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EXHIBIT 10.1

 

 

NASH-FINCH COMPANY

SENIOR SUBORDINATED CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE 2035

INDENTURE

DATED AS OF MARCH 15, 2005

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS TRUSTEE

 

 

 

 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

	 	 	 	 	 
	TIA
	 	 	INDENTURE
	SECTION
	 	 	SECTION 
	Section
	 	310	 	13.01
	 
	 	310(a)(1)	 	8.10
	 
	 	(a)(2)	 	8.10
	 
	 	(a)(3)	 	N.A.**
	 
	 	(a)(4)	 	N.A.
	 
	 	(a)(5)	 	8.10
	 
	 	(b)	 	8.10
	 
	 	(c)	 	N.A.
	Section
	 	311	 	13.01
	 
	 	311(a)	 	8.11
	 
	 	(b)	 	8.11
	 
	 	(c)	 	N.A.
	Section
	 	312	 	13.01
	 
	 	(a)	 	N.A.
	 
	 	(b)	 	13.03
	 
	 	(c)	 	13.03
	Section
	 	313	 	13.01
	 
	 	313(a)	 	8.06(a)
	 
	 	(b)(1)	 	N.A.
	 
	 	(b)(2)	 	8.06(a)
	 
	 	(c)	 	8.06(a)
	 
	 	(d)	 	N.A.
	Section
	 	314	 	8.06; 13.01
	 
	 	314(a)	 	N.A.
	 
	 	(b)	 	5.02(a)
	 
	 	(c)(1)	 	N.A.
	 
	 	(c)(2)	 	N.A.
	 
	 	(c)(3)	 	N.A.
	 
	 	(d)	 	N.A.
	 
	 	(e)	 	N.A.
	 
	 	(f)	 	N.A.
	Section
	 	315	 	13.01
	 
	 	315(a)	 	8.01(b)
	 
	 	315(b)	 	8.05
	 
	 	315(d)	 	8.01(c)
	 
	 	315(d)(2)	 	8.01(c)
	 
	 	315(d)(3)	 	8.01(c)
	 
	 	315(e)	 	7.11
	Section
	 	316	 	13.01
	Section
	 	317	 	13.01
	Section
	 	318(c)	 	13.01

	*	 	This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this
Indenture.
	 
	**	 	N.A. means Not Applicable.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	Page
	 
	 	ARTICLE 1	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.01
	 	Definitions	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.02
	 	Other Definitions	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.03
	 	Trust Indenture Act Provisions	 	 	12	 
	Section 1.04
	 	Rules Of Construction	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE 2	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	THE SECURITIES	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.01
	 	Form And Dating	 	 	13	 
	Section 2.02
	 	Execution And Authentication	 	 	15	 
	Section 2.03
	 	Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent	 	 	16	 
	Section 2.04
	 	Paying Agent To Hold Money In Trust	 	 	16	 
	Section 2.05
	 	Lists of Holders of Securities	 	 	16	 
	Section 2.06
	 	Transfer And Exchange	 	 	17	 
	Section 2.07
	 	Replacement Securities	 	 	18	 
	Section 2.08
	 	Outstanding Securities	 	 	18	 
	Section 2.09
	 	Treasury Securities	 	 	19	 
	Section 2.10
	 	Temporary Securities	 	 	19	 
	Section 2.11
	 	Cancellation	 	 	20	 
	Section 2.12
	 	Defaulted Interest	 	 	20	 
	Section 2.13
	 	Legend; Additional Transfer And Exchange Requirements	 	 	20	 
	Section 2.14
	 	CUSIP Numbers	 	 	24	 
	Section 2.15
	 	Contingent Debt Tax Treatment	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE 3	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.01
	 	To Redeem; Notice To Trustee	 	 	25	 
	Section 3.02
	 	Selection Of Securities To Be Redeemed	 	 	25	 
	Section 3.03
	 	Notice Of Redemption	 	 	26	 
	Section 3.04
	 	Effect Of Notice Of Redemption	 	 	27	 
	Section 3.05
	 	Deposit Of Redemption Price	 	 	27	 
	Section 3.06
	 	Securities Redeemed In Part	 	 	29	 
	Section 3.07
	 	Reserved	 	 	29	 
	Section 3.08
	 	Repurchase Of Securities At Option Of The Holder Upon a Change of Control; Public Acquiror Change of Control	 	 	29	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.09
	 	Purchase Of Securities At Option Of The Holder On Specified Dates	 	 	34	 
	Section 3.10
	 	Securities Purchased In Part	 	 	37	 
	Section 3.11
	 	Compliance With Securities Laws Upon Purchase Of Securities	 	 	38	 
	Section 3.12
	 	Purchase Of Securities In Open Market	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE 4	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	CONVERSION	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.01
	 	Conversion Privilege	 	 	38	 
	Section 4.02
	 	Conversion Consideration	 	 	40	 
	Section 4.03
	 	Make Whole Premium	 	 	41	 
	Section 4.04
	 	Conversion Procedure	 	 	43	 
	Section 4.05
	 	Fractional Shares	 	 	44	 
	Section 4.06
	 	Taxes On Conversion	 	 	44	 
	Section 4.07
	 	Company To Provide Stock	 	 	45	 
	Section 4.08
	 	Adjustment Of Conversion Rate	 	 	45	 
	Section 4.09
	 	No Adjustment	 	 	50	 
	Section 4.10
	 	Notice Of Adjustment	 	 	50	 
	Section 4.11
	 	Notice Of Certain Transactions	 	 	51	 
	Section 4.12
	 	Effect Of Recapitalization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger Or Sale On Conversion Privilege	 	 	51	 
	Section 4.13
	 	Trustee’s Disclaimer	 	 	52	 
	Section 4.14
	 	Voluntary Increase	 	 	52	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE 5	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	COVENANTS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.01
	 	Payment Of Securities	 	 	53	 
	Section 5.02
	 	SEC and Other Reports	 	 	54	 
	Section 5.03
	 	Compliance Certificates	 	 	54	 
	Section 5.04
	 	Further Instruments And Acts	 	 	54	 
	Section 5.05
	 	Maintenance Of Corporate Existence	 	 	54	 
	Section 5.06
	 	Rule 144A Information Requirement	 	 	54	 
	Section 5.07
	 	Stay, Extension And Usury Laws	 	 	55	 
	Section 5.08
	 	Payment Of Liquidated Damages	 	 	55	 
	Section 5.09
	 	Maintenance Of Office Or Agency	 	 	55	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE 6	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	CONSOLIDATION; MERGER; CONVEYANCE; TRANSFER OR LEASE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.01
	 	Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only On Certain Terms	 	 	56	 
	Section 6.02
	 	Successor Substituted	 	 	57	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE 7	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	DEFAULT AND REMEDIES	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.01
	 	Events Of Default	 	 	57	 
	Section 7.02
	 	Acceleration	 	 	59	 
	Section 7.03
	 	Other Remedies	 	 	60	 
	Section 7.04
	 	Waiver Of Defaults And Events Of Default	 	 	60	 
	Section 7.05
	 	Control By Majority	 	 	60	 
	Section 7.06
	 	Limitations On Suits	 	 	60	 
	Section 7.07
	 	Rights Of Holders To Receive Payment And To Convert	 	 	61	 
	Section 7.08
	 	Collection Suit By Trustee	 	 	61	 
	Section 7.09
	 	Trustee May File Proofs Of Claim	 	 	61	 
	Section 7.10
	 	Priorities	 	 	62	 
	Section 7.11
	 	Undertaking For Costs	 	 	62	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE 8	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	TRUSTEE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.01
	 	Obligations Of Trustee	 	 	63	 
	Section 8.02
	 	Rights Of Trustee	 	 	64	 
	Section 8.03
	 	Individual Rights Of Trustee	 	 	65	 
	Section 8.04
	 	Trustee’s Disclaimer	 	 	65	 
	Section 8.05
	 	Notice Of Default Or Events Of Default	 	 	65	 
	Section 8.06
	 	Reports By Trustee To Holders	 	 	65	 
	Section 8.07
	 	Compensation And Indemnity	 	 	66	 
	Section 8.08
	 	Replacement Of Trustee	 	 	67	 
	Section 8.09
	 	Successor Trustee By Merger, Etc.	 	 	67	 
	Section 8.10
	 	Eligibility; Disqualification	 	 	68	 
	Section 8.11
	 	Preferential Collection Of Claims Against Company	 	 	68	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE 9	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.01
	 	Satisfaction And Discharge Of Indenture	 	 	68	 
	Section 9.02
	 	Application Of Trust Money	 	 	69	 
	Section 9.03
	 	Repayment To Company	 	 	69	 
	Section 9.04
	 	Reinstatement	 	 	69	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE 10	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.01
	 	Without Consent Of Holders	 	 	70	 
	Section 10.02
	 	With Consent Of Holders	 	 	70	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.03
	 	Compliance With Trust Indenture Act	 	 	71	 
	Section 10.04
	 	Revocation And Effect Of Consents	 	 	72	 
	Section 10.05
	 	Notation On Or Exchange Of Securities	 	 	72	 
	Section 10.06
	 	Trustee To Sign Amendments, Etc.	 	 	72	 
	Section 10.07
	 	Effect Of Supplemental Indentures	 	 	72	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE 11	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	SUBORDINATION	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.01
	 	Agreement To Subordinate	 	 	73	 
	Section 11.02
	 	Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy	 	 	73	 
	Section 11.03
	 	Default On Designated Senior Indebtedness	 	 	73	 
	Section 11.04
	 	Acceleration Of Securities	 	 	74	 
	Section 11.05
	 	When Distribution Must Be Paid Over	 	 	74	 
	Section 11.06
	 	Notice By The Company	 	 	75	 
	Section 11.07
	 	Subrogation	 	 	75	 
	Section 11.08
	 	Relative Rights	 	 	75	 
	Section 11.09
	 	Subordination May Not Be Impaired By The Company	 	 	76	 
	Section 11.10
	 	Distribution Or Notice To Representative	 	 	76	 
	Section 11.11
	 	Rights Of Trustee And Paying Agent	 	 	76	 
	Section 11.12
	 	Authorization to Effect
Subordination	 	 	77	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE 12	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	CONTINGENT INTEREST	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.01
	 	Contingent Interest	 	 	77	 
	Section 12.02
	 	Payment of Contingent Interest; Contingent Interest Rights Preserved	 	 	78	 
	Section 12.03
	 	Bid Solicitation Agent	 	 	79	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE 13	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	MISCELLANEOUS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 13.01
	 	Trust Indenture Act Controls	 	 	79	 
	Section 13.02
	 	Notices	 	 	79	 
	Section 13.03
	 	Communications By Holders With Other Holders	 	 	80	 
	Section 13.04
	 	Certificate And Opinion As To Conditions Precedent	 	 	80	 
	Section 13.05
	 	Record Date For Vote Or Consent Of Holders of Securities	 	 	81	 
	Section 13.06
	 	Rules By Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar And Conversion Agent	 	 	81	 
	Section 13.07
	 	Legal Holidays	 	 	81	 
	Section 13.08
	 	Governing Law	 	 	81	 
	Section 13.09
	 	No Adverse Interpretation Of Other Agreements	 	 	81	 
	Section 13.10
	 	No Recourse Against Others	 	 	82	 
	Section 13.11
	 	No Security Interest Created	 	 	82	 
	Section 13.12
	 	Successors	 	 	82	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 13.13
	 	Multiple Counterparts	 	 	81	 
	Section 13.14
	 	Separability	 	 	82	 
	Section 13.15
	 	Table Of Contents, Headings, Etc.	 	 	82	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit A — Form of Global Security	 	 	A-1	 
	Exhibit B — Projected Payment Schedule	 	 	B-1	 

 

 

     THIS INDENTURE dated as of March 15, 2005 is between Nash-Finch Company, a corporation duly
organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the
United States, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).

     In consideration of the purchase of the Securities (as defined herein) by the Holders thereof,
both parties agree as follows for the benefit of the other and for the equal and ratable benefit of
the Holders of the Company’s Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes Due 2035.

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

          Section 1.01 Definitions.

     “Accreted Conversion Price” per share of Common Stock as of any day, means the result
obtained by dividing

	 	(i)  	the Accreted Principal Amount as of such day by
	 
	 	(ii)  	the then applicable Conversion Rate.

     “Accreted Principal Amount” means, with respect to any Security as of any date, the
Issue Price of the Security plus the Accrued Original Issue Discount on the Security, if any, as of
that date.

     “Accrued Original Issue Discount” means, with respect to any Security as of any date,
the amount of Original Issue Discount, if any, that has accrued on the Security as of such date.

     “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified person, 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
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.

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

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

     “Beneficial Owner” means a Person that owns a beneficial ownership interest in a
Global Security.

     “Beneficial Ownership” means the definition such term is given in accordance with Rule
13d-3 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act.

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     “Board of Directors” means (i) with respect to the Company or any successor that is a
corporation, the board of directors of the Company; (ii) with respect to a partnership, the board
of directors of the general partner of the partnership; and (iii) with respect to any other Person,
the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function, or, in each case, any committee
of such Board of Directors authorized to act for it with respect to this Indenture.

     “Business Day” means any weekday that is not a day on which banking institutions in
The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close or be closed.

     “Capital Stock” or “capital stock” of any Person means any and all shares,
interests (including, without limitation, partnership interests), rights to purchase, warrants,
options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) the equity of
such Person or that otherwise confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and
losses of, or the distribution of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding any debt securities
convertible into such Capital Stock.

     “Cash” or “cash” means such coin or currency of the United States as at any
time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

     “Certificated Security” means a Security that is in substantially the form attached as
Exhibit A and that is issued in certificated definitive form.

     “Change of Control” means (i) the acquisition by any Person of Beneficial Ownership,
directly or indirectly, through a purchase, merger (except as set forth in clause (ii) below) or
other acquisition transaction or series of transactions, of shares of the Company’s capital stock
entitling that person to exercise 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares of the
Company’s capital stock entitled to vote generally in elections of directors, other than any
acquisition by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of its employee benefit plans; or (ii)
the consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person, any merger of another
Person into the Company, or any conveyance, transfer, sale, lease or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ properties and assets, taken as a whole,
to another Person, other than (A) any transaction pursuant to which holders of the Company’s
capital stock immediately prior to the transaction are entitled to exercise, directly or
indirectly, 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares of the capital stock entitled to
vote generally in elections of directors of the continuing or surviving person immediately after
the transaction; or (B) any merger, share exchange, transfer of assets or similar transaction
solely for the purpose of changing the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation and resulting in a
reclassification, conversion or exchange of outstanding shares of Common Stock solely into shares
of common stock of the surviving entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), a
Change of Control will not be deemed to have occurred if at least 90% of the consideration
(excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made in respect of dissenters’
appraisal rights) in the transaction or transactions otherwise constituting a Change in Control
consists of shares of common stock or American Depositary Shares representing shares of common
stock traded on a U.S. national securities exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ National Market, or
which will be so traded or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with the transaction or
transactions, and as a result of the transaction or transactions the Securities become convertible
solely into

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such common stock or American Depositary Shares representing shares of common stock;
provided that, with respect to an entity organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
outside the United States, such entity has a worldwide total market capitalization of its equity
securities of at least US$2.5 billion before giving effect to the transaction.

     “Change of Control Effective Date” means the date on which any Change of Control
becomes effective.

     “Change of Control Repurchase Price” means, with respect to any Security, the Accreted
Principal Amount of the Security to be purchased plus, subject to Section 3.08(h), accrued and
unpaid cash interest (including Contingent Interest), if any, and Liquidated Damages, if any, to,
but excluding, the Change of Control Repurchase Date.

     “Closing Price” on any Trading Day means, with respect to the Company’s Common Stock,
the reported last sale price per share of Common Stock (or if no last sale price is reported, the
average of the bid and ask prices per share or, if more than one in either case, the average of the
average bid and the average ask prices per share) on such date reported by the NASDAQ National
Market or, if the Company’s Common Stock is not quoted on the NASDAQ National Market, as reported
by the principal national securities exchange on which the Company’s Common Stock is listed, or if
no such prices are available, the Closing Price per share shall be the fair value of a share of
Common Stock as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors (which determination shall be
conclusive and shall be evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee).

     “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.

     “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $1.66 2/3, as it
exists on the date of this Indenture and any shares of any class or classes of Capital Stock of the
Company resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof, or, in the event of a
merger, consolidation or other similar transaction involving the Company that is otherwise
permitted hereunder in which the Company is not the surviving corporation the common stock, common
equity interests, ordinary shares or depositary shares or other certificates representing common
equity interests of such surviving corporation or its direct or indirect parent corporation, and
which have no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company and which are not
subject to redemption by the Company; provided, however, that if at any time there
shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such class by reference to which
the Securities shall be convertible shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number
of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of
shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.

     “Company” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until
a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Company” shall mean such successor Company.

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     “Contingent Interest” means such cash interest payable in accordance with the
provisions of Article 12 hereof.

     “Conversion Rate” means the number of shares of Common Stock by reference to which the
Conversion Value shall be determined, which shall be initially 9.3120 shares of Common Stock for
each $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities and as the same shall be adjusted from time
to time in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

     “Conversion Reference Period” means:

          (i) for any Securities that are converted under any circumstances permitting such conversion
after the Company has specified a Redemption Date in respect of such Securities, the 15 consecutive
Trading Days beginning on the third Trading Day following such Redemption Date; and

          (ii) in all other instances, the 15 consecutive Trading Days beginning on the third Trading
Day following the Conversion Date.

     “Conversion Value” means, for each $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities,
an amount equal to the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date and (ii)
the average of the Closing Prices of the Company’s Common Stock for each of the 15 consecutive
Trading Days of the Conversion Reference Period, appropriately adjusted to take into account the
occurrence during the Conversion Reference Period of stock splits and similar events;
provided that after the consummation of a Change of Control in which the
consideration is comprised entirely of cash, the amount in clause (ii) of this definition shall be
the cash price per share received by holders of the Company’s Common Stock in such Change of
Control.

     “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular
time the trust created by this Indenture shall be administered, which office at the date of the
execution of this Indenture is located at Sixth & Marquette, N9303-120, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55479; Attention: Corporate Trust Services, or at any other time at such other address as the
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company.

     “Daily Share Amount” for each $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities,
means, for each Trading Day of the Conversion Reference Period, a number of shares of Common Stock
of the Company determined in accordance with the following formula:

(CP * CR) – the Accreted Principal Amount as of the Conversion Date

CP * 15

          where,

          CP means the Closing Price on such Trading Day, and

          CR means the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date

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

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     “Designated Senior Indebtedness” means (i) any Indebtedness under the Senior Secured
Credit Facility and (ii) Obligations of the Company under any other particular Senior Indebtedness
that expressly provides that such Senior Indebtedness shall be “Designated Senior Indebtedness” for
purposes of this Indenture (provided that any instrument, agreement or other document
governing the rights of creditors in respect of Designated Senior Indebtedness may place
limitations and conditions on the right of creditors in respect of Senior Indebtedness to exercise
the rights of creditors in respect of Designated Senior Indebtedness).

     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

     “Final Maturity Date” means March 15, 2035.

     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America
as in effect from time to time, including those set forth in (i) the opinions and pronouncements of
the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, (ii) the
statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and (iii) such other
statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession.

     “Global Security” means a Security that is in substantially the form attached as
Exhibit A and that is issued in global form and deposited with the Depositary or its
custodian and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.

     “Holder” or “Holder of a Security” means the person in whose name a Security
is registered on the Registrar’s books.

     “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication:

	 	(i)  	all Obligations and other liabilities, contingent or otherwise, of such Person
for borrowed money (including overdrafts), including all such Obligations and other
liabilities accruing or incurred after the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding at the rate or on the amount specified in the applicable indebtedness, in
each case, whether or not a claim therefor is allowed, allowable or enforceable in such
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or for the deferred purchase price of property or
services, excluding any trade payables and other accrued current liabilities incurred
in the ordinary course of business, but including all obligations, contingent or
otherwise, of such person in connection with any letters of credit and acceptances
issued under letter of credit facilities, acceptance facilities or other similar
facilities;
	 
	 	(ii)  	all Obligations of such Person evidenced by credit or loan agreements, notes,
bonds, debentures or other similar instruments;
	 
	 	(iii)  	all Obligations and other liabilities, contingent or otherwise, of such Person
under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property
acquired by such Person (even if the rights and remedies of the seller or lender
under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of

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	 	   	such property) but excluding trade payables arising in the ordinary course of
business;
	 
	 	(iv)  	all obligations and liabilities, contingent or otherwise, in respect of leases
of such Person required, in conformity with GAAP, to be accounted for as capitalized
lease obligations on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person;
	 
	 	(v)  	all obligations of such Person under or in respect of interest rate agreements,
currency agreements or other swap, cap, floor or collar agreements, hedge agreements,
forward contracts or similar instruments or agreements or foreign currency hedge,
exchange or purchase or similar instruments or agreements;
	 
	 	(vi)  	the present value of the Obligations of such Person as lessee for net rental
payments (excluding all amounts required to be paid on account of maintenance and
repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water, utilities and similar charges to the
extent included in such rental payments) during the remaining term of the lease
included in any sale and leaseback transaction, including any period for which such
lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended (this present
value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit
in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP);
	 
	 	(vii)  	all indebtedness referred to in (but not excluded from) the preceding clauses
(i) – (vi) above of other Persons, the payment of which is secured by (or for which the
holder of such indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be
secured by) any lien on or with respect to property owned by such Person, including,
without limitation, accounts and contract rights, even though such Person has not
assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness (the amount of such
obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the value of such property or asset or the
amount of the obligation so secured), and all obligations of such Person with respect
to receivable securitization facilities;
	 
	 	(viii)  	all direct or indirect guarantees or similar arrangements by such Person of
indebtedness referred to in this definition of any other Person; and
	 
	 	(ix)  	any and all refinancings, replacements, deferrals, renewals, extensions and
refundings of or amendments, modifications or supplements to, any Indebtedness,
Obligation or liability of the kind described in clauses (i) – (viii) above.

     “Indenture” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant
to the terms of this Indenture, including the provisions of the TIA that are automatically deemed
to be a part of this Indenture by operation of the TIA.

     “Initial Purchasers” means Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co,
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.

     “Interest Payment Date” means March 15 and September 15 of each year after the Issue
Date.

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     “Issue Date” of any Security means the date on which the Security was originally
issued or deemed issued as set forth on the face of the Security.

     “Issue Price” of any Security means the initial issue price at which the Security is
sold, as set forth on the face of the Security.

     “Liquidated Damages” has the meaning specified in the Registration Rights Agreement.
All references herein to interest accrued or payable as of any date shall include any Liquidated
Damages accrued or payable as of such date as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement.

     “Non-Payment Default” means any event of default with respect to any Designated Senior
Indebtedness, other than a Payment Default, that has occurred and is continuing pursuant to which
the maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness may be accelerated.

     “Obligation” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications,
reimbursements, damages, costs, expenses and other liabilities (and guarantees of any of the
aforementioned) payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

     “Officer” means the Chairman or any Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors, any Vice
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President,
the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller, the Secretary, any Assistant Controller or any
Assistant Secretary of the Company.

     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by two
Officers; provided, however, that for purposes of Sections 4.10 and 5.03,
“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by (a) the principal executive officer,
principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company and (b) one other
Officer.

     “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel reasonably acceptable
to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the Trustee.

     “Original Issue Discount” means the difference between the Issue Price and the
Principal Amount at Maturity of the Security, as set forth on the face of the Security, which shall
accrue with respect to each Security at 3.5% per annum on a semi-annual bond equivalent basis using
a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

     “Payment Default” means a default in payment, whether at scheduled maturity, upon
scheduled installment, by acceleration or otherwise, of principal, or premium, if any, interest or
other amounts due on any Senior Indebtedness that has occurred and is continuing beyond any
applicable grace period.

     “Permitted Junior Securities” means debt or equity securities of the Company or any
successor corporation issued pursuant to a plan of reorganization or readjustment of the Company
that are subordinated to the payment of all then outstanding Senior Indebtedness of the Company at
least to the same extent that the Securities are subordinated to the payment of all
Senior Indebtedness of the Company on the date hereof, so long as: (i) the effect of the use
of this defined term in the subordination provisions contained herein is not to cause the
Securities to be treated as part of (a) the same class of claim as the Senior Indebtedness of the
Company, or

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(b) any class of claims pari passu with, or senior to, the Senior Indebtedness of the
Company for any payment or distribution in any case or proceeding or similar event relating to the
liquidation, insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, winding up or reorganization of the Company; and
(ii) to the extent that any Senior Indebtedness of the Company outstanding on the date of the
consummation of any plan of reorganization or readjustment is not paid in full in cash or cash
equivalents on such date, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of any such
Senior Indebtedness not so paid in full in cash or cash equivalents have consented to the terms of
such plan of reorganization or readjustment.

     “Person” or “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity, and
includes any syndicate or group that would be deemed a “person” under Section 13(d)(3) of the
Exchange Act.

     “Principal” or “principal” of a debt security, including the Securities, means
the principal of the security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on the security.

     “Principal Amount at Maturity” of a Security means the principal amount of the
Security as of the Final Maturity Date, as set forth on the face of the Security.

     “Public Acquiror Change of Control” means any event constituting a Change of Control
that would otherwise give Holders the right to cause the Company to repurchase the Securities in
accordance with Section 3.08, where the acquiror has Public Acquiror Common Stock; provided
that if an acquiror does not itself have Public Acquiror Common Stock, it will nevertheless
be deemed to have Public Acquiror Common Stock if either (i) a direct or indirect majority-owned
Subsidiary of the acquiror or (ii) a corporation by which the acquiror is directly or indirectly
majority-owned, has a class of common stock or American Depositary Shares representing shares of
common stock traded on a U.S. national securities exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ National Market
or which will be so traded or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such Change of
Control, and the acquiror has designated such common stock or American Depositary Shares to serve
as the Public Acquiror Common Stock in the transaction. “Majority-owned” for the purposes of this
definition means having Beneficial Ownership of more than 50% of the total voting power of the
respective Person’s Voting Stock.

     “Public Acquiror Common Stock” means, with respect to an acquiror pursuant to a Public
Acquiror Change of Control, a class of common stock or American Depositary Shares representing
shares of common stock traded on a U.S. national securities exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ
National Market or which will be so traded or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with
such Change of Control.

     “Redemption Date” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the
date fixed by the Company for such redemption pursuant to Section 3.01(a).

     “Redemption Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(c).

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     “Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of
March 15, 2005, among the Company and the Initial Purchasers, on behalf of the Holders, as amended
from time to time in accordance with its terms.

     “Regular Record Date” means, with respect to each Interest Payment Date, the March 1
and September 1, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

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

     “Restricted Security” means a Security required to bear the restrictive legend as
required by footnote 2 to Exhibit A set forth in the form of Security attached as
Exhibit A.

     “Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor to such Rule.

     “Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any successor to such Rule.

     “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     “Securities” means the $322,000,000 million aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of
Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2035, or any of them (each a “Security”), as
amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, that are
issued under this Indenture.

     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

     “Securities Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to any Global
Security, or any successor thereto.

     “Senior Indebtedness” means (i) all Indebtedness of the Company outstanding under the
Senior Secured Credit Facility, (ii) all other Indebtedness of the Company whether outstanding on
the Issue Date or thereafter incurred and (iii) all other Obligations (including without
limitation, any interest and fees accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition of bankruptcy (or
similar proceeding) at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or
not such interest or fees is an allowed claim under applicable law) in respect of the Indebtedness
listed in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii), unless, in the case of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii)
above, by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing such Indebtedness, the Indebtedness is
expressly designated equal or junior in right of payment to the Securities; provided
that “Senior Indebtedness” will not include (A) Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities;
and (B) Indebtedness of the Company to any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the
Company.

     “Senior Secured Credit Facility” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of
November 12, 2004, as amended as of February 22, 2004, among the Company, Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, as administrative agent, Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as syndication agent and
General Electric Capital Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association,
as documentation agents, together with all agreements, notes, instruments and documents
executed or delivered pursuant thereto and in connection therewith, including, without limitation,

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all mortgages, other security documents and guaranties, in each case as amended (including any
amendment and restatement), supplemented, extended, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from
time to time (in each case by one or more credit facilities, debt instruments and/or related
documentation), including, without limitation, any agreement increasing the amount of, extending
the maturity of or refinancing in whole or in part (including, but not limited to, by the inclusion
of additional or different lenders or financing institutions thereunder or additional borrowers or
guarantors thereof) all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or any successor
agreement or agreements and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders or
other financial institutions.

     “Stock Price” means, (i) in connection with a Change of Control in which holders of
Common Stock receive only cash, the amount of cash paid per share of Common Stock in connection
with the Change of Control and, (ii) in all other cases means the average of the Closing Price of
the Common Stock for the five Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the
Change of Control Effective Date for such Change of Control.

     “Significant Subsidiary” means, in respect of any Person, as of any date of
determination, a Subsidiary of such Person that would constitute a “significant subsidiary” as such
term is defined under Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.

     “Subsidiary” means, in respect of any Person, any corporation, association,
partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of
Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency within the control of
such Person to satisfy) to vote in the election of directors, managers, general partners or
trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person;
(ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person; or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of
such Person.

     “Tax Original Issue Discount” means the amount of ordinary interest income on a
Security that must be accrued as original issue discount for United States federal income tax
purposes pursuant to U.S. Treasury Regulation section 1.1275-4(b).

     “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except to the extent that the Trust
Indenture Act or any amendment thereto expressly provides for application of the Trust Indenture
Act as in effect on another date.

     “Trading Day” means any day on which the NASDAQ National Market or, if the Company’s
Common Stock is not quoted on the NASDAQ National Market, the principal national securities
exchange on which the Company’s Common Stock is listed, is open for trading or, if the Company’s
Common Stock is not so listed, admitted for trading or quoted, any Business Day. A Trading Day
only includes those days that have a scheduled closing time of 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) or
the then standard closing time for regular trading on the relevant exchange or trading system.

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     “Trustee” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until
a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter means
the successor.

     “Trust Officer” means, with respect to the Trustee, any officer assigned to the
Corporate Trust Office, and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom
such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.

     “Vice President” when used with respect to the Company 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.”

     “Voting Stock” of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock of such Person then
outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency within the
control of such Person to satisfy) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees
thereof.

Section 1.02 Other Definitions.

	 	 	 
	Term	 	Defined in Section
	“Agent Members”
	 	2.01
	“Bankruptcy Law”
	 	7.01
	“Bid Solicitation Agent”
	 	12.03
	“Change of Control Company Notice”
	 	3.08
	“Change of Control Repurchase Date”
	 	3.08
	“Change of Control Repurchase Notice”
	 	3.08
	“Company Order”
	 	2.02
	“Company Put Right Notice”
	 	3.09
	“Conversion Agent”
	 	2.03
	“Conversion Date”
	 	4.04
	“Conversion Rate Cap”
	 	4.08
	“Contingent Interest Payment Date”
	 	12.02
	“Contingent Interest Record Date”
	 	12.02
	“Current Market Price”
	 	4.08
	“DTC”
	 	2.01
	“Depositary”
	 	2.01
	“Distributed Securities”
	 	4.08
	“Distribution Notice”
	 	4.01
	“Dividend Threshold Amount”
	 	4.08
	“Event of Default”
	 	7.01
	“Expiration Date”
	 	4.08
	“Expiration Time”
	 	4.08
	“Legal Holiday”
	 	13.07
	“Legend”
	 	2.13
	“Make Whole Premium”
	 	4.03
	“Notice of Default”
	 	7.01
	“Paying Agent”
	 	2.03

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	Term	 	Defined in Section
	“Payment Blockage Period”
	 	11.03
	“Primary Registrar”
	 	2.03
	“Public Acquisition Notice”
	 	3.08
	“Purchase Agreement”
	 	2.01
	“Purchased Shares”
	 	4.08
	“purchases”
	 	4.08
	“Put Right Purchase Date”
	 	3.09
	“Put Right Purchase Notice”
	 	3.09
	“Put Right Purchase Price”
	 	3.09
	“QIB”
	 	2.01
	“record date”
	 	4.08
	“Receiver”
	 	7.01
	“Registrar”
	 	2.03
	“Relevant Value”
	 	12.01
	“Residual Value Shares”
	 	4.02
	“Security Market Price”
	 	12.01
	“Semiannual Period”
	 	12.01
	“Spinoff Securities”
	 	4.08
	“Spinoff Valuation Period”
	 	4.08
	“tender offer”
	 	4.08
	“tendered shares”
	 	4.08

          Section 1.03 Trust Indenture Act Provisions.

     Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, that provision is incorporated by
reference in and made a part of this Indenture. This Indenture shall also include those provisions
of the TIA required to be included herein by the provisions of the Trust Indenture Reform Act of
1990. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

     “indenture securities” means the Securities;

     “indenture security holder” means a Holder of a Security;

     “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;

     “indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and “obligor” on the
indenture securities means the Company or any other obligor on the Securities.

     All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the TIA, defined by TIA reference
to another statute or defined by any SEC rule and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them therein.

          Section 1.04 Rules Of Construction.

     (a) Unless the context otherwise requires:

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     (1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

     (2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP;

     (3) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the
singular;

     (4) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

     (5) the term “merger” includes a statutory share exchange and the term “merged” has a
correlative meaning;

     (6) the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter;

     (7) references to agreements and other instruments include subsequent amendments
thereto; and

     (8) all “Article,” “Exhibit” and “Section” references are to Articles, Exhibits and
Sections, respectively, of or to this Indenture unless otherwise specified herein, and the
terms “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a
whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

ARTICLE 2

THE SECURITIES

          Section 2.01 Form And Dating.

     The Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the
respective forms set forth in Exhibit A, which Exhibit is incorporated in and made part of
this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock
exchange or automated quotation system rule or regulation or usage. The Company shall provide any
such notations, legends or endorsements to the Trustee in writing. Each Security shall be dated
the date of its authentication. The Securities are being offered and sold by the Company pursuant
to a Purchase Agreement dated March 9, 2005 (the “Purchase Agreement”) among the Company
and the Initial Purchasers, in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act.

     (a) Restricted Global Securities. All of the Securities are initially being offered
and sold to qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A (collectively, “QIBs” or
individually, each a “QIB”) in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and shall be
issued initially in the form of one or more Restricted Global Securities, which shall be deposited
on behalf of the purchasers of the Securities represented thereby with the Trustee, at its
Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for the depositary, The Depository Trust Company
(“DTC,” and such depositary, or any successor thereto, being hereinafter referred to as the
“Depositary”), and registered in the name of its nominee, Cede & Co. (or any successor
thereto), for the accounts of participants in the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter

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provided. The aggregate principal amount of the Restricted Global Securities may from time to
time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Securities Custodian as
hereinafter provided, subject in each case to compliance with the Applicable Procedures.

     (b) Global Securities In General. Each Global Security shall represent such of the
outstanding Securities as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent
the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the
aggregate amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or
increased, as appropriate, to reflect replacements, exchanges, purchases, redemptions, or
conversions of such Securities. Any adjustment of the aggregate principal amount of a Global
Security to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Securities
represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with instructions given by the
Holder thereof as required by Section 2.13 and shall be made on the records of the Trustee and the
Depositary.

     Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights
under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary or
under the Global Security, and the Depositary (including, for this purpose, its nominee) may be
treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute
owner and Holder of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing herein shall (i) prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or
the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished
by the Depositary or (ii) impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of
customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Security.

     (c) Book Entry Provisions. The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in
accordance with this Section 2.01(c), authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global
Securities that (i) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, (ii) shall be
delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instructions and (iii)
shall bear legends substantially to the following effect:

“UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,
AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS
IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY
PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), 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. 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 IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN
THE NAME OF A PERSON

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OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE
INDENTURE AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN
DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT 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 OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY
OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.”

          Section 2.02 Execution And Authentication.

     (a) The aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is limited to $354,000,000 except as provided in Sections 2.06 and
2.07.

     (b) An Officer shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.
Typographic and other minor errors or defects in any such facsimile signature shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of any Security that has been authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee.

     (c) If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the
Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall be valid nevertheless.

     (d) A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee by manual
signature signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The signature shall be
conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.

     (e) The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery Securities for original
issue in the aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of up to $354,000,000 upon receipt of a written
order or orders of the Company signed by an Officer (a “Company Order”). The Company Order
shall specify the amount of Securities to be authenticated, shall provide that all such Securities
will be represented by a Restricted Global Security and the date on which each original issue of
Securities is to be authenticated.

     (f) The Trustee shall act as the initial authenticating agent. Thereafter, the Trustee may
appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. An
authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in
this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An
authenticating agent shall have the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company.

     (g) The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in
denominations of $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity and any integral multiple thereof.

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          Section 2.03 Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.

     (a) The Company shall maintain one or more offices or agencies where Securities may be
presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (each, a “Registrar”), one or more
offices or agencies where Securities may be presented for payment (each, a “Paying Agent”),
one or more offices or agencies where Securities may be presented for conversion (each, a
“Conversion Agent”) and one or more offices or agencies where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company will
at all times maintain a Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Registrar and an office or agency where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be
served in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. One of the Registrars (the “Primary
Registrar”) shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange.

     (b) The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to
this Indenture, provided that the Agent may be an Affiliate of the Trustee. The
agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company
shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If
the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, or agent for service of
notices and demands in any place required by this Indenture, or fails to give the foregoing notice,
the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any Affiliate of the Company may act as Paying Agent
(except for the purposes of Article 9), Registrar, Securities Custodian or Conversion Agent.

     (c) The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as Paying Agent, Registrar, Securities
Custodian and Conversion Agent.

          Section 2.04 Paying Agent To Hold Money In Trust.

     Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on each due date of the payment of principal of, or
interest on, any Securities, the Company shall deposit a sum sufficient to pay such principal or
interest so becoming due. Subject to Sections 9.02 and 11.05, a Paying Agent shall hold in trust
for the benefit of Holders of Securities or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the
payment of principal of, or interest on, the Securities, and shall notify the Trustee of any
failure by the Company (or any other obligor on the Securities) to make any such payment. If the
Company or an Affiliate of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall, before 10:00 a.m., New York
City time, on each due date of the principal of, or interest on, any Securities, segregate the
money and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to
pay all money held by it to the Trustee, and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of
any Default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to pay forthwith to
the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent (other
than the Company) shall have no further liability for the money.

          Section 2.05 Lists of Holders of Securities.

     The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent
list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the Primary
Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee on or before each Interest Payment Date and

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at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such
date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders.

          Section 2.06 Transfer And Exchange.

     (a) Subject to compliance with any applicable additional requirements contained in Section
2.13, when a Security is presented to a Registrar with a request to register a transfer thereof or
to exchange such Security for an equal Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities of other
authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as
requested; provided, however, that every Security presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by an assignment form
and, if applicable, a transfer certificate each in the form included in Exhibit A, and
completed in a manner satisfactory to the Registrar and duly executed by the Holder thereof or its
attorney duly authorized in writing. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, upon
surrender of any Security for registration of transfer or exchange at an office or agency
maintained pursuant to Section 2.03, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
Securities of a like aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity at the Registrar’s request. Any
exchange or transfer shall be without charge, except that the Company or the Registrar may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto; provided that this sentence shall not apply to any exchange
pursuant to Section 2.10, 2.13(a), 3.06, 3.10, 4.04(e) or 10.05.

     (b) Neither the Company, any Registrar nor the Trustee shall be required to issue, register
the transfer of or exchange (i) any Security during a period beginning at the opening of business
15 days before any selection of Securities for redemption and ending at the close of business on
the earliest date on which the relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all
Holders, (ii) any Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of any Security being redeemed in part, (iii) any Securities or portions thereof in respect
of which a Change of Control Repurchase Notice has been delivered and not withdrawn by the Holder
thereof (except, in the case of the purchase of a Security in part, the portion thereof not to be
purchased) or (iv) any Securities or portions thereof in respect of which a Put Right Purchase
Notice has been delivered and not withdrawn by the Holder thereof (except, in the case of the
purchase of a Security in part, the portion thereof not to be purchased).

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

     (d) Any Registrar appointed pursuant to Section 2.03 shall provide to the Trustee such
information as the Trustee may reasonably require in connection with the delivery by such Registrar
of Securities upon transfer or exchange of Securities.

     (e) Each Holder of a Security agrees to indemnify the Company and the Trustee against any
liability that may result from the transfer, exchange or assignment of such Holder’s Security in
violation of any provision of this Indenture and/or applicable United States federal or state
securities law.

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     (f) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law
with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or
among Agent Members or other Beneficial Owners of interests in any Global Security) other than to
require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required
by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the
same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

          Section 2.07 Replacement Securities.

     (a) If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Company, a Registrar or the Trustee, and
the Company, a Registrar and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction,
loss or theft of any Security, and there is delivered to the Company, the applicable Registrar and
the Trustee such security or indemnity as will be required by them to save each of them harmless,
then, in the absence of notice to the Company, such Registrar or the Trustee that such Security has
been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute, and upon its written request the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for any such mutilated Security or in lieu of
any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like tenor and Principal Amount at
Maturity, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

     (b) If any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become
due and payable, or is about to be purchased or redeemed by the Company pursuant to Article 3, or
converted pursuant to Article 4, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new
Security, pay, redeem, purchase or convert such Security, as the case may be.

     (c) Upon the issuance of any new Securities under this Section 2.07, 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 reasonable expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses
of the Trustee or the Registrar) in connection therewith.

     (d) Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section 2.07 in lieu of any mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation
of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any
time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.

     (e) The provisions of this Section 2.07 are (to the extent lawful) exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

          Section 2.08 Outstanding Securities.

     (a) Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee, except
for those canceled by it, those redeemed or purchased pursuant to Article 3, those converted
pursuant to Article 4, those delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or surrendered for transfer
or exchange and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding.

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     (b) If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the
Company receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide
purchaser.

     (c) If a Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds in respect
of the outstanding Securities on a Redemption Date, the Business Day following a Change of Control
Repurchase Date, the Business Day following a Put Right Purchase Date, or the Final Maturity Date
money or securities sufficient to pay the principal of and accrued interest on Securities (or
portions thereof) payable on that date, then on and after such Redemption Date, Change of Control
Repurchase Date, Put Right Purchase Date, or Final Maturity Date, as the case may be, such
Securities (or portions thereof, as the case may be) shall cease to be outstanding and cash
interest (including Contingent Interest and Liquidated Damages), if any, and Original Issue
Discount on them shall cease to accrue; provided that if such Securities are to be
redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision
thereof satisfactory to the Trustee has been made.

     If a Security is converted in accordance with Article 4, then from and after the time of
conversion on the Conversion Date, such Security shall cease to be outstanding and cash interest
(including Contingent Interest), if any, and Original Issue Discount shall cease to accrue on such
Security.

     (d) Subject to the restrictions contained in Section 2.09, a Security does not cease to be
outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.

          Section 2.09 Treasury Securities.

     In determining whether the Holders of the required Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities
have concurred in any notice, direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Company or any
other obligor on the Securities or by any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall
be disregarded, except that, for purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in
relying on any such notice, direction, waiver or consent, only Securities which a Trust Officer of
the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have
been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction
of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to the Securities and that the pledgee is
not the Company or any other obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such
other obligor.

          Section 2.10 Temporary Securities.

     Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and execute, and,
upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities.
Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have
variations that the Company with the consent of the Trustee considers appropriate for temporary
Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities.

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          Section 2.11 Cancellation.

     The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The
Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent shall forward to the Trustee or its agent any
Securities surrendered to them for transfer, exchange, redemption, purchase, payment or conversion.
The Trustee and no one else shall cancel, in accordance with its standard procedures, all
Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, redemption, purchase, payment, conversion or
cancellation and shall dispose of the cancelled Securities in accordance with its customary
procedures. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation and may not resell (or issue
any new Securities to replace) any Securities that any Holder has converted pursuant to Article 4.

          Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest

     If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities, it shall pay the defaulted
interest in any lawful manner to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date at
the rate then currently borne by the Securities. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of
the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Security and the date of the proposed
payment. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date,
provided that no such special record date shall be less than ten days prior to the related payment
date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or,
upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company)
shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the
related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

          Section 2.13 Legend; Additional Transfer And Exchange Requirements.

     (a) If Securities are issued upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Securities subject
to restrictions on transfer and bearing the restrictive legends as required by footnote 2 to
Exhibit A set forth on the forms of Securities attached as Exhibit A (collectively, the
“Legend”), or if a request is made to remove the Legend on a Security, the Securities so
issued shall bear the Legend, or the Legend shall not be removed, as the case may be, unless there
is delivered to the Company and the Registrar such satisfactory evidence, which shall include an
Opinion of Counsel if requested by the Company or such Registrar, as may be reasonably required by
the Company and the Registrar, that neither the Legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth
therein are required to ensure that transfers thereof comply with the provisions of Rule 144A or
Rule 144 under the Securities Act or that such Securities are not “restricted” within the meaning
of Rule 144 under the Securities Act; provided that no such evidence need be
supplied in connection with the sale of such Security pursuant to a registration statement that is
effective at the time of such sale. Upon (i) provision of such satisfactory evidence if requested,
or (ii) notification by the Company to the Trustee and Registrar of the sale of such Security
pursuant to a registration statement that is effective at the time of such sale, the Trustee, at
the written direction of the Company, shall authenticate and deliver a Security that does not bear
the Legend. If the Legend is removed from the face of a Security and the Security is subsequently
held by an Affiliate of the Company, the Legend shall be reinstated.

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     (b) The restrictions imposed by the Legend upon the transferability of any Security shall
cease and terminate when such Security has been (i) sold pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act (ii) transferred in compliance with Rule 144 under the
Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto) or, (iii) if earlier, upon the expiration of
the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or any
successor provision). Any Security as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in
accordance with their terms or shall have terminated may, upon a surrender of such Security for
exchange to the Registrar in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.13 (accompanied by,
in the case of (ii) or (iii) above, if requested by the Company or the Registrar, an Opinion of
Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Registrar and addressed to the Company and the
Registrar, to the effect that the restrictions imposed by the Legend upon the transferability of
such Security have expired in accordance with their terms), be exchanged for a new Security, of
like tenor and aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity, which shall not bear the restrictive Legend.
The Company shall inform the Trustee of the effective date of any registration statement
registering the offer and sale of the Securities under the Securities Act. The Trustee shall not
be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
aforementioned Opinion of Counsel or registration statement. As used in this Section 2.13(b), the
term “transfer” encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer, hypothecation or other disposition of any
Security.

     (c) A Global Security may not be transferred, in whole or in part, to any Person other than
the Depositary or a nominee or any successor thereof, and no such transfer to any such other Person
may be registered; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any transfer of a
Security that is issued in exchange for a Global Security but is not itself a Global Security. No
transfer of a Security to any Person shall be effective under this Indenture or the Securities
unless and until such Security has been registered in the name of such Person. Notwithstanding any
other provisions of this Indenture or the Securities, transfers of a Global Security, in whole or
in part, shall be made only in accordance with this Section 2.13.

(d) The provisions below shall apply only to Global Securities:

     (1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the
name of the Depositary 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 purposes of this Indenture.

     (2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the Securities, a Global
Security shall not be exchanged in whole or in part for a Security registered, and no
transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part shall be registered, in the name of any
Person other than the Depositary or one or more nominees thereof; provided
that a Global Security may be exchanged for Securities registered in the names of
any person designated by the Depositary in the event that (A) the Depositary has notified
the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global
Security or such Depositary has ceased to be a “clearing agency” registered under the
Exchange Act, and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days
after receiving such notice or becoming aware that the Depositary has ceased to be a
“clearing agency,” or (B) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to
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Securities. Any Global Security exchanged pursuant to subclause (A) above shall be so
exchanged in whole and not in part, and any Global Security exchanged pursuant to subclause
(B) above may be exchanged in whole or from time to time in part as directed by the
Depositary. Any Security issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof
shall be a Global Security; provided further that any such Security so issued that is
registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof shall not
be a Global Security.

     (3) Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be
issued in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons, shall have an
aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity equal to that of such Global Security or portion
thereof to be so exchanged, shall be registered in such names and be in such authorized
denominations as the Depositary shall designate and shall bear the applicable legends
provided for herein. Any Global Security to be exchanged in whole shall be surrendered by
the Depositary to the Trustee, as Registrar. With regard to any Global Security to be
exchanged in part, either such Global Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or, if
the Trustee is acting as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to such
Global Security, the Principal Amount at Maturity thereof shall be reduced, by an amount
equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of an appropriate adjustment made
on the records of the Trustee. Upon any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver the Security issuable on such exchange to or upon the order of the
Depositary or an authorized representative thereof.

     (4) Subject to clause (6) of this Section 2.13(d), the registered Holder may grant
proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may
hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take
under this Indenture or the Securities.

     (5) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (1) of this
Section 2.13(d), the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply
of Certificated Securities in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons.

     (6) Neither Agent Members nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act
shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security registered in
the name of the Depositary or any nominee thereof, or under any such Global Security, and
the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and holder of such
Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein
shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from
giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the
Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its
Agent Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of
customary practices of such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a Beneficial
Owner of any Security.

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     (7) At such time as all interests in a Global Security have been redeemed, converted,
cancelled or exchanged for Certificated Securities, such Global Security shall, upon receipt
thereof, be cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and instructions
existing between the Depositary and the Securities Custodian, subject to Section 2.11 of
this Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global
Security is redeemed, converted, canceled or exchanged for Certificated Securities, the
principal amount of such Global Security shall, in accordance with the standing procedures
and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Securities Custodian, be
appropriately reduced, and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security, by the
Trustee or the Securities Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such
reduction.

     (e) Until the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k)
under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto), any stock certificate representing
Common Stock issued upon conversion of any Security shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form, unless such Common Stock has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that
has been declared effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be effective at the
time of such transfer) or transferred in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any
successor provision thereto), or such Common Stock has been issued upon conversion of Securities
that have been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective
under the Securities Act or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision thereto), or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing with written notice
thereof to the transfer agent:

THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE
OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. THE HOLDER HEREOF AGREES THAT,
UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY
UNDER RULE 144(k) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION), (1) IT WILL NOT RESELL OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY EXCEPT (A) TO NASH-FINCH COMPANY OR ANY PARENT
OR SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) TO A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A, (C) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (D) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AND WHICH CONTINUES TO BE
EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER); (2) PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT
TO CLAUSE 1(D) ABOVE), IT WILL FURNISH TO THE COMPANY AND WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS TRANSFER AGENT (OR A SUCCESSOR TRANSFER AGENT, AS APPLICABLE), SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL
OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS THEY MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING
MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT; AND (3) IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH

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PERSON TO WHOM THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY IS TRANSFERRED (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO
CLAUSE 1(D) ABOVE) A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. THIS LEGEND WILL BE
REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE EARLIER OF THE TRANSFER OF THE COMMON STOCK
EVIDENCED HEREBY PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 1(D) ABOVE OR UPON ANY TRANSFER OF THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED
HEREBY AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED
HEREBY UNDER RULE 144(k) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION).

     Any such Common Stock as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in
accordance with their terms or as to which the conditions for removal of the foregoing legend set
forth therein have been satisfied may, upon surrender of the certificates representing such shares
of Common Stock for exchange in accordance with the procedures of the transfer agent for the Common
Stock, be exchanged for a new certificate or certificates for a like number of shares of Common
Stock, which shall not bear the restrictive legend required by this Section 2.13.

          Section 2.14 CUSIP Numbers.

     The Company in issuing the Securities may use one or more “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally
in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption or purchase 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 a redemption or purchase and that reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption or purchase shall
not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the
Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

          Section 2.15 Contingent Debt Tax Treatment.

     (a) For United States federal income tax purposes, the Company agrees, and each Holder and any
beneficial owner of a Security by its purchase thereof shall be deemed to agree:

     (i) to treat the Securities as debt instruments that are subject to Treasury Regulation
section 1.1275-4(b);

     (ii) to treat the Cash payment and the fair market value of the Common Stock received
upon the conversion of a Security as a contingent payment for purposes of Treasury
Regulation section 1.1275-4(b) that will result in an adjustment under Treasury Regulation
section 1.1275-4(b)(3)(iv) and Treasury Regulation section 1.1275-4(b)(6); and

     (iii) to accrue interest with respect to outstanding Securities as original issue
discount for United States federal income tax purposes (i.e., Tax Original Issue Discount)
according to the “noncontingent bond method,” set forth in Treasury Regulation section
1.1275-4(b), using the comparable yield set forth in Exhibit B to this Indenture compounded
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and, further, each Holder and any beneficial owner of a Security by its purchase thereof shall be
deemed to acknowledge and agree to include such Tax Original Issue Discount (including the portion
of Tax Original Issue Discount represented by Cash interest payments) in its gross income as it
accrues regardless of such Holder’s or beneficial owner’s method of tax accounting for United
States federal income tax purposes.

     (b) The Company acknowledges and agrees, and each Holder and any beneficial owner of a
Security by its purchase thereof shall be deemed to acknowledge and agree, that (i) the comparable
yield means the annual yield the Company would pay, as of the date of this Indenture, for United
States federal income tax purposes, on a non-contingent, nonconvertible, fixed-rate debt instrument
with terms and conditions otherwise similar to those of the Securities, (ii) the schedule of
projected payments set forth in Exhibit B hereto is determined, in part, on the basis of an
assumption of linear growth of the stock price and is not determined for any purpose other than for
the determination of interest accruals and adjustments thereof in respect of the Securities for
United States federal income tax purposes and (iii) the comparable yield and the schedule of
projected payments do not constitute a projection or representation regarding the amounts payable
on the Securities.

     (c) The Company shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a
written notice specifying the amount of Tax Original Issue Discount (including daily rates and
accrual periods) accrued on outstanding Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other
specific information relating to such Tax Original Issue Discount as may then be relevant under the
Code.

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE

          Section 3.01 To Redeem; Notice To Trustee.

     (a) Prior to March 15, 2013, the Securities shall not be redeemable. On or after March 15,
2013, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Securities for cash at the applicable Redemption
Price, as a whole at any time or from time to time in part, on any Redemption Date (or in the case
of multiple redemptions, Redemption Dates) fixed by the Company. If a Redemption Date falls after
a Regular Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, then cash interest
(including Contingent Interest), if any, on the Securities payable on such Interest Payment Date
will be payable to the Holders in whose names the Securities are registered at the close of
business on such Regular Record Date.

     (b) If the Company elects to redeem Securities pursuant to this Section 3.01, it shall notify
the Trustee, on a date at least 45 days and no more than 60 days prior to the applicable Redemption
Date (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), of the Redemption Date and the
Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities to be redeemed.

          Section 3.02 Selection Of Securities To Be Redeemed.

     (a) If less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, unless the Applicable Procedures
specify otherwise, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed within five Business

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Days after it receives the notice described in Section 3.01(b). The Trustee shall make the
selection from the Securities outstanding and not previously called for redemption, in its
discretion, by lot, on a pro rata basis or by another method that the Trustee considers fair and
appropriate (so long as such method is not prohibited by the rules of any stock exchange or market
on which the Securities are listed). Securities may only be redeemed in denominations of $1,000
Principal Amount at Maturity. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the Principal
Amount at Maturity of Securities (in integral multiples of $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity)
that have denominations larger than $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities
called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption. The Trustee
shall notify the Company promptly of the Securities or portions of Securities to be redeemed.

     (b) 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 (up to the amount of the redemption) to be the portion selected
for redemption. Securities which have been converted subsequent to the Trustee commencing
selection of Securities to be redeemed but prior to redemption of such Securities shall be treated
by the Trustee as outstanding for the purpose of such selection.

          Section 3.03 Notice Of Redemption.

     (a) At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Company shall
mail or cause to be mailed a notice of redemption to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at
such Holder’s address as it appears on the Registrar’s books.

     (b) The notice shall identify the Securities (including CUSIP numbers) to be redeemed and
shall state:

     (1) the Redemption Date;

     (2) the Redemption Price determined in accordance with Section 3.05(d);

     (3) the then effective Conversion Rate;

     (4) the name and address of each Paying Agent and Conversion Agent;

     (5) that Securities called for redemption must be presented and surrendered to a Paying
Agent to collect the Redemption Price;

     (6) that Holders who wish to convert Securities must surrender such Securities for
conversion no later than the close of business on the second Business Day immediately
preceding the Redemption Date and must satisfy the other requirements set forth in paragraph
9 of the Securities and Article 4;

     (7) to the extent that Residual Value Shares are deliverable in connection with a
conversion based upon the redemption of the Securities, whether the Company will deliver
cash in lieu of all or a portion of any Residual Value Shares and if so, the percentage of
each Residual Value Share that will be paid in cash;

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     (8) that, unless the Company has failed to make the payment of such Redemption Price
when it is due and payable, Original Issue Discount and cash interest (including Contingent
Interest), if any, will cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;

     (9) if any Security is being redeemed in part, the portion of the Principal Amount at
Maturity of such Security to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date, upon
presentation and surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities in aggregate
Principal Amount at Maturity equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued; and

     (10) if Certificated Securities have been issued and fewer than all the outstanding
Securities are to be redeemed, the certificate number and the Principal Amounts at Maturity
of the particular Securities to be redeemed.

     (c) If any of the Securities to be redeemed is in the form of a Global Security, then the
Company shall modify such notice to the extent necessary to accord with the procedures of the
Depositary applicable to redemptions. At the Company’s written request, which request shall (i) be
irrevocable once given and (ii) set forth all relevant information required by clauses (1) through
(10) of Section 3.03(b), the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption to each Holder in the
Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided, however, that in all cases,
the text of such notice of redemption shall be prepared by the Company; and provided
further that the Company must make such request at least five Business Days prior to the
date by which such notice of redemption must be given to the Holders in accordance with this
Section 3.03 (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee).

          Section 3.04 Effect Of Notice Of Redemption.

     Securities called for redemption shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date at the
applicable Redemption Price set forth in Section 3.05, except for Securities that are converted on
a Conversion Date prior to the Redemption Date in accordance with the provisions of Article 4.
Upon presentation and surrender to the Paying Agent, Securities called for redemption shall be
redeemed at a price per $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities equal to the Redemption
Price.

          Section 3.05 Deposit Of Redemption Price.

     (a) Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit
with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company acts as Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust)
an amount of cash (in immediately available funds if deposited on such Redemption Date) sufficient
to pay the Redemption Price payable upon redemption of all Securities to be redeemed on that date,
other than Securities or portions thereof called for redemption on that date which have been
delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation or have been converted. The Paying Agent
shall as promptly as practicable return to the Company any cash not required for that purpose
because of the cancellation of Securities or the conversion of Securities pursuant to Article 4 or,
if such cash is then held by the Company in trust and is not required for such purpose, it shall be
discharged from the trust.

     (b) If a Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms hereof, money or securities
sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of any Security for which a notice of redemption has been

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tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with this Indenture then, on the Redemption Date,
such Security will cease to be outstanding, whether or not the Security is delivered to the Paying
Agent, and Original Issue Discount, if any, cash interest (including Contingent Interest), if any,
and Liquidated Damages, if any, shall cease to accrue, and the rights of the Holder in respect of
the Security shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Redemption Price as aforesaid).

     (c) The “Redemption Price” per $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities shall equal
the Accreted Principal Amount of such $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities as of the
applicable Redemption Date plus any accrued and unpaid cash interest (including Contingent
Interest), if any, to but excluding such Redemption Date. The Redemption Price per $1,000
Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities on March 15, 2013, on each March 15 thereafter prior to
the Final Maturity Date and on the Final Maturity Date, assuming no accrued and unpaid cash
interest (including Contingent Interest), if any, is set forth in the table below. The Redemption
Price for a Security that is redeemed on a Redemption Date that occurs between the dates listed in
the table below shall also include an additional amount reflecting the Original Issue Discount that
has accrued on such Security since the date in the table below immediately preceding the actual
Redemption Date:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	(2)	 	 	(3)	 
	 	 	(1)	 	 	Accrued	 	 	Redemption	 
	 	 	Issue	 	 	Original	 	 	Price	 
	Redemption Date	 	Price	 	 	Issue Discount	 	 	(1) + (2)	 
	March 15, 2013
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	0.00	 	 	$	466.11	 
	March 15, 2014
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	16.46	 	 	$	482.57	 
	March 15, 2015
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	33.49	 	 	$	499.60	 
	March 15, 2016
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	51.13	 	 	$	517.24	 
	March 15, 2017
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	69.39	 	 	$	535.50	 
	March 15, 2018
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	88.30	 	 	$	554.41	 
	March 15, 2019
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	107.88	 	 	$	573.99	 
	March 15, 2020
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	128.14	 	 	$	594.25	 
	March 15, 2021
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	149.12	 	 	$	615.23	 
	March 15, 2022
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	170.84	 	 	$	636.95	 
	March 15, 2023
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	193.33	 	 	$	659.44	 
	March 15, 2024
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	216.61	 	 	$	682.72	 
	March 15, 2025
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	240.72	 	 	$	706.83	 
	March 15, 2026
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	265.67	 	 	$	731.78	 
	March 15, 2027
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	291.51	 	 	$	757.62	 
	March 15, 2028
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	318.26	 	 	$	784.37	 
	March 15, 2029
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	345.95	 	 	$	812.06	 
	March 15, 2030
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	374.62	 	 	$	840.73	 
	March 15, 2031
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	404.30	 	 	$	870.41	 
	March 15, 2032
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	435.03	 	 	$	901.14	 
	March 15, 2033
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	466.85	 	 	$	932.96	 
	March 15, 2034
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	499.79	 	 	$	965.90	 
	Final Maturity Date
	 	$	466.11	 	 	$	533.89	 	 	$	1,000.00	 

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          Section 3.06 Securities Redeemed In Part.

     Upon presentation and surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder a new Security equal in
Principal Amount at Maturity to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.

          Section 3.07 Reserved.

          Section 3.08 Repurchase Of Securities At Option Of The Holder Upon a Change of Control; Public
Acquiror Change of Control.

     (a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control prior to the Final Maturity Date, each Holder
of a Security shall have the right (subject to Section 3.08(i)) to require the Company to
repurchase for cash all or any portion of such Holder’s Securities in integral multiples of $1,000
Principal Amount at Maturity at a price equal to the Change of Control Repurchase Price on the 30th
Business Day following the date on which the Change of Control Company Notice set forth in Section
3.08(b) is sent (the “Change of Control Repurchase Date”).

     (b) On or within 15 Trading Days after the Change of Control Effective Date, the Company shall
mail a written notice of the Change of Control and of the resulting repurchase right to the
Trustee, Paying Agent and to each Holder (and to Beneficial Owners as required by applicable law)
(the “Change of Control Company Notice”) unless the Company provides the Public Acquisition
Notice in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.08(i). The Change of Control Company Notice
shall include the form of a Change of Control Repurchase Notice to be completed by the Holder and
shall state:

     (1) the events causing such Change of Control;

     (2) the date of such Change of Control;

     (3) the last date by which the Change of Control Repurchase Notice must be delivered to
elect the repurchase option pursuant to this Section 3.08;

     (4) the Change of Control Repurchase Date;

     (5) the Change of Control Repurchase Price;

     (6) the procedures that the Holder must follow to exercise the repurchase rights under
this Section 3.08;

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

     (8) the then effective Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the Conversion Rate
resulting from such Change of Control;

     (9) the conversion right of the Securities and the procedures that the Holder must
follow to convert their Securities pursuant to Article 4 of this Indenture and that
Securities as to which a Change of Control Repurchase Notice has been given may be

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converted pursuant to Article 4 of this Indenture only to the extent that the Change of
Control Repurchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

     (10) the procedures for withdrawing a Change of Control Repurchase Notice;

     (11) that, unless the Company fails to pay such Change of Control Repurchase Price,
Securities covered by any Change of Control Repurchase Notice will cease to be outstanding
and Original Issue Discount, if any, or cash interest (including Contingent Interest), if
any, and Liquidated Damages, if any, will cease to accrue on and after the Change of Control
Repurchase Date; and

     (12) the CUSIP number of the Securities.

At the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall give such Change of Control Company Notice in
the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided, that, in all cases, the
text of such Change of Control Company Notice shall be prepared by
the Company; provided further
that the Company shall make such request and deliver the text of such Change of Control Company
Notice to the Trustee at least five Business Days prior to the date by which such Change of Control
Company Notice is proposed to be given in accordance with this Section 3.08 (unless a shorter
notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee). Not later than one Business Day following the date
on which the Change of Control Company Notice is delivered to Holders, the Company shall publish a
notice containing substantially the same information that is required in the Change of Control
Company Notice in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or publish such
information on its website or otherwise through such other public medium as the Company shall then
regularly use for the purpose of disseminating press releases. If any of the Securities is in the
form of a Global Security, then the Company shall modify such notice to the extent necessary to
accord with the Applicable Procedures relating to the purchase of Global Securities.

     (c) A Holder may exercise its rights specified in Section 3.08(a) upon delivery of a written
notice of the exercise of such rights (a “Change of Control Repurchase Notice”) to the
Company or the Paying Agent at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day
immediately prior to the Change of Control Repurchase Date, subject to extension to comply with
applicable law. The Change of Control Repurchase Notice shall state:

     (A) the certificate number (if such Security is not a Global
Security) of the Security which the Holder will deliver to be purchased (or, if the
Security is a Global Security, any other items required to comply with the
Applicable Procedures);

     (B) the portion of the Principal Amount at Maturity of the Security
which the Holder will deliver to be purchased in integral multiples of $1,000; and

     (C) that such Security shall be purchased as of the Change of Control
Repurchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Securities and
in this Indenture.

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     The delivery of a Security for which a Change of Control Repurchase Notice has been timely
delivered to the Paying Agent and not validly withdrawn prior to, on or after the Change of Control
Repurchase Date (together with all necessary endorsements) at the office of the Paying Agent shall
be a condition to the receipt by the Holder of the Change of Control Repurchase Price therefor.

     The Company shall only be obliged to purchase, pursuant to this Section 3.08, a portion of a
Security if the Principal Amount at Maturity of such portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000 (provisions of this Indenture that apply to the purchase of all of a Security also apply to
the purchase of such portion of such Security).

     The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Change of
Control Repurchase Notice or written withdrawal thereof.

     Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the case of Global Securities, any Change
of Control Repurchase Notice may be delivered or withdrawn and such Securities may be surrendered
or delivered for purchase in accordance with the Applicable Procedures as in effect from time to
time.

     (d) Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of a properly completed Change of Control Repurchase
Notice from a Holder, the Holder of the Security in respect of which such Change of Control
Repurchase Notice was given shall (unless such Change of Control Repurchase Notice is withdrawn as
specified in Section 3.08(e)) thereafter be entitled to receive the Change of Control Repurchase
Price with respect to such Security. Such Change of Control Repurchase Price shall be paid to such
Holder promptly following the later of (1) the Change of Control Repurchase Date (provided
that the conditions in this Section 3.08 have been satisfied) and (2) the time of delivery
of such Security to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section
3.08(c). Securities in respect of which a Change of Control Repurchase Notice has been given by
the Holder thereof may not be converted into shares of Common Stock pursuant to Article 4 on or
after the date of the delivery of such Change of Control Repurchase Notice unless such Change of
Control Repurchase Notice has first been validly withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.08(e) with
respect to the Securities to be converted.

     (e) A Change of Control Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice (which
may be delivered by mail, overnight courier, hand delivery, facsimile transmission or in any other
written form and, in the case of Global Securities, may be delivered electronically or by other
means in accordance with the Applicable Procedures) of withdrawal delivered by the Holder to a
Paying Agent at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately prior to
the Change of Control Repurchase Date, specifying (1) the Principal Amount at Maturity of the
Security or portion thereof (which must be a Principal Amount at Maturity of $1,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being
submitted, (2) if Certificated Securities have been issued, the certificate number of the Security
being withdrawn in whole or in withdrawable part (or if the Securities are not certificated, such
written notice must comply with the procedures of the Depositary) and (3) the portion of the
Principal Amount at Maturity of the Security that will remain subject to the Change of Control
Repurchase Notice, which portion must be a Principal Amount at Maturity of $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof.

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     (f) On or before 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Business Day following the Change of
Control Repurchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent an
amount of money (in immediately available funds if deposited on such Change of Control Repurchase
Date) sufficient to pay the aggregate Change of Control Repurchase Price of all the Securities or
portions thereof that are to be purchased on such Change of Control Repurchase Date;
provided that such deposit shall be made in a manner such that the Trustee or such
Paying Agent shall have immediately available funds on the Business Day following the Change of
Control Repurchase Date.

     If the Paying Agent or the Trustee holds, in accordance with the terms hereof, money or
securities sufficient to pay the Change of Control Repurchase Price of any Security for which a
Change of Control Repurchase Notice has been tendered and not withdrawn on the Business Day
following the Change of Control Repurchase Date in accordance with this Indenture then, on the
applicable Change of Control Repurchase Date, such Security will cease to be outstanding, whether
or not the Security is delivered to the Paying Agent or the Trustee, and Original Issue Discount,
if any, cash interest (including Contingent Interest), if any, and Liquidated Damages, if any,
shall cease to accrue, and the rights of the Holder in respect of the Security shall terminate
(other than the right to receive the Change of Control Repurchase Price as aforesaid).

     To the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to Section
3.08 exceeds the aggregate Change of Control Repurchase Price of the Securities or portions thereof
that the Company is obligated to purchase, then promptly after the Change of Control Repurchase
Date the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall return any such excess cash to the
Company (or if the Company is the Paying Agent. release such excess cash from trust).

     (g) No Securities may be purchased by the Company at the option of Holders upon a Change of
Control if there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Securities,
other than a Default in the payment of the Change of Control Repurchase Price with respect to the
Securities. The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Securities
(1) with respect to which a Change of Control Repurchase Notice has been withdrawn in compliance
with this Indenture, or (2) held by it during the continuance of an Event of Default (other than a
failure to pay the Change of Control Repurchase Price). Upon such return of the Securities in
accordance with clause (2) of the preceding sentence, the Change of Control Repurchase Notice with
respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

     (h) If a Change of Control Repurchase Date falls after a Regular Record Date and on or before
the related Interest Payment Date, then interest on the Securities payable on such Interest Payment
Date will be payable to the Holders in whose names the Securities are registered at the close of
business on such Regular Record Date.

     (i) Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Indenture to the contrary, upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control that is also a Public Acquiror Change of Control, in lieu of
permitting a Holder to require the Company to repurchase Securities in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 3.08 or to convert Securities in accordance with the provisions of
Article 4 and, if applicable, to receive a Make Whole Premium upon any such conversion, in each
case, as a result of such Change of Control, the Company may elect to adjust the

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Conversion Rate and the related conversion obligation under the Securities such that from and
after the effective date of the Public Acquiror Change of Control, (1) the Securities shall be
convertible in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 hereof on the basis of Public Acquiror
Common Stock, as if Public Acquiror Common Stock were Common Stock, based on the Conversion Rate as
so adjusted and (2) all references in the Securities and this Indenture to Common Stock shall be
deemed to refer instead to such Public Acquiror Common Stock.

     In the event that the Company elects to adjust the Conversion Rate and the related conversion
obligation pursuant to this Section 3.08(i), Holders shall not be permitted to require the Company
to repurchase or to convert Securities as a result of the Public Acquiror Change of Control and the
Conversion Rate shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before
the Public Acquiror Change of Control by a fraction:

     (A) the numerator of which shall be (1) in the case of a merger,
consolidation or binding share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is
converted into cash, securities or other property, the value of all cash and any
other consideration, as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors in good faith
and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, paid or payable per share of Common Stock
or (2) in the case of any other Public Acquiror Change of Control, the average of
the Closing Prices of the Common Stock for the ten consecutive Trading Days prior to
but excluding the effective date of such Public Acquiror Change of Control, and

     (B) the denominator of which will be the average of the Closing
Prices of the Public Acquiror Common Stock or American Depositary Shares
representing such Public Acquiror Common Stock for the ten consecutive Trading Days
prior to but excluding the effective date of such Public Acquiror Change of Control.

     Not later than 15 Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date of a Change of Control
that is also a Public Acquiror Change of Control, the Company shall provide to all Holders of the
Securities and the Trustee, the Conversion Agent, and the Paying Agent a notification (a
“Public Acquisition Notice”) stating whether the Company shall:

     (A) elect to adjust the Conversion Rate and related conversion
obligation under this Section 3.08(i), in which case the Holders shall not have the
right (1) to require the Company to repurchase their Securities as described in this
Section 3.08, and (2) to convert Securities and, if applicable, receive the Make
Whole Premium as described in Article 4, or

     (B) not elect to adjust the Conversion Rate and related conversion
obligation under this Section 3.08(i), in which case the Holders shall have the
right, if applicable, (1) to require the Company to repurchase their Securities as
described in this Section 3.08, or (2) to convert Securities and, if applicable,
receive the Make Whole Premium as described in Article 4.

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          Section 3.09 Purchase Of Securities At Option Of The Holder On Specified Dates.

     (a) Securities shall be purchased in cash in whole or in part (which must be equal to $1,000
Principal Amount at Maturity or any integral multiple thereof) by the Company, at the option of
Holders, in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.09 and paragraph 8 of the Securities
on the purchase dates of March 15, 2013, March 15, 2015, March 15, 2020, March 15, 2025 and March
15, 2030 (each, a “Put Right Purchase Date”) for cash at a purchase price per Security
(which includes all Accrued Original Issue Discount as of each such date) set out below:

     (1) $466.11 per $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity on March 15, 2013;

     (2) $499.60 per $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity on March 15, 2015;

     (3) $594.25 per $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity on March 15, 2020;

     (4) $ 706.83 per $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity on March 15, 2025; and

     (5) $ 840.73 per $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity on March 15, 2030,

together with accrued but unpaid cash interest (including Contingent Interest), if any, to but
excluding the applicable Put Right Purchase Date (the “Put Right Purchase Price”);
provided that if the Put Right Purchase Date falls after a Regular Record Date and
on or before the related Interest Payment Date, then interest on the Securities payable on such
Interest Payment Date will instead be payable to the Holders in whose names the Securities are
registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date.

     (b) Unless the Company has issued a notice to redeem all of the outstanding Securities on a
Redemption Date that falls on or prior to an applicable Put Right Purchase Date pursuant to Section
3.03 hereof, the Company shall give written notice of the applicable Put Right Purchase Date by
notice sent by first-class mail to the Trustee, to each Holder (at its address shown in the
register of the Registrar) and to Beneficial Owners as required by applicable law, not less than 20
Business Days prior to each Put Right Purchase Date (the “Company Put Right Notice”). Each
Company Put Right Notice shall state:

     (1) the Put Right Purchase Price for the applicable Put Right Purchase Date and the
Conversion Rate then in effect;

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

     (3) that Securities as to which a Put Right Purchase Notice has been given may be
converted, if they are otherwise convertible, only in accordance with Article 4 and
paragraph 9 of the Securities and only to the extent that such Put Right Purchase Notice has
been withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

     (4) that Securities must be surrendered to the Paying Agent as a condition to
collecting payment of the Put Right Purchase Price;

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     (5) that the Put Right Purchase Price for any Security as to which a Put Right Purchase
Notice has been given and not withdrawn will be paid promptly following the later of the Put
Right Purchase Date and the time of surrender of such Security as described in subclause (4)
above;

     (6) the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise rights under this Section 3.09
and a brief description of those rights;

     (7) briefly, the conversion rights of the Securities, if the Securities are convertible
at that time;

     (8) the procedures for withdrawing a Put Right Purchase Notice (including a summary of
the terms of Section 3.09(g));

     (9) that, unless the Company fails to pay such Put Right Purchase Price on Securities
for which a Put Right Purchase Notice has been submitted, such Securities shall no longer be
outstanding and Original Issue Discount, if any, and cash interest (including Contingent
Interest), if any, on such Securities will cease to accrue on and after the Put Right
Purchase Date; and

     (10) the CUSIP number of the Securities.

     (c) If any of the Securities to be repurchased are in the form of a Global Security, the
Company shall modify such notice to the extent necessary to accord with the Applicable Procedures
relating to repurchases.

     (d) At the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall give such Company Put Right Notice on
behalf of the Company and at the Company’s expense; provided, however, that, in all
cases, the text of such Company Put Right Notice shall be prepared by
the Company; provided further
that the Company shall make such request and deliver the text of such Company Put Right Notice at
least five Business Days prior to the date by which such Company Put Right Notice must be given in
accordance with this Section 3.09 (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee).
If any of the Securities is in the form of a Global Security then the Company shall modify such
notice to the extent necessary to accord with the Applicable Procedures relating to the purchase of
Global Securities.

     (e) To exercise its rights pursuant to this Section 3.09, the Holder shall deliver to the
Paying Agent a properly completed put right purchase notice (each, a “Put Right Purchase
Notice”) at any time from the opening of business on the date that is 20 Business Days prior to
the applicable Put Right Purchase Date until the close of business on the Business Day immediately
preceding the Put Right Purchase Date stating:

     (1) the certificate number (if such Security is not a Global Security) of the Security
which the Holder will deliver to be purchased (or if the Security is a Global Security, any
other items required to comply with the Applicable Procedures;

     (2) the portion of the Principal Amount at Maturity of the Security which the Holder
will deliver to be purchased in integral multiples of $1,000; and

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     (3) that such Security shall be purchased as of the applicable Put Right Purchase Date
pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Securities and this Indenture.

     (f) The Company shall pay the Put Right Purchase Price for all Securities with respect to
which a Put Right Purchase Notice is given and not validly withdrawn, promptly following the later
of (1) the Business Day following the Put Right Purchase Date (provided that the
conditions of this Section 3.09 have been satisfied) and (2) the time of delivery of such
Securities to the Paying Agent (together with all necessary endorsements) at the offices of the
Paying Agent (if the Securities are not certificated, such delivery must comply with the Applicable
Procedures relating to purchases). Delivery of such Security shall be a condition to receipt by
the Holder of the Put Right Purchase Price therefor. The Put Right Purchase Price shall be paid
pursuant to this Section 3.09 only if the Security delivered to the Paying Agent conforms in all
respects to the description thereof in the related Put Right Purchase Notice, as determined by the
Company.

     (g) A Put Right Purchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice (which may be
delivered by mail, overnight courier, hand delivery, facsimile transmission or in any other written
form and, in the case of Global Securities, may be delivered electronically or by other means in
accordance with the Applicable Procedures) of withdrawal delivered by the Holder to a Paying Agent
at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately prior to the Put Right
Purchase Date, specifying (1) the Principal Amount at Maturity of the Security (which must be equal
to $1,000 or on integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) with respect to which such notice of
withdrawal is being submitted, (2) if Certificated Securities have been issued, the certificate
number of the Security being withdrawn in whole or in withdrawable part (or if the Securities are
not certificated such written notice must comply with the procedures of the Depositary), and (3)
the portion of the Principal Amount at Maturity of the Security that will remain subject to the
original Put Right Purchase Notice, which position must be on Principal Amount at Maturity of
$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof.

     (h) The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Put Right
Purchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.

     (i) On or before 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Business Day following the applicable
Put Right Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or if
the Company or an Affiliate of the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold
in trust as provided in Section 2.04) an amount of money (in immediately available funds if
deposited on or after such Put Right Purchase Date) sufficient to pay the aggregate Put Right
Purchase Price of all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be purchased as of the Put
Right Purchase Date.

     If the Paying Agent or the Trustee holds, in accordance with the terms hereof, money or
securities sufficient to pay the Put Right Purchase Price of any Security for which a Put Right
Purchase Notice has been tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with this Indenture, then, on the
applicable Put Right Purchase Date, such Security will cease to be outstanding, whether or not the
Security is delivered to the Paying Agent or the Trustee and Original Issue Discount, if any, and
cash interest (including Contingent Interest), if any, shall cease to accrue, and the rights of the
Holder in respect of the Security shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Put Right
Purchase Price as aforesaid).

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     The Put Right Purchase Price shall be paid to such Holder with respect to Securities for which
a Put Right Purchase Notice has been tendered and not validly withdrawn, subject to receipt of
funds by the Paying Agent, promptly after the later of (A) the applicable Put Right Purchase Date
with respect to such Security (provided that the conditions in Section 3.09(f) have
been satisfied) and (B) the time of delivery of such Security to the Paying Agent by the Holder
thereof in the manner required by Section 3.09(f).

     Securities in respect of which a Put Right Purchase Notice has been given by the Holder
thereof, if convertible pursuant to Article 4, may not be converted on or after the date of the
delivery of such Put Right Purchase Notice, unless such Put Right Purchase Notice has first been
validly withdrawn as specified in Section 3.09(g).

     To the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to this
Section 3.09(i) exceeds the aggregate Put Right Purchase Price of the Securities or portions
thereof that the Company is obligated to purchase, then promptly after the Put Right Purchase Date
the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall return any such excess cash to the
Company, or if such money is then held by the Company in trust, it shall be discharged from the
trust.

     (j) The Company shall only be obligated to purchase, pursuant to this Section 3.09, a portion
of a Security if the Principal Amount at Maturity of such portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple
of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to the purchase of all of a Security also apply
to the purchase of such portion of such Security.

     (k) No Securities may be purchased by the Company at the option of Holders on a Put Right
Purchase Date if there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default with respect to the
Securities, other than a Default in the payment of the Put Right Purchase Price with respect to
such Securities. The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any
Securities (1) with respect to which a Put Right Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in compliance
with this Indenture, or (2) held by it during the continuance of an Event of Default (other than a
failure to pay the Put Right Purchase Price). Upon such return of the Securities in accordance
with clause (2) of the preceding sentence, the Put Right Purchase Notice with respect thereto shall
be deemed to have been withdrawn.

          Section 3.10 Securities Purchased In Part.

     Any Security that is to be purchased pursuant to Section 3.08 or Section 3.09 only in part
shall be surrendered at the office of a Paying Agent, and promptly after the Change of Control
Repurchase Date or the Put Right Purchase Date, as the case may be, 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 such authorized denomination or denominations as may be requested
by such Holder (which must be equal to $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity or any integral
thereof), in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of
the Principal Amount at Maturity of the Security so surrendered that is not purchased.

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          Section 3.11 Compliance With Securities Laws Upon Purchase Of Securities.

     In connection with any offer to purchase of Securities pursuant to Section 3.08 or Section
3.09, the Company shall (a) comply with Rule 13e-4 and Rule 14e-1 (or any successor to either such
Rule), and any other tender offer rules, if applicable, under the Exchange Act, (b) file the
related Schedule TO (or any successor or similar schedule, form or report) if required under the
Exchange Act, and (c) otherwise comply with all federal and state securities laws in connection
with such offer to purchase or purchase of Securities, all so as to permit the rights of the
Holders and obligations of the Company under Sections 3.08 and 3.09 to be exercised in the time and
in the manner specified therein. To the extent that compliance with any such laws, rules and
regulations would result in a conflict with any of the terms hereof, this Indenture is hereby
modified to the extent required for the Company to comply with such laws, rules and regulations.

          Section 3.12 Purchase Of Securities In Open Market.

     The Company (a) shall, on or prior to the date that is two years from the latest issuance of
any Securities in accordance with Section 2.11 surrender any Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to this Article 3 to the Trustee for cancellation, and (b) after such date, may surrender
such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as aforesaid. Any Securities surrendered to the
Trustee for cancellation by the Company will be canceled promptly in accordance with Section 2.11.
The Company may repurchase Securities in open market and negotiated transactions.

ARTICLE 4

CONVERSION

          Section 4.01 Conversion Privilege.

     (a) The Securities (or portions thereof in integral multiples of $1,000 Principal Amount at
Maturity) shall be convertible in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions
of this Article. Upon conversion of a Security, a holder shall be entitled to receive the
conversion consideration set forth in Section 4.02.

     The conversion rights pursuant to this Article 4 shall commence on the Issue Date of the
Securities and shall expire at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the
Final Maturity Date, but shall be exercisable only during the time periods specified in this
Section 4.01, subject, in the case of conversion of any Global Security, to any Applicable
Procedures.

     If a Security is called for redemption pursuant to Article 3, such conversion right shall
terminate at the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption
Date (unless the Company shall fail to pay the Redemption Price when due in accordance with Article
3, in which case the conversion right shall terminate at the close of business on the date such
failure is cured and such Security is redeemed).

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     A Security in respect of which a Holder has delivered a Put Right Purchase Notice or Change of
Control Repurchase Notice exercising the option of such Holder to require the Company to purchase
such Security may be converted only if such notice of exercise is withdrawn in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture.

     Upon determination that Holders are or will be entitled to convert their Securities pursuant
to this Article 4, the Company shall issue a press release and use reasonable efforts to post such
information on the Company’s Web site on the World Wide Web or otherwise publicly disclose such
information.

     Provisions of this Indenture that apply to conversion of all of a Security shall also apply to
conversion of a portion of a Security.

     (b) Securities may be surrendered for conversion during any calendar quarter commencing after
March 31, 2005, and only during such calendar quarter, if, as of the last day of the preceding
calendar quarter, the Closing Price per share of the Common Stock for at least 20 Trading Days in
the period of the 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on the last Trading Day of such preceding
calendar quarter is more than 130% of the Accreted Conversion Price on the last day of such
preceding calendar quarter.

     The Conversion Agent shall, on behalf of the Company, determine on the first Business Day
following the last Trading Day of each calendar quarter commencing after March 31, 2005 whether the
Securities are convertible pursuant to this Section 4.01(b) and shall notify the Trustee and the
Company in writing in the event that the Securities shall be so convertible.

     (c) Holders of Securities may surrender for conversion Securities called for redemption under
Article 3 hereof at any time from the date on which the Company provides the notice of such
redemption pursuant to Section 3.03 until the close of business on the second Business Day
immediately preceding the Redemption Date.

     (d) If the Company elects to distribute to all holders of Common Stock

     (1) rights or warrants entitling them to purchase, for a period expiring within 45 days
of the date of issuance, Common Stock at less than the average of the Closing Prices per
share of the Common Stock for the Trading Day period ending on the tenth Trading Day next
preceeding the declaration date for such distribution, or

     (2) assets, debt securities or rights to purchase the Company’s securities, which
distribution has a per share value exceeding 7.5% of the Closing Price per share of the
Common Stock on the Trading Day preceding the declaration date for such distribution,

the Company shall notify Holders at least 15 Trading Days prior to the ex-dividend date for such
distribution (the “Distribution Notice”). Once the Company has given the Distribution
Notice, Holders may surrender Securities for conversion at any time until the earlier of the close
of business on the Business Day prior to the ex-dividend date for such distribution or the date, if
any, on which the Company shall announce that such distribution will not take place.

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     Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holders shall not be entitled to convert Securities pursuant to
this Section 4.01(d) if they shall otherwise participate in such distribution without converting
their Securities by receiving, in respect of each $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity of each
Security, the distribution that a holder of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
Conversion Rate would receive.

     (e) If the Company is a party to a consolidation, merger or binding share exchange pursuant to
which the Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities or other property, Securities may
be surrendered for conversion at any time from and after the date which is 15 days prior to the
anticipated effective date of such transaction until (but not including) the date which is 15 days
after the actual effective date of such transaction, unless the transaction constitutes a Change of
Control (in which case the provisions of Section 4.01(f) shall apply), and from and after the
effective date of the transaction to which this Section 4.01(e) applies, the Securities shall be
convertible in accordance with the provisions of this Article 4 as if the kind and amount of cash,
securities or other property receivable in respect of one share of Common Stock pursuant to such
transaction were one share of Common Stock.

     (f) If a Change of Control occurs, Holders may surrender Securities for conversion at any time
after the Company transmits the Change of Control Company Notice pursuant to Section 3.08(b) until
and including the tenth Business Day following the date on which the Company shall have transmitted
such notice unless the Company shall have provided a Public Acquisition Notice in accordance with
the provisions of Section 3.08(i). If a Change of Control occurs prior to March 15, 2013, Holders
converting Securities shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the conversion consideration
determined in the manner set forth in Section 4.02, a Make Whole Premium in the form of an increase
in the Conversion Rate under the circumstances and by the numbers of shares described in Section
4.03.

     (g) Holders may surrender their Securities for conversion at any time during the period
beginning ten Trading Days prior to the Final Maturity Date and ending at the close of business on
the Business Day immediately preceding the Final Maturity Date.

     (h) Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, the Securities shall not become subject to
conversion by reason of a merger, consolidation, or other transaction effected with one of the
Company’s direct or indirect Subsidiaries for the purpose of changing the Company’s state of
incorporation to any other state within the United States or the District of Columbia.

          Section 4.02 Conversion Consideration

     (a) Upon conversion of Securities in accordance with the provisions of this Article 4, a
Holder shall be entitled to receive, in respect of each $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity of
Securities,

     (1) cash in an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the Accreted Principal Amount of such
Security as of the Conversion Date and (B) the Conversion Value, and

     (2) if the Conversion Value is greater than the Accreted Principal Amount of such
Security as of the Conversion Date, a number of shares of Common Stock (the “Residual
Value Shares”) equal to the sum of the Daily Share Amounts for each of the 15

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consecutive Trading Days in the Conversion Reference Period (subject to the Company’s
right to deliver cash in lieu of all or a portion of such Residual Value Shares as set forth
in Section 4.02(b)); provided that the Residual Value Shares per $1,000 Principal Amount at
Maturity of Securities (including any cash in lieu thereof) will not exceed 7.1469 shares,
appropriately adjusted to take into account stock splits and similar events occurring after
the Issue Date.

     (b) The Company may elect to pay cash to the Holders surrendered for conversion in lieu of all
or any portion of the Residual Value Shares, if any, otherwise issuable pursuant to Section
4.02(a). In such event, the amount of cash payable in respect of such Residual Value Shares shall
equal the product of

     (1) the percentage of each Residual Value Share to which the Company’s election to pay
cash in lieu of delivery thereof shall apply,

     (2) the number of Residual Value Shares otherwise issuable upon conversion of such
Securities pursuant to Section 4.02(a), and

     (3) (x) other than as set forth in clause (y), the average of the Closing Prices of the
Common Stock for each of the 15 consecutive Trading Days of the Conversion Reference Period,
appropriately adjusted to take into account the occurrence during such period of stock
splits and similar events; or (y) following the consummation of a Change of Control in which
the consideration is comprised entirely of cash, the cash price per share received by
holders of Common Stock pursuant to such Change of Control.

     (c) The Company shall inform the Holders who have surrendered their Securities for conversion
through the Trustee no later than two Business Days following the Conversion Date relating to any
Securities of its election to pay cash in lieu of all or any portion of the Residual Value Shares
issuable upon conversion of such Securities, which notice shall state, if applicable, the
percentage of each Residual Value Share to be paid in cash, unless it has already informed Holders
of its election in connection with a notice of redemption pursuant to Article 3.

     (d) For purposes of this Section 4.02, in the event that any of Conversion Value, Daily Share
Amounts, Closing Price or number of Residual Value Shares is not calculable during all or any
portion of the Conversion Reference Period, the Company’s Board of Directors shall in good faith
determine the values necessary to calculate the Conversion Value, Daily Share Amounts, Closing
Price and number of Residual Value Shares, as applicable, and evidence such determination in an
Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee.

          Section 4.03 Make Whole Premium

     (a) If a Change of Control Effective Date occurs on or prior to March 15, 2013, Holders who
convert Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.01(f) as a result of such Change
of Control shall, subject to Section 4.03(b) and the Company’s rights under Section 3.08(i), be
entitled to receive a “Make Whole Premium” consisting of an increase in the Conversion Rate
if more than 10% of the consideration for the Common Stock in the transaction or transactions
constituting the Change of Control consists of cash, other than cash payments for fractional shares
and cash payments made in respect of dissenters’ appraisal rights. The number

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of additional shares of Common Stock by which the Conversion Rate shall increase shall be
determined by reference to the table below and shall equal the number of shares of Common Stock for
the applicable Change of Control Effective Date and Stock Price of such Change of Control. If the
applicable Change of Control Effective Date and/or Stock Price is not set forth on the table: (i)
if the applicable Change of Control Effective Date and/or Stock Price is between two Change of
Control Effective Dates or Stock Prices, as the case may be, set forth in the table, the Make Whole
Premium shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the Make Whole Premiums set
forth for the two Change of Control Effective Dates and/or Stock Prices, as the case may be, set
forth in the table based on a 365-day year, (ii) if the Stock Price on the Change of Control
Effective Date exceeds $200.00 per share, subject to adjustment as set forth herein, no Make Whole
Premium shall be paid, and (iii) if the Stock Price on the Change of Control Effective Date is less
than $36.67 per share, subject to adjustment as set forth herein, no Make Whole Premium shall be
paid.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Change of Control Effective Date	 
	Stock Price on	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Change of Control	 	March 15,	 	 	March 15,	 	 	March 15,	 	 	March 15,	 	 	March 15,	 	 	March 15,	 	 	March 15,	 	 	March 15,	 	 	March 15,	 
	Effective Date	 	2005	 	 	2006	 	 	2007	 	 	2008	 	 	2009	 	 	2010	 	 	2011	 	 	2012	 	 	2013	 
	$36.67
	 	 	3.3989	 	 	 	3.3989	 	 	 	3.3989	 	 	 	3.3989	 	 	 	3.3989	 	 	 	3.3989	 	 	 	3.3989	 	 	 	3.3989	 	 	 	0.00	 
	$45.00
	 	 	2.4024	 	 	 	2.3441	 	 	 	2.2748	 	 	 	2.1901	 	 	 	2.0901	 	 	 	1.9600	 	 	 	1.7811	 	 	 	1.5178	 	 	 	0.00	 
	$50.00
	 	 	2.0188	 	 	 	1.9467	 	 	 	1.8608	 	 	 	1.7577	 	 	 	1.6351	 	 	 	1.4780	 	 	 	1.2646	 	 	 	0.9473	 	 	 	0.00	 
	$55.00
	 	 	1.7314	 	 	 	1.6526	 	 	 	1.5583	 	 	 	1.4466	 	 	 	1.3275	 	 	 	1.1466	 	 	 	0.9241	 	 	 	0.6025	 	 	 	0.00	 
	$60.00
	 	 	1.5110	 	 	 	1.4292	 	 	 	1.3320	 	 	 	1.2175	 	 	 	1.0824	 	 	 	0.9153	 	 	 	0.6984	 	 	 	0.4003	 	 	 	0.00	 
	$65.00
	 	 	1.3380	 	 	 	1.2560	 	 	 	1.1587	 	 	 	1.0452	 	 	 	0.9124	 	 	 	0.7511	 	 	 	0.5475	 	 	 	0.2834	 	 	 	0.00	 
	$70..00
	 	 	1.1996	 	 	 	1.1189	 	 	 	1.0230	 	 	 	0.9131	 	 	 	0.7850	 	 	 	0.6323	 	 	 	0.4450	 	 	 	0.2156	 	 	 	0.00	 
	$75.00
	 	 	1.0869	 	 	 	1.0084	 	 	 	0.9153	 	 	 	0.8098	 	 	 	0.6878	 	 	 	0.5448	 	 	 	0.3740	 	 	 	0.1753	 	 	 	0.00	 
	$80.00
	 	 	0.9937	 	 	 	0.9179	 	 	 	0.8283	 	 	 	0.7275	 	 	 	0.6120	 	 	 	0.4789	 	 	 	0.3236	 	 	 	0.1505	 	 	 	0.00	 
	$85.00
	 	 	0.9155	 	 	 	0.8427	 	 	 	0.7567	 	 	 	0.6609	 	 	 	0.5519	 	 	 	0.4282	 	 	 	0.2867	 	 	 	0.1356	 	 	 	0.00	 
	$90.00
	 	 	0.8491	 	 	 	0.7792	 	 	 	0.6969	 	 	 	0.6061	 	 	 	0.5034	 	 	 	0.3883	 	 	 	0.2588	 	 	 	0.1250	 	 	 	0.00	 
	$95.00
	 	 	0.7920	 	 	 	0.7252	 	 	 	0.6465	 	 	 	0.5595	 	 	 	0.4634	 	 	 	0.3561	 	 	 	0.2385	 	 	 	0.1167	 	 	 	0.00	 
	$100.00
	 	 	0.7424	 	 	 	0.6785	 	 	 	0.6033	 	 	 	0.5207	 	 	 	0.4300	 	 	 	0.3303	 	 	 	0.2227	 	 	 	0.1101	 	 	 	0.00	 
	$125.00
	 	 	0.5703	 	 	 	0.5186	 	 	 	0.4596	 	 	 	0.3953	 	 	 	0.3253	 	 	 	0.2520	 	 	 	0.1723	 	 	 	0.0876	 	 	 	0.00	 
	$150.00
	 	 	0.4685	 	 	 	0.4245	 	 	 	0.3767	 	 	 	0.3241	 	 	 	0.2668	 	 	 	0.2080	 	 	 	0.1433	 	 	 	0.0732	 	 	 	0.00	 
	$175.00
	 	 	0.3991	 	 	 	0.3618	 	 	 	0.3211	 	 	 	0.2762	 	 	 	0.2277	 	 	 	0.1783	 	 	 	0.1233	 	 	 	0.0630	 	 	 	0.00	 
	$200.00
	 	 	0.3485	 	 	 	0.3160	 	 	 	0.2806	 	 	 	0.2416	 	 	 	0.1994	 	 	 	0.1565	 	 	 	0.1084	 	 	 	0.0552	 	 	 	0.00	 

     The Stock Prices set forth in the table above shall be adjusted as of any date on which
the Conversion Rate of the Securities is adjusted by multiplying each such Stock Price in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Conversion
Rate in effect immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Stock Price adjustment and
the denominator of which shall be the Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The number of additional
shares set forth in the table above shall be adjusted in the same manner as the Conversion Rate as
set forth in Section 4.08 hereof, other than as a result of an adjustment of the Conversion Rate by
adding the Make Whole Premium as described above.

     (b) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Section 4.03, in no event shall the
Conversion Rate exceed the Conversion Rate Cap.

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          Section 4.04 Conversion Procedure.

     (a) To convert a Security, a Holder must (1) complete and manually sign the conversion notice
on the back of the Security and deliver such notice to the Conversion Agent, (2) surrender the
Security to the Conversion Agent, (3) furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents if required by the Registrar or the Conversion Agent, and (4) pay all transfer or
similar taxes, if required pursuant to Section 4.06. The date on which the Holder satisfies all of
those requirements is the “Conversion Date.” Upon the conversion of a Security, the
Company shall deliver the conversion consideration owing upon such conversion determined in the
manner set forth in Section 4.02 as promptly as practicable following the date that all
calculations necessary to make such payment and delivery have been made, but in no event later than
five Business Days after such date. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the case
of Global Securities, conversion notices may be delivered and such Securities may be surrendered
for conversion in accordance with the Applicable Procedures as in effect from time to time.

     (b) Except as set forth in this Indenture, no payment or adjustment will be made for dividends
or distributions declared or made on shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of a Security
prior to the issuance of such shares. On conversion of a Security, Accrued Original Issue
Discount, accrued cash interest (including Contingent Interest), if any, Tax Original Issue
Discount accrued through the Conversion Date with respect to the converted Security and Liquidated
Damages, if any, will be deemed paid by the cash and, if applicable, shares of Common Stock
received by the Holder upon such conversion. Delivery to the Holder of the full conversion
consideration payable or deliverable upon conversion will thus be deemed: (A) to satisfy the
Company’s obligation to pay the Issue Price of a Security; (B) to satisfy the Company’s obligation
to pay Accrued Original Issue Discount or accrued and unpaid cash interest (including Liquidated
Damages and accrued Tax Original Issue Discount) attributable to the period from the Issue Date
through the Conversion Date; and (C) to satisfy the Company’s obligation to pay accrued and unpaid
Contingent Interest, if any. As a result, Accrued Original Issue Discount, accrued and unpaid cash
interest (including Liquidated Damages), any accrued and unpaid Contingent Interest and accrued Tax
Original Issue Discount are deemed paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited.

     (c) Holders of Securities surrendered for conversion (in whole or in part) during the period
from the close of business on any Regular Record Date to the opening of business on the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date (excluding Securities or portions thereof called for redemption)
will receive the semi-annual interest payable on such Securities on the corresponding Interest
Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion. Upon surrender of any such Securities for conversion,
such Securities shall also be accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company of an
amount equal to the interest payable on such corresponding Interest Payment Date, unless such
Securities have been called for redemption in accordance with the provisions of Article 3, in which
case, no such payment will be required. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.04(c), no
payment or adjustment will be made for accrued cash interest (including Contingent Interest, if
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     (d) If a Holder converts more than one Security at the same time, the conversion consideration
owing upon such conversion determined as set forth in Section 4.02 (and any amount of any cash in
lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 4.05) shall be based on the aggregate Principal
Amount at Maturity of all Securities so converted.

     (e) In the case of any Security which is converted in part only, upon such conversion the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder thereof,
without service charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations in an
aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity equal to the, and in exchange for, unconverted portion of
the Principal Amount at Maturity of such Security. A Security may be converted in part, but only
if the Principal Amount at Maturity of such part is an integral multiple of $1,000 and the
Principal Amount at Maturity of such Security to remain outstanding after such conversion is equal
to $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

     (f) For United States federal income tax purposes, the Company agrees, and each Holder and any
beneficial owner of a Security by its purchase thereof shall be deemed to agree, to treat the Cash
payment and the fair market value of the Common Stock received upon the conversion of a Security as
a contingent payment on the Security for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1275-4(b).

          Section 4.05 Fractional Shares.

     In the event that the Company shall deliver any shares of Common Stock as part of the
conversion consideration owing upon conversion of securities pursuant to Section 4.02, the Company
shall not issue fractional shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Securities. If more than one
Security shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full
shares that shall be issuable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted hereby)
so surrendered. In lieu of any fractional shares, the Company shall pay an amount in cash equal to
the applicable portion of the average of the Closing Prices of the Common Stock for each of the 15
consecutive Trading Days of the Conversion Reference Period.

          Section 4.06 Taxes On Conversion.

     If a Holder converts a Security, the Holder shall pay any transfer, stamp or similar taxes or
duties related to the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock upon such conversion. The Holder
shall also pay any such tax with respect to cash received in lieu of fractional shares. In
addition, the Holder shall pay any such tax which is due because the Holder requests the shares to
be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name. The Conversion Agent may refuse to deliver the
certificate representing the Common Stock being issued in a name other than the Holder’s name until
the Conversion Agent receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax which will be due because the shares
are to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name. Nothing herein shall preclude any tax
withholding required by law or regulation.

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          Section 4.07 Company To Provide Stock.

     (a) The Company shall, prior to issuance of any Securities hereunder, and from time to time as
may be necessary, reserve, out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, a sufficient number of
shares of Common Stock to permit it to deliver the portion of the conversion consideration owing
upon conversion comprised of the Residual Value Shares in shares of Common Stock.

     (b) All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Securities shall be newly
issued shares, shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and
shall be free from preemptive or similar rights and free of any lien or adverse claim as the
result of any action by the Company.

     (c) The Company will endeavor promptly to comply with all federal and state securities laws
regulating the offer and delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Securities.

          Section 4.08 Adjustment Of Conversion Rate.

     (a) The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time by the Company as follows:

     (1) If the Company shall pay a dividend or make a distribution to all holders of
outstanding Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Rate in effect
immediately prior to the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to
receive such dividend or other distribution shall be increased so that the same shall equal
the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to such
record date by a fraction of which the numerator of shall be the sum of the number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on such record date plus the total
number of shares of Common Stock constituting such dividend or other distribution and of
which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close
of business on such record date. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any
such dividend or distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after such
record date. For the purpose of this clause (1), the number of shares of Common Stock at
any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company. The
Company shall not pay any dividend or make any distribution on Common Stock held in the
treasury of the Company. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this
clause (1) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted
to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not
been declared.

     (2) If the Company shall subdivide its outstanding Common Stock into a greater number
of shares, or combine its outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the day upon which such subdivision or
combination becomes effective shall be, in the case of a subdivision of Common Stock,
proportionately increased and, in the case of a combination of Common Stock, proportionately
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any such subdivision or
combination of the Common Stock occurs and shall become effective immediately after the date
upon which such subdivision or combination becomes effective.

     (3) If the Company shall issue rights or warrants to all holders of its outstanding
Common Stock entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 days after such issuance) to
subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible into Common
Stock) at a price per share (or having a conversion price per share) less than the Current
Market Price per share of Common Stock (as determined in accordance with clause (7) of this
Section 4.08(a)) on the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to
receive such rights or warrants, the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior thereto
shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the rate determined by
multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to such record date by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at
the close of business on such record date plus the number of additional shares of Common
Stock offered (or into which the convertible securities so offered are convertible) and of
which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close
of business on such record date plus the number of shares which the aggregate offering price
of the total number of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase (or
the aggregate conversion price of the convertible securities so offered for subscription or
purchase, which shall be determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of such convertible securities by the conversion price per share of
Common Stock pursuant to the terms of such convertible securities) would purchase at the
Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on such record date. Such adjustment shall
be made successively whenever any such rights or warrants are issued, and shall become
effective immediately after such record date. To the extent that shares of Common Stock (or
securities convertible into Common Stock) are not delivered after the expiration of such
rights or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that
would then be in effect had the adjustments made upon the issuance of such rights or
warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock
actually delivered. If such rights or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Rate shall
again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if the record date
for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants had not
been fixed. In determining whether any rights or warrants entitle the shareholders to
subscribe for or to purchase shares of Common Stock at a price less than the Current Market
Price per share of Common Stock and in determining the aggregate offering price of the total
number of shares of Common Stock so offered, there shall be taken into account any
consideration received by the Company for such rights or warrants and any amount payable on
exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors and evidenced in an Officers’
Certificate.

     (4) If the Company shall make a dividend or other distribution to all holders of
Common Stock of shares of its Capital Stock, other than Common Stock, or evidences of its
Indebtedness or other of its assets (including securities but excluding (x) any issuance of
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(y) any
dividend or distributions to which the provisions of the second succeeding paragraph shall
apply or dividends and distributions in connection with a recapitalization,
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, combination, sale, lease, conveyance or
statutory share exchange to which the provisions of Section 4.12 shall apply and (z) any
dividend or distribution paid exclusively in cash) (the “Distributed Securities”),
then in each such case (unless Holders of Securities participate in such dividend or
distribution by receiving, in respect of each $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity of
Securities, the dividend or distribution that a holder of a number of shares of Common Stock
equal to the Conversion Rate would receive or unless such dividend or distribution consists
of rights pursuant to a shareholders’ rights plan, so long as such rights shall remain
attached to the Common Stock) the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the record
date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or
distribution shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the rate determined by
multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to such record date by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common
Stock on such record date and of which the denominator shall be Current Market Price per
share on such record date less the fair market value (as determined by the Board of
Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive evidence of such fair market value and
which determination shall be evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee)
on such record date of the portion of the Distributed Securities so distributed applicable
to one share of Common Stock (determined on the basis of the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding at the close of business on such record date). Such adjustment shall be
made successively whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective
immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive
such distribution. In the event that such dividend or distribution is not so paid or made,
the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in
effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

     If the then fair market value (as so determined) of the portion of the Distributed
Securities so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock is equal to or greater
than the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such record date, in lieu of
the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that, from and after the
record date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive the Distributed
Securities, each Holder shall be entitled to receive an amount of Distributed Securities
distributed in respect of one share of Common Stock multiplied by the Conversion Rate in
effect as of the record date for the distribution of such Distributed Securities. If the
Board of Directors determines the fair market value of any distribution for purposes of this
Section 4.08(a)(4) by reference to the actual or when issued trading market for any
securities, it must in doing so consider the prices in such market over the same period used
in computing the Current Market Price of the Common Stock.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the securities distributed by the Company to all
holders of its Common Stock consist of Capital Stock of, or similar equity interests in, a
Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company (“Spinoff Securities”), the
Conversion Rate shall be adjusted, unless Holders participate in such distribution by
receiving, in respect of each $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities, the Spinoff
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that a holder of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate
would receive, so that the same shall be equal to the rate determined by multiplying the
Conversion Rate in effect on the record date fixed for the determination of shareholders
entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the sum
of (A) the average Closing Price of one share of Common Stock over the ten consecutive
Trading Day period (the “Spinoff Valuation Period”) commencing on and including the
fifth Trading Day after the date on which ex-dividend trading commences for such
distribution on the NASDAQ National Market or such other U.S. national or regional exchange
or market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted and (B) the average Closing
Price over the Spinoff Valuation Period of the Spinoff Securities multiplied by the number
of Spinoff Securities distributed in respect of one share of Common Stock and the
denominator of which shall be the average Closing Price of one
share of Common Stock over the Spinoff Valuation Period, such adjustment to become
effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the fifteenth Trading Day after
the date on which ex-dividend trading commences; provided, however, that the
Company may in lieu of the foregoing adjustment elect to make adequate provision so that
each Holder of a Security shall have the right to receive upon conversion thereof, in
addition to the amounts set forth in Section 4.02, an amount of such Spinoff Securities
equal to the amount of Spinoff Securities distributed in respect of one share of Common
Stock multiplied by the Conversion Rate in effect as of the record date for the distribution
of such Spinoff Securities.

     (5) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of
Common Stock, cash (excluding any cash (1) that is distributed as part of a distribution
referred to in Section 4.08(a)(4) hereof, and (2) to the extent that the aggregate cash
dividend per share of Common Stock in any quarter does not exceed $0.135 (the “Dividend
Threshold Amount”)), then and in each such case, immediately after the close of business
on such date, the Conversion Rate shall be increased so that the same shall equal the rate
determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of
business on the record date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive
the distribution by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be equal to the Current Market
Price on such record date, and (ii) the denominator of which shall be equal to the Current
Market Price on such record date less an amount equal to the quotient of (x) the aggregate
amount of the cash distributed and (y) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on
such record date. In the event that such dividend or distribution is not so paid or made,
the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate which would then be in
effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

     The Dividend Threshold Amount shall be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion
Rate of the Securities is adjusted by multiplying the Dividend Threshold Amount in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Dividend
Threshold Amount adjustment and the denominator of which shall be the Conversion Rate in
effect as so adjusted; provided  that no adjustment shall be made to the Dividend Threshold
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     (6) If any tender offer made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for all or any
portion of Common Stock shall expire, then, if the tender offer shall require the payment to
shareholders of consideration per share of Common Stock having a fair market value
(determined as provided below) that exceeds the Closing Price per share of Common Stock on
the Trading Day next succeeding the last date (the “Expiration Date”) tenders could
have been made pursuant to such tender offer (as it may be amended) (the last time at which
such tenders could have been made on the Expiration Date is hereinafter sometimes called the
“Expiration Time”), the Conversion Rate shall be increased so that the same shall
equal the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to
the close of business on the Expiration Date by a fraction of which the numerator shall be
the sum of (A) the fair market value of the
aggregate consideration (the fair market value as determined by the Board of Directors,
whose determination shall be conclusive evidence of such fair market value and which shall
be evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee) payable to shareholders
based on the acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender offer) of
all shares validly tendered and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Time (the shares deemed
so accepted, up to any such maximum, being referred to as the “Purchased Shares”)
and (B) the product of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (less any Purchased
Shares and excluding any shares held in the treasury of the Company) at the Expiration Time
and the Closing Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the
Expiration Date and the denominator of which shall be the product of the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding (including Purchased Shares but excluding any shares held in the
treasury of the Company) at the Expiration Time multiplied by the Closing Price per share of
the Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date, such increase to
become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the
Expiration Date. In the event that the Company is obligated to purchase shares pursuant to
any such tender offer, but the Company is permanently prevented by applicable law from
effecting any or all such purchases or any or all such purchases are rescinded, the
Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate which would have been in
effect based upon the number of shares actually purchased, if any. If the application of
this clause (6) of this Section 4.08(a) to any tender offer would result in a decrease in
the Conversion Rate, no adjustment shall be made for such tender offer under this clause
(6).

     For purposes of this Section 4.08(a)(6), the term “tender offer” shall mean and
include both tender offers and exchange offers, all references to “purchases” of
shares in tender offers (and all similar references) shall mean and include both the
purchase of shares in tender offers and the acquisition of shares pursuant to exchange
offers, and all references to “tendered shares” (and all similar references) shall
mean and include shares tendered in both tender offers and exchange offers.

     (7) For the purpose of any computation under this Section 4.08(a), the current market
price (the “Current Market Price”) per share of Common Stock on any date shall be
deemed to be the average of the Closing Prices for the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending on
the earlier of (A) the record date fixed for the determination of shareholders to receive
the applicable distribution or the Expiration Date, as the case may be, with respect to
distributions or tender offers under this Section 4.08(a) or (B) the “ex-date”

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with respect to distributions, issuances or other events requiring such computation under this Section
4.08.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever successive adjustments to the Conversion Rate are
called for pursuant to this Section 4.08, such adjustments shall be made to the Current Market
Price as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the intent of this Section 4.08 so as to
avoid unjust or inequitable results as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.

     (b) For purposes of this Section 4.08, “record date” shall mean, with respect to any
dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock have the
right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock (or
other applicable security) is exchanged or converted into any combination of cash, securities
or other property, the date fixed for determination of shareholders entitled to receive such cash,
security or other property (whether or not such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or by
statute, contract or otherwise).

     (c) Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Section 4.08(a), in no event shall the
Conversion Rate exceed 12.7109 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity of
Securities (the “Conversion Rate Cap”). To the extent that the Conversion Rate is adjusted
as a result of the application of the provisions of clauses (1) through (4) of this Section
4.08(a), the Conversion Rate Cap shall be adjusted in the same manner as the Conversion Rate.

          Section 4.09 No Adjustment.

     (a) No adjustment in the Conversion Rate shall be required if Holders may participate in the
transactions set forth in Section 4.08 above to the same extent as if the Securities had been
converted into Common Stock at the Conversion Rate immediately prior to any such transaction.

     (b) No adjustment in the Conversion Rate shall be required unless such adjustment would result
in an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Conversion Rate as last adjusted;
provided, however, that any adjustments which would be required to be made but for
this Section 4.09(b) shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment.
All calculations under this Article 4 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one-ten
thousandth of a share, as the case may be, with one half cent and 0.00005 of a share, respectively,
being rounded upward.

     (c) No adjustment in the Conversion Rate shall be required for issuances of Common Stock
pursuant to a Company plan for reinvestment of dividends or interest or for a change in the par
value or a change to no par value of the Common Stock.

          Section 4.10 Notice Of Adjustment.

     Whenever the Conversion Rate or conversion privilege is required to be adjusted pursuant to
this Indenture, the Company shall promptly mail to Holders a notice of the adjustment and file with
the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate briefly stating the facts requiring the adjustment and the
manner of computing it. Failure to mail such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the
validity of any such adjustment. Unless and until the Trustee shall receive an Officers’
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without
inquiry that the Conversion Rate has not been adjusted and that the last Conversion Rate of which
it has knowledge remains in effect.

          Section 4.11 Notice Of Certain Transactions.

     In the event that the Company takes any action which would require an adjustment in the
Conversion Rate, there occurs any event to which the provisions of Section 4.12 would apply or
there is a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Company shall mail to Holders and file
with the Trustee a notice briefly describing the event and stating the proposed record or effective
date, as the case may be. The Company shall mail such notice at least 20 days before such
proposed effective date. Failure to mail such notice or any defect therein shall not affect
the validity of any transaction referred to in this Section 4.11.

          Section 4.12 Effect Of Recapitalization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger Or Sale On
Conversion Privilege.

     (a) If any of the following shall occur, namely: (1) any recapitalization, reclassification
or change of shares of Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par
value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination or any
other transaction or event for which an adjustment is provided in Section 4.08); (2) any statutory
share exchange, consolidation or merger or combination to which the Company is a party other than a
merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and which does not result in any
recapitalization, reclassification of, or change (other than in par value, or from par value to no
par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination) in,
outstanding shares of Common Stock; or (3) any sale, conveyance or lease of all or substantially
all the property and assets of the Company, directly or indirectly, to any Person, then the Company
and any such successor, purchasing or transferee corporation, as the case may be, shall, as a
condition precedent to such recapitalization, reclassification, change, statutory share exchange,
consolidation, merger, combination, sale, conveyance or lease, execute and deliver to the Trustee a
supplemental indenture to this Indenture providing that the Holder of each Security then
outstanding shall have the right, subject to this Article 4 and unless the Company makes an
election under Section 3.08(i) (in which case the Securities shall be convertible based on Public
Acquiror Common Stock), to convert such Security in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 as
if the kind and amount of shares of stock, other securities or other property or assets (including
cash or any combination thereof) receivable upon such recapitalization, reclassification, change,
statutory share exchange, consolidation, merger, combination, sale, conveyance or lease in respect
of one share of Common Stock were one share of Common Stock (assuming the holder of such share of
Common Stock did not exercise any right of election as to the kind or amount of stock, other
securities or other property or assets, including cash, receivable upon such transaction, and
provided that if the kind or amount of stock, other securities or other property or
assets receivable upon such transaction is not the same for each share of Common Stock in respect
of which such rights of election shall not have been exercised, then the kind and amount shall be
deemed to be the kind and amount receivable per share of Common Stock by a plurality of the
nonelecting shares). Such supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments of the Conversion
Rate and other appropriate numerical thresholds which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be
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If, in the
case of any such recapitalization, reclassification, change, statutory share exchange,
consolidation, merger, combination, sale, conveyance or lease, the stock or other securities and
property (including cash) receivable thereupon by a holder of Common Stock include shares of stock
or other securities and property of a person other than the successor, purchasing or transferee
corporation, as the case may be, in such consolidation, merger, combination, statutory share
exchange, sale or conveyance, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such other
person and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the Holders of the
Securities as the Board of Directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the
foregoing. The provisions of this Section 4.12 shall similarly apply to successive
recapitalizations, reclassifications, changes, statutory share
exchanges, consolidations, mergers, combinations, sales, leases or conveyances. If this
Section 4.12(a) applies to any event or occurrence, Section 4.08 shall not apply.

     (b) In the event the Company shall execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section
4.12, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee (1) an Officers’ Certificate briefly stating
the reasons therefor, the kind or amount of shares of stock or other securities or property
(including cash) that shall be substituted for the Common Stock for purposes of the conversion
provision of Article 4 hereof, any adjustment to be made with respect thereto and that all
conditions precedent have been complied with and (2) an Opinion of Counsel that all conditions
precedent thereto and hereunder have been complied with, and shall promptly mail notice thereof to
all Holders. Failure to mail such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of
such transaction and such supplemental indenture.

          Section 4.13 Trustee’s Disclaimer.

     (a) The Trustee shall have no duty to determine when an adjustment under this Article 4 should
be made, how it should be made or what such adjustment should be, but may accept as conclusive
evidence of that fact or the correctness of any such adjustment, and shall be protected in relying
upon, an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, including the Officers’ Certificate with
respect thereto which the Company is obligated to file with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.10.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or value of any securities or assets issued
upon conversion of Securities, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for the Company’s failure
to comply with any provisions of this Article 4.

     (b) The Trustee shall not be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any
provisions contained in any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to Section 4.12, but may
accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness thereof, and shall be fully protected in relying
upon, the Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, with respect thereto which the Company is
obligated to file with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.12.

          Section 4.14 Voluntary Increase.

     The Company from time to time may increase the Conversion Rate, to the extent permitted by law
and the listing requirements of the Nasdaq National Market, by any amount for any period of time if
the period is at least 20 days, the increase is irrevocable during the period and the Board of
Directors determines that such increase would be in the best interests of the Company or to avoid
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in connection with a dividend or
distribution of stock or similar event. The Company shall provide 15 days’ prior written notice of
any increase in the Conversion Rate to the Trustee and the Holders.

ARTICLE 5

COVENANTS

          Section 5.01 Payment Of Securities.

     (a) The Company shall promptly make all payments in respect of the Securities on the dates and
in the manner provided in the Securities and this Indenture. A payment of principal or cash
interest or Original Issue Discount or Liquidated Damages, if any, shall be considered paid on the
date it is due if the Paying Agent (other than the Company) holds by 10:00 a.m., New York City
time, on that date money, deposited by or on behalf of the Company sufficient to make the payment.
Accrued and unpaid cash interest on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security
is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office
or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose. Principal Amount at Maturity, Accreted
Principal Amount, Redemption Price, Put Right Purchase Price, Change of Control Repurchase Price,
cash interest (including Contingent Interest and Liquidated Damages), in each case if payable,
shall be considered paid on the applicable date due if on such date (or in the case of a Put Right
Purchase Date or Change of Control Repurchase Date, the Business Day following such date) the
Trustee or the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, money or securities
sufficient to pay all such amounts then due. The Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, pay cash interest in immediately available funds on overdue Accreted Principal Amount and cash
interest at the annual rate borne by the Securities compounded semiannually, which interest shall
accrue from the date such overdue amount was originally due to the date payment of such amount,
including interest thereon, has been made or duly provided for. All such interest shall be payable
on demand. The accrual of such interest on overdue amounts shall be in lieu of, and not in
addition to, the continued accrual of Original Issue Discount.

     (b) Payment of the Accreted Principal Amount and interest, if any, on the Securities shall be
made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company
payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as
such address appears in the Register; provided further that a Holder with an aggregate Principal
Amount at Maturity in excess of $2,000,000 will be paid by wire transfer in immediately available
funds at the election of such Holder if such Holder has provided wire transfer instructions to the
Trustee at least ten Business Days prior to the payment date. Any wire transfer instructions
received by the Trustee will remain in effect until revoked by the Holder.

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          Section 5.02 SEC and Other Reports.

     (a) The Company shall file all reports and other information and documents which it is
required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and within 15
days after it files them with the SEC, the Company shall file copies of all such reports,
information and other documents with the Trustee; provided that any such reports,
information
and documents filed with the SEC pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis
and Retrieval system shall be deemed to be filed with the Trustee. The Company also shall comply
with the provisions of TIA Section 314(a).

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

          Section 5.03 Compliance Certificates.

     The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of
the Company (beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2005), an Officers’ Certificate as
to the signer’s knowledge of the Company’s compliance with all conditions and covenants on its part
contained in this Indenture and stating whether or not the signer knows of any Default or Event of
Default. If such signer knows of such a Default or Event of Default, the Officers’ Certificate
shall describe the Default or Event of Default and the efforts to remedy the same. For the
purposes of this Section 5.03, compliance shall be determined without regard to any grace period or
requirement of notice provided pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

          Section 5.04 Further Instruments And Acts.

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

          Section 5.05 Maintenance Of Corporate Existence.

     Subject to Article 6, 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 5.06 Rule 144A Information Requirement.

     Within the period prior to the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof
under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), the Company covenants and
agrees that it shall, during any period in which it is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) under the
Exchange Act, upon the request of any Holder or Beneficial Owner of the Securities make available
to such Holder or Beneficial Owner of Securities or any Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof
which continue to be Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective
purchaser of Securities or such Common Stock designated by such Holder or Beneficial Owner, the
information required pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities

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Act and it will take such
further action as any Holder or Beneficial Owner of such Securities or such Common Stock may
reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder or
Beneficial Owner to sell its Securities or Common Stock without registration under the Securities
Act within the limitation of the exemption provided by Rule 144A, as such Rule may be amended from
time to time. Whether a person is a Beneficial Owner shall be determined by the Company.

          Section 5.07 Stay, Extension And Usury Laws.

     The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time
insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any
stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying
all or any portion of the Principal of, or accrued but unpaid interest (including Contingent
Interest) or Liquidated Damages, if any, on, the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not, by resort
to any such law, 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.

          Section 5.08 Payment Of Liquidated Damages.

     If Liquidated Damages are payable by the Company pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to that effect stating
(i) the amount of such Liquidated Damages that are payable, (ii) the reason why such Liquidated
Damages are payable and (iii) the date on which such Liquidated Damages are payable. Unless and
until a Trust Officer of the Trustee receives such a certificate, the Trustee may assume without
inquiry that no such Liquidated Damages are payable. If the Company has paid Liquidated Damages
directly to the Persons entitled to such Liquidated Damages, the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee a certificate setting forth the particulars of such payment.

          Section 5.09 Maintenance Of Office Or Agency.

     The Company shall maintain an office or agency of the Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent
where Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered
for registration of transfer, purchase or redemption and where notices and demands
to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall initially be the office or agency for all of the
aforesaid purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any other
location, and of any change in the location, of any such office or agency (other than a change in
the location of the office of the Trustee). 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 address of the Trustee
set forth in Section 13.02.

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     The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Securities 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.

ARTICLE 6

CONSOLIDATION; MERGER; CONVEYANCE; TRANSFER OR LEASE

Section 6.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only On Certain Terms.

     (a) The Company may not consolidate with, merge into or convey, transfer or lease all or
substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
to another Person unless:

     (1) either (A) the Company shall be the resulting or surviving corporation or (B) the
Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is
merged, or the Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease all or substantially
all of the properties and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, shall
(i) be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America
or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and (ii) expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture and the
performance or observance of every covenant and provision of this Indenture and the
Securities required on the part of the Company to be performed or observed and the
conversion rights shall be provided for in accordance with Article 4, by supplemental
indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee, by the
Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company
shall have been merged or by the Person which shall have acquired the Company’s assets;

     (2) after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing; and

     (3) if the Company will not be the resulting or surviving corporation, the Company
shall have, at or prior to the effective date of such consolidation, merger or transfer,
delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease complies with this
Article and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such
transaction, such supplemental indenture complies with this Article, and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

     (b) For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise) of
the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company (other than to the Company or
another Subsidiary of the Company), which, if such assets were owned by the Company, would
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and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of
the properties and assets of the Company.

          Section 6.02 Successor Substituted.

     Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or
any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in accordance with Section 6.01, the successor
Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such
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, and except for obligations the predecessor Person may have under a supplemental indenture,
the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and
the Securities.

ARTICLE 7

DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

          Section 7.01 Events Of Default.

     (a) “Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to the Securities, shall
mean any of the following events:

     (1) a default in the payment of any Accreted Principal Amount or any Redemption Price,
Put Right Purchase Price or Change of Control Repurchase Price on any Security when the same
becomes due and payable on the Final Maturity Date, upon redemption, upon declaration, when
due for purchase by the Company or otherwise, whether or not such payment is prohibited by
the provisions of Article 11; or

     (2) a default in the payment of any installment of cash interest (including Contingent
Interest) or Liquidated Damages, if any, on any of the Securities, which failure continues
for 30 days after the date when due, whether or not such payment is prohibited by the
provisions of Article 11; or

     (3) a default in the delivery when due of all cash and any shares of Common Stock
(including any Make Whole Premium) deliverable upon conversion of the Securities, which
failure continues for 15 days; or

     (4) the failure of the Company to comply with, or to perform or observe, any other
term, covenant or agreement contained in the Securities or this Indenture or to cure, or
obtain a waiver of, such default for a period of 30 days after receipt by the Company of a
Notice of Default specifying such failure; or

     (5) the failure of the Company to make any payment at the end of the applicable grace
period, if any, after the final maturity of any Indebtedness for borrowed money with an
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such
Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, or there is an acceleration of
Indebtedness for borrowed money with an aggregate principal amount then outstanding in
excess of $20,000,000 because of a default with respect to such Indebtedness, and such
Indebtedness, in either case, is not discharged, and such default has not been cured or
waived or such acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled, within a period of 30 days
after a Notice of Default specifying such default and requiring the Company to

cause such Indebtedness to be discharged or cause such default to be
cured or waived or such
acceleration to be rescinded or annulled; or

     (6) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

     (A) commences as a debtor a voluntary case or proceeding;

     (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an
involuntary case or proceeding or the commencement of any case against it;

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

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

     (E) files a petition in bankruptcy or answer or consent seeking
reorganization or relief; or

     (F) consents to the filing of such a petition or the appointment of
or taking possession by a Receiver; or

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

     (A) grants relief against the Company in an involuntary case or
proceeding or adjudicates the Company insolvent or bankrupt;

     (B) appoints a Receiver of the Company or for all or substantially
all of the property of the Company; or

     (C) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company;

and in each case the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 30
(or in the case of preceding clause (B), 60 days) of
consecutive days.

     The term “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11 of the United States Code (or any successor
thereto) or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term
“Receiver” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar
official under any Bankruptcy Law.

     (b) A Default under
clauses (4) or (5) of Section 7.01(a) shall not be an Event of Default
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aggregate
Principal Amount at Maturity of the Securities then outstanding notify the Company and the Trustee
in writing, of the Default (a “Notice of Default”), and the Company does not cure the
Default within the time specified in clause (4) or (5) of Section 7.01(a), as applicable, after
receipt of such notice. A notice given pursuant to this Section 7.01 shall be given by registered
or certified mail, must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice
is a Notice of Default.

     (c) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 5 Business Days after becoming aware of
the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default, written notice thereof.

     The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless
written notice thereof shall have been given to a Trust Officer at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee by the Company, the Paying Agent, any Holder or any agent of any Holder or unless a
Trust Officer acquires actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default in the course of
performing other duties pursuant to this Indenture.

          Section 7.02 Acceleration.

     If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of
Section 7.01(a)) occurs and is continuing with respect to the Company, the Trustee may, by notice
to the Company and if any Indebtedness under the Senior Secured Credit Facility shall then be
outstanding, the administrative agent under the Senior Secured Credit Facility, or the Holders of
at least 25% in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of the Securities then outstanding may, by
notice to the Company, the Trustee and if any Indebtedness under the Senior Secured Credit Facility
shall then be outstanding, the administrative agent under the Senior Secured Credit Facility,
declare the Accreted Principal Amount and accrued and unpaid cash interest (including Contingent
Interest), if any, and accrued and unpaid Liquidated Damages, if any, through the date of
declaration on all the Securities to be immediately due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such
Accreted Principal Amount, and such accrued and unpaid cash interest (including Contingent
Interest), if any, and such accrued and unpaid Liquidated Damages, if any, shall be due and payable
immediately; provided, however, that so long as any Indebtedness under the Senior
Secured Credit Facility shall be outstanding, no such acceleration shall be effective until the
earlier of (i) an acceleration of the Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Secured Credit
Facility or (ii) five Business Days after receipt by the Company and the administrative agent under
the Senior Secured Credit Facility of written notice of the acceleration of the foregoing amounts
in respect of the Securities. If an Event of Default specified in Section 7.01(a)(6) or (7) occurs
in respect of the Company and is continuing, the Accreted Principal Amount, and accrued but unpaid
cash interest (including Contingent Interest), if any, and accrued and unpaid Liquidated Damages,
if any, on all the Securities shall become and be immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other act on the part of
the Trustee or any Holders. The Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount at
Maturity of the Securities then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration
and its consequences if (1) all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the
principal of the Securities which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have
been cured or waived; (2) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest
(calculated at the rate per annum borne by the Securities) on overdue
principal, which has become
due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid;
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would not
conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction;
and (4) all payments due
to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 8.07 have
been made. No such rescission
shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

          Section 7.03 Other Remedies.

     (a) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect payment of
the Accreted Principal Amount and accrued and unpaid cash interest (including Contingent Interest),
if any, and accrued and unpaid Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Securities or to enforce the
performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.

     (b) The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or
does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder
in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or
remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive
of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by applicable
law.

          Section 7.04 Waiver Of Defaults And Events Of Default.

     Subject to Sections 7.07 and 10.02, the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount at
Maturity of the Securities then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default
or Event of Default and its consequences, except an uncured Default or Event of Default in the
payment of the principal of, or any accrued but unpaid interest on, any Security, an uncured
failure by the Company to convert any Securities in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 or
any Default or Event of Default in respect of any provision of this Indenture or the Securities
which, under Section 10.02, cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
Security affected. When a Default or Event of Default is waived, it is cured and ceases to exist.

          Section 7.05 Control By Majority.

     The Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of the Securities then
outstanding may 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 it. However, the Trustee
may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture, that the Trustee
determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of another Holder or the Trustee, or that may
involve the Trustee in personal liability unless the Trustee is offered indemnity
satisfactory to it; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other
action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

          Section 7.06 Limitations On Suits.

     (a) A Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities
(except actions for payment of overdue principal or interest or for the conversion of the
Securities pursuant to Article 4) unless:

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     (1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

     (2) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of the then
outstanding Securities make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

     (3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee reasonable indemnity to the Trustee
against any loss, liability or expense;

     (4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the
request and the offer of indemnity; 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 aggregate Principal Amount at
Maturity of the Securities then outstanding.

     (b) No Holder of a Security shall have any right under any provision of this Indenture or the
Securities to affect, disturb, or prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Security or to obtain
a preference or priority over another Holder of a Security.

          Section 7.07 Rights Of Holders To Receive Payment And To Convert.

     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Security
to receive payment of the Principal Amount at Maturity, Redemption Price, Put Right Purchase Price,
Change of Control Repurchase Price, or any Original Issue Discount and cash interest (including
Contingent Interest), if any and Liquidated Damages, if any, in respect of the Securities held by
such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Securities and this Indenture
(whether upon redemption, repurchase, or otherwise), and to convert such Security in accordance
with Article 4, and to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such
respective due dates or for the right to convert in accordance with Article 4, is absolute and
unconditional and shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.

          Section 7.08 Collection Suit By Trustee.

     If an Event of Default described in clause (1) or (2) of Section 7.01(a) occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust
against the Company or another obligor on the Securities for the whole amount owing with respect to
the Securities and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

          Section 7.09 Trustee May File Proofs Of Claim.

     The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the
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other obligor on the
Securities), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and
receive any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the
same, and any Receiver in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder to make
such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any
other amounts due the Trustee under Section 8.07, and to the extent that such payment of the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances in any such proceedings shall be
denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of,
any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other property which the Holders may be
entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization
or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to, or, on behalf of any Holder, to authorize, accept or adopt 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.

          Section 7.10 Priorities.

     (a) If the Trustee collects any money or other property pursuant to this Article 7, it shall
pay out the money or other property in the following order:

     (1) First, to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 8.07;

     (2) Second, to the holders of Senior Indebtedness to the extent required by Article 11;

     (3) Third, to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities for the Accreted
Principal Amount, cash interest (including Contingent Interest), and Liquidated Damages, as
applicable, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to such
respective amounts due and payable on the Holders’ Securities;

     (4) Fourth, to such other Person or Persons, if any, as directed by a court of
competent jurisdiction; and

     (5) Fifth, the balance, if any, to the Company.

     (b) The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to
this Section 7.10.

          Section 7.11 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 or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may
require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the
suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’
fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good
faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 7.11 does not apply to a
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made by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 7.07, or a suit by Holders of more
than 10% in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of the Securities then outstanding. This
Section 7.11 shall be in lieu of Section 315(e) of the TIA and such Section 315(e) is hereby
expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.

ARTICLE 8

TRUSTEE

          Section 8.01 Obligations Of Trustee.

     (a) If 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
its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his or her own affairs.

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

     (1) the Trustee need perform only those duties as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture and no others; 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. The Trustee, however, shall examine any certificates and opinions which by any
provision hereof are specifically required to be delivered to the Trustee to determine
whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture, but need not confirm or
investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein.

          This Section 8.01(b) shall be in lieu of Section 315(a) of the TIA and such Section 315(a) is
hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.

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

     (1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of Section 8.01(b);

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

     (3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 7.05.

          This Section 8.01(c) shall be in lieu of Sections 315(d)(1), 315(d)(2) and 315(d)(3) of the
TIA and such Sections are hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture as permitted by the TIA.

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     (d) 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 unless the Trustee shall have received adequate
indemnity in its opinion against potential costs and liabilities incurred by it relating thereto.

     (e) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to
subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 8.01.

     (f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the
Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

          Section 8.02 Rights Of Trustee.

     (a) Subject to Section 8.01:

     (1) The Trustee may rely conclusively on any document believed by it to be genuine and
to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any
fact or matter stated in the document.

     (2) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, or both, which shall conform to Section 13.04(b). The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in
reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

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

     (4) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers.

     (5) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of
such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any such action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

     (6) 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
satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

     (7) 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
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examine the
books, records and premises of the Company, 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.

     (8) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default
unless a Trust 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, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture.

     (9) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be
enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, including, without
limitation as Paying Agent, Registrar and Conversion Agent, and to each agent, custodian and
other Person employed to act hereunder.

          Section 8.03 Individual Rights Of Trustee.

     The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However,
the Trustee is subject to Sections 8.10 and 8.11.

          Section 8.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer.

     The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the
Securities. It shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities
and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the Securities other than its certificate of
authentication.

          Section 8.05 Notice Of Default Or Events Of Default.

     If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the
Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder notice of all uncured Defaults or Events of Default
known to it within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, within 15 days after it becomes known to
the Trustee. However, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and for so long as a committee of
its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of
Holders, except in the case of a Default or an Event of Default in payment of the principal of, or
interest on, any Security when due or in the payment of any redemption or purchase obligation, or
the Company’s failure to convert Securities when obligated to convert them. This Section 8.05 is in
lieu of section 315(b) of the TIA and such provision is expressly excluded from this Indenture as
permitted by the TIA.

          Section 8.06 Reports By Trustee To Holders.

     (a) If a report is required by TIA Section 313, within 60 days after each March 15, beginning
with the March 15 following the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder of
Securities a brief report dated as of such March 15 that complies with TIA Section 313(a). The
Trustee also shall comply with TIA Sections 313(b)(2) and (c).

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     (b) A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders of Securities shall be mailed
to the Company and, to the extent required by the TIA, filed with the SEC, and each stock exchange,
if any, on which the Securities may be listed. The Company shall notify the Trustee whenever the
Securities become listed on any stock exchange or listed or admitted to trading on any quotation
system and any changes in the stock exchanges or quotation systems on which the Securities are
listed or admitted to trading and of any delisting thereof.

          Section 8.07 Compensation And Indemnity.

     (a) The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation (as agreed to
from time to time by the Company and the Trustee in writing) for its services (which compensation
shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an
express trust). The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable
disbursements, expenses and advances incurred or made by it. Such expenses may include the
reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

     (b) The Company shall indemnify the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee (which for purposes of
this Section 8.07 shall include its officers, directors, employees and agents) for, and hold it
harmless against, any and all loss, liability or expense including taxes (other than taxes based
upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee), incurred by it in connection with
the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture or any action or failure to act
as authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon the Trustee hereunder
including the reasonable costs and expenses of the Trustee and its counsel in defending (including
reasonable legal fees and expenses) itself against any claim or liability in connection with the
exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the
Company promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee for which it may seek indemnity. The
Company need not pay for any settlement effected without its prior written consent, which shall not
be unreasonably withheld.

     (c) The Company need not reimburse the Trustee for any expense or indemnify it against any
loss or liability incurred by it resulting from its negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.

     (d) To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 8.07, the Trustee shall have a
senior claim to which the Securities are hereby made subordinate on all money or property held or
collected by the Trustee. The obligations of the Company under this Section 8.07 shall survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

     (e) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified
in clause (6) or (7) of Section 7.01(a) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services
are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law. The provisions of
this Section 8.07 shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

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          Section 8.08 Replacement Of Trustee.

     (a) The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in
aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of the Securities then outstanding may remove the
Trustee by
so notifying the Trustee and the Company and may, with the Company’s written consent, appoint a
successor Trustee. The Company may remove the Trustee at any time, so long as no Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, and appoint a successor Trustee in accordance with this
Section 8.08.

     (b) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for
any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. The resignation or removal of
a Trustee shall not be effective until a successor Trustee shall have delivered the written
acceptance of its appointment as described below.

     (c) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 45 days after the retiring Trustee
resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of 10% in Principal Amount
at Maturity of the Securities then outstanding may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee at the expense of the Company.

     (d) If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 8.10, any Holder may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

     (e) A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring
Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee shall transfer all
property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee and be released from its obligations
(exclusive of any liabilities that the retiring Trustee may have incurred while acting as Trustee)
hereunder, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the
successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture.
A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each Holder.

     (f) A retiring Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor Trustee
after its succession.

     (g) Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 8.08, the Company’s
obligations under Section 8.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

          Section 8.09 Successor Trustee By Merger, Etc.

     If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially
all of its corporate trust business (including the administration of this Indenture) to, another
corporation, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation, without any further act, shall be
the successor Trustee; provided such transferee corporation shall qualify and be eligible
under Section 8.10. Such successor Trustee shall promptly mail notice of its succession to the
Company and each Holder.

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          Section 8.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.

     The Trustee shall always satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2) and (5) of TIA
Section 310(a). The Trustee (or its parent holding company) shall have a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of
condition. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to satisfy any such requirements, it shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Article 8. The Trustee
shall be
subject to the provisions of TIA Section 310(b). Nothing herein shall prevent the Trustee
from filing with the SEC the application referred to in the penultimate paragraph of TIA Section
310(b).

          Section 8.11 Preferential Collection Of Claims Against Company.

     The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed
in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section
311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

ARTICLE 9

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

          Section 9.01 Satisfaction And Discharge Of Indenture.

     (a) This Indenture shall cease to be of further force and effect (except as to any surviving
rights of conversion, registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided
for and except as further provided below), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, when either:

     (A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other
than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07 and (ii) Securities for whose payment
money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company
as provided in Section 9.03) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

     (B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation have become due and payable or have been converted in accordance
with their terms and the terms hereof, whether at Final Maturity or on a Put
Right Purchase Date, Change of Control Purchase Date, Redemption Date or Conversion
Date,

provided in the case of clause (B), that

     (1) the Company has deposited with the Trustee or a Paying Agent (other than the
Company or any of its Affiliates) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of and in an
amount sufficient to satisfy its conversion obligations hereunder or to pay and discharge
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cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of
Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Final Maturity Date 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; and

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

     (b) Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Company with respect to the conversion privilege and the Conversion Rate of the Securities pursuant
to Article 4, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 8.07 and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (2) of Section 9.01(a), the provisions of
Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.13, 5.01 and 13.05, Article 4, and this Article 9, shall
survive until the Securities have been paid in full.

          Section 9.02 Application Of Trust Money.

     Subject to the provisions of Section 9.03 and Section 11.05, the Trustee or the Paying Agent
shall hold in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, all money deposited with it pursuant to
Section 9.01 and shall apply the deposited money in accordance with this Indenture and the
Securities to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Securities.

          Section 9.03 Repayment To Company.

     (a) The Trustee and each Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company upon request any
excess money (1) deposited with them pursuant to Section 9.01 and (2) held by them at any time.

     (b) The Trustee and each Paying Agent shall, subject to applicable abandonment property laws,
pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest
that remains unclaimed for two years after a right to such money has matured; provided,
however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
payment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be mailed to each Holder entitled to such money
notice that such money remains unclaimed and that after a date specified therein, which
shall be at least 30 days from the date of such mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money
then remaining will be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to
money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned
property law designates another person.

          Section 9.04 Reinstatement.

     If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with Section
9.02 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the
Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and

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reinstated as
though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 9.01 until such time as the Trustee or such
Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 9.02;
provided, however, that if the Company has made any payment of the principal of or
interest on any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be
subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive any such payment from the
money held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 10

AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS

          Section 10.01 Without Consent Of Holders.

          The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities without
notice to or consent of any Holder of a Security for the purpose of:

     (1) evidencing a successor to the Company and the assumption by that successor of the
Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities;

     (2) adding to the Company’s covenants for the benefit of the Holders or surrendering
any right or power conferred upon the Company;

     (3) securing the Company’s obligations in respect of the Securities;

     (4) evidencing and providing for the acceptance of the appointment of a successor
trustee in accordance with Article 8;

     (5) complying with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of this Indenture under the TIA, as contemplated by this Indenture or
otherwise;

     (6) curing any ambiguity, omission, inconsistency or correcting or supplementing any
defective provision contained in this Indenture; or

     (7) modifying any other provisions of this Indenture in any manner that will not
adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any material respect.

     Any amendment described in clause (7) above made solely to conform this Indenture to the final
offering memorandum provided to investors in connection with the initial offering of the Securities
by the Company will not be deemed to materially and adversely affect the interests of Holders.

          Section 10.02 With Consent Of Holders.

     (a) The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities with
the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate Principal Amount at
Maturity of the Securities then outstanding or by the adoption of a resolution at a meeting of
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Maturity of the Securities
represented at the meeting. However, subject to Section 10.04, without the written consent of each
Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver may not:

     (1) alter the manner of calculation or rate of accrual of Original Issue Discount or
cash interest (including Contingent Interest) on any Security or change the time of
payment
of any installment of cash interest (including Contingent Interest) on, or any Liquidated
Damages with respect to, any Security;

     (2) make any of the Securities payable in money or securities other than that stated in
the Securities;

     (3) change the Final Maturity Date with respect to any Security;

     (4) reduce the Principal Amount at Maturity, Issue Price, Accrued Original Issue
Discount, Redemption Price, Put Right Purchase Price or Change of Control Repurchase Price
(as applicable) with respect to any of the Securities;

     (5) make any change that adversely affects the rights of a Holder to convert any of the
Securities in any material respect (including the right to receive a Make Whole Premium
under the circumstance set forth in Article 4);

     (6) make any change that adversely affects the rights of Holders to require the Company
to purchase Securities at the option of Holders in any material respect;

     (7) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with
respect to any Security or with respect to the conversion of any Security;

     (8) modify
the subordination provisions of the Securities in a manner adverse to the
Holders in any material respect;

     (9) reduce the percentage in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities
outstanding necessary to modify or amend this Indenture, to waive compliance by the Company
with the provisions of this Indenture or to waive any past Default or Event of Default; or.

     (10) modify this Section 10.02, except to increase any percentages required for
approval or to provide that certain other provisions of the Indenture cannot be modified or
waived without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Security affected thereby.

     (b) After an amendment or, supplement under this Section 10.02 becomes effective, the Company
shall promptly mail to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment,
supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall
not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amendment or, supplement.

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          Section 10.03 Compliance With Trust Indenture Act.

     Every amendment to or supplement of this Indenture or the Securities shall comply with the TIA
as in effect at the date of such amendment or supplement.

          Section 10.04 Revocation And Effect Of Consents.

     (a) Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is
a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a
Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the
consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the
consent as to its Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the notice of
revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective.

     (b) After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder of
a Security, unless it makes a change described in any of clauses (1) through (10) of Section
10.02(a). In the case of an amendment, supplement, or waiver that makes a change described in any
of clauses (1) through (10) of Section 10.02(a), the amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind
each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or
portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security.

          Section 10.05 Notation On Or Exchange Of Securities.

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

          Section 10.06 Trustee To Sign Amendments, Etc.

     The Trustee shall sign any amendment or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this
Article 10 if the amendment or supplemental indenture does not adversely affect the rights, duties,
liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may, in its sole discretion,
but need not, sign it. In signing or refusing to sign such amendment or supplemental
indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and, subject to Section 8.01, shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment or supplemental
indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Company may not sign an amendment or
supplement indenture until the Board of Directors approves it.

          Section 10.07 Effect Of Supplemental Indentures.

     Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article 10, 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.

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ARTICLE 11

SUBORDINATION

          Section 11.01 Agreement To Subordinate.

     The Company agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Security agrees, that the payment of
principal of, and Original Issue Discount and cash interest (including Contingent Interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any), on, any payment in cash upon conversion of, and any other
Obligations evidenced by the Securities and this Indenture are subordinated in right of payment, to
the extent and in the manner provided in this Article 11, to the prior payment in full in cash or
cash equivalents (or other payments satisfactory to holders of Senior Indebtedness) of all Senior
Indebtedness whether outstanding on the date hereof or hereafter incurred.

          Section 11.02 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.

     In the event of any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership,
liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith, relating
to the Company or to its assets, or any total or partial liquidation, dissolution or other
winding-up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any assignment for the benefit of
creditors or other marshaling of assets or liabilities of the Company, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash or cash equivalents (or other
payments satisfactory to holders of Senior Indebtedness) of all Senior Indebtedness before the
Holders will be entitled to receive any payment or distribution of any kind or character (other
than payment or distribution in the form of Permitted Junior Securities); and any payment or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or
securities (other than payments or distribution in the form of Permitted Junior Securities), to
which the Holders or the Trustee would be entitled but for the provisions of this Article 11 shall
be paid by the liquidating trustee or agent or other person making such payment or distribution
directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representatives ratably according to the
aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the Senior Indebtedness (or, if not ratably, as
otherwise agreed among the holders of Senior Indebtedness) to the extent necessary to make payment
in full in cash or cash equivalents (or other payments satisfactory to holders of Senior
Indebtedness) of all
Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.

          Section 11.03 Default On Designated Senior Indebtedness.

     (a) No payment or distribution of any assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether
in cash, property or securities, may be made by or on behalf of the Company on account of any
Obligation with respect to the Securities, including principal of, or Original Issue Discount or
accrued cash interest (including Contingent Interest and Liquidated Damages), if any, on the
Securities or on account of the conversion, purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Securities
(i) upon the occurrence of any Payment Default until such Payment Default shall have been cured or
waived in writing or shall have ceased to exist or the Senior Indebtedness giving rise to such
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equivalents (or other
payments satisfactory to holders of Senior Indebtedness) or (ii) during a Payment Blockage Period
arising as a result of Non-Payment Default.

     A “Payment Blockage Period” shall commence upon the date of receipt by the Trustee of
written notice from the representative of the holders of the Designated Senior Indebtedness in
respect of which the Non-Payment Default exists and shall end on the earliest to occur of:

     (1) 179 days thereafter (provided that any Designated Senior
Indebtedness as to which notice was given shall not have been accelerated);

     (2) the date on which such Non-Payment Default is cured, is waived or ceases to exist
(so long as no default or event of default exists under the Designated Senior Indebtedness
initiating such Payment Blockage Period);

     (3) the date on which such Designated Senior Indebtedness is discharged or paid in
full; and

     (4) the date on which such Payment Blockage Period has been terminated by written
notice to the Trustee or the Company from the representative of the holders of Designated
Senior Indebtedness initiating such Payment Blockage Period;

after which the Company shall resume making any and all required payments in respect of the
Securities, including any missed payments and additional interest, if any. No more than one
Payment Blockage Period may be commenced during any period of 365 consecutive days. No Non-Payment
Default that existed or was continuing on the date of the commencement of any Payment Blockage
Period shall be, or can be made, the basis for the commencement of a subsequent Payment Blockage
Period, unless such Non-Payment Default has been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90
consecutive days after the commencement of such initial Payment Blockage Period.

          Section 11.04 Acceleration Of Securities.

     If payment of the Securities is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the Company shall
promptly notify holders of Senior Indebtedness of the acceleration. In the event of any
acceleration of the Securities hereunder, the holders of any Senior Indebtedness then
outstanding shall be entitled to payment in full in cash or cash equivalents (or other payments
satisfactory to such holders of Senior Indebtedness) before the Holders of the Securities are
entitled to receive any payment or distribution of principal of, or premium, if any, or Original
Issue Discount or interest, if any, on the Securities.

          Section 11.05 When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.

     (a) In the event that, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 11.02, 11.03 and 11.04, any
payment or distribution, whether in cash, property or securities, shall be received by the Trustee
or any Holder, which payment is prohibited by such provisions, then such payment shall be held for
the benefit of, and paid over and delivered by such Trustee or Holder to, the representatives of
holders of Senior Indebtedness, as their interests may appear, for application to Senior
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Senior
Indebtedness in full in cash or cash equivalents (or other payments acceptable to holders of Senior
Indebtedness).

     (b) With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform only
such obligations on the part of the Trustee as are specifically set forth in this Article 11, and
no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be
read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary
duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and shall not be liable to any such holders if the
Trustee shall pay over or distribute to or on behalf of Holders or the Company or any other Person
money or assets to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this
Article 11, except if such payment is made as a result of the willful misconduct or gross
negligence of the Trustee.

          Section 11.06 Notice By The Company.

     The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent of any facts known to the
Company that would cause a payment of any obligations with respect to the Securities to violate
this Article 11, but failure to give such notice shall not affect the subordination of the
Securities to the Senior Indebtedness as provided in this Article 11.

          Section 11.07 Subrogation.

     After all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full and until the Securities are paid in full,
Holders shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with all other Indebtedness that is equal in right
of payment to the Securities) to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive
distributions applicable to Senior Indebtedness to the extent that distributions otherwise payable
to the Holders have been applied to the payment of Senior Indebtedness. A distribution made under
this Article 11 to holders of Senior Indebtedness that otherwise would have been made to Holders of
Securities shall not, as between the Company and Holders, constitute a payment by the Company on
account of the Senior Indebtedness.

          Section 11.08 Relative Rights.

     This Article 11 defines the relative rights of Holders and holders of Senior Indebtedness.
Nothing in this Indenture shall: (a) impair, as between the Company and Holders, the obligation of
the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and the Original Issue
Discount and accrued cash interest (including Contingent Interest and Liquidated Damages, if any)
on the Securities and to deliver amounts owing upon conversion of Securities in accordance with the
provision of Article 4 in accordance with their terms; (b) affect the relative rights of Holders
and creditors of the Company other than their rights in relation to holders of Senior Indebtedness;
or (c) prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its available remedies upon a Default or
Event of Default, subject to the rights of holders and owners of Senior Indebtedness to receive
distributions and payments otherwise payable to Holders. If the Company fails because of this
Article 11 to pay the principal (other than Permitted Junior Securities) of or the Original Issue
Discount and cash interest (including Contingent Interest and Liquidated Damages, if any) on a
Security or to deliver amounts owing upon conversion of Securities in accordance with the
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still constitute a Default or Event
of Default hereunder, to the same extent as if this Article 11 did not apply.

          Section 11.09 Subordination May Not Be Impaired By The Company.

     (a) No right of any holder of Senior Indebtedness to enforce the subordination of the
indebtedness evidenced by the Securities shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by the
Company or any Holder or by the failure of the Company or any Holder to comply with this Indenture.

     (b) Without in any way limiting the generality of this Section 11.09, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the
Trustee or the Holders, without incurring responsibility to the Trustee or the Holders and without
impairing or releasing the subordination designated in this Article 11 or the obligations hereunder
of the Holders to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following: (1)
change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter,
Senior Indebtedness, or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which Senior
Indebtedness is outstanding or secured; (2) sell, exchange, release, foreclose against or otherwise
deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Indebtedness; (3) release
any Person liable in any manner for the collection of Senior Indebtedness; and (4) exercise or
refrain from exercising any rights against the Company, and Subsidiary thereof or any other Person.

     (c) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture to the contrary, the
subordination provisions contained in this Article 11 may not be
modified or impaired without the consent of the agent under the
Senior Secured Credit Facility.

          Section 11.10 Distribution Or Notice To Representative.

     (a) Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice is to be given to a holder of any Senior
Indebtedness, the distribution may be made and the notice may be given to the trustee or
representative of such holders of Senior Indebtedness.

     (b) Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article 11,
the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any
court of competent jurisdiction or upon any certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or
other Person making any distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders for the purpose of
ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, all holders of the Senior
Indebtedness 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 11.

          Section 11.11 Rights Of Trustee And Paying Agent.

     (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 11 or any other provision of this
Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that would
prohibit the making of any payment or distribution by the Trustee, and the Trustee and the Paying
Agent may continue to make payments on the Securities, unless a Trust Officer of the Trustee shall
have received at its Corporate Trust Office at least one Business Day prior to the date of such
payment written notice of facts that would cause the payment of any obligations with respect to the
Securities to violate this Article 11. Only the Company or the representative of the Company or of
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Article 11 shall impair the
claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 8.07.

     (b) The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior Indebtedness with the
same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

          Section 11.12
Authorization to Effect Subordination.

     Each
Holder by its acceptance of the Securities authorizes and expressly
directs the Trustee on such Holder’s behalf to take such action
as may be necessary or appropriate to effect the subordination
provisions contained in this Article 11, and appoints the
Trustee such Holder’s attorney-in-fact for such purpose,
including, in the event of any liquidation, dissolution, winding-up,
reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors or marshaling
of assets of the Company tending towards liquidation or
reorganization of the business and assets of the Company, the
immediate filing of a claim for the unpaid balance of such
Holder’s Securities in the form required in said proceedings and
cause said claim to be approved. If the Trustee does not file a
proper claim or proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding
referred to in Section 7.09 prior to 30 days before the
expiration of the time to file such claim or claims, then any holder
of Senior Indebtedness or its representative is hereby authorized to
file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders of said
Securities. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee or the holders of Senior Indebtedness or any representative
thereof 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 or the holders of Senior
Indebtedness or any representative thereof to vote in respect of the
claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

ARTICLE 12

CONTINGENT INTEREST

          Section 12.01 Contingent Interest.

     Subject to Section 12.02 hereof, the Company shall make Contingent Interest payments to the
Holders during any six-month period from March 16 to September 15 and from September 16 to March
15, beginning with the six-month period commencing on March 16, 2013 (each a “Semiannual
Period”), if, but only if, the average of the Security Market Prices for the ten Trading Days
ending on the third Trading Day immediately preceding the first day of the applicable Semiannual
Period equals 130% or more of the Relevant Value per Note. During any Semiannual Period when
Contingent Interest is payable pursuant to this Section 12.01, each Contingent Interest payment due
and payable on each $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities for the applicable Semiannual
Period, shall equal the annual rate of 0.25% of the average of the Security Market Prices for the
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immediately preceding sentence. Contingent
Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

     As used in this Section 12.01, “Relevant Value” means the sum of the Accreted
Principal Amount and accrued and unpaid cash interest, if any, on such Security to the day
immediately preceding the first day of the applicable Semiannual Period. “Security Market
Price” means, on any date, the average of the secondary market bid quotations per $1,000
Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent for $2,500,000
Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities at approximately 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on such
date from at
least three independent nationally recognized securities dealers (none of which shall be an
Affiliate of the Company) selected by the Company; provided, however, that if the Bid Solicitation
Agent cannot reasonably obtain three such bids but two such bids are obtained, then the average of
the two bids shall be used, and if only one such bid can reasonably be obtained by the Bid
Solicitation Agent, that one bid shall be used. If the Bid Solicitation Agent cannot reasonable
obtain at least one bid for $2,500,000 Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities from a nationally
recognized securities dealer or in the Company’s reasonable judgment, the bid quotations are not
indicative of the secondary market value of the Securities as of such date, then the Security
Market Price for such date shall equal the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect as of such
determination date multiplied by (ii) the average Closing Price of the Common Stock for the ten
Trading Days ending on such date, appropriately adjusted, without duplication, to take into account
the occurrence, during the period commencing on the first of such Trading Days during such ten
Trading Day period and ending on such determination date, of any event described in Section 4.08
requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate. The Accreted Principal Amount of the Securities
shall continue to increase in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities
whether or not Contingent Interest payments shall be made.

          Section 12.02 Payment of Contingent Interest; Contingent Interest Rights Preserved.

     If payable, Contingent Interest on a Security shall be paid to the Person who is the Holder of
that Security on the 15th day next preceding the last day of the applicable Semiannual Period (the
“Contingent Interest Record Date”). Such payments shall be paid on the last day of the
Semiannual Period (in each case, a “Contingent Interest Payment Date”). Each payment of
Contingent Interest on any Security shall be paid (A) if such Security is held in the form of a
Global Note, in same-day funds by transfer to an account maintained by the payee located inside the
United States, or (B) if such Security is held in the form of a Certificated Security, by check,
mailed to the address of such Holder as set forth in the Security Register. In the case of a Global
Security, interest payable on any Contingent Interest Payment Date will be paid to the Depositary
for the purpose of permitting the Depositary to credit the interest received by it in respect of
such Global Security to the accounts of the beneficial owners thereof. Upon determination that
Holders of Securities will be entitled to receive Contingent Interest during a Semiannual Period,
the Company will issue a press release and use its reasonable best efforts to post such information
on its website or through such other public medium as the Company may use at the time.

     The Company may unilaterally increase the amount of interest or Contingent Interest it is
required to pay but shall have no obligation to do so.

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          Section 12.03 Bid Solicitation Agent.

     The Company shall appoint a bid solicitation agent (the “Bid Solicitation Agent”) to
act pursuant to Section 12.01 when directed by the Company in writing to do so. The Company may
change the Bid Solicitation Agent at its discretion; provided, however, that the Bid Solicitation
Agent may not be an Affiliate of the Company. The Bid Solicitation Agent shall initially be the
Trustee.

ARTICLE 13

MISCELLANEOUS

          Section 13.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls.

     If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by
any of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the TIA through operation of Section 318(c) thereof, such
imposed duties shall control.

          Section 13.02 Notices.

     Any demand, authorization notice, request, consent or communication shall be given in writing
and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows or
transmitted by facsimile transmission (confirmed by delivery in person or mail by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, or by guaranteed overnight courier) to the following facsimile numbers:

If to the Company, to:

Nash-Finch Company

7600 France Avenue South

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55435

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile No.: (952) 844-1235

Telephone No.: (952) 832-0534

with a copy to:

Rohan S. Weerasinghe

c/o Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10543

Facsimile No: (212) 848-7793

Telephone No: (212) 848-4000

if to the Trustee, to:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Sixth & Marquette

79

 

N9303-120

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479

Attention: Corporate Trust Services

Telephone No: (612) 316-1445

Facsimile No: (612) 667-9825

     Such notices or communications shall be effective when received.

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

     Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder of a Security shall be mailed by first-class
mail or delivered by an overnight delivery service to it at its address shown on the register kept
by the Primary Registrar.

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

     If the Company mails any notice to a Holder of a Security, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee
and each Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.

          Section 13.03 Communications By Holders With Other Holders.

     Holders of Securities may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Holders of
Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Company, the
Trustee, the Registrar and any other person shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).

          Section 13.04 Certificate And Opinion As To Conditions Precedent.

     (a) Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at the request of the Trustee:

     (1) an Officers’ Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all
conditions precedent (including any covenants, compliance with which constitutes a condition
precedent), if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with; and

     (2) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such
conditions precedent (including any covenants, compliance with which constitutes a condition
precedent) have been complied with.

     (b) Each Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

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

     (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 such person, he or she has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her 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 or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or
covenant has been complied with;

provided, however, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may
rely on an Officers’ Certificate or certificates of public officials.

          Section 13.05 Record Date For Vote Or Consent Of Holders of Securities.

     The Company (or, in the event deposits have been made pursuant to Section 9.01, the Trustee)
may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders entitled to vote or
consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted under this Indenture, which record
date shall not be more than 30 days prior to the date of the commencement of solicitation of such
action. If a record date is fixed, those persons who were Holders at the close of business on such
record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those persons, shall be entitled to
take
such action by vote or consent or to revoke any vote or consent previously given, whether or not
such persons continue to be Holders after such record date.

          Section 13.06 Rules By Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar And Conversion Agent.

     The Trustee may make reasonable rules (not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture) for
action by or at a meeting of Holders. Any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent may make
reasonable rules for its functions.

          Section 13.07 Legal Holidays.

     A “Legal Holiday” is any day other than a Business Day. If any specified date
(including a date for giving notice) is a Legal Holiday, the action shall be taken on the next
succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and, if the action to be taken on such date is a
payment in respect of the Securities, no Original Issue Discount or interest, if any, shall accrue
for the intervening period.

          Section 13.08 Governing Law.

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

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          Section 13.09 No Adverse Interpretation Of Other Agreements.

     This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used
to interpret this Indenture.

          Section 13.10 No Recourse Against Others.

     All liability described in paragraph 18 of the Securities of any director, officer, employee
or shareholder, as such, of the Company hereby is waived and released by each of the Holders.

          Section 13.11 No Security Interest Created.

     Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall be construed to
constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation, now in
effect or hereafter enacted and made effective, in any jurisdiction.

          Section 13.12 Successors.

     All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successor.
All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.

          Section 13.13 Multiple Counterparts.

     The parties may sign multiple counterparts of this Indenture. Each signed counterpart shall
be deemed an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

          Section 13.14 Separability.

     If any provisions 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 13.15 Table Of Contents, Headings, Etc.

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

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands as of the date and year
first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	NASH-FINCH COMPANY
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	By:
	 	  /s/LeAnne M. Stewart
	

	 	 	 	 
	

	 	Name:
	 	LeAnne M. Stewart
	

	 	Title:
	 	 Senior Vice President & CFO
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	By:
	 	  /s/ Timothy P. Mowdy
	

	 	 	 	 
	

	 	Name:
	 	Timothy P. Mowdy
	

	 	Title:
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EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

     THIS SECURITY WAS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX
PURPOSES. IN ADDITION, THIS SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX REGULATIONS
GOVERNING CONTINGENT PAYMENT DEBT INSTRUMENTS. FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1273 AND 1275 OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE ISSUE PRICE OF EACH SECURITY IS
$466.11 PER $1,000 OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, THE ISSUE DATE IS MARCH 15, 2005 AND THE COMPARABLE YIELD
(WHICH WILL BE TREATED AS THE YIELD TO MATURITY FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES) IS
8%, COMPOUNDED SEMI-ANNUALLY. HOLDERS OF THIS SECURITY MAY OBTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING THE AMOUNT
OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, YIELD TO MATURITY AND THE PROJECTED PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR THIS SECURITY
BY SUBMITTING A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR SUCH INFORMATION TO: NASH-FINCH COMPANY, 7600 FRANCE AVENUE
SOUTH, P.O. BOX 355, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55440-0355, ATTENTION: DIRECTOR OF TREASURY.

     NASH-FINCH COMPANY (THE “COMPANY,” WHICH TERM INCLUDES ANY SUCCESSOR THERETO) AGREES, AND BY
ACCEPTING A BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THIS SECURITY EACH HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY WILL BE
DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED, FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES (1) TO TREAT THE SECURITIES AS
DEBT INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO TREASURY REGULATION SECTION 1.1275-4(b); (2) TO TREAT THE CASH
PAYMENT AND THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE COMMON STOCK RECEIVED UPON THE CONVERSION OF A SECURITY AS
A CONTINGENT PAYMENT FOR PURPOSES OF TREASURY REGULATION SECTION 1.1275-4(b) THAT WILL RESULT IN AN
ADJUSTMENT UNDER TREASURY REGULATION SECTION 1.1275-4(b)(3)(iv) AND TREASURY REGULATION SECTION
1.1275-4(b)(6); AND (3) TO ACCRUE INTEREST WITH RESPECT TO OUTSTANDING SECURITIES AS ORIGINAL ISSUE
DISCOUNT FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES (I.E., TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT)
ACCORDING TO THE “NONCONTINGENT BOND METHOD,” SET FORTH IN TREASURY REGULATION SECTION 1.1275-4(b),
USING THE COMPARABLE YIELD SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT B TO THE WITHIN MENTIONED INDENTURE COMPOUNDED
SEMI-ANNUALLY AND THE PROJECTED PAYMENT SCHEDULE ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT B TO SUCH INDENTURE. FURTHER,
EACH HOLDER BY ITS PURCHASE OF A SECURITY WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO INCLUDE
SUCH TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (INCLUDING THE PORTION OF TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT REPRESENTED
BY CASH INTEREST PAYMENTS) IN ITS GROSS INCOME AS IT ACCRUES REGARDLESS OF SUCH HOLDER’S OR
BENEFICIAL OWNER’S METHOD OF TAX ACCOUNTING FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES.

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     UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), 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. 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 IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR
SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE
LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR
IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT 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 OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.1

     THIS SECURITY AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY
STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY, THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION
OF THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN OR THEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD,
ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION. EACH
PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON
THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A
THEREUNDER.2

     THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A “QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND (2) AGREES TO OFFER,
SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION
DATE”) WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON
WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS

	1	 	This paragraph should be included only if the
Security is a Global Security.
	 
	2	 	These paragraphs to be included only if the
Security is a Restricted Security.

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SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY) ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY
THEREOF, (B) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON
IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER TO WHICH NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (C)
PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR
(D) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES
ACT, INCLUDING UNDER RULE 144, IF AVAILABLE, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR
TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER MADE PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) ABOVE, TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND IN
EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, THAT A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THIS SECURITY BE COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE
REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.2

     THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY IS ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS OF A REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (AS
SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF) AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE
HEREOF, AGREES TO BE BOUND BY AND TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT.2

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NASH-FINCH COMPANY

Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2035

	 	 	 
	No. R-1

	 	CUSIP: 631158AC6
	Issue Date: March 15, 2005

	 	Original Issue Discount: $533.89
	Issue Price: $466.11

	 	(for each $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity)
	(for each $1,000 Principal
	 	 
	Amount at Maturity)
	 	 

          Nash-Finch Company, a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered
assigns the Principal Amount at Maturity of $322,000,000 on March 15, 2035.

          This Security shall bear interest and accrue Original Issue Discount as specified on the
reverse side of this Security. This Security is convertible as specified on the reverse side of
this Security.

          Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the reverse side of this Security.

Dated: March 15, 2005

SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NASH-FINCH COMPANY

 	 
	 	By:  	_________________________________
 	 
	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 
	Dated:

	 

	Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication: This is one of the
Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

	 

	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,

as Trustee

	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 
	

	 	Authorized Signatory	 	 

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF SECURITY]

NASH-FINCH COMPANY

SENIOR SUBORDINATED CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE 2035

	1.  	INTEREST

     This Security shall bear cash interest from March 15, 2005 or from the most recent date to
which interest has been paid or duly provided for at the rate of 1.6314% per annum of the Principal
Amount at Maturity to but excluding March 15, 2013. Payments of cash interest shall be made
semiannually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment
Date”), commencing September 15, 2005 until and including March 15, 2013 to the person in whose
name this Security is registered at the close of business on the September 1 and March 1 (each, a
“Regular Record Date”) immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date. Interest payable
on each Interest Payment Date shall equal the amount of interest accrued for the period commencing
on and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has
been paid (or, if none, commencing on and including March 15, 2005, if no interest has been paid
hereon) and ending on and including the day preceding such Interest Payment Date. Cash interest
will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

     From and after March 15, 2013, Original Issue Discount (the difference between the Issue Price
and the Principal Amount at Maturity of the Security) in the period during which a Security remains
outstanding shall accrue at 3.5% per annum on a semiannual bond equivalent basis using a 360-day
year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

	2.  	METHOD OF PAYMENT

     Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall make payments in
respect of the Redemption Price, Put Right Purchase Price, Change of Control Repurchase Price and
on the Final Maturity Date to Holders who surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect such
payments in respect of the Securities. In addition, the Company shall pay cash interest from the
Issue Date until March 15, 2013, as more fully described in paragraph 1 hereof, and Contingent
Interest as more fully described in paragraph 5 hereof. The Company will pay any cash amounts in
money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts. However, the Company may make such cash payments by check payable in such money.
If any Interest Payment Date, the Final Maturity Date or any date of earlier repayment or
repurchase in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 of the Indenture falls on a day which is
not a Business Day, the required payment shall be paid on the next succeeding Business Day with the
same force and effect as if made on such date and no interest on such payment shall accrue from and
after such date.

	3.  	PAYING AGENT, REGISTRAR AND CONVERSION AGENT

     Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Trustee,” which term shall include any
successor trustee under the Indenture hereinafter referred to) will act as Paying

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Agent, Registrar and Conversion Agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or
Conversion Agent without notice to the Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may, subject
to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

	4.  	INDENTURE, LIMITATIONS

     This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company designated as its
Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes Due 2035 (the “Securities”), issued under an Indenture dated
as of March 15, 2005 (together with any supplemental indentures thereto, the “Indenture”), between
the Company and the Trustee. The terms of this Security include those stated in the Indenture and
those required by or made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, as in effect on the date of the Indenture. This Security is subject to all such terms,
and the Holder of this Security is referred to the Indenture and said Act for a statement of them.

     The Securities are senior subordinated unsecured obligations of the Company limited to
$354,000,000 aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity. The Indenture does not limit other debt of
the Company, secured or unsecured.

	5.  	CONTINGENT INTEREST.

     Subject to the conditions of the Indenture and the accrual and record date provisions
specified in this paragraph 5, the Company shall pay Contingent Interest to the Holders during any
Semiannual Period, with the initial six-month period commencing on March 16 , 2013, if, but only
if, the average of the Security Market Prices of the Securities for the ten Trading Days ending on
the third Trading Day immediately preceding the first day of the applicable Semiannual Period
equals 130% or more of the Relevant Value of such Security.

     Contingent Interest, if any, will accrue and be payable to Holders of this Security as of the
Contingent Interest Record Date. The Accreted Principal Amount of this Security will continue to
increase whether or not Contingent Interest is paid.

     The amount of Contingent Interest payable per $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity of
Securities in respect of any Semiannual Period shall equal the annual rate of 0.25% of the average
of the Security Market Prices for the ten Trading Day measuring period.

     Upon determination that Holders of Securities will be entitled to receive Contingent Interest
during a Semiannual Period, the Company shall issue a press release and use its reasonable efforts
to post such information on its web site or through such other public medium it may use at the
time.

	6.  	REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY

     Prior to March 15, 2013, the Securities shall not be redeemable. On or after March 15, 2013,
the Company may, at its option, redeem the Securities for cash, as a whole at any time or from time
to time in part, at a Redemption Price of 100% of the Issue Price of the Securities plus accrued
Original Issue Discount, in each case together with any accrued and unpaid cash interest (including
Contingent Interest), if any, to, but excluding, the applicable Redemption Date

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(the “Redemption Price”); provided that if the Redemption Date falls after a
Regular Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, then interest on the
Securities payable on such Interest Payment Date will instead be payable to the Holders in whose
names the Securities are registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date.
Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption shall be convertible by the Holder until
the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the relevant Redemption Date.

     Notice of redemption, as set forth in Section 3.03 of the Indenture, will be mailed by
first-class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date to each Holder
of Securities to be redeemed at its registered address. Securities in denominations larger than
$1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity may be redeemed in part, but only in whole multiples of $1,000
Principal Amount at Maturity. On and after the Redemption Date, subject to the deposit with the
Paying Agent of funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price, such Securities or portions of them
called for redemption will cease to be outstanding, whether or not the Security is delivered to the
Paying Agent, and the rights of the Holder in respect thereof shall cease (other than the right to
receive the Redemption Price).

     No sinking fund is provided for the Securities.

	7.  	PURCHASE OF SECURITIES AT OPTION OF HOLDER UPON A CHANGE OF CONTROL

     At the option of the Holder and subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the
Company shall become obligated to purchase for cash, subject to certain exceptions described in the
Indenture, all or any portion specified by the Holder (so long as the Principal Amount at Maturity
of such portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) of the Securities held by such Holder
on the 30th Business Day following the date the Change of Control Repurchase Notice is transmitted
pursuant to the Indenture, at a purchase price equal to the Change of Control Repurchase Price.
The Holder shall have the right to withdraw any Change of Control Repurchase Notice (in whole or in
any portion of the Principal Amount at Maturity thereof that is $1,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000) at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day next preceding the Change of
Control Repurchase Date by delivering a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

	8.  	PURCHASE OF SECURITIES AT OPTION OF HOLDER ON SPECIFIED DATES

     At the option of the Holder and subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the
Company shall become obligated to purchase for cash all or any portion specified by the Holder (so
long as the Principal Amount at Maturity of such portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000) of the Securities held by such Holder on the applicable Put Right Purchase Date at the
applicable Put Right Purchase Price. The Holder shall have the right to withdraw any Put Right
Purchase Notice (in whole or in a portion of the Principal Amount at Maturity thereof that is
$1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) at any time prior to the close of business on the
Business Day next preceding the Put Right Purchase Date by delivering a written notice of
withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

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	9.  	CONVERSION

     Securities in integral multiple of $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity may be converted in
accordance with, and into the consideration set forth in, Article 4 of the Indenture upon the
occurrence of the events specified in Article 4 of the Indenture.

     To convert a Security, a Holder must (a) complete and manually sign the conversion notice set
forth below and deliver such notice to a Conversion Agent, (b) surrender the Security to the
Conversion Agent, (c) furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents (including any
certification that may be required under applicable law) if required by the Conversion Agent, and
(d) pay any transfer or similar tax, if required.

     A Security in respect of which a Holder has delivered a Put Right Purchase Notice or a Change
of Control Purchase Notice exercising the option of such Holder to require the Company to purchase
such Security may be converted only if such notice of exercise is withdrawn in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture.

     If any Common Stock shall be issuable upon conversion in accordance with the provisions of
Article 4 of the Indenture, the Company shall deliver cash or a check in lieu of any fractional
share of Common Stock.

     Except as set forth in the Indenture, no payment or adjustment will be made for dividends or
distributions declared or made on shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of a Security prior
to the issuance of such shares. On conversion of a Security, Accrued Original Issue Discount,
accrued cash interest (including Contingent Interest), if any, Tax Original Issue Discount accrued
through the Conversion Date with respect to the converted Security and Liquidated Damages, if any,
will be deemed paid by the cash and, if applicable, shares of Common Stock received by the Holder
upon such conversion. Delivery to the Holder of the full conversion consideration payable or
deliverable upon conversion will thus be deemed to satisfy: (A) the Company’s obligation to pay the
Issue Price of a Security; (B) the Company’s obligation to pay Accrued Original Issue Discount or
accrued and unpaid cash interest (including Liquidated Damages and accrued Tax Original Issue
Discount) attributable to the period from the Issue Date through the Conversion Date; and (C) the
Company’s obligation to pay accrued and unpaid Contingent Interest, if any. As a result, Accrued
Original Issue Discount, accrued and unpaid cash interest (including Liquidated Damages), any
accrued and unpaid Contingent Interest and accrued Tax Original Issue Discount are deemed paid in
full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited.

     Securities or portions thereof surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of
business on any Regular Record Date immediately preceding any Interest Payment Date to the opening
of business on such Interest Payment Date shall (except for Securities called for redemption) be
accompanied by payment to the Company of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest
Payment Date on the Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities or portions thereof being
surrendered for conversion.

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     The Conversion Rate will be adjusted in the manner set forth in the Indenture. The Company
from time to time may voluntarily increase the Conversion Rate, subject to certain limitations set
forth in the Indenture.

     The Company agrees, and each Holder and any beneficial owner of a Security by its purchase
thereof shall be deemed to agree, to treat, for United States federal income tax purposes, the Cash
payment and the fair market value of the Common Stock received upon the conversion of a Security as
a contingent payment on the Security for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1275-4(b).

	10.  	DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE

     The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 Principal
Amount at Maturity and integral multiples of $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity. A Holder may
register the transfer of or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar
may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer
documents and to pay any taxes or other governmental charges that may be imposed in relation
thereto by law or permitted by the Indenture.

	11.  	PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS

     The Holder of a Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

	12.  	UNCLAIMED MONEY

     If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee
and any Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Company at its written request, subject to
applicable unclaimed property law and the provisions of the Indenture. After that, Holders
entitled to money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable
abandoned property law designates another person.

	13.  	AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

     Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Securities may be amended or supplemented
with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of
the Securities then outstanding, and an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequence or
compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Securities may be waived in a particular
instance with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of
the Securities then outstanding. Without the consent of or notice to any Holder, the Company and
the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Securities to, among other things, cure
any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or make any other change that does not adversely affect the
rights of the Holders in any material respect.

	14.  	SUBORDINATION

     The
payment of principal of, Original Issue Discount and cash interest (including
Contingent Interest and Liquidated Damages, if any) on, any payment in
cash upon conversion of, and any other Obligations evidenced by, the Securities will be subordinated in
right of payment, in the manner and to the extent set forth in the Indenture, to the prior payment

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in full in cash or cash equivalents (or other payments satisfactory to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness) of all Senior Indebtedness whether outstanding on the date of the Indenture or
thereafter incurred.

	15.  	SUCCESSOR ENTITY

     When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the
Securities and the Indenture in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the
predecessor corporation (except in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture) shall be
released from those obligations.

	16.  	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

     (a) Under the Indenture, an Event of Default shall mean any of the following events:

     (1) a default in the payment of any Accreted Principal Amount or any Redemption Price,
Put Right Purchase Price or Change of Control Repurchase Price on any Security when the same
becomes due and payable on the Final Maturity Date, upon redemption, upon declaration, when
due for purchase by the Company or otherwise, whether or not such payment is prohibited by
the provisions of Article 11 of the Indenture; or

     (2) a default in the payment of any installment of cash interest (including Contingent
Interest) or Liquidated Damages, if any, on any of the Securities, which failure continues
for 30 days after the date when due, whether or not such payment is prohibited by the
provisions of Article 11 of the Indenture; or

     (3) a default in the delivery when due of all cash and any shares of Common Stock
(including any Make Whole Premium) deliverable upon conversion of the Securities, which
failure continues for 15 days; or

     (4) the failure of the Company to comply with, or to perform or observe, any other
term, covenant or agreement contained in the Securities or this Indenture for a period of 30
days after receipt by the Company of a Notice of Default specifying such failure; or

     (5) the failure of the Company to make any payment at the end of the applicable grace
period, if any, after the final maturity of any Indebtedness for borrowed money with an
aggregate principal amount then outstanding in excess of $20,000,000, whether such
Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, or there is an acceleration of
Indebtedness for borrowed money with an aggregate principal amount then outstanding in
excess of $20,000,000 because of a default with respect to such Indebtedness, and such
Indebtedness, in either case, is not discharged, or such acceleration is not cured, waived,
rescinded or annulled, within a period of 30 days after a Notice of Default specifying such
default and requiring the Company to cause such Indebtedness to be discharged or cause such
default to be cured or waived or such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled; or

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     (6) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

     (A) commences as a debtor a voluntary case or proceeding;

     (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an
involuntary case or proceeding or the commencement of any case against it;

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

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

     (E) files a petition in bankruptcy or answer or consent seeking
reorganization or relief; or

     (F) consents to the filing of such a petition or the appointment of
or taking possession by a Receiver; or

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

     (A) grants relief against the Company in an involuntary case or
proceeding or adjudicates the Company insolvent or bankrupt;

     (B) appoints a Receiver of the Company or for all or substantially
all of the property of the Company; or

     (C) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company;

     and in each case the order or
decree remains unstayed and in effect for 30 (or in the case of
preceding clause (B), 60 days) consecutive days.

     If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default as a result of certain events of
bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization of the Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee, by
notice to the Company and, if any Indebtedness under the Senior Secured Credit Facility shall then
be outstanding, the administrative agent under the Senior Secured Credit Facility, or the Holders
of at least 25% in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of the Securities then outstanding, by
notice to the Company and the Trustee and, if any Indebtedness under the Senior Secured Credit
Facility shall then be outstanding, the administrative agent under the Senior Secured Credit
Facility, may declare the Accreted Principal Amount and accrued and unpaid cash interest (including
Contingent Interest), if any, and accrued and unpaid Liquidated Damages, if any, through the date
of declaration on all the Securities to be immediately due and payable. Upon such a declaration,
such Accreted Principal Amount and such accrued and unpaid cash interest (including Contingent
Interest), if any, and such accrued and unpaid Liquidated Damages, if any, shall be due and payable
immediately; provided, however, that so long as any Indebtedness under the Senior
Secured Credit Facility shall be outstanding, no such acceleration shall be effective until the
earlier of (i) an acceleration of the Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Secured Credit
Facility or (ii) five Business Days after receipt by the Company and the

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administrative agent under the Senior Secured Credit Facility of written notice of the
acceleration of the foregoing amounts in respect of the Securities. If an Event of Default as a
result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization of the Company occurs in
respect of the Company and is continuing, the Accreted Principal Amount, and accrued but unpaid
cash interest (including Contingent Interest), if any, and accrued and unpaid Liquidated Damages,
if any, on all the Securities shall become and be immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders of Securities.

     Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture.
The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the
Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount at
Maturity of the Securities then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or
power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default
(except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if and so long as it determines that
withholding notice is in their interests. The Company is required to file periodic certificates
with the Trustee as to the Company’s compliance with the Indenture and knowledge or status of any
Default.

	17.  	TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY

     Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the initial Trustee under the Indenture, in its
individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from and perform services for
the Company or an Affiliate of the Company, and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate
of the Company, as if it were not the Trustee.

	18.  	NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS

     A director, officer, employee or shareholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture nor for any
claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. The Holder of
this Security by accepting this Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for the issuance of this Security.

	19.  	AUTHENTICATION

     This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee or an authenticating agent manually signs
the certificate of authentication on the face side of this Security.

	20.  	ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS

     Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of the Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM
(= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and UGMA (= Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act).

     All terms defined in the Indenture and used in this Security but not specifically defined
herein are defined in the Indenture and are used herein as so defined.

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	21.  	INDENTURE TO CONTROL; GOVERNING LAW

     In the case of any conflict between the provisions of this Security and the Indenture, the
provisions of the Indenture shall control. This Security and the Indenture shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

     The Company will furnish to any Holder, upon written request and without charge, a copy of the
Indenture. Requests may be made to: Nash-Finch Company, 7600 France Avenue South, Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55435, Attention: General Counsel, Facsimile No: (952) 844-1235.

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

     To assign this Security, fill in the form below:

     I or we assign and transfer this Security to

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint

agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to
act for him or her.

	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	Your Signature:
	Date:
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 
	 	 
	

	 	 	 	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the
other side of this Security)
	1Signature guaranteed by:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 

	1	 	The signature must be guaranteed by an institution
which is a member of one of the following recognized signature guaranty
programs:

	(i) the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii)
the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MSP); (iii) the Stock Exchange
Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such other guaranty program acceptable to the
Trustee.

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CONVERSION NOTICE

     To convert this Security as provided in the Indenture, check the box:

     To convert only part of this Security, state the Principal Amount at Maturity to be converted
(must be $1,000 or a integral multiple of $1,000): $                    .

     If you want the stock certificate, in the event the Company delivers shares of Common Stock,
made out in another person’s name, fill in the form below:

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	Your Signature:
	Date:
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 
	 	 
	

	 	 	 	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the
other side of this Security)
	2Signature guaranteed by:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 

	2	 	The signature must be guaranteed by an institution
which is a member of one of the following recognized signature guaranty
programs:

	(i) the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii)
the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MSP); (iii) the Stock Exchange
Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such other guaranty program acceptable to the
Trustee.

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CHANGE OF CONTROL REPURCHASE NOTICE

To:    Nash-Finch Company

     The undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby irrevocably acknowledges receipt of a
notice from Nash-Finch Company (the “Company”) as to the occurrence of a Change of Control with
respect to the Company and requests and instructs the Company to purchase the entire Principal
Amount at Maturity of this Security, or the portion thereof (which is $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof) below designated, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in
this Security at the Change of Control Repurchase Price, together with accrued and unpaid cash
interest (including Contingent Interest) and Liquidated Damages, if any, to, but excluding, such
date, to the registered Holder hereof.

	 	 	 	 
	Dated:
	 	 
	

	 	
	

	 	 	 
	

	 	
	 
	 	 
	

	 	

	

	 	Signature(s)
	 	 	 
	

	 	Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a qualified
guarantor institution with membership in an
approved signature guarantee program pursuant
to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.
	 
	
	 	

	

	 	Signature Guaranty
	Principal Amount at Maturity to be redeemed
(in an integral multiple of $1,000, if less
than all):
	 	 

NOTICE: The signature to the foregoing Election must correspond to the Name as written upon the
face of this Security in every particular, without any alteration or change whatsoever.

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OPTION TO ELECT PURCHASE

ON SPECIFIED DATES

To: Nash-Finch Company

     The undersigned hereby requests and instructs Nash-Finch Company to purchase the entire
Principal Amount at Maturity of this Security, or the portion thereof (which is $1,000 or an
integral multiple thereof) below designated, on                                          in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture referred to in this Security at the Put Right Purchase Price for the next occurring
Put Right Purchase Date to the registered Holder hereof.

	 	 	 	 
	Dated:
	 	 
	
	 	
	

	 	 	 
	

	 	 
	

	 	Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a qualified
guarantor institution with membership in an
approved signature guarantee program pursuant
to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.
	 
	

	 	

Signature Guaranty
	Principal Amount at Maturity to be redeemed
(in an integral multiple of $1,000, if less
than all):
	 	 

NOTICE: The signature to the foregoing Election must correspond to the Name as written upon the
face of this Security in every particular, without any alteration or change whatsoever.

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF SECURITIES

     The following exchanges, purchase, redemptions, purchases or conversions of a part of this
Global Security have been made:

	 	 	 
	Principal Amount at	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Maturity of this Global	 	 	 	 	Amount of Decrease	 	 	Amount of
	Note Following Such	 	Authorized	 	 	in	 	 	Increase in
	Decrease Date	 	Signatory of	 	 	Principal Amount	 	 	Principal Amount
	of Exchange (or 	 	Securities	 	 	at Maturity of this	 	 	at Maturity of this
	Increase)	 	Custodian	 	 	Global Note	 	 	Global Note

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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR REGISTRATION

OF TRANSFER OF RESTRICTED SECURITIES

Re:   Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes Due 2035 (the “Securities”) of Nash-Finch Company

This certificate relates to $        Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities owned in (check
applicable box)

o book-entry or       o definitive form by                                         (the “Transferor”).

The Transferor has requested a Registrar or the Trustee to exchange or register the transfer of
such Securities.

In connection with such request and in respect of each such Security, the Transferor does hereby
certify that the Transferor is familiar with transfer restrictions relating to the Securities as
provided in Section 2.13 of the Indenture dated as of March • , 2005 between Nash-Finch
Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Indenture”), and the transfer
of such Security is being made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (check applicable box) or the transfer or exchange,
as the case may be, of such Security does not require registration under the Securities Act because
(check applicable box):

	 	o	Such Security is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act.
	 
	 	o	Such Security is being acquired for the Transferor’s own account, without
transfer.
	 
	 	o	Such Security is being transferred to the Company or a Subsidiary (as defined
in the Indenture) of the Company.
	 
	 	o	Such Security is being transferred to a person the Transferor reasonably
believes is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A or any successor
provision thereto (“Rule 144A”) under the Securities Act) that is purchasing for its
own account or for the account of a “qualified institutional buyer,” in each case to
whom notice has been given that the transfer is being made in reliance on such Rule
144A, and in each case in reliance on Rule 144A.
	 
	 	o	Such Security is being transferred pursuant to and in compliance with an
exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act in accordance
with Rule 144 (or any successor thereto) (“Rule 144”) under the Securities Act.
	 
	 	o	Such Security is being transferred to a non-U.S. Person in an offshore
transaction in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act (or
any successor thereto).
	 
	 	o	Such Security is being transferred pursuant to and in compliance with an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (other than an
exemption referred to above) and as a result of which such Security will, upon

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	 	   	such transfer, cease to be a “restricted security” within the meaning of Rule 144
under the Securities Act.

The Transferor acknowledges and agrees that, if the transferee will hold any such Securities in the
form of beneficial interests in a Global Note which is a “restricted security” within the meaning
of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, then such transfer can only be made pursuant to Rule 144A
under the Securities Act and such transferee must be a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined
in Rule 144A).

	 	 	 	 	 
	Date:
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	(Insert Name of Transferor)

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EXHIBIT B

Projected Payment Schedule1

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Semi-annual
Period
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Ending
	 	Noncontingent Payments	 	Contingent Payments	 	Total Payments
	September 15, 2005
	 	$8.16	 	—	 	$8.16
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2006
	 	$8.16	 	—	 	$8.16
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2006
	 	$8.16	 	—	 	$8.16
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2007
	 	$8.16	 	—	 	$8.16
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2007
	 	$8.16	 	—	 	$8.16
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2008
	 	$8.16	 	—	 	$8.16
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2008
	 	$8.16	 	—	 	$8.16
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2009
	 	$8.16	 	—	 	$8.16
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2009
	 	$8.16	 	—	 	$8.16
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2010
	 	$8.16	 	—	 	$8.16
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2010
	 	$8.16	 	—	 	$8.16
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2011
	 	$8.16	 	—	 	$8.16
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2011
	 	$8.16	 	—	 	$8.16
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2012
	 	$8.16	 	—	 	$8.16
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2012
	 	$8.16	 	—	 	$8.16
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2013
	 	$8.16	 	—	 	$8.16
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2013
	 	—	 	$0.81	 	$0.81
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2014
	 	—	 	$0.84	 	$0.84
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2014
	 	—	 	$0.87	 	$0.87
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2015
	 	—	 	$0.91	 	$0.91
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2015
	 	—	 	$0.95	 	$0.95
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2016
	 	—	 	$0.98	 	$0.98
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2016
	 	—	 	$1.02	 	$1.02
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2017
	 	—	 	$1.07	 	$1.07
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2017
	 	—	 	$1.11	 	$1.11

	1	The schedule of projected payments is determined
on the basis of an assumption of linear growth of the stock price and is not
determined 

	for any purpose other than for the determination of interest
accruals and adjustments thereof in respect of the Securities for United States
federal income tax purposes. The schedule of projected payments does not
constitute a projection or representation regarding the amounts payable on the
Securities.

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	Semi-annual Period
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Ending
	 	Noncontingent Payments	 	Contingent Payments	 	Total Payments
	March 15, 2018
	 	—	 	$1.15	 	$1.15
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2018
	 	—	 	$1.20	 	$1.20
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2019
	 	—	 	$1.25	 	$1.25
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2019
	 	—	 	$1.30	 	$1.30
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2020
	 	—	 	$1.35	 	$1.35
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2020
	 	—	 	$1.41	 	$1.41
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2021
	 	—	 	$1.46	 	$1.46
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2021
	 	—	 	$1.52	 	$1.52
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2022
	 	—	 	$1.59	 	$1.59
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2022
	 	—	 	$1.65	 	$1.65
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2023
	 	—	 	$1.72	 	$1.72
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2023
	 	—	 	$1.79	 	$1.79
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2024
	 	—	 	$1.86	 	$1.86
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2024
	 	—	 	$1.93	 	$1.93
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2025
	 	—	 	$2.01	 	$2.01
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2025
	 	—	 	$2.10	 	$2.10
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2026
	 	—	 	$2.18	 	$2.18
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2026
	 	—	 	$2.27	 	$2.27
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2027
	 	—	 	$2.36	 	$2.36
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2027
	 	—	 	$2.46	 	$2.46
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2028
	 	—	 	$2.56	 	$2.56
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2028
	 	—	 	$2.66	 	$2.66
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2029
	 	—	 	$2.77	 	$2.77
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2029
	 	—	 	$2.88	 	$2.88
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2030
	 	—	 	$3.00	 	$3.00
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2030
	 	—	 	$3.12	 	$3.12
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2031
	 	—	 	$3.25	 	$3.25
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2031
	 	—	 	$3.38	 	$3.38
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2032
	 	—	 	$3.51	 	$3.51
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2032
	 	—	 	$3.66	 	$3.66
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2033
	 	—	 	$3.80	 	$3.80
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2033
	 	—	 	$3.96	 	$3.96
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2034
	 	—	 	$4.12	 	$4.12
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	September 15, 2034
	 	—	 	$4.29	 	$4.29
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	March 15, 2035
	 	—	 	$3718.11	 	$3718.11

Comparable yield: 8.00% compounded semi-annually

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Exhibit 10.2

Execution Copy

Registration Rights Agreement

Dated as of March 15, 2005

among

Nash-Finch Company

and

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

and

Merrill Lynch & Co.,

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

 

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

     This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of March 15,
2005 by and among Nash-Finch Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), and Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (the
“Initial Purchasers”).

     Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated March 9, 2005 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among the
Issuer and the Initial Purchasers, the Initial Purchasers have agreed to purchase from the Issuer
up to $322,000,000 aggregate principal amount at maturity ($354,000,000 if the Initial Purchasers’
option is exercised in full) of Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2035 (the “Notes”). Upon
conversion, a holder of a Note will be entitled to receive cash in an amount up to the accreted
principal amount thereof and in respect of the residual conversion value of a Note, if any, at the
Issuer’s option, fully paid, nonassessable shares of common stock, par value $1.66? per share, of
the Issuer (the “Common Stock”), cash, or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, in each
case, on the terms, and subject to the conditions and exceptions, set forth in the Indenture (as
defined herein). To induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Notes, and in satisfaction of a
condition to the Initial Purchasers’ obligations under the Purchase Agreement, the Issuer has
agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement.

     The parties hereby agree as follows:

1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the
following meanings:

     “Affiliate” With respect to any specified Person, means an “Affiliate,” as defined in
Rule 144 under the Securities Act, of such Person.

     “Agreement” As defined in the preamble hereto.

     “Business Day” As defined in the Indenture.

     “Commission” The United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor
body.

     “Common Stock” As defined in the preamble hereto.

     “Damages Payment Date” Each Interest Payment Date with respect to the Notes occurring
on or before the second anniversary date of the issuance of the Notes, provided, that
Liquidated Damages have begun to accrue under Section 3 hereof and remain unpaid.

     “Effectiveness Period” The period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the date
that all Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities.

     “Effectiveness Target Date” As defined in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.

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

     “Holder” A Person who owns, beneficially or otherwise, Registrable Securities.

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     “Indenture” The Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2005, between the Issuer and Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, pursuant to which the Notes are to be issued, as such
Indenture is amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof.

     “Initial Purchasers” As defined in the preamble hereto.

     “Interest Payment Date” As defined in the Indenture.

     “Issue Price” As defined in the Indenture.

     “Issuer” As defined in the preamble hereto.

     “Liquidated Damages” As defined in Section 3(a) hereof.

     “Majority of Holders” Holders holding over 50% of the aggregate principal amount at
maturity of Notes outstanding; provided, however, that, for purpose of this
definition, a holder of shares of Common Stock which constitute Registrable Securities and were
issued upon conversion of the Notes shall be deemed to hold an aggregate principal amount at
maturity of Notes (in addition to the aggregate principal amount at maturity of Notes held by such
holder) equal to the aggregate principal amount at maturity of Notes converted by such Holder into
such shares of Common Stock.

     “NASD” National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

     “Notes” As defined in the preamble hereto.

     “Offering Memorandum” The offering memorandum dated March 9, 2005 relating to the
Notes.

     “Person” An individual, partnership, corporation, unincorporated organization, trust,
joint venture or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

     “Prospectus” The prospectus included in a Shelf Registration Statement (including,
without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus
filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 415 promulgated under
the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any amendment or prospectus supplement,
including post-effective amendments, and all materials incorporated by reference or explicitly
deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

     “Purchase Agreement” As defined in the preamble hereto.

     “Questionnaire” As defined in Section 2(b) hereof.

     “Questionnaire Deadline” As defined in Section 2(b) hereof.

     “Record Holder” With respect to any Damages Payment Date, each Person who is a Holder
on the record date with respect to the Interest Payment Date to which such Damages Payment Date
corresponds.

     “Registrable Securities” Each Note and each share of Common Stock, if any, issued or
issuable upon conversion of Notes until, in the case of any such security, the earlier of: (i) its
effective registration under the Securities Act and resale in accordance with the Shelf
Registration Statement; (ii) the date on which such Note or such share of Common Stock issued upon
conversion is transferred in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act or may be sold or
transferred by Holders who are not Affiliates of the Issuer immediately without restrictions
pursuant to the volume limitation provisions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any other
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provision then in force); or (iii) the date on which such Note or such share of Common
Stock issued upon conversion ceases to be outstanding (whether as a result of redemption,
repurchase and cancellation, conversion or otherwise).

     “Registration Default” As defined in Section 3(a) hereof.

     “Registration Expenses” has the meaning specified in Section 5 hereof.

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

     “Shelf Filing Deadline” As defined in Section 2(a)(i) hereof.

     “Shelf Registration Statement” As defined in Section 2(a)(i) hereof.

     “Suspension Notice” As defined in Section 4(b) hereof.

     “Suspension Period” As defined in Section 4(b) hereof.

     “TIA” The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect on the date the Indenture is
qualified under the TIA.

     “Underwriter” As defined in Section 6(a) hereof.

     “Underwritten Offering” A registration in which securities of the Issuer are sold to
an underwriter for reoffering to the public.

2. Shelf Registration.

     (a) The Issuer shall:

          (i) not later than 120 days after the date of
original issuance of the Notes (the “Shelf Filing Deadline”),
prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, a
registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities
Act (the “Shelf Registration Statement”), which Shelf Registration
Statement shall provide for resales on a delayed or continuous
basis from time to time of all Registrable Securities held by
Holders that have provided the information required pursuant to
the terms of Section 2(b) hereof;

          (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts
to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective
by the Commission as promptly as is practicable, but in no event
later than 210 days after the date of original issuance of the
Notes (the “Effectiveness Target Date”);

          (iii) use its commercially reasonable efforts
to keep the Shelf Registration Statement (or any subsequent Shelf
Registration Statement) continuously effective, supplemented and
amended as required by the provisions of Section 4(a) hereof to
the extent necessary to ensure that (A) it is available for
resales by the Holders of Registrable Securities entitled to the
benefit of this Agreement and (B) conforms with the requirements
of this Agreement and the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder as announced
from time to time during the Effectiveness Period.

     (b) The Issuer shall notify Holders of the filing and effectiveness of
the Shelf Registration Statement by issuing a press release and Holders shall be
deemed to have received such notice upon
such issuance. Subject to Section 2(c) below, no Holder may include any of its
Registrable Securities in the Shelf Registration Statement

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pursuant to this
Agreement unless such Holder is named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf
Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness. In order to be named as
such, a Holder must furnish to the Issuer in writing, prior to or on the 20th day
after receipt of notice from the Issuer of the filing of the Shelf Registration
Statement as provided in this Section 2(b) (the “Questionnaire Deadline”), such
information as the Issuer may reasonably request, including the information
specified in the form of questionnaire attached as Annex A to the Offering
Memorandum (the “Questionnaire”), for use in connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included
therein and in any application to be filed with or under state securities laws. In
connection with all such requests for information from Holders in addition to that
set forth in the Questionnaire, the Issuer shall notify such Holders of the
requirements set forth in the preceding sentence.

     (c) Following the date the Shelf Registration Statement is initially declared effective,
a Holder may include its Registrable Securities in the Shelf Registration
Statement following the effectiveness of the post-effective amendment or the
filing of the prospectus supplement referred to in clause (iii) of the following
sentence. In connection therewith, following the date the Shelf Registration
Statement is initially declared effective, the Issuer shall:

          (i) use its reasonable best efforts to,
within 20 Business Days of receipt of a completed Questionnaire,
together with such other information as the Issuer may reasonably
request, file with the Commission a post-effective amendment to
the Shelf Registration Statement, file a supplement to the related
Prospectus or file any other document required under the
Securities Act as are necessary to permit such Holder to deliver
the Prospectus constituting part of the Shelf Registration
Statement to purchasers of Registrable Securities, subject to the
Issuer’s rights under Section 4(a)(i) hereof to suspend the use of
the Shelf Registration Statement and, if a post-effective
amendment shall be filed, the Issuer shall use its reasonable best
efforts to cause such post-effective amendment to be declared
effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is practicable;

          (ii) provide such Holder copies of any documents filed pursuant to Section
2(c)(i); and

          (iii) notify such Holder as promptly as practicable after the effectiveness
under the Securities Act of any post-effective amendment or the
filing of any prospectus supplement filed pursuant to Section
2(c)(i);

provided, that if such questionnaire is delivered during a Suspension Period, the Issuer
shall so inform the Holder delivering such questionnaire and shall take the actions set forth in
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above upon expiration of the Suspension Period; provided
further, that in no event will the Issuer be required to file a post-effective amendment
more than one time in any calendar quarter. In connection with the foregoing, if under applicable
law the Issuer has more than one option as to the type or manner of making any such filing, it will
make the required filing or filings in the manner or of the type that is reasonably expected to
result in the earliest availability of the Prospectus for effecting resales of Registrable
Securities.

3. Liquidated Damages.

     (a) If:

          (i) the Shelf Registration Statement is not
filed with the Commission prior to or on the Shelf Filing
Deadline;

          (ii) the Shelf Registration Statement has not
been declared effective by the Commission prior to or on the
Effectiveness Target Date;

          (iii) subject to the Issuer’s right to suspend the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration as set forth in Section 4(a)(i), the Shelf
Registration shall cease to be effective or fail to be usable for
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purpose without being succeeded within seven Business
Days by a post-effective amendment, prospectus supplement or a
report filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, if required by the rules and
regulations of the SEC, that cures the failure of the Shelf
Registration Statement to be effective or usable; or

          (iv) in any twelve-month period the aggregate
number of days in all Suspension Periods (or portions thereof)
within such twelve-month period exceeds 150 days,

(each such event referred to in foregoing clauses (i) through (iv), a “Registration Default”),
then, with respect to any Notes that constitute Registrable Securities, the Issuer shall pay
liquidated damages (“Liquidated Damages”) from and including the first day following the
Registration Default to but excluding the first day on which the Registration Default shall have
been cured:

               (1) (x) with
respect to the first 90-day period during which a
Registration Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, in an amount per year equal to an
additional 0.25% of the Issue Price of the Notes;
and (y) with respect to the period commencing on the
91st day following the first date on which the
Registration Default shall have occurred, in an
amount per year equal to an additional 0.50% of the
Issue Price of the Notes; provided, that in
no event shall Liquidated Damages accrue after the
second anniversary date of the issuance of the Notes
or at a rate per year exceeding 0.50% of the Issue
Price of the Notes.

     (b) All accrued Liquidated Damages shall be paid in arrears to Record
Holders by the Issuer on each Damages Payment Date by wire transfer of
immediately available funds or by federal funds check. Following the cure of all
Registration Defaults relating to any particular Note, the accrual of Liquidated
Damages with respect to such Note will cease.

     All obligations of the Issuer set forth in this Section 3 that are outstanding with respect to
any Registrable Security at the time such security ceases to be a Registrable Security shall
survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to such Registrable Security shall
have been satisfied in full.

     The Issuer agrees with the Initial Purchasers and for the benefit of the Holders that the
Liquidated Damages provided for in this Section 3 constitute a reasonable estimate of the damages
that may be incurred by Holders of Registrable Securities and do not constitute a penalty. The
Issuer will have no other liabilities for
monetary damages with respect to any Registration Default. If a Holder has converted some or all
of its Notes, the Holder will not be entitled to receive any Liquidated Damages with respect to the
principal amount at maturity of the Notes so converted.

4. Registration Procedures.

     (a) In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement and any
Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the resale of Registrable
Securities, the Issuer shall:

          (i) Use its commercially reasonable best
efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously
effective during the Effectiveness Period. Upon the occurrence of
any event that would cause the Shelf Registration Statement or the
Prospectus contained therein to (A) contain a material
misstatement or omission or (B) not be effective and usable for
resales of Registrable Securities for any reason during the
Effectiveness Period, the Issuer shall (1) promptly obtain the
withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement, (2) file promptly, and in any event no
later then ten days following the occurrence of such event, an
appropriate amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement,
supplement to the Prospectus or a report with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
in each case as may be required by the rules and regulations of
the Commission, correcting any such misstatement or omission and
(3) use its reasonable best efforts to cause any post-effective
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Shelf Registration Statement, if such
post-effective amendment is required, to be declared effective, as
the case may be, such that the Shelf Registration Statement and
the related Prospectus shall become usable for their intended
purposes as soon as practicable thereafter. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Issuer may suspend dispositions of Registrable
Securities, in accordance with the provisions of Section 4(b),
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement by written notice to
the Holders for a period not to exceed an aggregate of 150 days in
any twelve-month period if, in the Issuer’s reasonable judgment,
it possesses material non-public information (including with
respect to pending corporate developments) the disclosure of which
would have a material adverse effect on the business of the Issuer
and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

          (ii) Prepare and file with the Commission such post-effective amendments to
the Shelf Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep the
Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Effectiveness
Period; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required
Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant
to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, and to comply fully with the
applicable provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Securities
Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities
covered by the Shelf Registration Statement during the applicable
period in accordance with the intended method or methods of
distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in the Shelf
Registration Statement or Prospectus supplement.

          (iii) Advise the Initial Purchasers and selling Holders that have provided
the information required by Sections 2(b) or 2(c) of this
Agreement and the underwriter(s), if any, promptly (but in any
event within five Business Days) and, if requested by such
Persons, confirm such advice in writing:

               (1) with respect
to the Shelf Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has
become effective, and when the Prospectus or any
Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment
has been filed;

               (2) of any
request by the Commission or any other federal or
state governmental authority for amendments or
supplements to the Shelf Registration Statement or
amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for
additional information relating thereto;

               (3) of the
issuance by the Commission or any other federal or
state governmental authority of any stop order or
injunction suspending the effectiveness or enjoining
the use of the Shelf Registration Statement under
the Securities Act or any Prospectus or of the
suspension by any state securities commission of the
qualification of the Registrable Securities for
offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the
initiation of any proceeding for any of the
preceding purposes; or

               (4) unless the Issuer shall have provided a Suspension Notice
in connection with the exercise by it of its right
to suspend the disposition of Registrable Securities
in accordance with the provisions of Section
4(a)(i), of the existence (but not the substance) of
any fact or the happening of any event, during the
Effectiveness Period, that makes any statement of a
material fact made in the Shelf Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by
reference therein untrue, or that requires the
making of any additions to or changes in the Shelf
Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to
make the statements therein not misleading.

     If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Shelf Registration Statement or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall
issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Registrable
Securities under state securities or Blue Sky laws, the Issuer shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time.

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          (iv) Furnish to the Initial Purchasers and each of the selling Holders that
have provided the information required by Sections 2(b) or 2(c) of
this Agreement and each of the underwriter(s), if any, acting on
their behalf, before filing with the Commission, a copy of the
Shelf Registration Statement and copies of any Prospectus included
therein or any
amendments or supplements to the Shelf Registration Statement or
Prospectus (other than documents incorporated by reference after
the initial filing of the Shelf Registration Statement), which
documents will be subject to the review of the Initial
Purchasers, such Holders and underwriter(s), if any, for a
period of at least five Business Days, and the Issuer shall not
file any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement to the Shelf Registration Statement or
Prospectus (other than documents incorporated by reference) to
which any Initial Purchaser, a selling Holder of Registrable
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement or the
underwriter(s), if any, shall reasonably object within three
Business Days of receipt thereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Issuer shall not be required to furnish the
selling Holders with any amendment or supplement to the Shelf
Registration Statement or Prospectus filed solely to reflect
changes to the amount of Registrable Securities held by any
particular Holder at the request of such Holder or immaterial
revisions to the information contained therein.

          (v) If reasonably requested in writing in
connection with a disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant
to the Shelf Registration Statement, make available at reasonable
times (other than during a Suspension Period) for inspection by
one or more representatives of the selling Holders and any
attorney or accountant retained by such selling Holders or any of
the underwriter(s), all financial and other records, pertinent
corporate documents and properties of the Issuer and its
subsidiaries as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to
exercise any applicable due diligence responsibilities, and cause
the Issuer’s officers, directors, managers and employees to supply
all information reasonably requested by any such representative or
representatives of the selling Holders, underwriter, attorney or
accountant in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement
after the filing thereof and before its effectiveness.

          (vi) If requested by the Initial Purchasers,
any selling Holder or underwriter(s), if any, acting on their
behalf, promptly incorporate in the Shelf Registration Statement
or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective
amendment if necessary, such information as such Initial
Purchasers, selling Holders and such underwriter(s), if any, may
reasonably request to have included therein, including, without
limitation: (1) information relating to the “Plan of Distribution”
of the Registrable Securities, (2) information with respect to the
principal amount of Notes or number of shares of Common Stock
being sold to such underwriter(s), if any, (3) the purchase price
being paid therefor and (4) any other terms of the offering of the
Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all
required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Issuer is
notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment.

          (vii) Furnish to the Initial Purchasers, each selling Holder and each of the
underwriter(s), if any, without charge, at least one copy of the
Shelf
Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and
of each amendment thereto (and any documents incorporated by
reference therein or exhibits thereto (or exhibits incorporated
in such exhibits by reference), unless, in each case, such
documents have been filed by the Issuer with the Electronic Data
Gathering and Retrieval System maintained by the Commission) as
such Person may request.

          (viii) Deliver to the Initial Purchasers, each selling Holder and each of the
underwriter(s), if any, without charge, as many copies of the
Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any
amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may
request; subject to any notice by the Issuer in accordance with
this Section 4(a) of the existence of any fact or event of the
kind described in Section 4(a)(iii)(4) or the Issuer’s right to
suspend the use of the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance
with Section 4(a)(i) hereof, the Issuer hereby consents to the use
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of the selling Holders and each of the underwriter(s), if any, in
connection with the offering and the sale of the Registrable
Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto.

          (ix) If an underwriting agreement is entered
into and the registration is an Underwritten Offering, the Issuer
shall:

               (1) upon request,
furnish to each selling Holder and the
underwriter(s), if any, in such substance and scope
as they may reasonably request and as are
customarily made by issuers to underwriters in
primary underwritten offerings, upon the date of
closing of any sale of Registrable Securities in an
Underwritten Offering: (1) a certificate, dated the
date of such closing, signed by the Chief Executive
Officer, the President or the Chief Financial
Officer of the Issuer confirming, as of the date
thereof, the matters set forth in Section 5(c) of
the Purchase Agreement and such other matters as
such parties may reasonably request; (2) opinions,
each dated the date of such closing, of counsel to
the Issuer covering such of the matters set forth in
the exhibits to the Purchase Agreement referred to
in Section 5(a) thereof as are customarily covered
in legal opinions to underwriters in connection with
primary underwritten offerings of securities; and
(3) customary comfort letters, dated the date of
such closing, from the Issuer’s independent
certified public accountants (and from any other
accountants whose report is contained or
incorporated by reference in the Shelf Registration
Statement), in the customary form and covering
matters of the type customarily covered in comfort
letters to underwriters in connection with primary
underwritten offerings of securities;

               (2) set forth in
full in the underwriting agreement, if any,
indemnification provisions and procedures which
provide rights no less protective than those set
forth in Section 6 hereof with respect to all
parties to be indemnified;

               (3) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be
reasonably requested by such parties to evidence
compliance with clause (1) above and with any
customary conditions contained in the underwriting
agreement or other agreement entered into by the
selling Holders pursuant to this clause (ix);

provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required to facilitate an
Underwritten Offering, as set forth in this subsection (ix), pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement by any Holders unless the Issuer shall consent to such Underwritten Offering.

          (x) Before any public offering of Registrable Securities, cooperate with
the selling Holders, the underwriter(s), if any, and their
respective counsel in connection with the registration and
qualification of the Registrable Securities under the securities
or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders or
underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request and do any and all
other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the
disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities
covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided,
however, that the Issuer shall not be required (A) to
register or qualify as a foreign corporation or a dealer of
securities where it is not so qualified as of the date hereof or
to take any action that would subject it to the service of process
in any jurisdiction where it is not so subject as of the date
hereof or (B) to subject itself to taxation in any such
jurisdiction if it is not so subject at the date hereof.

          (xi) Cooperate with the selling Holders and the underwriter(s), if any, to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates
representing Registrable Securities to be sold and, when issued to
the purchasers of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement, not bearing any restrictive legends
(unless required by applicable securities laws); and enable such
Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered
in such names as the selling Holders or the underwriter(s), if
any, may request at least two Business Days before any sale of
Registrable Securities made by the selling Holders or such
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          (xii) Use its best efforts to cause the
Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement
to be registered with or approved by such other U.S. governmental
agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller
or sellers thereof or the underwriter(s), if any, to consummate
the disposition of such Registrable Securities.

          (xiii) Provide CUSIP numbers for all Registrable Securities not later than the
effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement and provide the
Trustee under
the Indenture with certificates for the Notes and Holders of
Common Stock that are Registrable Securities with certificates
for Common Stock, in each case that are in a form eligible for
deposit with The Depository Trust Company.

          (xiv) Cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the NASD
and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any
underwriter that is required to be retained in accordance with the
rules and regulations of the NASD.

          (xv) Otherwise comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission and all reporting requirements under the rules and
regulations of the Exchange Act and make generally available to
its securityholders earnings statements (which need not be
audited) satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar role
promulgated under the Securities Act) on a timely basis.

          (xvi) Cause the Indenture to be qualified under
the TIA not later than the effective date of the Shelf
Registration Statement required by this Agreement, and, in
connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the holders
of Notes to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be
required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with
the terms of the TIA; and execute and use its best efforts to
cause the Trustee thereunder to execute all documents that may be
required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents
required to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture
to be so qualified in a timely manner.

          (xvii) Use its reasonable best efforts to cause
all Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration
Statement to be listed or quoted, as the case may be, on each
securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar
securities issued by the Issuer are then listed or quoted.

          (xviii) Obtain a waiver from each person who would otherwise have the right to
have securities of the Issuer (other than Registrable Securities)
registered on the Shelf Registration Statement required by this
Agreement. To the extent the Issuer does not receive such waivers,
the Issuer shall file a separate registration statement with
respect to all such other registrable securities, rather than
include them in the Shelf Registration Statement.

     (b) Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Registrable Security that, upon
receipt of any notice from the Issuer of the existence of any fact of the kind
described in the last sentence of Section 4(a)(i) or Section 4(a)(iii)(2), (3)
or (4) hereof (a “Suspension Notice”), such Holder will, and will use its
reasonable best efforts to cause any underwriter(s) in an Underwritten Offering
to, forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement until:

          (i) such Holder has received copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 4(a)(i)
hereof; or

          (ii) such Holder is advised in writing by the
Issuer that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has
received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. If so directed by the
Issuer, each Holder will deliver to the Issuer (at the Issuer’s
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copies, other than permanent file copies then in such
Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable
Securities that was current at the time of receipt of such notice
of suspension.

Each such period in which a Holder shall be required to discontinue the disposition of any
Registrable Securities in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4(b) is herein referred to
as a “Suspension Period.”

     (c) Each Holder agrees, by acquisition of the Registrable Securities, that
no Holder of Registrable Securities shall be entitled to sell any of such
Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement or to receive
a Prospectus relating thereto, unless such Holder has furnished the Issuer with
a questionnaire as required pursuant to Sections 2(b) and 2(c) hereof (including
the information required to be included in such questionnaire) and the
information set forth in the next sentence. Each Holder who has provided such
questionnaire agrees promptly to furnish to the Issuer all information required
to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the
Issuer by such Holder not misleading, any other information regarding such
Holder and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as may be required to
be disclosed in the Shelf Registration Statement under applicable law or
pursuant to Commission comments and any information otherwise required by the
Issuer to comply with applicable laws or regulations. Each Holder further
agrees, following termination of the Effectiveness Period, to notify the Issuer
within ten Business Days of a request, of the amount of Registrable Securities
sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and, in the absence of a
response, the Issuer may assume that all of the Holder’s Registrable Securities
were so sold.

5. Registration Expenses.

     (a) All expenses incident to the Issuer’s performance of or compliance
with this Agreement (“Registration Expenses”) shall be borne by the Issuer
regardless of whether a Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective,
including, without limitation:

          (i) all registration and filing fees and
expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses with
respect to filings made by any Holders or underwriters with the
NASD);

          (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with
federal securities and state Blue Sky or securities laws;

          (iii) all expenses of printing (including
printing of Prospectuses and certificates for the Common Stock to
be issued upon conversion of the Notes), duplication expenses
relating to copies of any Shelf Registration Statement or
Prospectus delivered to any Holders hereunder, messenger and
delivery services and telephone;

          (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel to
the Issuer;

          (v) all application and filing fees in
connection with listing (or authorizing for quotation) the Common
Stock on a national securities exchange or automated quotation
system pursuant to the requirements hereof;

          (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent
certified public accountants of the Issuer (including the expenses
of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident
to such performance); and

          (vii) all fees and disbursements of the Trustee
and its counsel and of the registrar and transfer agents for the
Common Stock;

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it being understood that the Issuer shall not be responsible for any underwriting discounts, fees
and disbursements of counsel to the Holders or underwriters, if any, or commissions and transfer
taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such selling Holders’ Registrable Securities.

The Issuer shall bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and
expenses of their officers and employees performing legal, accounting or other duties), the
expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts,
retained by the Issuer.

     (b) In connection with the review of the Shelf Registration Statement
and other documents referred to in this Agreement prior to the time the Shelf
Registration Statement is initially declared effective, the Issuer shall
reimburse the Initial Purchasers for the reasonable fees and disbursements of
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP.

6. Indemnification and Contribution.

     (a) The Issuer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial
Purchaser (and each of their respective affiliates as defined in Rule 501(b)
under the Securities Act), each Holder whose securities are included in a Shelf
Registration Statement (and each of their respective affiliates as defined in
Rule 501(b) under the Securities Act), each Person who participates as an
underwriter (any such Person being an “Underwriter”) and each Person, if any,
who controls any Initial Purchaser, Holder or Underwriter within the meaning of
either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act as
follows:

          (i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such
Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including
all documents incorporated therein by reference, or the omission
or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus
(or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or
alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading;

          (ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount
paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or
proceeding by any governmental
agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim
whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or
any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided,
however, that (subject to Section 6(d) below) any such
settlement is effected with the written consent of the Issuer;
and

          (iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees
and disbursements of counsel chosen by any indemnified party set
forth in Section 6(a) hereof), reasonably incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or
any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or
body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon
any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue
statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not
paid under subparagraph (i) or (ii) above;

provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission
or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Issuer by any Initial Purchaser, such Holder or such Underwriter
expressly for use in a Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus
(or any amendment or supplement thereto); provided further, that this indemnity
agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (1) arising from an
offer or sale of Registrable Securities occurring during a Suspension Period, if a Suspension
Notice was give to such Holder in accordance with Section

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4(b), or (2) if the Holder fails to
deliver at or prior to the written confirmation of sale, the most recent Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, and the Issuer sustains the burden of proof that such Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, corrected such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
of a material fact and the delivery thereof was required by law.

     (b) Each Holder whose securities are included in a Shelf Registration
Statement, severally but not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Issuer (and its directors, officers and employees), the Initial Purchasers (and
each of their directors, officers and employees), each Underwriter (and each of
their directors, officers and employees) and the other selling Holders (and each
of their directors, officers and employees) and each Person, if any, who
controls the Issuer, the Initial Purchasers, any Underwriter or any other
selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section
20 of the Exchange Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense described in the indemnity contained in Section 6(a) hereof, as
incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged
untrue statements or omissions, made in such Shelf Registration Statement (or
any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information with
respect to such Holder furnished to the Issuer by such Holder expressly for use
in such Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); provided,
however, that no such Holder shall be liable for any claims hereunder in
excess of the amount of net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of
Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement.

     (c) Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably
practicable to each indemnifying party of any action or proceeding commenced
against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to
so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from
any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a
result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it
may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity provision. An indemnifying
party may participate at its own expense in the defense of such action;
provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall
not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the
indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying party or parties be liable
for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local
counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection
with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same
jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified

parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect
to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency
or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which
indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 (whether or
not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such
settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each
indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation,
investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or
an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any
indemnified party.

     (d) If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an
indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of
counsel reimbursable under this Section 6, such indemnifying party agrees that
it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section
6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered
into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid
request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of
such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and
(iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party
in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

     (e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is for any
reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in
respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to
therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount
of such losses,

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liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such
indemnified party, as incurred, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the
indemnified party or parties on the other hand in connection with the statements
or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or
expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

     The relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified
party or parties on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or parties on the
one hand or the indemnified party or parties on the other hand and the parties’ relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

     The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to
this Section 6 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which
does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 6(e). The
aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified
party and referred to above in this Section 6(e) shall be deemed to include any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing
or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency
or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

     Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6, neither the Holder of any Registrable
Securities nor an Initial Purchaser shall be required to indemnify or contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Registrable Securities purchased by it
were resold to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Holder or Initial Purchaser
has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission. The Holders’ obligations to contribute as provided in this Section 6(e) are
several and not joint. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

     For purposes of this Section 6, each Person, if any, who controls an Initial Purchaser, a
Holder or an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Initial Purchaser, such Holder
or such Underwriter, and each director of the Issuer, and each Person, if any, who controls the
Issuer within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act
shall have the same rights to contribution as the Issuer.

     (f) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 6
shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any
termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of
any Initial Purchaser, any Holder or any Person controlling a Holder or an
Initial Purchaser, or by or on behalf of the Issuer, its officers or directors
or any person controlling the issuer and (iii) any sale of Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

7. Information Requirements. The Issuer covenants that, if at any time before the end of the
Effectiveness Period the Issuer is not subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act,
it will cooperate with any Holder of Registrable Securities and take such further reasonable action
as any Holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request in writing (including, without
limitation, making such reasonable representations as any such Holder may reasonably request), all
to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable Securities
without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of Rule 144 and Rule 144A under
the Securities Act and customarily taken in connection with sales pursuant to such exemptions.
Upon the written request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, the Issuer shall deliver to such
Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such filing requirements, unless such
statement has been included in the Issuer’s most recent report required to be filed and filed
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the

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Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to require the Issuer to register any of its securities
under any section of the Exchange Act.

8. Participation in Underwritten Offerings. No Holder may participate in any Underwritten
Offering hereunder unless such Holder:

          (i) agrees to sell such Holder’s Registrable Securities on the basis
provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons
entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements; and

          (ii) completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of
attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up letters
and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements.

9. Selection of Underwriters. Subject to the proviso contained in Section 4(a)(ix), the
Holders of Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so
may sell such Registrable Securities in
an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the Underwriters that will administer
the offering will be selected by a Majority of Holders whose Registrable Securities are included in
such offering; provided, that such Underwriters must be reasonably satisfactory to the
Issuer.

10. Miscellaneous.

     (a) Remedies. The Issuer acknowledges and agrees that any failure by the Issuer
to comply with its obligations under Section 2 hereof may result in material
irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is
no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for
such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial
Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to
specifically enforce the Issuer’s obligations under Section 2 hereof. The Issuer
further agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that
a remedy at law would be adequate.

     (b) Adjustments Affecting Registrable Securities. The Issuer shall not, directly
or indirectly, take any action with respect to the Registrable Securities as a
class that would adversely affect the ability of the Holders to include such
Registrable Securities in a registration undertaken pursuant to this Agreement.

     (c) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Issuer will not, on or after the date of this
Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is
inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or
otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. In addition, the Issuer shall
not, on or after the date hereof, grant to any of its securityholders (other
than the holders of Registrable Securities in such capacity) the right to
include any of its securities in the Shelf Registration Statement provided for
in this Agreement other than the Registrable Securities. The Issuer has not
previously entered into any agreement (which has not expired or been terminated)
granting any registration rights with respect to its securities to any Person
which rights conflict with the provisions hereof.

     (d) Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions
hereof may not be given, unless the Issuer has obtained the written consent of a
Majority of Holders; provided, however, that no amendment,
modification, supplement, waiver or consent to or departure from the provisions
of Section 6 that materially and adversely affects a Holder or an Initial
Purchaser shall be effective as against any such Holder of Registrable
Securities or such Initial Purchaser unless consented to in writing by such
Holder or such Initial Purchaser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or
consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that
relates exclusively to the rights of Holders of Registrable Securities whose
securities are being sold pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and that
does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders of
Registrable Securities may

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be given by Holders of at least a majority of the
Registrable Securities being sold by such Holders pursuant to a Shelf
Registration Statement; provided, that the provisions of this sentence
may not be amended except in accordance with the provisions of the immediately
preceding sentence.

     (e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted
hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail
(registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier,
facsimile or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

               (1) if to a
Holder, at the address set forth on the records of
the registrar under the Indenture or the transfer
agent of the Common Stock, as the case may be;

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	(2) if to the Issuer to:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	Nash-Finch Company
	

	 	 	 	7600 France Avenue South
	

	 	 	 	P.O. Box 355
	

	 	 	 	Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440-0355
	

	 	 	 	Attn: General Counsel
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	Shearman & Sterling LLP
	

	 	 	 	599 Lexington Ave.
	

	 	 	 	New York, NY 10022
	

	 	 	 	Attn: Rohan S. Weerasinghe
	 
	 	 	 	 
	and
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	(3) if to the Initial Purchasers, to:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	Merrill Lynch & Co.,
	

	 	 	 	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
	

	 	 	 	                    Incorporated
	

	 	 	 	4 World Financial Center
	

	 	 	 	New York, New York 10080
	

	 	 	 	Attention: Syndicate Department
	

	 	 	 	Telecopier: (212) 738-1069
	 
	 	 	 	 
	and
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
	

	 	 	 	60 Wall Street
	

	 	 	 	New York, NY 10005
	

	 	 	 	Attention: Equity Capital Markets — Syndicate
	

	 	 	 	Telecopier: 212-797-9344
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
	

	 	 	 	10 South Dearborn Street

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Chicago, IL 60603

Attn: Brian J. Fahrney

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

     (f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including
without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent
Holders of Registrable Securities; provided, however, that (i)
this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor
or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or assign acquired
Registrable Securities from such Holder and (ii) nothing contained herein shall
be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable
Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture.
If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities, in any
manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities
shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and
holding such Registrable Securities such person shall be conclusively deemed to
have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of
this Agreement and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.
The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability or obligation to the Issuer with
respect to any failure by a Holder to comply with, or breach by any Holder of,
any obligations of such Holders under this Agreement.

     (g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts
and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be deemed to be original and all of which taken together shall
constitute one and the same agreement.

     (h) Securities Held by the Issuer or Its Affiliates. Whenever the consent or
approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is
required hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the Issuer or its affiliates
(as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) shall not be
counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders
of such required percentage.

     (i) Third Party Beneficiary. The Holders shall be third party beneficiaries to
the agreements made hereunder between the Issuer and the Initial Purchasers, and
such Initial Purchasers shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly
to the extent they deem such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect their
rights or the rights of Holders hereunder.

     (j) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference
only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

     (k) Governing Law. The Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

     (l) Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the
application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal, void or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision
in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall
not be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain in full force and effect
and the parties hereto shall use their best efforts to find and employ an
alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that
contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction, it being intended
that all of the rights and privileges of the parties shall be enforceable to the
fullest extent permitted by law.

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

     (n) Termination. This Agreement and the obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate
upon the end of the Effectiveness Period, except for any liabilities or obligations under Sections
4(c), 5 or 6 hereof, the obligations to make payments of and provide for liquidated damages under
Section 3 hereof to the extent such damages accrue prior to the end of the Effectiveness Period,
each of which shall remain in effect in accordance with its terms.

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Very truly yours,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	NASH-FINCH COMPANY
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ LeAnne M. Stewart
	

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	LeAnne M. Stewart
	

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Senior Vice President and CFO
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Accepted as of the date
first above written:	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	MERRILL LYNCH & CO.	 	 	 	 
	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH	 	 	 	 
	

	 	INCORPORATED	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Maureen
Lesak	 	 	 	 
	

	 	Vice President	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Keith
Wargo	 	 	 	 
	

	 	Managing Director	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Thomas
Casey	 	 	 	 
	

	 	Managing Director

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