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Exhibit

Exhibit 10.1
TRIANGLE CAPITAL CORPORATION
OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN 
(Effective May 3, 2017)
	
		
	Section 1. 
	Purposes.

1.1.    Generally. This plan shall be known as the “Triangle Capital Corporation Omnibus Incentive Plan” (the “Plan”). The purpose of the Plan is to promote the interests of Triangle Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), its Affiliates (as defined herein) and its stockholders by (i) attracting and retaining key officers, employees, and directors of, the Company and its Affiliates; (ii) motivating such individuals by means of individual performance-related incentives to achieve long-range performance goals; (iii) encouraging ownership of stock in the Company by such individuals; (iv) linking their compensation to the long-term interests of the Company and its stockholders and (v) providing incentives in the form of cash bonus awards to certain officers and other employees of the Company and its Affiliates. With respect to any awards granted under the Plan that are intended to comply with the requirements of “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Plan shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with such requirements.
1.2.    Amendment and Restatement. This Plan amends and restates the Triangle Capital Corporation Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, approved by stockholders on May 7, 2008 (the “Prior Plan”), in its entirety. The date of this amendment and restatement is May 3, 2017, the date of the Plan's adoption by the Company's stockholders (the “Effective Date”).
1.3    Plan Merger.  As of the Effective Date, the Triangle Capital Corporation 2012 Cash Incentive Plan (the “Umbrella Plan”) was merged into the Prior Plan, with the resulting name of the plan being the Triangle Capital Corporation Omnibus Incentive Plan. All Awards (as defined below) granted pursuant to the Prior Plan and the Umbrella Plan shall remain in effect without modification following the plan merger, amendment and restatement and name change. All Awards  granted subsequent to the Effective Date shall be subject to the terms of this Plan.  
	
		
	Section 2. 
	Definitions.

As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
(a)    “1940 Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(b)    “Affiliate” shall mean any wholly-owned consolidated subsidiary of the Company.
(c)    “Award” shall mean any Cash Award, Option or Restricted Share Award granted under the Plan, whether singly, in combination or in tandem, to a Participant by the Board (or, in the case of Awards granted pursuant to Section 10, by the Compensation Committee) pursuant to such terms, conditions, restrictions and/or limitations, if any, as the 

Board (or, in the case of Awards granted pursuant to Section 10, as the Compensation Committee) may establish or which are required by applicable legal requirements.
(d)    “Award Agreement” shall mean any written agreement, contract or other instrument or document evidencing any Award, which may, but need not, be executed or acknowledged by a Participant.
(e)    “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
(f)    “Cash Award” shall mean (i) prior to the Effective Date, Awards granted under the Umbrella Plan; and (ii) following the Effective Date, any cash bonus award made pursuant to Section 5 of this Plan.
(g)    “Cause” shall mean, unless otherwise defined in the applicable Award Agreement, (i) the engaging by the Participant in willful misconduct that is injurious to the Company or its Affiliates, or (ii) the embezzlement or misappropriation of funds or property of the Company or its Affiliates by the Participant. For purposes of this paragraph, no act, or failure to act, on the Participant's part shall be considered “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Participant not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the Participant's action or omission was in the best interest of the Company. Any determination of Cause for purposes of the Plan or any Award shall be made by the Board in its sole discretion. Any such determination shall be final and binding on a Participant.
(h)    “Change in Control” shall mean, unless otherwise defined in the applicable Award Agreement, any of the following events:
(i)    any person or entity, including a “group” as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company or an Affiliate thereof or any employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, becomes the beneficial owner of the Company's securities having 35% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of the Company that may be cast for the election of directors of the Company (other than as a result of an issuance of securities initiated by the Company in the ordinary course of business);
(ii)    as the result of, or in connection with, any cash tender or exchange offer, merger or other business combination or contested election, or any combination of the foregoing transactions, less than a majority of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of the Company or any successor company or entity entitled to vote generally in the election of the directors of the Company or such other corporation or entity after such transaction are held in the aggregate by the holders of the Company's securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company immediately prior to such transaction;
(iii)    during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of any such period constitute the Board cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the election, or the nomination for election by the Company's stockholders, of each Director of the Company first elected during such period was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3rds) of the Directors of the Company then still in office who were (i) Directors of the 

Company at the beginning of any such period, and (ii) not initially (a) appointed or elected to office as result of either an actual or threatened election and/or proxy contest by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board, or (b) designated by a Person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in (i) or (ii) above or (iv) or (v) below;
(iv)    a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(v)    the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person (other than a transfer to an Affiliate).
(i)    “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
(j)    “Committee” shall mean a committee of two or more members of the Board appointed by the Board in accordance with Section 3.3; provided that with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof, the “Committee” shall be the Compensation Committee of the Company, which shall consist of not less than two “Outside Directors” as defined in Section 162(m).
(k)    “Covered Officer” shall mean at any date (i) any individual who, with respect to the previous taxable year of the Company, was a “covered employee” of the Company within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code; provided, however, that the term “Covered Officer” shall not include any such individual who is designated by the Board, in its discretion, at the time of any Award or at any subsequent time, as reasonably expected not to be such a “covered employee” with respect to the current taxable year of the Company and (ii) any individual who is designated by the Board, in its discretion, at the time of any Award or at any subsequent time, as reasonably expected to be such a “covered employee” with respect to the current taxable year of the Company or with respect to the taxable year of the Company in which any applicable Award will be paid or vested.
(l)    “Director” shall mean a member of the Board.
(m)    “Disability” shall mean, unless otherwise defined in the applicable Award Agreement, a disability that would qualify as a total and permanent disability under the Company's then current long-term disability plan.
(n)    “Employee” shall mean an officer or employee of the Company or of any Affiliate.
(o)    “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
(p)    “Fair Market Value” with respect to the Shares, shall mean, for purposes of a grant of an Option or Restricted Share Award as of any date, (i) the closing sales price of the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange, or any other such exchange on which the Shares are traded, on such date, or (ii) in the event there is no public market for the Shares on such date, the fair market value as determined, in good faith, by the Board in its sole discretion (which, for purposes of Section 6.2, will in no event be less than the net asset value of such Shares on such date, as determined in 

accordance with the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder), and for purposes of a sale of a Share as of any date, the actual sales price on that date.
(q)    “Incentive Stock Option” shall mean an option to purchase Shares from the Company that is granted under Section 6 of the Plan and that is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision thereto.
(r)    “Non-Qualified Stock Option” shall mean an option to purchase Shares from the Company that is granted under Sections 6 or 9 of the Plan and is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.
(s)    “Non-Employee Director” shall mean a Director who is not an officer or employee of the Company.
(t)    “Option” shall mean an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
(u)    “Option Price” shall mean the purchase price payable to purchase one Share upon the exercise of an Option.
(v)    “Participant” shall mean any Employee or Director.
(w)    “Performance Award” shall mean any Award granted under Section 8 of the Plan.
(x)    “Performance Period” shall mean the Company’s fiscal year or any portion (or multiples ) thereof designated by the Board (or, in the case of Awards granted pursuant to Section 10, by the Compensation Committee) as the Performance Period.  
(y)    “Performance Goals” shall mean one or more of the following Company, Affiliate, operating unit or division financial performance measures: total investment income; net investment income; net investment income per share; realized and unrealized gains and losses; net increase in net assets resulting from operations per share; overall credit performance of the investment portfolio; liquidity; operating efficiency performance; growth and diversification of the overall investment portfolio; sustaining and growing dividend distributions to stockholders; return on average stockholders’ equity; net asset value; or any combination thereof.
(z)    “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or political subdivision thereof or other entity.
(aa)    “Restricted Share” or “Restricted Share Award” shall mean any Share granted under Sections 7 or 9 of the Plan.
(ab)    “Retirement” shall mean, unless otherwise defined in the applicable Award Agreement, retirement of a Participant from the employ or service of the Company or any of its Affiliates in accordance with the terms of the applicable Company retirement plan or, if a Participant is not covered by any such plan, retirement on or after such Participant's 65th birthday.
(ac)    “SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

(ad)    “Section 16” shall mean Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder and any successor provision thereto as in effect from time to time.
(ae)    “Section 162(m)” shall mean Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and any successor provision thereto as in effect from time to time.
(af)    “Shares” shall mean shares of the common stock, $0.001 par value, of the Company.
(ag)    “Substitute Awards” shall mean Awards granted solely in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by a company acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines.
	
		
	Section 3. 
	Administration and Eligibility.

3.1.    Administration by the Board. Except with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof (in which case the Compensation Committee shall administer the Plan), the Board shall administer the Plan unless and until it delegates administration to a Committee, as provided in Section 3.3 hereof. 
3.2.    Powers of the Board. The Board shall have the power (except with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof, in which case the Compensation Committee shall have the power), subject to the express provisions of the Plan and applicable law:
(a)    To determine from time to time which of the persons eligible under the Plan shall be granted Awards; when and how each Award shall be granted and documented; what type or combination of types of Awards shall be granted; the provision of each Award granted, including the size, terms and time or times when a Participant shall be permitted to exercise or be paid for an Award; the number of Shares with respect to which an Award shall be granted to each such Participant; the amount of any payments pursuant to such Awards and the Performance Period to which they relate; any employment restrictions on actual receipt of payments pursuant to Awards, performance objectives in respect of such Performance Periods; to determine whether such performance objectives were attained and to modify the terms of any Award that has been granted.  Notwithstanding the foregoing powers of the Board, any grants of Awards to Non-Employee Directors under the Plan shall be automatic and shall not be changed without SEC approval, and the issuance of any Award to an Employee will be approved by the required majority, as defined in Section 57(o) of the 1940 Act, of the Company's directors on the basis that such issuance is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.
(b)    To construe and interpret the Plan and Awards granted under it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for its administration. The Board (except with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof, in which case the Compensation Committee), in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award documentation, in such manner and to such extent as it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective.
(c)    To amend the Plan or an Award as provided in Section 13.

(d)    To terminate or suspend the Plan as provided in Section 13.
(e)    Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the Board deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company and that are not in conflict with the provisions of the Plan.
3.3.    Delegation to Committee. Except with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof (in which case the Compensation Committee shall administer the Plan), the Board may delegate administration of the Plan to a Committee or Committees of three (3) or more members of the Board, and the term “Committee” shall apply to any persons to whom such authority has been delegated. If administration is delegated to a Committee, the Committee shall have, in connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore possessed by the Board, including the power to delegate to a subcommittee any of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to exercise (and references in this Plan to the Board, other than the Board reference at the end of this sentence and Board references in the last sentence of this Section 3.3 shall thereafter be to the Committee or subcommittee), subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board. Except with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof (in which case the Compensation Committee shall administer the Plan), the Board may abolish the Committee at any time and revest in the Board the administration of the Plan.
3.4.    Effects of Board's Decision. Determinations, interpretations and constructions made by the Board (except with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof, in which case determinations, interpretations and constructions shall be made by the Compensation Committee) in good faith shall not be subject to review by any person and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons.
3.5    Eligibility.  All Covered Officers shall be eligible to participate in the Plan.  The Board shall determine additional Employees or Directors who shall be eligible to participate in the Plan; provided, however, that Non-Employee Directors shall only be eligible to receive Awards of Restricted Shares granted consistent with Section 9. The designation of Participants shall be made individually or by groups or classifications of employees, as the Board deems appropriate. 
Section 4. Shares Available For Awards.
4.1.    Shares Available. Subject to the provisions of Section 4.5 hereof, the stock to be subject to Awards under the Plan shall be the Shares of the Company and the maximum number of Shares with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan shall be 4,000,000. If, after the effective date of the Plan, any Shares covered by an Award granted under this Plan, or to which such an Award relates, are forfeited, or if such an Award is settled for cash or otherwise terminates, expires unexercised or is canceled or settled without the delivery of Shares or with the delivery of a reduced number of Shares, then the Shares covered by such Award, or to which such Award relates, or the number of Shares otherwise counted against the aggregate number of Shares with respect to which Awards may be granted, to the extent of any such settlement, reduction, forfeiture, termination, expiration or cancellation, shall again become Shares with respect 

to which Awards may be granted. In the event that any Award granted hereunder is exercised through the delivery of Shares or in the event that withholding tax liabilities arising from such Award are satisfied by the withholding of Shares by the Company, the number of Shares available for Awards under the Plan shall be increased by the number of Shares so surrendered or withheld. 
4.2.    Limits on Grants of Individual Awards. 
(a)    No individual Participant shall be granted Options under the Plan in any calendar year that relate to more than 100,000 Shares.
  (b)    No individual Participant shall be granted Awards under the Plan relating to more than 25% of the Shares reserved for issuance.
4.3.    Limits on Grants of Restricted Shares. The combined maximum amount of Restricted Shares that may be issued under the Plan will be 10% of the outstanding Shares on the Effective Date (as defined in Section 15.1 below) plus 10% of the number of Shares issued or delivered by the Company (other than pursuant to compensation plans) during the term of the Plan. 
4.4.     Limits on Number of Awards. The amount of voting securities that would result from the exercise of all of the Company's outstanding warrants, options and rights, together with any Restricted Shares issued pursuant to the Plan, at the time of issuance shall not exceed 25% of the outstanding voting securities of the Company, except that if the amount of voting securities that would result from the exercise of all of the Company's outstanding warrants, options, and rights issued to the Company's directors, officers, and employees, together with any Restricted Shares issued pursuant to the Plan, would exceed 15% of the outstanding voting securities of the Company, then the total amount of voting securities that would result from the exercise of all outstanding warrants, options, and rights, together with any Restricted Shares issued pursuant to the Plan, at the time of issuance shall not exceed 20% of the outstanding voting securities of the Company.
4.5.    Adjustments. In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Shares or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event affects the Shares, then the Board shall in an equitable and proportionate manner (and, as applicable, in such manner as is consistent with Sections 422 and 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder and with Section 162(m)): (i) adjust any or all of (1) the aggregate number of Shares or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or property) with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan; (2) the number of Shares or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or property) subject to outstanding Awards under the Plan, provided that the 

number of shares subject to any Award shall always be a whole number; (3) the grant or exercise price with respect to any Award under the Plan (but only provided that the SEC has issued an exemptive order or the SEC's staff has provided written confirmation allowing the Company to do so); and (4) the limits on the number of Shares that may be granted to Participants under the Plan in any calendar year; (ii) provide for an equivalent award in respect of securities of the surviving entity of any merger, consolidation or other transaction or event having a similar effect; (iii) make provision for a cash payment to the holder of an outstanding Award; or (iv) adjust a Cash Award as the Company deems equitable.
4.6.    Substitute Awards. Any Shares issued by the Company as Substitute Awards in connection with the assumption or substitution of outstanding grants from any acquired corporation shall not reduce the Shares available for Awards under the Plan.
4.7.    Sources of Shares Deliverable Under Awards. Any Shares delivered pursuant to an Award may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Shares or of issued Shares which have been reacquired by the Company.
4.8.    No Grants in Contravention of 1940 Act. No Award may be granted under the Plan if the grant of such Award would cause the Company to violate Section 61(a)(3) of the Act, and, if otherwise approved for grant, shall be void and of no effect. The grants of Awards under the Plan to Non-Employee Directors shall be automatic and shall not be changed without SEC approval.
Section 5. Cash Awards.
5.1    Scope. Each year the Board (except with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof, in which case the Compensation Committee) will establish award opportunities and performance targets for the determination of potential Cash Awards hereunder. Award opportunities shall be set as a percentage of base salary. Following the close of a Performance Period, the Board (except with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof, in which case the Compensation Committee) shall evaluate the Company’s actual performance against the performance targets to determine the actual bonus to be paid. 
5.2    Performance Goals. Cash Awards to Participants shall be based solely upon the attainment of performance targets related to one or more Performance Goals selected by the Board (except with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof, in which case the Compensation Committee). For purposes of this Section 5, the formula on which performance targets are based with respect to Cash Awards under this Plan shall be based on one or more of the Performance Goals. Each performance target may be expressed on an absolute and/or relative basis, may be based on or otherwise employ comparisons based on internal targets, the past performance of the Company or any Affiliate, operating unit or division of the Company and/or the past or current performance of other companies, may exclude appropriate pre-determined line items of income or expense, and in the case of earnings-based measures, may use or employ comparisons relating to capital, stockholders’ equity and/or shares of common stock outstanding, or to assets or net assets. The Board 

(except with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof, in which case the Compensation Committee) may appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under criteria set forth in this Section 5.2 to exclude any of the following events that occurs during a Performance Period: (i) asset impairments or write-downs, (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements, (iii) the effect of changes in tax law, accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results, (iv) accruals for reorganization and restructuring programs, (v) any extraordinary non-recurring items as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 and/or in management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company’s annual report to stockholders for the applicable year, and (vi) the effect of adverse or delayed federal, state or local governmental or regulatory action; provided that the Board (except with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof, in which case the Compensation Committee) commits to make any such adjustments within the 90 day period set forth in Section 10.3 below. 
5.3    Payment. The amount of a Cash Award payable as determined by the Board (except with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof, in which case the Compensation Committee) for the Performance Period shall be paid to the participant at such time as determined by the Board (except with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof, in which case the Compensation Committee) in its sole discretion after the end of the Performance Period, but in all events by such time as is necessary for the payment to qualify as a “short-term deferral” pursuant to Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) of the United States Treasury Regulations; provided, that the Board (except with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof, in which case the Compensation Committee) may provide for elective deferrals that comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. Payment shall be made in cash. Except as the Board (except with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof, in which case the Compensation Committee) may otherwise determine in its sole and absolute discretion, termination of a Participant’s employment prior to the end of the Performance Period will result in the forfeiture of the award by the Participant, and no payments shall be made with respect thereto.  
Section 6. Stock Options.
6.1.    Grant. The Board (except with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof, in which case the Compensation Committee) shall have sole and complete authority to determine the Participants to whom Options shall be granted, the number of Shares subject to each Award, the exercise price (subject to Section 6.2 below) and the conditions and limitations applicable to the exercise of each Option. The Board shall have the authority to grant Incentive Stock Options, and to grant Non-Qualified Stock Options; provided that no Incentive Stock Options shall be issued more than ten (10) years after the Effective Date. In the case of Incentive Stock Options, the terms and conditions of such grants shall be subject to and comply with Section 422 of the Code, as from time to time amended, and any regulations implementing such statute. A person who has been granted an Option under this Plan may be granted additional Options under the Plan if the Board shall so determine; provided, however, that to the extent the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time 

the Incentive Stock Option is granted) of the Shares with respect to which all Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by an Employee during any calendar year (under all plans described in of Section 422(d) of the Code of the Employee's employer corporation and its parent and Affiliates) exceeds $100,000, such Options shall be treated as Non-Qualified Stock Options.
6.2.    Price. The Board in its sole discretion shall establish the Option Price at the time each Option is granted. Except in the case of Substitute Awards, the Option Price of an Option may not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Shares with respect to which the Option is granted on the date of grant of such Option. Once established, the Option Price of any Option may not be changed absent an exemptive order from the SEC or written confirmation from its staff allowing the Company to do so. 
6.3.    Term. Subject to the Board's authority under Section 3.2 and the provisions of Section 6.5, each Option and all rights and obligations thereunder shall expire on the date determined by the Board and specified in the Award Agreement. The Board shall be under no duty to provide terms of like duration for Options granted under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date such Option was granted.
6.4.    Exercise.
(a)    Each Option shall be exercisable at such times and subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may, in its sole discretion, specify in the applicable Award Agreement or thereafter. The Board shall have full and complete authority to determine, subject to Section 6.5 herein, whether an Option will be exercisable in full at any time or from time to time during the term of the Option, or to provide for the exercise thereof in such installments, upon the occurrence of such events and at such times during the term of the Option as the Board may determine.
(b)    The Board may impose such conditions with respect to the exercise of Options, including without limitation, any relating to the application of federal, state or foreign securities laws or the Code, as it may deem necessary or advisable. The exercise of any Option granted hereunder shall be effective only at such time as the sale of Shares pursuant to such exercise will not violate any state or federal securities or other laws.
(c)    An Option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time, with respect to whole Shares only, within the period permitted thereunder for the exercise thereof, and shall be exercised by written notice of intent to exercise the Option, delivered to the Company at its principal office, and payment in full to the Company at the direction of the Board of the amount of the Option Price for the number of Shares with respect to which the Option is then being exercised.
(d)    Payment of the Option Price shall be made in cash or cash equivalents, or, at the discretion of the Board, (i) by transfer, either actually or by attestation, to the Company of Shares that have been held by the Participant for 

at least six (6) months (or such lesser period as may be permitted by the Board), valued at the Fair Market Value of such Shares on the date of exercise, together with any applicable withholding taxes, such transfer to be upon such terms and conditions as determined by the Board, or (ii) by a combination of such cash (or cash equivalents) and such Shares; provided, however, that the optionee shall not be entitled to tender Shares pursuant to successive, substantially simultaneous exercises of an Option or any other stock option of the Company. Subject to applicable securities laws, an Option may also be exercised by delivering a notice of exercise of the Option and simultaneously selling the Shares thereby acquired, pursuant to a brokerage or similar agreement approved in advance by proper officers of the Company, using the proceeds of such sale as payment of the Option Price, together with any applicable withholding taxes. Until the optionee has been issued the Shares subject to such exercise, he or she shall possess no rights as a stockholder with respect to such Shares.
6.5.    Ten Percent Stock Rule. Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Plan, if at the time an Option is otherwise to be granted pursuant to the Plan, the optionee or rights holder owns directly or indirectly (within the meaning of Section 424(d) of the Code) Shares of the Company possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of Stock of the Company or its parent or Affiliate corporations (within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code), then any Incentive Stock Option to be granted to such optionee or rights holder pursuant to the Plan shall satisfy the requirement of Section 422(c)(5) of the Code, and the Option Price shall be not less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the Shares of the Company, and such Option by its terms shall not be exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date such Option is granted.
Section 7. Restricted Shares.
7.1.    Grant.
(a)    Subject to the provisions of the Plan and other applicable legal requirements, the Board (except with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof, in which case the Compensation Committee) shall have sole and complete authority to determine the Participants to whom Restricted Shares shall be granted, the number of Restricted Shares to be granted to each Participant, the duration of the period during which, and the conditions under which, the Restricted Shares may be forfeited to the Company, and the other terms and conditions of such Awards. The Restricted Share Awards shall be evidenced by Award Agreements in such form as the Board shall from time to time approve, which agreements shall comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions provided hereunder and any additional terms and conditions established by the Board that are consistent with the terms of the Plan. 
(b)    Each Restricted Share Award made under the Plan shall be for such number of Shares as shall be determined by the Board and set forth in the Award Agreement containing the terms of such Restricted Share Award. Such agreement shall set forth a period of time during which the grantee must remain in the continuous employment of the 

Company in order for the forfeiture and transfer restrictions to lapse. If the Board so determines, the restrictions may lapse during such restricted period in installments with respect to specified portions of the Shares covered by the Restricted Share Award. The Award Agreement may also, in the discretion of the Board, set forth performance or other conditions that will subject the Shares to forfeiture and transfer restrictions. The Board may, at its discretion, waive all or any part of the restrictions applicable to any or all outstanding Restricted Share Awards.
(c)    Notwithstanding Sections 7.1(a) and 7.1(b) hereof, any grants of Restricted Shares to Non-Employee Directors under the Plan shall be automatic and shall not be changed without SEC approval.
7.2.    Delivery of Shares and Transfer Restrictions. At the time of a Restricted Share Award, a certificate representing the number of Shares awarded thereunder shall be registered in the name of the grantee. Such certificate shall be held by the Company or any custodian appointed by the Company for the account of the grantee subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, and shall bear such a legend setting forth the restrictions imposed thereon as the Board, in its discretion, may determine. The applicable Award Agreement will specify whether a grantee has the right to receive dividends with respect to the Restricted Shares prior to the lapsing of transfer restrictions. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, the grantee shall have all other rights of a stockholder with respect to the Restricted Shares, including the right to vote such Shares, subject to the following restrictions: (i) the grantee shall not be entitled to delivery of the stock certificate until the expiration of the restricted period and the fulfillment of any other restrictive conditions set forth in the Award Agreement with respect to such Shares; (ii) none of the Shares may be transferred except for disposition by gift, will or the laws of descent and distribution during such restricted period or until after the fulfillment of any such other restrictive conditions; and (iii) except as otherwise determined by the Board at or after grant, all of the Shares shall be forfeited and all rights of the grantee to such Shares shall terminate, without further obligation on the part of the Company, unless the grantee remains in the continuous employment of the Company for the entire restricted period in relation to which such Shares were granted and unless any other restrictive conditions relating to the Restricted Share Award are met. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, any Shares, any other securities of the Company and any other property (except for cash dividends) distributed with respect to the Shares subject to Restricted Share Awards shall be subject to the same restrictions, terms and conditions as such restricted Shares.
7.3.    Termination of Restrictions. At the end of the restricted period and provided that any other restrictive conditions of the Restricted Share Award are met, or at such earlier time as otherwise determined by the Board, all restrictions set forth in the Award Agreement relating to the Restricted Share Award or in the Plan shall lapse as to the restricted Shares subject thereto, and a stock certificate for the appropriate number of Shares, free of the restrictions and restricted stock legend, shall be delivered to the Participant or the Participant's beneficiary or estate, as the case may be.

Section 8. Performance Awards.
8.1.    Grant. The Board (except with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof, in which case, the Compensation Committee) shall have sole and complete authority to determine the Employees who shall receive a Performance Award, which shall consist of a right that is (i) Shares (including but not limited to Restricted Shares), denominated with a value in cash or by number of Shares , (ii) valued, as determined by the Board, in accordance with the achievement of such Employees' individual performance goals during such Performance Periods as the Board shall establish, and (iii) payable at such time and in such form as the Board shall determine.
8.2.    Terms and Conditions. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, the Board shall determine the performance goals to be achieved during any Performance Period, the length of any Performance Period, the amount of any Performance Award and the amount and kind of any payment or transfer to be made pursuant to any Performance Award, and may amend specific provisions of the Performance Award; provided, however, that such amendment may not adversely affect existing Performance Awards made within a Performance Period commencing prior to implementation of the amendment.
8.3.    Payment of Performance Awards. Performance Awards may be paid in a lump sum or in installments following the close of the Performance Period or, in accordance with the procedures established by the Board, on a deferred basis. Termination of employment prior to the end of any Performance Period, other than for reasons of death or Disability, will result in the forfeiture of the Performance Award, and no payments will be made. An employee's rights to any Performance Award may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered or disposed of in any manner, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and/or except as the Board may determine at or after grant.
Section 9. Non-Employee Director Awards.
9.1.    Each Non-Employee Director shall receive a grant of Restricted Shares at the beginning of each one-year term of service on the Board, for which forfeiture restrictions will lapse at the end of that year. The number of Restricted Shares granted to each Non-Employee Director shall be the equivalent of $50,000 worth of Shares based on the market value at the close of the New York Stock Exchange on the date of grant. In addition, the Board may provide that all or a portion of a Non-Employee Director's annual retainer, meeting fees and/or other awards or compensation as determined by the Board, be payable in Shares reserved under the Plan and available for issuance. The Board shall determine the terms and conditions of any such Awards, including the terms and conditions which shall apply upon a termination of the Non-Employee Director's service as a member of the Board, and shall have full power and authority in its discretion to administer such Awards, subject to the terms of the Plan and applicable law.

9.2.    Subject to applicable legal requirements and Section 9.3 below, the Board may also grant Awards to Non-Employee Directors pursuant to the terms of the Plan, including any Award described in Sections 6 or 7 above.
9.3.    Any grants of Awards to Non-Employee Directors under the Plan shall be automatic and shall not be changed without SEC approval. 
Section 10. Provisions Applicable To Covered Officers And Performance Awards.
10.1.    Generally. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, unless the Board determines that a Performance Award to be granted to a Covered Officer should not qualify as “performance-based compensation” for purposes of Section 162(m), Performance Awards granted to Covered Officers shall be subject to the terms and provisions of this Section 10. Accordingly, unless otherwise determined by the Board or the Compensation Committee, if any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement relating to such an Award does not comply or is inconsistent with Section 162(m), such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such requirements, and no provision shall be deemed to confer upon the Board or the Compensation Committee discretion to increase the amount of compensation otherwise payable to a Covered Officer in connection with any such Award upon the attainment of the performance criteria established by the Board or the Compensation Committee.
10.2.    Maximum Awards. With respect to any Covered Officer, (i) the maximum annual number of Shares in respect of which all Performance Awards may be granted under Section 8 of the Plan is 100,000, (ii) the maximum amount of all Performance Awards that are settled in cash and that may be granted under Section 8 of the Plan in any year is $1,000,000, and (iii) the maximum annual amount of a Cash Award granted under Section 5 in any year is $3,000,000. 
10.3.   Compliance. To the extent necessary to comply with Section 162(m), with respect to grants of Performance Awards and Cash Awards, no later than 90 days following the commencement of each Performance Period (or such other time as may be required or permitted by Section 162(m) of the Code), the Compensation Committee shall, in writing, (1) select from the Performance Goals the individual performance goal or goals applicable to the Performance Period (including Performance Goals as adjusted pursuant to Section 5.2), (2) establish the various targets and bonus amounts which may be earned for such Performance Period, and (3) specify the relationship between applicable Performance Goals and targets and the amounts to be earned by each Covered Officer for such Performance Period. Following the completion of each Performance Period, the Compensation Committee shall certify in writing whether the applicable performance targets have been achieved and the amounts, if any, payable to Covered Officers for such Performance Period. In determining the amount earned by a Participant for a given Performance Period, the Committee shall have the right to adjust the amount payable at a given level of performance to take into account additional factors that the Compensation Committee may deem relevant to the assessment of individual or corporate performance for the Performance Period; 

provided, that with respect to any Covered Officer, the Compensation Committee may exercise the discretion described in this sentence only to reduce the amount otherwise payable to such Covered Officer.
Section 11. Termination Of Employment.
The Board (or in the case of Awards granted pursuant to Section 10, the Compensation Committee) shall have the full power and authority to determine the terms and conditions that shall apply to any Award upon a termination of employment with the Company and Affiliates, including a termination by the Company with or without Cause, by a Participant voluntarily, or by reason of death, Disability or Retirement, and may provide such terms and conditions in the Award Agreement or in such rules and regulations as it may prescribe.
	
		
	Section 12. 
	Change In Control.

The Board (or in the case of Awards granted pursuant to Section 10, the Compensation Committee) may specify in the applicable Award Agreement at or after grant, or otherwise by resolution prior to a Change in Control, that all or a portion of the outstanding Awards shall vest, become immediately exercisable or payable and have all restrictions lifted upon a Change in Control.
	
		
	Section 13. 
	Amendment And Termination.

13.1.    Amendments to the Plan. The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided that the Board may amend the Plan in such a manner it deems necessary to permit the granting of Awards meeting the requirements of any applicable law, rule or regulation and provided further that the Board may amend the Plan without stockholder approval if such approval is necessary to comply with any tax or regulatory requirement.
13.2.    Amendments to Awards. Subject to the restrictions of Sections 6.2 and 10 above and Section 13.5 below, the Board may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate, any Award theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively; provided that any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant or any holder or beneficiary of any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant, holder or beneficiary. 
13.3.    Adjustments of Awards Upon the Occurrence of Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events. The Board is hereby authorized to make equitable and proportionate adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (and shall make such adjustments for events described in Section 4.5 hereof) affecting the Company or any Affiliate, or the financial statements of the Company or any Affiliate, or of changes in applicable laws, regulations or accounting principles.

13.4.    Section 409A Compliance. No Award (or modification thereof) shall provide for deferral of compensation that does not comply with Section 409A of the Code unless the Board (or in the case of Awards granted pursuant to Section 10, the Compensation Committee), at the time of grant, specifically provides that the Award is not intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, if one or more of the payments or benefits received or to be received by a Participant pursuant to an Award would cause the Participant to incur any additional tax or interest under Section 409A of the Code, the Board may reform such provision to maintain to the maximum extent practicable the original intent of the applicable provision without violating the provisions of Section 409A of the Code.
13.5. Exercise Price of Awards. Once established, the exercise price of an Award shall not be changed absent an exemptive order from the SEC or written confirmation from its staff that the Company may do so.
Section 14. General Provisions.
14.1.    Limited Transferability of Awards. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, no Award shall be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant, except by gift, will or the laws of descent and distribution. In addition, no transfer or disposition of an Award shall be effective to bind the Company unless the Company shall have been furnished with written notice thereof and an authenticated copy of the gift affidavit, will and/or such other evidence as the Board may deem necessary or appropriate to establish the validity of the transfer.
14.2.    Dividends. In the sole and complete discretion of the Board (or in the case of Awards granted pursuant to Section 10, the Compensation Committee), an Award may provide the Participant with dividends, payable in cash, Shares, other securities or other property on a current or deferred basis. All dividends which are not paid currently may, at the discretion of the Board (or in the case of Awards granted pursuant to Section 10, the Compensation Committee), accrue interest, be reinvested into additional Shares, or, in the case of dividends credited in connection with Performance Awards, be credited as additional Performance Awards and paid to the Participant if and when, and to the extent that, payment is made pursuant to such Award. The total number of Shares available for grant under Section 4 shall not be reduced to reflect any dividends that are reinvested into additional Shares or credited as Performance Awards.
14.3.    No Rights to Awards. No Person shall have any claim to be granted any Award, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants or holders or beneficiaries of Awards. The terms and conditions of Awards need not be the same with respect to each Participant.
14.4.    Share Certificates. All certificates for Shares or other securities of the Company or any Affiliate delivered under the Plan pursuant to any Award or the exercise thereof shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Board (or in the case of Awards granted pursuant to Section 10, the Compensation Committee) may deem advisable under the Plan or the rules, regulations and other requirements of the SEC or any state securities 

commission or regulatory authority, any stock exchange or other market upon which such Shares or other securities are then listed, and any applicable Federal or state laws, and the Board (or in the case of Awards granted pursuant to Section 10, the Compensation Committee) may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.
14.5.    Withholding and Offset. A Participant may be required to pay to the Company or any Affiliate any applicable withholding or other tax-related obligations in respect of an Award, its exercise or any other transaction involving an Award, including the vesting thereof, or any payment or transfer under an Award or under the Plan. In connection therewith, the Participant shall have the right to request that the Company or any Affiliate withhold from any Award, from any payment due or transfer made under any Award or under the Plan, or from any compensation or other amount owed by the Participant the amount in cash, Shares or other securities, necessary to satisfy withholding obligations under tax rules. The Board may provide for additional cash payments to holders of Options to defray or offset any tax arising from the grant, vesting, exercise or payment of any Award.  The Board, in its sole discretion, may reduce any amounts otherwise payable to any Participant hereunder in order to satisfy any liabilities owed to the Company or any of its Affiliates by the Participant, but only to the extent any such offset complies with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the guidance issued thereunder.
14.6.    Award Agreements. Each Award hereunder shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall be delivered to the Participant and may specify the terms and conditions of the Award and any rules applicable thereto. In the event of a conflict between the terms of the Plan and any Award Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall prevail. The Board (or in the case of Awards granted pursuant to Section 10, the Compensation Committee) shall, subject to applicable law, determine the date an Award is deemed to be granted. The Board (or in the case of Awards granted pursuant to Section 10, the Compensation Committee) or, except to the extent prohibited under applicable law, its delegate(s) may establish the terms of agreements or other documents evidencing Awards under this Plan and may, but need not, require as a condition to any such agreement's or document's effectiveness that such agreement or document be executed by the Participant, including by electronic signature or other electronic indication of acceptance, and that such Participant agree to such further terms and conditions as specified in such agreement or document. The grant of an Award under this Plan shall not confer any rights upon the Participant holding such Award other than such terms, and subject to such conditions, as are specified in this Plan as being applicable to such type of Award (or to all Awards) or as are expressly set forth in the agreement or other document evidencing such Award.
14.7.    No Limit on Other Compensation Arrangements. Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Company or any Affiliate from adopting or continuing in effect other compensation arrangements, which may, but need not, provide for the grant of Options or Restricted Shares.

14.8.    No Right to Employment. The grant of an Award shall not be construed as giving an Employee the right to be retained in the employ of the Company or any Affiliate. Further, the Company or an Affiliate may at any time dismiss an Employee from employment, free from any liability or any claim under the Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in an Award Agreement.
14.9.    No Rights as Stockholder. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, no Participant or holder or beneficiary of any Award shall have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares to be distributed under the Plan until such person has become a holder of such Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with each grant of Restricted Shares hereunder, the applicable Award Agreement shall specify if and to what extent the Participant shall not be entitled to the rights of a stockholder in respect of such Restricted Shares.
14.10. Governing Law. The validity, construction and effect of the Plan and any rules and regulations relating to the Plan and any Award Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland without giving effect to conflicts of laws principles.
14.11. Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any Award is, or becomes, or is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Board, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Board, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.
14.12. Other Laws. The Board may refuse to issue or transfer any Shares or other consideration under an Award if, acting in its sole discretion, it determines that the issuance or transfer of such Shares or such other consideration might violate any applicable law or regulation (including applicable non-U.S. laws or regulations) or entitle the Company to recover the same under Exchange Act Section 16(b), and any payment tendered to the Company by a Participant, other holder or beneficiary in connection with the exercise of such Award shall be promptly refunded to the relevant Participant, holder or beneficiary.
14.13. No Trust or Fund Created. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Affiliate and a Participant or any other Person. To the extent that any Person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company or any Affiliate pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company or any Affiliate.
14.14. No Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Board shall determine whether cash, other securities or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any 

fractional Shares or whether such fractional Shares or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated.
14.15. Headings. Headings are given to the sections and subsections of the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of the Plan or any provision thereof.
14.16. 1940 Act. No provision of this Plan shall contravene any portion of the 1940 Act, and in the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Plan or any Award and the 1940 Act, the applicable section of the 1940 Act shall control and all Awards under the Plan shall be so modified. All Participants holding such modified Awards shall be notified of the changes to their Awards and such change shall be binding on such Participant.
Section 15. Term Of The Plan.
15.1.    Effective Date. The amendment and restatement of the Plan shall become effective upon approval by the stockholders of the Company and the Board; provided, however, that the Plan shall not be effective with respect to any Award to a Non-Employee Director or any award of Restricted Shares unless the Company has received an order from the SEC that permits such Award.
15.2.    Expiration Date. No new Awards shall be granted under the Plan after the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in an applicable Award Agreement, any Award granted hereunder may, and the authority of the Board to amend, alter, adjust, suspend, discontinue or terminate any such Award or to waive any conditions or rights under any such Award shall, continue after the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date.EX-4.1

 Exhibit 4.1 

FORM OF INDENTURE 

CATCHMARK TIMBER TRUST, INC. 

as the Company 
  

 
 as Trustee

 Dated as of
                    , 20     

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	 	    	 	  	Page	 
	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE	  	 	1	 
	 Section 1.1
	    	Definitions	  	 	1	 
	 Section 1.2
	    	Other Definitions	  	 	3	 
	 Section 1.3
	    	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act	  	 	4	 
	 Section 1.4
	    	Rules of Construction	  	 	4	 
		
	ARTICLE II THE SECURITIES	  	 	4	 
	 Section 2.1
	    	Issuable in Series	  	 	4	 
	 Section 2.2
	    	Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities	  	 	5	 
	 Section 2.3
	    	Execution and Authentication	  	 	6	 
	 Section 2.4
	    	Registrar and Paying Agent	  	 	7	 
	 Section 2.5
	    	Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust	  	 	8	 
	 Section 2.6
	    	Securityholder Lists	  	 	8	 
	 Section 2.7
	    	Transfer and Exchange	  	 	8	 
	 Section 2.8
	    	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities	  	 	8	 
	 Section 2.9
	    	Outstanding Securities	  	 	9	 
	 Section 2.10
	    	Treasury Securities	  	 	9	 
	 Section 2.11
	    	Temporary Securities	  	 	9	 
	 Section 2.12
	    	Cancellation	  	 	10	 
	 Section 2.13
	    	Defaulted Interest	  	 	10	 
	 Section 2.14
	    	Global Securities	  	 	10	 
	 Section 2.15
	    	CUSIP Numbers	  	 	11	 
		
	ARTICLE III REDEMPTION	  	 	11	 
	 Section 3.1
	    	Notice to Trustee	  	 	11	 
	 Section 3.2
	    	Selection of Securities to be Redeemed	  	 	11	 
	 Section 3.3
	    	Notice of Redemption	  	 	12	 
	 Section 3.4
	    	Effect of Notice of Redemption	  	 	12	 
	 Section 3.5
	    	Deposit of Redemption Price	  	 	12	 
	 Section 3.6
	    	Securities Redeemed in Part	  	 	12	 
		
	ARTICLE IV COVENANTS	  	 	13	 
	 Section 4.1
	    	Payment of Principal and Interest	  	 	13	 
	 Section 4.2
	    	SEC Reports	  	 	13	 
	 Section 4.3
	    	Compliance Certificate	  	 	13	 
	 Section 4.4
	    	Stay, Extension and Usury Laws	  	 	13	 
	 Section 4.5
	    	Additional Amounts	  	 	14	 
		
	ARTICLE V SUCCESSORS	  	 	14	 
	 Section 5.1
	    	When Company May Merge, Etc	  	 	14	 
	 Section 5.2
	    	Successor Corporation Substituted	  	 	15	 
		
	ARTICLE VI DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES	  	 	15	 
	 Section 6.1
	    	Events of Default	  	 	15	 
	 Section 6.2
	    	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment	  	 	16	 
	 Section 6.3
	    	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee	  	 	16	 
	 Section 6.4
	    	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	  	 	17	 
	 Section 6.5
	    	Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities	  	 	17	 
	 Section 6.6
	    	Application of Money Collected	  	 	18	 
	 Section 6.7
	    	Limitation on Suits	  	 	18	 
	 Section 6.8
	    	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest	  	 	18	 
	 Section 6.9
	    	Restoration of Rights and Remedies	  	 	19	 
	 Section 6.10
	    	Rights and Remedies Cumulative	  	 	19	 
	 Section 6.11
	    	Delay or Omission Not Waiver	  	 	19	 
	 Section 6.12
	    	Control by Holders	  	 	19	 

  
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	 	    	 	  	Page	 
	 Section 6.13
	    	Waiver of Past Defaults	  	 	19	 
	 Section 6.14
	    	Undertaking for Costs	  	 	20	 
		
	 ARTICLE VII TRUSTEE
	  	 	20	 
	 Section 7.1
	    	Duties of Trustee	  	 	20	 
	 Section 7.2
	    	Rights of Trustee	  	 	21	 
	 Section 7.3
	    	Individual Rights of Trustee	  	 	22	 
	 Section 7.4
	    	Trustee’s Disclaimer	  	 	22	 
	 Section 7.5
	    	Notice of Defaults	  	 	22	 
	 Section 7.6
	    	Reports by Trustee to Holders	  	 	22	 
	 Section 7.7
	    	Compensation and Indemnity	  	 	22	 
	 Section 7.8
	    	Replacement of Trustee	  	 	23	 
	 Section 7.9
	    	Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc	  	 	24	 
	 Section 7.10
	    	Eligibility; Disqualification	  	 	24	 
	 Section 7.11
	    	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company	  	 	24	 
		
	 ARTICLE VIII SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
	  	 	24	 
	 Section 8.1
	    	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	  	 	24	 
	 Section 8.2
	    	Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification	  	 	25	 
	 Section 8.3
	    	Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series	  	 	25	 
	 Section 8.4
	    	Covenant Defeasance	  	 	27	 
	 Section 8.5
	    	Repayment to Company	  	 	28	 
	 Section 8.6
	    	Reinstatement	  	 	28	 
		
	 ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
	  	 	28	 
	 Section 9.1
	    	Without Consent of Holders	  	 	28	 
	 Section 9.2
	    	With Consent of Holders	  	 	29	 
	 Section 9.3
	    	Limitations	  	 	29	 
	 Section 9.4
	    	Compliance with Trust Indenture Act	  	 	30	 
	 Section 9.5
	    	Revocation and Effect of Consents	  	 	30	 
	 Section 9.6
	    	Notation on or Exchange of Securities	  	 	30	 
	 Section 9.7
	    	Trustee Protected	  	 	30	 
		
	 ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS
	  	 	31	 
	 Section 10.1
	    	Trust Indenture Act Controls	  	 	31	 
	 Section 10.2
	    	Notices	  	 	31	 
	 Section 10.3
	    	Communication by Holders with Other Holders	  	 	32	 
	 Section 10.4
	    	Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent	  	 	32	 
	 Section 10.5
	    	Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion	  	 	32	 
	 Section 10.6
	    	Rules by Trustee and Agents	  	 	32	 
	 Section 10.7
	    	Legal Holidays	  	 	32	 
	 Section 10.8
	    	No Recourse Against Others	  	 	32	 
	 Section 10.9
	    	Counterparts	  	 	33	 
	 Section 10.10
	    	Governing Law	  	 	33	 
	 Section 10.11
	    	No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements	  	 	33	 
	 Section 10.12
	    	Successors	  	 	33	 
	 Section 10.13
	    	Severability	  	 	33	 
	 Section 10.14
	    	Headings, Etc	  	 	33	 
	 Section 10.15
	    	Securities in a Foreign Currency	  	 	33	 
	 Section 10.16
	    	Judgment Currency	  	 	34	 
		
	 ARTICLE XI SINKING FUNDS
	  	 	34	 
	 Section 11.1
	    	Applicability of Article	  	 	34	 
	 Section 11.2
	    	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities	  	 	34	 
	 Section 11.3
	    	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund	  	 	35	 

  
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	ARTICLE XII GUARANTEE	  	 	35	 
	 Section 12.1
	    	 Guarantees
	  	 	35	 

  
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 CATCHMARK TIMBER TRUST, INC. 

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and 

Indenture, dated as of                     ,
20     
  

			
	 TIA SECTION
	  	 INDENTURE
SECTION

	 Section 310 (a)(1)
	  	7.10
	 (a)(2)
	  	7.10
	 (a)(3)
	  	Not Applicable
	 (a)(4)
	  	Not Applicable
	 (a)(5)
	  	7.10
	 (b)
	  	7.10
	 Section 311 (a)
	  	7.11
	 (b)
	  	7.11
	 (c)
	  	Not Applicable
	 Section 312 (a)
	  	2.6
	 (b)
	  	10.3
	 (c)
	  	10.3
	 Section 313 (a)
	  	7.6
	 (b)(1)
	  	7.6
	 (b)(2)
	  	7.6
	 (c)(1)
	  	7.6
	 (d)
	  	7.6
	 Section 314 (a)
	  	4.2, 10.5
	 (b)
	  	Not Applicable
	 (c)(1)
	  	10.4
	 (c)(2)
	  	10.4
	 (c)(3)
	  	Not Applicable
	 (d)
	  	Not Applicable
	 (e)
	  	10.5
	 (f)
	  	Not Applicable
	 Section 315 (a)
	  	7.1
	 (b)
	  	7.5
	 (c)
	  	7.1
	 (d)
	  	7.1
	 (e)
	  	6.14
	 Section 316 (a)
	  	2.10
	 (a)(1)(a)
	  	6.12
	 (a)(1)(b)
	  	6.13
	 (b)
	  	6.8
	 Section 317 (a)(1)
	  	6.3
	 (a)(2)
	  	6.4
	 (b)
	  	2.5
	 Section 318 (a)
	  	10.1

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

  
 iv 

 Indenture dated as of
                    , 20     among CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and
                     as trustee (the “Trustee”). 

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities issued
under this Indenture. 
 ARTICLE I 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 

Section 1.1    Definitions. 

“Affiliate” of any specified person means any other person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common
control with such specified person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any person,
shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by agreement or otherwise. 

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

“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee thereof. 

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been
adopted by the Board of Directors, any authorized committee thereof or pursuant to authorization by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of the certificate and delivered to the Trustee. 

“Business Day” means, unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for
a particular Series, any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York (or in connection with any payment, the place of payment) on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive
order to close. 
 “Capital Stock” means (a) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; (b) in the case of an
association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not voting) of corporate stock, including each class of common stock and preferred stock of such person;
and (c) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited). 

“Company” means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it and thereafter means the successor. “Company
Order” means a written order signed in the name of the Company by an Officer. 
 “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of
the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business related to this Indenture shall be principally administered. 

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

“Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any Series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more
Global Securities, the person designated as Depositary for such Series by the Company, which Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act; and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Depositary” as
used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of such Series. 

 “Discount Security” means any Security that provides for an amount less than the stated
principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2. 

“Dollars” and “$” means the currency of The United States of America. “Exchange Act” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
 “Foreign Currency” means any currency or currency unit issued by a government other than the
government of the United States of America, including the Euro. 
 “Foreign Government Obligations” means, with respect to
Securities of any Series that are denominated in a Foreign Currency, direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit
is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof. 
 “GAAP” means generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States of America set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect as of the date of determination. 

“Global Security” or “Global Securities” means a Security or Securities, as the case may be, in the form established
pursuant to Section 2.2 evidencing all or part of a Series of Securities, issued to the Depositary for such Series or its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depositary or nominee. 

“Guarantee” means the guarantee by any guarantor of the obligations under this Indenture. 

“Guarantor” means each person that provides a Guarantee of any Series of Securities as a guarantor and its respective successors and
assigns. 
 “Holder” or “Securityholder” means a person in whose name a Security is registered. 

“Indenture” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented, from time to time and shall include the form and terms of particular
Series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder. 
 “interest” when used with respect to any Discount Security which by
its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity. 
 “Maturity,” when used with respect to any
Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise. 

“Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer,
the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, and any Vice President of the Company. 
 “Officer’s Certificate” means a
certificate signed by any Officer. 
 “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of legal counsel who is acceptable to the
Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company. 
 “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership,
joint venture, association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. 

“principal” of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on, and any additional
amounts in respect of, the Security. 

  
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 “Responsible Officer” means any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office
having responsibility for administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with
a particular subject. 
 “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

“Securities” means the debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company of any Series authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture. 
 “Series” or “Series of Securities” means each series of debentures, notes or other debt instruments
of the Company created pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof. 
 “Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Security, means
the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or interest is due and payable. 

“Subsidiary” of any specified person means any corporation, association 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) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such person or
one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that person or a combination thereof. 
 “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15
U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the
Trust Indenture Act as so amended. 
 “Trustee” means the person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this
instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is
more than one such person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that Series. 

“U.S. Government Obligations” means securities which are direct obligations of, or guaranteed by, The United States of America for
the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any
such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depositary receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such
custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt. 

Section 1.2    Other Definitions. 
  

			
	 TERM
	  	 DEFINED IN
SECTION

	“Bankruptcy Law”	  	6.1
	“Custodian”	  	6.1
	“Guarantee”	  	12.1(b)
	“Event of Default”	  	6.1
	“Judgment Currency”	  	10.16
	“Legal Holiday”	  	10.7
	“mandatory sinking fund payment”	  	11.1
	“Market Exchange Rate”	  	10.15
	“New York Banking Day”	  	10.16
	“Notice Agent”	  	2.4

  
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	“optional sinking fund payment”	  	11.1
	“Paying Agent”	  	2.4
	“Registrar”	  	2.4
	“Required Currency”	  	10.16
	“successor person”	  	5.1

 Section 1.3    Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. 

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The
following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings: 
 “Commission” means the SEC. 

“indenture securities” means the Securities. 

“indenture security holder” means a Securityholder. 

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture. 

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee. 

“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company and any successor obligor upon the Securities. 

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under
the TIA and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as so defined. 
 Section 1.4    Rules of Construction. 

Unless the context otherwise requires: 

a term has the meaning assigned to it; 

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

“or” is not exclusive; 

words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular; and 

provisions apply to successive events and transactions. 

ARTICLE II 
 THE
SECURITIES 
 Section 2.1    Issuable in Series. 

The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be
issued in one or more Series. All Securities of a Series shall be identical except as may be set forth or determined in the manner provided in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officer’s Certificate detailing the adoption of
the terms thereof pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution. In the case of Securities of a Series to be issued from time to time, the Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture detailing the adoption of the
terms thereof pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution may provide for the method by which specified terms (such as interest rate, maturity date, record date or date from which interest shall accrue) are to be determined. Securities
may differ between Series in respect of any matters, provided that all Series of Securities shall be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. 

  
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 Section 2.2    Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities. 

At or prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series, the following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in the case of
Subsection 2.2.1 and either as to such Securities within the Series or as to the Series generally in the case of Subsections 2.2.2 through 2.2.23) by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth or determined in the manner provided in a Board
Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate: 
 2.2.1 the title (which shall distinguish the Securities of that
particular Series from the Securities of any other Series) and ranking (including the terms of any subordination provisions) of the Series; 

2.2.2 the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) at which the Securities of the Series will be issued;

 2.2.3 any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the Series pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6); 

2.2.4 the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the Series is payable; 

2.2.5 the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or, if applicable, the method used to determine such rate or rates
(including, but not limited to, any commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which the Securities of the Series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the date or
dates on which such interest, if any, shall commence and be payable and any regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date; 

2.2.6 the place or places where the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series shall be payable, where the Securities
of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be delivered, and the method of such payment, if by
wire transfer, mail or other means; 
 2.2.7 if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms
and conditions upon which the Securities of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company; 
 2.2.8 the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase the Securities of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and
the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the Series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; 

2.2.9 the dates, if any, on which and the price or prices at which the Securities of the Series will be repurchased by the Company at the
option of the Holders thereof and other detailed terms and provisions of such repurchase obligations; 
 2.2.10 if other than denominations
of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the Series shall be issuable; 
 2.2.11 the forms
of the Securities of the Series and whether the Securities will be issuable as Global Securities; 

  
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 2.2.12 if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the
Securities of the Series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2; 

2.2.13 the currency of denomination of the Securities of the Series, which may be Dollars or any Foreign Currency, and if such currency of
denomination is a composite currency, the agency or organization, if any, responsible for overseeing such composite currency; 
 2.2.14 the
designation of the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be made; 

2.2.15 if payments of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series are to be made in one or more currencies or currency
units other than that or those in which such Securities are denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments will be determined; 

2.2.16 the manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be determined, if
such amounts may be determined by reference to an index based on a currency or currencies or by reference to a commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index; 

2.2.17 the provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Securities of the Series or the Guarantees; 

2.2.18 any addition to, deletion of or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the Series and any change in the
right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 6.2; 

2.2.19 any addition to, deletion of or change in the covenants set forth in Articles IV or V which applies to Securities of the Series; 

2.2.20 any Depositaries, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with respect to Securities of such
Series if other than those appointed herein; 
 2.2.21 the provisions, if any, relating to conversion or exchange of any Securities of such
Series, including if applicable, the conversion or exchange price, the conversion or exchange period, provisions as to whether conversion or exchange will be mandatory, at the option of the Holders thereof or at the option of the Company, the events
requiring an adjustment of the conversion price or exchange price and provisions affecting conversion or exchange if such Series of Securities are redeemed; 

2.2.22 any other terms of the Series (which may supplement, modify or delete any provision of this Indenture insofar as it applies to such
Series), including any terms that may be required under applicable law or regulations or advisable in connection with the marketing of Securities of that Series; and 

2.2.23 whether the Securities of such Series are entitled to the benefits of any Guarantee and, if so, the identity of the Guarantor or
Guarantors and the terms and provisions applicable to any such Guarantee. 
 All Securities of any one Series need not be issued at the same
time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate referred to above. 

Section 2.3    Execution and Authentication. 

Any Officer shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual, facsimile or electronic mail in “portable document format”
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 If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the
Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be valid. 
 A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual,
facsimile or electronic mail in “portable document format” signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture. 

The Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate Securities for original issue in the principal amount provided in the Board
Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate, upon receipt by the Trustee of a Company Order. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. 

The aggregate principal amount of Securities of any Series outstanding at any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount
for such Series set forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2, except as provided in Section 2.8. 

Prior to the issuance of Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall have received and (subject to Section 7.2) shall be fully protected
in relying on: (a) the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate establishing the form of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series and the terms of the Securities of that Series or of
Securities within that Series, (b) an Officer’s Certificate complying with Section 10.4, and (c) an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 10.4. 

The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being advised
by counsel, determines that such action may not be taken lawfully; or (b) if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or vice presidents or a committee of
Responsible Officers shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any then outstanding Series of Securities. 

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 has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an Affiliate of
the Company. 
 Section 2.4    Registrar and Paying Agent. 

The Company shall maintain, with respect to each Series of Securities, at the place or places specified with respect to such Series pursuant to
Section 2.2, an office or agency where Securities of such Series may be presented or surrendered for payment (“Paying Agent”), where Securities of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
(“Registrar”) and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be delivered (“Notice Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to each Series
of Securities and to their transfer and exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address, and any change in the name or address, of each Registrar, Paying Agent or Notice Agent. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required Registrar, Paying Agent or Notice Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the name and address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. 

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more co-registrars, additional paying agents
or additional notice agents 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 obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Notice
Agent in each place so specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for Securities of any Series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the name or address
of any such co-registrar, additional paying agent or additional notice agent. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar; the term “Paying Agent”
includes any additional paying agent; and the term “Notice Agent” includes any additional notice agent. The Company or any of its Affiliates may serve as Registrar or Paying Agent. 

  
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 The Company hereby appoints the Trustee the initial Registrar, Paying Agent and Notice Agent for
each Series unless another Registrar, Paying Agent or Notice Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to the time Securities of that Series are first issued. 

Section 2.5    Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. 

The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the
benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities, or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Series of Securities, and will notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company
in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon
payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold
in a separate trust fund for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding with respect to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying
Agent for the Securities. 
 Section 2.6    Securityholder Lists. 

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
Securityholders of each Series of Securities and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least ten days before each interest payment date and 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 Securityholders of each Series of Securities. 

Section 2.7    Transfer and Exchange. 

Where Securities of a Series are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to
register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of
transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Section 2.11, 3.6
or 9.6). 
 Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of
any Series for the period beginning at the opening of business 15 days immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that Series selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing,
or (b) to register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any Series selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed of any such Securities selected, called or being called for redemption in part.

 Section 2.8    Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. 

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. 

If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (a) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security and (b) such security or indemnity bond as may be required by each of them to hold itself and any of its agents harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
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shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding. 
 In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become
due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security. 
 Upon the issuance of any new
Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee)
connected therewith. 
 Every new Security of any Series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security
shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities of that Series duly issued hereunder. 
 The provisions of this Section are exclusive and
shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities. 

Section 2.9    Outstanding Securities. 

The Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to
it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest on a Global Security effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof and those described in this Section as not outstanding. 

If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8, it ceases to be outstanding until the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that
the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser. 
 If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company) holds on the Maturity of Securities of a Series money sufficient to pay such Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such Securities of the Series cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to
accrue. 
 The Company may purchase or otherwise acquire the Securities, whether by open market purchases, negotiated transactions or
otherwise. A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security (but see Section 2.10 below). 

In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such
determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2. 

Section 2.10    Treasury Securities. 

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities of a Series have concurred in any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, Securities of a Series owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on
any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities of a Series that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. 

Section 2.11    Temporary Securities. 

Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon a
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definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee upon receipt
of a Company Order shall authenticate definitive Securities of the same Series and date of maturity in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, temporary securities shall have the same rights under this Indenture as the definitive
Securities. 
 Section 2.12    Cancellation. 

The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee
any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy such canceled Securities
(subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act and the Trustee) and deliver a certificate of such cancellation to the Company upon written request of the Company. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that
it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. 
 Section 2.13    Defaulted Interest. 

If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus, to the extent permitted
by law, any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the persons who are Securityholders of the Series on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix the record date and payment date. At least ten days before the special record
date, the Company shall mail to the Trustee and to each Securityholder of the Series a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid. The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful
manner. 
 Section 2.14    Global Securities. 

2.14.1 Terms of Securities. A Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate shall establish whether the
Securities of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities. 

2.14.2 Transfer and Exchange. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Section 2.7 of the Indenture and in addition
thereto, any Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Indenture for Securities registered in the names of Holders other than the Depositary for such Security or its nominee only if (a) such Depositary notifies
the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a
successor Depositary registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act within 90 days of such event or (b) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that such Global Security shall be so
exchangeable. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct in writing in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of the Global Security with like tenor and terms. 
 Except as provided in this Section 2.14.2, a Global Security may not be
transferred except as a whole by the Depositary with respect to such Global Security to a nominee of such Depositary, by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee
to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary. 
 2.14.3 Legend. Any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form: 
 “This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter
referred to and is registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary. 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 may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, 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 a successor Depositary.” 

  
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 2.14.4 Acts of Holders. The Depositary, as a Holder, may appoint agents and otherwise authorize
participants to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under the Indenture. 

2.14.5 Payments. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.2,
payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on any Global Security shall be made to the Holder thereof. 
 2.14.6 Consents,
Declaration and Directions. The Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a person as the Holder of such principal amount of outstanding Securities of such Series represented by a Global Security as shall be specified in a written statement of
the Depositary or by the applicable procedures of the Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for purposes of obtaining any consents, declarations, waivers or directions required to be given by the Holders pursuant to this Indenture. 

Section 2.15    CUSIP Numbers. 

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

ARTICLE III 
 REDEMPTION

 Section 3.1    Notice to Trustee. 

The Company may, with respect to any Series of Securities, reserve the right to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant to
redeem and pay the Series of Securities or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such Securities. If a Series of Securities is redeemable and the Company wants or is obligated to
redeem prior to the Stated Maturity thereof all or part of the Series of Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date and the principal amount of Series of Securities to be
redeemed. The Company shall give the notice at least 15 days before the redemption date (or such shorter period as may be acceptable to the Trustee). 

Section 3.2    Selection of Securities to be Redeemed. 

Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate, if less
than all the Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities of the Series to be redeemed in any manner that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate, including by lot or other method, unless otherwise required by
law or applicable stock exchange requirements, subject, in the case of Global Securities, to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee shall make the selection from Securities of the Series outstanding not previously called
for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities of the Series that have denominations larger than $1,000. Securities of the Series and portions of them it selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole
multiples of $1,000 or, with respect to Securities of any Series issuable in other denominations pursuant to Section 2.2.10, the minimum principal denomination for each Series and the authorized integral multiples thereof. Provisions of this
Indenture that apply to Securities of a Series called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities of that Series called for redemption. 

  
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 Section 3.3    Notice of Redemption. 

Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate, at
least 15 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed. 

The notice shall identify the Securities of the Series to be redeemed and shall state: 

 

	 	(a)	the redemption date; 

  

	 	(b)	the redemption price; 

  

	 	(c)	the name and address of the Paying Agent; 

  

	 	(d)	if any Securities are being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Securities to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date and upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities
in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Security shall be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Security; 

 

	 	(e)	that Securities of the Series called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price; 

  

	 	(f)	that interest on Securities of the Series called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date; 

  

	 	(g)	the CUSIP number, if any; and 

  

	 	(h)	any other information as may be required by the terms of the particular Series or the Securities of a Series being redeemed. 

At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense, provided,
however, that the Company has delivered to the Trustee, at least five days (unless a shorter time shall be acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the notice date, an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting
forth the information to be stated in such notice. 
 Section 3.4    Effect of Notice of Redemption. 

Once notice of redemption is mailed as provided in Section 3.3, Securities of a Series called for redemption become due and payable on the
redemption date and at the redemption price. Except as otherwise provided in the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officer’s Certificate for a Series, a notice of redemption may not be conditional. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent,
such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price plus accrued interest to the redemption date. 
 Section 3.5    Deposit of
Redemption Price. 
 On or before 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent
money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that date. 

Section 3.6    Securities Redeemed in Part. 

Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Security of the same Series and the
same maturity equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered. 

  
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 ARTICLE IV 

COVENANTS 

Section 4.1    Payment of Principal and Interest. 

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal
of and interest, if any, on the Securities of that Series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture. On or before 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the applicable payment date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying
Agent money sufficient to pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of each Series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture. 

Section 4.2    SEC Reports. 

The Company shall, so long as any Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee within 15 days after it files them with the SEC copies of
the annual reports and of the information, documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a). Reports, information and documents filed with the SEC via the EDGAR system will be deemed to be delivered to the Trustee as
of the time of such filing via EDGAR for purposes of this Section 4.2. 
 Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee
under this Section 4.2 are for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive or actual 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 Officer’s Certificates). 

Section 4.3    Compliance Certificate. 

The Company and each Guarantor, if any, (to the extent that such Guarantor is so required under the TIA) shall, so long as any Securities are
outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officer’s Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has
been made under the supervision of the signing Officer with a view to determining whether the Company and any Guarantor has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to such Officer signing
such certificate, that to the best of such Officer’s knowledge the Company and any Guarantor has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance
of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which such Officer may have knowledge). 

The Company will, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, promptly upon becoming aware of any Default or
Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. 

Section 4.4    Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. 

The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will 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 wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture or the Securities 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 has been enacted. 

  
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 Section 4.5    Additional Amounts. 

If a Series of Securities provides for the payment of additional amounts, at least 10 days prior to the first interest payment date with
respect to that Series of Securities and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal of or interest on the Securities of that Series if there has been a change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned
Officer’s Certificate, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee and the Paying Agent, if other than the Trustee, an Officer’s Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent whether such payment of principal of or interest on the
Securities of that Series shall be made to Holders of the Securities of that Series without withholding or deduction for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of that Series. If any such
withholding or deduction shall be required, then such Officer’s Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld or deducted on such payments to such Holders and shall certify the fact that additional amounts
will be payable and the amounts so payable to each Holder, and the Company shall pay to the Trustee or such paying agent the additional amounts required to be paid by this Section. The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent
for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officer’s
Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section. 
 Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the
principal of or interest or any other amounts on, or in respect of, any Series of Securities, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of additional amounts provided by the terms of such Series established hereby or pursuant
hereto to the extent that, in such context, additional amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms, and express mention of the payment of additional amounts (if applicable) in any provision hereof shall not be
construed as excluding the payment of additional amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made. 
 ARTICLE V

 SUCCESSORS 

Section 5.1    When Company May Merge, Etc. 

The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and
assets to, any person (a “successor person”) unless: 
  

	 	(a)	the Company is the surviving entity or the successor person (if other than the Company) is a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity organized and validly existing under the laws of any U.S. domestic
jurisdiction and expressly assumes the Company’s obligations on the Securities and under this Indenture; 

  

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

  

	 	(c)	if the Company is not the successor person, then each Guarantor, if any, unless it has become the successor person, shall confirm that its Guarantee shall continue to apply to the obligations under the Securities and
this Indenture to the same extent as prior to such merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, as applicable. 

 The Company shall
deliver to the Trustee prior to the consummation of the proposed transaction an Officer’s Certificate to the foregoing effect and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the proposed transaction and any supplemental indenture comply with this
Indenture. 
 Notwithstanding the above, any Subsidiary of the Company may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its
properties to the Company. Neither an Officer’s Certificate nor an Opinion of Counsel shall be required to be delivered in connection therewith. 

  
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 Section 5.2    Successor Corporation Substituted. 

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company
in accordance with Section 5.1, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition 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 has been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Company in the case of a sale, conveyance or
other disposition (other than a lease) shall be released from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities. 

ARTICLE VI 
 DEFAULTS AND
REMEDIES 
 Section 6.1    Events of Default. 

“Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any Series, means any one of the following events, unless in
the establishing Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officer’s Certificate, it is provided that such Series shall not have the benefit of said Event of Default: 
  

	 	(a)	default in the payment of any interest on any Security of that Series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days (unless the entire amount of such payment is deposited by
the Company with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the 30th day of such period); or 

  

	 	(b)	default in the payment of principal of any Security of that Series at its Maturity; or 

  

	 	(c)	default in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than defaults pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) above or pursuant to a covenant or warranty that has been
included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Series of Securities other than that Series), which default continues uncured for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or
to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or 

  

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

  

	 	(i)	commences a voluntary case, 

  

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

  

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

  

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

  

	 	(v)	generally is unable to pay its debts as the same become due; or 

  

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

  

	 	(i)	is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case, 

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

  

	 	(iii)	orders the liquidation of the Company, and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or 

  

	 	(f)	any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that Series, which is specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate, in accordance with
Section 2.2.18. 

 The term “Bankruptcy Law” means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for
the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law. 

Section 6.2    Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. 

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of
Default referred to in Section 6.1(d) or (e)), then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities of
that Series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the Securities of that Series to be due and payable immediately, by
a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.1(d) or (e) shall occur, the principal amount (or specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. 
 At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
any Series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that
Series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration, if all Events of Default with respect to Securities of
that Series, other than the non-payment of the principal and interest, if any, of Securities of that Series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as
provided in Section 6.13. 
 No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 

Section 6.3    Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. 

The Company covenants that if: 
  

	 	(a)	default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or 

 

	 	(b)	default is made in the payment of principal of any Security at the Maturity thereof, or 

  

	 	(c)	default is made in the deposit of any sinking fund payment when and as due by the terms of a Security, 

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

  
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 If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name
and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company, any Guarantor or any
other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or deemed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated. 

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

Section 6.4    Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. 

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due
and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in
such proceeding or otherwise, 
  

	 	(a)	to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such 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 of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and 

 

	 	(b)	to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, 

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7. 
 Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the 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 6.5    Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities. 

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

  
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 Section 6.6    Application of Money Collected. 

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

 First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7; and 

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

Third: To the Company or the Guarantors, if any, as applicable. 

Section 6.7    Limitation on Suits. 

No Holder of any Security of any Series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless 
  

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

 

	 	(b)	the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own
name as Trustee hereunder; 

  

	 	(c)	such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by the Trustee in compliance with such
request; 

  

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

 

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

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

Section 6.8    Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest. 

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on such Security on the Maturity of such Security, including the Stated Maturity expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date) and to institute suit for
the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. 

  
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 Section 6.9    Restoration of Rights and Remedies. 

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

Section 6.10    Rights and Remedies Cumulative. 

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in Section 2.8,
no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every
other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not, to the extent permitted by law, prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. 
 Section 6.11    Delay or Omission Not Waiver. 

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall
impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often
as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be. 
 Section 6.12    Control by Holders.

 The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series shall have the right to direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such Series, provided that: 

 

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

  

	 	(b)	the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, 

  

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

  

	 	(d)	prior to taking any action as directed under this Section 6.12, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction. 

 Section 6.13    Waiver of Past Defaults. 

The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such Series waive any past Default hereunder with respect to such Series and its consequences, except a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security of such Series (provided, however, that the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration). Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to
exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 

  
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 Section 6.14    Undertaking for Costs. 

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court
may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit
of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of
the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding
in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security on or after the Maturity of
such Security, including the Stated Maturity expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date). 

ARTICLE VII 
 TRUSTEE

 Section 7.1    Duties of Trustee. 
  

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

  

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

  

	 	(i)	The Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others. 

  

	 	(ii)	In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon Officer’s Certificates or Opinions of
Counsel furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; however, in the case of any such Officer’s Certificates or Opinions of Counsel which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to
the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such Officer’s Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to determine whether or not they conform to the form requirements of this Indenture. 

 

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

 

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

  

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

 

	 	(iii)	The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Securities of any Series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under
this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such Series in accordance with Section 6.12. 

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

 

	 	(e)	The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in
performing such duty or exercising such right or power. 

  

	 	(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. 

  

	 	(g)	No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if
adequate indemnity against such risk is not assured to the Trustee to its reasonable satisfaction. 

  

	 	(h)	The Paying Agent, the Registrar and any authenticating agent shall be entitled to the protections and immunities as are set forth in paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of this Section, each with respect to the Trustee.

 Section 7.2    Rights of Trustee. 
  

	 	(a)	The Trustee may rely on and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any document (whether in its original or facsimile form) 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. 

  

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

  

	 	(c)	The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care. No Depositary shall be deemed an agent of the Trustee and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any act or omission by any Depositary. 

  

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

  

	 	(e)	The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder
without willful misconduct or negligence, and in reliance thereon. 

  

	 	(f)	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 of Securities unless such Holders shall have offered to
the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction. 

  
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	 	(g)	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. 

 

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

Section 7.3    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. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11. 

Section 7.4    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 authentication. 

Section 7.5    Notice of Defaults. 

If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any Series and if it is known to a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder of the Securities of that Series notice of a Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of
such Default or Event of Default. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Security of any Series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as its corporate trust committee or a
committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Securityholders of that Series. 

Section 7.6    Reports by Trustee to Holders. 

Within 60 days after each anniversary of the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Securityholders, as their names
and addresses appear on the register kept by the Registrar, a brief report dated as of such anniversary date, in accordance with, and to the extent required under, TIA Section 313. 

A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders of any Series shall be filed with the SEC and each national securities
exchange on which the Securities of that Series are listed. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing when Securities of any Series are listed on any national securities exchange. 

Section 7.7    Compensation and Indemnity. 

The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation for its services as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time
agree upon in writing. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel. 

The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee (including the cost of defending itself) against any cost, expense
or liability, including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee) incurred by it except as set forth in the next paragraph in the performance 

  
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of its duties under this Indenture as Trustee or Agent. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company
shall not relieve the Company of its obligations under this Section 7.7 except to the extent that the Company suffers actual prejudice as a result of such failure. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the
defense. The Trustee may have one separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
This indemnification shall apply to officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents of the Trustee. 
 The Company need not
reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee or by any officer, director, employee, shareholder or agent of the Trustee through willful misconduct or negligence. 

To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any Series on all
money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Securities of that Series. 

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(d) or (e) 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 shall survive the termination of this Indenture. 
 Section 7.8    Replacement of Trustee. 

A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s
acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section. 
 The Trustee may resign with respect to the Securities of one or more Series by so
notifying the Company at least 30 days prior to the date of the proposed resignation. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any Series may remove the Trustee with respect to that Series by so notifying the Trustee and
the Company. The Company may remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of one or more Series if: 
  

	 	(a)	the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10; 

  

	 	(b)	the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law; 

 

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

  

	 	(d)	the Trustee becomes incapable of acting. 

 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. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities may
appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. 
 If a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any one or more Series does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities of the
applicable Series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee. 
 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 subject to the lien provided for in
Section 7.7, 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 with respect to 

  
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each Series of Securities for which it is acting as Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to each Securityholder of each such Series.
Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.7 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee with respect to expenses and liabilities incurred by it
for actions taken or omitted to be taken in accordance with its rights, powers and duties under this Indenture prior to such replacement. 

Section 7.9    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 to, another
corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee, subject to Section 7.10. 

Section 7.10    Eligibility; Disqualification. 

This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee shall always have
a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b). 

Section 7.11    Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. 

The Trustee is subject to 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. 
 ARTICLE VIII 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE 

Section 8.1    Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. 

This Indenture shall upon Company Order cease to be of further effect (except as hereinafter provided in this Section 8.1), and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when 
  

	 	(a)	either 

  

	 	(i)	all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

  

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

  

	 	(1)	have become due and payable, or 

  

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

  

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

  

	 	(4)	are deemed paid and discharged pursuant to Section 8.3, as applicable; 

 and the Company, in the case of
(1), (2) or (3) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount of money or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient for the purpose of paying and discharging the entire indebtedness
on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable on or prior to the date of such deposit) or to the
Stated Maturity or redemption date, as the case may be; 

  
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	 	(b)	the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and 

  

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

 Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the
Trustee under Section 7.7, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of this Section, the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.2 and 8.5 shall survive. 

If the Company exercises the satisfaction and discharge provisions in compliance with this Indenture with respect to Securities of a
particular Series that are entitled to the benefit of a Guarantee of any Guarantor, such Guarantee will terminate with respect to that Series of Securities. 

Section 8.2    Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification. 

 

	 	(a)	Subject to the provisions of Section 8.5, all money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.1, all money and U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government
Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4 and all money received by the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or
8.4, shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee
may determine, to the persons entitled thereto, of the principal and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments as contemplated by
Section 8.3 or 8.4. 

  

	 	(b)	The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited pursuant to
Section 8.3 or 8.4 or the interest and principal received in respect of such obligations other than any payable by or on behalf of Holders. 

  

	 	(c)	The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Order any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations or money held by it as provided in Section 8.3 or 8.4 which, in
the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants or investment bank expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess of the amount thereof which then would have been
required to be deposited for the purpose for which such U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations or money were deposited or received. This provision shall not authorize the sale by the Trustee of any U.S. Government Obligations
or Foreign Government Obligations held under this Indenture. 

 Section 8.3    Legal Defeasance of Securities of
any Series. 
 Unless this Section 8.3 is otherwise specified, pursuant to Section 2.2, to be inapplicable to Securities of any
Series, the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the outstanding Securities of any Series on the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (d) hereof, and the provisions of
this Indenture, as it relates to such outstanding Securities of such Series, shall no longer be in effect 

  
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and any Guarantee will terminate with respect to that Series of Securities (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, execute instruments
acknowledging the same), except as to: 
  

	 	(a)	the rights of Holders of Securities of such Series to receive, from the trust funds described in subparagraph (d) hereof, (i) payment of the principal of and each installment of principal of and interest on the
outstanding Securities of such Series on the Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest and (ii) the benefit of any mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to the Securities of such Series on the day on which such
payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities of such Series; 

  

	 	(b)	the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.2, 8.3 and 8.5; and 

  

	 	(c)	the rights, powers, trust and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith; provided that, the following conditions shall have been satisfied: 

 

	 	(d)	the Company shall have deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section 8.2(c)) with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically
pledged as security for and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of such Securities (i) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in Dollars, cash in Dollars and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case of
Securities of such Series denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms, will
provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants or investment bank expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal of and interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking fund payments in
respect of all the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of interest or principal and such sinking fund payments are due; 

  

	 	(e)	such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound (other than a Default
or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit (and any similar concurrent deposit related to other indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary) and the granting of liens to secure such borrowings);

  

	 	(f)	no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after such date;

  

	 	(g)	the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since
the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of such Series
will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have
been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred; 

  
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	 	(h)	the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of
the Company; and 

  

	 	(i)	the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section
have been complied with. 

 Section 8.4    Covenant Defeasance. 

Unless this Section 8.4 is otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2 to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, the Company
may omit to comply with respect to the Securities of any Series with any term, provision or condition set forth under Sections 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 5.1 as well as any additional covenants specified in a supplemental indenture for such Series of
Securities or a Board Resolution or an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 (and the failure to comply with any such covenants shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to such Series under
Section 6.1) and the occurrence of any event specified in a supplemental indenture for such Series of Securities or a Board Resolution or an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2.18 and designated as an Event of
Default shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default hereunder, with respect to the Securities of such Series, provided that the following conditions shall have been satisfied: 

 

	 	(a)	With reference to this Section 8.4, the Company has deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section 8.2(c)) with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the
following payments specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities (i) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in Dollars, cash in Dollars and/or U.S. Government
Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants or investment bank expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal of and interest, if any,
on and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of interest or principal and such sinking fund payments are due; 

 

	 	(b)	Such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound (other than a Default
or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit (and any similar concurrent deposit related to other indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary) and the granting of liens to secure such borrowings);

  

	 	(c)	No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit; 

 

	 	(d)	The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of
such deposit and covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and covenant defeasance had not occurred; 

  
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	 	(e)	The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of
the Company; and 

  

	 	(f)	The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the covenant defeasance contemplated by
this Section have been complied with. 

 Section 8.5    Repayment to Company. 

Subject to applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for
the payment of principal and interest that remains unclaimed for two years. After that, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another
person. 
 Section 8.6    Reinstatement. 

If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money deposited with respect to Securities of any Series in accordance with
Section 8.1 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, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture
with respect to the Securities of such Series and under the Securities of such Series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.1 until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to
apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.1; provided, however, that if the Company has made any payment of principal of or interest on with respect to 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 such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent after payment in full to the Holders. 

ARTICLE IX 
 AMENDMENTS
AND WAIVERS 
 Section 9.1    Without Consent of Holders. 

The Company, any Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series without the consent
of any Securityholder: 
  

	 	(a)	to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; 

  

	 	(b)	to comply with Article V; 

  

	 	(c)	to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities; 

  

	 	(d)	to surrender any of the Company’s rights or powers under this Indenture; 

  

	 	(e)	to add covenants or events of default for the benefit of the holders of Securities of any Series; 

  

	 	(f)	to comply with the applicable procedures of the applicable depositary; 

  

	 	(g)	to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder; 

  

	 	(h)	to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of Securities of any Series as permitted by this Indenture; 

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

  

	 	(j)	to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA; or 

  

	 	(k)	to add Guarantees with respect to any or all of the Securities or to secure any or all of the Securities or the Guarantees. 

Section 9.2    With Consent of Holders. 

The Company, any Guarantors and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series affected by such supplemental indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series), for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Securityholders of each such Series. Except as provided in
Section 6.13, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series by notice to the Trustee (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of
such Series) may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities with respect to such Series. 
 It
shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Securities under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance
thereof. After a supplemental indenture or waiver under this section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Securities affected thereby, a notice briefly describing the supplemental indenture or waiver. Any failure by the
Company to mail or publish such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver. 

Section 9.3    Limitations. 

Without the consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment or waiver may not: 

 

	 	(a)	reduce the principal amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver; 

  

	 	(b)	reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including default interest) on any Security; 

  

	 	(c)	reduce the principal or change the Stated Maturity of any Security or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation; 

 

	 	(d)	reduce the principal amount of Discount Securities payable upon acceleration of the maturity thereof; 

  

	 	(e)	waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security (except a rescission of acceleration of the Securities of any Series by the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration); 

  

	 	(f)	make the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security payable in any currency other than that stated in the Security; 

  
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	 	(g)	make any change in Section 6.8, 6.13 or 9.3 (this sentence); 

  

	 	(h)	waive a redemption payment with respect to any Security, provided that such redemption is made at the Company’s option; or 

  

	 	(i)	if the Securities of that Series are entitled to the benefit of a Guarantee, release any Guarantor of such Series other than as provided in this Indenture or modify such Guarantee in any manner adverse to the Holders.

 Section 9.4    Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. 

Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series shall be set forth in a supplemental indenture hereto that complies
with the TIA as then in effect. 
 Section 9.5    Revocation and Effect of Consents. 

Until an amendment is set forth in a supplemental indenture or a waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security 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 his Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date of the supplemental indenture or the date the waiver becomes effective. 

Any amendment or waiver once effective shall bind every Securityholder of each Series affected by such amendment or waiver unless it is of the
type described in any of clauses (a) through (h) of Section 9.3. In that case, the amendment 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. 
 The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for
the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding
paragraph, those persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or take any such action, whether or not such
persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date. 

Section 9.6    Notation on or Exchange of Securities. 

The Company or the Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver on any Security of any Series thereafter
authenticated. The Company in exchange for Securities of that Series may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate upon request new Securities of that Series that reflect the amendment or waiver. 

Section 9.7    Trustee Protected. 

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby
of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 10.4.
The Trustee shall sign all supplemental indentures upon delivery of such an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel, except that the Trustee need not sign any supplemental indenture that adversely affects its rights. 

  
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 ARTICLE X 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Section 10.1    Trust Indenture Act Controls. 

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this
Indenture by the TIA, such required or deemed provision shall control. 
 Section 10.2    Notices. 

Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the other, or by a Holder to the Company, any Guarantor or the
Trustee, is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail: 
 if to the Company or any Guarantor: 

CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. 
 5
Concourse Parkway, Suite 2325 
 Atlanta, Georgia 30328 

Attention: Brian M. Davis, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 

with a copy to: 

Alston & Bird LLP 
 1201
Peachtree Street 
 Atlanta, Georgia 30309 

Attention: Rosemarie A. Thurston and Lesley H. Solomon 

if to the Trustee: 

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

 Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by first-class mail to his address shown on the register kept by the
Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder of any Series or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders of that or any other Series. 

If a notice or communication is mailed or published in the manner provided above, within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not
the Securityholder receives it. 
 If the Company or any Guarantor mails a notice or communication to Securityholders, it shall mail a copy
to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time. 
 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Security, where this
Indenture or any Security provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption) to a Holder of a Global Security (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given to the Depositary for such Security (or its
designee) pursuant to the customary procedures of such Depositary. 

  
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 Section 10.3    Communication by Holders with Other Holders. 

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

Section 10.4    Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. 

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: 
  

	 	(a)	an Officer’s Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and 

 

	 	(b)	an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with. 

Section 10.5    Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. 

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate
provided pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section 314(e) and shall include: 
  

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

  

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

 

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

  

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

Section 10.6    Rules by Trustee and Agents. 

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders of one or more Series. Any Agent may make reasonable rules
and set reasonable requirements for its functions. 
 Section 10.7    Legal Holidays. 

Unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series, a
“Legal Holiday” is any day that is not a Business Day. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for
the intervening period. 
 Section 10.8    No Recourse Against Others. 

A director, officer, employee or stockholder (past or present), as such, of the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee (other than a
stockholder, partner or other owner which itself is the Company or a Guarantor of the Securities), as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or for any obligations of the Company, any Guarantor or
the Trustee under this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issue of the Securities. 

  
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 Section 10.9    Counterparts. 

This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed
shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and
delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all
purposes. 
 Section 10.10    Governing Law. 

THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES, INCLUDING ANY CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES, SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). 

Section 10.11    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 10.12    Successors. 

All agreements of the Company and the Guarantors, if any, in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind their respective successors. All
agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor. 
 Section 10.13    Severability. 

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 
 Section 10.14    Headings,
Etc. 
 The Cross Reference Table, and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of
reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. 

Section 10.15    Securities in a Foreign Currency. 

Unless otherwise specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to
Section 2.2 of this Indenture with respect to a particular Series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all Series
or all Series affected by a particular action at the time outstanding and, at such time, there are outstanding Securities of any Series which are denominated in more than one currency, then the principal amount of Securities of such Series which
shall be deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of taking such action shall be determined by converting any such other currency into a currency that is designated upon issuance of any particular Series of Securities. Unless otherwise specified in
a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Indenture with respect to a particular Series of Securities, such conversion shall be at the spot rate for the
purchase of the designated currency as published in The Financial Times in the “Currency Rates” section (or, if The Financial Times is no longer published, or if such information is no longer available in The Financial Times, such source
as may be selected in good faith by the Company) on any date of determination. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent principal amount in respect of Securities of a Series denominated in currency other than
Dollars in connection with any action taken by Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. 

  
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 All decisions and determinations provided for in the preceding paragraph shall, in the absence of
manifest error, to the extent permitted by law, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Trustee and all Holders. 

Section 10.16    Judgment Currency. 

The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining
judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of or interest or other amount on the Securities of any Series (the “Required Currency”) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the
“Judgment Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the day on which
final unappealable judgment is entered, unless such day is not a New York Banking Day, then the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the
Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not
be discharged or satisfied by any tender, any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall
result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering
in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable, and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due
under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, “New York Banking Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or
executive order to close. 
 ARTICLE XI 

SINKING FUNDS 

Section 11.1    Applicability of Article. 

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of the Securities of a Series if so provided by the
terms of such Securities pursuant to Section 2.2, except as otherwise permitted or required by any form of Security of such Series issued pursuant to this Indenture. 

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of the Securities of any Series is herein referred to as a
“mandatory sinking fund payment” and any other amount provided for by the terms of Securities of such Series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any Series,
the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 11.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any Series as provided for by the terms of the Securities of such
Series. 
 Section 11.2    Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. 

The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of any Series to be made
pursuant to the terms of such Securities (1) deliver outstanding Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable (other than any of such Securities previously called for mandatory sinking fund redemption) and
(2) apply as credit Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable and which have been repurchased by the Company or redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Series of Securities
(except pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund) or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments or other optional redemptions pursuant to the terms of such Securities, provided that such Securities have not been previously so
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received by the Trustee, together with an Officer’s Certificate with respect thereto, not later than 15 days prior to the date on which the Trustee begins the process of selecting Securities
for redemption, and shall be credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. If as a
result of the delivery or credit of Securities in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this Section 11.2, the principal amount of Securities of such Series to be redeemed in order to exhaust the aforesaid cash payment shall be less than $100,000,
the Trustee need not call Securities of such Series for redemption, except upon receipt of a Company Order that such action be taken, and such cash payment shall be held by the Trustee or a Paying Agent and applied to the next succeeding sinking
fund payment, provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall from time to time upon receipt of a Company Order pay over and deliver to the Company any cash payment so being held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent upon delivery by
the Company to the Trustee of Securities of that Series purchased by the Company having an unpaid principal amount equal to the cash payment required to be released to the Company. 

Section 11.3    Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. 

Not less than 45 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate in
respect of a particular Series of Securities) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking
fund payment for that Series pursuant to the terms of that Series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting of Securities of that
Series pursuant to Section 11.2, and the optional amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified. Not less than 30 days
(unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture in respect of a particular Series of Securities) before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be
redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 3.2 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.3. Such notice
having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6. 

ARTICLE XII 
 GUARANTEE

 Section 12.1    Guarantees. 

Any series of Securities may be guaranteed by one or more Guarantors. The terms and the form of any such Guarantee will be established in the
manner contemplated by Section 2.2 for that particular series of Securities. 

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

	
	 CATCHMARK TIMBER TRUST, INC.

	
	
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