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Confidential Settlement & License Agreement

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CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT & LICENSE AGREEMENT 

This CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT & LICENSE AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into and made effective as of
October 16, 2009 (“Effective Date”) by and between SonoSite, Inc., a Washington corporation, and General Electric Company, a New York corporation. 

 

	1.	BACKGROUND 

1.1 GE and SonoSite each manufacture and sell ultrasound products. 

1.2 GE and SonoSite each own patents and patent applications in the area of ultrasound technology. 

1.3 GE and SonoSite are engaged in several pending patent disputes and desire to resolve those disputes as well as to accomplish certain additional,
mutually desirable business objectives. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and for
other good consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
  

	2.	DEFINITIONS 

2.1 “Actions” means, collectively, (a) the parties’ lawsuit in the federal district court for the Western District of
Wisconsin, Case No. 08-cv-298-bbc, (b) the parties’ Federal Circuit appeal of the lawsuit from the Western District of Wisconsin, Case No. 07-C-0273-C, as well as all claims and counterclaims in the underlying case, and
(c) the parties’ nullity action in the German Federal Patents Court, Case No. 4 Ni 33/09 (EU). 
 2.2
“Affiliate” of a party hereto means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture or other legal person or entity of any kind that now or in the future is directly or indirectly controlled by, or is
under common control with, such party, but only so long as such control exists. For purposes of this definition, “control” or “controlled” shall mean, with respect to: (a) a corporation, the direct or indirect ownership of a
majority of the stock entitled to vote upon election of directors or persons performing similar functions, or direct or indirect ownership of the maximum percentage of such stock permitted under local laws or regulations in those countries where
majority ownership by a foreign entity is not permitted, and (b) any other entity, the affirmative power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such entity (whether through ownership of securities, partnership or
membership interests, by contract, by membership in the board of directors, management committee or other management structure of such entity, or otherwise). 

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 2.3 “Average Sales Price” means, for a Royalty-Based Product, the average Net
Sales amount for such Royalty-Based Product during the [**] quarter just [**] the [**] during which such Royalty-Based Product is Sold. In calculating the Average Sales Price for a given [**], Deeply Discounted Royalty-Based Products Sold in such
[**] shall not be included when calculating the Average Sales Price of such Royalty-Based Product in such [**]. For the [**] of Sales of a Royalty-Based Product, Average Sales Price shall mean the average of the top [**]% of the Net Sales amounts
for that Royalty-Based Product in [**]; provided that Royalty-Based Products that are Sold by or on behalf of GE in [**] for no cash consideration shall be excluded before such top [**]% is determined. 

2.4 “Change of Control” of an entity means the occurrence of any of the following events: 

(a) a transaction or series of transactions whereby any “person” or related “group” of “persons” (as such
terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of securities of the entity possessing greater than fifty percent
(50%) of the total combined voting power of the entity’s securities outstanding immediately after such acquisition; or 

(b) the consummation by the entity of (i) a merger, consolidation, reorganization or business combination or (ii) a sale or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the entity’s assets related to medical ultrasound, in each case, other than a transaction in which the holders of the equity interests in the entity immediately prior to the transaction will,
immediately after such transaction, have greater than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the equity interests in the entity that survives the merger, consolidation, reorganization or business combination or acquire all or substantially
all of the entity’s assets related to medical ultrasound or otherwise succeed to the business of the entity, which voting securities are to be held by such holders immediately following such transaction in substantially the same proportion
among themselves as such holders’ ownership of the equity interests in the entity immediately before such transaction. 
 2.5
“Claim” or “Claims” means any and all claims, counterclaims, cross-claims, defenses, affirmative defenses, causes of action of any type (whether common law, statutory, regulatory or
administrative, and whether reduced to judgment, liquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured), demands, disputes, damages, costs, losses, detriments, interest, expenses, penalties,
attorneys’ fees, actions, controversies, suits and civil actions, whether known or unknown, as against each other, relating to, arising out of, or in any way concerning the Actions. 

2.6 “Deeply Discounted Royalty-Based Product” means, in a given calendar quarter, a Royalty-Based Product with a Net Sales amount
less than fifty percent (50%) of the Average Sales Price (as determined for the prior calendar quarter) for such Royalty-Based Product. 

2.7 “GE” means General Electric Company, a New York corporation, and its current and future Affiliates, directors, officers,
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without limitation, distributors and wholesalers. 
 2.8 “Licensed GE
Patents” means U.S. Patent Nos. 4,932,415, 5,584,294, 6,102,859, 6,120,447, 6,210,327 and 6,418,225, and their corresponding Patent Families. 

2.9 “Licensed GE Products” means current and future GE ultrasound products and any associated components, accessories and/or
services that, absent the license granted to GE hereunder, would infringe one or more of the Licensed SonoSite Patents. 
 2.10
“Licensed SonoSite Patents” means U.S. Patent Nos. 5,722,412, 5,817,024, 6,364,839, 6,471,651, 6,569,101 and 6,962,566, and their corresponding Patent Families. For the avoidance of doubt, all of the patents and applications
claiming priority to U.S. App. No. 08/672,782 (filed on June 28, 1996) are included in this definition. 
 2.11 “Licensed
SonoSite Products” means current and future SonoSite ultrasound products and any associated components, accessories and/or services that, absent the license granted to SonoSite hereunder, would infringe one or more of the Licensed GE
Patents. 
 2.12 “Net Sales” means, with respect to each Royalty-Based Product, the [**] for such Royalty-Based Product,
less the following items (a-d) to the extent included and separately identified in the invoice price: (a) [**], [**], and [**] or [**], if any, to the extent actually [**] or [**]; (b) [**] or [**] given or made for [**] or [**] of [**]
Royalty-Based Products or for [**] (including [**]); (c) [**], [**] or other [**] incurred in connection with the [**], [**], or [**] of Royalty-Based Products, which are [**] or [**] the [**] amount (excluding [**] and [**]), as adjusted for
[**] and [**]; and (d) charges for [**] and [**] incidental to the [**] of Royalty-Based Products. All such deductions shall be determined under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States, consistently applied. Any invoice
payments received in currencies other than U.S. Dollars shall be converted into U.S. Dollars using the same method the General Electric Company uses for its own financial accounting purposes. 

2.13 “Patent Family” of a patent or patent application referenced herein means: (a) the earliest patent application,
anywhere in the world, to which the referenced patent or patent application claims priority; (b) all patent applications, anywhere in the world, that now or in the future directly or indirectly claim priority to the patent application
identified in (a) above; and (c) all patent rights of any type granted at any time anywhere in the world on any of the patent applications identified in (a) or (b) above. For the avoidance of doubt, (b) above includes,
without limitation, all continuation, continuation-in-part, divisional or foreign counterpart applications that directly or indirectly claim priority to the patent application identified in (a) above. 

2.14 “Royalty-Based Product” means a current or future Licensed GE Product that consists of a medical ultrasound system where
such system: (a) includes a sampled data beamformer and an array transducer, and (b) is Sold by or on behalf of GE to a Third Party in the United States, or Sold by or on behalf of GE to a Third Party outside the United States where such
Royalty-Based Product was made by or on behalf of GE in the United States, and (c) has a total weight, after 
  

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 detaching the system’s ultrasound probe (or excluding the weight of the probe), of less than nine
and one-half (9.5) pounds. Except for purposes of calculating the weight of such system, this definition shall include all ultrasound probes and other ultrasound hardware accessories for such system, and ultrasound software for such system,
Sold with such system, but shall not include any services or other products Sold with such system, and shall not include any hardware, software or services subsequently Sold for such system. For purposes of clarity, any Venue 40 ultrasound system
that, after the Effective Date, is modified by removing the steel plate or is replaced with a lightweight Venue 40 shall be included in this definition. Any dispute concerning what should or should not be included for purposes of determining the
relevant weight of such ultrasound system shall be resolved pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof and shall be in accordance with the Opinion and Order of May 26, 2009, issued by the United States District Court for the Western District of
Wisconsin. 
 2.15 “Royalty Period” means, unless terminated earlier pursuant to Section 11, the period of time
beginning on the Effective Date and continuing until the expiration of U.S. Patent No. 5,722,412. 
 2.16 “Sale” or
“Sold” means any sale or transfer of title, whether by lease, donation, or otherwise. 
 2.17
“SonoSite” means SonoSite, Inc., a Washington corporation, and its current and future Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, divisions, representatives and agents, including, without limitation, distributors and
wholesalers. 
 2.18 “Territory” means the world. 

2.19 “Third Party” means any person or entity other than GE or SonoSite. 

 

	3.	LITIGATION DISMISSAL AND GENERAL RELEASES 

3.1 Vacation of Rulings and Dismissal of Lawsuits. Either party may, within five (5) business days of the Effective Date, cause their counsel
to prepare and submit to the Western District of Wisconsin and to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit documents necessary to request vacatur of the substantive rulings made by the Western District of Wisconsin in the Actions. The moving
party shall be permitted to represent that the non-moving party has no objection to said request. Within five (5) business days following the order(s) by the Western District of Wisconsin vacating or denying vacatur of its substantive rulings
(or the expiration of the initial five day period if neither party seeks vacatur), the parties shall cause their counsel to dismiss with prejudice, on the merits, without costs, fees or other award to either party, all of their Claims in the
Actions. The parties shall cause their counsel to cooperate in filing or lodging any additional documents required to obtain the vacation of substantive rulings and dismissal of the Actions with prejudice. 

3.2 General Release by GE. In consideration of the promises and covenants herein contained and the licenses and releases granted by SonoSite to GE
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forgive, release and forever discharge SonoSite and its successors-in-interest and permitted assigns from any and all Claims, actions, causes of action, liabilities, obligations and demands, of
any nature whatsoever, arising prior to the Effective Date now known or which may hereafter become known, with respect to any of the matters referred to in the Actions or matters relating thereto, arising out of, or in any way concerning the Claims.
It is the intent of the parties and of this Agreement to give the broadest release and discharge of activities prior to the Effective Date possible under the law. 

3.3 General Release by SonoSite. In consideration of the promises and covenants herein contained and the licenses and releases granted by GE to
SonoSite in Section 4, SonoSite does hereby remise, forgive, release and forever discharge GE and its successors-in-interest and permitted assigns from any and all Claims, actions, causes of action, liabilities, obligations and demands, of any
nature whatsoever, arising prior to the Effective Date now known or which may hereafter become known, with respect to any of the matters referred to in the Actions or matters relating thereto, arising out of, or in any way concerning the Claims. It
is the intent of the parties and of this Agreement to give the broadest release and discharge of activities prior to the Effective Date possible under the law. 
  

	4.	PATENT LICENSES & RELEASES 

4.1 GE Patents. Subject to GE’s termination rights under Section 11, GE grants to SonoSite, and direct and indirect customers of Licensed
SonoSite Products, a non-exclusive, non-transferable, fully paid-up, perpetual, worldwide license under the Licensed GE Patents, without the right to sublicense, to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, or otherwise dispose of Licensed
SonoSite Products in the Territory. GE releases SonoSite (as “SonoSite” is constituted as of the Effective Date), and direct and indirect customers of Licensed SonoSite Products, from any and all claims, demands, and rights of action for
any direct or indirect infringement of the Licensed GE Patents occurring before the Effective Date. 
 4.2 SonoSite Patents. Subject to
SonoSite’s termination right under Section 11, SonoSite grants to GE, and direct and indirect customers of Licensed GE Products, a non-exclusive, non-transferable, perpetual, worldwide license under the Licensed SonoSite Patents, without
the right to sublicense, to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, or otherwise dispose of Licensed GE Products in the Territory. SonoSite releases GE (as “GE” is constituted as of the Effective Date), and direct and indirect
customers of Licensed GE Products, from any and all claims, demands, and rights of action for any direct or indirect infringement of the Licensed SonoSite Patents occurring before the Effective Date. 

4.3 No Implied Licenses. Other than as expressly stated herein, no licenses or other rights are granted or may be implied to SonoSite or GE under
this Agreement, whether by implication, inducement, estoppel or otherwise. 
 4.4 Patent Challenge. In consideration of the licenses and
releases granted by each party to the other party under Sections 3 and 4 and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, during the term of this Agreement GE and SonoSite shall not challenge the validity or enforceability of any of the other
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 granted to the licensee party hereunder, including, without limitation, in a reissue, re-examination,
interference or opposition proceeding, and such licensee party shall not support or assist any Third Party in challenging the validity or enforceability, or infringement of such licensor party’s patents, including, without limitation, in a
reissue, re-examination, interference or opposition proceeding or through the use of documents, information and/or other work product pertaining to such licensor party’s patents that such licensee party and/or its attorneys developed in
connection with the Actions. This Section 4.4 shall not apply to a party hereto if, during the term of this Agreement: (a) such party is accused of infringing one or more of the patents licensed to that party under this Agreement, or
(b) such party is obligated to provide information, support or assistance to a Third Party pursuant to any compulsory process of any court, administrative or legislative body (and in such event, such party shall provide at least fourteen
(14) days prior written notice to the other party such that the other party may file a motion to quash or take other appropriate action). 
  

	5.	ROYALTIES 

5.1 Initial Royalty Payment. As partial consideration for GE’s license under SonoSite’s U.S. Patent No. 5,722,412, GE shall pay
SonoSite a non-refundable, non-creditable, initial royalty payment of Twenty-one Million and No/100 U.S. Dollars ($21,000,000.00) (the “Initial Payment”). GE’s obligation to make the Initial Payment shall be irrevocable,
regardless of any patent office actions or court ruling regarding U.S. Patent No. 5,722,412. GE shall pay such Initial Payment to SonoSite within ten (10) business days of the Effective Date. GE shall make such Initial Payment using a wire
transfer to the following bank account: 
 Name of Bank: [**] 

ABA #: [**] 

Account Name: [**] 

Account Number: [**] 

Swift Acct # Code: [**] 
 5.2
Ongoing Royalty Payments. As partial consideration for GE’s license under SonoSite’s U.S. Patent No. 5,722,412, at the point of initial Sale of each Royalty-Based Product during the Royalty Period, GE shall pay SonoSite ongoing
royalties of: 
 For each Royalty-Based Product that is a Deeply Discounted Royalty-Based Product, [**] percent ([**]%) of the
[**] of such Royalty-Based Product; and 
 For each Royalty-Based Product that is not a Deeply Discounted Royalty-Based Product,
[**] percent ([**]%) of [**] Sales of such Royalty-Based Product. 
 If any Royalty-Based Products have been made in the United States prior to
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Period expiration date (“Unsold RBP”), then within [**] ([**]) [**] after the end of each [**] quarter during the period from the Royalty Period expiration date until the
[**] anniversary of such expiration date, GE shall pay SonoSite the applicable royalty payment set forth in this Section 5.2 for all Unsold RBP Sold on or after the Royalty Period expiration date but before the [**] anniversary of the Royalty
Period expiration date. No royalty shall be due for Sales of Royalty-Based Products for which a royalty has already been paid, and no royalty shall be due on Sales of ultrasound system hardware components, accessories or software that constitute
less than a complete Royalty-Based Product following the initial Sale. For the avoidance of doubt, Sales of Royalty-Based Products within GE for resale or transfer to a Third Party shall not be subject to a royalty, provided that such resale or
transfer to a Third Party shall be subject to a royalty payment. GE shall pay SonoSite royalties due on Royalty-Based Product Sales occurring in a [**] quarter within [**] ([**]) [**] of the end of that [**] quarter. Such royalties shall be due for
each [**] quarter that, in whole or in part, falls within the Royalty Period. Payment shall be made by wire transfer using the account information provided in Section 5.1. Each of the quarterly royalty payments shall be accompanied by a written
royalty payment report which sets forth: (a) a list of Royalty-Based Products Sold during that quarter; (b) the total Net Sales for Royalty-Based Products Sold in that quarter; and (c) the calculated royalty payment amount due
hereunder. 
 5.3 Prospective Rights. The parties agree that GE’s Initial Payment in Section 5.1 and GE’s ongoing royalty
payments in Section 5.2 are payments for prospective rights and licenses to SonoSite’s U.S. Patent No. 5,722,412, and are not payments for any releases of GE by SonoSite pursuant to this Agreement. Any communication by a party with a
Third Party, including any communication pursuant to Section 12.3, shall not contradict the terms of this Section 5.3. 
 5.4
Records. During the Royalty Period, GE shall maintain full, true and accurate records pertaining to GE’s royalty payment reports and royalty payments due to SonoSite at a GE facility or as such records would be kept in the ordinary
course of business. GE shall retain such records for a minimum of [**] ([**]) [**] and [**] ([**]) [**] following the end of the [**] quarter to which they pertain. For a period of [**] ([**]) [**] after receipt of a royalty payment report and
royalty payment under Section 5.2, SonoSite shall have the right to engage a certified public accountant or accounting firm to inspect such records to verify the accuracy of such royalty payment report and royalty payment. Such inspections will
be scheduled during normal business hours upon at least [**] ([**]) [**] prior written notice to GE and will be performed at a location mutually agreeable to both parties (but in the absence of mutual agreement, at the location where such records
are kept). Following any inspection under this Section 5.4, the certified public accountant or accounting firm shall deliver a written report to SonoSite and GE, disclosing whether the royalty payment reports submitted by GE are correct or
incorrect, whether the royalty payments paid are correct or incorrect, and in each case, shall provide specific details concerning the amounts of any discrepancies and/or any discrepancies in GE’s record-keeping obligations, but shall not
disclose to SonoSite any other information confidential to GE. GE shall pay any additional royalty payments due to SonoSite within [**] ([**]) [**] after GE’s receipt of the written inspection report, together with interest on the overdue
royalty payments at an annual rate of [**] percent ([**]%), assessed from the day payment was initially due. Any excess royalty payments paid by GE to SonoSite shall be credited against future royalty 

 
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payments owed to SonoSite. SonoSite may exercise its right of inspection no more than one time during any [**] ([**]) [**] quarters; provided, however, that if such inspection finds that GE has
underpaid its royalty payment obligations under Section 5.2 by more [**] percent ([**]%), then SonoSite may exercise its right of inspection one more time during such period; and provided further that, during the first [**] ([**]) [**] quarters
of this Agreement, SonoSite may exercise its right of inspection [**] ([**]) times. The cost of any inspection shall be borne by SonoSite; provided, however, that if GE’s royalty payment underpayment amount exceeds [**] percent ([**]%) of the
royalty payments that were to be paid to SonoSite, GE also shall reimburse SonoSite for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by SonoSite in conducting the audit. 
  

	6.	DISPUTE RESOLUTION 

6.1 General Dispute Resolution Process. During the term of this Agreement, GE and SonoSite agree to resolve their future disputes, with the
exception of disputes related to this Agreement, in accordance with the following procedure: First, if either party requests in writing a dispute resolution meeting, authorized representatives from each company shall conduct face-to-face
negotiations to attempt to resolve the dispute. If the company representatives are unable to resolve the dispute within [**] ([**]) [**] of the date of the initial request for a dispute resolution meeting (the “DR Start
Date”), a senior manager from each company shall conduct face-to-face negotiations to attempt to resolve the dispute, and shall identify and reserve the services of an independent, impartial mediator who will be available in the event
that senior management is unable to resolve the dispute and a demand for non-binding mediation is made. If senior management is unable to resolve the dispute within [**] ([**]) [**] of the DR Start Date, either party may make a written demand for
non-binding mediation within [**] ([**]) [**] after the date that senior management fails to resolve the dispute. If such a demand is made, the previously identified mediator shall conduct at least a one-day mediation, which shall commence no later
than [**] ([**]) [**] after the date that senior management fails to resolve the dispute, or the earliest date of availability for the identified mediator. The parties each shall designate a representative(s) to meet with the mediator in good faith
in an effort to resolve the dispute. The specific format for the mediation shall be left to the discretion of the mediator and the designated party representatives. If the parties are unable to resolve the dispute within [**] ([**]) [**] after the
date that senior management fails to resolve the dispute, then (a) the parties may, at their sole discretion, agree to resolve such dispute through other informal procedural means, including, without limitation, referral to an independent,
neutral third party expert, or arbitration, or (b) either party shall be entitled to exercise its rights and remedies at law and in equity if the dispute resolution process described in this Section 6.1 fails to resolve the dispute. For
clarity, the time period for the process described in this Section 6.1 shall not exceed [**] ([**]) [**] after the DR Start Date, unless the parties mutually agree in writing to extend such [**]-[**] period. 

6.2 Resolution of Agreement-Related Disputes. In the event of a dispute related to either party’s performance under this Agreement, the
parties shall apply an expedited dispute resolution process. Under such expedited dispute resolution process (“Expedited Process”), the company representatives shall have [**] ([**]) [**] after the date of the initial request
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representatives are unable to do so, senior management shall have [**] ([**]) [**] after the EP Start Date in which to resolve the dispute and to identify and schedule an arbitrator. If senior
management is unable to resolve the dispute within [**] ([**]) [**] after the EP Start Date, either party may make a written demand for binding arbitration within [**] ([**]) [**] after the date that senior management fails to resolve the dispute.
If such a demand is made, the previously identified arbitrator shall conduct at least a one-day arbitration pursuant to AAA rules, which shall commence no later than [**] ([**]) [**] after the date that senior management fails to resolve the
dispute, or the earliest date of availability for the identified arbitrator. Any decision of the arbitrator shall be final. 
 6.3 [**]
Meetings. In addition to the dispute resolution process set forth in Section 6.1, during the [**]-[**] period following the Effective Date, GE and SonoSite shall meet at least once in [**] to discuss (among other things) the following
topics: (a) [**] of each company, (b) any [**] related to [**], and (c) [**] of [**] to [**]. The first of these meetings shall take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, approximately [**] ([**]) [**] after the Effective Date, and shall
then alternate between Bothell, Washington and Milwaukee, Wisconsin (unless the parties agree to meet at another mutually agreeable location). 
  

	7.	SONOSITE PURCHASE OF GE PROBES 

7.1 In SonoSite’s sole discretion, SonoSite may elect to purchase those GE probes listed on Exhibit A under standard terms and conditions
offered to GE’s other customers for such probes (including commercially reasonable prices not to exceed the prices offered to other similarly situated customers (as compared to SonoSite)). The quoted pricing for such probes as of the Effective
Date is set forth in Exhibit A, and GE shall guarantee such pricing for such probes for a period of one year following the Effective Date. Upon the request of SonoSite or GE, Exhibit A will be amended in writing to include additional
probes that become available from GE, but only if: (a) GE is offering such additional probes for sale to one or more Third Party original equipment manufacturers for integration with non-GE ultrasound systems after the Effective Date, and
(b) GE did not specifically design such additional probes for a given original equipment manufacturer. The pricing for such additional probes shall be guaranteed for each such additional probe for one year after its addition to Exhibit
A. Thereafter, the quoted pricing set forth in Exhibit A may be subject to commercially reasonable increases or decreases by GE, and continued probe availability shall be subject to (a) above. For avoidance of doubt, if SonoSite
elects to purchase such probes, GE and its successors and assigns covenant not to sue SonoSite under any GE patent claim that SonoSite is reasonably required to practice in order to interface its products and generate an image with any such
purchased probes. Such covenant not to sue shall only apply to SonoSite products that are configured for use or used with a GE probe. For purposes of clarity, nothing in this Agreement or in any other understanding between the parties shall be
deemed to waive SonoSite’s right to assert the doctrine of patent exhaustion with respect to such purchased probes. 
  

	8.	POINT OF CARE ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION 

8.1 During the three-year period following the Effective Date, GE and SonoSite each agree to 

 
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 equally contribute up to a total of Five Million and No/100 U.S. Dollars ($5,000,000.00) to a new,
independent foundation focused on clinical research, education, training, promotion, market-development, medical advancement, scientific knowledge and effective health care delivery in the point of care ultrasound market. Any monetary contributions
under this Section 8.1 shall be contingent upon the formation of such a foundation through a separate agreement, under terms and conditions acceptable to both parties. GE and SonoSite shall cooperate in good faith to finalize an agreement that
forms such a foundation within six (6) months of the Effective Date. 
  

	9.	REPRESENTATIONS & WARRANTIES 

9.1 Authority. Each party represents and warrants that it has the corporate power and authority to enter into and to perform its obligations under
this Agreement, including without limitation, granting the general releases in Section 3 and the patent licenses and releases in Section 4. 

9.2 No Assignment of Claims. Each party hereby represents and warrants that it has not assigned or transferred, or purported to assign or
transfer, to any person or entity any Claim, action, right of action, cause of action, liability, obligation or demand released hereunder, and further agrees to indemnify the other party hereto against any liability, loss, damage, cost or expense,
including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of any breach of this representation and warranty. 
 9.3 Disclaimer. EXCEPT AS
EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 9, GE AND SONOSITE MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, OR THE VALIDITY, SCOPE OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THE PATENTS LICENSED IN SECTION 4. 
 9.4 Limitations. Nothing in this Agreement
shall be construed as: 
  

	 	(a)	a warranty or representation that anything made, used, sold, offered for sale, imported, or otherwise disposed of pursuant to this Agreement is or will be free from
infringement of patents or other intangible rights of Third Parties; or 

  

	 	(b)	a requirement that SonoSite or GE shall file any patent application, secure any patent, or maintain any patent in force; or 

 

	 	(c)	an obligation that SonoSite or GE bring or prosecute actions or suits against Third Parties for infringement of the Licensed SonoSite Patents or Licensed GE Patents,
respectively; or 

  

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	10.	ASSIGNMENT 

10.1 Assignment by GE. This Agreement has been entered into by SonoSite in reliance upon the particular characteristics of GE and is personal to
GE. Neither this Agreement, nor any rights or obligations hereunder, may be assigned, pledged or encumbered by GE without the express prior written approval of SonoSite, which may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Any such assignment absent
such express prior written approval of SonoSite shall be null and void. Notwithstanding the foregoing, GE may assign this Agreement without SonoSite’s consent to a successor-in-interest pursuant to a Change of Control if such
successor-in-interest agrees to be bound by this Agreement in a writing delivered to SonoSite at the time of or reasonably promptly after such Change of Control, and such successor-in-interest thereafter shall be “GE” for purposes of this
Agreement; provided, however, that the rights, licenses, covenants and obligations set forth in this Agreement which inure to the benefit of such successor-in-interest shall extend only to the Licensed GE Products. Should any successor fail to
materially meet all terms of this Agreement, such failure shall be subject to the Expedited Process described in Section 6.2. Upon any permitted assignment, this Agreement and all of the rights and obligations of GE under this Agreement shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit of its assignee or successor-in-interest. 
 10.2 Assignment by SonoSite. This Agreement has
been entered into by GE in reliance upon the particular characteristics of SonoSite and is personal to SonoSite. Neither this Agreement, nor any rights or obligations hereunder, may be assigned, pledged or encumbered by SonoSite without the express
prior written approval of GE, which may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Any such assignment absent such express prior written approval of GE shall be null and void. Notwithstanding the foregoing, SonoSite may assign this Agreement without
GE’s consent to a successor-in-interest pursuant to a Change of Control if such successor-in-interest agrees to be bound by this Agreement in a writing delivered to GE at the time of or reasonably promptly after such Change of Control, and such
successor-in-interest thereafter shall be “SonoSite” for purposes of this Agreement; provided, however, that the rights, licenses, covenants and obligations set forth in this Agreement which inure to the benefit of such
successor-in-interest shall extend only to the Licensed SonoSite Products. Should any successor fail to materially meet all terms of this Agreement, such failure shall be subject to the Expedited Process described in Section 6.2. Upon any
permitted assignment, this Agreement and all of the rights and obligations of SonoSite under this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of its assignee or successor-in-interest. 

 

	11.	TERM & TERMINATION 

11.1 Term. The term of this Agreement shall begin on the Effective Date and shall continue until the expiration of the last-to-expire patent of all
the patents licensed in Section 4. 
 11.2 Material Breach. In the event of either party’s or its successor’s material
breach of this Agreement, the other party shall provide written notice of the alleged breach (the “Notice of Breach”) to the breaching party (or its successor). If such material breach relates to any provision of this
Agreement other than Section 4.4 and remains uncured for thirty (30) days after receipt by the breaching party (or its successor) of such Notice of Breach, then the other party 

 

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shall follow the dispute resolution procedures set forth under Section 6.2. If such material breach relates to Section 4.4 and constitutes the filing of a reissue, re-examination,
interference, opposition, declaratory judgment action or other intentional challenge initiated by the licensee party to the validity or enforceability of licensor party patent(s) for which license rights have been granted under this Agreement, and
the breaching party fails to initiate a cure within (30) days after receipt of the Notice of Breach or fails to complete such cure within ninety (90) days after receipt of the Notice of Breach, the non-breaching party may terminate the
license rights granted to the breaching party under this Agreement. 
  

	12.	MISCELLANEOUS 

12.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the internal substantive laws of the State of New York,
without regard to or application of choice of law rules or principles. 
 12.2 Compliance with Laws. Notwithstanding anything contained
in this Agreement to the contrary, the obligations of the parties shall be subject to all laws, present and future, of any government having jurisdiction over the parties and this transaction, and to orders, regulations, directions or requests of
any such government. 
 12.3 Confidentiality of Agreement Terms. The parties hereto shall keep the negotiations leading up to and the
terms of this Agreement confidential and shall not divulge such information to any Third Party except: (a) with the prior written consent of the other party; (b) as may be required by any applicable law or legal process, regulation or
accounting rules (including, without limitation, any securities laws), including in confidence to legal advisors in their capacity of advising a party in such matters; (c) in confidence to its legal counsel, accountants, banks and financing
sources and their advisors solely in connection with complying with laws, regulations or rules regarding financial transactions; or (d) pursuant to a non-disclosure agreement with a Third Party seeking to acquire, merge or consolidate with a
party where such non-disclosure agreement restricts access to the information to only those employees of the Third Party with a need to know; provided however, that in (b) and (c) above, the disclosing party shall use all legitimate
and legal means available to minimize the disclosure to Third Parties, including without limitation, seeking a confidential treatment request or protective order whenever appropriate or available. In addition, in the event this Agreement or its
terms are sought through discovery or compulsory process of any court, administrative or legislative body, the disclosing party shall first provide the non-disclosing party with at least fourteen (14) days prior written notice such that the
non-disclosing party may file a motion to quash or take other appropriate action. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the existence of this Agreement (as distinguished from its terms, which shall remain confidential) is not confidential and may be
divulged to Third Parties. 
 12.4 Information Developed in Connection with the Actions. With the exception of the other party’s
confidential information, each party shall retain the right to use and exploit for all purposes any and all documents, information and other work product pertaining to its own patents, patent applications and patent rights that such party and/or its
attorneys developed in connection with the Actions. 
  

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 12.5 Entire Agreement; Headings; Amendments. The terms and conditions of this Agreement
constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and merge and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions with respect to such subject matter.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, all protective orders, conflict waiver letters with law firms and other agreements executed by the parties that are in effect as of the Effective Date shall not be superseded or modified by this Agreement.
Neither of the parties shall be bound by any conditions, definitions, warranties, understandings, or representations with respect to the subject matter hereof other than as expressly provided herein. The section headings contained in this Agreement
are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. No oral explanation or oral information by either party hereto shall alter the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. No
amendments or modifications shall be effective unless in writing signed by authorized representatives of both parties. These terms and conditions will prevail notwithstanding any different, conflicting or additional terms and conditions that may
appear on any purchase order, acknowledgment or other writing not expressly incorporated into this Agreement. 
 12.6 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed by original or facsimile signature in two (2) or more counterparts, all of which, taken together, shall be regarded as one and the same instrument. 

12.7 Notices. All notices required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing, shall make reference to this Agreement, and shall be
delivered personally, or dispatched by prepaid air courier or by registered or certified airmail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: 
  

			
	If to GE	  	If to SonoSite
		
	 Postal address:
  

GE Healthcare, RP2131

P.O. Box 414

Milwaukee, WI 53201
  

Courier address:
  

GE Healthcare, RP2131

9900 West Innovation Drive

Wauwatosa, WI 53226
	  	 Postal address:
  

SonoSite, Inc.

21919
30th Drive SE

Bothell, WA 98021-3904
  

Courier Address:
  

SonoSite, Inc.

21919
30th Drive SE

Bothell, WA 98021-3904

	Attn: Legal Dept., Patent Counsel	  	Attn: General Counsel
	Fax: [**]	  	Fax: [**]

 Such notices shall be deemed served when
received by addressee or, if delivery is not accomplished by reason of some act or omission of the addressee, when tendered for delivery. Either party may give written notice of a change of address in accordance with this Section 12.7

  
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 and, after notice of such change has been received by the notified party, any notice or request shall
thereafter be given to such notifying party at such changed address. 
 12.8 Relationship of Parties. The parties hereto are independent
contractors. Neither party has any express or implied right or authority to assume or create any obligations on behalf of the other or to bind the other to any contract, agreement or undertaking with any third party other than as expressly set forth
herein. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to create a partnership, joint venture, employment or agency relationship between the parties hereto. Neither party shall have authority to waive any applicable privilege or doctrine on behalf of
the other party; nor shall any waiver of an applicable privilege of doctrine by the conduct of either party be construed to apply to the other party. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to affect the separate and independent representation
of the parties by their respective counsel. 
 12.9 Severability. The terms and conditions stated herein are declared to be severable. If
any paragraph, provision, or clause in this Agreement shall be found or be held to be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction in which this Agreement is being performed, the remainder of this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable and the
parties shall use good faith to negotiate a substitute, valid and enforceable provision which most nearly effects the parties’ intent in entering into this Agreement. 

12.10 Waiver. Failure by either party to enforce any term of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of future enforcement of that or any
other term in this Agreement. 
 12.11 Further Acts. Each party hereto shall execute, acknowledge and deliver all such further
instruments, and do all such further acts, as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement. 
 12.12
Construction; Interpretation. This Agreement shall be construed as if the parties jointly prepared it, and any uncertainty and ambiguity in the Agreement shall not be construed or interpreted against either party individually. The terms
defined in this Agreement and denoting a singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa. 
 12.13 Fees and Costs Incurred in
the Actions. Each party shall bear its own fees and costs, including without limitation, attorneys’ and experts’ fees and costs, incurred in connection with the Actions. 

12.14 No Admission of Liability. This Agreement sets forth the parties’ compromise of disputed claims and neither the promises exchanged
between the parties nor any other statements herein are to be construed as an admission of any fault, liability, infringement, wrongdoing or culpability whatsoever on the part of any party with respect to any Claim, counterclaim, obligation or
liability released, or any other form of admission with respect to any matter or dispute. The parties expressly deny any such liability, and each party expressly denies allegations of the other party with respect to the Actions. 

 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Confidential Settlement and License
Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized officer or representative as of the Effective Date: 
  

					
	Dated: October 16, 2009	 	GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ S. Omar Ishrak

		 		 	S. Omar Ishrak
		 		 	CEO – GE Healthcare Systems
		
	Dated: October 16, 2009	 	SONOSITE, INC.
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Kevin Goodwin

		 		 	Kevin Goodwin
		 		 	President & CEO

  

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 Exhibit A 

 

							
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	128A4-8	  	Abdominal	  	[**] / [**]	  	[**]
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	192L6-16	  	Linear	  	[**] / [**]	  	[**]
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	192N5-9	  	Microconvex	  	[**] / [**]	  	[**]
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	128N5-9	  		  	TBD	  	TBD
	RRE6-10	  		  	TBD	  	TBD

  

**Confidential Treatment Requested. 
  

 -1-Third Supplemental Indenture

 Exhibit 4.1 

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. 

AND 
 THE BANK OF
NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. 
 as Trustee 

AND 
 THE BLACK
AND DECKER CORPORATION 
 as Guarantor 
  

 
 THIRD
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
 to the 

INDENTURE 
 dated
as of November 1, 2002 
  
  

Dated as of September 3, 2010 

 THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of
September 3, 2010, is among STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. (formerly known as The Stanley Works), a Connecticut corporation (the “Company”), THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation (the
“Guarantor”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as successor trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as JPMorgan Chase Bank), as trustee (the “Trustee”). 

WITNESSETH: 

WHEREAS, the Company has executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture dated as of November 1, 2002 (the “Base
Indenture”) (as heretofore supplemented and amended by Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of March 20, 2007 and the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 12, 2010, the “Indenture”) among the Company, the
Guarantor and the Trustee, providing for the issuance from time to time of one or more series of Securities; 
 WHEREAS,
pursuant to Section 9.1(4) of the Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture, without the consent of any Holders of Securities or Coupons, to establish the form of terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Section 2.1 and 3.1 of the Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, the Company desires
to issue a new series of Securities under the Indenture to be designated the “5.20% Senior Notes due 2014” in an initial aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000 (the “Notes”) and to establish the forms and the terms thereof;

 WHEREAS, the Notes have been duly authorized pursuant to a Board Resolution and all other necessary corporate action on the
part of the Company and the Guarantor; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee join the Company and the
Guarantor in the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and
agreements set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 

This Supplemental Indenture shall become effective upon the execution and delivery by the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee.

  

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 ARTICLE 1 

DEFINITIONS 

Section 1.01. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires for all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture: 

1. each term defined in the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture has the same meaning when used in this
Supplemental Indenture; 
 and 

2. a reference to a Section or Article is to a Section or Article of this Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise indicated; and

 3. “Credit Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2008, by and
among Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., the lenders named therein, Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC, as Lead Arrangers and Book Runners, and Bank of America, N.A., as
Syndication Agent, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of February 17, 2009, and Amendment No. 2, dated as of March 12, 2010; and 

4. “Bonds” means the Company’s Outstanding 4.90% Series A Notes due 2012, 4.90% Series B Notes due 2012, 6.15% Notes due
2013 and any senior unsecured notes or debentures that are issued after the date hereof in a capital markets transaction that are guaranteed by a Guarantor. 

ARTICLE 2 

TERMS OF THE NOTES 

Section 2.01. Title and Principal Amount. There is hereby authorized and established a new series of Securities under the
Indenture designated as the “5.20% Notes due 2040,” which is not limited in aggregate principal amount. The initial aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be issued under this Supplemental Indenture shall be $400,000,000. 

Section 2.02. Form and Denomination. The Notes and the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon
are to be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto. The Notes shall be initially issued in global form in accordance with Section 2.3 of the Base Indenture. The Company shall issue the Notes in minimum denominations of $2,000 and
in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. 
 Section 2.03. Terms of Notes. The Notes shall be issued as
Registered Securities. The terms of the Notes set forth in the form of Note attached as 
  

 2 

 
Exhibit A hereto are incorporated by reference into this Supplemental Indenture. Except as otherwise provided in this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, the Notes shall be subject to the terms
of the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the provisions of the Base Indenture as heretofore supplemented, the provisions
of this Supplemental Indenture shall be controlling with respect to the Notes. 
 Section 2.04. Guarantee. Article
12 of the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture provides for a Guarantee by the Guarantor of selected series of Securities. Article 12 of the Indenture is expressly made applicable to the Notes, except that for purposes
of the Notes, Section 12.7 of the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, relating to the release of the Guarantee, shall be amended and replaced in its entirety by the following Section 12.7: 

“Section 12.7. Release Of Guarantee. The Guarantee by the Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and
discharged, and no further action by the Guarantor, the Company, any Holder of Securities or the Trustee is required for the release of the Guarantee, upon: 

(A) the merger or consolidation of the Guarantor, in the event of a sale or other transfer of equity interests in, or
assets of, the Guarantor, or dissolution of the Guarantor in compliance with the terms of this Indenture following which the Guarantor ceases to be a consolidated Subsidiary of the Company; or 

(B) the exercise by the Company of its defeasance option or covenant defeasance option in accordance with Section 4.2
hereof or the discharge of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; or 

(C)   (1) the release of the guarantee by such Guarantor of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement, or any
replacement, refunding or refinancing facility (which release may be simultaneous with the release of the Guarantee hereunder); 

(2) the release of the guarantee by such Guarantor of Indebtedness under all outstanding Bonds (which release may be
simultaneous with the release of the Guarantee hereunder); and 
 (3) no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing. 
 and, such Guarantor delivering to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate of such Guarantor stating that all conditions
precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.” 
  

 3 

 Section 2.05. Defeasance And Covenant Defeasance. Section 4.2(2) of the
Indenture and Section 4.2(3) of the Indenture shall apply to the Notes. 
 Section 2.06. Additional Notes. The
Company will initially issue $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes. The Notes may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders thereof, for increases in the aggregate principal amount of the Notes and issuance of additional Notes.
Any additional Notes shall be consolidated and form a single series with, and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Notes then Outstanding, except for issue date, issue price and, if applicable, first interest
payment date and the first date from which interest accrues. No additional Notes may be issued if an Event of Default under the Indenture has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Notes. 

Section 2.07. Original Issue Of Notes. The Notes may, upon effectiveness of this Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the
Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate and deliver such Notes as in such Company Order provided. 

ARTICLE 3 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Section 3.01. Effect of Guarantee; Guarantor to be Bound by Indenture. The Guarantor hereby irrevocably, fully and
unconditionally Guarantees to each Holder of the Notes and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company under the Indenture or the Notes,
the obligations of the Company with respect to payment and performance of the Notes and the other obligations of the Company under the Indenture with respect to the Notes on the terms, and subject to the conditions, contained in Article 12 of the
Indenture and agrees to be bound by all other terms of the Indenture. 
 Section 3.02. Ratification of Indenture.
The Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided; provided that the provisions of this Supplemental
Indenture apply solely with respect to the Notes. 
 Section 3.03. Trustee Not Responsible For Recitals. The
recitals herein contained are made by the Company and the Guarantor and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Supplemental Indenture. 
  

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 Section 3.04. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY,
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF TO THE EXTENT A DIFFERENT LAW WOULD GOVERN AS A RESULT. 

Section 3.05. Conflict With Trust Indenture Act. If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or
conflicts with any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under the Trust Indenture Act to be part of and govern any provision of this Supplemental Indenture, the provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall control. If any provision of
this Supplemental Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to apply to the Indenture as so modified or to be excluded by
this Supplemental Indenture, as the case may be. 
 Section 3.06. Separability. In case any provision in this
Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes 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 3.07. Counterparts Originals. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 
  

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

			
	STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Craig A. Douglas

		 	Craig A. Douglas
		 	Vice President and Treasurer

  

			
	THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ James Loree

		 	James Loree
		 	President

  

			
	 THE BANK OF NEW YORK

MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
 as
Trustee

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Lawrence M. Kusch

		 	Lawrence M. Kusch
		 	Vice President

 EXHIBIT A 

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS, IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
INDENTURE.]* 

 
  

	*
	 Include in Global Security only. 

					
	REGISTERED	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $	  	
	No.	  	CUSIP    	  	

 STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. 

5.20% NOTE DUE 2040 

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Connecticut (herein referred to as the “Company”, which terms includes any successor Person under the Indenture), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [CEDE &
CO.]*, or its registered assigns, the principal sum [of
                    ][set forth in Schedule I
hereto]* on September 1, 2040 (the “Stated
Maturity”), and to pay interest on said principal sum semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year commencing March 1, 2011 (each an “Interest Payment Date”) at the rate of 5.20% per annum,
until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest on the Securities of this series will accrue from September 3, 2010 (“the Issue Date”), to the first Interest Payment Date, and thereafter will accrue from the
last Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for. In the event that any Interest Payment Date or the date of Stated Maturity is not a Business Day, then payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, payable on
such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or the date of Stated Maturity, as
the case may be. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the February 15 or August 15, as the case may be (the “Regular Record Date”), immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date, provided, however, that interest payable at Maturity
will be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this
series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof. 

The principal of and premium, if any, and each installment of interest on this Security, and registrations of transfers and exchanges,
will be made at the office or agency of the Company in The City of New York provided that the payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the persons entitled thereto or by wire transfer to an
account designated by the person entitled thereto; and provided further that so long as the Securities of this series are registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company or its nominee all payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest
in respect of this Security will be made in immediately available funds. Notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of this Security or the Indenture (as hereinafter defined) may be made at the office of the Trustee at The Bank of New
York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, IL 60602. 
 Reference is hereby made to the
further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. Any capitalized term which is used herein and not otherwise defined shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in the Indenture. 
  
  

	*
	 Include in Global Security only. 

  

 A-2 

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

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed in its name by Craig A. Douglas, the Vice President and
Treasurer of the Company. 
  

			
	STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
		
	By:	 	
		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION 
 This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture. 
 Date: 
  

			
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
		
	By:	 	
		 	Authorized Signatory

  

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 REVERSE OF SECURITY 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), designated as
its 5.20% Notes due 2040, all issued and to be issued under the Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2002 (the “Base Indenture”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee (the
“Trustee”) to JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A., as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 12, 2010 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”) and the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of
September 3, 2010 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture,” and, together with the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), among the Company, The Black & Decker Corporation, a Maryland
corporation (the “Guarantor”), and the Trustee, creating such issue and to which reference is made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee
and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. 
 General
Provisions 
 The provisions for defeasance of the entire Indebtedness of this Security upon compliance with certain
conditions set forth in the Indenture shall apply to the Securities. 
 If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of
this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof by supplemental indenture and the modification
of the rights and obligations of the Company, the Guarantor and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture by the Company (when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution), the Guarantor and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the securities of all series then Outstanding to waive compliance by the Company and the Guarantor with certain provisions of the Indenture. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all securities of such series, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security
shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor on in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or
waiver is made upon this Security. 
 As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series at the time Outstanding in respect of which an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the Trustee
for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, and no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series 
  

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at the time Outstanding in respect of which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the
enforcement of any payment of principal hereof, any premium, or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein. 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company and the Guarantor, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. 

The Securities of this issue are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. 
 As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities of this issue are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this issue and of like tenor and of authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge shall be made for any
such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 

The Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
this Security is registered as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 

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

This Security is guaranteed by the Guarantor as set forth in the Indenture. 

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

Optional Redemption 
 The
Company may redeem the Securities of this series, in whole or in part (equal to an integral multiple of $1,000), at its option at any time and from time to time at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of
the Securities to be redeemed, or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of interest and principal on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued and unpaid to, but not including, the date of
redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of
redemption; provided that the principal amount of a Security remaining outstanding after a redemption in part shall be $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. Notice of redemption shall be given to each registered Holder of the
Securities to be redeemed at least 30 days, and not more than 60 days, prior to the redemption date. Once notice of redemption is mailed, the Securities called for redemption shall become due and payable on the redemption date and at the applicable
redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. 
 For purposes of this paragraph, the following
definitions are applicable: 
  

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 “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security or
securities selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary
financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities. 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (A) the arithmetic average of four Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the arithmetic
average of all such quotations for such redemption date. 
 “Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference
Treasury Dealers appointed by the Trustee after consultation with us; provided, that if such Reference Treasury Dealer ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, we will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer. 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and UBS
Securities LLC; provided, that if any of the foregoing dealers shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), we will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption
date, the arithmetic average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury
Dealer at 3:30 p.m. New York City time on the third business day preceding such redemption date. 
 “Treasury Rate”
means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated (on a day count basis) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date. 
 Interest
shall cease to accrue on the Securities, or any portion thereof called for redemption, on and after the redemption date for the Securities, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price. The Company, on or before the redemption
date for the Securities, shall deposit with a paying agent, or the Trustee, funds sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest on such Securities to be redeemed on such date. If less than all of the Securities are to be
redeemed, the Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. 

Except as set forth below under the caption “Change of Control”, the Company shall not be obligated to redeem or purchase any
of such Securities at the option of any Holder thereof. 
 The Securities shall not be convertible into shares of Common Stock
and/or exchangeable for other securities. 
 Change of Control 

If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, Holders shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal
to an integral multiple of $1,000) of the Holders’ Securities pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”); provided that the 

 

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principal amount of its Securities outstanding after a repurchase in part shall be $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company will
offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities repurchased, to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”).
Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company shall mail a notice to the Holders describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the
Securities on the date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”), pursuant to the procedures and described in
such notice. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in
connection with the repurchase of the Securities as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of the Securities, the
Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control provisions of the Securities by virtue of such conflicts. 

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful: 

 

	 	•	 	 accept for payment all Securities or portions of Securities properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; 

 

	 	•	 	 deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Securities or portions of Securities properly
tendered; and 

  

	 	•	 	 deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate
principal amount of Securities or portions of Securities being purchased by the Company and the amount to be paid by the Paying Agent. 

The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor or determine whether or not a Change of Control Triggering Event (or any of its components) has
occurred. The Trustee may conclusively presume that a Change of Control Triggering Event (or any of its components) has not occurred, unless and until notified to the contrary by the Company or by the Holders of the Securities of this series in the
manner provided in the Indenture. 
 For purposes of the paragraphs under the caption “Change of Control”, the
following definitions are applicable: 
 “Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means the Securities of this series are
rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the
occurrence of the Change of Control (which 60-day period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Securities is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any two of the three Rating Agencies). 

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or
other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as
that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries; (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or

  

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consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as defined above) becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding total voting
power of all shares of our capital stock entitled to vote generally in elections of directors; or (3) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s board of directors are not Continuing Directors. 

“Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating
Event. 
 “Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s board of
directors who (1) was a member of such board of directors on the date the notes were first issued; or (2) was nominated for election or elected to such board of directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were
members of such board of directors at the time of such nomination or election. 
 “Fitch” means Fitch, Inc. and its
successors. 
 “Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by
Moody’s, 
 BBB– (or the equivalent) by S&P and BBB– (or the equivalent) by Fitch. 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors. 

“Rating Agencies” means (1) each of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch; and (2) if any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch
ceases to rate the notes or fails to make a rating of the notes publicly available for reasons outside of our control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the
Exchange Act, as amended, selected by us (as certified by a resolution of our board of directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, as the case may be. 

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its
successors. 
 Further Issues 

The Company will initially issue $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Securities. The Securities may be reopened, without the
consent of the Holders thereof, for increases in the aggregate principal amount of the Securities and issuance of additional Securities. Any additional Securities shall be consolidated and form a single series with, and shall have the same terms as
to status, redemption or otherwise as the Securities then Outstanding, except for issue date, issue price and, if applicable, first interest payment date and the first date from which interest accrues. No additional Securities may be issued if an
Event of Default under the Indenture has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Notes. 
  

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 TRANSFER NOTICE 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto 

(Insert Taxpayer Identification No.) 

                         
                                         
   

                         
                                         
                                         
                                  

(Please print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee) 

                         
                                         
                                         
                                  

                         
                                         
                                         
                                  

the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing 

                         
                                         
                                         
                                  

attorney to transfer such Security on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises. 

Date: 
  

	
	NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within-mentioned instrument in every particular, without alteration or any
change whatsoever.

 Signature Guarantee: 

 

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 [Attach to Global Security only] 

Schedule I to 

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 

5.20% Note Due 2040 
 No.

 SCHEDULE OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF GLOBAL NOTE 

The original principal amount of the note is: $400,000,000 

The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made: 

 

									
	 Date
	  	Amount of
decrease 
in
Principal
Amount
of this Global
Note	  	Amount of
increase
in
Principal Amount
of this Global
Note	  	Principal Amount
of this Global
Note following
such decrease or
increase	  	Signature of
authorized
signatory of
Trustee or Note
Custodian

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