplated by Section 3.1.

     “interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms
bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

     “Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of
an installment of interest on such Security.

     “Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of
such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided,
whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, upon conversion, call for
redemption or otherwise.

     “Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 5.1(4).

     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by any two of the following: a Chairman of
the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Vice President, a Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, a Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, or any other officer or officers
of the Company designated in a writing by or pursuant to authority of the Board of Directors and
delivered to the Trustee from time to time.

     “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel
for the Company or a Guarantor.

     “Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than
the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2.

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

          (1) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;

          (2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set
aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for
the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of
such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory
to the Trustee has been made;

          (3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 13.2;

          (4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 or in exchange for or in
lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture,
other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee
proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a protected purchaser in whose hands such
Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and

          (5) Securities as to which any property deliverable upon conversion thereof has been delivered
(or such delivery has been duly provided for), or as to which any other particular conditions have
been satisfied, in each case as may be provided for such Securities as contemplated in Section
3.1;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction,
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action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security
which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be
due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to
Section 5.2, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity
of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to
be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section
3.1, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies,
composite currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S.
dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner provided as contemplated by Section
3.1, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in
Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities
owned by the Company, any Guarantor of the Securities or any other obligor upon the Securities or
any Affiliate of the Company or any such Guarantor or of such other obligor shall be disregarded
and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows
to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith
may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company
or any Guarantor of such Securities or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of
the Company or a Guarantor of the Securities or such other obligor.

     “Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.

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

     “Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series and subject to
Section 10.2, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest
on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.

     “Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all
or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes
of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in exchange
for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Security shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Security.

     “Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed
for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

     “Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at
which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

     “Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities
of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.1.

     “Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee
within the corporate trust department, including any Vice President, assistant secretary, assistant
treasurer, assistant cashier, trust officer, assistant trust officer or assistant controller
assigned to the Corporate Trust Office, or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with
respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer of the Trustee to whom such
matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and who
shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

     “Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

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     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each
case as amended from time to time.

     “Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 3.5.

     “Senior Debt” means: (a) indebtedness of the Company under or in respect of the Credit
Agreement, whether for principal, interest (including interest accruing after the filing of a
petition initiating any proceeding pursuant to any bankruptcy law, whether or not the claim for
such interest is allowed as a claim in such proceeding), reimbursement obligations, fees,
commissions, expenses, indemnities or other amounts; (b) the Senior Notes and (c) any other
Indebtedness permitted under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which such
Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is on a parity with or subordinated in right of
payment to the Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Senior Debt” will not include: (i)
Equity Interests; (ii) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes due or owed by the
Company; (iii) any Indebtedness of the Company to any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; (iv) any
trade payables; or (v) any Indebtedness that is incurred in violation of this Indenture.

     “Senior Guarantor Debt” means, with respect to any Guarantor: (a) indebtedness of such
Guarantor under or in respect of the Credit Agreement, whether for principal, interest (including
interest accruing after the filing of a petition initiating any proceeding pursuant to any
bankruptcy law, whether or not the claim for such interest is allowed as a claim in such
proceeding), reimbursement obligations, fees, commissions, expenses, indemnities or other amounts;
(b) indebtedness of such Guarantor in respect of the guarantee of the Senior Notes; and (c) any
other Indebtedness permitted under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which
such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is on a parity with or subordinated in
right of payment to such Guarantor’s Guarantee of the Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
“Senior Guarantor Debt” will not include: (i) Equity Interests; (ii) any liability for federal,
state, local or other taxes due or owed by such Guarantor; (iii) any Indebtedness of such Guarantor
to any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; (iv) any trade payables; or (v) any Indebtedness that is
incurred in violation of this Indenture.

     “Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7.

     “Senior Notes” means, collectively, the Company’s (1) 8 5/8% Senior Notes due 2011; (ii) 8
3/8% Senior Notes due 2012; (iii) 6-1/2% Senior Notes due 2013; (iv) 6-7/8% Senior Notes due 2015;
(v) 8.125% Senior Notes due 2016; (vi) 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2017 and (vii) 4-5/8%
Convertible Senior Notes due 2024.

     “Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal
thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which
the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

     “Subsidiary” means any Person a majority of the combined voting power of the total outstanding
ownership interests in which is, at the time of determination, beneficially owned or held, directly
or indirectly, by the Company or one or more other Subsidiaries. For this purpose, “voting power”
means power to vote in an ordinary election of directors (or, in the case of a Person that is not a
corporation, ordinarily to appoint or approve the appointment of Persons holding similar
positions), whether at all times or only as long as no senior class of ownership interests has such
voting power by reason of any contingency.

     “Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to
the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

     “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of
which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such
amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

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     “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of Delaware
or the State of New York, as applicable, in each case as amended from time to time.

     “U.S. Government Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 13.4.

     “Vice President”, when used with respect to the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, means
any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after
the title “vice president.”

     Section 1.2 Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application or request by
the Company or a Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture,
the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates
and opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that no such
opinion shall be required in connection with the issuance of Securities that are part of any series
as to which such an opinion has been furnished. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in
the form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or a Guarantor’s
Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an officer of any Guarantor, or an Opinion of Counsel, if
to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any
other requirements set forth in this Indenture.

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

          (1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

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

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

          (4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or
covenant has been complied with.

     Section 1.3 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where several matters
are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not
necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may
certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to
other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or
several documents.

     Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or a Guarantor may be based, insofar
as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel,
unless such officer knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the
matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or
opinion of, or representation by, counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters,
upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company or
such Guarantor, as the case may be, stating that the information with respect to such factual
matters is in the possession of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such
counsel knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous.

     Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

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     Section 1.4 Acts of Holders; Record Dates. Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent or agents duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby
expressly required, to the Company and any Guarantor. Such instrument or instruments (and the
action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a
writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and
(subject to Section 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Company and any Guarantor,
if made in the manner provided in this Section.

     Without limiting the generality of this Section, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to
this Indenture, (i) a Holder, including a Depositary or its nominee that is a Holder of a Global
Security, may give, make or take, by an agent or agents duly appointed in writing, any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted in
or pursuant to this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders, and a Depositary or its
nominee that is a Holder of a Global Security may duly appoint in writing as its agent or agents
members of, or participants in, such Depositary holding interests in such Global Security in the
records of such Depositary; and (ii) with respect to any Global Security the Depositary for which
is The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), any consent or other action given, made or taken by an
“agent member” of DTC by electronic means in accordance with the Automated Tender Offer Procedures
system or other Applicable Procedures of, and pursuant to authorization by, DTC shall be deemed to
constitute the “Act” of the Holder of such Global Security, and such Act shall be deemed to have
been delivered to the Company, any Guarantor and the Trustee upon the delivery by DTC of an
“agent’s message” or other notice of such consent or other action having been so given, made or
taken in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of DTC.

     The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution
is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the
execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

     The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.

     Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the
Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every
Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company
or any Guarantor in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security.

     The Company or any Guarantor may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining
the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by
this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that
neither the Company nor any such Guarantor may set a record date for, and the provisions of this
paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving, making or taking of any notice, declaration,
request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no
other Holders, shall be entitled to give, make or take the relevant action, whether or not such
Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, however, that no such action shall be
effective hereunder unless given, made or taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by
Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record
date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company or any Guarantor from
setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant
to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action
by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
render ineffective any action given, made or taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
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date such action is given, made or taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Company or any such Guarantor, as the case may be, at its own expense, shall
cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date
to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in
the manner set forth in Sections 1.5 and 1.6.

     The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving, making or taking of (i) any
Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.2, (iii)
any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.7(2) or (iv) any direction
referred to in Section 5.12, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series
on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to give, make or take such notice,
declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record
date; provided, however, that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless given, made or
taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record
date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set
shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action given, made or taken by Holders
of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such
action is given, made or taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph,
the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action
by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company and any Guarantor in
writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Sections 1.5 and 1.6.

     With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such
record date may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the
Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless
notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to
each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.6, on
or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to
any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be
deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date
with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date to an earlier day as
provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than
the 180th day after the applicable record date.

     Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to give, make or take any action
hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so, in person or by an agent duly appointed
in writing, with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security.

     Section 1.5 Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Company and Guarantors. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or
permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, (1) the Trustee
by any Holder or by the Company or any Guarantor shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if
made, given, furnished or filed in writing (which may be by facsimile transmission) to or with the
Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Beazer Homes Subordinated Securities (2010
Indenture), or any other address previously furnished in writing to the Company and the Holders by
the Trustee, or (2) the Company or a Guarantor by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, addressed to it
at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at
any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

     Section 1.6 Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for notice to
Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such
event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if
any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In
any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any
defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such
notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such
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Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver
shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.

     In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it
shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with
the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

     Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to a Holder of a Global Security, such
notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary for such Security (or its designee),
pursuant to its Applicable Procedures, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier
than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice.

     Section 1.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits,
qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required under such Act
to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of
this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so
modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so
modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

     Section 1.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section
headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction hereof.

     Section 1.9 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by
the Company and any Guarantor shall bind their respective successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.

     Section 1.10 Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the
Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

     Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities,
express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder, the holders of Senior Debt and any Senior Guarantor Debt and the Holders, any benefit or
any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture, except as may otherwise be
provided pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to any Securities of a particular series or
under this Indenture with respect to such Securities.

     Section 1.12 Governing Law. This Indenture, the Guarantees and the Securities and the
rights and obligations of the parties hereto and thereto, including the interpretation,
construction, validity and enforceability thereof, shall be governed by and construed and
interpreted in accordance with the law of the State of New York.

     Section 1.13 Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption
Date or Maturity of any Security, or any date on which a Holder has the right to convert his
Security, shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which
specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest
or principal (and premium, if any), or conversion of such Security need not be made at such Place
of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of
Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date,
or at the Maturity, or on such date for conversion, as the case may be.

     Section 1.14 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be
used to interpret any other indenture, loan or other agreement of the Company or any Guarantor or
any Subsidiaries of any thereof or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or other agreement
may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

     Section 1.15 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company
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will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor, respectively,
under the Securities or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of,
such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Securities by accepting a Security waives and
releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of
the Securities. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities
laws.

     Section 1.16 Language of Notices, Etc. Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver, other action or Act provided or permitted under this Indenture shall be in
the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the
country of publication.

     Section 1.17 Force Majeure. Subject to Section 6.1, in no event shall the
Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations
hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control,
including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil
or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss
or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being
understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts that are consistent with accepted
practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the
circumstances.

ARTICLE II

SECURITY FORMS

     Section 2.1 Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be in substantially
the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to
a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and, if the Securities of such
series are to be guaranteed by the Guarantees of any Guarantor as provided in Section 3.1
and the terms of such Securities provide for the endorsement thereon or attachment thereto of
Guarantees by such Guarantor, such Guarantees to be endorsed on or attached to such Securities
shall be in substantially such form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Guarantor’s Board
Resolution of such Guarantor or in one or more indentures supplemented hereto, in each case with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification
and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities or Guarantees, respectively, as evidenced by their execution
thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of
the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.3 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities. If the form of any Guarantees by any Guarantor to be endorsed on Securities of any
series is established by action taken pursuant to a Guarantor’s Board Resolution of such Guarantor,
a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of such Guarantor and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Guarantor Order contemplated by Section 3.3 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities with such Guarantee endorsed thereon. For purposes hereof, a Guarantee that is endorsed
on, or otherwise attached to, a Security shall be deemed “endorsed” on such Security.

     The definitive Securities and any Guarantees endorsed thereon shall be printed, lithographed
or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by
the officers of the Company executing such Securities or, if such Guarantees by any Guarantor are
executed by such Guarantor, by the officers of such Guarantor executing such Guarantees,
respectively, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or, if such Guarantees by any
Guarantor are executed by such Guarantor, by the officers of such Guarantor executing such
Guarantees, respectively.

     Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, there shall be no requirement that any
Security have endorsed thereon or attached thereto a Guarantee or a notation of a Guarantee, but
such a Guarantee or notation of a Guarantee may be endorsed thereon or attached thereto as
contemplated by this Section 2.1.

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     Section 2.2 Form of Face of Security.

BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.

			
	 	 	 
	No. _________$ ____________
	 	CUSIP No. ____________

BEAZER HOMES USA, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to _________, or
registered assigns, [if the principal amount is to be paid in Dollars at Maturity, insert—the
principal sum of _________Dollars on _________] [if the principal amount is to be
paid in Dollars at Maturity and the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — and
to pay interest thereon from _________or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, ] [if the principal amount is not to be paid in
Dollars at Maturity and the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert—the Interest
Payments] [semi-annually/quarterly] on [_________and _________] in each year, commencing
_________, and at the Maturity thereof, at the rate of _________% per annum, until the [if
applicable, insert—principal hereof is paid or made available for payment][if applicable,
insert—the Stated Maturity Date] [if applicable, insert —, provided that any premium, and any
such installment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of _________% per
annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the date
such overdue amount is due until such amount is paid or duly provided for, and such interest on any
overdue amount shall be payable on demand]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the _________or
_________(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest
Payment Date. Any such interest so payable, but not punctually paid or duly provided for, will
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to
the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed
by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than
10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which this Security may be listed, and upon
such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

     [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — The principal of this
Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon
acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any
overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of _________% per annum (to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until
they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall be
payable on demand.]

     Payment of the [if applicable, insert—principal of (and premium, if any) and] [if applicable,
insert — any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for that purpose in New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, against
surrender of this Security in the case of any payment due at the Maturity of the principal thereof
or any payment of interest becomes payable on a day other than an Interest Payment Date; provided,
however, that if this Security is not a Global Security, (i) payment of interest on an Interest
Payment Date will be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Security Register; and all other payments will be made by check against
surrender of this Security; (ii) all payments by check will be made in next-day funds (i.e., funds
that become available on the day after the check is cashed); and (iii) notwithstanding clauses (i)
and (ii) above, with respect to any payment of any amount due on this Security, if this Security is
in a denomination of at least $1,000,000 and the Holder hereof at the time of surrender hereof or,
in the case of any payment of interest on any Interest Payment Date, the Holder thereof on the
related Regular Record Date delivers a written request to the Paying Agent to make such payment by
wire transfer at least five Business Days before the date such payment becomes due, together with
appropriate wire transfer instructions specifying an account at a bank in New York, New York, the
Company shall make such payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account at
such bank in New York City, any such wire instructions, once properly given by a Holder as to this
Security, remaining in effect as to such Holder and this Security unless and until new instructions
are given in the manner described above and provided further, that notwithstanding anything in the
foregoing to the contrary, if this Security is a Global Security, payment shall be made pursuant to
the

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Applicable Procedures of the Depositary as permitted in said Indenture.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.

     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name: 	 	 
	 	 	Title 	 	 
	 

     Section 2.3 Form of Reverse of Security.

     This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of subordinated securities of the Company
(herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture,
dated as of January 12, 2010 (herein called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning
assigned to it in such instrument), among the Company, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee
under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the
Guarantors, the Trustee, the holders of Senior Debt [if applicable, insert — and any Senior
Guarantor Debt] and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are,
and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the
face hereof [if applicable, insert — limited in aggregate principal amount to $_________].

     This Security is the general, unsecured, subordinated obligation of the Company [if
applicable, insert—and is guaranteed pursuant to a guarantee (the “Guarantee”) by [insert name of
each Guarantor] (the “Guarantors”). The Guarantee by each Guarantee is the general, unsecured,
subordinated obligation of such Guarantor].

     [If applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not
less than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice, at any time [if applicable, insert — on or after
_________, 20_________], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following
Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [if applicable,
insert — on or before _________, ____%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning of
the years indicated,

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Year	 	 	 	Redemption Price	 	 	Year	 	 	Redemption Price	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to % of the principal amount, together in the case of
any such redemption with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose
Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]

     [If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert — In the event of redemption of
this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the
unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation
hereof.]

     The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided in the Indenture,
subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt [if
applicable, insert — and the Guarantees

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by the Guarantors are, to the extent provided in the Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of
payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Guarantor Debt], and this Security is issued
subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this Security, by
accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs
the Trustee on his or her behalf to take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to
effectuate the subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact
for any and all such purposes. Each Holder hereof, by his or her acceptance hereof, waives all
notice of the acceptance of the subordination provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by
each holder of Senior Debt [if applicable, insert — or Senior Guarantor Debt], whether now
outstanding or hereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed, and waives reliance by each such
holder upon said provisions.

     [If applicable, insert — The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the
entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with
respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the
Indenture.]

     [If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default
with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture.]

     [If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to — insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of
interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect
of the payment of the principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this
series shall terminate.]

     Subject to following paragraph, the Indenture or the Securities (including any supplemental
indenture or authorizing resolutions of the Board of Directors relating to a series of Securities)
may be amended or supplemented with the consent (which may include consents obtained in connection
with a tender offer or exchange offer for Securities) of the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, and any existing default or Event of Default
(other than any continuing default or Event of Default in the payment of interest on or the
principal of the Securities) under, or compliance with any provision of, the Indenture may be
waived with the consent (which may include consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or
exchange offer for Securities) of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities
then outstanding. Without the consent of any Holder, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee
may amend the Indenture or the Securities or waive any provision of the Indenture to cure any
ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to comply with Section 8.1; to provide for
uncertificated Securities in addition to certificated Securities; to make any change that does not
adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any Holder; to comply with or qualify the
Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or to reflect a Guarantor ceasing to be liable on the
Guarantees because it is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company. After an amendment under this
paragraph becomes effective, the Company shall mail notice of such amendment to the affected
Holders.

     Without the consent of each Holder affected, the Company may not (i) reduce the amount of
Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver, (ii) reduce the rate
of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any Security, (iii)
reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Security or alter the provisions with
respect to redemption under the “Optional Redemption” section set forth in the Securities or with
respect to mandatory offers to repurchase Securities pursuant to a supplemental indenture, (iv)
make any Security payable in money other than that stated in the Security, (v) make any change in
the Sections 5.13 or 5.8, (vi) modify the ranking or priority of the Securities or
any Guarantee, (vii) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Guarantee or the
Indenture otherwise than in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, or (viii) waive a
continuing default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or interest on the
Securities.

     The right of any Holder to participate in any consent required or sought pursuant to any
provision of the Indenture (and the obligation of the Company to obtain any such consent otherwise
required from such Holder) may be subject to the requirement that such Holder shall have been the
Holder of record of any Securities with respect to

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which such consent is required or sought as of a date identified by the Trustee in a notice
furnished to Holders in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

     As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall
have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than a majority of the principal amount of
the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the
Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the
Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a
direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding,
for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not
apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of
principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed
herein.

     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in
the coin or currency, herein prescribed [if applicable, insert — or alter or impair the obligation
of each Guarantor, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay pursuant to its Guarantee].

     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security
for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the
principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.

     The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, except as such denomination may be
determined pursuant to Section 3.1. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

     No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in connection therewith.

     Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, [if
applicable, insert — any Guarantor,] the Trustee and any agent of the Company [if applicable,
insert — any Guarantor] or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and
neither the Company, [if applicable, insert — any Guarantor,] the Trustee nor any such agent shall
be affected by notice to the contrary.

     [If this Security is a Global Security, insert — This Security is a Global Security and is
subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to Global Securities, including the limitations
therein on transfers and exchanges of Global Securities.]

     This Security and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law
of the State of New York.

     All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.

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     Section 2.4 Form of Legend for Global Securities. Unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1 for the Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security
authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

     THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO
AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE
OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

     Section 2.5 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. The Trustee’s
certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

     This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated: 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

ARTICLE III

THE SECURITIES

     Section 3.1 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of
Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

     The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution, and, subject to Section 3.3, set forth, or determined in the manner
provided, in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,

     (1) the title of the series;

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

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

     (4) the date from which interest will accrue;

     (5) the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on Securities of the series
on any Interest Payment Date;

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

     (7) the Security Registrar and Paying Agent;

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

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

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     (10) the denominations in which Securities are issuable;

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

     (12) whether any Securities will be represented by a Global Security and the terms of
any such Global Security;

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

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

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

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

     (17) whether and upon what terms Securities may be defeased if different from the
provisions set forth in this Indenture;

     (18) the form of the Securities, which, unless the Authorizing Resolution or
supplemental indenture otherwise provides, shall be in the form contained in Article
II;

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

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

     (21) if the Securities of the series are to be guaranteed by any Guarantors, the names
of the Guarantors of the Securities of the series and the terms of the Guarantees of the
Securities of the series, if such terms differ from those set forth in Section 14.1,
and any deletions from, or modifications or additions to, the provisions of Article
XIV or any other provisions of this Indenture in connection with the Guarantees of the
Securities of the series;

     (22) the terms, if any, upon which an optional tender and/or mandatory conversion of
the Securities are permitted; and

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

     If the Securities of the series are to be guaranteed by any Guarantor pursuant to Article
XIV, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Guarantor’s Board Resolution of such
Guarantor and, subject to Section 3.3, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in
a Guarantor’s Officers’ Certificate of such Guarantor, or established in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of the series, the terms of the Guarantees
by such Guarantor with respect to the Securities of the series, if such terms differ from those set
forth in Section 14.1.

     All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination
and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above
and (subject to Section 3.3 set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the
Officers’ Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All
Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided
pursuant to this Section 3.1 for any series, after issuance of Securities of such series,
such series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of that series.

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     The terms of any Security of a series may differ from the terms of other Securities of the
same series, if and to the extent provided pursuant to this Section 3.1. The matters
referenced in any or all of Clauses (1) through (23) above may be established and set forth or
determined as aforesaid with respect to all or any specific Securities of a series (in each case to
the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act).

     If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of
the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.

     If any of the terms of the Guarantees by any Guarantor of the Securities of the series are
established by action taken pursuant to a Guarantor’s Board Resolution of such Guarantor, a copy of
an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of such Guarantor and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Guarantor’s
Officers’ Certificate of such Guarantor setting forth the terms of such Guarantees.

     The Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to Senior Debt as provided in
Article XV.

     Section 3.2 Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in
registered form without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1. In the absence of any such specified denomination with respect
to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations
of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

     Section 3.3 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Securities shall be
executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, President or a Vice President of
the Company (or any other officer of the Company designated in writing by or pursuant to authority
of the Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee from time to time). The signature of any of
these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. If the terms of the Securities of any
series provide that any Guarantee by any Guarantor is to be endorsed on or otherwise attached to,
or made part of, Securities of any series, and if the terms of such Securities provide for the
execution of such Guarantee by such Guarantor (it being understood and agreed that the terms of
Securities of any series may, but need not, provide for the execution of any Guarantee by any
Guarantor), such Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by the Chairman of the
Board, President or a Vice President of such Guarantor (or any other officer of such Guarantor
designated in writing by or pursuant to authority of the Guarantor’s Board of Directors and
delivered to the Trustee from time to time). The signature of any of these officers on any
Guarantee may be manual or facsimile.

     Securities and any Guarantees by any Guarantor endorsed thereon bearing the manual or
facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company or such
Guarantor, as the case may be, shall bind the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Securities.

     At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company, together with, if the terms
of such Securities provide for the endorsement thereon of any Guarantees by any Guarantor, such
Guarantees endorsed hereon and, if such terms so provide, executed by such Guarantor, to the
Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order and, if any Guarantee by a Guarantor is
to be endorsed on such Securities, a Guarantor Order of such Guarantor, for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities with any such Guarantees endorsed thereon, and the Trustee in
accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities with any such
Guarantees endorsed thereon. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been
established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions or the form or terms of any Guarantees
thereof by any Guarantor have been established by or pursuant to one or more Guarantor’s Board
Resolutions of such Guarantor as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1, in
authenticating such Securities with any such Guarantees endorsed thereon, and accepting the
additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities and such
Guarantees, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,

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          (1) if the form of such Securities or any Guarantee by any Guarantor endorsed thereon has been
established by or pursuant to Board Resolution or Guarantor’s Board Resolution of such Guarantor,
as permitted by Section 2.1, that such form has been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;

          (2) if the terms of such Securities or any Guarantee thereof by a Guarantor have been
established by or pursuant to Board Resolution or Guarantor’s Board Resolution of such Guarantor as
permitted by Section 3.1, that such terms have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture; and

          (3) that when such Securities with any Guarantees endorsed thereon have been authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, such Securities and such Guarantee will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company or such Guarantor, respectively, enforceable in
accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights and to general equity principles and subject to any limitation with respect to
payments in currency other than U.S. dollars.

     If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to
authenticate such Securities with any Guarantees endorsed thereon if the issue of such Securities
with any Guarantees endorsed thereon pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own
rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which
is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

     Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the preceding paragraph, if all
Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to
deliver the Officers’ Certificate or Guarantor’s Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant
to Section 3.1 or the Company Order, any Guarantor Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise
required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the authentication of each Security of
such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original
issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.

     Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

     No Security, nor any Guarantee endorsed thereon, shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee
by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Security with any Guarantees endorsed thereon has been duly authenticated
and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company
shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.9, for
all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

     Wherever herein it shall provide for the Company to execute, and the Trustee to authenticate
and deliver, Securities of any series, if the terms of such Securities provide for the endorsement
thereon of the Guarantees by any Guarantor, the Company shall cause such Securities so executed by
the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to have such Guarantees endorsed
thereon, and, if such terms require such Guarantees to be executed by such Guarantor, such
Guarantees to be executed by such Guarantor.

     Section 3.4 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of
any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order and, if any Guarantees by a Guarantor
are so to be endorsed on such Securities, a Guarantor Order of such Guarantor, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of
the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities or
Guarantees, respectively, may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or
Guarantees, respectively.

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     If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities
of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at
the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the
Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or
more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in
all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such
series and tenor.

     Section 3.5 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall
cause to be kept at each office or agency of the Company designated as a Place of Payment pursuant
to the first paragraph of Section 10.2 a register (the register maintained in each such
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred
to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of
Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering
Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.

     Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or
agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company and, if applicable, the
Guarantors shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.

     At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount,
upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, the Securities, which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

     All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

     Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if
so required by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

     No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.4, 9.6 or 11.7 not
involving any transfer.

     If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in
whole or in part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be)
during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of selection of any
such Securities for redemption under Section 11.3 and ending at the close of business on
the day of such selection (or during such period as otherwise specified pursuant to Section
3.1 for such Securities), or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being
redeemed in part or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Security between a record date
and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

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     The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to Global Securities:

          (1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of
the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such
Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall
constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.

          (2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, and subject to such applicable
provisions, if any, as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, no Global Security
may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global
Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary
for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary has notified the Company
that it (i) is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (ii) has
ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, or (B) the Company has executed
and delivered to the Trustee a Company Order stating that such Global Security shall be exchanged
in whole for Securities that are not Global Securities (in which case such exchange shall promptly
be effected by the Trustee). If the Company receives a notice of the kind specified in Clause (A)
above or has delivered a Company Order of the kind specified in Clause (B) above, it may, in its
sole discretion, designate a successor Depositary for such Global Security within 90 days after
receiving such notice or delivery of such order, as the case may be. If the Company designates a
successor Depositary as aforesaid, such Global Security shall promptly be exchanged in whole for
one or more other Global Securities registered in the name of the successor Depositary, whereupon
such designated successor shall be the Depositary for such successor Global Security or Global
Securities and the provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) of this provision shall continue to
apply thereto.

          (3) Subject to Clause (2) above and to such applicable provisions, if any, as may be specified
as contemplated by Section 3.1, any exchange of a Global Security for other Securities may
be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any
portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall
direct.

          (4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this
Section, Section 3.4, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.7 or otherwise, shall be
authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security
is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a
nominee thereof.

     Every Person who takes or holds any beneficial interest in a Global Security agrees that:

          (1) the Company and the Trustee may deal with the Depositary as sole owner of the Global
Security and as the authorized representative of such Person;

          (2) such Person’s rights in the Global Security shall be exercised only through the Depositary
and shall be limited to those established by law and agreement between such Person and the
Depositary and/or direct and indirect participants of the Depositary;

          (3) the Depositary and its participants make book-entry transfers of beneficial ownership
among, and receive and transmit distributions of principal and interest on the Global Securities
to, such Persons in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary; and

          (4) none of the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account
of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing
any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

     Section 3.6 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Wrongfully Taken Securities. If (a) any
mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee or (b) both (i) there shall be delivered to the
Company and the Trustee (A) a claim by a Holder as to the destruction, loss or wrongful taking of
any Security of such Holder and a request thereby for a new replacement Security of the same
series, and (B) such indemnity bond as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent
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imposed by the Company as permitted by Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code have been
satisfied, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been
acquired by a “protected purchaser” within the meaning of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial
Code, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Security, a new Security of the
same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
Outstanding.

     In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Security has become or is
about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new
Security, pay such Security.

     Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.

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

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

     Section 3.7 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Except as otherwise
provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any Securities of a series,
interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest (or, if no business is conducted by the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office on such
date, at 5:00 P.M. New York City time on such date).

     Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having
been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:

          (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest payable on any Securities
of a series to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each of such
Securities and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of
such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon
the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall
be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and
not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the
expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of such Securities in the manner set
forth in Section 1.6, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of
the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so
mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or
their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special
Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).

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

     Except as may otherwise be provided in this Section 3.7 or as contemplated in
Section 3.1 with respect to any Securities of a series, the Person to whom interest shall
be payable on any Security that first becomes payable on a day that is not an Interest Payment Date
shall be the Holder of such Security on the day such interest is paid.

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

     In the case of any Security which is converted after any Regular Record Date and on or prior
to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (other than any Security whose Maturity is prior to
such Interest Payment Date), interest whose Stated Maturity is on such Interest Payment Date shall
be payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion, and such interest
(whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for) shall be paid to the Person in whose name
that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on
such Regular Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding
sentence, in the case of any Security which is converted, interest whose Stated Maturity is after
the date of conversion of such Security shall not be payable.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the terms of any Security that may be converted may provide
that the provisions of this paragraph do not apply, or apply with such additions, changes or
omissions as may be provided thereby, to such Security.

     Section 3.8 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a Security for
registration of transfer, the Company, any Guarantor and the Trustee and any agent of the Company,
any Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the
owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and
(subject to Section 3.7) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, any Guarantor, the
Trustee nor any agent of the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.

     Section 3.9 Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption,
registration of transfer or exchange or conversion or for credit against any sinking fund payment
shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall
be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any
Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in
any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the
Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has
not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided
in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by
the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company Order; provided, however, that the
Trustee shall not be required to destroy such canceled Securities.

     Section 3.10 Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated
by Section 3.1 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

     Section 3.11 CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities may use CUSIP
numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of
redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or
as contained in any notice of redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Securities. Any such redemption shall not be affected by any
defect in or omission of such CUSIP numbers.

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ARTICLE IV

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     Section 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall upon
Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect to the Securities of any series and any
Guarantees of such Securities (except as to any surviving rights of conversion, registration of
transfer or exchange of any such Security expressly provided for herein or in the terms of such
Security), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such Securities, when

          (1) either

               (A) all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities
which have been destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken and which have been replaced or paid as
provided in Section 3.6 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the
Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.3) have been delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation; or

               (B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation

                    (i) have become due and payable, or

                    (ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or

                    (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of
the Company,

and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose money in an amount sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case
of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as
the case may be;

          (2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company
with respect to such Securities; and

          (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such Securities have been complied
with.

     Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to Securities of
any series, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.7, the
obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14, and, if money
shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section
with respect to such Securities, the obligations of the Company of such series under Section
10.2 and the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2, Section 6.6 and the
last paragraph of Section 10.3 with respect to such Securities shall survive such
satisfaction and discharge.

     Section 4.2 Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the last
paragraph of Section 10.3, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section
4.1 with respect to Securities of any series shall be held in trust and applied by it, in
accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and
interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee. All moneys deposited
with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 (and held by it or any Paying Agent) for the
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returned to the Company upon Company Request, to the extent originally deposited by the Company.
The Company may direct by a Company Order the investment of any money deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.1, without distinction between principal and income, in (1) United
States Treasury Securities with a maturity of one year or less or (2) a money market fund that
invests solely in short term United States Treasury Securities and from time to time the Company
may direct the reinvestment of all or a portion of such money in other securities or funds meeting
the criteria specified in Clause (1) or (2) of this sentence.

ARTICLE V

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

     Section 5.1 Events of Default.

     Except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.1 for all or any specific
Securities of any series, “Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to the Securities
of that series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of
Default and whether it shall be occasioned by the provisions of Article XV or be voluntary
or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of
any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

          (1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes
due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

          (2) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any Security of that series
at its Maturity; or

          (3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a
Security of that series; or

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

          (5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for
relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal
or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order
adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any
applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its
property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such
decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of
90 consecutive days (provided that, if any Person becomes the successor to the Company pursuant to
Article VIII and such Person is organized and validly existing under the law of a
jurisdiction outside the United States, each reference in this Clause (5) to an applicable Federal
or State law of a particular kind shall be deemed to refer to such law or any applicable comparable
law of such non-U.S. jurisdiction, for as long as such Person is the successor to the Company
hereunder and is so organized and existing); or

          (6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable
Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case
or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the
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proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking
reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the
filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any
substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they
become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action
(provided that, if any Person becomes the successor to the Company pursuant to Article VIII
and such Person is organized and validly existing under the law of a jurisdiction outside the
United States, each reference in this Clause (6) to an applicable Federal or State law of a
particular kind shall be deemed to refer to such law or any applicable comparable law of such
non-U.S. jurisdiction, for as long as such Person is the successor to the Company hereunder and is
so organized and existing); or

          (7) if Article XIV has been made applicable with respect to such Securities, the
Guarantee of the Securities of such series by any Guarantor shall for any reason cease to be, or
shall for any reason be asserted in writing by such Guarantor or the Company not to be, in full
force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent contemplated or
permitted by this Indenture or by the terms of the Securities of such series established pursuant
to Section 3.1; or

          (8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series in
accordance with Section 3.1.

     Section 5.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. Except as may
otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.1 for all or any specific Securities of any
series, if an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(5)
or 5.1(6)) with respect to Securities of that series at the time Outstanding occurs and is
continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of all the
Securities of that series (or, in the case of any Security of that series which specifies an amount
to be due and payable thereon upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof, such amount as may be
specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the
Company and any Guarantor of the Securities of that series (and to the Trustee if given by
Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become
immediately due and payable. Except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.1
for all or any specific Securities of any series, if an Event of Default specified in Section
5.1(5) or Section 5.1(6) with respect to Securities of that series at the time
Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, in the case of
any Security of that series which specifies an amount to be due and payable thereon upon
acceleration of the Maturity thereof, such amount as may be specified by the terms thereof) shall
automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee or any
Holder, become immediately due and payable.

     Except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.1 for all or any specific
Securities of any series, at any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of that series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money
due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the
Company, any Guarantor of the Securities of that series and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences if

          (1) the Company or any such Guarantor has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient
to pay

               (A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,

               (B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become
due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or
rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,

               (C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at
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               (D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and

          (2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the
non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such
declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

     Section 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The
Company covenants that if

          (1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes
due and payable and such default continues for a period of 60 days, or

          (2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security
at the Maturity thereof,

the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium
and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable,
interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

     If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein,
or to enforce any other proper remedy.

     Section 5.4 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of any judicial proceeding
relative to the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities, their property or
their creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have
claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. The Trustee shall be
authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator,
sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the
making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.7.

     No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding;
provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a
trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar
committee.

     Section 5.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities. All rights
of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the
Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding
relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own
name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the
payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which
such judgment has been recovered.

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     Section 5.6 Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the
Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium or
interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only
partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

     FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.7;

     SECOND: Subject to Article XV, to the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit
of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and
interest, respectively; and

     THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company, any Guarantor or to whomsoever
may be lawfully entitled to receive the same as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

     Section 5.7 Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any series shall have
any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or
for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless

          (1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of
Default with respect to the Securities of that series;

          (2) the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect
of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

          (3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it
against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

          (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity
has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

          (5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during
such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series;

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any
manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb
or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.

     Section 5.8 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest and
to Convert. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security
shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of
and any premium and (subject to Section 3.7) interest on such Security on the respective
Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption
Date), and, if the terms of such Security so provide, to convert such Security in accordance with
its terms, and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and, if applicable, any
such right to convert, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

     Section 5.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has
instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding
has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee
or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding,
the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their
former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders
shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

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     Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with
respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Securities
in the last paragraph of Section 3.6, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved
to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and
every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not
prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

     Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of
any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default
shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to
the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the
Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

     Section 5.12 Control by Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that

          (1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture;

          (2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction; and

          (3) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have the right to
decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall determine that the
proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

     Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults. Except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to
Section 3.1 for all or any specific Securities of any series, the Holders of not less than
a majority in principal amount (including waivers obtained in connection with a purchase of, or
tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities) of the Outstanding Securities of any series to be
affected under this Indenture may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series
waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default

          (1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such
series, or

          (2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article IX cannot be modified or
amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.

     Upon any such waiver with respect to any series, such default shall cease to exist, and any
Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, with respect to such series
for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or impair any right consequent thereon. A waiver of any past default and its consequences
given by or on behalf of any Holder of Securities in connection with a purchase of, or tender or
exchange offer for, such Holder’s Securities will not be rendered invalid by such purchase, tender
or exchange.

     Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or
remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs, including reasonable attorneys’
fees and expenses, against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the
Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed
to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit
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Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee or, if applicable, in any suit for the enforcement of the
right to convert any Security in accordance with its terms.

     Section 5.15 Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws. The Company and each Guarantor,
if any, covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist
upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury,
stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each Guarantor, if any (to the
extent that it may lawfully do so), hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such
law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein
granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no
such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE VI

THE TRUSTEE

     Section 6.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities. (a) Except during the continuance of
an Event of Default,

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

          (2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the
case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required
to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine
whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

     (b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise
such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and
skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of such person’s own affairs.

     (c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability
for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct,
except that

          (1) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of the first paragraph of this
Section;

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

          (3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by
it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of any series, determined as provided in Section 5.12,
relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with
respect to the Securities of such series; and

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

     (d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating
to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section.

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          Section 6.2 Notice of Defaults. If a default occurs hereunder with respect to
Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of
such default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in
the case of any default of the character specified in Section 5.1(4) with respect to
Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 60 days after
the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which
is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to
Securities of such series.

     Section 6.3 Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section
6.1:

          (1) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from
acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;

          (2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced
by a Company Request or Company Order and any request or direction of a Guarantor mentioned herein
shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Guarantor Request or Guarantor Order of such Guarantor, and
any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution and
any resolution of a Guarantor’s Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Guarantor’s
Board Resolution;

          (3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that
a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) shall be entitled to receive and
may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate or if
such matter relates to a Guarantor, a Guarantor’s Officers’ Certificate of such Guarantor;

          (4) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or
any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

          (5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in
it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture,
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory
to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with
such request or direction;

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

          (7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with
due care by it hereunder and shall not be responsible for the supervision of officers and employees
of such agents or attorneys;

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

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          (9) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by
it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights
or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;

          (10) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any default or Event of Default unless
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any
event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture; and

          (11) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including its rights to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee
in each of its capacities hereunder.

     Section 6.4 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The recitals
contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall
be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee does not assume any responsibility for
their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by
the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

     Section 6.5 May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying
Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company or any Guarantor, in its individual
or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections
6.8 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company or any Guarantor with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or
such other agent.

     Section 6.6 Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need
not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under
no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in
writing with the Company or any Guarantor.

     Section 6.7 Compensation and Reimbursement.

     The Company agrees

          (1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as the Company and Trustee shall
agree in writing for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited
by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

          (2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request
for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or
advance as may be attributable to its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; and

          (3) to indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee and its officers, directors,
agents and employees for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all losses, liabilities,
damages, claims or expenses including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined
by the earnings or income of the Trustee) incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of
the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any
claim (whether asserted by the Company, a Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection
with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

     As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section the
Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by
the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest on Securities.

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     Without limiting any rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee
incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section
5.1(5) or Section 5.1(6), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and
expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses
of administration under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law.

     The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture and, for the
avoidance of doubt, shall not be subject to the provisions of Article XV hereof.

     Section 6.8 Conflicting Interests. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting
interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such
interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of,
the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the
Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this
Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series.

     Section 6.9 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be one
(and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series, which may be
Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that
is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such, has a combined capital and surplus
of at least $50,000,000 and has its Corporate Trust Office in the continental United States of
America. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to
the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section
and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such
Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

     Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. No resignation or
removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall
become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with
the applicable requirements of Section 6.11.

     The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by
giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 60
days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition, at the
expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

     The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series,
delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee
required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of a notice of removal pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee being removed may
petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

     If at any time:

          (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.8 after written request therefor
by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six
months, or

          (2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.9 and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or

          (3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent
or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take
charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
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then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect
to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 5.14, any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect
to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

     If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall
occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series,
the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with
respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and
that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular
series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If an instrument
of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days
after the giving of such notice of removal, the Trustee being removed may petition, at the expense
of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the
successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11, become the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee
appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner
required by Section 6.11, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such
series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series.

     The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in
Section 1.6. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to
the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

     Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. In case of the appointment
hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so
appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company, any Guarantor and to the retiring
Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed
or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall,
upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor
Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer
and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder.

     In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more (but not all) series, the Company, any Guarantor, the retiring Trustee and each
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an
indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and
which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm
to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities,
shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or
those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall
be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than
one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee
of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered
by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
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with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but,
on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates.

     Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company and any Guarantor shall execute any
and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor
Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph,
as the case may be.

     No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such
successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

     Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any
corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated,
or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation
shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of
any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall
have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and
deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had
itself authenticated such Securities.

     Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. If and when the
Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities),
the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection
of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor).

     Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an
Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to any series of Securities which shall be authorized
to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate the Securities of such Series issued upon original
issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer, partial conversion or partial redemption or
pursuant to Section 3.6, and Securities of such series so authenticated shall be entitled
to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities of such series by the Trustee or the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and
delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent so appointed with respect to such
series and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating
Agent so appointed with respect to such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to
the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of
the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such
laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than
$50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually pursuant to law or to the
requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section,
such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in
this Section.

     Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to
which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate
agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee, the
Company, the Authenticating Agent or such successor corporation.

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     An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee
and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by
giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such
a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating
Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may
appoint a successor Authenticating Agent with respect to any series of Securities which shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of
such series in the manner provided in Section 1.6. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon
acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all rights, powers and duties of
its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No
successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this
Section.

     The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be
reimbursed by the Company for such payments, subject to the provisions of Section 6.7.

     If an appointment is made pursuant to this Section with respect to Securities of any series,
the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate
of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following form:

     This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	As Authenticating Agent 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

ARTICLE VII

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

     Section 7.1 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The Company
and any Guarantor will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee

          (1) semi-annually, not later than May 15 and November 15 in each year, a list, in such form as
the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of each
series as of the immediately preceding May 1 or November 1 as the case may be, and

          (2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the
receipt by the Company or such Guarantor, respectively, of any such request, a list of similar form
and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;

excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar.

     Section 7.2 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders. The Trustee shall
preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders
contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 and
the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar.
The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.1 upon receipt of
a new list so furnished.

     The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under
this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee,
shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.

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     Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company, any
Guarantor and the Trustee that neither of the Company nor the Guarantors (if applicable) nor the
Trustee nor any agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of
information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

     Section 7.3 Reports by Trustee. The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports
concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.

     Reports so required to be transmitted at stated intervals of not more than 12 months shall be
transmitted no later than 60 days after each May 15th and shall be dated as of May 15 in each
calendar year, commencing in 2010.

     A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the
Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with
the Company and any Guarantor. The Company and any Guarantor will notify the Trustee when any
Securities are listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

     Section 7.4 Reports by Company. The Company and any Guarantor shall file with the
Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports,
and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act, if any, at the
times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided that any such information,
documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act need not be filed with the Trustee until the 15th day after the same are actually
filed with the Commission; and provided further that the filing of any such information, documents
or reports by the Company on the EDGAR system maintained by the Commission (or any successor system
thereto) shall constitute filing with the Trustee. Delivery of such reports, information and
documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall
not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from
information contained therein, including the compliance by the Company or any Guarantor with any of
their covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’
Certificates or Guarantor’s Officers’ Certificates, as the case may be).

ARTICLE VIII

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

     Section 8.1 Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms. The Company shall
not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or
substantially all its properties and assets to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to consolidate with or
merge into the Company, unless:

          (1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or sell, convey,
transfer or lease all or substantially all its properties and assets to any Person, the Person
formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by
sale, conveyance or transfer, or which leases, all or substantially all the properties and assets
of the Company shall be a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or trust, shall be
organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the
District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance
or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or
observed and, for each Security that by its terms provides for conversion, shall have provided for
the right to convert such Security in accordance with its terms;

          (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness which
becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having
been incurred by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of
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          (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if
a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental
indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to such transaction have been complied with.

     Section 8.2 Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or
merger of the Company into, any other Person or any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or
substantially all the properties and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 8.1,
the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which
such sale, conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may
exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a
lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this
Indenture and the Securities.

ARTICLE IX

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     Section 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Except as may
otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.1 for all or any specific Securities of any
series, without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution,
each of the Guarantors, if any, when authorized by a Guarantor’s Board Resolution of such
Guarantor, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following
purposes:

          (1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or a Guarantor and the
assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or such Guarantor herein and in
the Securities or the Guarantees of such Guarantor, as the case may be; or

          (2) to add to the covenants of the Company or any Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of
all or any Securities of any series (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than
all Securities of such series, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for
the benefit of such Securities within such series) or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor with regard to all or any Securities of any series (and
if any such surrender is to be made with regard to less than all Securities of such series, stating
that such surrender is expressly being made solely with regard to such Securities within such
series); or

          (3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any
Securities of any series (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of
less than all Securities of such series, stating that such additional Events of Default are
expressly being included solely for the benefit of such Securities within such series); or

          (4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be
necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not
registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the
issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or

          (5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of all
or any Securities of any series or any Guarantees thereof (and if such addition, change or
elimination is to apply with respect to less than all Securities of such series or Guarantees
thereof, stating that it is expressly being made to apply solely with respect to such Securities
within such series or Guarantees thereof), provided that any such addition, change or elimination
(A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any series or Guarantee thereof created prior to the
execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii)
modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (B) shall
become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or

          (6) to secure the Securities or any Guarantees; or

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          (7) to establish the form or terms of all or any Securities of any series and any Guarantees
thereof as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1; or

          (8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions
of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the
trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11; or

          (9) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture with respect to any Securities
that by their terms may be converted into securities or other property other than Securities of the
same series and of like tenor, in order to permit or facilitate the issuance, payment or conversion
of such Securities; or

          (10) to add any Person as an additional Guarantor under this Indenture, to add additional
Guarantees or additional Guarantors in respect of any Outstanding Securities under this Indenture,
or to evidence the release and discharge of any Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantees
of any Securities and its obligations under this Indenture in respect of any Securities in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture; or

          (11) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with
respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to
this Clause (11) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any
series in any material respect.

     The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company and the Guarantors, if any, in the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and
stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept any conveyance, transfer, assignment,
mortgage or pledge of any property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into
any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under
this Indenture or otherwise.

     After an amendment under this Section 9.1 becomes effective, the Company shall mail notice of
such amendment to the affected Holders.

     Section 9.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders. Except as may otherwise
be provided pursuant to Section 3.1 for all or any specific Securities of any series or
Guarantees thereof, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount (including
consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for,
Securities) of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such supplemental indenture
(considered together as one class for this purpose and such affected Securities potentially being
Securities of the same or different series and, with respect to any series, potentially comprising
fewer than all the Securities of such series), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and
the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, each of the Guarantors, if any,
when authorized by a Guarantor’s Board Resolution of such Guarantor, and the Trustee may enter into
an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in
any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture or any
Guarantees of such Securities; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall,
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby (including consents
obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities),

          (1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or
interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon
or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an
Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, or permit the
Company to redeem any Security if, absent such supplemental indenture, the Company would not be
permitted to do so, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any
Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for
the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or

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          (2) if any Security provides that the Holder may require the Company to repurchase or convert
such Security, impair such Holder’s right to require repurchase or conversion of such Security on
the terms provided therein, or

          (3) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any one or more
series (considered separately or together as one class, as applicable, and whether comprising the
same or different series or less than all the Securities of a series), the consent of whose Holders
is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for
any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder
and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or

          (4) if any Security is guaranteed by the Guarantee of any Grantor, release such Guarantor from
any of its obligations under such Guarantee except in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
or

          (5) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or Section
10.6, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of
this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the
consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant
changes in this Section and Section 10.6, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance
with the requirements of Sections 6.11 and 9.1(8).

     A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this
Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular
Securities or series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of such Securities
or series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the
rights under this Indenture of the Holders of any other Securities or of any other series, as
applicable.

     It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular
form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve
the substance thereof. A consent to any indenture supplemental hereto by or on behalf of any Holder of Securities given in
connection with a purchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, such Holder’s Securities will not
be rendered invalid by such purchase, tender or exchange.

     Section 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or accepting the
additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the
modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion
of Counsel and Officers’ Certificate and Guarantor’s Officers’ Certificate, as the case may be,
stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental
indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.

     Section 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental
indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such
supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of
Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

     Section 9.5 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture
executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.

     Section 9.6 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any
series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to
this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the
Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so
determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee
and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

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     Section 9.7 Subordination Unimpaired. No supplemental indenture shall adversely
affect the interests of any holder of Senior Debt then outstanding under Article XV or of
any holder of Senior Guarantor Debt then outstanding under the last paragraph of Section
14.1 in any material respect unless each holder of Senior Debt or Senior Guarantor Debt so
affected (or the group or representative thereof authorized or required to consent thereto pursuant
to the instrument creating or evidencing, or pursuant to which there is outstanding, such Senior
Debt or Senior Guarantor Debt) consents to such supplemental indenture in writing.

ARTICLE X

COVENANTS

     Section 10.1 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Company covenants and
agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the
principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the
terms of the Securities and this Indenture.

     Section 10.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain in each Place
of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be
presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange, where Securities may be surrendered for conversion and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company or any Guarantor in respect of the Securities of that
series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee
of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the
Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made
or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company and each Guarantor (if any)
hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.

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

     With respect to any Global Security, and except as otherwise may be specified for such Global
Security as contemplated by Section 3.1, the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall be
the Place of Payment where such Global Security may be presented or surrendered for payment or for
registration of transfer or exchange, or where successor Securities may be delivered in exchange
therefor, provided, however, that any such payment, presentation, surrender or delivery effected
pursuant to the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary for such Global Security shall be deemed to
have been effected at the Place of Payment for such Global Security in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture.

     Section 10.3 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust. If the Company shall
at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or
before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of
that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum
sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due until such sums shall
be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the
Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

     Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it
will, on or prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on each due date of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit (or, if the Company has deposited any
trust funds with a trustee pursuant to Section 13.4(1), cause such trustee to deposit) with
a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust
Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the
Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

     The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee
to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the
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provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the
continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series)
in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, upon the written request
of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for
payment in respect of the Securities of that series.

     The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay,
to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by
the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such money.

     Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series
and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request (or if deposited by a Guarantor, paid to
such Guarantor on Guarantor Request), or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from
such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor,
look only to the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability
of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or
such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may, at the expense of the
Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, cause to be published once, in a newspaper published
in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New York, notice that such money
remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days
from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be
repaid to the Company or the applicable Guarantor, as the case may be.

     Section 10.4 Corporate Existence. Subject to Article VIII, the Company will
do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
corporate existence.

     Section 10.5 Statement by Officers as to Default. (a) The Company will deliver to the
Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date
hereof, an Officers’ Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers
thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions
and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice
provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the
nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge;

     (b) So long as any Securities of a series to which Article XIV has been made
applicable are Outstanding, each Guarantor of such Securities will deliver to the Trustee, within
120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, a
Guarantor’s Officers’ Certificate of such Guarantor, stating whether or not to the best knowledge
of the signers thereof such Guarantor is in default in the performance and observance of any of the
terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or
requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if such Guarantor shall be in default, specifying
all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.

     Section 10.6 Waiver of Certain Covenants. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to
Section 3.1 for all or any Securities of any series, the Company may, with respect to all
or any Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision
or condition set forth in Section 10.4 or in any covenant provided pursuant to Section
3.1(18), 9.1(2), 9.1(6) or 9.1(7) for the benefit of the Holders of
such series or in Article VIII if, before the time for such compliance, the Holders of a
majority in principal amount (including waivers obtained in connection with a purchase of, or
tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities) of all Outstanding Securities affected by such
waiver (considered together as one class for this purpose and such affected Securities potentially
being Securities of the same or different series and, with respect to any particular series,
potentially comprising fewer than all the Securities of such series) shall, by Act of such Holders,
either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term,
provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or
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such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision
or condition shall remain in full force and effect. A waiver of compliance given by or on behalf of
any Holder of Securities in connection with a purchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, such
Holder’s Securities will not be rendered invalid by such purchase, tender or exchange.

ARTICLE XI

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

     Section 11.1 Applicability of Article. Securities of any series which are redeemable
before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for such Securities) in accordance with
this Article.

     Section 11.2 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the Company to
redeem any Securities shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in another
manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for such Securities. In case of any
redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series (including
any such redemption affecting only a single Security), the Company shall, at least 20 Business Days
prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to
the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of
such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In
the case of any redemption of Securities (1) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the
terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, or (2) pursuant to an election of the
Company that is subject to a condition specified in the terms of the Securities of the series to be
redeemed, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance
with such restriction or condition.

     Section 11.3 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. If less than all the
Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all the Securities of such series and of a
specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the
particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 40 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously
called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may
provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of
such series, provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be
in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination)
for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to
be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to
be redeemed shall be selected not more than 40 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee,
from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called for
redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.

     If any Security selected for partial redemption is converted in part before termination of the
conversion right with respect to the portion of the Security so selected, the converted portion of
such Security shall be deemed (so far as it may be) to be the portion selected for redemption.
Securities which have been converted during a selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be
treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such selection.

     The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and each Security Registrar in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for partial
redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

     The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption
affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In
the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security.

     For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions
relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to
be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been
or is to be redeemed.

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     Section 11.4 Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner
provided in Section 1.6 not less than 15 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date (or within such period as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for the
relevant Securities), to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the
Security Register.

     All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP
numbers, if any) and shall state:

          (1) the Redemption Date,

          (2) the Redemption Price,

          (3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more than a single
Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such
Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than
all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the
particular Security to be redeemed,

          (4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each
such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and
after said date,

          (5) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price,

          (6) for any Securities that by their terms may be converted, the terms of conversion, the date
on which the right to convert the Security to be redeemed will terminate and the place or places
where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion, and

          (7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.

     Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be
given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of
the Company.

     Section 11.5 Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on
any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the
Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section
10.3) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the
Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which
are to be redeemed on that date, other than any Securities called for redemption on that date which
have been converted prior to the date of such deposit. The Company may direct by a Company Order
the investment of any money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to this Section 11.5,
without distinction between principal and income, in (1) United States Treasury Securities with a
maturity of one year or less or (2) a money market fund that invests solely in short term United
States Treasury Securities and from time to time the Company may direct the reinvestment of all or
a portion of such money in other securities or funds meeting the criteria specified in Clause (1)
or (2) of this sentence. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee will have no liability with
respect to investments made in accordance with the Company Order, including, without limitation,
for any losses incurred in connection with such investments. In the event that losses are
incurred, the Company shall, on or prior to 11:00 A.M. New York City time on the Redemption Date,
deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent such additional funds as are necessary so that the total
amount of funds then on deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent, as applicable, is equal to the
initial amount of funds deposited by the Company pursuant to this Section 11.5 prior to investment.
Any earnings resulting from any investment of funds pursuant to the terms of this Section 11.5
shall be paid by the Trustee to or at the direction of the Company.

     If any Security called for redemption is converted, any money deposited with the Trustee or
with any Paying Agent or so segregated and held in trust for the redemption of such Security shall
(subject to any right of the Holder of such Security or any Predecessor Security to receive
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3.7 or in the terms of such Security) be paid to the Company upon Company Request or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged
from such trust.

     Section 11.6 Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been
given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and
payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company
shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall
cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said
notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued
interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior
to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates
according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.7.

     If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date
at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.

     Section 11.7 Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Security which is to be redeemed only
in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so
requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and
of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so
surrendered.

ARTICLE XII

SINKING FUNDS

     Section 12.1 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be
applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for such Securities.

     The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of any Securities is
herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum
amount provided for by the terms of such Securities is herein referred to as an “optional sinking
fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of any Securities, the cash amount of any sinking fund
payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 12.2. Each sinking fund payment
shall be applied to the redemption of Securities as provided for by the terms of such Securities.

     Section 12.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. The Company (1)
may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption)
and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been converted in accordance with
their terms or which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms
of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant
to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking
fund payment with respect to any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the
terms of such Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities;
provided that the Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities
to be so credited shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption
Price, as specified in the Securities so to be redeemed (or at such other prices as may be
specified for such Securities as contemplated in Section 3.1), for redemption through
operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced
accordingly.

     Section 12.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than 45 days (or
such shorter period as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) prior to each sinking fund payment
date for any Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate
specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to the
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payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities
pursuant to Section 12.2 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so
delivered. Not less than 30 days prior to each such sinking fund payment date, the Trustee shall
select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in
Section 11.3 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at
the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 11.4. Such notice having been
duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated
in Sections 11.6 and 11.7.

ARTICLE XIII

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

     Section 13.1 Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. Unless
otherwise designated pursuant to Section 3.1(17), the Securities of any series of
Securities shall be subject to defeasance or covenant defeasance pursuant to such Section
13.2 or 13.3, in accordance with any applicable requirements provided pursuant to
Section 3.1 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article. The
Company may elect, at its option, at any time, to have Section 13.2 or Section 13.3
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities so subject to defeasance or covenant
defeasance. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for such Securities.

     Section 13.2 Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Company’s exercise of its option (if
any) to have this Section applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may
be, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations, and the provisions of
Article XV (and the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 14.1) shall cease
to be effective, with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date
the conditions set forth in Section 13.4 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Defeasance”).
For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors of the Securities shall
be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and to
have satisfied all their other respective obligations under such Securities and this Indenture
insofar as such Securities or such Guarantees are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which
shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such
Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 13.4(1) and as more
fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and
interest on such Securities when payments are due, (2) the obligations of the Company and the
Guarantors of the Securities of such series with respect to such Securities under Sections
3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 10.2 and 10.3, (3) the rights, powers, trusts,
duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with
this Article, the Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any
Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have Section 13.3
applied to such Securities. Upon the effectiveness of defeasance with respect to any series of
Securities, each Guarantor of the Securities of such series shall (except as provided in clause (2)
of the preceding sentence) be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all of
its obligations under its Guarantee of the Securities of such series and all of its other
obligations under this Indenture in respect of the Securities of such series, without any action by
the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee and without the consent of the Holders of any Securities.

     Section 13.3 Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Company’s exercise of its option (if any)
to have this Section applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1)
the Company shall be released from its obligations under Section 10.4 and any covenants
provided pursuant to Section 3.1(16), 9.1(2), 9.1(6) or 9.1(7) for
the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in
Sections 5.1(4) (with respect to Section 10.4 and any such covenants provided
pursuant to Section 3.1(16), 9.1(2), 9.1(6) or 9.1(7)) and
5.1(8) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default and (3) the provisions of
Article XV (and the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 14.1) shall cease
to be effective, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and
after the date the conditions set forth in Section 13.4 are satisfied (hereinafter called
“Covenant Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such
Securities, the Company and any Guarantor may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in
respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent
so specified in the case of Section 5.1(4)) or Article XV or the last paragraph of
Section 14.1, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to
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Article to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such
Securities and any Guarantees thereof shall be unaffected thereby.

     Section 13.4 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be
the conditions to the application of Section 13.2 or Section 13.3 to any Securities
or any series of Securities, as the case may be:

          (1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee
(or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 6.9 and agrees
to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the
purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated
solely to, the benefits of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S.
Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of
any payment, money in an amount, or (C) such other obligations or arrangements as may be specified
as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to such Securities, or (D) a combination
thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay
and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to
pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities on the
respective Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities.
As used herein, “U.S. Government Obligation” means (x) any security which is (i) a direct
obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of
the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised
by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which
is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of
America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the
issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of
the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is specified
in Clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt,
or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government
Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian
is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary
receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or
the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.

          (2) In the event of an election to have Section 13.2 apply to any Securities or any
series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by,
the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this instrument, there has been a
change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and
based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities will not recognize
gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge
to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the
same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit,
Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.

          (3) In the event of an election to have Section 13.3 apply to any Securities or any
series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or
loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be
effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same
amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant
Defeasance were not to occur.

          (4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the effect
that neither such Securities nor any other Securities of the same series, if then listed on any
securities exchange, will be delisted as a result of such deposit.

          (5) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of
Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities (other than such an event or Event
of Default solely with respect to such Securities resulting from the borrowing of funds to be
applied to such deposit) shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit.

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          (6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of,
or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or
by which it is bound.

          (7) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the
deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of such Securities
over the other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or
defrauding creditors of the Company.

          (8) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance have been complied with.

     Section 13.5 Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust;
Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section
10.3, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with
the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and Section
13.6, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the “Trustee”)
pursuant to Section 13.4 in respect of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied by
the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own
Paying Agent or any Guarantor of the Securities of the applicable series or any Subsidiary or
Affiliate of the Company or any such Guarantor acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect
of principal and any premium and interest, but money and U.S. Government Obligations so held in
trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Money and U.S.
Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) so held in trust shall not be subject to
the provisions of Article XV, provided that the applicable conditions of Section
13.4 have been satisfied.

     The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed
on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 13.4
or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other
charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.

     Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to
the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by
it as provided in Section 13.4 with respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required
to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect
to such Securities.

     Section 13.6 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any
money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or
judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
such application, then the respective obligations under this Indenture and such Securities and, if
applicable, Guarantees of such Securities from which the Company and the applicable Guarantors have
been discharged or released pursuant to Section 13.2 or 13.3 shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such
Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in
trust pursuant to Section 13.5 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this
Article; provided, however, that if the Company or any Guarantor makes any payment of principal of
or any premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations,
the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of
the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.

ARTICLE XIV

GUARANTEES

     Section 14.1 Guarantees. Securities of any series that are to be guaranteed by the
Guarantees of any Guarantors shall be guaranteed by such Guarantors as shall be established
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Securities of such series. The Persons who shall initially be Guarantors of the Securities of
any such series may include any and all such Persons as the Company may determine; provided that,
prior to the authentication and delivery upon original issuance of Securities that are to be
guaranteed by a Person, the Company, the Trustee and such Person shall enter into a supplemental
indenture pursuant to Section 9.1 hereof whereby such Person shall become a Guarantor under
this Indenture.

     Securities of any series that are to be guaranteed by the Guarantees of any Guarantors shall
be guaranteed in accordance with the terms of such Guarantees as established pursuant to
Section 3.1 with respect to such Securities and such Guarantees thereof and (except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for such Securities and such Guarantees
thereof) in accordance with this Article.

     Each Guarantor of any Security hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of
such Security, and to the Trustee on behalf of such Holder, the due and punctual payment of the
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Security when and as the same
shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call
for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Security and of this Indenture.
In case of the failure of the Company punctually to make any such payment, such Guarantor hereby
agrees to cause such payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become due and
payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or
otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.

     The Guarantor of any Security hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be absolute
and unconditional irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity, irregularity or
unenforceability of such Security or this Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions of such
Security or this Indenture, or any waiver, modification or indulgence granted to the Company with
respect thereto, by the Holder of such Security or the Trustee or any other circumstance which may
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor; provided,
however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no such waiver, modification or indulgence shall,
without the consent of any Guarantor, increase the principal amount of such Security, or increase
the interest rate thereon, change any redemption provisions thereof (including any change to
increase any premium payable upon redemption thereof) or change the Stated Maturity of any payment
thereon, or increase the principal amount of any Original Issue Discount Security that would be due
and payable upon a declaration of acceleration or the maturity thereof pursuant to Section
5.2 of this Indenture.

     The Guarantor of any Security hereby waives the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand for
payment, any requirement that the Trustee or any of the Holders exhaust any right or take any
action against the Company or any other Person, filing of claims with a court in the event of
insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the
Company, protest or notice with respect to any Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and
all demands whatsoever, and covenants that its obligations hereunder will not be discharged in
respect of such Security except by complete performance of the obligations of such Guarantor
contained in such Security and in this Indenture. Any Guarantee of any Guarantor hereunder shall
constitute a guaranty of payment and not of collection. The Guarantor of any Security hereby agrees
that, in the event of a default in payment of principal, or premium, if any, or interest, if any,
on such Security, whether at its Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for
redemption or otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by,
the Holder of such Security, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture,
directly against such Guarantor to enforce the obligation of such Guarantor hereunder without first
proceeding against the Company.

     The obligations of the Guarantor of any Security hereunder with respect to such Security shall
be continuing and irrevocable until the date upon which the entire principal of, premium, if any,
and interest, if any, on such Security has been, or has been deemed pursuant to the provisions of
Article Four of this Indenture to have been, paid in full or otherwise discharged.

     The Guarantor of any Security shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders of such
Security against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor on account of such
Security pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that such Guarantor shall
not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of
subrogation until the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all Securities
issued hereunder that are due and payable shall have been paid in full.

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     The Guarantee by any Guarantor of any Security shall remain in full force and effect and
continue notwithstanding any petition filed by or against the Company for liquidation or
reorganization, the Company becoming insolvent or making an assignment for the benefit of creditors
or a receiver or trustee being appointed for all or any significant part of the Company’s assets,
and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or reinstated, as the
case may be, if at any time payment of such Security, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or
reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any Holder of such Security,
whether as a voidable preference, fraudulent transfer, or otherwise, all as though such payment or
performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded,
reduced, restored or returned on a Security, such Security shall, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, be reinstated and deemed paid only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced,
restored or returned.

     No Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge into any other Person or sell, convey or transfer
all or substantially all its properties and assets to any Person, and no Guarantor shall permit any
Person to consolidate with or merge into such Guarantor, in each case in a transaction in which the
successor Person formed by such consolidation or merger or to which such sale, conveyance or
transfer is made is an Affiliate of the Company, and no Guarantor shall lease all or substantially
all its properties and assets to any Person (whether or not such an Affiliate), unless, in any such
case:

          (1) in case such Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or sell,
convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its properties and assets to any Person, the
Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Guarantor is merged or the Person which
acquires by sale, conveyance or transfer, or which leases, all or substantially all the properties
and assets of such Guarantor shall be a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or
trust, shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental
hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the
performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture and any Guarantees on the part of
such Guarantor to be performed or observed;

          (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction no Event of Default, and no event
which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened
and be continuing; and

          (3) such Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee a Guarantor’s Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or
lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided
for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

Upon any consolidation of any Guarantor with, or merger of such Guarantor into, any other Person or
any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all the properties and assets of
such Guarantor in accordance with this paragraph, the successor Person formed by such consolidation
or into which such Guarantor is merged or to which such sale, conveyance, transfer or lease is made
shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, such Guarantor
under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as such
Guarantor herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be
relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and any Guarantees of such
Guarantor.

     Upon (i) a consolidation or merger of any Guarantor with or into, or a sale, conveyance or
transfer of all or substantially all the properties and assets of any Guarantor to, any other
Person or any consolidation or merger of any Person with or into any Guarantor, in each case in a
transaction in which the successor Person formed by such consolidation or merger or to which such
sale, conveyance or transfer is made is not an Affiliate of the Company or (ii) any sale,
conveyance or transfer (including by way of merger) by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof of all
or substantially all the Capital Stock of any Guarantor to any Person that is not an Affiliate of
the Company, such Guarantor shall be deemed to be automatically and unconditionally released and
discharged from all its obligations under its Guarantees and under this Article XIV without
any further action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. The Trustee shall deliver an
appropriate instrument evidencing such release and discharge upon receipt of a Company Request
accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate certifying as to the compliance with this paragraph of
Section 14.1. The Company may, at its option, at any time and from time to time, cause any
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automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all its obligations under its
Guarantees with respect to Securities of all series guaranteed by Guarantees of such Guarantor and
under this Article XIV upon (i) any conditions for such release provided with respect to
Securities of such series in accordance with Section 3.1 having been satisfied and (ii)
delivery by the Company to the Trustee of a Company Order relating to such release and discharge.
The Trustee shall deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing such release and discharge upon
receipt of a Company Request accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate certifying as to the
compliance with this paragraph of Section 14.1.

     Anything in this Indenture, the Securities or any Guarantee to the contrary notwithstanding,
the obligations of any Guarantor under its Guarantees and this Indenture shall be limited to the
maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such
Guarantor, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantees and this Indenture not
constituting a fraudulent advance or fraudulent transfer under any Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform
Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal, state or
other law affecting the rights of creditors generally.

     No Guarantee by any Guarantor of any Security, whether or not such Guarantee is or is to be
endorsed thereon, shall be valid and obligatory for any purpose with respect to such Security until
the certificate of authentication on such Security shall have been signed by or on behalf of the
Trustee.

     The obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantees pursuant to this Article XIV
are hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full
of all Senior Guarantor Debt of such Guarantor, in each case on the same basis as the indebtedness
represented by the Securities and the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on the Securities are subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in
full of all Senior Debt, mutatis mutandis. For the purposes of the foregoing sentence, the Trustee
and the Holders shall have the right to receive or retain payments by any Guarantor only at such
times as they may receive or retain payments and distributions in respect of the Securities
pursuant to this Indenture, including Article XV hereof.

ARTICLE XV

SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

     Section 15.1 Securities Subordinate to Senior Debt. The Company covenants and agrees,
and each Holder of a Security, by his acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to
the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article, the indebtedness represented by
the Securities and the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on each and
all of the Securities are hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in right of payment to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Debt.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a deposit referred to in Section 13.4(1) is made
pursuant to Section 13.2 or Section 13.3 with respect to any Securities (and
provided all other conditions set out in Section 13.2 or Section 13.3, as
applicable, shall have been satisfied with respect to such Securities), then no money or U.S.
Government Obligations so deposited, and no proceeds thereon, will be subject to any rights of
holders of Senior Debt, including any such rights arising under this Article XV.

     Section 15.2 Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc. In the event of (a) any
insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or
other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith, relative to the Company or to its
creditors, as such, or to its assets, or (b) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of
the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or
bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets
and liabilities of the Company, then and in any such event the holders of Senior Debt shall be
entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or in respect of all
Senior Debt (including any interest accruing thereon after the commencement of any such case or
proceeding), or provision shall be made for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise
in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, before the Holders of the Securities are
entitled to receive any payment on account of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the
Securities, and to that end the holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled to receive, for
application to the payment thereof, any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether
in cash, property or securities, including any such payment or distribution which may be payable or
deliverable by reason of the payment of any other

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indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of the Securities, which may be
payable or deliverable in respect of the Securities in any such case, proceeding, dissolution,
liquidation or other winding up event.

     In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Trustee or
the Holder of any Security shall have received any payment or distribution of assets of the Company
of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, including any such payment or
distribution which may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other indebtedness
of the Company being subordinated to the payment of the Securities, before all Senior Debt is paid
in full or payment thereof provided for, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such
payment or distribution, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder,
then and in such event such payment or distribution shall be paid over or delivered forthwith to
the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee, agent or other
Person making payment or distribution of assets of the Company for application to the payment of
all Senior Debt remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Debt in full, after
giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Debt. Any
taxes that have been withheld or deducted from any payment or distribution in respect of the
Securities, or any taxes that ought to have been withheld or deducted from any such payment or
distribution that have been remitted to the relevant taxing authority, shall not be considered to
be an amount that the Trustee or the Holder of any Security receives for purposes of this Section.

     For purposes of this Article only, the words “cash, property or securities” shall not be
deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the
Company or any other corporation or other entity, provided for by a plan of reorganization or
readjustment which are subordinated in right of payment to all Senior Debt which may at the time be
outstanding to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Securities are so
subordinated as provided in this Article. The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of
the Company into, or the sale, conveyance, transfer or lease by the Company of all or substantially
all its properties and assets to, another Person upon the terms and conditions set forth in
Article VIII, or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following any such sale,
conveyance or transfer, shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization,
assignment for the benefit of creditors or marshalling of assets and liabilities of the Company for
the purposes of this Section if the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company
is merged or the Person which acquires by sale, conveyance, transfer or lease all or substantially
all of such properties and assets, as the case may be, shall, as a part of such consolidation,
merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, comply with the conditions set forth in Article
VIII.

     Section 15.3 Prior Payment to Senior Debt Upon Acceleration of Securities. In the
event that any Securities are declared due and payable in connection with an Event of Default
before their Stated Maturity, then and in such event the holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled
to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or in respect of all Senior Debt
or provision shall be made for such payment in cash, before the Holders of the Securities are
entitled to receive any payment (including any payment which may be payable by reason of the
payment of any other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of the
Securities) by the Company on account of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the
Securities or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of Securities; provided, however,
that nothing in this Section shall prevent the satisfaction of any sinking fund payment in
accordance with Article XII by delivering and crediting pursuant to Section 12.2
Securities which have been acquired (upon redemption or otherwise) prior to such declaration of
acceleration.

     In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall make any payment to the
Trustee or the Holder of any Security prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this Section, and
if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such payment, have been made known to the Trustee
or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and in such event such payment shall be paid over and
delivered forthwith to the Company.

     Section 15.4 No Payment When Senior Debt in Default. Subject to the last paragraph of
this Section, (a) (i) in the event and during the continuation of any default in the payment of
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Senior Debt beyond any applicable grace period
with respect thereto, or (ii) in the event that any event of default with respect to any Senior
Debt shall have occurred and be continuing permitting the holders of such Senior Debt (or a trustee
on behalf of the holders thereof) to declare such Senior Debt due and payable prior to the date on
which it would otherwise have become due and payable, whether or not such Senior Debt has been so

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accelerated (provided that, in the case of Clause (i) or Clause (ii), if such default in
payment or event of default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist and any
such declaration of acceleration shall have been rescinded or annulled, then such default in
payment or event of default, as the case may be, shall be deemed not to have occurred for the
purposes of this Section), or (b) in the event that any judicial proceeding shall be pending with
respect to any such default in payment or event of default that shall be deemed to have occurred
for the purpose of this Section, then no payment (including any payment which may be payable by
reason of the payment of any other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of
the Securities) shall be made by the Company on account of principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on the Securities or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of Securities;
provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the satisfaction of any sinking fund
payment in accordance with Article XII by delivering and crediting pursuant to Section 12.2
Securities which have been acquired (upon redemption or otherwise) prior to such default in
payment.

     In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall make any payment to the
Trustee or the Holder of any Security prohibited by the provisions of this Section, and if such
fact shall, at or prior to the time of such payment, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the
case may be, such Holder, then and in such event such payment shall be paid over and delivered
forthwith to the Company.

     No default in payment or event of default with respect to any Senior Debt shall be deemed to
be a default in payment or event of default of the kind specified in Clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of
this Section, and no judicial proceeding with respect to any such default in payment or event of
default shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding of the kind specified in Clause (b) of this
Section, if (x) the Company shall be disputing the occurrence or continuation of such default in
payment or event of default, or any obligation purportedly giving rise to such default in payment
or event of default, and (y) no final judgment holding that such default in payment or event of
default has occurred and is continuing shall have been issued. For this purpose, a “final judgment”
means a judgment that is issued by a court having jurisdiction over the Company or its property, is
binding on the Company or its property, is in full force and effect and is not subject to judicial
appeal or review (including because the time within which a party may seek appeal or review has
expired), provided that, if any such judgment has been issued but is subject to judicial appeal or
review, it shall nevertheless be deemed to be a final judgment unless the Company shall in good
faith be prosecuting such appeal or a proceeding for such review and shall have obtained a stay of
execution pending such appeal or review. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this paragraph shall not
apply to any default in payment or event of default with respect to any Senior Debt as to which the
Company has waived the application of this paragraph in the instrument evidencing such Senior Debt
or by which such Senior Debt is created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed by the Company.

     Section 15.5 Payment Permitted in Certain Situations. Nothing contained in this
Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent (a) the Company,
at any time except during the pendency of any case, proceeding, dissolution, liquidation or other
winding up, assignment for the benefit of creditors or other marshalling of assets and liabilities
of the Company referred to in Section 15.2 or under the conditions described in Section
15.3 or Section 15.4, from making payments at any time of or on account of the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities, or on account of the purchase or
other acquisition of Securities, or (b) the application by the Trustee of any money deposited with
it hereunder to the payment of or on account of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest
on the Securities or the retention of such payment by the Holders, if, at the time of such
application by the Trustee, it did not have knowledge that such payment would have been prohibited
by the provisions of this Article.

     Section 15.6 Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt. Subject to the payment
in full of all Senior Debt or the provision for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or
otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, the Holders of the Securities
shall be subrogated to the extent of the payments or distributions made to the holders of such
Senior Debt pursuant to the provisions of this Article (equally and ratably with the holders of
indebtedness of the Company which by its express terms is subordinated to Indebtedness of the
Company to substantially the same extent as the Securities are subordinated to the Senior Debt and
is entitled to like rights of subrogation) to the rights of the holders of such Senior Debt to
receive payments and distributions of cash, property and securities applicable to the Senior Debt
until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full.
For purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior Debt of
any cash, property or securities to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be
entitled except for the provisions of this Article, and no payments over pursuant to the provisions
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the holders of Senior Debt by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as among the
Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Debt and the Holders of the Securities, be
deemed to be a payment or distribution by the Company to or on account of the Senior Debt.

     Section 15.7 Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. The provisions of this
Article are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders
of the Securities on the one hand and the holders of Senior Debt on the other hand. Nothing
contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or
shall (a) impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Debt and the
Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional (and
which, subject to the rights under this Article of the holders of Senior Debt, is intended to rank
equally with all other general obligations of the Company), to pay to the Holders of the Securities
the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities as and when the same shall
become due and payable in accordance with their terms; or (b) affect the relative rights against
the Company of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than the holders of
Senior Debt; or (c) prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising all remedies
otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if
any, under this Article of the holders of Senior Debt to receive cash, property and securities
otherwise payable or deliverable to the Trustee or such Holder.

     Section 15.8 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination. Each Holder of a Security by his
acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be
necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article and appoints the
Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

     Section 15.9 No Waiver of Subordination Provisions. No right of any present or future
holder of any Senior Debt to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way
be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or
failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any non-compliance by the Company with the
terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such
holder may have or be otherwise charged with.

     Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the holders of Senior
Debt may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the
Holders of the Securities, without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Securities and
without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or the obligations
hereunder of the Holders of the Securities to the holders of Senior Debt do any one or more of the
following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or
renew or alter, Senior Debt or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner Senior Debt or any
instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which Senior Debt is outstanding; (ii) sell,
exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing
Senior Debt; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of Senior Debt; and
(iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company and any other Person.

     Section 15.10 Notice to Trustee. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by
the Trustee in respect of the Securities. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any
other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence
of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the
Securities, unless and until the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the
Company or a holder of Senior Debt or from any trustee therefor; and, prior to the receipt of any
such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, shall be
entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist.

     Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the
delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Debt
(or a trustee therefor) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Debt (or
a trustee therefor). In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence
is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Debt to participate in
any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee may request such Person to
furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Debt held
by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or
distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article, and if
such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any
payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to
receive such payment.

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     Section 15.11 Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent. Upon
any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article, the Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, and the Holders of the Securities shall be
entitled to rely upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which
such insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up or
similar case or proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver,
liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other Person making
such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, for the
purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the
holders of Senior Debt and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable
thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or
to this Article.

     Section 15.12 Trustee Not Fiduciary For Holders of Senior Debt. The Trustee shall not
be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt and shall not be liable to any
such holders or creditors if it shall in good faith pay over or distribute to Holders of Securities
or to the Company or to any other Person cash, property or securities to which any holders of
Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise. With respect to the holders
of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants or
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article and no implied covenants or obligations
with respect to holders of Senior Debt shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.

     Section 15.13 Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt; Preservation of Trustees
Rights. The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth
in this Article with respect to any Senior Debt which may at any time be held by it, to the same
extent as any other holder of Senior Debt and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee
of any of its rights as such holder.

     Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or
pursuant to Section 6.6.

     Section 15.14 Article Applicable to Paying Agents. In case at any time any Paying
Agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder,
the term “Trustee” as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context otherwise
requires) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully
for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this Article in addition to or
in place of the Trustee.

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

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of
the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Allan P. Merrill
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Allan P. Merrill 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer 	 
	 
	 	
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
William Bryan Echols
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	William Bryan Echols 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice Presidentexv4w2

Exhibit 4.2

 

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of January 12, 2010

between

BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

71/2% MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2013

First Supplement to Indenture Dated as of January 12, 2010

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATIONS	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.01
	 	Nature of Supplemental Indenture	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.02
	 	Establishment of New Series	 	 	2	 
	Section 1.03
	 	Definitions	 	 	2	 
	Section 1.04
	 	Waiver of Jury Trial	 	 	10	 
	Section 1.05
	 	Counterparts	 	 	10	 
	Section 1.06
	 	No Recourse Against Others	 	 	10	 
	Section 1.07
	 	Company Responsible for Making Calculations	 	 	10	 
	Section 1.08
	 	Company-owned Notes Disregarded	 	 	10	 
	Section 1.09
	 	Relationship with Base Indenture	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II FORM AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE NOTES	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.01
	 	Form of Notes Generally; Denomination; Registrar, Conversion Agent and Paying Agent	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III PAYMENT AND DELIVERY OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE NOTES	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.01
	 	Mandatory Conversion on the Stated Maturity Date	 	 	13	 
	Section 3.02
	 	Conversion at the Option of the Holder	 	 	14	 
	Section 3.03
	 	Conversion Upon Fundamental Change	 	 	14	 
	Section 3.04
	 	Covenant Event at the Option of the Company; No Redemption	 	 	17	 
	Section 3.05
	 	Conversion Procedures Upon Any Mandatory Conversion	 	 	17	 
	Section 3.06
	 	Conversion Procedures Upon Optional Conversion	 	 	18	 
	Section 3.07
	 	Interest Payments	 	 	19	 
	Section 3.08
	 	No Fractional Shares	 	 	20	 
	Section 3.09
	 	Charges and Taxes	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV ADJUSTMENTS	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.01
	 	Anti-Dilution Adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V EVENTS OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION; REMEDIES	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.01
	 	Events of Default	 	 	29	 
	Section 5.02
	 	Acceleration Event	 	 	31	 
	Section 5.03
	 	Collection of Interest and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee	 	 	32	 
	Section 5.04
	 	Application of Money Collected	 	 	32	 
	Section 5.05
	 	Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Interest Payments under the Notes and to
Convert; Right of Holders to Institute Suit
	 	 	32	 

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	 	 	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.01
	 	Satisfaction and Discharge of the Supplemental Indenture	 	 	33	 
	Section 6.02
	 	Application of Trust Money	 	 	33	 
	Section 6.03
	 	Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held	 	 	34	 
	Section 6.04
	 	Return of Unclaimed Monies	 	 	34	 
	Section 6.05
	 	Reinstatement	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII THE TRUSTEE	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.01
	 	Amendments to the Base Indenture	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.01
	 	Amendments or Supplements Without Consent of Holders	 	 	35	 
	Section 8.02
	 	Amendments, Supplements or Waivers With Consent of Holders	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.01
	 	Amendments to the Base Indenture	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X COVENANTS	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.01
	 	Amendments to the Base Indenture	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI HOLDERS’ LIST AND REPORTS	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.01
	 	Amendments to the Base Indenture	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XII INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE BASE INDENTURE	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.01
	 	Redemption of Securities	 	 	37	 
	Section 12.02
	 	Sinking Funds; Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance; Guarantees	 	 	37	 
	Section 12.03
	 	Guarantees	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	EXHIBIT A — Form of Note	 	 	 	 

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          FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of January 12, 2010 (this “Supplemental
Indenture,” together with the Base Indenture (as defined below), the “Indenture”), between Beazer
Homes USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and U.S. Bank National Association, acting
as indenture trustee (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

          WHEREAS, the Company and U.S. Bank National Association executed and delivered the indenture,
dated as of January 12, 2010 (the “Base Indenture”).

          WHEREAS, the Company desires and has requested the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Base
Indenture to join with it in the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture in order to
supplement the Base Indenture as and to the extent set forth herein to provide for the issuance and
the terms of the Company’s 71/2% Mandatory Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the “Notes”) in
the aggregate principal amount of $57,500,000.

          WHEREAS, Section 9.1(7) of the Base Indenture provides that a supplemental indenture may be
entered into by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of any Holders to establish the
form or terms of all or any Securities (as defined in the Base Indenture) of any series as
permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1 of the Base Indenture.

          WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized
by a Board Resolution of the Company, and all things necessary to make the Notes, when the Notes
are executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder, the valid obligations of the
Company have been done. Further, all things necessary to duly authorize the issuance of the Common
Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Notes, and to duly reserve for issuance the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, have been done.

          NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

          For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof,
it is mutually agreed by the Company and the Trustee, for the equal and proportionate benefit of
all Holders, as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATIONS

               Section 1.01 Nature of Supplemental Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture supplements the Base Indenture and does, and shall be deemed to,
form a part of, and shall be construed in connection with and as part of, the Indenture for any and
all purposes.

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               Section 1.02 Establishment of New Series. Pursuant to Article III of the Base Indenture, there is hereby established the Notes having the
terms set forth in the Base Indenture as supplemented, amended or replaced by the terms of this
Supplemental Indenture and as set forth in the form of Note attached to this Supplemental Indenture
as Exhibit A, which is incorporated herein as a part of this Supplemental Indenture.

               Section 1.03 Definitions. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires:

               (a) capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned
to them in the Trust Indenture Act or the Base Indenture;

               (b) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and
include the plural as well as the singular, and nouns and pronouns of the masculine gender include
the feminine and neuter genders;

               (c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section, Exhibit or other
subdivision; and

               (d) the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 1.03(d):

          “Acceleration Cash Obligation” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02.

          “Acceleration Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02.

          “Acceleration Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02.

          “Acceleration Obligations” means the Acceleration Cash Obligation and the Acceleration Stock
Obligation.

          “Acceleration Stock Obligation” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02.

          “Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, or Conversion Agent.

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          “Applicable Market Value” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01 with respect to Common
Stock and the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(e) with respect to Exchange Property.

          “Bankruptcy Law” means title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any similar federal
or state law for the relief of debtors.

          “Base Indenture” has the meaning ascribed to it in the first paragraph under the caption
“Recitals of the Company.”

          “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday, a legal holiday or a day on
which banking institutions or trust companies in the place of payment are authorized or obligated
by law to close.

          “Closing Price” with respect to Exchange Property has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(e)
and with respect to a share of the Common Stock on any given date:

          (1) the closing price on that date or, if no closing price is reported, the last reported sale
price of shares of Common Stock on the NYSE on that date; or

          (2) if the Common Stock is not traded on the NYSE, the closing price on that date as reported
in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which
the Common Stock is so traded or, if no closing price is reported, the last reported sale price of
the Common Stock on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common
Stock is so traded; or

          (3) if the Common Stock is not traded on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the
last quoted bid price on that date for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market as reported
by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or a similar organization; or

          (4) if the Common Stock is not so quoted by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or a similar organization,
the market value of the Common Stock on that date as determined by the Board of Directors.

          All references herein to the closing price of Common Stock and the last reported sale price of
Common Stock on the NYSE shall be such closing price and such last reported sale price as reflected
on the website of the NYSE (www.nyse.com) and as reported by Bloomberg Professional Service;
provided that in the event that there is a discrepancy between the closing price and the last
reported sale price as reflected on the website of the NYSE and as reported by

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Bloomberg Professional Service, the closing price and the last reported sale price on the website
of the NYSE shall govern.

          “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share.

          “Consolidated Tangible Net Worth” as of any date means the stockholders’ equity (including any
Preferred Stock) of the Company that is classified as equity under GAAP, other than Disqualified
Stock of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at the end of the
fiscal quarter immediately preceding such date, as determined in accordance with GAAP, plus any
amount of unvested deferred compensation included, in accordance with GAAP, as an offset to
stockholders’ equity, less the amount of Intangible Assets reflected on the consolidated balance
sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the fiscal quarter
immediately preceding such date.

          “Conversion Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a)(i) of the Base Indenture, as
amended by Section 2.01.

          “Conversion Date” means the Early Conversion Date or the Mandatory Conversion Date.

          “Conversion Rate” means the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion of
each Note on the applicable Conversion Date.

          “Covenant Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(b).

          “Covenant Event Interest Make-Whole Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(b).

          “Current Market Price” per share of Common Stock on any date means for the purposes of
determining an adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rate:

          (a) for purposes of adjustments pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(ii), Section 4.01(a)(iv) in the
event of an adjustment not relating to a Spin-Off, and Section 4.01(a)(v), the average of the
Closing Prices over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately
preceding the Ex-Date with respect to the issuance or distribution requiring such computation;

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          (b) for purposes of adjustments pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iv) in the event of an adjustment
relating to a Spin-Off, the average of the Closing Prices over the first ten consecutive Trading
Days commencing on and including the fifth Trading Day following the Ex-Date for such distribution;
and

          (c) for purposes of adjustments pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(vi), the average of the Closing
Prices over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on the seventh Trading Day after the
Tender Offer Expiration Date of the relevant tender offer or exchange offer.

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

          “Default” means any event, act or condition that is, or after notice or the passage of time,
or both, would be, an Event of Default.

          “Disqualified Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Secured Notes Indenture.

          “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, and any successor thereto.

          “Early Conversion” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02.

          “Early Conversion Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.06(c).

          “Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.

          “Exchange Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(e)(iv).

          “Ex-Date” when used with respect to any issuance or distribution, means the first date on
which shares of the Common Stock trade without the right to receive such issuance or distribution.

          “Fair Market Value” means the fair market value as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors (or an authorized committee thereof), whose determination shall be conclusive and set
forth in a resolution of the Board of Directors (or such authorized committee).

          “Fixed Conversion Rates” means the Maximum Conversion Rate and the Minimum Conversion Rate.

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          “Fundamental Change” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(c).

          “Fundamental Change Conversion Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(a).

          “Fundamental Change Conversion Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(a).

          “Fundamental Change Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(a).

          “Fundamental Change Interest Make-Whole Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(g).

          “Global Note” means a Note that is a Global Security.

          “Holder” means, with respect to a Note, the Person in whose name the Note is registered in the
Security Register.

          “Incur” means to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume, guarantee, extend the
maturity of, or otherwise become liable with respect to any Indebtedness; provided,
however, that neither the accrual of interest (whether such interest is payable in cash or
kind) nor the accretion of original issue discount shall be considered an Incurrence of
Indebtedness.

          “Indenture” has the meaning ascribed to it in the first paragraph of this Supplemental
Indenture.

          “Initial Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(ii).

          “Intangible Assets” has the meaning set forth in the Secured Notes Indenture.

          “Interest Payment Date” means each January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15 of each year,
commencing April 15, 2010.

          “Interest Payments” or “Interest” means the interest payments payable by the Company on the
Interest Payment Dates in respect of each Note, calculated based on the Interest Rate and the
principal amount of such Note.

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          “Interest Rate” means a rate per annum of 7.50%.

          “Interest Record Date” means, with respect to any Interest Payment payable on any Interest
Payment Date, the date fifteen calendar days immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment
Date.

          “Issue Date” means January 12, 2010.

          “Mandatory Conversion Date” means the date designated as a conversion date pursuant to Section
3.01, Section 3.04, and Section 5.02.

          “Mandatory Conversion Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01.

          “Material Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in the Secured Notes Indenture.

          “Maximum Conversion Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(iii).

          “Minimum Conversion Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(i).

          “Non-Recourse Indebtedness” with respect to any Person means Indebtedness of such Person for
which (i) the sole legal recourse for collection of principal and interest on such Indebtedness is
against the specific property identified in the instruments evidencing or securing such
Indebtedness and such property was acquired with the proceeds of such Indebtedness or such
Indebtedness was Incurred within 90 days after the acquisition of such property and (ii) no other
assets of such Person may be realized upon in collection of principal or interest on such
Indebtedness.

          “Notes” has the meaning set forth in the second paragraph under the caption “Recitals of the
Company.”

          “NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., together with any successor thereto.

          “Paying Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01. The Paying Agent shall initially be
the Trustee.

          “Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Secured Notes Indenture.

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          “Present Value of Interest Payments” means the present value of all remaining Interest
Payments on the Notes through and including the Stated Maturity Date computed using a discount rate
equal to the Treasury Yield plus 50 basis points

          “Registrar” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01. The Registrar shall initially be the
Trustee.

          “Reorganization Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(e)(iv).

          “Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the
corporate trust department (or any successor group) who shall have direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.

          “Restricted Subsidiaries” has the meaning set forth in the Secured Notes Indenture.

          “Secured Notes Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of September 11, 2009, among Beazer
Homes USA, Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantors named on Schedule I thereto, U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee, and Wilmington Trust FSB, as Notes Collateral Agent, governing the
Company’s 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2017.

          “Spin-Off” means a dividend or other distribution to all or substantially all holders of
Common Stock consisting of Capital Stock of, or similar equity interests in, or relating to a
Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company.

          “Stated Maturity Date” means January 15, 2013.

          “Stock Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(e).

          “Supplemental Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time
to time be supplemented or amended by one or more agreements supplemental hereto entered into
pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.

          “Tender Offer Expiration Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a).

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          “Tender Offer Expiration Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a)(vi).

          “Threshold Appreciation Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01.

          “Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock:

          (1) is not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or
association or over-the-counter market at the close of business; and

          (2) has traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or association or
over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of the Common Stock.

          “Treasury Yield” means the weekly average yield at the time of computation for United States
Treasury securities at constant maturity as compiled and published in the most recent Federal
Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business
Days prior to the Conversion Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any
publicly available source for similar market data) most nearly equal to the then-remaining term to
January 15, 2013; provided, however, that if the then-remaining term to January 15, 2013 is not
equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average
yield is given, the Treasury Rate will be obtained by straightline interpolation between the two
most comparable constant maturities.

          “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, and any statute successor
thereto, in each case as amended form time to time, together with the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.

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

          “Underwriters” has the meaning set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.

          “Underwriting Agreement” means the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of January 6, 2010,
between the Company and the Underwriters named therein relating to the Notes.

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               Section 1.04 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE, AND EACH HOLDER OF A SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREOF,
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO EACH OF THIS INDENTURE OR THE
NOTES.

          Nothing in this Section 1.04 shall affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in
any manner permitted by law, or limit any right to bring proceedings against any other party hereto
in the courts of any jurisdiction or to enforce in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in one
jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction.

               Section 1.05 Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts by the parties hereto
on separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

               Section 1.06 No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or shareholder of the Company, as such, shall have
any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or this Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the
Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part
of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

               Section 1.07 Company Responsible for Making Calculations. The Company will be responsible for making all calculations and determinations called for under
this Indenture. These calculations and determinations include, but are not limited to,
determination of the Closing Prices of Common Stock, the Applicable Market Value, the Conversion
Rate, whether a Fundamental Change has occurred, whether adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates,
Initial Price, Threshold Appreciation Price or Applicable Market Value are required under this
Indenture, the amount of the Interest Payments payable on the Notes and the amount of the
Acceleration Obligations, if applicable. The Company or its agent will make these calculations and
determinations in good faith, and, absent manifest error, such calculations and determinations will
be final and binding on the Holders, and the Trustee shall have no responsibility with respect
thereto. The Company shall provide a schedule of these calculations and determinations to the
Trustee, and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon the accuracy of these calculations without
independent verification thereof. The Trustee will forward these calculations and determinations
to any Holder upon the written request of such Holder.

               Section 1.08 Company-owned Notes Disregarded. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have
concurred in any direction, consent, waiver or other action under this Indenture, Notes that are
owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
outstanding for the purpose of any such determination; provided that for the purposes of
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent,
waiver or other action, only Notes that a Responsible Officer actually knows are so owned shall be
so disregarded.

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Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes
of this Section 1.08 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee’s right to vote such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company. In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the
advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the
Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers’ Certificate listing and identifying all
Notes, if any, known by the Company to be owned or held by or for the account of the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company, and, subject to this Section 1.08, the Trustee shall be entitled to
accept such Officers’ Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the
fact that all Notes not listed therein are outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.

               Section 1.09 Relationship with Base Indenture. The terms and provisions contained in the Base Indenture shall constitute, and are hereby
expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture and the Company and the Trustee, by their
execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions
and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of the Base Indenture conflicts with
the express provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental
Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

     The Trustee accepts the amendments of the Base Indenture effected by this Supplemental
Indenture and agrees to execute the trust created by the Base Indenture as hereby amended, but only
upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, including the terms and provisions
defining and limiting the liabilities and responsibilities of the Trustee in the performance of the
trust created by the Base Indenture, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or with respect to any of the
recitals or statements contained herein, all of which recitals or statements are made solely by the
Company, or for or with respect to (a) the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture
or any of the terms or provisions hereof, (b) the proper authorization hereof by the Company, (c)
the due execution hereof by the Company or (d) the consequences (direct or indirect and whether
deliberate or inadvertent) of any amendment herein provided for, and the Trustee makes no
representation with respect to any such matters.

ARTICLE II

FORM AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE NOTES

               Section 2.01 Form of Notes Generally; Denomination; Registrar, Conversion Agent and Paying
Agent. Article II of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety with
respect to the Notes as follows:

“FORM AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE NOTES

     Section 2.1 Form of Notes Generally; Denomination.

               (a) The Notes shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A to the
First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 12,

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2010, between the Company and the Trustee (the “First Supplemental Indenture”),
which Exhibit is incorporated in and made part of this Indenture. The Notes may
have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
usage. The Company and the Trustee shall approve the form of the Notes and any such
notations, legends or endorsements on them.

               (b) The aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding at any time may not
exceed $57,500,000.

               (c) Upon initial issuance, the Notes shall be represented by one or more Global
Notes. The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $25 and any integral multiple thereof and shall be deposited with
the Trustee as custodian for DTC and registered in the name of DTC or its nominee.

Section 2.2 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. The Trustee’s
certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit A to the First Supplemental Indenture, which Exhibit is incorporated in and
made part of this Indenture.

     Section 2.3 Registrar, Conversion Agent and Paying Agent.

               (a) The Company shall maintain an office or agency in New York City, New York
where:

               (i) the Notes may be presented or surrendered for conversion (the
Person performing such functions at such office or agency, the “Conversion
Agent”),

               (ii) the Notes may be presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange (the Person performing such functions at such
office or agency, the “Registrar”),

               (iii) the Notes may be presented for Interest Payments (the Person
performing such functions at such office or agency, the “Paying Agent”),
and

               (iv) notices and demands in respect of the Notes and this Indenture
may be served.

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               (b) The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent
not party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this
Indenture that relate to such Agent.

               (c) The duly appointed Registrar, Conversion Agent and Paying Agent for the
Notes shall initially be U.S. Bank National Association. The Company may, in its
sole discretion, remove the Registrar, Conversion Agent and Paying Agent in
accordance with the agreement between the Company and the Registrar, Conversion
Agent and Paying Agent, as the case may be; provided that if the Company
removes U.S. Bank National Association, the Company shall appoint a successor
Registrar, Conversion Agent and Paying Agent, as the case may be, who shall accept
such appointment prior to the effectiveness of such removal. Upon any such removal
or appointment, the Company shall send notice thereof by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to the Holders.”

ARTICLE III

PAYMENT AND DELIVERY OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE NOTES

               Section 3.01 Mandatory Conversion on the Stated Maturity Date. The Notes
shall automatically convert (unless previously converted) on the Stated Maturity Date,
into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Mandatory Conversion Rate. In
addition to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of each Note at its
maturity, Holders will have the right to receive an amount in cash equal to all accrued
and unpaid Interest on such Notes up to (but excluding) the Stated Maturity Date.

          The Conversion Rate in respect of each $25 principal amount of the Notes shall be as set forth
below, subject in each case to adjustment as set forth in Section 3.03, Section 3.04 and Section
4.01 (the “Mandatory Conversion Rate”):

                    (i) if the Applicable Market Value is greater than or equal to $5.61 (the “Threshold
Appreciation Price”), then the Conversion Rate will be 4.4547 shares of Common Stock per Note (the
“Minimum Conversion Rate”);

                    (ii) if the Applicable Market Value is less than the Threshold Appreciation Price but greater
than $4.60 (the “Initial Price”), then the Conversion Rate will be the quotient obtained by
dividing $25 by the Applicable Market Value; and

                    (iii) if the Applicable Market Value is less than or equal to the Initial Price, then the
Conversion Rate will be 5.4348 shares of Common Stock per Note (the “Maximum Conversion Rate”).

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          The “Applicable Market Value” means, with respect to Common Stock the average of the
Closing Prices of Common Stock over the 20 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the third
Trading Day immediately preceding the Mandatory Conversion Date.

               Section 3.02 Conversion at the Option of the Holder. (a) Holders shall
have the right to convert their Notes, in whole or in part, at any time prior
to Stated Maturity Date (“Early Conversion”), into shares of Common Stock at the Minimum Conversion
Rate (other than during a Fundamental Change Conversion Period), subject in each case to adjustment
as set forth in Section 4.01.

               (b) In addition to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, each
Holder that elects to convert its Notes prior to the Stated Maturity Date shall have the right to
receive an amount in cash equal to all accrued and unpaid Interest on such converted Notes up to
the Interest Payment Date that is on or immediately preceding the date of such Early Conversion.
Accrued and unpaid Interest from such Interest Payment Date to (but not including) the Early
Conversion Date, will be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or
forfeited. Except as described herein, upon any optional conversion of the Notes, the Company shall
make no payment or allowance for unpaid Interest on the Notes.

               (c) If Notes are converted after any regular Interest Record Date but prior to the related
Interest Payment Date, Holders of such Notes at the close of business on such Interest Record Date
will receive the Interest Payment on the related Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the optional
conversion.

               Section 3.03 Conversion Upon Fundamental Change. (a) If a Fundamental Change occurs prior to January 15, 2013, the Company shall provide
for the conversion of the Notes by:

               (i) permitting Holders to submit their Notes for conversion at any time during the
period (the “Fundamental Change Conversion Period”) beginning on the effective date of such
Fundamental Change (the “Fundamental Change Effective Date”) and ending on the earlier of
(A) the Stated Maturity Date and (B) the date that is 20 days after the Fundamental Change
Effective Date, in either case, at the Conversion Rate (the “Fundamental Change Conversion
Rate”) set forth in clauses (d) and (e) below; and

               (ii) paying to converting Holders the Fundamental Change Interest Make-Whole Amount or
increasing the Conversion Rate in lieu thereof as set forth in clause (g) below.

               (b) The Company shall notify Holders, to the extent practicable, at least 20 days prior to the
anticipated effective date of such Fundamental Change, of the anticipated Fundamental Change
Effective Date and the corresponding Fundamental Change Conversion

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Period, but in any event not
later than two Business Days following the Company becoming aware of the occurrence of a
Fundamental Change. In addition, if the Company elects to deliver the Fundamental Change Interest
Make-Whole Amount in shares of Common Stock, such notice shall indicate such election.

               (c) A “Fundamental Change” shall be deemed to have occurred at any time after the Notes are
originally issued upon the occurrence of any of the following:

               (i) the Common Stock or other common stock into which the Notes are convertible is
neither listed for trading on a United States national securities exchange nor approved for
trading on an established automated over-the-counter trading market in the United States;
or

               (ii) the consummation of any acquisition (whether by means of a liquidation, share
exchange, tender offer, consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, merger of us or
any sale, lease or other transfer of the consolidated assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries) or a series of related transactions or events pursuant to which: (A) 90% or
more of the Common Stock is exchanged for, converted into or constitutes solely the right
to receive cash, securities or other property; and (B) more than 10% of the cash,
securities or other property consists of cash, securities or other property that are not,
or upon issuance will not be, traded on a United States national securities exchange nor
approved for trading on an established automated over-the-counter trading market in the
United States.

               (d) The following table sets forth the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate per Note for each
hypothetical stock price and Fundamental Change Effective Date set forth below:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Stock Price
	Fundamental	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Change Effective	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Date	 	$1.00	 	$3.00	 	$4.00	 	$4.50	 	$4.60	 	$4.75	 	$5.00	 	$5.25	 	$5.50	 	$5.61	 	$6.00	 	$7.00	 	$10.00	 	$15.00	 	$50.00
	January 12, 2010
	 	 	5.2063	 	 	 	4.6289	 	 	 	4.4833	 	 	 	4.4372	 	 	 	4.4302	 	 	 	4.4192	 	 	 	4.4041	 	 	 	4.3912	 	 	 	4.3804	 	 	 	4.3753	 	 	 	4.3633	 	 	 	4.3436	 	 	 	4.3373	 	 	 	4.3580	 	 	 	4.3882	 
	January 15, 2011
	 	 	5.3350	 	 	 	4.8158	 	 	 	4.6219	 	 	 	4.5551	 	 	 	4.5443	 	 	 	4.5284	 	 	 	4.5049	 	 	 	4.4847	 	 	 	4.4678	 	 	 	4.4613	 	 	 	4.4405	 	 	 	4.4074	 	 	 	4.3851	 	 	 	4.3968	 	 	 	4.4105	 
	January 15, 2012
	 	 	5.4061	 	 	 	5.0873	 	 	 	4.8262	 	 	 	4.7216	 	 	 	4.7024	 	 	 	4.6764	 	 	 	4.6373	 	 	 	4.6027	 	 	 	4.5732	 	 	 	4.5622	 	 	 	4.5270	 	 	 	4.4702	 	 	 	4.4292	 	 	 	4.4311	 	 	 	4.4329	 
	January 15, 2013
	 	 	5.4348	 	 	 	5.4348	 	 	 	5.4348	 	 	 	5.4348	 	 	 	5.4348	 	 	 	5.2632	 	 	 	5.0000	 	 	 	4.7619	 	 	 	4.5455	 	 	 	4.4547	 	 	 	4.4547	 	 	 	4.4547	 	 	 	4.4547	 	 	 	4.4547	 	 	 	4.4547	 

               (e) The Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be determined by reference to the table
in clause (d) above, based on the Fundamental Change Effective Date and the stock price in the
Fundamental Change (the “Stock Price”), which will be:

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               (i) in the case of a Fundamental Change described in Section 3.03(c)(ii) in which the
holders of Common Stock receive only cash in the Fundamental Change, the Stock Price shall
be the cash amount paid per share of Common Stock; and

               (ii) otherwise, the average of the Closing Prices of Common Stock over the 10
consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day preceding the Fundamental Change
Effective Date.

               (f) The exact Stock Price and Fundamental Change Effective Date may not be set forth on the
table, in which case:

               (i) if the applicable Stock Price is between two Stock Price amounts on the table or
the Fundamental Change Effective Date is between two dates on the table, the Fundamental
Change Conversion Rate shall be determined by straightline interpolation between the
Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set forth for the higher and lower Stock Price amounts
and the two dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year;

               (ii) if the applicable Stock Price is in excess of $50 per share (subject to
adjustment as set forth in Section 4.01(c)), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate
shall be the Minimum Conversion Rate, subject to adjustment as set forth in Section
4.01(c); and

               (iii) if the applicable Stock Price is less than $1.00 per share (subject to
adjustment as set forth in Section 4.01(c)), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate
shall be the Maximum Conversion Rate, subject to adjustment as set forth in Section
4.01(c).

               (g) For any Notes that are converted during the applicable Fundamental Change Conversion
Period, in addition to the shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion, the Company shall
either:

               (i) pay the Holders of such Notes, in cash, the sum (the “Fundamental Change Interest
Make-Whole Amount”) of (A) an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid Interest on the Notes,
and (B) the Present Value of Interest Payments on the Notes; or

               (ii) increase the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion by a
number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Fundamental Change Interest Make-Whole Amount
divided by the Stock Price.

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               Section 3.04 Covenant Event at the Option of the Company; No Redemption.
(a) Following the occurrence of a Covenant Event and during the continuation thereof,
the Company may require Holders to convert all, but not less than all, of the Notes then
outstanding for shares of Common Stock at the Maximum Conversion Rate. The Company shall provide a
notice of a Covenant Event and its election to specify a related Mandatory Conversion Date as soon
as practicable following the end of the fiscal quarter on which the Covenant Event has occurred
(but in no event later than 10 days following the Company making such financial statement for such
fiscal quarter publicly available), specifying the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date, which
notice shall be issued not less than 15 nor more than 45 calendar days prior to the Mandatory
Conversion Date, by mail to the Trustee, the Paying Agent and each Holder of Notes. Such notice
shall specify whether the Company elected to deliver the Covenant Event Interest Make-Whole Amount
in cash or shares of Common Stock.

               (b) In addition to the shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion pursuant to this
Section 3.04 and any other amounts that may then be due to Holders upon conversion (including for
the avoidance of doubt under Section 3.03(d), (e) and (f)), the Company shall either:

               (i) pay the Holders of such Notes, in cash, the sum (the “Covenant Event Interest
Make-Whole Amount”) of (A) an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid Interest on the
converted Notes, and (B) the Present Value of all remaining Interest Payments on the
converted Notes through and including the Stated Maturity Date, calculated as set forth in
Section 3.03, or

               (ii) increase the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued on conversion by a
number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Covenant Event Interest Make-Whole Amount
divided by the average of the Closing Prices of Common Stock over the 5 consecutive Trading
Day period ending on the third Trading Day immediately preceding the Mandatory Conversion
Date.

A “Covenant Event” shall have been deemed to occur and continue during any quarter if the
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of the Company shall be less than $85,000,000 as of the last day of
the Company’s immediately preceding fiscal quarter.

               (c) The Company may not redeem or cause the conversion of the Notes before the Stated Maturity
Date, except as described under in this Section 3.04.

               Section 3.05 Conversion Procedures Upon Any Mandatory Conversion. The Persons entitled to
receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon any mandatory
conversion of the Notes (either on the Stated Maturity Date or as a result of a Covenant Event or
Event of Default) will be treated as the record holder(s) of such shares as of 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the Mandatory Conversion Date. Prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Mandatory
Conversion Date, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon

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conversion of the Notes will not be
deemed to be outstanding for any purpose and Holders will have no rights with respect to such
shares of Common Stock by virtue of holding the Notes, including voting rights, rights to respond
to tender offers and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock.

               Section 3.06 Conversion Procedures Upon Optional Conversion. If a Holder elects to
convert its Notes prior to the Stated Maturity Date, in the
manner described in Section 3.02 and Section 3.03, the Holder must observe the following conversion
procedures:

               (a) If a Holder holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note, to convert the Holder must
deliver to DTC the appropriate instruction form for conversion pursuant to DTC’s conversion program
and, if required, pay all taxes or duties, if any.

               (b) If a Holder holds Notes in certificated form, to convert the Holder must:

               (i) complete and manually sign the conversion notice on the back of the Note or a
facsimile of the conversion notice;

               (ii) deliver the completed conversion notice and the certificated Notes to be
converted to the Conversion Agent;

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

               (iv) if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes or duties, if any.

               (c) The conversion will be effective on the date on which a Holder has satisfied all of the
foregoing requirements, to the extent applicable (the “Early Conversion Date”). A Holder will not
be required to pay any taxes or duties relating to the issuance or delivery of Common Stock if such
Holder exercises its conversion rights, but such Holder will be required to pay any transfer or
similar tax or duty that may be payable relating to any transfer involved in the issuance or
delivery of Common Stock in a name other than the name of such
Holder. A certificate representing Common Stock will be issued and delivered only after all
applicable taxes and duties, if any, payable by the Holder have been paid in full.

               (d) The person or persons entitled to receive the Common Stock issuable upon Early Conversion
or in connection with a Fundamental Change shall be treated for all purposes as the record
holder(s) of such shares of Common Stock as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable
Early Conversion Date. Prior to such applicable Early Conversion

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Date, shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of any Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for any purpose, and Holders
shall have no rights with respect to the Common Stock (including voting rights, rights to respond
to tender offers for the Common Stock and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on
the Common Stock) by virtue of holding Notes.

               (e) In case any Notes in a denomination greater than $25 shall be surrendered for partial
Early Conversion, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder of the Notes so surrendered, without charge, new Notes in authorized denominations in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Notes.

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

               (g) The Company shall deliver the shares of Common Stock and the amount of cash, if any, to
which the Holder converting pursuant to Section 3.02 is entitled on or prior to the third Trading
Day immediately following the Early Conversion Date.

               Section 3.07 Interest Payments. The first paragraph of
Section 3.7 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety with respect to the Notes as follows:

“The Company shall pay, on each Interest Payment Date, the Interest Payments
payable in respect of principal amount of each Note to the Person in whose name a
Note is registered at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Interest Record Date
relating to such Interest Payment Date. If any Interest Payment Date is not a
Business Day, the Company will pay the related Interest Payment on the next
Business Day (without any interest or other payment resulting from the delay).
Interest Payments will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months and, in the case of any incomplete month, the actual number of days elapsed
during the month. If the Stated Maturity Date or any Conversion Date
for the Notes falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the Company will pay the
Interest Payment on the next Business Day (without any interest or other payment
resulting from the delay). Interest Payments will include accrued Interest from
the Issue Date, or from the most recent date to which Interest Payments have been
paid, as the case may be, up to (but excluding) the Interest Payment Date or the
Stated Maturity Date or Conversion Date, as the case may be. The Interest
Payments will be payable at the office of the Paying Agent in New York City
maintained for that purpose, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an
account appropriately designated by the Holder entitled

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 thereto or by check mailed
to the address of the Person entitled
thereto at such Person’s address as it
appears on the Security Register.”

               Section 3.08 No Fractional Shares.
(a) No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued to Holders upon conversion.

               (b) In lieu of any fractional shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable in respect of the
aggregate principal amount of Notes of any Holder that are converted, that Holder shall be entitled
to receive an amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent) equal to the same fraction of:

               (i) in the case of a mandatory conversion or conversion in connection with a
Fundamental Change, the average of the Closing Prices of Common Stock over the 10
consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the Conversion Date; or

               (ii) in the case of each Early Conversion, the Closing Price per share of Common Stock
on the second Trading Day immediately preceding the Conversion Date.

               (c) The number of full shares of Common Stock shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes surrendered by such Holder.

               Section 3.09 Charges and Taxes. The Company will pay all stock transfer and similar taxes
attributable to the delivery of the Common Stock pursuant to the Notes; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to pay any such tax or taxes that may be payable in respect of any
registration of a share of Common Stock in a name other than that of the registered Holder
surrendered in respect of the Notes evidenced thereby, other than in the name of the Trustee, as
custodian for such Holder, and the Company shall not be required to deliver such share certificates
unless and until the Person or Persons requesting the transfer or registration thereof shall have
paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the
Company that such tax has been paid.

ARTICLE IV

ADJUSTMENTS

          Section 4.01 Anti-Dilution Adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates. (a) Each Fixed Conversion
Rate shall be subject to the following adjustments:

          (i) Stock Dividends and Distributions. If the Company issues Common Stock
to all or substantially all of the holders of Common Stock as a dividend or other
distribution, each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City

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time, on the
date fixed for determination of the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such
dividend or other distribution will be divided by a fraction:

               (A) the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for such
determination, and

               (B) the denominator of which is the sum of the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for
such determination and the total number of shares of Common Stock constituting such
dividend or other distribution.

          Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (i) will become effective immediately
after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for such determination. If any
dividend or distribution described in this clause (i) is declared but not so paid or made,
each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of
Directors publicly announces its decision not to make such dividend or distribution, to
such Fixed Conversion Rate that would be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not
been declared. For the purposes of this clause (i), the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for such determination
shall not include shares held in treasury by the Company but shall include any shares
issuable in respect of any scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of
Common Stock. The Company shall not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of
Common Stock held in treasury by the Company.

          (ii) Issuance of Stock Purchase Rights. If the Company issues to all or
substantially all holders of Common Stock rights or warrants (other than rights or warrants
issued pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan or share purchase plan or other similar
plans), entitling such holders, for a period of up to 45 calendar days from the date of
issuance of such rights or warrants, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at
a price per share less than the Current Market Price, each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect
at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for determination of the holders of
Common Stock entitled to receive such rights or warrants will be increased by multiplying
such Fixed Conversion Rate by a fraction:

               (A) the numerator of which is the sum of the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
date fixed for such determination and the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable pursuant to such rights or warrants, and

               (B) the denominator of which is the sum of the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for
such determination and the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of
the aggregate offering price payable to exercise such rights or warrants divided by
the Current Market Price.

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          Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (ii) will become effective immediately
after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for such determination. In the event
that such rights or warrants described in this clause (ii) are not so issued, each Fixed
Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors
publicly announces its decision not to issue such rights or warrants, to such Fixed
Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such issuance had not been declared. To the
extent that such rights or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or shares
of Common Stock are otherwise not delivered pursuant to such rights or warrants upon the
exercise of such rights or warrants, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to such
Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment made upon the
issuance of such rights or warrants been made on the basis of the delivery of only the
number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. In determining the aggregate offering
price payable to exercise such rights or warrants, there shall be taken into account any
consideration received for such rights or warrants and the value of such consideration (if
other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors (or an authorized committee
thereof), whose determination shall be conclusive). For the purposes of this clause (ii),
the number of shares of Common Stock at the time outstanding shall not include shares held
in treasury by the Company but shall include any shares issuable in respect of any scrip
certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock. The Company shall not
issue any such rights or warrants in respect of shares of Common Stock held in treasury by
the Company.

          (iii) Subdivisions and Combinations of the Common Stock. If outstanding
shares of Common Stock shall be subdivided into a greater number of shares of Common Stock
or combined into a lesser number of shares of Common Stock, each Fixed Conversion Rate in
effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the effective date of such subdivision or
combination shall be multiplied by a fraction:

          (A) the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock
that would be outstanding immediately after, and solely as a result of, such
subdivision or combination, and

          (B) the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately prior to such subdivision or combination.

          Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (iii) shall become effective immediately
after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the effective date of such subdivision or
combination.

          (iv) Debt or Asset Distribution. (A) If the Company distributes to all or
substantially all holders of Common Stock evidences of its indebtedness, shares of capital
stock, securities, cash or other assets (excluding (1) any dividend or distribution covered
by Section 4.01(a)(i), (2) any rights or warrants covered by Section 4.01(a)(ii), (3) any
dividend or distribution covered by Section 4.01(a)(v) and (4) any Spin-Off to which the
provisions set forth in Section 4.01(a)(iv)(B) apply), each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect
at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for the determination

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of holders of
Common Stock entitled to receive such distribution will be multiplied by a fraction:

          1. the numerator of which is the Current Market Price, and

          2. the denominator of which is the Current Market Price
minus the Fair Market Value, on such date fixed for determination, of the
portion of the evidences of indebtedness, shares of capital stock,
securities, cash or other assets so distributed applicable to one share of
Common Stock.

          (B) In the case of a Spin-Off, each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect
at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for the determination of holders
of Common Stock entitled to receive such distribution will be multiplied by a
fraction:

          1. the numerator of which is the sum of (x) the Current
Market Price and (y) the Fair Market Value of the portion of those shares of
capital stock or similar equity interests so distributed which is applicable
to one share of Common Stock as of the fifteenth Trading Day after the
Ex-Date for such distribution (or, if such shares of capital stock or equity
interests are listed on a national or regional securities exchange, the
average of the Closing Prices of such securities for the ten consecutive
Trading Day period ending on such fifteenth Trading Day), and

          2. the denominator of which is the Current Market Price.

          Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (iv) shall become effective immediately
after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for the determination of the holders
of Common Stock entitled to receive such distribution. In the event that such distribution
described in this clause (iv) is not so made, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be
readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its
decision not to pay such dividend or distribution, to such Fixed Conversion Rate that
would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared. If an adjustment to
each Fixed Conversion Rate is required under this clause (iv) during any settlement period
in respect of the Notes that have been tendered for conversion, delivery of the shares of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion will be delayed to the extent necessary in order to
complete the calculations provided for in this clause (iv).

          (v) Cash Distributions. If the Company distributes an amount exclusively in
cash to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock (excluding (1) any cash that is
distributed in a Reorganization Event to which Section 4.01(e) applies, (2) any dividend or
distribution in connection with the liquidation, dissolution or

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 winding up of the Company
or (3) any consideration payable in as part of a tender or exchange offer by the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company), each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the date fixed for determination of the holders of Common Stock entitled to
receive such distribution will be multiplied by a fraction:

          (A) the numerator of which is the Current Market Price, and

          (B) the denominator of which is the Current Market Price minus the
amount per share of Common Stock of such distribution.

          Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (v) shall become effective immediately
after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for the determination of the holders
of Common Stock entitled to receive such distribution. In the event that any distribution
described in this clause (v) is not so made, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be
readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision
not to pay such distribution, to such Fixed Conversion Rate which would then be in effect
if such distribution had not been declared.

          (vi) Self Tender Offers and Exchange Offers. If the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company successfully completes a tender or exchange offer pursuant to a Schedule TO
or registration statement on Form S-4 for Common Stock (excluding any securities
convertible or exchangeable for Common Stock), where the cash and the value of any other
consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock exceeds the Current Market
Price, each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date
of expiration of the tender or exchange offer (the “Tender Offer Expiration Date”) will be
multiplied by a fraction:

          (A) the numerator of which shall be equal to the sum of:

               a. the aggregate cash and Fair Market Value on the Tender
Offer Expiration Date of any other consideration paid or payable for shares
of Common Stock validly tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn as of the
Tender Offer Expiration Date; and

               b. the product of the Current Market Price and the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the last time
tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer
(the “Tender Offer Expiration Time”) on the Tender Offer Expiration Date;
and

          (B) the denominator of which shall be equal to the product of the
Current Market Price and the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to the Tender Offer Expiration Time on the Tender Offer Expiration
Date.

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          Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (vi) shall become effective immediately
after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the seventh Trading Day immediately following the
Tender Offer Expiration Date. In the event that the Company or one of its Subsidiaries is
obligated to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any such tender offer or exchange
offer, but the Company or such Subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable law from
effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are rescinded, then each Fixed
Conversation Rate shall be readjusted to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in
effect if such tender offer or exchange offer had not been made. Except as set forth in the
preceding sentence, if the application of this clause (vi) to any tender offer or exchange
offer would result in a decrease in each Fixed Conversation Rate, no adjustment shall be
made for such tender offer or exchange offer under this clause (vi). If an adjustment to
each Fixed Conversion Rate is required pursuant to this clause (vi) during any settlement
period in respect of the Notes that have been tendered for conversion, delivery of the
related conversion consideration will be delayed to the extent necessary in order to
complete the calculations provided for in this clause (vi).

          (vii) Except with respect to a Spin-Off, in cases where the Fair Market Value
of assets (including cash), debt securities or certain rights, warrants or options to
purchase securities of the Company as to which Section 4.01(a)(iv) or Section 4.01(a)(v)
apply, applicable to one share of Common Stock, distributed to holders of Common Stock
equals or exceeds the average of the Closing Prices of the Common Stock over the five
consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day before the Ex-Date for such
distribution, rather than being entitled to an adjustment in each Fixed Conversion Rate,
Holders shall be entitled to receive upon conversion, in addition to a number of shares of
Common Stock equal to the applicable conversion rate in effect on the applicable Conversion
Date, the kind and amount of assets (including cash), debt securities or rights, warrants
or options comprising the distribution that such Holder would have received if such Holder
had converted its Notes immediately prior to the date fixed for determination of the
holders of Common Stock entitled to receive the distribution calculated by multiplying the
kind and amount of assets (including cash), debt securities or rights, warrants or options
comprising such distribution by the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Minimum
Conversion Rate in effect on the applicable Conversion Date.

          (viii) Rights Plans. To the extent that the Company has a rights plan in effect
with respect to the Common Stock on any Conversion Date, upon conversion of any Notes,
Holders shall receive, in addition to the Common Stock, the rights under such rights plan,
unless, prior to such Conversion Date, the rights have separated from the Common Stock, in
which case each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be adjusted at the time of separation of such
rights as if the Company made a distribution to all holders of the Common Stock as
described in Section 4.01(a)(iv), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration,
termination or redemption of such rights.

          (b) Adjustment for Tax Reasons. The Company may make such increases in each Fixed
Conversion Rate, in addition to any other increases required by this Section 4.01, as

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the Company
deems advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of the Common Stock resulting from
any dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock (or issuance of rights or warrants to
acquire shares of Common Stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes or for
any other reasons; provided that the same proportionate adjustment must be made to each
Fixed Conversion Rate.

          (c) Calculation of Adjustments; Adjustments to Threshold Appreciation Price,
Initial Price and Stock Price. (i) All adjustments to each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be
calculated to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share of Common Stock. Prior to the Mandatory Conversion
Date, no adjustment in a Fixed Conversion Rate shall be required unless such adjustment would
require an increase or decrease of at least one percent therein; provided, that any
adjustments which by reason of this Section 4.01(c)(i) are not required to be made shall be carried
forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment; provided, however that
with respect to adjustments to be made to the Fixed Conversion Rates in connection with cash
dividends paid by the Company, the Fixed Conversion Rates shall be adjusted regardless of whether
such aggregate adjustments amount to one percent or more of the Fixed Conversion Rates no later
than March 15 of each calendar year; provided, further that on the earlier of the
Mandatory Conversion Date, an Early Conversion Date and the Effective Date of a Fundamental Change,
adjustments to each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be made with respect to any such adjustment carried
forward and which has not been taken into account before such date.

          (ii) If an adjustment is made to the Fixed Conversion Rates pursuant to
Sections 4.01(a) or 4.01(b), an inversely proportional adjustment shall also be made to the
Threshold Appreciation Price and the Initial Price solely for purposes of determining which
of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 3.01 shall apply on the Mandatory Conversion
Date. Such adjustment shall be made by dividing each of the Threshold Appreciation Price
and the Initial Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be either Fixed
Conversion Rate immediately after such adjustment pursuant to Sections 4.01(a) or 4.01(b)
and the denominator of which shall be such Fixed Conversion Rate immediately before such
adjustment. The Company shall make appropriate adjustments to the Closing Prices prior to
the relevant Ex-Date, effective date or Tender Offer Expiration Date, as the case may be,
used to calculate the Applicable Market Value to account for any adjustments to the Initial
Price, the Threshold Appreciation Price and the Fixed Conversion Rates that become
effective during the 20 consecutive Trading Day period used for calculating the Applicable
Market Value.

          (iii) If:

          (A) the record date for a dividend or distribution on Common Stock
occurs after the end of the 20 consecutive Trading Day period used for calculating
the Applicable Market Value and before the Mandatory Conversion Date; and

          (B) such dividend or distribution would have resulted in an
adjustment of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holders had

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such
record date occurred on or before the last Trading Day of such 20-Trading Day
period,

then the Company shall deem the Holders to be holders of record of Common Stock for
purposes of that dividend or distribution. In this case, the Holders would receive the
dividend or distribution on Common Stock together with the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the Mandatory Conversion Date.

          (iv) If an adjustment is made to the Fixed Conversion Rates pursuant to
Sections 4.01(a) or 4.01(b), a proportional adjustment shall be made to each Stock Price
column heading set forth in the table included in Section 3.03(d). Such adjustment shall be
made by multiplying each Stock Price included in such table by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the Minimum Conversion Rate immediately prior to such adjustment and the
denominator of which is the Minimum Conversion Rate immediately after such adjustment. Each
of the Conversion Rates in the table included in Section 3.03(d) will be subject to
adjustment in the same manner as each Fixed Conversion Rate as set forth in this Section
4.01.

          (v) No adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates shall be made if Holders may
participate in the transaction that would otherwise give rise to an adjustment. In
addition, the applicable Conversion Rate shall not be adjusted:

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

          (B) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or rights or
warrants to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee,
director or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any
of its subsidiaries;

          (C) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any
option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security
outstanding as of the Issue Date; or

          (D) for a change in the par value or no par value of the Common Stock.

          (d) Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the Fixed Conversion Rates and the Fundamental
Change Conversion Rates are to be adjusted, the Company shall:

          (i) compute such adjusted Fixed Conversion Rates and Fundamental Change
Conversion Rates and prepare and transmit to the Trustee and any Conversion Agent an
Officers’ Certificate setting forth such adjusted Fixed Conversion Rates and Fundamental
Change Conversion Rates, the method of calculation thereof in

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reasonable detail and the
facts requiring such adjustment and upon which such adjustment is based;

          (ii) within five Business Days following the occurrence of an event that
requires an adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates and the Fundamental Change Conversion
Rates (or if the Company is not aware of such occurrence, as soon as practicable after
becoming so aware), provide, or cause to be provided, a written notice to the Holders of
the occurrence of such event; and

          (iii) within five Business Days following the determination of such adjusted
Fixed Conversion Rates and Fundamental Change Conversion Rates provide, or cause to be
provided, to the Holders a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the method by which
the adjustment to such Fixed Conversion Rates and Fundamental Change Conversion Rates, as
applicable, was determined and setting forth such adjusted Fixed Conversion Rates or
Fundamental Change Conversion Rates.

          (e) Reorganization Events. In the event of:

          (i) any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another Person
(other than a merger or consolidation in which the Company is the continuing corporation
and in which the Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger or consolidation
is not exchanged for cash, securities or other property of the Company or another Person);

          (ii) any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another Person of all or
substantially all of the property and assets of the Company;

          (iii) any reclassification of Common Stock into securities including
securities other than Common Stock; or

          (iv) any statutory exchange of securities of the Company with another Person
(other than in connection with a merger or acquisition),

in each case, as a result of which the Company’s Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged
for, securities, cash or property (each, a “Reorganization Event”), each Note outstanding
immediately prior to such Reorganization Event shall, without the consent of
Holders, become convertible into the kind of securities, cash and other property (the “Exchange
Property”) that such Holder would have been entitled to receive if such Holder had converted its
Notes into Common Stock immediately prior to such Reorganization Event. For purposes of the
foregoing, the type and amount of Exchange Property in the case of any Reorganization Event that
causes the Common Stock to be converted into the right to receive more than a single type of
consideration (determined based in part upon any form of shareholder election) will be deemed to be
the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Common
Stock that affirmatively make such an election. The number of units of Exchange Property for each
Note converted following the Effective Date of such Reorganization Event shall be determined based
on the Mandatory Conversion Rate, Minimum Conversion Rate or

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Fundamental Change Conversion Rate, as
the case may be, then in effect on the applicable Conversion Date (without any interest thereon and
without any right to dividends or distributions thereon which have a record date that is prior to
the Conversion Date). The applicable Conversion Rate shall be (1) in the case of an Early
Conversion Date, the Minimum Conversion Rate, and (2) otherwise, the Mandatory Conversion Rate as
determined under Section 3.01 based upon the Applicable Market Value.

          For purposes of this Section 4.01(e), “Applicable Market Value” shall be deemed to refer to
the Applicable Market Value of the Exchange Property and such value shall be determined (A) with
respect to any publicly traded securities that compose all or part of the Exchange Property, based
on the Closing Price of such securities, (B) in the case of any cash that composes all or part of
the Exchange Property, based on the amount of such cash and (C) in the case of any other property
that composes all or part of the Exchange Property, based on the value of such property, as
determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Company
for this purpose. For purposes of this Section 4.01(e), the term “Closing Price” shall be deemed to
refer to the closing sale price, last quoted bid price or mid-point of the last bid and ask prices,
as the case may be, of any publicly traded securities that comprise all or part of the Exchange
Property. For purposes of this Section 4.01(e), references to Common Stock in the definition of
“Trading Day” shall be replaced by references to any publicly traded securities that comprise all
or part of the Exchange Property.

          The above provisions of this Section 4.01(e) shall similarly apply to successive
Reorganization Events and the provisions of Section 4.01 shall apply to any shares of capital stock
of the Company (or any successor) received by the holders of Common Stock in any such
Reorganization Event.

          The Company (or any successor) shall, within 20 days of the occurrence of any Reorganization
Event, provide written notice to the Holders of such occurrence of such event and of the kind and
amount of the cash, securities or other property that constitute the Exchange Property. Failure to
deliver such notice shall not affect the operation of this Section 4.01(e).

ARTICLE V

EVENTS OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION; REMEDIES

               Section 5.01
Events of Default. Section 5.1 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in
its entirety with respect to the Notes as follows:

     “Section 5.1 Events of Default (a) Each of the following
events is an “Event of Default” (whatever the reason for such Event of
Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by
operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court
or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):

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     (i) the failure of the Company to pay any Interest Payment on any
Note when the same becomes due and payable and the continuance of such
failure for a period of 30 days;

     (ii) the failure of the Company to issue the required number of
shares of Common Stock upon conversion of any Note at maturity, upon
acceleration or otherwise;

     (iii) the failure by the Company to comply with any of its agreements
or covenants in, or provisions of, the Notes or the Indenture and such
failure continues for the period and after the notice specified below;

     (iv) the acceleration of any indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse
Indebtedness) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that has an
outstanding principal amount of $25.0 million or more in the aggregate;

     (v) the failure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to make any
principal or interest payment in respect of Indebtedness (other than
Non-Recourse Indebtedness) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with
an outstanding aggregate amount of $25.0 million or more within five days
of such principal or interest payment becoming due and payable (after
giving effect to any applicable grace period set forth in the documents
governing such Indebtedness); provided that if such failure to pay
shall be remedied, waived or extended, then the Event of Default hereunder
shall be deemed likewise to be remedied, waived or extended without further
action by the Company;

     (vi) a final judgment or judgments that exceed $25.0 million or more
in the aggregate, for the payment of money, having been entered by a court
or courts of competent jurisdiction against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and such judgment or judgments is not satisfied, stayed,
annulled or rescinded within 60 days of being entered;

     (vii) the Company or any Material Subsidiary pursuant to or within
the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

     (A) commences a voluntary case,

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

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

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

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

     (A) is for relief against the Company or any Material
Subsidiary as debtor in an involuntary case,

     (B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Material
Subsidiary or a Custodian for all or substantially all of the
property of the Company or any Material Subsidiary, or

     (C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any Material
Subsidiary and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect
for 60 days.

     (b) A Default under Section 5.1(a)(iii) hereof shall not be deemed an Event
of Default until the Trustee notifies the Company, or the Holders of not less than
25% of the aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes notify the
Company and the Trustee, of the Default and the Company does not cure the Default
within 60 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must specify the Default,
demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a “Notice of Default.” If
such a Default is cured within such time period, it ceases.”

               Section 5.02
Acceleration Event. Section 5.2 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated
in its entirety with respect to the Notes as follows:

     “Section 5.2 Acceleration Event. (a) The Holders may not enforce the
provisions of the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture.

     (b) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee
by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Company and the Trustee,
may declare all Notes to be due and payable immediately (other than an Event of
Default specified in Section 5.1(a)(vii) and (viii), in which case no declaration of
acceleration or notice shall be required). Upon such acceleration (the “Acceleration
Event”), the Notes will automatically convert into shares of Common Stock as set
forth in Section 3.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture at the Maximum Conversion
Rate; such obligation (the “Acceleration Stock

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Obligation”), together with (i) all
accrued and unpaid Interest up to, but excluding, the date of acceleration (the
“Acceleration Date”) and (ii) the Present Value of Interest Payments on the Notes
((i) and (ii) together, the “Acceleration Cash Obligation”), shall become
immediately due and payable. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding by written notice to the Trustee and the Company may waive
such default or Event of Default (other than any default or Event of Default in
Interest Payments) on the Notes. Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes may rescind an Acceleration Event and its consequence (except
an Acceleration Event due to nonpayment of Interest on the Notes under Section
5.1(a)(i)) if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if
all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived.”

               
Section 5.03 Collection of Interest and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee. Section 5.3
of the Base Indenture is hereby amended with respect to the Notes as follows:

               (a) Clause (2) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety with respect to the Notes as
follows: “(2) default is made in delivery of shares of Common Stock and/or cash (if any) on any
Conversion Date under Article III of the First Supplemental Indenture or the delivery of
Acceleration Obligations under Section 5.02 of the First Supplemental Indenture,”.

               (b) The phrases “principal and any premium and” and “on any overdue principal and premium and”
in the proviso immediately following clause (2) shall not apply to the Notes.

               Section 5.04
Application of Money Collected. Section 5.6 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended
with respect to the Notes as follows:

               (a) The phrase “principal or any premium or” in the first paragraph thereof shall not apply to
the Notes.

               (b) The phrases “principal of and any premium and”, “principal and any premium and”, and “,
respectively” in the paragraph thereof commencing with the word “SECOND” shall not apply to the
Notes.

               Section 5.05 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Interest Payments under the Notes
and to Convert; Right of Holders to Institute Suit.
Section 5.8 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety with
respect to the Notes as follows:

“Section 5.8 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Interest Payments
under the Notes and to Convert; Right of Holders to Institute Suit.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security
shall have the

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right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of
interest on such Security in accordance with its terms, and to convert such
Security in accordance with its terms, and to institute suit for the enforcement
of any such payment and, if applicable, any such right to convert, and such rights
shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.”

ARTICLE VI

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

               Section 6.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of the Supplemental Indenture. The
satisfaction and discharge provisions set forth in this Article VI shall, with respect to the
Notes, supersede the entirety of Article IV of the Base Indenture, and all references in the Base
Indenture to Article IV thereof and satisfaction and discharge provisions therein, as the case may
be, shall, with respect to the Notes, be deemed to be references to this Article VI and the
satisfaction and discharge provisions set forth in this Article VI, respectively. When the Company
shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Notes theretofore authenticated (other than any
Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which other
Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered) and not theretofore canceled, or all the Notes
not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and
payable (whether upon conversion at Stated Maturity or otherwise) and the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee, in trust, or deliver to the Holders, as applicable, cash and shares of Common
Stock sufficient to pay all amounts due on all of such Notes (other than any Notes that shall have
been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Notes
shall have been authenticated and delivered) not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation, including Interest due and all amounts due upon conversion, accompanied by a
verification report as to the sufficiency of the deposited amount from an independent certified
accountant or other financial professional reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which may
include any of the Underwriters), and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other
sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Supplemental Indenture shall cease to be of
further effect (except as to rights hereunder of Holders of the Notes to receive all amounts owing
upon the Notes and the other rights, duties and obligations of Holders of the Notes, as
beneficiaries hereof with respect to the amounts, if any, so deposited with the Trustee and the
rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee hereunder), and the Trustee, upon receipt of a
Company Request accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction
and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Notes have been complied
with, and at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture; the Company, however, hereby agrees to
reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the
Trustee and to compensate the Trustee for any services thereafter reasonably and properly rendered
by the Trustee in connection with this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes.

               Section 6.02 Application of Trust Money. Subject to Section 6.04, all monies deposited with
the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.01 shall be held in trust for the sole benefit of the Holders,
and such monies shall be applied by the Trustee to the payment, either

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directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company if acting as its own Paying Agent), to the Holders of the
particular Notes for the payment of which such monies have been deposited with the Trustee, of all
sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest, if any. The Company may direct by
Company Order the investment of any money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.01 in
(1) United States Treasury Securities with a maturity date of one year or less or (2) a money
market fund that invests solely in short term United States Treasury Securities and from time to
time the Company may direct the reinvestment of all or a portion of such money in other securities
or funds meeting the criteria specified in clause (1) or (2) of this sentence.

               Section 6.03
Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held. Upon the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, all monies then held by any Paying Agent of the Notes (other than the Trustee) shall,
upon written request of the Company, be repaid to the Company or paid to the Trustee, and thereupon
such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such monies.

               Section 6.04
Return of Unclaimed Monies. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, any
monies deposited with or paid to the Trustee for payment of Interest on the Notes and not applied
but remaining unclaimed by the Holders of the Notes for two years after the date upon which the
Interest on such Notes shall have become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company by the
Trustee on demand and all liability of the Trustee shall thereupon cease with respect to such
monies; and the Holder of any of the Notes shall thereafter look only to the Company for any
payment that such Holder of the Notes may be entitled to collect unless an applicable abandoned
property law designates another Person.

               Section 6.05 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money
in accordance with Section 6.02 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental
authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s
obligations under this Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture and the Notes shall be revived
and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 6.01 until such time as the
Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 6.02;
provided, however , that if the Company makes any payment of interest on or
principal of any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be
subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held
by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE VII

THE TRUSTEE

               Section 7.01
Amendments to the Base Indenture. Article VI of the Base Indenture is hereby amended
with respect to the Notes as follows:

               (a) The reference in Section 6.2 of the Base Indenture to Section 5.1(4) thereof shall be
deemed a reference to Section 5.1(a)(iii) thereof, as amended by Section 5.01 of this Supplemental
Indenture;

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               (b) the following text shall be inserted after the first sentence of Section 6.2 of the Base
Indenture: “Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except in the case of an Event of Default
described in Section 5.1(a)(vii) or Section 5.1(a)(viii), the Trustee may withhold the notice if
and so long the Trustee determines in good faith that withholding such notice is in the best
interest of the Holders of Notes.”

               (c) The reference in Section 6.7(3) of the Base Indenture to Section 5.1(5) thereof shall be
deemed reference to Section 5.1(a)(vii) thereof, as amended by Section 5.01, and the reference in
Section 6.7(3) of the Base Indenture to Section 5.1(6) thereof shall be deemed a reference to
Section 5.1(a)(viii) thereof, as amended by Section 5.01 of this Supplemental Indenture.

ARTICLE VIII

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

               Section 8.01 Amendments or Supplements Without Consent of Holders. In addition to any
permitted amendment or supplement to the Indenture pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Base Indenture,
the Company and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may amend or supplement the
Indenture or the Notes without notice to or the consent of any Holder of the Notes:

               (a) In order to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification of
the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or

               (b) to conform this Supplemental Indenture and the form or terms of the Notes to the section
entitled “Description of the Notes” as set forth in the final prospectus supplement related to the
offering and sale of the Notes dated January 6, 2010.

               Section 8.02 Amendments, Supplements or Waivers With Consent of Holders. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provision and Section 10.6 of the Base
Indenture and in addition to the provisions of Section 9.2 of the Base Indenture, no amendment
or waiver, including a waiver in relation to a past Event of Default shall, without the consent of
each Holder affected thereby, other than to conform this Supplemental Indenture and the form or
terms of the Notes to the section entitled “Description of the Notes” as set forth in the final
prospectus supplement related to the offering and sale of the Notes dated January 6, 2010:

               (a) make any change that adversely affects the conversion rights of any Notes; or

               (b) reduce any Fixed Conversion Rates, Fundamental Change Conversion Rate, Fundamental Change
Interest Make-Whole Amount, Covenant Event Interest

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Make-Whole Amount, or amend or modify in any
manner adverse to the Holders the Company’s obligation to make any delivery or payment upon
conversion, whether through an amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants or definitions
related thereto or otherwise.

ARTICLE IX

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

               Section 9.01
Amendments to the Base Indenture. Section 8.1(1) of the Base Indenture is hereby
amended with respect to the Notes by deleting the phrase “the principal of and any premium and”.

ARTICLE X

COVENANTS

               Section 10.01
Amendments to the Base Indenture.

               (a) Section 10.1 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended with respect to the Notes by deleting
the phrase “the principal of and any premium and”.

               (b) Section 10.3 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended with respect to the Notes by deleting
the phrase “the principal of or any premium or” in the first and fifth paragraphs and by deleting
the phrase “principal, premium or” in the fifth paragraph thereof.

               (c) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee a quarterly statement regarding compliance with
the Indenture, and include in such statement, if any officer of the Company is aware of any Default
or Event of Default, a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the
Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. In addition, the Company shall deliver
to the Trustee prompt written notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default and any
other development, financial or otherwise, which might
materially affect its business, properties or affairs or the ability of the Company to perform
its obligations under the Indenture.

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ARTICLE XI

HOLDERS’ LIST AND REPORTS

               
Section 11.01 Amendments to the Base Indenture. Section 7.1(1) of the Base Indenture
is hereby amended and restated in its entirety with respect
to the Notes as follows:

          “(1) quarterly, not later than January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15
in each year, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the
names and addresses of the Holders as of the immediately preceding January 1,
April 1, July 1 or October 1 as the case may be, and”

ARTICLE XII

INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE BASE INDENTURE

                Section 12.01 Redemption of Securities. The
provisions of Article XI of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes.

                Section 12.02 Sinking Funds; Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance; Guarantees. The
provisions of Articles XII and XIII of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes.

                Section 12.03 Guarantees. The
provisions of Article XIV of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes.

[SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Allan P. Merrill
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Allan P. Merrill 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 	 
	 
	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ William Bryan Echols
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	William Bryan Echols 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 

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EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

          [THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., AS NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK
CORPORATION (THE “DEPOSITARY”), THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY. THIS NOTE IS
EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE
ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (OTHER
THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY) MAY BE REGISTERED
EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

          UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND
ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE
BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.]1

 

			
	1	 	This language should be included if the Note
is a Global Security.

A-F-1

 

No. ____ CUSIP No. 07556Q 402

BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.

71/2% MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE 2013

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $                      [As revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Note attached
hereto]2

          This Note certifies that                       is the registered Holder of the Note in the
aggregate principal amount set forth above. This Note consists of the rights of the Holder under
such Note and obligations of Beazer Homes USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” which
term shall include any successor corporation under the Indenture (as defined on the reverse
hereof)). All capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Indenture have the meaning set
forth therein.

          The Company promises to pay, on each Interest Payment Date, the Interest Payments payable in
respect of the principal amount of each Note to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Interest Record Date relating to such Interest Payment Date.
If any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, the Company will pay the related Interest
Payment on the next Business Day (without any interest or other payment resulting from the delay).
Interest Payments will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and, in
the case of any incomplete month, the actual number of days elapsed during the month. If the
Stated Maturity Date or any Conversion Date for the Notes falls on a day that is not a Business
Day, the Company will pay the Interest Payment on the next Business Day (without any interest or
other payment resulting from the delay). Interest Payments will include accrued Interest from the
Issue Date, or from the most recent date to which Interest Payments have been paid, as the case may
be, up to (but excluding) the Interest Payment Date or the Stated Maturity Date or Conversion Date,
as the case may be. Any Interest which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) will forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid (a) to the Person in whose name this Note (or its Predecessor
Security) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date or (b) at any time in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in the Indenture.

 

			
	2	 	Include bracketed language if Note is a
Global Security.

A-F-2

 

          Interest Payments on the Notes will be payable at the office of the Paying Agent in New York
City, by wire transfer of immediately available funds or by check mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as such address appears on the Security Register.

          Reference is hereby made to the further provisions set forth on the reverse hereof, which
further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

A-F-3

 

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

A-F-4

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

OF TRUSTEE

This is one of the Notes designated herein and referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

Dated:                                         

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(FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE)

          This Note is governed by an Indenture, dated as of January 12, 2010, and a First Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of January 12, 2010, each as may be supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof (together, the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank
National Association, as Trustee (including its successors thereunder, the “Trustee”), to which
Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the respective rights, limitations of
rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders
and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, executed and delivered.

          This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of 71/2% Mandatory Convertible Subordinated Notes
due 2013 (the “Notes”), limited in aggregate principal amount of $57,500,000. Unless converted
prior to the Stated Maturity Date, this Note obligates the Company to deliver to the Holder of this
Note, with respect to each $25 principal amount, on the Stated Maturity Date a number of shares of
Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate.

          Holders also have the right to convert their Notes, in whole or in part, at any time prior to
the Stated Maturity Date, into shares of Common Stock at the Minimum Conversion Rate (unless such
conversion takes place during a Fundamental Change Conversion Period), in addition to accrued and
unpaid interest to the Interest Payment Date that is on or immediately preceding the date of such
optional conversion.

          If a Fundamental Change occurs prior to the Stated Maturity Date, Holders may convert their
Notes into Common Stock during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period at the Fundamental Change
Conversion Rate. In addition to any Common Stock delivered upon conversion during a Fundamental
Change Conversion Period, the Company will either pay Holders of such Notes a cash Fundamental
Change Interest Make-Whole Amount or increase the number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered
upon conversion in an amount equal to the Fundamental Change Interest Make-Whole Amount divided by
the Stock Price.

          The Company also has the right to require Holders to convert all of the Notes outstanding for
shares of Common Stock at the Maximum Conversion Rate in the event of a Covenant Event. In
addition to any Common Stock delivered upon mandatory conversion following a Covenant Event and any
other amounts which may then be due to Holders, the Company will pay Holders a cash Covenant Event
Interest Make-Whole Amount or increase the number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered upon
conversion in an amount equal to the Covenant Event Interest Make-Whole Amount divided by the
average of the Closing Prices of Common Stock over the 5 consecutive Trading Day period ending on
the third Trading Day immediately preceding the Mandatory Conversion Date.

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          The “Conversion Rate” with respect to each $25 principal amount of this Note, subject in each
case to adjustment as set forth in the Indenture and rounded upward or downward to the nearest
1/10,000th of a share (or if there is not a nearest 1/10,000th of a share, to the next lower
1/10,000th of a share), is equal to:

          (1) if the Applicable Market Value (as defined below) is greater than or equal to $5.61 (the
“Threshold Appreciation Price”), 4.4547 shares of Common Stock per Note (the “Minimum Conversion
Rate”);

          (2) if the Applicable Market Value is less than the Threshold Appreciation Price but greater
than $4.60 (the “Initial Price”), the quotient obtained by dividing $25 by the Applicable Market
Value; and

          (3) if the Applicable Market Value is less than or equal to the Initial Price, 5.4348 shares
of Common Stock per Note (the “Maximum Conversion Rate”).

          No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued upon conversion of this Note, as provided
in Section 3.08 of the Supplemental Indenture.

          The “Applicable Market Value” means the average of the Closing Prices of Common Stock over the
20 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the third Trading Day immediately preceding the
Mandatory Conversion Date.

          “Closing Price” with respect to Exchange Property shall be deemed to refer to the closing sale
price, last quoted bid price or mid-point of the last bid and ask prices, as the case may be, of
any publicly traded securities that comprise all or part of the Exchange Property, and with respect
to a share of the Common Stock on any date of determination means:

          (1) the closing price on that date or, if no closing price is reported, the last reported sale
price, of shares of Common Stock on the NYSE on that date; or

          (2) if the Common Stock is not traded on the NYSE, the closing price on that date as reported
in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which
the Common Stock is so traded or, if no closing price is reported, the last reported sale price of
the Common Stock on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common
Stock is so traded; or

          (3) if the Common Stock is not traded on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the
last quoted bid price on that date for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market as reported
by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or a similar organization; or

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          (4) if the Common Stock is not so quoted by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or a similar organization,
the market value of the Common Stock on that date as determined by the Board of Directors.

          For purposes of the definition of the Closing Price of the Exchange Property, references to
Common Stock in the definition of “Trading Day” shall be replaced by references to any publicly
traded securities that comprise all or part of the Exchange Property.

          All references herein to the closing price of Common Stock and the last reported sale price of
the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange shall be such closing price and such last reported
sale price as reflected on the website of the NYSE (www.nyse.com) and as reported by Bloomberg
Professional Service; provided that in the event that there is a discrepancy between the closing
price and the last reported sale price as reflected on the website of the NYSE and as reported by
Bloomberg Professional Service, the closing price and the last reported sale price on the website
of the NYSE shall govern.

          A “Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock:

          (1) is not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or
association or over-the-counter market at the close of business; and

          (2) has traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or association or
over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of the Common Stock.

          The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $25 and any
integral multiple thereof. The transfer of any Note will be registered and Notes may be exchanged
as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents permitted by the Indenture. No service charge shall
be required for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company and the Trustee may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charges payable in
connection therewith.

          The Company agrees to treat, and by its acceptance or acquisition of this Note or beneficial
interest therein, the Holder of, and any Person that acquires a beneficial interest in, this Note
intend and agree to treat this Note as equity in the Company rather than as a debt instrument or as
a prepaid forward contract to purchase the Common Stock for all United States federal, state and
local tax purposes.

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          Subject to certain exceptions, the provisions of the Indenture may be amended with the consent
of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes.

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

          The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in
whose name this Note is registered as the owner of this Note for the purpose of receiving Interest
Payments, for the purpose of conversion and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such
Note be overdue and notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

          The Notes shall not, prior to the conversion thereof, entitle the Holder to any of the rights
of a holder of Common Stock.

          A copy of the Indenture is available for inspection at the offices of the Trustee.

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES3

The following exchanges, increases/decreases in principal amount, repurchases or conversions of a
part of this Global Note have been made:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Principal Amount of	 	Signatory of
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	this Global Note	 	Authorized
	 	 	 	 	Amount of Decrease	 	Amount of Increase	 	Following Such	 	Signatory of
	 	 	 	 	in Principal Amount	 	in Principal Amount	 	Decrease or	 	Trustee or
	Date of Exchange	 	of this Global Note	 	of this Global Note	 	Increase	 	Custodian

 

			
	3	 	This schedule should be included only if the
Note is a Global Security.

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ABBREVIATIONS

          The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument,
shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations:

	 	 	 	 	 
	TEN COM:

	 	as tenants in common
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT:

	 	        
                 
               Custodian  
                   
                   	 	 
	 

	 	            (cust)       
                 

                
      (minor)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of                                         	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	TENANT:

	 	as tenants by the entireties	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	JT TEN:

	 	as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in
common	 	 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

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ASSIGNMENT FORM4

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

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

Dated:                                         

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	

 

	 	 
	 
	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Signature(s)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an an
institution which is a member of one of the
following recognized signature Guarantee
Programs:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(i) The Securities Transfer Agent Medallion
Program (STAMP); (ii) The New York Stock
Exchange Medallion Program (MNSP); (iii) The
Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or
(iv) another guarantee program acceptable to
the Trustee.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 
	 

	 	 

Signature(s)	 	 

 

			
	4	 	This form should be included only if the Note
is a certificated Security.

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CONVERSION INSTRUCTIONS5

          The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for Common Stock deliverable upon conversion
of this Note (or the portion thereof below designated) be registered in the name of, and delivered,
together with a check in payment for any fractional share, to the undersigned at the address
indicated below unless a different name and address have been indicated below. If shares are to be
registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any
transfer tax payable incident thereto.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:                                         
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	
Signature
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Signature Guarantee:                                         	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	(if assigned to another Person)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	If shares are to be registered in the name
of and delivered to a Person other than
the Holder, please (i) print such Person’s
name and address and (ii) provide a
guarantee of your signature:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Principal amount to be converted (in a
minimum principal amount of $25 or an
integral multiple thereof, if less than
all):
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	$                                                             
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

Name

	 	 	 	 

Name	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address

	 	 	 	Address	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Social Security or other Taxpayer 

Identification Number, if any
	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

			
	5	 	This form should be included only if the Note
is a certificated Security.

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