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Exhibit 10.10

PROMISSORY NOTE

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Officer	 	 
	Principal	 	Loan Date	 	Maturity	 	Loan No.	 	Call/Coll.	 	Account	 	PBlake	 	Initials
	$970,000.00
	 	03-09-2007
	 	03-06-2008
	 	8000845380	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

References in the shaded area are for Lender’s use only and do not limit the applicability of this documents to any particular loan

or item. Any item above containing “***” has been omitted due to text length limitations.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Borrower:

	 	Agassiz Energy, LLC (TIN: 80-0130330)

510 County Road 71

Crookston, MN 58716
	 	Lender:
	 	American Federal Bank

215 North 5th Str

Fargo, ND 58102

	 	 	 	 	 
	Principal Amount: $970,000.00

	 	Interest Rate: 7.000%
	 	Date of Note: March 9, 2007

PROMISE TO PAY. Agassiz Energy, LLC (“Borrower”) promises to pay to American Federal Bank
(“Lender”), or order, in lawful money of the United States of America, the principal amount of Nine
Hundred Seventy Thousand & DD/100 Dollars ($970,000.00) or so much as may be outstanding, together
with interest at the rate of 7.000% per annum on the unpaid outstanding principal balance of each
advance. Interest shall be calculated from the date of each advance until repayment of each
advance. The interest rate may change under the terms and conditions of the “INTEREST AFTER
DEFAULT” section.

PAYMENT. Borrower will pay this loan in one payment of all outstanding principal plus all accrued
unpaid Interest on March 6, 2008. Unless otherwise agreed or required by applicable law, payments
will be applied first to any accrued unpaid Interest; then to principal; then to any late charges;
and then to any unpaid collection costs. Interest on this Note is computed on a 365/365 simple
Interest basis; that is, by applying the ratio of the annual interest rate over the number of days
in a year, multiplied by the outstanding principal balance, multiplied by the actual number of days
the principal balance is outstanding. Borrower will pay Lender at Lender’s address shown above or
such other place as Lender may designate in writing.

PREPAYMENT. Borrower may pay without penalty all or a portion of the amount owed earlier than it is
due. Early payments will not, unless agreed to by Lender in writing, relieve Borrower of Borrower’s
obligation to continue to make payments. Rather, early payments will reduce the principal balance
due. Borrower agrees not to send Lender payments marked “paid in full”, “without recourse”, or
similar language. If Borrower sends such a payment, Lender may accept it without losing any of
Lender’s rights under this Note, and Borrower will remain obligated to pay any further amount owed
to Lender. All written communications concerning disputed amounts, including any check or other
payment instrument that indicates that the payment constitutes “payment in full” of the amount owed
or that is tendered with other conditions or limitations or as full satisfaction of a disputed
amount must be mailed or delivered to: American Federal Bank, Crookston Bank, 304 North Broadway
Crookston, MN 56716.

LATE
CHARGE. If a payment is 10 days or more late, Borrower will be charged 5.000% of the unpaid
portion of the regularly scheduled payment.

INTEREST AFTER DEFAULT. Upon default, including failure to pay upon final maturity, the total sum
due under this Note will continue to accrued interest at the interest rate under this Note.

DEFAULT. Each of the following shall constitute an event of default (“Event of Default”) under this
Note:

Payment Default. Borrower fails to make any payment when due under this Note.

Other Defaults. Borrower fails to comply with or to perform any other term, obligation, covenant or
condition contained in this Note or in any of the related documents or to comply with or to perform
any term, obligation, covenant or condition contained in any other agreement between Lender and
Borrower.

False Statements. Any warranty, representation or statement made or furnished to Lender by Borrower
or on Borrower’s behalf under this Note or the related documents is false or misleading in any
material respect, either now or at the time made or furnished or becomes false or misleading at any
time thereafter.

Death or Insolvency. The dissolution of Borrower (regardless of whether election to continue is
made), any member withdraws from Borrower, or any other termination of Borrower’s existence as a
going business or the death of any member, the insolvency of Borrower, the appointment of a
receiver for any part of Borrower’s property, any assignment for the benefit of creditors, any type
of creditor workout, or the commencement of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency laws
by or against Borrower.

Creditor or Forfeiture Proceedings. Commencement of foreclosure or forfeiture proceedings, whether
by judicial proceeding, self-help, repossession or any other method, by any creditor of Borrower or
by any governmental agency against any collateral securing the loan. This includes a garnishment of
any of Borrower’s accounts, including deposit accounts, with Lender. However, this Event of Default
shall not apply if there is a good faith dispute by Borrower as to the validity or reasonableness
of the claim which is the basis of the creditor or forfeiture
proceeding and if Borrower gives Lender written notice of the
creditor or forfeiture proceeding and deposits with Lender
monies or a surety bond for the creditor or forfeiture proceeding, in an amount determined by
Lender, in its sole discretion, as being an adequate reserve or bond for the dispute.

Events Affecting Guarantor. Any of the preceding events occurs with respect to any guarantor,
endorser, surety, or accommodation party of any of the indebtedness or any guarantor, endorser,
surety, or accommodation party dies or becomes incompetent, or revokes or disputes the validity of,
or liability under, any guaranty of the indebtedness evidenced by this Note. In the event of a
death, Lender, at its option, may, but shall not be required to, permit the guarantor’s estate to
assume unconditionally the obligations arising under the guaranty in a manner satisfactory to
Lender, and, in doing so, cure any Event of Default.

Adverse Change. A material adverse change occurs in Borrower’s financial condition, or Lender
believes the prospect of payment or performance of this Note is impaired.

Insecurity. Lender in good faith believes itself insecure.

Cure Provisions. If any default, other than a default in payment is curable and if Borrower has not
been given a notice of a breach of the same provision of this Note within the preceding twelve (12)
months, it may be cured if Borrower, after receiving written notice from Lender demanding cure of
such default: (1) cures the default within thirty (30) days; or (2) if the cure requires more than
thirty (30) days, immediately initiates steps which Lender deems in lender’s sole discretion to be
sufficient to cure the default and thereafter continues and completes all reasonable and necessary
steps sufficient to produce compliance as soon as reasonably practical.

LENDER’S RIGHTS. Upon default, Lender may declare the entire unpaid principal balance under this
Note and all accrued unpaid interest immediately due, and then Borrower will pay that amount.

ATTORNEY’S FEES; EXPENSES. Lender may hire or pay someone else to help collect this Note if
Borrower does not pay. Borrower will pay Lender that amount. This includes, subject to any limits
under applicable law, Lender’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and Lender’s legal expenses, whether or
not there is a lawsuit, including reasonable attorney’s fees, expenses for bankruptcy proceedings
(including efforts to modify or vacate any automatic stay or injunction), and appeals. If not
prohibited by applicable law, Borrower also will pay any court costs, in addition to all other sums
provided by law.

GOVERNING
LAW. With respect to interest (as defined by federal law) this Note will be governed by
federal law applicable to Lender and, to

 

 

PROMISSORY NOTE

					
	Loan No: 8000845380
	 	(Continued)
	 	Page 2

the extent not preempted by federal law, the laws of the State of North Dakota without regard
to its conflicts of laws provisions. In all other respects, this Note will be governed by federal
law applicable to Lender and, to the extent not preempted by federal law, the laws of the State of
Minnesota without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. The loan transaction that is evidenced
by this Note has been approved, made, and funded, and all necessary loan documents have been
accepted by Lender in the State of North Dakota.

DISHONORED ITEM FEE. Borrower will pay a free to Lender of $25.00 if Borrower makes a payment on
Borrower’s loan and the check or preauthorized charge with which Borrower pays is later dishonored.

RIGHT OF SETOFF. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Lender reserves a right of setoff in
all Borrower’s accounts with Lender (whether checking, savings, or some other account). This
includes all accounts Borrower holds jointly with someone else and all accounts Borrower may open
in the future. However, this does not include any IRA or Keogh accounts, or any trust accounts for
which setoff would be prohibited by law. Borrower authorizes Lender, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, to charge or setoff all sums owing on the indebtedness against any and all such
accounts.

COLLATERAL. Borrower acknowledges this Note is secured by Certificate of Deposit 8000845360 in the
amount of $970,000.00.

LINE OF CREDIT. This Note evidences a revolving line of credit. Advances under this Note, as well
as directions for payment from Borrower’s accounts, may be requested orally or in writing by
Borrower or as provided in this paragraph. Lender may, but need not, require that all oral requests
be confirmed in writing. The following persons currently are authorized to request advances and
authorize payments under the line of credit until Lender receives from Borrower, at Lender’s
address shown above, written notice of revocation of their authority: Donald Sargeant, President of
Agassiz Energy LLC; Larry Altringer, Treasurer of Agassiz Energy LLC; and Wayne Wagner, Vice
President of Agassiz Energy LLC. Borrower agrees to be liable for all sums either: (A) advanced in
accordance with the instructions of an authorized person or (B) credited to any of Borrower’s
accounts with Lender. The unpaid principal balance owing on this Note at any time may be evidenced
by endorsements on this Note or by Lender’s internal records, including daily computer print-outs.

CREDIT REPORTING NOTICE. We may report information about your account to credit bureaus. Late
payments, missed payments, or other defaults on your account may be reflected in your credit
report.

SUCCESSOR INTERESTS. The terms of this Note shall be binding upon Borrower, and upon Borrower’s
heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of Lender
and its successors and assigns.

NOTIFY US OF INACCURATE INFORMATION WE REPORT TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES. Please notify us if
we report any inaccurate information about your account(s) to a consumer reporting agency. Your
written notice describing the specific inaccuracy(ies) should be sent to us at the following
address: American Federal Bank 215 North 5th Street, Fargo, ND 58108.

GENERAL PROVISIONS. If any part of this Note cannot be enforced, this fact will not affect the rest
of the Note. Lender may delay or forgo enforcing any of its rights or remedies under this Note
without losing them. In addition, Lender shall have all the rights and remedies provided in the
related documents or available at law, in equity, or otherwise. Except as may be prohibited by
applicable law, all of Lender’s rights and remedies shall be cumulative and may be exercised
singularly or concurrently. Election by Lender to pursue any remedy shall not exclude pursuit of
any other remedy, and an election to make expenditures or to take action to perform an obligation
of Borrower shall not affect Lender’s right to declare a default and to exercise its rights and
remedies. Borrower  and any other person who signs, guarantees or endorses this Note, to the extent
allowed by law, waive presentment, demand for payment, and notice of dishonor. Upon any change in
the terms of this Note, and unless otherwise expressly stated in writing, no party who signs this
Note, whether as maker, guarantor, accommodation maker or endorser, shall be released from
liability. All such parties agree that Lender may renew or extend (repeatedly and for any length of
time) this loan or release any party or guarantor or collateral; or impair, fail to realize upon or
perfect Lender’s security interest in the collateral; and take any other action deemed necessary by
Lender without the consent of or notice to anyone. All such parties also agree that Lender may
modify this loan without the consent of or notice to anyone other than the party with whom the
modification is made. The obligations under this Note are joint and several.

SECTION DISCLOSURE. Except for matters related to interest (as defined by federal law), and to the
extent not preempted by federal law, this loan is made under Minnesota Statutes, Section.

PRIOR
TO SIGNING THIS NOTE, BORROWER READ AND UNDERSTOOD ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THIS NOTE. BORROWER
AGREES TO THE TERMS OF THE NOTE.

BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT
OF A COMPLETED COPY OF THIS PROMISSORY NOTE.

BORROWER:

 

AGASSIZ ENERGY, LLC

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Donald Sargeant
 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Larry Altringer
 

	 	 
	Donald Sargeant, President of Agassiz Energy, LLC	 	 	 	Larry Altringer, Treasurer of Agassiz Energy, LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Wayne Wagner	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Wayne Wagner, Vice President of Agassiz Energy, LLCEX-4.1 INDENTURE, DATED MAY 5, 2006

 

EXHIBIT 4.1

      

INDENTURE

Dated as of May 5, 2006

Among

CMP SUSQUEHANNA CORP.,

THE GUARANTORS NAMED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

97/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2014

      

 

 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

	 	 	 
	Trust Indenture Act Section	 	Indenture Section
	310 (a)(1)
	 	7.10
	(a)(2)
	 	7.10
	(a)(3)
	 	N.A.
	(a)(4)
	 	N.A.
	(a)(5)
	 	7.10
	(b)
	 	7.10
	(c)
	 	N.A.
	311 (a)
	 	7.11
	(b)
	 	7.11
	(c)
	 	N.A.
	312 (a)
	 	2.05
	(b)
	 	14.03
	(c)
	 	14.03
	313 (a)
	 	7.06
	(b)(1)
	 	N.A.
	(b)(2)
	 	7.06; 7.07
	(c)
	 	7.06; 14.02
	(d)
	 	7.06
	314 (a)
	 	4.03; 14.02; 14.05
	(b)
	 	N.A.
	(c)(1)
	 	14.04
	(c)(2)
	 	14.04
	(c)(3)
	 	N.A.
	(d)
	 	N.A.
	(e)
	 	14.05
	(f)
	 	N.A.
	315 (a)
	 	7.01
	(b)
	 	7.05; 14.02
	(c)
	 	7.01
	(d)
	 	7.01
	(e)
	 	6.14
	316 (a)(last sentence)
	 	2.09
	(a)(1)(A)
	 	6.05
	(a)(1)(B)
	 	6.04
	(a)(2)
	 	N.A.
	(b)
	 	6.07
	(c)
	 	2.12; 9.04
	317 (a)(1)
	 	6.08
	(a)(2)
	 	6.12
	(b)
	 	2.04
	318 (a)
	 	14.01
	(b)
	 	N.A.
	(c)
	 	14.01

 

			
	N.A. means not applicable.
	 
	*	 	This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 
	 	 	Page

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.01 Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.02 Other Definitions
	 	 	29	 
	Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	30	 
	Section 1.04 Rules of Construction
	 	 	31	 
	Section 1.05 Acts of Holders
	 	 	31	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 2

	 
	 	 	 	 
	THE NOTES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.01 Form and Dating; Terms
	 	 	33	 
	Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication
	 	 	34	 
	Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent
	 	 	34	 
	Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
	 	 	35	 
	Section 2.05 Holder Lists
	 	 	35	 
	Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange
	 	 	35	 
	Section 2.07 Replacement Notes
	 	 	46	 
	Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes
	 	 	47	 
	Section 2.09 Treasury Notes
	 	 	47	 
	Section 2.10 Temporary Notes
	 	 	47	 
	Section 2.11 Cancellation
	 	 	48	 
	Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest
	 	 	48	 
	Section 2.13 CUSIP Numbers
	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 ARTICLE 3

	 
	 	 	 	 
	REDEMPTION

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee
	 	 	49	 
	Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased
	 	 	49	 
	Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption
	 	 	49	 
	Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption
	 	 	50	 
	Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price
	 	 	50	 
	Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part
	 	 	51	 
	Section 3.07 Optional Redemption
	 	 	51	 
	Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption
	 	 	52	 
	Section 3.09 Offers to Repurchase by Application of Excess Proceeds
	 	 	52	 

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	ARTICLE 4

	 
	 	 	 	 
	COVENANTS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.01 Payment of Notes
	 	 	54	 
	Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency
	 	 	54	 
	Section 4.03 Reports and Other Information
	 	 	54	 
	Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate
	 	 	55	 
	Section 4.05 Taxes
	 	 	56	 
	Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
	 	 	56	 
	Section 4.07 Limitation on Restricted Payments
	 	 	56	 
	Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries
	 	 	63	 
	Section 4.09 Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and
Preferred Stock
	 	 	64	 
	Section 4.10 Asset Sales
	 	 	68	 
	Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	71	 
	Section 4.12 Liens
	 	 	73	 
	Section 4.13 Corporate Existence
	 	 	73	 
	Section 4.14 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control
	 	 	73	 
	Section 4.15 Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries
	 	 	75	 
	Section 4.16 Limitation on Layering
	 	 	76	 
	Section 4.17 KC Divestiture Trust
	 	 	77	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 5

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SUCCESSORS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets
	 	 	77	 
	Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted
	 	 	78	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 6

	 
	 	 	 	 
	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.01 Events of Default
	 	 	79	 
	Section 6.02 Acceleration
	 	 	81	 
	Section 6.03 Other Remedies
	 	 	82	 
	Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults
	 	 	82	 
	Section 6.05 Control by Majority
	 	 	82	 
	Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits
	 	 	83	 
	Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment
	 	 	83	 
	Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee
	 	 	83	 
	Section 6.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	 	 	83	 
	Section 6.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	 	 	84	 
	Section 6.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver
	 	 	84	 
	Section 6.12 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	 	 	84	 
	Section 6.13 Priorities
	 	 	84	 
	Section 6.14 Undertaking for Costs
	 	 	85	 

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	ARTICLE 7

	 
	 	 	 	 
	TRUSTEE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee
	 	 	85	 
	Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee
	 	 	86	 
	Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee
	 	 	87	 
	Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer
	 	 	87	 
	Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults
	 	 	88	 
	Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes
	 	 	88	 
	Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity
	 	 	88	 
	Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee
	 	 	89	 
	Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
	 	 	90	 
	Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification
	 	 	90	 
	Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer
	 	 	90	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 8

	 
	 	 	 	 
	LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	90	 
	Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge
	 	 	90	 
	Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	91	 
	Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	91	 
	Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions
	 	 	93	 
	Section 8.06 Repayment to Issuer
	 	 	93	 
	Section 8.07 Reinstatement
	 	 	93	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 9

	 
	 	 	 	 
	AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes
	 	 	94	 
	Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes
	 	 	95	 
	Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	96	 
	Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents
	 	 	96	 
	Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes
	 	 	97	 
	Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc
	 	 	97	 
	Section 9.07 Payment for Consent
	 	 	97	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 10

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SUBORDINATION

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.01 Agreement To Subordinate
	 	 	98	 
	Section 10.02 Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy
	 	 	98	 
	Section 10.03 Default on Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer
	 	 	99	 
	Section 10.04 Acceleration of Payment of Notes
	 	 	100	 
	Section 10.05 When Distribution Must Be Paid Over
	 	 	100	 

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	Section 10.06 Subrogation
	 	 	100	 
	Section 10.07 Relative Rights
	 	 	100	 
	Section 10.08 Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Issuer
	 	 	101	 
	Section 10.09 Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent
	 	 	101	 
	Section 10.10 Distribution or Notice to Representative
	 	 	101	 
	Section 10.11 Article 10 Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To Accelerate
	 	 	101	 
	Section 10.12 Trust Moneys Not Subordinated
	 	 	101	 
	Section 10.13 Trustee Entitled To Rely
	 	 	102	 
	Section 10.14 Trustee To Effectuate Subordination
	 	 	102	 
	Section 10.15 Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer
	 	 	103	 
	Section 10.16 Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer on Subordination Provisions
	 	 	103	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 11

	 
	 	 	 	 
	GUARANTEES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.01 Guarantee
	 	 	103	 
	Section 11.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability
	 	 	105	 
	Section 11.03 Execution and Delivery
	 	 	105	 
	Section 11.04 Subrogation
	 	 	106	 
	Section 11.05 Benefits Acknowledged
	 	 	106	 
	Section 11.06 Release of Guarantees
	 	 	106	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 12

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SUBORDINATION OF GUARANTEES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.01 Agreement To Subordinate
	 	 	106	 
	Section 12.02 Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy
	 	 	107	 
	Section 12.03 Default on Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor
	 	 	107	 
	Section 12.04 Demand for Payment
	 	 	109	 
	Section 12.05 When Distribution Must Be Paid Over
	 	 	109	 
	Section 12.06 Subrogation
	 	 	109	 
	Section 12.07 Relative Rights
	 	 	109	 
	Section 12.08 Subordination May Not Be Impaired by a Guarantor
	 	 	109	 
	Section 12.09 Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent
	 	 	110	 
	Section 12.10 Distribution or Notice to Representative
	 	 	110	 
	Section 12.11 Article 12 Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To Demand Payment
	 	 	110	 
	Section 12.12 Trust Moneys Not Subordinated
	 	 	110	 
	Section 12.13 Trustee Entitled To Rely
	 	 	110	 
	Section 12.14 Trustee To Effectuate Subordination
	 	 	111	 
	Section 12.15 Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness of Guarantors
	 	 	111	 
	Section 12.16 Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor on Subordination Provisions
	 	 	112	 

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	ARTICLE 13

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 13.01 Satisfaction and Discharge
	 	 	112	 
	Section 13.02 Application of Trust Money
	 	 	113	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 14

	 
	 	 	 	 
	MISCELLANEOUS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 14.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls
	 	 	113	 
	Section 14.02 Notices
	 	 	114	 
	Section 14.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes
	 	 	115	 
	Section 14.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
	 	 	115	 
	Section 14.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
	 	 	115	 
	Section 14.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents
	 	 	115	 
	Section 14.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders
	 	 	115	 
	Section 14.08 Governing Law
	 	 	116	 
	Section 14.09 Waiver of Jury Trial
	 	 	116	 
	Section 14.10 Force Majeure
	 	 	116	 
	Section 14.11 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
	 	 	116	 
	Section 14.12 Successors
	 	 	116	 
	Section 14.13 Severability
	 	 	116	 
	Section 14.14 Counterpart Originals
	 	 	116	 
	Section 14.15 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
	 	 	117	 
	Section 14.16 Qualification of Indenture
	 	 	117	 

EXHIBITS

Exhibit A          Form of Note

Exhibit B           Form of Certificate of Transfer

Exhibit C           Form of Certificate of Exchange

Exhibit D           Form of Supplemental Indenture to Be Delivered by Subsequent Guarantors

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             INDENTURE, dated as of May 5, 2006, among CMP Susquehanna Corp., a Delaware corporation
(“CMP”), the Guarantors (as defined herein) listed on the signature pages hereto and Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.

W I T N E S S E T H

             WHEREAS,
CMP has duly authorized the creation of an issue of $250,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of 97/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “Initial Notes”);

             WHEREAS, in connection with the Transaction (as defined herein), CMP Merger Co., a Delaware
corporation and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of CMP, will merge with and into Susquehanna
Pfaltzgraff Co., a Delaware corporation (“SPC”), pursuant to that certain Agreement and
Plan of Merger dated as of October 31, 2005 (the “Merger Agreement”) among CMP, Merger Sub,
SPC and the Stockholders’ Representative (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and the Guarantors
will unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee the Notes; and

             WHEREAS, each of CMP and each of the Guarantors has duly authorized the execution and delivery
of this Indenture.

             NOW, THEREFORE, each of CMP, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit
of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01 Definitions.

             “144A Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto, bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on
behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a
denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

             “Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person,

     (1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged
with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, including
Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging
with or into or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and

     (2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified
Person.

             “Additional Interest” means all additional interest then owing pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement.

             “Additional Notes” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes and other than
Exchange Notes for such Initial Notes) issued from time to time under this Indenture in accordance
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             “Advisory Services Agreement” means the advisory services agreement dated as of the
Issue Date among Holdings, the Issuer, Cumulus Media Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, and affiliates of the members of the Consortium named therein, as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified.

             “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.
For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms
“controlling,” “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, by agreement or otherwise.

             “Agent” means any Registrar or Paying Agent.

             “Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note on any Redemption Date, the
greater of:

     (1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note; and

     (2) the excess, if any, of (a) the present value at such Redemption Date of (i) the
redemption price of such Note at May 15, 2010 (each such redemption price being set forth in
Section 3.07 hereof), plus (ii) all required interest payments due on such Note through May
15, 2010 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date), computed using a
discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points;
over (b) the principal amount of such Note.

             “Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for
beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear
and/or Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.

             “Asset Sale” means:

     (1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, whether in a single
transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or assets (including by way of
a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction) of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (each
referred to in this definition as a “disposition”); or

     (2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, whether in a
single transaction or a series of related transactions;

in each case, other than:

     (a) any disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or obsolete or
worn out equipment in the ordinary course of business or any disposition of inventory or
goods (or other assets) held for sale in the ordinary course of business;

     (b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer in a manner
permitted pursuant to the provisions described under Section 5.01 hereof or any disposition
that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture;

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     (c) the making of any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to
be made, and is made, under Section 4.07 hereof;

     (d) any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted
Subsidiary in any transaction or series of transactions with an aggregate fair market value
of less than $5.0 million;

     (e) any disposition of property or assets or issuance of securities by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Issuer to the Issuer or by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Issuer to another Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer;

     (f) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;

     (g) the lease, assignment or sub-lease of any real or personal property in the ordinary
course of business;

     (h) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities
of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

     (i) foreclosures on assets;

     (j) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the Issuer
or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including Sale and Lease-Back
Transactions and asset securitizations permitted by this Indenture; and

     (k) the licensing of intellectual property.

             “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the
relief of debtors.

             “Broker-Dealer” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

             “Business Day” means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.

             “Capital Stock” means:

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

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

     (3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or
membership interests (whether general or limited); and

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

             “Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be
made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required
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capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto)
in accordance with GAAP.

             “Cash Equivalents” means:

     (1) United States dollars;

     (2) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the U.S.
government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with
maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

     (3) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities
of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not
exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having
capital and surplus of not less than $500.0 million in the case of U.S. banks and $100.0
million (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of
non-U.S. banks;

     (4) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses
(2) and (3) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified
in clause (3) above;

     (5) commercial paper rated at least P-1 by Moody’s or at least A-1 by S&P and in each
case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof;

     (6) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at
least P-2 or A-2 from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither
Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating
Agency) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof;

     (7) investment funds investing 95% of their assets in securities of the types described
in clauses (1) through (6) above;

     (8) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or
territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof
having an Investment Grade Rating from either Moody’s or S&P with maturities of 24 months or
less from the date of acquisition;

     (9) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher
from S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s with maturities of 24 months or less from the date
of acquisition; and

     (10) Investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of
acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or
Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s.

             Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in
currencies other than those set forth in clause (1) above, provided that such amounts are
converted into United States dollars as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten
Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.

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             “Cash Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum,
without duplication, of:

     (1) the cash component of consolidated interest expense determined in accordance with
GAAP of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or
accrued, excluding, without limitation, original issue discount, non-cash interest expense,
amortization and write-off of debt issuance costs, the interest component of any deferred
payment obligations and net payments, if any, pursuant to Hedging Obligations; plus

     (2) the cash component of consolidated interest of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus

     (3) any cash interest payment on Indebtedness of another person that is Guaranteed by
such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such
Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is
called upon and limited to the amount of such Guarantee or the fair market value of the
property secured by such Lien, as the case may be.

     “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

     (1) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any
Person other than a Permitted Holder; or

     (2) the Issuer becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition
by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the
Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of
acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under
the Exchange Act), other than the Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a related
series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or
purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act,
or any successor provision) of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of
the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies holding directly or indirectly
100% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer.

             “Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme.

             “Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means with respect to any Person
for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the
amortization of deferred financing fees of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.

             “Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period,
without duplication, the sum of:

     (1) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for
such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing
Consolidated Net Income (including (a) amortization of original issue discount resulting
from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (b) all commissions, discounts and other
fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (c) non-cash
interest payments (but

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excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to
market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP),
(d) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and (e) net payments, if any,
pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding
(w) any Additional Interest, (x) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance
costs, commissions, fees and expenses, (y) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other
financing fees and (z) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges; plus

     (2) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries
for such period, whether paid or accrued; less

     (3) interest income for such period.

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to
accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit
in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.

             “Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the
aggregate of the Net Income, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a
consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided,
however, that, without duplication,

     (1) any after-tax effect of extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses
(less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including relating to the
Transaction to the extent incurred on or prior to December 31, 2006), severance, relocation
costs and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit
plans shall be excluded,

     (2) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change
in accounting principles during such period,

     (3) any after-tax effect of income (loss) from disposed or discontinued operations and
any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned or discontinued
operations shall be excluded,

     (4) any after-tax effect of gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating
thereto) attributable to asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business,
as determined in good faith by the Issuer, shall be excluded,

     (5) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall
be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer shall be increased
by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash
(or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary
thereof in respect of such period,

     (6) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments
under clause (3)(a) of Section 4.07(a) hereof, the Net Income for such period of any
Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded if the declaration or
payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net
Income is not at the date of determination wholly permitted without any prior governmental
approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the
terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule,
or governmental regulation applicable to that

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Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the
payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived, provided that
Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer will be increased by the amount of dividends or other
distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash)
to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent
not already included therein,

     (7) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to
the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries) in the property and equipment, other intangible
assets, deferred revenue and debt line items in such Person’s consolidated financial
statements pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of purchase accounting in
relation to the Transaction or any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off
of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,

     (8) any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness
or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be excluded,

     (9) any impairment charge or asset write-off, in each case, pursuant to GAAP and the
amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded,

     (10) any non-cash compensation expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or
similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights shall be excluded,

     (11) any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for
such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Asset Sale, issuance or
repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or
amendment or modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such
transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs
incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded, and

     (12) accruals and reserves that are established within twelve months after the Issue
Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transaction in accordance
with GAAP shall be excluded.

             Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.07(a) hereof only (other than
clause (3)(d) of Section 4.07(a) hereof), there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any
income arising from any sale or other disposition of Restricted Investments made by the Issuer and
its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions of Restricted Investments from the
Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and advances which constitute
Restricted Investments by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, any sale of the stock
of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in
each case only to the extent such amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted
under clause (3)(d) of Section 4.07(a) hereof.

             “Consortium” means Bain Capital Partners, LLC, The Blackstone Group, Thomas H. Lee
Partners, L.P. and Cumulus Media Inc. and each of their respective Affiliates but not including,
however, any portfolio companies of any of the foregoing.

             “Contingent Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such
Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness
(”primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such
Person, whether or not contingent,

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     (1) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or
indirect security therefor,

     (2) to advance or supply funds

     (a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation, or

     (b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or
otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, or

     (3) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring
the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make
payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.

             “Contribution Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Subsidiary
Guarantor in an aggregate principal amount not greater than twice the aggregate amount of cash
contributions (other than Excluded Contributions) made to the capital of the Issuer or such
Subsidiary Guarantor after the Issue Date; provided that such Contribution Indebtedness:

     (1) if the aggregate principal amount of such Contribution Indebtedness is greater than
one times such cash contributions to the capital of the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor,
as applicable, the amount of such excess shall be (A)(x) Subordinated Indebtedness (other
than Secured Indebtedness) or (y) Senior Subordinated Indebtedness (other than Secured
Indebtedness) and (B) Indebtedness with a Stated Maturity later than the Stated Maturity of
the Notes, and

     (2) (a) is incurred within 180 days after the making of such cash contributions and (b)
is so designated as Contribution Indebtedness pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate on the
date of the incurrence thereof.

             “Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” shall be at the address of the Trustee
specified in Section 14.02 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to
the Holders and the Issuer.

             “Credit Facilities” means, with respect to the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, one or more debt facilities, including the Senior Credit Facilities, or other
financing arrangements (including, without limitation, commercial paper facilities or indentures)
providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit or other long-term
indebtedness, including any notes, mortgages, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and
agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications,
extensions, renewals, restatements or refundings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or
commercial paper facilities that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other
credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or
refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder or
alters the maturity thereof or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors
thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.

             “Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form,
or any successor entity thereto.

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

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             “Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder
thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06(c) hereof, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not
have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.

             “Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part
in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the
Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as Depositary hereunder and having become such
pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

             “Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash
consideration received by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale
that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate,
setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed by the principal financial officer of the
Issuer, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale
of or collection on such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

             “Designated Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any parent
corporation thereof (in each case other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other
than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the
Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to
an Officer’s Certificate executed by the principal financial officer of the Issuer or the
applicable parent corporation thereof, as the case may be, on the issuance date thereof, the cash
proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3) of Section 4.07(a)
hereof

             “Designated Senior Indebtedness” means:

     (1) any Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities; and

     (2) any other Senior Indebtedness permitted under this Indenture, the principal amount
of which is $25.0 million or more and that has been specifically designated by the Issuer in
the instrument evidencing or governing such Senior Indebtedness as “Designated Senior
Indebtedness” for purposes of this Indenture.

             “Dickey Family” means Lewis W. Dickey, Jr. and John W. Dickey.

             “Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such
Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for
which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily
redeemable (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale) pursuant to a
sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other
than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale), in whole or in part, in each case
prior to the date 91 days after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes or the date the Notes
are no longer outstanding; provided, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued
to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to
such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be
required to be repurchased by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable
statutory or regulatory obligations.

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             “EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income
of such Person for such period

     (1) increased (without duplication) by:

      (a) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including,
without limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes
of such Person paid or accrued during such period deducted (and not added back) in
computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

      (b) Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including (x) net losses or
Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of
hedging interest rate risk and (y) costs of surety bonds in connection with
financing activities, in each case, to the extent included in Fixed Charges) to the
extent the same was deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated
Net Income; plus

      (c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such
period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing
Consolidated Net Income; plus

      (d) any expenses or charges (other than depreciation or amortization expense)
related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition, disposition,
recapitalization or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this
Indenture (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including
(i) such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Notes and the
Credit Facilities and (ii) any amendment or other modification of the Notes, and, in
each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

      (e) the amount of any restructuring charge or reserve deducted (and not added
back) in such period in computing Consolidated Net Income, including any one-time
costs incurred in connection with acquisitions after the Issue Date and costs
related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities; plus

      (f) any other non-cash charges, including any write offs or write downs,
reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period (provided that if any such non-cash
charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future
period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be
subtracted from EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash
item that was paid in a prior period); plus

      (g) the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income
attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned
Subsidiary deducted (and not added back) in such period in calculating Consolidated
Net Income; plus

      (h) the amount of advisory fees and related expenses (other than pursuant to
the Management Agreement or any replacement thereof) paid in such period to members
of the Consortium (or their Affiliates, as applicable) to the extent otherwise
permitted under Section 4.11 hereof; plus

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      (i) any costs or expense incurred by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary
pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management
or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder
agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds
contributed to the capital of the Issuer or net cash proceeds of an issuance of
Equity Interest of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent
that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause
(3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof; plus

      (j) the amount of loss incurred by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in
connection with acquiring “stick” stations or commencing operations under an owned,
but not operated, license, in each case as a direct result of the acquisition of
such station or initiation of such license within 24 months of the acquisition of
the applicable station or initiation of operations in respect of the applicable
license in an aggregate amount for all such stations and licenses not to exceed $5.0
million in any four fiscal quarter period,

     (2) decreased by (without duplication) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net
Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they
represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced
EBITDA in any prior period, and

     (3) increased or decreased by (without duplication):

      (a) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations and
the application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133; plus or
minus, as applicable,

      (b) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from currency translation
gains or losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any
net loss or gain resulting from hedge agreements for currency exchange risk).

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

             “Equity Offering” means any public or private sale of common stock or Preferred Stock
of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (excluding Disqualified Stock),
other than:

     (1) public offerings with respect to the Issuer’s or any direct or indirect parent
company’s common stock registered on Form S-8;

     (2) issuances to any Subsidiary of the Issuer; and

     (3) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution.

             “Euroclear” means Euroclear S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.

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

             “Exchange Notes” means the Notes issued in the Exchange Offer pursuant to Section
2.06(f) hereof.

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             “Exchange Offer” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

             “Exchange Offer Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement.

             “Excluded Contribution” means net cash proceeds or marketable securities received by
the Issuer from

     (1) contributions to its common equity capital, and

     (2) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Issuer or to any management equity plan
or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the
Issuer) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of
the Issuer,

in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an officer’s certificate executed by
the principal financial officer of the Issuer on the date such capital contributions are made or
the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from the
calculation set forth in clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof.

             “FCC” means the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.

             “Final Order” shall mean a final order issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

             “Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of:

     (1) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period;

     (2) all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in
consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock during such period; and

     (3) all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in
consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock during such period.

             “Foreign Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of
such Person that is not organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof and any Restricted Subsidiary of such
Foreign Subsidiary.

             “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States which are
in effect on the Issue Date.

             “Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(ii) hereof, which
is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

             “Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global
Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b), 2.06(d) or 2.06(f) hereof.

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             “Government Securities” means securities that are:

     (1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which
its full faith and credit is pledged; or

     (2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of
America,

which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuers thereof, and
shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the
Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment
of principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the
account of the holder of such depository 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 depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government
Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities
evidenced by such depository receipt.

             “guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for
collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including
letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any
Indebtedness or other obligations.

             “Guarantee” means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Issuer’s Obligations under
this Indenture.

             “Guarantor” means Radio Holdings and each Subsidiary Guarantor.

             “Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such
Person under any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar
agreement, currency swap agreement or similar agreement providing for the transfer or mitigation of
interest rate or currency risks either generally or under specific contingencies.

             “Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

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

     (1) any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not
contingent:

      (a) in respect of borrowed money;

      (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of
credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in
respect thereof);

      (c) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any
property (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), except (i) any such balance that
constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case
accrued in the ordinary course of business and (ii) any earn-out obligations until
such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in
accordance with GAAP; or

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      (d) representing any Hedging Obligations;

if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit
and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the
footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP;

     (2) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable
for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred
to in clause (1) of a third Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance
sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for
collection in the ordinary course of business; and

     (3) to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in
clause (1) of a third Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such first Person,
whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such first Person.

             “Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

             “Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking
firm or consultant to Persons engaged in Similar Businesses of nationally recognized standing that
is, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer, qualified to perform the task for which it has been
engaged.

             “Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note
through a Participant.

             “Initial Notes” as defined in the recitals hereto.

             “Initial Purchasers” means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated,
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Banc of America
Securities LLC.

             “Interest Payment Date” means May 15 and November 15 of each year to stated maturity.

             “Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the
equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other
Rating Agency.

             “Investment Grade Securities” means:

     (1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed by the United States government
or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents);

     (2) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding
any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Issuer and its
Subsidiaries; and

     (3) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type
described in clauses (1) and (2), which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash
pending investment or distribution.

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             “Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in
other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or
capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit, advances to customers,
commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees, in each case made in the
ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness,
Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required
by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of the Issuer in the same
manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve
the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted
Subsidiary” and Section 4.07 hereof:

     (1) “Investments” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Issuer’s equity
interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of
the Issuer at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a
Restricted Subsidiary, the Issuer shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent
“Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to:

      (a) the Issuer “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such
redesignation; less

      (b) the portion (proportionate to the Issuer’s equity interest in such
Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the
time of such redesignation; and

     (2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at
its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith
by the Issuer.

             “Issue Date” means May 5, 2006.

             “Issuer” means CMP Susquehanna Corp.; provided that when used in the context
of determining the fair market value of an asset or liability under this Indenture, “Issuer” shall
be deemed to mean the board of directors of the Issuer when the fair market value is equal to or in
excess of $20.0 million (unless otherwise expressly stated).

             “Issuer Order” means a written request or order signed on behalf of the Issuer by an
Officer of the Issuer, who must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial
officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Issuer, and delivered to the
Trustee.

             “KC Divestiture Trust” means KCHZ Trust, a Delaware trust, the sole assets of which
are the FCC radio broadcast license for KCHZ-FM and related assets contributed thereto on the Issue
Date.

             “Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banking
institutions are not required to be open in the State of New York or the city in which the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or Paying Agent is located.

             “Letter of Transmittal” means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by the Issuer
and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with the Exchange Offer.

             “Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any specified Person on any date of
determination (the “Calculation Date”), the ratio, on a pro forma basis, of (1) the sum of
the aggregate outstanding

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amount of Indebtedness plus the aggregate liquidation preference of all outstanding
Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock (except Preferred Stock issued to the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Calculation Date determined on
a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP to (2) the EBITDA of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries attributable to continuing operations and businesses for the four full fiscal quarters
ended most recently prior to the Calculation Date.

     For purposes of calculating the Leverage Ratio:

     (1) acquisitions, including Investments, that have been made by the specified Person or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations, or any
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by the specified Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, and including any related financing transactions and including
increases in ownership of Restricted Subsidiaries, and any incurrence or repayment of other
Indebtedness or preferred stock, at any time subsequent to the beginning of the four-quarter
reference period and on or prior to the date of determination, as if such incurrence or
issuance, or the repayment, as the case may be, during the four-quarter reference period or
subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date will be given
pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference
period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Indebtedness under any
revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average balance of such
Indebtedness at the end of each month during such period);

     (2) For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any
transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible
financial or accounting officer of the Issuer. Any such pro forma calculation may include
adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable determination of the Issuer as set forth in an
officers’ certificate, to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating
improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from any acquisition or merger
(including, to the extent applicable, from the Transaction) and (2) all adjustments used in
connection with the calculation of “Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote (8)
to the “Summary Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Data” in
the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be
applicable to such four-quarter period;

     (3) transactions giving rise to the need to calculate the Leverage Ratio shall be
assumed to have occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period;

     (4) any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed
to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such four-quarter period; and

     (5) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be
deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such four-quarter period.

             Furthermore, in calculating Consolidated Interest Expense for purposes of the calculation of
EBITDA, (a) interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of the date of
determination (including Indebtedness actually incurred on the date of the transaction giving rise
to the need to calculate the Leverage Ratio) and which will continue to be so determined thereafter
shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of interest on such
Indebtedness as in effect on the date of determination and (b) notwithstanding clause (a) above,
interest determined on a fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by Hedging
Obligations, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to the
operation of such agreements.

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             “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien (statutory or otherwise),
pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest, preference, priority or encumbrance of any kind
in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable
law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature
thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or
agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent
statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to
constitute a Lien.

             “Management Agreement” means the management agreement dated as of the Issue Date
between Cumulus Media Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Holdings, as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified.

             “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency
business.

             “Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person,
determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock
dividends.

             “Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale, including any cash received upon the sale or
other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale, net of the
direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash
Consideration, including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales
commissions, any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a
result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax
sharing arrangements), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium, if
any, and interest on Senior Indebtedness required (other than required by clause (1) of Section
4.10(b) hereof to be paid as a result of such transaction and any deduction of appropriate amounts
to be provided by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve in accordance with
GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained
by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition thereof,
including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to
environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.

             “Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

             “Notes” means the Initial Notes and more particularly means any Note authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture. For all purposes of this Indenture, the term “Notes” shall also
include any Additional Notes that may be issued under a supplemental indenture. For purposes of
this Indenture, all references to Notes to be issued or authenticated upon transfer, replacement or
exchange shall be deemed to refer to Notes of the applicable series.

             “Obligations” means any principal, interest (including any interest accruing
subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the
rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an
allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), penalties, fees, indemnifications,
reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and banker’s
acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest,
penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the
documentation governing any Indebtedness.

             “Offering Memorandum” means the offering memorandum, dated May 1, 2006, relating to
the sale of the Initial Notes.

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             “Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President,
any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the
Secretary of the Issuer.

             “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Issuer by an
Officer of the Issuer, who must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial
officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Issuer, that meets the
requirements set forth in this Indenture.

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

             “Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a
Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with
respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

             “Permitted Asset Swap” means the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related
Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between
the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided, that any
cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 4.10 hereof.

             “Permitted Holders” means (i) each of the members of the Consortium on the Issue Date,
(ii) members of the Dickey Family, (iii) members of management of the Issuer (or its direct parent)
who are holders of Equity Interests of the Issuer (or any of its direct or indirect parent
companies); provided that if such members of management own beneficially or of record more than 10%
of the outstanding voting stock of the Issuer in the aggregate, they shall be treated as Permitted
Holders of only 10% of the outstanding voting stock of the Issuer at such time, and (iv) any group
(within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act or any successor
provision) of which any of the foregoing are members; provided that, in the case of such group and
without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, persons identified in
clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, have beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the total voting
power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies.

             “Permitted Investments” means:

     (1) any Investment in the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

     (2) any Investment in cash and Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;

     (3) any Investment by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person that
is engaged in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment:

      (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or

      (b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is
merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of
its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary,

and,
in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided that such Investment was not
acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or
transfer;

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     (4) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting cash, Cash
Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale
made pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.10 hereof or any other disposition of assets
not constituting an Asset Sale;

     (5) any Investment existing on the Issue Date;

     (6) any Investment acquired by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries:

      (a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the
Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a
bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other
Investment or accounts receivable; or

      (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with
respect to any secured Investment in default;

     (7) Hedging Obligations permitted under clause (10) of Section 4.09(b) hereof;

     (8) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests (exclusive of
Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer, or any of its direct or indirect parent companies;
provided, however, that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount
available for Restricted Payments under clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof;

     (9) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.09 hereof;

     (10) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies,
material or equipment;

     (11) additional Investments having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with
all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (11) that are at that time outstanding
(without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds
of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities), not to exceed 3.5% of Total
Assets at the time of such Investments (with the fair market value of each Investment being
measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

     (12) advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, employees not in excess of $10.0
million outstanding at any one time, in the aggregate;

     (13) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees for business-related
travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, in each case incurred in the
ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices; and

     (14) Investments in Permitted Joint Ventures having an aggregate fair market value,
taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (14), that are at
that time outstanding not to exceed 1.0% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment
(with the fair market value being measured at the time made and without giving effect to
subsequent changes in value).

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             “Permitted Joint Ventures” means a corporation, partnership or other entity (other
than a Subsidiary) engaged in one or more Similar Businesses in respect of which the Issuer or a
Restricted Subsidiary (a) beneficially owns at least 20% of the Equity Interests of such entity and
(b) either is a party to an agreement empowering one or more parties to such agreement (which may
or may not be the Issuer or a Subsidiary), or is a member of a group that, pursuant to the
constituent documents of the applicable corporation, partnership or other entity, has the power, to
direct the policies, management and affairs of such entity.

             “Permitted Junior Securities” means:

     (1) Equity Interests in the Issuer, any Guarantor or any direct or indirect parent of
the Issuer; or

     (2) unsecured debt securities that are subordinated to all Senior Indebtedness (and any
debt securities issued in exchange for Senior Indebtedness) to substantially the same extent
as, or to a greater extent than, the Notes and the related Guarantees are subordinated to
Senior Indebtedness under this Indenture;

provided that the term “Permitted Junior Securities” shall not include any securities distributed
pursuant to a plan of reorganization if the Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities is
treated as part of the same class as the Notes for purposes of such plan of reorganization;
provided further that to the extent that any Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or the Guarantors
outstanding on the date of consummation of any such plan of reorganization is not paid in full in
cash on such date, the holders of any such Senior Indebtedness not so paid in full in cash have
consented to the terms of such plan of reorganization.

     “Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:

     (1) pledges or deposits by such Person under workers’ compensation laws, unemployment
insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids,
tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such
Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or
deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such
Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the
payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

     (2) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, in
each case for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards
against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an
appeal or other proceedings for review if adequate reserves with respect thereto are
maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

     (3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet overdue for a
period of more than 30 days or payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate
reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with
GAAP;

     (4) Liens in favor of issuers of performance and surety bonds or bid bonds or with
respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit issued pursuant to the request
of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;

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     (5) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or
rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and
telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of
real properties or Liens incidental, to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the
ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and
which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or
materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;

     (6) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (4) of
Section 4.09(b) hereof;

     (7) Liens existing on the Issue Date;

     (8) Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary; provided, however, such Liens are not created or incurred in
connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary;
provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any
other property owned by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

     (9) Liens on property at the time the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the
property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the
Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such
Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such
acquisition; provided, further, however, that the Liens may not extend to any other
property owned by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

     (10) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing
to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred in accordance with
Section 4.09 hereof;

     (11) Liens securing Hedging Obligations so long as related Indebtedness is, and is
permitted to be under this Indenture, secured by a Lien on the same property securing such
Hedging Obligations;

     (12) Liens on specific items of inventory of other goods and proceeds of any Person
securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for
the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory
or other goods;

     (13) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary
course of business which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the
business of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and do not secure any
Indebtedness;

     (14) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding
operating leases entered into by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary
course of business;

     (15) Liens in favor of the Issuer or any Guarantor;

     (16) Liens on equipment of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries granted in
the ordinary course of business to the Issuer’s clients;

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     (17) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or
successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in
part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6), (7),
(8) and (9); provided, however, that (a) such new Lien shall be limited to
all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such
property), and (b) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to
any amount greater than the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater,
committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (6), (7), (8) and (9) at the
time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (ii) an amount
necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing,
refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;

     (18) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance
carriers;

     (19) other Liens securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business which
obligations do not exceed $7.5 million at any one time outstanding;

     (20) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of
Default under clause (5) under Section 6.01 hereof so long as such Liens are adequately
bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been duly initiated for the
review of such judgment have not been finally terminated or the period within which such
proceedings may be initiated has not expired;

     (21) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to
secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary
course of business;

     (22) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform
Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading
accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business,
and (iii) in favor of banking institutions arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits
(including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in
the banking industry;

     (23) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements
permitted under Section 4.09 hereof; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets
other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;

     (24) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and
similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred
in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes; and

     (25) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of
depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness,
(ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the
ordinary course of business of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating
to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Issuer or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.

             For purposes of this definition, the term “Indebtedness” shall be deemed to include interest
on such Indebtedness.

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

             “Preferred Stock” means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of
dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.

             “Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(i) hereof to
be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture, except where otherwise permitted by the
provisions of this Indenture.

             “Proof of Claim” shall mean a proof of claim or debt filed in accordance with and
pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Law, the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy
Procedure and/or a Final Order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

             “Proper Proof of Claim” shall mean, at any time, a Proof of Claim in an amount not
less than the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes at such time plus
accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes at such time.

             “QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

             “Qualified Proceeds” means assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any
Person engaged in, a Similar Business; provided that the fair market value of any such
assets or Capital Stock shall be determined by the Issuer in good faith.

             “Rating Agencies” means Moody’s and S&P or if Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a
rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or
agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Issuer which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P
or both, as the case may be.

             “Record Date” for the interest or Additional Interest, if any, payable on any
applicable Interest Payment Date means May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day) next
preceding such Interest Payment Date.

             “Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement with respect
to the Notes dated as of the Issue Date, among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Initial
Purchasers, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and, with
respect to any Additional Notes, one or more registration rights agreements between the Issuer and
the other parties thereto, as such agreement(s) may be amended, modified or supplemented from time
to time, relating to rights given by the Issuer to the purchasers of Additional Notes to register
such Additional Notes under the Securities Act.

             “Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

             “Regulation S Global Note” means a Regulation S Temporary Global Note or Regulation S
Permanent Global Note, as applicable.

             “Regulation S Permanent Global Note” means a permanent Global Note in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and
deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued
in a denomination

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equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon
expiration of the Restricted Period.

             “Regulation S Temporary Global Note” means a temporary Global Note in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, bearing the Global Note Legend, the Private Placement Legend and the
Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the
name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal
amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903.

             “Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section
2.06(g)(iii) hereof.

             “Related Business Assets” means assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or
useful in a Similar Business, provided that any assets received by the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary in exchange for assets transferred by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be
deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt
of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.

             “Representative” means any trustee, agent or representative (if any) for an issue of
Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer.

             “Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within
the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice
president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the
Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the
time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred
because of such Person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall
have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

             “Restricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement
Legend.

             “Restricted Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

             “Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

             “Restricted Period” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in
Regulation S.

             “Restricted Subsidiary” means, at any time, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the
Issuer (including any Foreign Subsidiary) that is not then an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing
to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of
“Restricted Subsidiary.”

             “Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

             “Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

             “Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.

             “Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.

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             “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any
successor to its rating agency business.

             “Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means any arrangement providing for the leasing by
the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any real or tangible personal property, which
property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary to a
third Person in contemplation of such leasing.

             “SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

             “Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.

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

             “Senior Credit Facilities” means the Credit Facility under the Credit Agreement to be
entered into as of the Issue Date by and among the Issuer, the guarantors party thereto, the
lenders party thereto in their capacities as lenders thereunder and Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, as Administrative Agent, including any guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and
agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications,
extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings or refinancings thereof and any indentures or credit
facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors
that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or
commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or
indenture that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof.

             “Senior Indebtedness” means:

     (1) all Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor outstanding under the Senior Credit
Facilities and related Guarantees (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any
petition in bankruptcy or similar proceeding or for reorganization of the Issuer or any
Guarantor (at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, regardless of
whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings)), and any
and all other fees, expense reimbursement obligations, indemnification amounts, penalties,
and other amounts (whether existing on the Issue Date or thereafter created or incurred) and
all obligations of the Issuer or any Guarantor to reimburse any bank or other Person in
respect of amounts paid under letters of credit, acceptances or other similar instruments;

     (2) all Hedging Obligations (and guarantees thereof);

     (3) any other Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor permitted to be incurred
under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is
incurred expressly provides that it is on a parity with or subordinated in right of payment
to the Notes or any related Guarantee; and

     (4) all Obligations with respect to the items listed in the preceding clauses (1), (2)
and (3);

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provided, however, that Senior Indebtedness shall not include:

     (a) any obligation of such Person to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;

     (b) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such
Person;

     (c) any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary
course of business; provided that obligations incurred pursuant to the Credit Facilities
shall not be excluded pursuant to this clause (c);

     (d) any Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior
in any respect to any other Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person; or

     (e) that portion of any Indebtedness which at the time of incurrence is incurred in
violation of this Indenture; provided, however, that such Indebtedness shall be
deemed not to have been incurred in violation of this Indenture for purposes of this clause
if such Indebtedness is incurred under any of the Credit Facilities, and the holder(s) of
such Indebtedness or their agent or representative shall have received a certificate from an
officer of the Issuer to the effect that the incurrence of such Indebtedness does not (or,
in the case of a revolving credit facility thereunder, the incurrence of the entire
committed amount thereof at the date on which the initial borrowing thereunder is made would
not) violate the provisions of this Indenture.

     “Senior Subordinated Indebtedness” means:

     (1) with respect to the Issuer, Indebtedness which ranks equal in right of payment to
the Notes issued by the Issuer; and

     (2) with respect to any Guarantor, Indebtedness which ranks equal in right of payment
to the Guarantee of such entity of the Notes.

             “Shelf Registration Statement” means the Shelf Registration Statement as defined in
the Registration Rights Agreement.

             “Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant
subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the
Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the Issue Date.

             “Similar Business” means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the
Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or any business that is similar,
reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto.

             “Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on
any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to
be paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and will not include any
contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the
date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

             “StationCo” means CMP KC, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

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             “Subordinated Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Notes,

     (1) any Indebtedness of the Issuer which is by its terms subordinated in right of
payment to the Notes, and

     (2) any Indebtedness of any Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of
payment to the Guarantee of such entity of the Notes.

     “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person:

     (1) any corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a partnership,
joint venture, limited liability company or similar 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 of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one
or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof or is consolidated
under GAAP with such Person at such time; and

     (2) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of
which

      (x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity
and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, are
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the
other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of
membership, general, special or limited partnership or otherwise, and

      (y) such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling
general partner or otherwise controls such entity.

             “Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Restricted Subsidiary that Guarantees the Notes in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

             “Total Assets” means the total assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on
a consolidated basis, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Issuer or such other Person
as may be expressly stated.

             “Transaction” means the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, the
issuance of the Notes and borrowings under the Senior Credit Facilities as in effect on the Issue
Date.

             “Transaction Agreement” means (i) the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of October
31, 2005 among the Issuer, CMP Merger Co., a Delaware corporation, Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Co., a
Delaware corporation, and the stockholders’ representative named therein and (ii) the Asset
Purchase Agreement dated as of October 31, 2005 among CMP KC Corp., a Delaware corporation,
Susquehanna Radio Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation, 1051 FM, LLC, a Kansas limited liability
company, Susquehanna Kansas City Partnership, a Pennsylvania partnership, and the stockholders
named therein, as the same may be amended prior to the Issue Date.

             “Treasury Rate” means, as of any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such
Redemption Date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and
published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) that has become publicly
available at

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least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no
longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the
period from the Redemption Date to May 15, 2010; provided, however, that if the
period from the Redemption Date to May 15, 2010 is less, than one year, the weekly average yield on
actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will
be used.

             “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C. §§
77aaa-77bbbb).

             “Trustee” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, until a successor
replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the
successor serving hereunder.

             “Unrestricted Definitive Note” means one or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and
are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

             “Unrestricted Global Note” means a permanent Global Note, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto, that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of
Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on
behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing Notes that do not bear the
Private Placement Legend.

             “Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:

     (1) any Subsidiary of the Issuer which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted
Subsidiary (as designated by the Issuer, as provided below); and

     (2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

             The Issuer may designate any Subsidiary of the Issuer (including any existing Subsidiary and
any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such
Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or
holds any Lien on, any property of, the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer (other than solely
any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated); provided that

     (1) any Unrestricted Subsidiary must be an entity of which the Equity Interests
entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes that may be cast by all Equity Interests
having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or Persons performing a similar
function are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Issuer;

     (2) such designation complies with Section 4.07 hereof; and

     (3) each of:

      (a) the Subsidiary to be so designated; and

      (b) its Subsidiaries

has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness
pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary.

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             The
Issuer may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted
Subsidiary; provided
that, immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and either:

     (1) the Issuer could incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the
Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof; or

     (2) the Leverage Ratio for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries would not be
greater than such ratio for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to
such designation,

in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation.

             Any such designation by the Issuer shall be notified by the Issuer to the Trustee by promptly
filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the board of directors of the Issuer or any
committee thereof giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that
such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

             “U.S. Person” means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act.

             “Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person
that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of such Person.

             “Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by
dividing

     (1) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to
the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption
or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock multiplied by
the amount of such payment; by

     (2) the sum of all such payments.

             “Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the
outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the time
be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

Section 1.02 Other Definitions.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Defined in
	Term	 	Section
	“Acceptable Commitment”
	 	 	4.10	 
	“Affiliate Transaction”
	 	 	4.11	 
	“Asset Sale Offer”
	 	 	4.10	 
	“Authentication Order”
	 	 	2.02	 
	“Blockage Notice”
	 	 	10.03	 
	“Change of Control Offer”
	 	 	4.14	 
	“Change of Control Payment”
	 	 	4.14	 
	“Change of Control Payment Date”
	 	 	4.14	 
	“Covenant Defeasance”
	 	 	8.03	 

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	 	 	Defined in
	Term	 	Section
	“DTC”
	 	 	2.03	 
	“Event of Default”
	 	 	6.01	 
	“Excess Proceeds”
	 	 	4.10	 
	“Guarantee Blockage Notice”
	 	 	12.03	 
	“Guarantee Payment Blockage Period”
	 	 	12.03	 
	“Guarantor Payment Default”
	 	 	12.03	 
	“incur”
	 	 	4.09	 
	“Legal Defeasance”
	 	 	8.02	 
	“Non-Guarantor Payment Default”
	 	 	12.03	 
	“Non-Payment Default”
	 	 	10.03	 
	“Note Register”
	 	 	2.03	 
	“Offer Amount”
	 	 	3.09	 
	“Offer Period”
	 	 	3.09	 
	“Pari Passu Indebtedness”
	 	 	4.10	 
	“pay its Guarantee”
	 	 	12.03	 
	“pay the Notes”
	 	 	10.03	 
	“Paying Agent”
	 	 	2.03	 
	“Payment Blockage Period”
	 	 	10.03	 
	“Payment Default”
	 	 	10.03	 
	“Purchase Date”
	 	 	3.09	 
	“Redemption Date”
	 	 	3.07	 
	“Refinancing Indebtedness”
	 	 	4.09	 
	“Refunding Capital Stock”
	 	 	4.07	 
	“Registrar”
	 	 	2.03	 
	“Restricted Payments”
	 	 	4.07	 
	“Successor Company”
	 	 	5.01	 
	“Successor Person”
	 	 	5.01	 
	“Treasury Capital Stock”
	 	 	4.07	 

Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

             Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.

             The following Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

             “indenture securities” means the Notes;

             “indenture security Holder” means a Holder of a Note;

             “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;

             “indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and

     “obligor” on the Notes and the Guarantees means the Issuer and the Guarantors,
respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Guarantees, respectively.

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             All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by
Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the Trust Indenture
Act have the meanings so assigned to them.

Section 1.04 Rules of Construction.

     Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

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

     (c) “or” is not exclusive;

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

     (e) “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;

     (f) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

     (g) references to sections of, or rules under, the Securities Act shall be deemed to
include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time
to time;

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

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

Section 1.05 Acts of Holders.

             (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one
or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent
duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and,
where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Proof of execution of any such instrument or
of a writing appointing any such agent, or the holding by any Person of a Note, shall be sufficient
for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 7.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee
and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.05.

             (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by the certificate of any notary public
or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution
is by or on behalf of any legal entity other than an individual, such certificate or affidavit
shall also constitute proof of the authority of the Person executing the same. The fact and date
of the execution of any such

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instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.

             (c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.

             (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by
the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note
issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon,
whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

             (e) The Issuer may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, set a record
date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders entitled to give any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or take any other act, or to vote or consent to
any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted to be given or taken by Holders. Unless
otherwise specified, if not set by the Issuer prior to the first solicitation of a Holder made by
any Person in respect of any such action, or in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote, any
such record date shall be the later of 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or
the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation.

             (f) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled to take any action hereunder with regard
to any particular Note may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such
Note or by one or more duly appointed agents, each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment
with regard to all or any part of such principal amount. Any notice given or action taken by a
Holder or its agents with regard to different parts of such principal amount pursuant to this
paragraph shall have the same effect as if given or taken by separate Holders of each such
different part.

             (g) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including DTC that is the
Holder of a Global Note, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing,
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in
this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and DTC that is the Holder of a Global Note
may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Note
through such depositary’s standing instructions and customary practices.

             (h) The Issuer may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are
beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note held by DTC entitled under the procedures of such
depositary to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this
Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on
such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled
to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be valid or
effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such record date.

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ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES

Section 2.01 Form and Dating; Terms.

             (a) General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or
endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of
its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.

             (b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of
Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global
Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note”
attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be
specified in the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto and each
shall provide that it shall represent up to the aggregate principal amount of Notes from time to
time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented
thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as applicable, to reflect exchanges and
redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in
the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the
Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by
the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.

             (c) Temporary Global Notes. Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall
be issued initially in the form of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, which shall be deposited
on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the
Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the
accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the
Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.

             Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S
Temporary Global Note shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in the Regulation S Permanent
Global Note pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication of the
Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the Trustee shall cancel the Regulation S Temporary Global
Note. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation
S Permanent Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the
records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with
transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.

             (d) Terms. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

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

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             The Notes shall be subject to repurchase by the Issuer pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer as
provided in Section 4.10 hereof or a Change of Control Offer as provided in Section 4.14 hereof.
The Notes shall not be redeemable, other than as provided in Article 3.

             Additional Notes ranking pari passu with the Initial Notes may be created and issued from time
to time by the Issuer without notice to or consent of the Holders and shall be consolidated with
and form a single class with the Initial Notes and shall have the same terms as to status,
redemption or otherwise as the Initial Notes; provided that the Issuer’s ability to issue
Additional Notes shall be subject to the Issuer’s compliance with Section 4.09 hereof. Any
Additional Notes shall be issued with the benefit of an indenture supplemental to this Indenture.

             (e) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating
Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the
“General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream shall
be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and
the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear or
Clearstream.

Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.

             At least one Officer shall execute the Notes on behalf of the Issuer by manual or facsimile
signature.

             If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is
authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.

             A Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for
any purpose until authenticated substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, as
the case may be, by the manual or facsimile signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be
conclusive evidence that the Note has been duly authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

             On the Issue Date, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Issuer Order (an “Authentication
Order”), authenticate and deliver the Initial Notes. In addition, at any time, from time to
time, the Trustee shall upon an Authentication Order authenticate and deliver any Additional Notes
and Exchange Notes for an aggregate principal amount specified in such Authentication Order for
such Additional Notes or Exchange Notes issued hereunder.

             The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate
Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes 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 Holders or an Affiliate of
the Issuer.

Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.

             The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of
transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented
for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes (“Note
Register”) and of their transfer and exchange. The Issuer may appoint one or more
co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any
co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Issuer may
change any Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The Issuer shall notify
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this Indenture. If the Issuer fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or
Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act as
Paying Agent or Registrar.

             The Issuer initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as
Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

             The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Paying Agent and Registrar for the
Notes and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

             The Issuer shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the
Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the
Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or Additional Interest, if any, or
interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Issuer 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 Issuer 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 Issuer
or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Issuer or a Subsidiary acts
as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the
Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings
relating to the Issuer, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

Section 2.05 Holder 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 all Holders and shall otherwise comply with
Trust Indenture Act Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuer shall furnish
to the Trustee at least two Business 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 the Holders of Notes and the Issuer shall
otherwise comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 312(a).

Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange.

             (a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. Except as otherwise set forth in this
Section 2.06, a Global Note may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee
of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. A
beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note unless (i) the
Depositary (x) notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for
such Global Note or (y) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and,
in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 120 days, (ii) the
Issuer, at its option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of the
Definitive Notes or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing a Default or Event of Default
with respect to the Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (i), (ii) or
(iii) above, Definitive Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests
therein will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or
on behalf of the Depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures). Global Notes also may
be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every
Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion
thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and
delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note, except for Definitive Notes issued
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(i), (ii) or (iii) above and pursuant to Section 2.06(c) hereof. A Global Note may not be
exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a); provided,
however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided
in Section 2.06(b), (c) or (f) hereof.

             (b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer
and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary,
in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to
those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial
interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii)
below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

     (i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial
interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in
accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend;
provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period,
transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be made
to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial
Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the
Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).

     (ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes.
In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject
to Section 2.06(b)(i) hereof, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the
Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given
to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to
credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount
equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given
in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the
Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a
Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an
amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions
given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in
whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange
referred to in (1) above; provided that in no event shall Definitive Notes be issued
upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global
Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the
Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903. Upon consummation of an
Exchange Offer by the Issuer in accordance with Section 2.06(f) hereof, the requirements of
this Section 2.06(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the
Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder
of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of
the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained
in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the
Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section
2.06(h) hereof.

     (iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A
beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes
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in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer
complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) hereof and the Registrar receives the
following:

      (A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest
in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form
of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; or

      (B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest
in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2)
thereof.

     (iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for
Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any
Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in
an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer
complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) hereof and:

      (A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of the beneficial
interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the
case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not
(1) a Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange
Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer;

      (B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

      (C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

      (D) the Registrar receives the following:

        (1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest
in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially
in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in
item (1)(a) thereof; or

        (2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall
take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so
requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form
reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer
is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer
contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order
to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

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             If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above at a time when an
Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or
more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above.

             Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note.

             (c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.

             (i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes.
If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon the
occurrence of any of the events in paragraph (i) or (ii) of Section 2.06(a) hereof and receipt by
the Registrar of the following documentation:

     (A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such
holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications
in item (2)(a) thereof;

     (B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule
144A, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof;

     (C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an
offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

     (D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(3)(a) thereof;

     (E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

     (F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced
accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and mail to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the
applicable principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names
and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest
shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or
Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall mail such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names
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exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i)
shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer
contained therein.

             (ii) Beneficial Interests in Regulation S Temporary Global Note to Definitive Notes.
Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(i)(A) and (C) hereof, a beneficial interest in the Regulation S
Temporary Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note prior to (A) the expiration of the
Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to
Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) of the Securities Act, except in the case of a transfer pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or Rule 904.

             (iii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive
Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such
beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to
a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only upon the
occurrence of any of the events in subsection (i) or (ii) of Section 2.06(a) hereof and if:

     (A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the
case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the
applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person
participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate
(as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer;

     (B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

     (C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

     (D) the Registrar receives the following:

      (1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a
certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or

      (2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery
thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such
holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or
if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable
to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private
Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act.

             (iv) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive
Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to
a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of
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(i) or (ii) of Section 2.06(a) hereof and satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section
2.06(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global
Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Issuer shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and mail to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive
Note in the applicable principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall be registered in such name or names and in such
authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct
the Registrar through instructions from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect
Participant. The Trustee shall mail such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes
are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to
this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

             (d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.

             (i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes.
If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon
receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

     (A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for
a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder
substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(2)(b) thereof;

     (B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with
Rule 144A, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including
the certifications in item (1) thereof;

     (C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an
offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

     (D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

     (E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

     (F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the
aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the applicable Restricted Global
Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the applicable 144A Global Note, and in the case of clause
(C) above, the applicable Regulation S Global Note.

             (ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes.
A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an

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Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:

     (A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal
that it is not (1) a Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the
Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer;

     (B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

     (C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

     (D) the Registrar receives the following:

      (1) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for
a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such
Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or

      (2) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a
Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form
of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or
if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable
to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private
Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act.

             Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(ii),
the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate
principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

             (iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global
Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time.
Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable
Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount
of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.

             If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected
pursuant to subparagraph (ii)(B), (ii)(D) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note
has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in
accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global
Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so
transferred.

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             (e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a
Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section
2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such
registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the
Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized
in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications,
documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this
Section 2.06(e):

     (i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted
Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take
delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the
following:

      (A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to a QIB in accordance with Rule
144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

      (B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904 then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof; or

      (C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications
required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

     (ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any
Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted
Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form
of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:

      (A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an
exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable
Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person participating
in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as
defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer;

      (B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement
in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

      (C) any such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
or

      (D) the Registrar receives the following:

        (1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to
exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including
the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or

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        (2) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to
transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form
of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder
substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so
requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to
the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act
and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement
Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act.

     (iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder
of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to
register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes
pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

             (f) Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order
in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate (i) one or more Unrestricted
Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that certify in the
applicable Letters of Transmittal that (x) they are not Broker-Dealers, (y) they are not
participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes and (z) they are not affiliates (as defined
in Rule 144) of the Issuer, and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer and (ii) Unrestricted
Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted
Definitive Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of
Transmittal that (x) they are not Broker-Dealers, (y) they are not participating in a distribution
of the Exchange Notes and (z) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer, and
accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the
Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be
reduced accordingly, and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail to
the Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes
in the applicable principal amount. Any Notes that remain outstanding after the consummation of
the Exchange Offer, and Exchange Notes issued in connection with the Exchange Offer, shall be
treated as a single class of securities under this Indenture.

             (g) Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and
Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable
provisions of this Indenture:

             (i) Private Placement Legend.

     (A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive
Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the
legend in substantially the following form:

THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE

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EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE
SELLER OF THIS NOTE MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.

THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS
NOTE MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN
THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR
(IV) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL,
AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE
FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.

     (B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant
to subparagraph (b)(iv), (c)(iii), (c)(iv), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii), (e)(iii) or (f) of
this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall
not bear the Private Placement Legend.

             (ii) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form:

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS
MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(h) OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS
GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION
2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE
TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV)
THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR
WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR
IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY

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SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK,
NEW YORK) (“DTC”) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER
ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS
AN INTEREST HEREIN.

             (iii) Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend. The Regulation S Temporary Global
Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION
ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED
STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT
PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE
HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.”

             (h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial
interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular
Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global
Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11
hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is
exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented
by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global
Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction;
and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global
Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the
Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

             (i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

             (i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication
Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof or at the Registrar’s request.

             (ii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or
to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge
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connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge
payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.07, 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.14 and 9.05
hereof).

          (iii) Neither the Registrar nor the Issuer shall be required to register the transfer of or
exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any
Note being redeemed in part.

          (iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global
Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

          (v) The Issuer shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange
any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any
selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on
the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part or
(C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a Record Date and the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date.

          (vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any
Agent and the Issuer may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the
absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on such Notes and for all other purposes,
and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Issuer shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

          (vii) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the
Issuer designated pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and mail, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
replacement Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal
amount.

          (viii) At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized
denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount upon surrender of the Notes to
be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Global Notes or Definitive Notes are so
surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail,
the replacement Global Notes and Definitive Notes which the Holder making the exchange is entitled
to in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.

          (ix) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the
Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be
submitted by facsimile.

Section 2.07 Replacement Notes.

          If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, the Registrar or the Issuer and the
Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the ownership and destruction, loss or theft of
any Note, the Issuer shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall
authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. If required by the Trustee
or the Issuer, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment
of the Trustee and the Issuer to protect the Issuer, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating
agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Issuer may charge for
its expenses in replacing a Note.

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          Every replacement Note is a contractual obligation of the Issuer and shall be entitled to all
of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued
hereunder.

Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes.

          The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for
those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a
Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described
in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does
not cease to be outstanding because the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer holds the Note.

          If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the
Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.

          If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to
be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.

          If the Paying Agent (other than the Issuer, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof)
holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date,
then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease
to accrue interest.

Section 2.09 Treasury Notes.

          In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in
any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Issuer, or by any Affiliate of the Issuer,
shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether
the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned
which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to deliver any such direction, waiver or consent
with respect to the Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any obligor upon the Notes or
any Affiliate of the Issuer or of such other obligor.

Section 2.10 Temporary Notes.

          Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and the
Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary
Notes shall be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the
Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate
definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.

          Holders and beneficial holders, as the case may be, of temporary Notes shall be entitled to
all of the benefits accorded to Holders, or beneficial holders, respectively, of Notes under this
Indenture.

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Section 2.11 Cancellation.

          The Issuer at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and
Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of
transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee or, at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or
the Paying Agent and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer,
exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy cancelled Notes (subject to the
record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Certification of the destruction of all
cancelled Notes shall be delivered to the Issuer. The Issuer may not issue new Notes to replace
Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest.

          If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted
interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted
interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the
rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the
proposed payment, and at the same time the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money
equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest or shall
make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed
payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to
such defaulted interest as provided in this Section 2.12. The Trustee shall fix or cause to be
fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record
date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer of such special record date. At least 15 days before the
special record date, the Issuer (or, upon the written request of the Issuer, the Trustee in the
name and at the expense of the Issuer) shall mail or cause to be mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to each Holder a notice at his or her address as it appears in the Note Register that
states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be
paid.

          Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12 and for greater certainty, each Note
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of
any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were
carried by such other Note.

Section 2.13 CUSIP Numbers.

          The Issuer in issuing the Notes 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 Notes or as contained in any notice of
redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
The Issuer will as promptly as practicable notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

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ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION

Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.

          If the Issuer elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, it shall furnish to the
Trustee, at least 2 Business Days before notice of redemption is required to be mailed or caused to
be mailed to Holders pursuant to Section 3.03 hereof but not more than 60 days before a redemption
date, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth (i) the paragraph or subparagraph of such Note and/or
Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date,
(iii) the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption price.

Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.

          If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any
time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed or purchased (a) if the Notes are listed on
any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national
securities exchange on which the Notes are listed or (b) on a pro rata basis or, to the extent that
selection on a pro rata basis is not practicable, by lot or by such other method the Trustee
considers fair and appropriate. In the event of partial redemption or purchase by lot, the
particular Notes to be redeemed or purchased shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein,
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee from the
outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption or purchase.

          The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the Notes selected for redemption
or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in
amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000; no Notes of $1,000 or less can be redeemed in part,
except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding
amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed or
purchased. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply
to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or
purchase.

Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.

          Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, the Issuer shall mail or cause to be mailed by first-class
mail notices of redemption at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to
each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder’s registered address, except that redemption
notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in
connection with Article 8 or Article 13 hereof. Except as set forth in Section 3.07(b) hereof,
notices of redemption may not be conditional.

          The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

     (a) the redemption date;

     (b) the redemption price;

     (c) if any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the portion of the principal amount of
that Note that is to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such
Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the
original Note

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representing the same indebtedness to the extent not redeemed will be issued in the name
of the Holder of the Notes upon cancellation of the original Note;

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

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

     (f) that, unless the Issuer defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on
Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

     (g) the paragraph or subparagraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture
pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed;

     (h) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP
number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes; and

     (i) if in connection with a redemption pursuant to Section 3.07(b) hereof, any
condition to such redemption.

          At the Issuer’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Issuer’s name
and at its expense; provided that the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least
2 Business Days before notice of redemption is required to be mailed or caused to be mailed to
Holders pursuant to this Section 3.03 (unless a shorter notice shall be agreed to by the Trustee),
an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the
information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding
paragraph.

Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.

          Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for
redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price
(except as provided for in Section 3.07(b) hereof). The notice, if mailed in a manner herein
provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives
such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the
Holder of any Note designated for redemption in whole or in part shall not affect the validity of
the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note. Subject to Section 3.05 hereof, on and after
the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption.

Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.

          Prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the redemption or purchase date, the Issuer shall
deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or
purchase price of and accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on all
Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly
return to the Issuer any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Issuer in
excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued and unpaid interest on,
all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.

          If the Issuer complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the
redemption or purchase date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes
called for redemption or purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after a Record Date
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the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption or
purchase date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of
business on such Record Date. If any Note called for redemption or purchase shall not be so paid
upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Issuer to comply with the
preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or
purchase date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest accrued to the
redemption or purchase date not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in
the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.

Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.

          Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Issuer shall issue and the
Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Issuer a new Note equal in
principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered representing the
same indebtedness to the extent not redeemed or purchased; provided that each new Note will
be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. It is understood that,
notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, only an Authentication Order and not an
Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate is required for the Trustee to authenticate such new
Note.

Section 3.07 Optional Redemption.

          (a) At any time prior to May 15, 2010, the Issuer may redeem all or part of the Notes, upon
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail, with a copy to the
Trustee, to the registered address of each Holder or otherwise delivered in accordance with the
procedures of DTC, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed
plus the Applicable Premium as of, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Additional
Interest, if any, to the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the right
of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest
Payment Date.

          (b) Until May 15, 2009, the Issuer may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of
Notes issued by it at a redemption price equal to 109.875% of the aggregate principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Additional Interest, if any, to the
applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date
to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, with the net cash proceeds received
by it from one or more Equity Offerings; provided that at least 65% of the sum of the
aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under this Indenture and any Additional Notes
issued under this Indenture after the Issue Date remains outstanding immediately after the
occurrence of each such redemption; provided further that each such redemption occurs within 90
days of the date of closing of each such Equity Offering. Notice of any redemption upon any Equity
Offering may be given prior to the redemption thereof, and any such redemption or notice may, at
the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited
to, completion of the related Equity Offering.

          (c) Except pursuant to clause (a) or (b) of this Section 3.07, the Notes will not be
redeemable at the Issuer’s option prior to May 15, 2010.

          (d) On and after May 15, 2010, the Issuer may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice by first-class mail, postage prepaid, with a copy
to the Trustee, to each Holder of Notes at the address of such Holder appearing in the security
register, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount of the Notes to
be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Additional Interest, if
any, to the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of Notes of record on the
relevant Record Date to

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receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month
period beginning on May 15 of each of the years indicated below:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Year	 	Percentage
	2010
	 	 	104.938	%
	2011
	 	 	102.469	%
	2012 and thereafter
	 	 	100.000	%

          (e) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of
Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.

Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.

          The Issuer shall not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments
with respect to the Notes.

Section 3.09 Offers to Repurchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.

          (a) In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Issuer shall be required to
commence an Asset Sale Offer, it shall follow the procedures specified below.

          (b) The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days following its
commencement and no longer, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law
(the “Offer Period”). No later than five Business Days after the termination of the Offer
Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Issuer shall apply all Excess Proceeds (the “Offer
Amount”) to the purchase of Notes and, if required, Pari Passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata
basis, if applicable), or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and Pari
Passu Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so
purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.

          (c) If the Purchase Date is on or after a Record Date and on or before the related Interest
Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, up to but excluding
the Purchase Date, shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of
business on such Record Date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who tender
Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.

          (d) Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Issuer shall send, by first-class mail,
a notice to each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all
instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset
Sale Offer. The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders and holders of Pari Passu
Indebtedness. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall state:

     (i) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section
4.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer shall remain open;

     (ii) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;

     (iii) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue
interest;

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     (iv) that, unless the Issuer defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for
payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Purchase
Date;

     (v) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may
elect to have Notes purchased in integral multiples of $1,000 only;

     (vi) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer
shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect
Purchase” attached to the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Issuer,
the Depositary, if appointed by the Issuer, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in
the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;

     (vii) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Issuer, the
Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration
of the Offer Period, a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of
the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a
statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;

     (viii) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness
surrendered by the holders thereof exceeds the Offer Amount, the Trustee shall select the
Notes and, at the direction of the Issuer, such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a
pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Notes or such Pari
Passu Indebtedness tendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the
Trustee so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000, or integral multiples thereof, shall
be purchased); and

     (ix) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes
equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or
transferred by book-entry transfer) representing the same indebtedness to the extent not
repurchased.

          (e) On or before the Purchase Date, the Issuer shall, to the extent lawful, (1) accept for
payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof
validly tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been
tendered, all Notes tendered and (2) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes
properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of
Notes or portions thereof so tendered.

          (f) The Issuer, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly mail or
deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes properly
tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Issuer for purchase, and the Issuer shall promptly
issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate and
mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) such new Note to such Holder (it being
understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, no Opinion of Counsel
or Officer’s Certificate is required for the Trustee to authenticate and mail or deliver such new
Note) in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered representing
the same indebtedness to the extent not repurchased; provided, that each such new Note
shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof. Any Note not so accepted
shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Issuer to the Holder thereof. The Issuer shall
publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on or as soon as practicable after the
Purchase Date.

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          Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09 or Section 4.10 hereof, any purchase
pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the applicable provisions of Sections 3.01
through 3.06 hereof.

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.

          The Issuer shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, Additional
Interest, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes.
Principal, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on
the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Issuer or a Subsidiary, holds as of noon
Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Issuer in immediately available funds and
designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.

          The Issuer shall pay all Additional Interest, if any, in the same manner on the dates and in
the amounts set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

          The Issuer shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to the then applicable interest rate on the
Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and Additional Interest
(without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.

Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.

          The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an
affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in
respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice
to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at
any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands
may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

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

          The Issuer hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or
agency of the Issuer in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof.

Section 4.03 Reports and Other Information.

          (a) Notwithstanding that the Issuer may not be subject to the reporting requirements of
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise report on an annual and quarterly basis on
forms

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provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated
by the SEC, the Issuer shall file with the SEC (and make available to the Trustee and Holders of
the Notes (without exhibits), without cost to any Holder, within 15 days after the Issuer files
them with the SEC) from and after the Issue Date,

     (1) within 90 days (or any other time period then in effect under the rules and
regulations of the Exchange Act with respect to the filing of a Form 10-K by a
non-accelerated filer) after the end of each fiscal year, annual reports on Form 10-K, or
any successor or comparable form, containing the information required to be contained
therein, or required in such successor or comparable form;

     (2) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each
fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2006, reports on Form 10-Q
containing all quarterly information that would be required to be contained in Form 10-Q, or
any successor or comparable form;

     (3) promptly from time to time after the occurrence of an event required to be therein
reported, such other reports on Form 8-K, or any successor or comparable form; and

     (4) any other information, documents and other reports which the Issuer would be
required to file with the SEC if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;

in each case, in a manner that complies in all material respects with the requirements specified in
such form; provided that the Issuer shall not be so obligated to file such reports with the
SEC if the SEC does not permit such filing, in which event the Issuer shall make available such
information to prospective purchasers of Notes, in addition to providing such information to the
Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, in each case within 15 days after the time the Issuer would
be required to file such information with the SEC, if it were subject to Sections 13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act. In addition, to the extent not satisfied by the foregoing, the Issuer shall, for
so long as any Notes are outstanding, furnish to Holders and to securities analysts and prospective
investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule
144(A)(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

          (b) The Issuer may satisfy its obligations under this Section 4.03 with respect to financial
information relating to the Issuer by furnishing financial information relating to Radio Holdings;
provided that the same is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in
reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to Radio Holdings, on the one
hand, and the information relating to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone
basis, on the other hand.

          (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the requirements of this Section 4.03 shall be deemed
satisfied prior to the commencement of the Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement by the filing with the SEC of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or
Shelf Registration Statement, and any amendments thereto, with such financial information that
satisfies Regulation S-X of the Securities Act.

Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate.

          (a) The Issuer and each Guarantor (to the extent that such Guarantor is so required under the
Trust Indenture Act) shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year
ending after the Issue Date, a certificate from the principal executive officer, principal
financial officer or principal accounting officer stating that a review of the activities of the
Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the
supervision of the signing Officer with a

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view to determining whether the Issuer 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 his or her knowledge the Issuer has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled
each and every condition and covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the
performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this
Indenture (or, if a Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults of which he or she
may have knowledge and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).

          (b) When any Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture, or if the Trustee or
the holder of any other evidence of Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Subsidiary gives any notice
or takes any other action with respect to a claimed Default, the Issuer shall promptly (which shall
be no more than five (5) Business Days) deliver to the Trustee by registered or certified mail or
by facsimile transmission an Officer’s Certificate specifying such event and what action the Issuer
proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 4.05 Taxes.

          The Issuer shall pay, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay, prior to
delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies except such as are contested
in good faith and by appropriate negotiations or proceedings or where the failure to effect such
payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.

Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

          The Issuer and each of the Guarantors covenant (to the extent that they may lawfully do so)
that they shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the
Issuer and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) hereby expressly
waive all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenant that they shall not, by resort to any
such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but
shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

Section 4.07 Limitation on Restricted Payments.

          (a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly
or indirectly:

     (1) declare or pay any dividend or make any payment or distribution on account of the
Issuer’s, or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests, including any dividend or
distribution payable in connection with any merger or consolidation other than:

     (A) dividends or distributions by the Issuer payable solely in Equity Interests
(other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer; or

     (B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the
case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series
of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata
share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in
such class or series of securities;

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     (2) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity
Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, including in
connection with any merger or consolidation;

     (3) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire
or retire for value in each case, prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or
maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness, other than:

     (A) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (6) and (7) of Section 4.09(b) hereof;
or

     (B) the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Subordinated Indebtedness
purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal
installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of
purchase, repurchase or acquisition; or

     (4) make any Restricted Investment,

(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively
referred to as “Restricted Payments”) unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:

     (1) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence
thereof;

     (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the
Issuer could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Leverage Ratio test set
forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof; and

     (3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted
Payments made by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (excluding
Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2)(a), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)(a) and (b), (8),
(10), (11), (12) and (14) of Section 4.07(b) hereof), is less than the sum of (without
duplication):

     (A) (i) the aggregate EBITDA of the Issuer for the period (taken as one
accounting period) from the beginning of the first full fiscal quarter following the
Issue Date to the end of the Issuer’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which
internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment
(or, in the event aggregate EBITDA for such period is a deficit, then minus such
deficit) less (ii) 1.4 times the aggregate Cash Interest Expense of the Issuer for
the same period; plus

     (B) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair market value, as
determined in good faith by the Issuer, of marketable securities or other property
(other than StationCo (or any assets of StationCo as in existence on the Issue Date)
or any successor thereto) received by the Issuer since immediately after the Issue
Date (other than any such net cash proceeds used to incur Contribution Indebtedness)
from the issue or sale of:

     (i)(a) Equity Interests of the Issuer, including Treasury Capital
Stock, but excluding cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined
in good faith by the Issuer, of marketable securities or other property
received from the sale of:

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     (x) Equity Interests to members of management, directors or
consultants of the Issuer, any direct or indirect parent company of
the Issuer and the Issuer’s Subsidiaries after the Issue Date to the
extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in
accordance with clause (5) of Section 4.07(b) hereof; and

     (y) Designated Preferred Stock; and

     (b) to the extent such net cash proceeds are actually contributed to
the Issuer, Equity Interests of the Issuer’s direct or indirect parent
companies (excluding contributions of the proceeds from the sale of
Designated Preferred Stock of such companies or contributions to the extent
such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance
with clause (5) of Section 4.07(b) hereof; or

     (ii) debt securities of the Issuer that have been converted into or
exchanged for such Equity Interests of the Issuer;

provided, however, that this clause (B) shall not include the
proceeds from (W) Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below), (X) Equity Interests
or convertible debt securities of the Issuer sold to a Restricted Subsidiary, as the
case may be, (Y) Disqualified Stock or debt securities that have been converted into
Disqualified Stock or (Z) Excluded Contributions; plus

     (C) 100% of the aggregate amount of cash contributed and the fair market value,
as determined in good faith by the Issuer, of marketable securities or other
property (other than StationCo (or any assets of StationCo as in existence on the
Issue Date) or any successor thereto) to the capital of the Issuer following the
Issue Date (other than any such net cash proceeds used to incur Contribution
Indebtedness) (other than by a Restricted Subsidiary and other than by any Excluded
Contributions); plus

     (D) 100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the fair market value, as
determined in good faith by the Issuer, of marketable securities or other property
received by means of:

     (i) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Issuer or a
Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Issuer or its
Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted
Investments from the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries and repayments of
loans or advances, and releases of guarantees, which constitute Restricted
Investments by the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case after
the Issue Date; or

     (ii) the sale (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of
the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a distribution from an
Unrestricted Subsidiary or a dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary after
the Issue Date; plus

     (E) in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a
Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, the fair market value of the Investment
in such Unrestricted Subsidiary, as determined by the Issuer in good faith or if, in
the case of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such fair market value may exceed $20.0
million, in writing by

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an Independent Financial Advisor, at the time of the redesignation of such
Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted
Subsidiary to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment;

provided, however, that, to the extent the property received under clause
(B) or contributed under clause (C) includes a “stick” station or stations or Equity
Interests of a Person whose assets include a “stick” station or stations, the fair market
value of such property shall have been determined in writing by an Independent Financial
Advisor.

     (b) The foregoing provisions of Section 4.07(a) hereof shall not prohibit:

     (1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof,
if at the date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this
Indenture;

     (2) (a) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity
Interests (“Treasury Capital Stock”) or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or
any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer, in exchange
for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted
Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of
the Issuer to the extent contributed to the Issuer (in each case, other than any
Disqualified Stock) (“Refunding Capital Stock”) and (b) if immediately prior to the
retirement of Treasury Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was
permitted under clause (7) of this Section 4.07(b), the declaration and payment of dividends
on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which
were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any
direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer) in an aggregate amount per year no greater
than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that were declarable and payable on such
Treasury Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;

     (3) the redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated
Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of
the  substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of the Issuer or a
Guarantor, as the case may be, which is incurred in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof, so
long as:

     (a) the principal amount of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal
amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest
on, the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or
retired for value, plus the amount of any reasonable premium required to be paid
under the terms of the instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness being so
redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired and any reasonable fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the issuance of such new Indebtedness;

     (b) such new Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or the applicable
Guarantee at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so
purchased, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired for value;

     (c) such new Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later
than the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so
redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired; and

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     (d) such new Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or
greater than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated
Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired;

     (4) Restricted Payments to Holdings for the payment to Cumulus Media Inc., a Delaware
corporation, pursuant to the Management Agreement of (i) management fees in an aggregate
amount in any fiscal year not to exceed the amount of the management fee set forth in the
Management Agreement (which shall in no event exceed the greater of $4.0 million and 4% of
“Adjusted EBITDA” (as defined in the Management Agreement as in effect on the Issue Date)
for such fiscal year) for any fiscal year, (ii) any related expenses, including professional
and similar third party expenses payable under the Management Agreement, (iii) any
termination fees pursuant to the Management Agreement not to exceed the amount set forth in
the Management Agreement as in effect on the Issue Date and (iv) any amounts described in
(i) above, the payment of which has been deferred as set forth in the Management Agreement
as in effect on the Issue Date, and interest accrued thereon;

     (5) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or the acquisition or
retirement for value of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer or
any of its direct or indirect parent companies held by any future, present or former
employee, director or consultant of the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct
or indirect parent companies pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or
any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement; provided,
however, that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (5) do not
exceed in any calendar year $5.0 million (which shall increase to $10.0 million subsequent
to the consummation of an underwritten public Equity Offering by the Issuer or any direct or
indirect parent corporation of the Issuer) (with unused amounts in any calendar year being
carried over to succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the
following proviso) of $10.0 million in any calendar year (which shall increase to $20.0
million subsequent to the consummation of an underwritten public Equity Offering by the
Issuer or any direct or indirect parent corporation of the Issuer)); provided
further that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to
exceed:

     (a) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer and, to the extent contributed to the Issuer,
Equity Interests of any of the Issuer’s direct or indirect parent companies, in each
case to members of management, directors or consultants of the Issuer, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parent companies that occurs after the
Issue Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests
have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of
clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof; plus

     (b) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Issuer
or its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date; less

     (c) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made with the cash
proceeds described in clauses (a) and (b) of this clause (5);

and provided further that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Issuer
from members of management of the Issuer, any of the Issuer’s direct or indirect parent
companies or any of the Issuer’s Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of
Equity Interests of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies will not be
deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 4.07 or any other
provision of this Indenture;

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     (6) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of
Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in accordance
with Section 4.09 hereof to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of
“Cash Interest Expense”;

     (7) (a) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of
Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued by the Issuer after the
Issue Date;

     (b) the declaration and payment of dividends to a direct or indirect parent company of
the Issuer, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders
of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of such
parent corporation issued after the Issue Date; provided that the amount of
dividends paid pursuant to this clause (b) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of cash
actually contributed to the Issuer from the sale of such Designated Preferred Stock; or

     (c) the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is
Preferred Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to clause
(2) of this Section 4.07(b);

provided, however, in the case of each of (a), (b) and (c) of this clause
(7), that (x) such dividends are included in the definition of “Cash Interest Expense” and
(y) for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial
statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated
Preferred Stock or the declaration of such dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is
Preferred Stock, after giving effect to such issuance or declaration on a pro forma basis,
the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis would have had a Leverage
Ratio of no more than 7.50 to 1.00;

     (8) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or
warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options
or warrants;

     (9) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Issuer’s common stock (or the
payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent entity to fund a payment of dividends
on such entity’s common stock), following the first public offering of the Issuer’s common
stock or the common stock of any of its direct or indirect parent companies after the Issue
Date, of up to 6% per annum of the net cash proceeds received by or contributed to the
Issuer in or from any such public offering, other than public offerings with respect to the
Issuer’s common stock registered on Form S-8 and other than any public sale constituting an
Excluded Contribution;

     (10) Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions;

     (11) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount taken together with all other
Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (11) not to exceed the greater of (x) $30.0
million or (y) 2.5% of Total Assets at the time made;

     (12) any Restricted Payment used to fund the Transaction and the fees and expenses
related thereto or owed to Affiliates, in each case to the extent permitted by Section 4.11
hereof;

     (13) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any
Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions similar to those described under
Section

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4.10 and Section 4.14 hereof; provided that all Notes validly tendered by
Holders in connection with the related Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as
applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value;

     (14) the declaration and payment of dividends by the Issuer to, or the making of loans
to, any direct or indirect parent in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent
companies to pay, in each case without duplication,

     (a) franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain
their corporate existence;

     (b) federal, state and local income taxes, to the extent such income taxes are
attributable to the income of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the
extent of the amount actually received from its Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in
amounts required to pay such taxes to the extent attributable to the income of such
Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided that in each case the amount of such
payments in any fiscal year does not exceed the amount that the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries would be required to pay in respect of federal, state and
local taxes for such fiscal year were the Issuer, its Restricted Subsidiaries and
its Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) to pay such taxes
separately from any such parent entity;

     (c) customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers and
employees of any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer to the extent such
salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation
of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

     (d) general corporate operating overhead costs and expenses of any direct or
indirect parent company of the Issuer to the extent such costs and expenses are
attributable to the ownership or operation of the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries; and

     (e) reasonable fees and expenses other than to Affiliates of the Issuer related
to any unsuccessful equity or debt offering of such parent entity; and

     (15) the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or
Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries
(other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash
Equivalents);

provided, however, that, at the time of and after giving effect to, any Restricted
Payment permitted under clauses (6), (7), (11), (13) and (15) of this Section 4.07(b), no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.

     (c) As of the Issue Date, all of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries will be Restricted Subsidiaries.
The Issuer shall not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except
pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of
designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by
the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so
designated shall be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the
last sentence of the definition of “Investment.” Such designation shall be permitted only if a
Restricted Payment in such amount would be permitted at such time, whether pursuant to Section
4.07(a) hereof or under clause (10) or (11) of Section 4.07(b) hereof, or pursuant to the
definition of “Permitted Investments,” and if such Subsidiary otherwise

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meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unrestricted Subsidiaries shall not be
subject to any of the restrictive covenants set forth in this Indenture.

Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries.

          (a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are not
Guarantors to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become
effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such
Restricted Subsidiary to:

     (1) (A) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or
participation in, or measured by, its profits, or

     (B) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

     (2) make loans or advances to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or

     (3) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries.

          (b) The restrictions in Section 4.08(a) hereof shall not apply to encumbrances or restrictions
existing under or by reason of:

     (1) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date, including
pursuant to the Senior Credit Facilities and the related documentation;

     (2) this Indenture and the Notes;

     (3) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business
that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (3) of Section 4.08(a) hereof on
the property so acquired;

     (4) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;

     (5) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in
contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or
the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the
property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired;

     (6) contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to
a Subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale
or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such
Subsidiary;

     (7) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09
hereof and Section 4.12 hereof that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets
securing such Indebtedness;

     (8) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under
contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

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     (9) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements
relating solely to such joint venture;

     (10) customary provisions contained in leases or licenses of intellectual property and
other agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business; and

     (11) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (1), (2) and
(3) of Section 4.08(a) hereof imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements,
renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts,
instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (10) of this Section 4.08(b);
provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases,
supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the
Issuer, no more restrictive with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as
a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase,
supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

Section 4.09 Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock.

          (a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly
or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly
liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, “incur” and collectively, an “incurrence”) with
respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Issuer shall not issue any
shares of Disqualified Stock and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Issuer may incur
Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any
Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness),
issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue shares of Preferred Stock, if the Leverage Ratio on a
consolidated basis for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ most recently ended four fiscal
quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on
which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is
issued would not have been greater than 7.50 to 1.00, determined on a pro forma basis (including a
pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been
incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the
application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period.

          (b) The provisions of Section 4.09(a) hereof shall not apply to:

     (1) the incurrence of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities by the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’
acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances being deemed to have
a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof), up to an aggregate principal amount of
$800.0 million outstanding at any one time, less the aggregate of mandatory principal
payments actually made by the borrower thereunder in respect of Indebtedness thereunder
after the Issue Date with Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale or series of related Asset Sales;

     (2) the incurrence by the Issuer and any Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness
represented by the Notes (including any Guarantee) (other than any Additional Notes);

     (3) Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the
Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (1) and (2) of this Section
4.09(b));

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     (4) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), Disqualified Stock and
Preferred Stock incurred by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, to finance the
purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment that is used or
useful in a Similar Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital
Stock of any Person owning such assets in an aggregate principal amount (together with any
Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) not to exceed $10.0 million at any time
outstanding, together with all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and/or Preferred Stock
issued and outstanding under this clause (4);

     (5) Indebtedness incurred by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in the
ordinary course of business, including letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation
claims, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding
workers’ compensation claims; provided, however, that upon the drawing of
such letters of credit or the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are
reimbursed within 30 days following such drawing or incurrence;

     (6) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries
providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each
case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a
Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or
any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such
acquisition; provided, however, that

     (A) such Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet of the Issuer, or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (Contingent Obligations referred to in a footnote
to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will not be
deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (6)(A));
and

     (B) the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall
at no time exceed the gross proceeds including non-cash proceeds (the fair market
value of such non-cash proceeds being measured at the time received and without
giving effect to any subsequent changes in value) actually received by the Issuer
and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition;

     (7) Indebtedness of the Issuer to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any
such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor is expressly
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; provided further that any
subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any
Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer
of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary or any
collateral agent under the Credit Facilities) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an
incurrence of such Indebtedness;

     (8) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the Issuer or another Restricted
Subsidiary; provided that if a Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness to a Restricted
Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of
payment to the Guarantee of the Notes of such Guarantor; provided further
that any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuer or another
Restricted Subsidiary or any collateral agent under the Credit Facilities) shall be deemed,
in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness;

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     (9) shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Issuer or
another Restricted Subsidiary, provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of
any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing
to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of
Preferred Stock (except to the Issuer or another of its Restricted Subsidiaries) shall be
deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of Preferred Stock;

     (10) Hedging Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative
purposes) for the purpose of limiting interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness or
exchange rate risk;

     (11) obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and completion
guarantees provided by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary
course of business;

     (12) Contribution Indebtedness;

     (13) the incurrence by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer of
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock which serves to refund or refinance any
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred as permitted under Section
4.09(a) and clauses (2), (3), (4), (13) and (14) of this Section 4.09(b) or any
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, including additional Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred to pay premiums (including reasonable tender
premiums), defeasance costs and fees in connection therewith (the “Refinancing
Indebtedness”) prior to its respective maturity; provided, however, that
such Refinancing Indebtedness:

     (A) has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a
Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is
incurred which is not less than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of,
the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being refunded or
refinanced,

     (B) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (i) Indebtedness
subordinated or pari passu to the Notes or any Guarantee thereof, such Refinancing
Indebtedness is subordinated or pari passu to the Notes or the Guarantee at least to
the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced or refunded or (ii)
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, respectively, and

     (C) shall not include:

     (i) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary
of the Issuer that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or a Guarantor;

     (ii) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a
Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not a Guarantor that refinances
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Guarantor; or

     (iii) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer
or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock
or Preferred Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

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and provided further that subclause (A) of this clause (13) shall not apply
to any refunding or refinancing of any Indebtedness outstanding under any Senior
Indebtedness.

     (14) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of Persons that are acquired
by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided that after
giving effect to such acquisition or merger, either

     (a) the Issuer would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to the Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a)
hereof, or

     (b) the Leverage Ratio of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries is less
than immediately prior to such acquisition or merger;

     (15) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of
a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course
of business, provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within two Business
Days of its incurrence;

     (16) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries supported by a
letter of credit issued pursuant to the Credit Facilities, in a principal amount not in
excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;

     (17) (a) any guarantee by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or
other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary so long as the incurrence of such
Indebtedness incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this
Indenture, or

     (b) any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Issuer;
provided that such guarantee is incurred in accordance with Section 4.15
hereof;

     (18) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (i)
the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply
arrangements in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;

     (19) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to current or former officers, directors and employees thereof,
their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or
redemption of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the
Issuer to the extent described in clause (5) of Section 4.07(b) hereof;

     (20) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor incurred in connection with
or in contemplation of, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support
utilized to consummate, the acquisition by the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor of
property used or useful in a Similar Business (whether through the direct purchase of assets
or the purchase of Capital Stock of, or merger, amalgamation or consolidation with, any
Person owning such assets); provided that, after giving pro forma effect to such
transaction and any related transactions, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal
financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such Indebtedness
is incurred, (A) would have had a Leverage Ratio of not greater than the Leverage Ratio on
the Issue Date and (B) would have had a Leverage Ratio lower than the

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Leverage Ratio for such period immediately prior to giving pro forma effect to such
transaction and any related transactions; and

     (21) incurrence by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional
Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50.0 million at any time
outstanding.

     (c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09:

     (1) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock
(or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock described in clauses (1) through (21) of
Section 4.09(b) hereof or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof, the
Issuer, in its sole discretion, shall classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) and shall only be required to
include the amount and type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock in
one of the above clauses; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the
Credit Facilities on the Issue Date shall be treated as incurred on the Issue Date under
clause (1) of Section 4.09(b) hereof; and

     (2) at the time of incurrence, the Issuer shall be entitled to divide and classify an
item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in Section
4.09(a) and Section 4.09(b) hereof.

          Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest in the form
of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock shall not be deemed to be an
incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section
4.09.

          For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the
incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated
in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on
the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case
of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other
Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable
U.S. dollar denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange
rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be
deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness
does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced.

          The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred
in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the
currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is
denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.

Section 4.10 Asset Sales.

          (a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, cause,
make or suffer to exist an Asset Sale, unless:

     (1) the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives
consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (as
determined in good faith by the Issuer) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and

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     (2) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75% of the consideration
therefor received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the
form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:

     (A) any liabilities (as shown on the Issuer’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s
most recent balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto) of the Issuer or such
Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated
to the Notes, that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets and for which
the Issuer and all of its Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released by all
creditors in writing,

     (B) any securities received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from
such transferee that are converted by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary into
cash (to the extent of the cash received) within 180 days following the closing of
such Asset Sale, and

     (C) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Issuer or such
Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value,
taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to
this clause (C) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed 2.5% of Total Assets
at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, with the fair
market value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the
time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value,

shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this provision and for no other purpose.

          (b) Within 390 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Issuer or
such Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale.

          (1) to permanently reduce:

     (A) Obligations under the Senior Indebtedness, and to correspondingly reduce
commitments with respect thereto;

     (B) Obligations under Senior Subordinated Indebtedness (and to correspondingly
reduce commitments with respect thereto); provided that the Issuer shall
equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Notes as provided under Section
3.07 hereof by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth under
Section 4.10(c) hereof) to all Holders of Notes to purchase their Notes at 100% of
the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued but unpaid interest, if
any, on the amount of Notes that would otherwise be prepaid, or

     (C) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, other than
Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary,

     (2) to make (A) an Investment in any one or more businesses, provided that such
Investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock and results in
the Issuer or another of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, owning an amount
of the Capital Stock of such business such that it constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary, (B)
capital expenditures or (C) acquisitions of other assets, in each of (A), (B) and (C), used
or useful in a Similar Business, or

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     (3) to make an investment in (A) any one or more businesses, provided that such
Investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock and results in
the Issuer or another of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, owning an amount
of the Capital Stock of such business such that it constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary, (B)
properties or (C) acquisitions of other assets that, in each of (A), (B) and (C), replace
the businesses, properties and/or assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale;

provided that, in the case of clauses (2) and (3) above, a binding commitment shall be
treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment so long as
the Issuer or such other Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment with the good faith
expectation that such Net Proceeds shall be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of
such commitment (an “Acceptable Commitment”); provided further that if any
Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are
applied, then such Net Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds.

          (c) The Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be required to comply with this
Section 4.10 if the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is required to transfer any asset
into a trust for FCC regulatory purposes and such trust is then required by the FCC or other
governmental entity to sell or otherwise dispose of such asset, so long as in each case any Net
Proceeds received by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries are applied in accordance with this
Section 4.10.

          (d) Any Net Proceeds from the Asset Sale that are not invested or applied as provided and
within the time period set forth in Section 4.10(b) hereof shall be deemed to constitute
“Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10.0 million, the
Issuer shall make an offer to all Holders of the Notes and, if required by the terms of any
Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”), to the holders
of such Pari Passu Indebtedness (an “Asset Sale Offer”), to purchase the maximum aggregate
principal amount of the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness that is an integral multiple of
$1,000 that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount
equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and
Additional Interest, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with
the procedures set forth in this Indenture. The Issuer shall commence an Asset Sale Offer with
respect to Excess Proceeds within ten Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceed
$10.0 million by mailing the notice required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, with a copy
to the Trustee.

          To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered
pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Issuer may use any remaining
Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to other covenants contained in this
Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes or the Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered
by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes
and such Pari Passu Indebtedness (which shall be selected at the direction of the Issuer) to be
purchased on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Notes or such
Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of
Excess Proceeds shall be reset to zero.

          (e) Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds pursuant to this Section 4.10, the
holder of such Net Proceeds may apply such Net Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness
outstanding under a revolving credit facility or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner
not prohibited by this Indenture.

          (f) The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the
extent

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that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this
Indenture, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall
not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in this Indenture by virtue thereof.

Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates.

          (a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any
payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or
purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract,
agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of
the Issuer (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments
or consideration in excess of $2.0 million, unless:

     (1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to
the Issuer or its relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in
a comparable transaction by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated
Person on an arm’s-length basis; and

     (2) the Issuer delivers to the Trustee:

     (A) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate
Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $5.0
million, a resolution adopted by the majority of the board of directors of the
Issuer approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officer’s
Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (1) of
this Section 4.11(a); and

     (B) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate
Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $20.0
million, a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such
transaction is fair to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial
point of view.

     (b) The provisions of Section 4.11(a) hereof shall not apply to the following:

     (1) transactions between or among the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

     (2) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.07 hereof and the definition of
“Permitted Investments”;

     (3) the payment to the applicable Affiliates of members of the Consortium pursuant to
the Advisory Services Agreement of (i) co-advisory fees in an aggregate amount in any fiscal
year not to exceed the amount of the ongoing advisory fee set forth in the Advisory Services
Agreement as in effect on the Issue Date for such fiscal year, (ii) related expenses payable
thereunder (calculated, solely for the purpose of this clause (3), assuming that such fees
and related expenses had not been paid, when calculating Net Income), (plus any unpaid
advisory fees within such amount, accrued interest thereon and related expenses accrued in
any prior year), and (iii) any termination fees pursuant to the Advisory Services Agreement
not to exceed the amount set forth in the Advisory Services Agreement as in effect on the
Issue Date;

     (4) the payment of reasonable and customary fees paid to, and indemnities provided on
behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Issuer, any of its direct or
indirect parent companies or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

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     (5) transactions in which the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case
may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that
such transaction is fair to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point
of view or stating that the terms are not materially less favorable to the Issuer or its
relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable
transaction by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an
arm’s-length basis;

     (6) any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date, or any amendment thereto (so long
as any such amendment is not disadvantageous to the Holders when taken as a whole as
compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Issue Date);

     (7) the Transaction and the payment of all fees and expenses related to the
Transaction, in each case as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum;

     (8) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, or purchasers or sellers of goods
or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance
with the terms of this Indenture which are fair to the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the board of directors of the Issuer or the
senior management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have
been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party;

     (9) the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer to
any Permitted Holder or to any director, officer, employee or consultant;

     (10) payments by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any member of the
Consortium made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or
in respect of other investment banking activities, including, without limitation, in
connection with acquisitions or divestitures which payments are approved by a majority of
the board of directors of the Issuer in good faith;

     (11) payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to employees or consultants of the
Issuer, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
and employment agreements, stock option plans and other similar arrangements with such
employees or consultants which, in each case, are approved by the Issuer in good faith;

     (12) investments by any member of the Consortium in securities of the Issuer or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries so long as (i) the investment is being offered generally to
other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (ii) the investment constitutes less
than 5% of the proposed or outstanding issue amount of such class of securities;

     (13) any transaction with a joint venture or similar entity which would constitute an
Affiliate Transaction solely because the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary owns an equity
interest in or otherwise controls such joint venture or similar entity; provided
that no Affiliate of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries other than the Issuer or a
Restricted Subsidiary shall have a beneficial interest in such joint venture or similar
entity; and

     (14) transactions with Cumulus or any of its Affiliates involving or for the benefit of
the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, including without any limitation any transactions regarding
use of programming, network programming and sales, sales commissions, compensation to radio
stations or the employment or compensation of personnel and contractors, including on air
talent, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, which are fair to the Issuer and
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Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the majority of disinterested members of
the board of directors of the Issuer, or are on terms at least as favorable as might
reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party.

Section 4.12 Liens.

     The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) that secures obligations under
any Indebtedness ranking pari passu with or subordinated to the Notes or any related Guarantee, on
any asset or property of the Issuer or any Guarantor, or any income or profits therefrom, or assign
or convey any right to receive income therefrom, unless:

     (1) in the case of Liens securing Subordinated Indebtedness, the Notes and related
Guarantees are secured by a Lien on such property, assets or proceeds that is senior in
priority to such Liens; or

     (2) in all other cases, the Notes or the Guarantees are equally and ratably secured,
except that the foregoing shall not apply to (A) Liens securing the Notes and the related
Guarantees and (B) Liens securing Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor.

Section 4.13 Corporate Existence.

          Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Issuer shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect (i) its corporate existence, and the corporate,
partnership or other existence of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in accordance with the
respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Issuer or
any such Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises
of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the Issuer shall not be
required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other
existence of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, if the Issuer in good faith shall determine that
the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuer and
its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Section 4.14 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.

          (a) If a Change of Control occurs, unless the Issuer has previously or concurrently mailed a
redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding Notes as described under Section 3.07 hereof,
the Issuer shall make an offer to purchase all of the Notes pursuant to the offer described below
(the “Change of Control Offer”) at a price in cash (the “Change of Control
Payment”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid
interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders
of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment
Date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Issuer shall send notice of such Change
of Control Offer by first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder to the registered
address of such Holder (or otherwise delivered in accordance with the procedures of DTC) with the
following information:

     (1) that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.14 and that
all Notes properly tendered pursuant to such Change of Control Offer will be accepted for
payment by the Issuer;

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     (2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which will be no earlier than 30 days nor
later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment
Date”);

     (3) that any Note not properly tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue
interest;

     (4) that unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment,
all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue
interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;

     (5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control
Offer will be required to surrender such Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to
Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such Notes completed, to the paying agent specified in the
notice at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third
Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;

     (6) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election
to require the Issuer to purchase such Notes, provided that the paying agent
receives, not later than the close of business on the 30th day following the date of the
Change of Control notice, a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the
name of the Holder of the Notes, the principal amount of Notes tendered for purchase, and a
statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such
Notes purchased;

     (7) that if the Issuer is redeeming less than all of the Notes, the Holders of the
remaining Notes will be issued new Notes and such new Notes will be equal in principal
amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (which must be equal to $1,000 or
an integral multiple thereof); and

     (8) the other instructions, as determined by the Issuer, consistent with this Section
4.14, that a Holder must follow.

          The notice, if mailed in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been
given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. If (a) the notice is mailed in a manner
herein provided and (b) any Holder fails to receive such notice or a Holder receives such notice
but it is defective, such Holder’s failure to receive such notice or such defect shall not affect
the validity of the proceedings for the purchase of the Notes as to all other Holders that properly
received such notice without defect.

          The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To
the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions
of this Section 4.14, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations
and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations in this Section 4.14 by virtue thereof.

          (b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuer shall, to the extent permitted by law,

     (1) accept for payment all Notes issued by it or portions thereof properly tendered
pursuant to the Change of Control Offer,

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     (2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate Change of Control
Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered, and

     (3) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes so
accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating that such Notes or
portions thereof have been tendered to and purchased by the Issuer.

          (c) In the event a Change of Control occurs at a time when the Issuer is prohibited by the
terms of any Senior Indebtedness from purchasing Notes, then prior to the mailing of the notice of
a Change of Control to holders of Notes but in any event within 45 days following any Change of
Control, the Issuer shall undertake to (1) repay in full all Obligations, and terminate all
commitments, under the Senior Credit Facilities and all other Senior Indebtedness, the terms of
which require repayment and/or termination of commitments upon a Change of Control or offer to
repay in full all Obligations, and terminate all commitments, under the Senior Credit Facilities
and all other such Senior Indebtedness and to repay the Obligations owed to (and terminate all
commitments of) each lender which has accepted such offer or (2) obtain the requisite consents
under the agreements governing such Senior Indebtedness to permit the repurchase of the Notes. If
such a consent is not obtained or borrowings repaid, the Issuer will remain prohibited from
purchasing the Notes.

          (d) The Issuer shall first comply with Section 4.14(c) hereof before it shall be required to
repurchase Notes pursuant to Section 4.14(a) hereof. The Issuer’s failure to comply with Section
4.14(c) hereof (and any failure to send a notice of Change of Control as a result of the
prohibition in Section 4.14(c)) may (with notice and lapse of time) constitute an Event of Default
described in clause (3), but shall not constitute an Event of Default described in clause (1) under
Section 6.01 hereof.

          (e) The Issuer shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of
Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and
otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.14 applicable to a Change
of Control Offer made by the Issuer and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn
under such Change of Control Offer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of
Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of
Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of
the Change of Control Offer.

          (f) The provisions of this Section 4.14 relative to the Issuer’s obligation to make an offer
to repurchase the Notes as a result of a Change of Control may be waived or modified with the
written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes.

          (g) Other than as specifically provided in this Section 4.14, any purchase pursuant to this
Section 4.14 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.02, 3.05 and 3.06 hereof.

Section 4.15 Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries.

          The Issuer shall not permit any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries that are Restricted
Subsidiaries (and non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries if such non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries guarantee
other capital markets debt securities), other than a Subsidiary Guarantor, to guarantee the payment
of any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any other Subsidiary Guarantor unless:

     (1) such Restricted Subsidiary within 30 days executes and delivers a supplemental
indenture to this Indenture, the form of which is attached as Exhibit D hereto,
providing for a Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary, except that with respect to a
guarantee of Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor:

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     (a) if the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee are subordinated in right of
payment to such Indebtedness, the Guarantee under the supplemental indenture shall
be subordinated to such Restricted Subsidiary’s guarantee with respect to such
Indebtedness substantially to the same extent as the Notes are subordinated to such
Indebtedness; and

     (b) if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of
payment to the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee, any such guarantee by such
Restricted Subsidiary with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in
right of payment to such Guarantee substantially to the same extent as such
Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes;

     (2) such Restricted Subsidiary waives and shall not in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or
any other rights against the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary as a result of any
payment by such Restricted Subsidiary under its Guarantee; and

     (3) such Restricted Subsidiary shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that:

     (a) such Guarantee has been duly executed and authorized; and

     (b) such Guarantee constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of
such Restricted Subsidiary, except insofar as enforcement thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws (including, without limitation, all laws
relating to fraudulent transfers) and except insofar as enforcement thereof is
subject to general principles of equity;

provided that this Section 4.15 shall not be applicable to any guarantee of any Restricted
Subsidiary that existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary and was not incurred
in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary.

Section 4.16 Limitation on Layering.

          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired
Indebtedness) that is subordinate in right of payment to any Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or
such Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such Indebtedness is either:

     (a) equal in right of payment with the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Guarantee
of the Notes, as the case may be; or

     (b) expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Guarantor’s
Guarantee of the Notes, as the case may be.

          For the purposes of this Indenture, Indebtedness that is unsecured is not deemed to be
subordinated or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured, and Senior
Indebtedness is not deemed to be subordinated or junior to any other Senior Indebtedness merely
because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.

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Section 4.17
KC Divestiture Trust.

          (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, neither the Issuer nor any of
the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be permitted to make any Investment in KC Divestiture Trust.

          (b) KC Divestiture Trust shall not be bound by the covenants under this Indenture.

          (c) The Equity Interests of KC Divestiture Trust and the assets held in KC Divestiture Trust
(and the proceeds from the disposition of such Equity Interests or assets) shall not be subject to
the covenants under this Indenture.

ARTICLE 5

SUCCESSORS

Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets.

          (a) The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the
Issuer is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose
of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to
any Person unless:

     (1) either: (x) the Issuer is the surviving corporation; or (y) the Person formed by or
surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) or to which such sale,
assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a
corporation organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of the
Issuer or the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any
territory thereof (such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor
Company”);

     (2) the Successor Company, if other than the Issuer, expressly assumes all the
obligations of the Issuer under the Notes pursuant to supplemental indentures or other
documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

     (3) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists;

     (4) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related
financing transactions, as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the
applicable four-quarter period,

     (A) the Successor Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section
4.09(a) hereof; or

     (B) the Leverage Ratio for the Successor Company, the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries would not be greater than the Leverage Ratio for the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction;

     (5) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above,
in which case Section 5.01(c)(1)(B) hereof shall apply, shall have by supplemental indenture
confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under this Indenture,
the Notes and the Registration Rights Agreement; and

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     (6) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such
supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture.

          (b) The Successor Company shall succeed to, and be substituted for the Issuer, as the case may
be, under this Indenture, the Guarantees and the Notes, as applicable. Notwithstanding clauses (3)
and (4) of Section 5.01(a) hereof,

     (1) any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate with or merge into or transfer all or
part of its properties and assets to the Issuer, and

     (2) the Issuer may merge with an Affiliate of the Issuer, as the case may be, solely
for the purpose of reincorporating the Issuer in a State of the United States so long as the
amount of Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased
thereby.

          (c) Subject to certain limitations described in this Indenture governing release of a
Guarantee upon the sale, disposition or transfer of a guarantor, no Guarantor shall, and the Issuer
shall not permit any Guarantor to, consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or
not the Issuer or Guarantor is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey
or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more
related transactions, to any Person unless:

     (1) (A) such Guarantor is the surviving corporation or the Person formed by or
surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than such Guarantor) or to which such
sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a
corporation organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such
Guarantor, as the case may be, or the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the
District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Guarantor or such Person, as the case
may be, being herein called the “Successor Person”);

     (B) the Successor Person, if other than such Guarantor, expressly assumes all the
obligations of such Guarantor under this Indenture and such Guarantor’s related Guarantee
pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee;

     (C) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists; and

     (D) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such
supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture; or

     (2) the transaction is made in compliance with Section 4.10 hereof.

          (d) Subject to certain limitations described in this Indenture, the Successor Person shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, such Guarantor under this Indenture and such Guarantor’s
Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantor may merge into or transfer all or part of
its properties and assets to another Guarantor or the Issuer.

Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.

          Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer in accordance with
Section 5.01

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hereof, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the
Issuer is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other
disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of
such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this
Indenture referring to the Issuer shall refer instead to the successor corporation and not to the
Issuer), and may exercise every right and power of the Issuer under this Indenture with the same
effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Issuer herein; provided that the
predecessor Issuer shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest
and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes except in the case of a sale, assignment, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition of all of the Issuer’s assets that meets the requirements of
Section 5.01 hereof.

ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01 Events of Default.

          (a) An “Event of Default” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or
be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any
order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

     (1) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or
otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes (whether or not prohibited by
the subordination provisions of this Indenture);

     (2) default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest or Additional
Interest on or with respect to the Notes (whether or not prohibited by the subordination
provisions of this Indenture);

     (3) failure by the Issuer or any Guarantor for 60 days after receipt of written notice
given by the Trustee or the Holders of not less 25% in principal amount of the Notes to
comply with any of its obligations, covenants or agreements (other than a default referred
to in clauses (1) and (2) above) contained in this Indenture or the Notes;

     (4) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there is issued or
by which there is secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Issuer or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Issuer or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or a
Restricted Subsidiary, whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or is created after
the issuance of the Notes, if both:

     (a) such default either results from the failure to pay any principal of such
Indebtedness at its final Stated Maturity (after giving effect to any applicable
grace periods) or relates to an obligation other than the obligation to pay
principal of any such Indebtedness at its final Stated Maturity and results in the
holder or holders of such Indebtedness causing such Indebtedness to become due prior
to its Stated Maturity; and

     (b) the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal
amount of any such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at final
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Maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), or the maturity
of which has been so accelerated, aggregate $15.0 million or more at any one time
outstanding;

     (5) failure by the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary to pay final judgments
aggregating in excess of $15.0 million, which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged
and unstayed for a period of more than 60 days after such judgment becomes final, and in the
event such judgment is covered by insurance, an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by
any creditor upon such judgment or decree which is not promptly stayed;

     (6) the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary
or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

     (i) commences proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent;

     (ii) consents to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings
against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking
reorganization or relief under applicable Bankruptcy law;

     (iii) consents to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar official 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 not paying its debts as they become due;

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

     (i) is for relief against the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that
is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken
together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, in a proceeding in which the
Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiaries, that is a Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary, is to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent;

     (ii) appoints a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together,
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, or for all or substantially all of the
property of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or

     (iii) orders the liquidation of the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted
Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days;

     (8) the Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary shall for any reason cease to be in
full force and effect or be declared null and void or any responsible officer of any
Guarantor that

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is a Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be, denies that it has any further
liability under its Guarantee or gives notice to such effect, other than by reason of the
termination of this Indenture or the release of any such Guarantee in accordance with this
Indenture; or

     (9) so long as CMP KC Corp. and it subsidiaries are beneficiaries of the KC Divestiture
Trust, KC Divestiture Trust shall conduct, transact or otherwise engage at any time in any
business or business activity, acquire any assets, incur any Indebtedness, or suffer to
exist any Liens on its assets other than (i) ownership of the FCC radio broadcast license
for KCHZ-FM and related assets contributed to KC Divestiture Trust on the Issue Date,
together with activities directly related thereto (including communications with the FCC),
(ii) performance of its obligations under and in connection with the trust agreement, (iii)
the payment of taxes and (iv) activities and liabilities incidental to its maintenance and
continuance.

          (b) In the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (4) of Section 6.01(a), such
Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default, other than
as a result of acceleration of the Notes) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically
and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders, if within 20 days after such Event of Default
arose:

     (1) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been
discharged; or

     (2) holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the
case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default; or

     (3) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured.

Section 6.02 Acceleration.

          (a) If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of
Section 6.01(a) hereof with respect to the Issuer) occurs and is continuing under this Indenture,
the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then total outstanding Notes
may declare the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the
then outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately; provided, however, that
so long as any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture as part of the Senior
Credit Facilities shall be outstanding, no such acceleration shall be effective until the earlier
of:

     (1) acceleration of any such Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities; or

     (2) five Business Days after the giving of written notice of such acceleration to the
Issuer and the Representative under the Senior Credit Facilities.

          Upon the effectiveness of such declaration, such principal and interest shall be due and
payable immediately.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising under clause (6) or
(7) of Section 6.01(a) hereof with respect to the Issuer, all outstanding Notes shall be due and
payable immediately without further action or notice. The Trustee may withhold from the Holders
notice of any continuing Default, except a Default relating to the payment of principal, premium,
if any, or interest, if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. In addition,
the Trustee shall have no obligation to accelerate the Notes if in the best judgment of the Trustee
acceleration is not in the best interest of the Holders of the Notes.

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          The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by
written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of all of the Holders rescind an acceleration and its
consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing
Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal, interest, Additional Interest, if any, or
premium that has become due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured or waived.

          (b) Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in the event of a declaration of acceleration in
respect of the Notes because of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(4) shall have
occurred and be continuing, such declaration of acceleration shall be automatically annulled if the
Indebtedness that is the subject of such Event of Default has been discharged or the Holders
thereof have rescinded their declaration of acceleration in respect of such Indebtedness, and
written notice of such discharge or rescission, as the case may be, shall have been given to the
Trustee by the Issuer and countersigned by the Holders of such Indebtedness or a trustee, fiduciary
or agent for such Holders, within 30 days after such declaration of acceleration in respect of the
Notes, and no other Event of Default has occurred during such 30 day period which has not been
cured or waived during such period.

Section 6.03 Other Remedies.

          If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy
to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the
performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

          The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not
produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note
in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or
remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are
cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.

          Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing
Default and its consequences hereunder except a continuing Default in the payment of interest on,
premium, if any, or the principal of any Note held by a non-consenting Holder (including in
connection with an Asset Sale Offer or a Change of Control Offer); provided, subject to
Section 6.02 hereof, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes 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.

Section 6.05 Control by Majority.

          Holders of a majority in principal amount of the total outstanding Notes may direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow
any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly
prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder of a Note or that would involve the Trustee in
personal liability.

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Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.

          Subject to Section 6.07 hereof, no Holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect to this
Indenture or the Notes unless:

     (1) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is
continuing;

     (2) Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the total outstanding Notes have
requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

     (3) Holders of the Notes have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity
against any loss, liability or expense;

     (4) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt
thereof and the offer of security or indemnity; and

     (5) Holders of a majority in principal amount of the total outstanding Notes have not
given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

          A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a
Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Note.

Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.

          Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to
receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, and interest on the
Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an
Asset Sale Offer or a Change of Control Offer), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of
such Holder.

Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.

          If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(1) or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing,
the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust
against the Issuer for the whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, and Additional Interest,
if any, and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the
extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

Section 6.09 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 proceedings, the Issuer, 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 has been
instituted.

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Section 6.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

          Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in Section 2.07 hereof, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or
reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy,
and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not
prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 6.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

          No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Note 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 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

          The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer
(or any other obligor upon the Notes including the Guarantors), its creditors or its property and
shall be entitled and empowered to participate as a member in any official committee of creditors
appointed in such matter and to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable
or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby
authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof.
To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07
hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the
same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends,
money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such
proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or
accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

Section 6.13 Priorities.

          If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in
the following order:

     (i) to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof,
including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances
made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

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     (ii) to holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer and, if such money or property has
been collected from a Guarantor, to holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor, in
each case to the extent required by Article 10 and/or Article 12 hereof, as applicable

     (iii) to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal,
premium, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference
or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for
principal, premium, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, and interest, respectively; and

     (iv) to the Issuer or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct
including a Guarantor, if applicable.

          The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes
pursuant to this Section 6.13.

Section 6.14 Undertaking for Costs.

          In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion
may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the
suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’
fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the
claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.14 does not apply to a suit by the
Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more
than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

ARTICLE 7

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.

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

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

     (i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of
this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set
forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

     (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
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Indenture. However, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision
hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine
the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements
of this Indenture.

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          (c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities 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 7.01;

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

     (iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05
hereof.

          (d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in
any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.01.

          (e) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under
this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of the Notes unless the Holders
have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any loss, liability or
expense.

          (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 Issuer. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.

          (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to
have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or
matter stated in the document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to
make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and
premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Issuer and shall
incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

          (b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate
or an Opinion of Counsel or both. 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 or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee
may consult with counsel of its selection and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of
Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

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

          (d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith
that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Indenture.

          (e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction
or notice from the Issuer shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Issuer.

          (f) None of the provisions of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its
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its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it
against such risk or liability is not assured to it.

          (g) 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 Notes and this Indenture

          (h) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or
consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit)
irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and
regardless of the form of action.

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

          (j) In the event the Issuer is required to pay Additional Interest, the Issuer will provide
written notice to the Trustee of the Issuer’s obligation to pay Additional Interest no later than
15 days prior to the next Interest Payment Date, which notice shall set forth the amount of the
Additional Interest to be paid by the Issuer. The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty
or responsibility to any Holders to determine whether the Additional Interest is payable and the
amount thereof.

          (k) The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Pari Passu
Indebtedness or Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer and shall not be liable to any such holder for
any action it takes or omits to take within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Indenture.

          (l) The Trustee shall not be responsible for any costs, expenses, damages or other liabilities
arising (directly or indirectly) as a result of (i) any filing of a claim or proof of debt by
holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness (or their Representative) or (ii) any right of holders of
Designated Senior Indebtedness (or their Representative) to file any such claim or proof of debt,
in any such case in accordance with the second paragraph of Section 10.14 and 12.14.

Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.

          The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes
and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting
interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to
continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee
is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.

Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer.

          The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the
proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Issuer or upon the Issuer’s direction under any
provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money
received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any
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statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with
the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.

Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.

          If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall
mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the
case of a Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Note,
the Trustee may withhold from the Holders notice of any continuing Default if and so long as a
committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in
the interests of the Holders of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be deemed to know of any Default
unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice
of any event which is such a Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee.

Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.

          Within 60 days after each May 15, beginning with the May 15 following the date of this
Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the Holders of
the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with Trust Indenture Act
Section 313(a) (but if no event described in Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a) has occurred within
the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also
shall comply with Trust
Indenture Act Section 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as
required by Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c).

          A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Notes shall be mailed to
the Issuer and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in
accordance with Trust Indenture Act Section 313(d). The Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee
when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.

Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.

          The Issuer shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its acceptance of
this Indenture and services hereunder as the parties shall agree in writing from time to time. The
Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express
trust. The Issuer shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable
disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its
services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of
the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

          The Issuer and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee for, and
hold the Trustee harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claims, liability or expense
(including attorneys’ fees) incurred by it in connection with the acceptance or administration of
this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder (including the costs and expenses of
enforcing this Indenture against the Issuer or any of the Guarantors (including this Section 7.07)
or defending itself against any claim whether asserted by any Holder, the Issuer or any Guarantor,
or liability in connective with the acceptance, exercise or performance of any of its powers or
duties hereunder). The Trustee shall notify the Issuer promptly of any claim for which it may seek
indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Issuer shall not relieve the Issuer of its
obligations hereunder. The Issuer shall defend the claim and the Trustee may have separate counsel
and the Issuer shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The Issuer need not reimburse any
expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the
Trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.

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          The obligations of the Issuer under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.

          To secure the payment obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors in this Section 7.07, the
Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the
Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien
shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

          When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(a)(6) or (7) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services
(including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

          The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 313(b)(2) to the
extent applicable.

Section 7.08 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
7.08. The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby
created by so notifying the Issuer. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Issuer in writing.
The Issuer may remove the Trustee if:

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

     (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 Issuer 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 Notes
may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer.

          If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns
or is removed, the retiring Trustee (at the Issuer’s expense), the Issuer or the Holders of at
least 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

          If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six
months, fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

          A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring
Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon, 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
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Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to
Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the
successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and
subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the
Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Issuer’s obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall
continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

          If the Trustee consolidates, 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.

Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.

          There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized
under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination
by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000
as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

          This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of Trust Indenture
Act Sections 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b).

Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer.

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

ARTICLE 8

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

          The Issuer may, at its option and at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03
hereof applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this
Article 8.

Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

          Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section
8.02, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth
in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to
all outstanding Notes and Guarantees on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied
(“Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes,
which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof
and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied
all its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture including that of the Guarantors (and
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execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise
terminated or discharged hereunder:

     (a) the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when such payments are due solely out of the
trust created pursuant to this Indenture referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;

     (b) the Issuer’s obligations with respect to Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes,
registration of such Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance
of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust;

     (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, and the Issuer’s
obligations in connection therewith; and

     (d) this Section 8.02.

          Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Issuer may exercise its option under this
Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.

Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance.

          Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section
8.03, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth
in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from their obligations under the covenants contained in
Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16 and 4.17
hereof and clauses (4) and (5) of Section 5.01(a), Sections 5.01(c) and 5.01(d) hereof with respect
to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are
satisfied (“Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not
“outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders
(and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be
deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall
not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means
that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Issuer may omit to comply with and shall have no
liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether
directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by
reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document
and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section
6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall
be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the
option applicable to this Section 8.03 hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set
forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(a)(3), 6.01(a)(4), 6.01(a)(5), 6.01(a)(6) (solely with
respect to Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries), 6.01(a)(7) (solely with
respect to Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries) and 6.01(a)(8) hereof shall
not constitute Events of Default.

Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

          The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof
to the outstanding Notes:

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          In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance with respect to the Notes:

     (1) the Issuer must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of
the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities, or a combination
thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest due on the Notes on the date of Stated Maturity or on the redemption date, as the
case may be, of such principal, premium, if any, or interest on such Notes and the Issuer
must specify whether such Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption
date;

     (2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to
customary assumptions and exclusions,

     (a) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the United
States Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or

     (b) since the issuance of the Notes, there has been a change in the applicable
U.S. federal income tax law,

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall
confirm that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Notes will
not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as applicable, as a
result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal
Defeasance had not occurred;

     (3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to
customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Notes will not recognize income,
gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance
and will be subject to such tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

     (4) no Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make
such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness, and in
each case the granting of Liens in connection therewith) shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit;

     (5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under the Senior Credit Facilities or any other
material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which, the Issuer or any
Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or any Guarantor is bound (other than that
resulting from any borrowing of funds to be applied to make the deposit required to effect
such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance and any similar and simultaneous deposit
relating to other Indebtedness, and the granting of Liens in connection therewith);

     (6) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that, as of the date of such opinion and subject to customary assumptions and exclusions
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the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of Section 547 of
Title 11 of the United States Code;

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

     (8) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and
exclusions) each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal
Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.

			
	Section 8.05	 	Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in
Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

          Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and Government Securities (including the proceeds
thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this
Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding
Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such
Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including
the Issuer or a Guarantor acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of
such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and
Additional Interest, if any, and
interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law. Money and Government Securities so held in trust are not subject to Article 10 or Article
12 hereof

          The Issuer shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on
or assessed against the cash or Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or
the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge
which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

          Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay
to the Issuer from time to time upon the request of the Issuer any money or Government Securities
held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the
amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance
or Covenant Defeasance.

Section 8.06 Repayment to Issuer.

          Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer, in trust
for the payment of the principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, or interest on any
Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium and Additional
Interest, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer on its request
or (if then held by the Issuer) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note
shall thereafter look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or
such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer as trustee
thereof, shall thereupon cease.

Section 8.07 Reinstatement.

          If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or Government
Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any
order

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or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise
prohibiting such application, then the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03
hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in
accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided that, if the
Issuer makes any payment of principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, or interest on
any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the
rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or
Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.

          Notwithstanding Section 9.02 hereof, the Issuer, any Guarantor (with respect to a Guarantee or
this Indenture) and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture and any Guarantee or Notes
without the consent of any Holder:

     (1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;

     (2) to provide for uncertificated Notes of such series in addition to or in place of
certificated Notes;

     (3) to comply with Section 5.01 hereof;

     (4) to provide for the assumption of the Issuer’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to the
Holders;

     (5) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the
Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such
Holder;

     (6) to add covenants for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power
conferred upon the Issuer or any Guarantor;

     (7) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;

     (8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of
a successor Trustee thereunder pursuant to the requirements thereof;

     (9) to provide for the issuance of exchange notes or private exchange notes, which are
identical to exchange notes except that they are not freely transferable, or to provide for
the issuance of Additional Notes as provided in Section 2.01(d) hereof;

     (10) to add a Guarantor under this Indenture;

     (11) to conform the text of this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes to any
provision of the “Description of the Notes” section of the Offering Memorandum to the extent
that such provision in such “Description of the Notes” section was intended to be a verbatim
recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Guarantee or the Notes; or

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     (12) making any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer
and legending of Notes as permitted by this Indenture, including, without limitation to
facilitate the issuance and administration of the Notes; provided, however,
that (i) compliance with this Indenture as so amended would not result in Notes being
transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable securities law and (ii)
such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer
Notes.

          Upon the request of the Issuer accompanied by a resolution of its board of directors
authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the
Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Issuer
and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or
permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and
stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into
such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Opinion of Counsel shall be required in
connection with the addition of a Guarantor under this Indenture upon execution and delivery by
such Guarantor and the Trustee of a supplemental indenture to this Indenture, the form of which is
attached as Exhibit D hereto, and delivery of an Officer’s Certificate. Any Additional
Notes shall be issued with the benefit of an indenture supplemental to this Indenture.

Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.

          Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Issuer and the Trustee may amend or
supplement this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees with the consent of the Holders of at least
a majority in principal amount of the Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) then outstanding
voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a
tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and
6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in
the payment of the principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, or interest on the Notes,
except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with
any provision of this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional
Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender
offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Section 2.08 hereof and Section 2.09
hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for the purposes of this
Section 9.02.

          Upon the request of the Issuer accompanied by a resolution of its board of directors
authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with
the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as
aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the
Trustee shall join with the Issuer in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture
unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but
shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.

          It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such
consent approves the substance thereof.

          After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuer
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supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Issuer to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall
not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental
indenture or waiver.

          Without the consent of each Holder of Notes, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02
may not:

     (1) reduce the principal amount of such Notes whose Holders must consent to an
amendment, supplement or waiver;

     (2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed final maturity of any such Note or
alter or waive the provisions with respect to the redemption of such Notes (other than
provisions relating to Section 3.09, Section 4.10 and Section 4.14 hereof to the extent that
any such amendment or waiver does not have the effect of reducing the principal of or
changing the fixed final maturity of any such Note or altering or waiving the provisions
with respect to the redemption of such Notes);

     (3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;

     (4) waive a Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on
the Notes, except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and a waiver of the payment default that
resulted from such acceleration, or in respect of a covenant or provision contained in this
Indenture or any Guarantee which cannot be amended or modified without the consent of all
Holders;

     (5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated therein;

     (6) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past
Defaults or the rights of Holders to receive payments of principal of or premium, if any, or
interest on the Notes;

     (7) make any change in these amendment and waiver provisions;

     (8) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, or interest on
such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the
enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes;

     (9) make any change in the subordination provisions hereof that would adversely affect
the Holders; or

     (10) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, modify the Guarantees of any
Significant Subsidiary in any manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes.

Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

          Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall be set forth in an amended
or supplemental indenture that complies with the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents.

          Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a
Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or
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of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of
the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a
Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation
before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or
waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.

          The Issuer may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement, or waiver. If a record
date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at
such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to
consent to such amendment, supplement, or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, 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 unless the consent of the requisite
number of Holders has been obtained.

Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

          The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any
Note thereafter authenticated. The Issuer in exchange for all Notes may issue and the
Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect
the amendment, supplement or waiver.

          Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and
effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

          The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article
9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or
immunities of the Trustee. The Issuer may not sign an amendment, supplement or waiver until the
board of directors approves it. In executing any amendment, supplement or waiver, the Trustee
shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) shall be fully protected in
relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 14.04 hereof, an Officer’s
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental
indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment, supplement or
waiver is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer and any Guarantors party thereto,
enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and
complies with the provisions hereof (including Section 9.03). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
Opinion of Counsel will be required for the Trustee to execute any amendment or supplement adding a
new Guarantor under this Indenture.

Section 9.07 Payment for Consent.

          Neither the Issuer nor any Affiliate of the Issuer shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause
to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder for or as
an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this
Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to all Holders and is paid to all
Holders that so consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in solicitation
documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

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ARTICLE 10

SUBORDINATION

Section 10.01 Agreement To Subordinate.

          The Issuer agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, that the payment of all
Obligations owing in respect of the Notes is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in
the manner provided in this Article 10, to the prior payment in full in cash of all existing and
future Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer and that the subordination is for the benefit of and
enforceable by the holders of such Senior Indebtedness. The Notes shall in all respects rank pari
passu in right of payment with all existing and future Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of the
Issuer and will be senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness
of the Issuer; and only Indebtedness of the Issuer that is Senior Indebtedness shall rank senior to
the Notes in accordance with the provisions set forth herein. All provisions of this Article 10
shall be subject to Section 10.12.

Section 10.02 Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy.

          Upon any payment or distribution of the assets of the Issuer to creditors upon a total or
partial liquidation or a total or partial dissolution of the Issuer or in a reorganization of or
similar proceeding relating to the Issuer or its property:

     (i) the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer shall be entitled to receive
payment in full in cash of such Senior Indebtedness before Holders shall be entitled to
receive any payment or distribution of any kind or character with respect to any Obligations
on, or relating to, the Notes; and

     (ii) until the Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer is paid in full in cash, any payment
or distribution to which Holders would be entitled but for the subordination provisions of
this Indenture shall be made to holders of such Senior Indebtedness as their interests may
appear, except that Holders may receive Permitted Junior Securities.

To the extent any payment of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer (whether by or on behalf of the
Issuer, as proceeds of security or enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to
be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be paid to any receiver, trustee in
bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other similar Person under any bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership, fraudulent conveyance or similar law, then, if such payment is recovered by, or paid
over to, such receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or similar Person, the
Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be
deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred. It is further agreed
that any diminution (whether pursuant to court decree or otherwise, including without limitation
for any of the reasons described in the preceding sentence) of the Issuer’s obligation to make any
distribution or payment pursuant to any Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, except to the extent
such diminution occurs by reason of the repayment (which has not been disgorged or returned) of
such Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer in cash, shall have no force or effect for purposes of the
subordination provisions contained in Article 10, with any turnover of payments as otherwise
calculated pursuant to this Article 10 to be made as if no such diminution had occurred. The
Issuer shall promptly give written notice to the Trustee of any such dissolution, winding-up,
liquidation, or reorganization of the Issuer; provided that any delay or failure to give such
notice shall have no effect on the subordination provisions contained herein.

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Section 10.03 Default on Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer.

          The Issuer shall not pay principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes (or pay any
other Obligations relating to the Notes, including Additional Interest, fees, costs, expenses,
indemnities and rescission or damage claims) or make any deposit pursuant to Article 8 or Article
13 hereof and may not purchase, redeem or otherwise retire or acquire for cash or property any
Notes (collectively, “pay the Notes”) (except in the form of Permitted Junior Securities)
if either of the following occurs (a “Payment Default”):

     (i) any Obligation on any Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer is not paid in
full in cash when due; or

     (ii) any other default on Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer occurs and the
maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness is accelerated in accordance with its terms;

unless, in either case, the Payment Default has been cured or waived and any such acceleration has
been rescinded or such Designated Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in cash;
provided, however, that the Issuer shall be entitled to pay the Notes without
regard to the foregoing if the Issuer and the Trustee receive written notice approving such payment
from the Representatives of all Designated Senior Indebtedness with respect to which the Payment
Default has occurred and is continuing.

          During the continuance of any default (other than a Payment Default) (a “Non-Payment
Default”) with respect to any Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer pursuant to which
the maturity
thereof may be accelerated without further notice (except such notice as may be required to
effect such acceleration) or the expiration of any applicable grace periods, the Issuer shall not
pay the Notes (except in the form of Permitted Junior Securities) for a period (a “Payment
Blockage Period”) commencing upon the receipt by the Trustee (with a copy to the Issuer) of
written notice (a “Blockage Notice”) of such Non-Payment Default from the Representative of
such Designated Senior Indebtedness specifying an election to effect a Payment Blockage Period and
ending 179 days thereafter. So long as there shall remain outstanding any Senior Indebtedness
under the Senior Credit Facilities, a Blockage Notice may be given only by the administrative agent
thereunder unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the requisite lenders named therein. The
Payment Blockage Period shall end earlier if such Payment Blockage Period is terminated (i) by
written notice to the Trustee and the Issuer from the Person or Persons who gave such Blockage
Notice; (ii) because the default giving rise to such Blockage Notice is cured, waived or otherwise
no longer continuing; or (iii) because such Designated Senior Indebtedness has been discharged or
repaid in full in cash.

          Notwithstanding the provisions described in the immediately preceding two sentences (but
subject to the provisions contained in the first sentence of this Section 10.03 and Section 10.02
hereof), unless the holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or the Representative of such
Designated Senior Indebtedness shall have accelerated the maturity of such Designated Senior
Indebtedness or a Payment Default has occurred and is continuing, the Issuer shall be entitled to
resume paying the Notes after the end of such Payment Blockage Period. The Notes shall not be
subject to more than one Payment Blockage Period in any consecutive 360-day period irrespective of
the number of Non-Payment Defaults with respect to Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer
during such period. However, in no event shall the total number of days during which any Payment
Blockage Period or Periods on the Notes is in effect exceed 179 days in the aggregate during any
consecutive 360-day period, and there must be at least 181 days during any consecutive 360-day
period during which no Payment Blockage Period is in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
however, no Non-Payment Default that existed or was continuing on the date of the commencement of
any Payment Blockage Period shall be, or be made, the basis for the commencement of a subsequent
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not less than 90
consecutive days (it being acknowledged that any subsequent action, or any breach of any financial
covenants during such initial Payment Blockage Period, that, in either case, would give rise to a
Non-Payment Default pursuant to any provisions under which a Non-Payment Default previously existed
or was continuing shall constitute a new Non-Payment Default for this purpose).

Section 10.04 Acceleration of Payment of Notes.

          If payment of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the Issuer shall
promptly notify the holders of the Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or the
Representative of such Designated Senior Indebtedness of the acceleration; provided that
any failure to give such notice shall have no effect whatsoever on the provisions of this Article
10. So long as there shall remain outstanding any Senior Indebtedness under the Senior Credit
Facilities, a Blockage Notice may be given only by the Representative thereunder unless otherwise
agreed in writing by the requisite lenders named therein. If any Designated Senior Indebtedness of
the Issuer is outstanding, the Issuer may not pay the Notes until five Business Days after the
Representatives of all the holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness receive notice of such
acceleration and, thereafter, may pay the Notes only if this Indenture otherwise permits payment at
that time.

Section 10.05 When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.

          If a distribution is made to Holders that, due to the subordination provisions, should not
have been made to them, such Holders are required to hold it in trust for the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer and pay it over to their Representative, if any.

Section 10.06 Subrogation.

          After all Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer is paid in full in cash and until the Notes are
paid in full, Holders shall be subrogated to the rights of holders of such Senior Indebtedness to
receive distributions applicable to such Senior Indebtedness. A distribution made under this
Article 10 to holders of such Senior Indebtedness which otherwise would have been made to Holders
is not, as between the Issuer and Holders, a payment by the Issuer on such Senior Indebtedness.

Section 10.07 Relative Rights.

          This Article 10 defines the relative rights of Holders and holders of Senior Indebtedness of
the Issuer. Nothing in this Indenture shall:

     (i) impair, as between the Issuer and Holders, the obligation of the Issuer, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with
their terms;

     (ii) prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its available remedies upon a
Default, subject to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer to receive
payments or distributions otherwise payable to Holders and such other rights of such holders
of Senior Indebtedness as set forth herein; or

     (iii) affect the relative rights of Holders and creditors of the Issuer other than
their rights in relation to holders of Senior Indebtedness.

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Section 10.08 Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Issuer.

          No right of any holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer to enforce the subordination of
the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by the
Issuer or by its failure to comply with this Indenture.

Section 10.09 Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.

          Notwithstanding Section 10.03 hereof, the Trustee or any Paying Agent may continue to make
payments on the Notes and shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of facts that would
prohibit the making of any payments unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives notice
satisfactory to him that payments may not be made under this Article 10; provided that
notwithstanding the foregoing, the subordination of the Obligations under the Notes to Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer shall not be affected and the Holders receiving any payments in
contravention of Section 10.02 and/or 10.03 (and such respective payments) shall otherwise be
subject to the provisions of this Article 10. The Issuer, the Registrar, the Paying Agent, a
Representative or a holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer shall be entitled to give the
notice; provided, however, that, if an issue of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer
has a Representative, only the Representative shall be entitled to give the notice.

          The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity shall be entitled to hold Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. The
Registrar and the Paying Agent shall be entitled to do the same with like rights. The Trustee
shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article 10 with respect to any Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer which may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other
holder of such Senior Indebtedness; and nothing in Article 7 shall deprive the Trustee of any of
its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article 10 shall apply to claims of, or payments to,
the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof or any other Section of this Indenture.

Section 10.10 Distribution or Notice to Representative.

          Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Indebtedness of
the Issuer, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representative (if any).

			
	Section 10.11	 	Article 10 Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To
Accelerate.

          The failure to make a payment pursuant to the Notes by reason of any provision in this Article
10 shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default. Nothing in this Article 10
shall have any effect on the right of the Holders or the Trustee to accelerate the maturity of the
Notes.

Section 10.12 Trust Moneys Not Subordinated.

          Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, payments from money or the proceeds
of Government Securities held in trust by the Trustee for the payment of principal of and interest
on the Notes pursuant to Article 8 or Article 13 hereof shall not be subordinated to the prior
payment of any Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or subject to the restrictions set forth in this
Article 10, and none of the Holders shall be obligated to pay over any such amount to the Issuer or
any holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or any other creditor of the Issuer,
provided that the subordination provisions of this Article 10 were not violated at the time
the applicable amounts were deposited in trust pursuant to Article 8 or Article 13 hereof and the
respective deposit in the trust was otherwise made in accordance with Article 8 or Article 13
hereof, as the case may be.

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Section 10.13 Trustee Entitled To Rely.

          Upon any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article 10, the Trustee and the Holders
shall be entitled to rely (a) upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in
which any proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 10.02 hereof are pending, (b) upon a
certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution
to the Trustee or to the Holders or (c) upon the Representatives of Senior Indebtedness of the
Issuer for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or
distribution, the holders of such Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the Issuer, the
amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other
facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 10. In the event that the Trustee determines, in good
faith, that evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article
10, the Trustee shall be entitled to request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the
extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and other
facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article 10, and, if such evidence is not
furnished, the Trustee shall be entitled to defer any payment to such Person pending judicial
determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment. The provisions of Sections
7.01 and 7.02 hereof shall be applicable to all actions or omissions of actions by the Trustee
pursuant to this Article 10.

Section 10.14 Trustee To Effectuate Subordination.

          A Holder by its acceptance of a Note agrees to be bound by this Article 10 and authorizes and
expressly directs the Trustee, on his behalf, to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination between the Holders and the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer as provided in this Article 10 and appoints the Trustee as
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

          If the Trustee does not file a Proper Proof of Claim in such proceeding prior to 15 days
before the expiration of the time to file a Proof of Claim in such proceeding, then the holders of
Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer (or their Representative) are hereby authorized to
have the right to file and are (or is) hereby authorized to file, in the name of the Trustee, a
Proof of Claim for and on behalf of the Holders; provided that (i) if the holders of the Designated
Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer (or their Representative) file any Proof of Claim as contemplated
above and the Trustee shall subsequently file a Proper Proof of Claim in such proceeding before the
expiration of the time to file a Proof of Claim in such proceeding, such subsequent Proper Proof of
Claim filed by the Trustee shall supersede any such Proof of Claim theretofore filed by the holders
of the Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer (or their Representative), and such Proof of
Claim theretofore filed by the holders of the Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer (or
their Representative) shall thereupon deemed to be withdrawn, and (ii) the foregoing provisions of
this paragraph shall not be construed to authorize the holders of the Designated Senior
Indebtedness (or their Representative) to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of
any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes,
or to authorize the holders of the Designated Senior Indebtedness (or their Representative) to vote
in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding. This paragraph is intended solely to
permit the holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer to preserve their “turnover
right” pursuant to the applicable subordination provisions in this Article X in circumstances where
a Proper Proof of Claim has not been filed by the Trustee before the expiration of the time to file
a Proof of Claim in a bankruptcy proceeding, and nothing herein is intended to impair the rights of
the Trustee under Section 6.13 and 7.07.

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Section 10.15 Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer.

          The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall mistakenly pay
over or distribute to Holders or the Issuer or any other Person, money or assets to which any
holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer shall be entitled by virtue of this Article 10 or
otherwise.

			
	Section 10.16	 	Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer on Subordination
Provisions. 

          Each Holder by accepting a Note acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing subordination
provisions are, and are intended to be, an inducement and a consideration to each holder of any
Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, whether such Senior Indebtedness was created or acquired before
or after the issuance of the Notes, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold, such
Senior Indebtedness and such holder of such Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed conclusively to
have relied on such subordination provisions in acquiring and continuing to hold, or in continuing
to hold, such Senior Indebtedness.

          Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice
to the Trustee or the Holders, without incurring responsibility to the Trustee or the Holders and
without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article 10 or the obligations
hereunder of the
Holders to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, do any one or more of the
following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or
renew or alter, Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner
Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under
which Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise
deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer;
(iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the payment or collection of Senior Indebtedness
of the Issuer; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Issuer and any
other Person.

ARTICLE 11

GUARANTEES

Section 11.01 Guarantee.

          Subject to this Article 11, from and after the consummation of the Transaction, each of the
Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees, subject to Article 12, to
each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its
successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the
Notes or the obligations of the Issuer hereunder or thereunder, that: (a) the principal of,
interest, premium and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes shall be promptly paid in full when
due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue
principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other Obligations of the Issuer
to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder shall be promptly paid in full or performed,
all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of
payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same shall be promptly paid
in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at
stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so
guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly
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 to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a
guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

          The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder shall be unconditional,
irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the
absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with
respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Issuer, any
action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or
bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, protest,
notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that this Guarantee shall not be discharged except
by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.

          Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section
11.01.

          If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Issuer,
the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation
to either the Issuer or the Guarantors, any amount paid either to the Trustee or such Holder, this
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.

          Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to
the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all
obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on
the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes
of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such
acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any
declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations
(whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the
purpose of this Guarantee. The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any
non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the
Holders under the Guarantees.

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

          In case any provision of any Guarantee 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.

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          The Guarantee issued by any Guarantor shall be a general unsecured senior subordinated
obligation of such Guarantor and shall be subordinated in right of payment to all existing and
future Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor, if any.

          Each payment to be made by a Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee shall be made without
set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.

          The obligations of each Guarantor to the Holders and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee
of such Guarantor and this Indenture are expressly subordinate and subject in right of payment to
the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor, to the extent and in the
manner provided in Article 12.

Section 11.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.

          Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the
intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent
transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the
Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any
Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors
hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor shall be limited to the maximum
amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed
liabilities of such Guarantor (including, without limitation, all Senior Indebtedness of such
Guarantor) that are relevant under such laws and after giving effect to any collections from,
rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on
behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this
Article 11, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a
fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law. Each Guarantor that makes a
payment under its Guarantee shall be entitled upon payment in full of all guaranteed obligations
under this Indenture to a contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other
Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the
Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP.

Section 11.03 Execution and Delivery.

          To evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 hereof, each Guarantor hereby agrees that
this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by its President, one of its Vice
Presidents or one of its Assistant Vice Presidents.

          Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 hereof shall remain
in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such
Guarantee on the Notes.

          If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture no longer holds that office at the time the
Trustee authenticates the Note, the Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

          The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall
constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.

          If required by Section 4.15 hereof, the Issuer shall cause any newly created or acquired
Restricted Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 4.15 hereof and this Article 11, to
the extent applicable.

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Section 11.04 Subrogation.

          Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders of Notes against the Issuer in
respect of any amounts paid by any Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.01 hereof;
provided that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Guarantor shall be
entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of
subrogation until all amounts then due and payable by the Issuer under this Indenture or the Notes
shall have been paid in full.

Section 11.05 Benefits Acknowledged.

          Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the
financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it
pursuant to its Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

Section 11.06 Release of Guarantees.

          A Guarantee by a Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged,
and no further action by such Guarantor, the Issuer or the Trustee is required for the release of
such Guarantor’s Guarantee, upon:

     (1) (A) any sale, exchange or transfer (by merger or otherwise) of the Capital Stock
of such Guarantor (including any sale, exchange or transfer), after which the applicable
Guarantor
is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary or all or substantially all the assets of such
Guarantor which sale, exchange or transfer is made in compliance with the applicable
provisions of this Indenture;

     (B) the release or discharge of the guarantee by such Guarantor of the Senior Credit
Facilities or the guarantee which resulted in the creation of such Guarantee, except a
discharge or release by or as a result of payment under such guarantee;

     (C) the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary in compliance with Section 4.07 hereof; or

     (D) the Issuer exercising its Legal Defeasance option or Covenant Defeasance option in
accordance with Article 8 hereof or the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture being
discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and

     (2) delivery by such Guarantor to the Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this
Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.

ARTICLE 12

SUBORDINATION OF GUARANTEES

Section 12.01 Agreement To Subordinate.

          Each Guarantor agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, that the obligations of
such Guarantor under its Guarantee are subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the
manner provided in this Article 12, to the prior payment in full in cash of all existing and future
Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor and that the subordination is for the benefit of and
enforceable by the holders of such Senior Indebtedness. A Guarantor’s obligations under its
Guarantee shall in all respects rank

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pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future
Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of such Guarantor, and will be senior in right of payment to all
existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of such Guarantor; and only Indebtedness of such
Guarantor that is Senior Indebtedness shall rank senior to the obligations of such Guarantor under
its Guarantee in accordance with the provisions set forth herein. All provisions of this Article
12 shall be subject to Section 12.12.

Section 12.02 Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy.

          Upon any payment or distribution of the assets of a Guarantor to creditors upon a total or
partial liquidation or a total or partial dissolution of such Guarantor or in a reorganization of
or similar proceeding relating to such Guarantor or its property:

     (i) the holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor shall be entitled to receive
payment in full in cash of such Senior Indebtedness before Holders shall be entitled to
receive any payment; and

     (ii) until the Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor is paid in full in cash, any
payment or distribution to which Holders would be entitled but for the subordination
provisions of this Indenture shall be made to holders of such Senior Indebtedness as their
interests may appear, except that Holders may receive Permitted Junior Securities.

To the extent any payment of Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor (whether by or on behalf of the
Issuer, as proceeds of security or enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to
be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be paid to any receiver, trustee in
bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other similar Person under any bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership, fraudulent conveyance or similar law, then, if such payment is recovered by, or paid
over to, such receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or similar Person, the
Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be
deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred. It is further agreed
that any diminution (whether pursuant to court decree or otherwise, including without limitation
for any of the reasons described in the preceding sentence) of any Guarantor’s obligation to make
any distribution or payment pursuant to any Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor, except to the
extent such diminution occurs by reason of the repayment (which has not been disgorged or returned)
of such Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor in cash, shall have no force or effect for purposes
of the subordination provisions contained in Article 12, with any turnover of payments as otherwise
calculated pursuant to this Article 12 to be made as if no such diminution had occurred. The
Issuer shall promptly give written notice to the Trustee of any such dissolution, winding-up,
liquidation, or reorganization of any Guarantor, provided that any delay or failure to give such
notice shall have no effect on the subordination provisions contained herein.

Section 12.03 Default on Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor.

          A Guarantor shall not make any payment pursuant to its Guarantee (or pay any other Obligations
relating to its Guarantee, including Additional Interest, fees, costs, expenses, indemnities and
rescission or damage claims) and may not purchase, redeem or otherwise retire any Notes
(collectively, “pay its Guarantee”) (except in the form of Permitted Junior Securities) if
either of the following occurs (a “Guarantor Payment Default”):

     (i) any Obligation on any Designated Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor is not paid
in full in cash when due (after giving effect to any applicable grace period); or

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     (ii) any other default on Designated Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor occurs and
the maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness is accelerated in accordance with its
terms;

unless, in either case, the Guarantor Payment Default has been cured or waived and any such
acceleration has been rescinded or such Designated Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in
cash; provided, however, that such Guarantor shall be entitled to pay its Guarantee
without regard to the foregoing if such Guarantor and the Trustee receive written notice approving
such payment from the Representatives of all Designated Senior Indebtedness with respect to which
the Guarantor Payment Default has occurred and is continuing.

          During the continuance of any default (other than a Guarantor Payment Default) (a
“Non-Guarantor Payment Default”) with respect to any Designated Senior Indebtedness of a
Guarantor pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated without further notice (except
such notice as may be required to effect such acceleration) or the expiration of any applicable
grace periods, such Guarantor shall not pay its Guarantee (except in the form of Permitted Junior
Securities) for a period (a “Guarantee Payment Blockage Period”) commencing upon the
receipt by the Trustee (with a copy to such Guarantor and the Issuer) of written notice (a
“Guarantee Blockage Notice”) of such Non-Guarantor Payment Default from the Representative
of such Designated Senior Indebtedness specifying an election to effect a Guarantee Payment
Blockage Period and ending 179 days thereafter. So long as there shall remain outstanding any
Senior Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities, a Guarantee Blockage Notice may be given
only by the administrative agent thereunder unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the requisite
lenders named therein. The Guarantee Payment Blockage Period shall end earlier if such
Guarantee Payment Blockage Period is terminated (i) by written notice to the Trustee, the relevant
Guarantor and the Issuer from the Person or Persons who gave such Guarantee Blockage Notice; (ii)
because the default giving rise to such Guarantee Blockage Notice is cured, waived or otherwise no
longer continuing; or (iii) because such Designated Senior Indebtedness has been discharged or
repaid in full in cash.

          Notwithstanding the provisions described in the immediately preceding two sentences (but
subject to the provisions contained in the first sentence of this Section 12.03 and Section 12.02
hereof), unless the holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or the Representative of such
Designated Senior Indebtedness shall have accelerated the maturity of such Designated Senior
Indebtedness or a Guarantor Payment Default has occurred and is continuing, the relevant Guarantor
shall be entitled to resume paying its Guarantee after the end of such Guarantee Payment Blockage
Period. Each Guarantee shall not be subject to more than one Guarantee Payment Blockage Period in
any consecutive 360-day period irrespective of the number of Non-Payment Defaults with respect to
Designated Senior Indebtedness of the relevant Guarantor during such period. However, in no event
shall the total number of days during which any Guarantee Payment Blockage Period or Periods on a
Guarantee is in effect exceed 179 days in the aggregate during any consecutive 360-day period, and
there must be at least 181 days during any consecutive 360-day period during which no Guarantee
Payment Blockage Period is in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, no Non-Payment
Default that existed or was continuing on the date of the commencement of any Guarantee Payment
Blockage Period shall be, or be made, the basis for the commencement of a subsequent Guarantee
Blockage Notice unless such default shall have been waived for a period of not less than 90
consecutive days (it being acknowledged that any subsequent action, or any breach of any financial
covenants during such initial Guarantee Payment Blockage Period, that, in either case, would give
rise to a Non-Guarantor Payment Default pursuant to any provisions under which a Non-Guarantor
Payment Default previously existed or was continuing shall constitute a new Non-Guarantor Payment
Default for this purpose).

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Section 12.04 Demand for Payment.

          If payment of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of Default and a demand for payment
is made on a Guarantor pursuant to Article 11 hereof, the Issuer or such Guarantor shall promptly
notify the holders of the Designated Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor or the Representative of
such Designated Senior Indebtedness of such demand; provided that any failure to give such
notice shall have no effect whatsoever on the provisions of this Article 12. So long as there
shall remain outstanding any Senior Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities, a Blockage
Notice may be given only by the Representative thereunder unless otherwise agreed in writing by the
requisite lenders named therein. If any Designated Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor is
outstanding, such Guarantor may not pay its Guarantee until five Business Days after the
Representatives of all the holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness receive notice of such
acceleration and, thereafter, may pay its Guarantee only if this Indenture otherwise permits
payment at that time.

Section 12.05 When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.

          If a distribution is made to Holders that, due to the subordination provisions, should not
have been made to them, such Holders are required to hold it in trust for the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the relevant Guarantor and pay it over to them as their interests may appear.

Section 12.06 Subrogation.

          After all Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor is paid in full in cash and until the Notes are
paid in full, Holders shall be subrogated to the rights of holders of such Senior Indebtedness to
receive
distributions applicable to such Senior Indebtedness. A distribution made under this Article
12 to holders of such Senior Indebtedness which otherwise would have been made to Holders is not,
as between the relevant Guarantor and Holders, a payment by such Guarantor on such Senior
Indebtedness.

Section 12.07 Relative Rights.

          This Article 12 defines the relative rights of Holders and holders of Senior Indebtedness of a
Guarantor. Nothing in this Indenture shall:

     (i) impair, as between such Guarantor and Holders, the obligation of such Guarantor,
which is absolute and unconditional, to make payments under its Guarantee in accordance with
its terms;

     (ii) prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its available remedies upon a
default by such Guarantor under its obligations with respect to its Guarantee, subject to
the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor to receive payments or
distributions otherwise payable to Holders and such other rights of such holders of Senior
Indebtedness as set forth herein; or

     (iii) affect the relative rights of Holders and creditors of such Guarantor other than
their rights in relation to holders of Senior Indebtedness.

Section 12.08 Subordination May Not Be Impaired by a Guarantor.

          No right of any holder of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor to enforce the subordination of
the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee shall be impaired by any act or failure to
act by such Guarantor or by its failure to comply with this Indenture.

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Section 12.09 Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.

          Notwithstanding Section 12.03 hereof, the Trustee or any Paying Agent may continue to make
payments on the Notes and shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of facts that would
prohibit the making of any payments unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives notice
satisfactory to him that payments may not be made under this Article 12; provided
however that notwithstanding the foregoing, the subordination of the Guarantees to Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantors shall not be affected and the Holders receiving any payments in
contravention of Section 12.02 and/or 12.03 (and such respective payments) shall otherwise be
subject to the provisions of this Article 12. A Guarantor, the Registrar, the Paying Agent, a
Representative or a holder of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor shall be entitled to give the
notice; provided, however, that, if an issue of Senior Indebtedness of such
Guarantor has a Representative, only the Representative shall be entitled to give the notice.

          The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity shall be entitled to hold Senior
Indebtedness of a Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. The
Registrar and the Paying Agent shall be entitled to do the same with like rights. The Trustee
shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article 12 with respect to any Senior
Indebtedness of a Guarantor which may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other
holder of such Senior Indebtedness; and nothing in Article 7 shall deprive the Trustee of any of
its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article 12 shall apply to claims of, or payments to,
the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof or any other Section of this Indenture.

Section 12.10 Distribution or Notice to Representative.

          Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Indebtedness of a
Guarantor, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representative (if any).

Section 12.11 Article 12 Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To Demand Payment.

          The failure of a Guarantor to make a payment pursuant its Guarantee by reason of any provision
in this Article 12 shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a default by such
Guarantor under its Guarantee. Nothing in this Article 12 shall have any effect on the right of
the Holders or the Trustee to make a demand for payment on a Guarantor pursuant to Article 11
hereof.

Section 12.12 Trust Moneys Not Subordinated.

          Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, payments from money or the proceeds
of Government Securities held in trust by the Trustee for the payment of principal of and interest
on the Notes pursuant to Article 8 or Article 13 hereof shall not be subordinated to the prior
payment of any Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor or subject to the restrictions set forth in
this Article 12, and none of the Holders shall be obligated to pay over any such amount to such
Guarantor or any holder of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor or any other creditor of such
Guarantor, provided that the subordination provisions of this Article 12 were not violated
at the time the applicable amounts were deposited in trust pursuant to Article 8 or Article 13
hereof, as the case may be

Section 12.13 Trustee Entitled To Rely.

          Upon any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article 12, the Trustee and the Holders
shall be entitled to rely (a) upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in
which any proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 12.02 hereof are pending, (b) upon a
certificate of the liquidating

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 trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution
to the Trustee or to the Holders or (c) upon the Representatives of Senior Indebtedness of a
Guarantor for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or
distribution, the holders of such Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of such Guarantor, the
amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other
facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 12. In the event that the Trustee determines, in good
faith, that evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior
Indebtedness of a Guarantor to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article
12, the Trustee shall be entitled to request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the
extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and other
facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article 12, and, if such evidence is not
furnished, the Trustee shall be entitled to defer any payment to such Person pending judicial
determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment. The provisions of Sections
7.01 and 7.02 hereof shall be applicable to all actions or omissions of actions by the Trustee
pursuant to this Article 12.

Section 12.14 Trustee To Effectuate Subordination.

          A Holder by its acceptance of a Note agrees to be bound by this Article 12 and authorizes and
expressly directs the Trustee, on his behalf, to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination between the Holders and the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of a Guarantor as provided in this Article 12 and appoints the Trustee as
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

          If the Trustee does not file a Proper Proof of Claim in such proceeding prior to 15 days
before the expiration of the time to file a Proof of Claim in such proceeding, then the holders of
Designated Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor (or their Representative) are hereby authorized to
have the right to file and are (or is) hereby authorized to file, in the name of the Trustee, a
Proof of Claim for and on behalf of the Holders; provided that (i) if the holders of the Designated
Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor (or their Representative) file any Proof of Claim as
contemplated above and the Trustee shall subsequently file a Proper Proof of Claim in such
proceeding before the expiration of the time to file a Proof of Claim in such proceeding, such
subsequent Proper Proof of Claim filed by the Trustee shall supersede any such Proof of Claim
theretofore filed by the holders of the Designated Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor (or their
Representative), and such Proof of Claim theretofore filed by the holders of the Designated Senior
Indebtedness of such Guarantor (or their Representative) shall thereupon deemed to be withdrawn,
and (ii) the foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to authorize the holders
of the Designated Senior Indebtedness (or their Representative) to authorize or consent to or
accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Notes, or to authorize the holders of the Designated Senior Indebtedness
(or their Representative) to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
This paragraph is intended solely to permit the holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness of any
Guarantor to preserve their “turnover right” pursuant to the applicable subordination provisions in
this Article XII in circumstances where a Proper Proof of Claim has not been filed by the Trustee
before the expiration of the time to file a Proof of Claim in a bankruptcy proceeding, and nothing
herein is intended to impair the rights of the Trustee under Section 6.13 and 7.07.

Section 12.15 Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness of Guarantors.

          The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of a Guarantor and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall mistakenly pay
over or distribute to Holders or such Guarantor or any other Person, money or assets to which any
holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor shall be entitled by virtue of this Article 12 or
otherwise.

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	Section 12.16	 	Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor on Subordination
Provisions.

          Each Holder by accepting a Note acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing subordination
provisions are, and are intended to be, an inducement and a consideration to each holder of any
Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor, whether such Senior Indebtedness was created or acquired before
or after the issuance of the Notes, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold, such
Senior Indebtedness and such holder of such Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed conclusively to
have relied on such subordination provisions in acquiring and continuing to hold, or in continuing
to hold, such Senior Indebtedness.

          Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of a Guarantor may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or
notice to the Trustee or the Holders, without incurring responsibility to the Trustee or the
Holders and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article 12 or the
obligations hereunder of the Holders to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor,
do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend
the time of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor, or otherwise
amend or supplement in any manner Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor, or any instrument
evidencing the same or any agreement under which Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor is
outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or
otherwise securing Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor; (iii) release any Person liable in any
manner for the payment or collection of Senior Indebtedness of such
Guarantor; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against such Guarantor and
any other Person.

ARTICLE 13

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 13.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.

          This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect as to all Notes,
when either:

     (1) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered, except lost, stolen or destroyed
Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore
been deposited in trust, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

     (2) (A) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have
become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise, shall
become due and payable within one year 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 Issuer and the Issuer or any Guarantor have
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust
solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, Government
Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient without
consideration of any reinvestment of interest to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness
on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal,
premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

     (B) no Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make
such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness) with
respect to this Indenture or the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of
such deposit

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 or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit will not result in
a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under the Senior Credit Facilities or any
other material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Issuer or
any Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or any Guarantor is bound (other than that
resulting from any borrowing of funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and
simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness, and the granting of Liens in connection
therewith);

     (C) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this
Indenture; and

     (D) the Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the
deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the
case may be.

          In addition, the Issuer must deliver an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the
Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

          Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money shall have been
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (A) of clause (2) of this Section 13.01, the
provisions of Section 13.02 and Section 8.06 hereof shall survive.

Section 13.02 Application of Trust Money.

          Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, all money deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 13.01 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the
provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying
Agent (including the Issuer acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the
Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium and Additional Interest, if any) and
interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not
be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

          If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in
accordance with Section 13.01 hereof 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 Issuer’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 13.01 hereof;
provided that if the Issuer has made any payment of principal of, premium and Additional
Interest, if any, or interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the
Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from
the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 14

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 14.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls.

          If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by
Trust Indenture Act Section 318(c), the imposed duties shall control.

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Section 14.02 Notices.

          Any notice or communication by the Issuer, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the others is duly
given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified,
return receipt requested), fax or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the
others’ address:

If to the Issuer and/or any Guarantor:

c/o CMP Susquehanna Corp.

14 Piedmont Center

3535 Piedmont Road, Suite 1400

Atlanta, GA 30305

Fax No.: (404) 943-0740

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

If to the Trustee:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Corporate Trust Services

Sixth and Marquette

Mac N9303-120

Minneapolis, MN 55479

Fax No.: (612) 667-9825

Attention: CMP Susquehanna Account Manager

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

          All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been
duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five calendar days after being
deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed by first-class mail; when receipt acknowledged,
if faxed; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery; provided that any notice or communication delivered
to the Trustee shall be deemed effective upon actual receipt thereof.

          Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first-class mail, certified or
registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to
its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be
so mailed to any Person described in Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c), to the extent required by
the Trust Indenture Act. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it
shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

          If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time
prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

          If the Issuer mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee
and each Agent at the same time.

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Section 14.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of
Notes.

          Holders may communicate pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section 312(b) with other Holders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Issuer, the Trustee, the Registrar
and anyone else shall have the protection of Trust Indenture Act Section 312(c).

Section 14.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

          Upon any request or application by the Issuer or any of the Guarantors to the Trustee to take
any action under this Indenture, the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to
the Trustee:

     (a) An Officer’s Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 14.05 hereof) stating that,
in the opinion of the signer, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for
in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and

     (b) An Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
(which shall include the statements set forth in Section 14.05 hereof) stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.

Section 14.05 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 Section 4.04 hereof or Trust
Indenture Act Section 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of Trust Indenture Act
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 or she 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, in the case of an
Opinion of Counsel, may be limited to reliance on an Officer’s Certificate as to matters of
fact); and

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

Section 14.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents.

          The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar
or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

			
	Section 14.07	 	No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.

          No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Issuer or any Guarantor or
any of their parent companies shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or the
Guarantors

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under the Notes, the Guarantees or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect
of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting Notes waives and
releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of
the Notes.

Section 14.08 Governing Law.

          THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND ANY GUARANTEE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 14.09 Waiver of Jury Trial.

          EACH OF THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 14.10 Force Majeure.

          In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the
performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused by, directly or
indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation strikes, work
stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications
or computer (software or hardware) services.

Section 14.11 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

          This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the
Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt
agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

Section 14.12 Successors.

          All agreements of the Issuer in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All
agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of each
Guarantor in this Indenture shall bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section
11.05 hereof.

Section 14.13 Severability.

          In case any provision in this 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 14.14 Counterpart Originals.

          The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an
original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

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Section 14.15 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

          The Table of Contents, 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 of
this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 14.16 Qualification of Indenture.

          The Issuer and the Guarantors shall qualify this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement and shall pay all
reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses for the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee) incurred in connection therewith, including, but not limited to, costs
and expenses of qualification of this Indenture and the Notes and printing this Indenture and the
Notes. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive from the Issuer and the Guarantors any such
Officer’s Certificates, Opinions of Counsel or other documentation as it may reasonably request in
connection with any such qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

[Signatures on following page]

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CMP SUSQUEHANNA CORP.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Lewis W. Dickey, Jr. 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 
	 	CMP SUSQUEHANNA RADIO HOLDINGS CORP.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Lewis W. Dickey, Jr. 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 

Signature Page to Senior Subordinated Indenture

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULE A:

 	 
	 		By:  	/s/
Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.	 
	 		 	Name:  	Lewis W. Dickey, Jr. 	 
	 		 	Title:  	Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer 	 
	 	
	 	KLIF BROADCASTING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

KLIF RADIO, INC., AS GENERAL PARTNER:

 	 
	 		By:  	/s/
Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.	 
	 		 	Name:  	Lewis W. Dickey, Jr. 	 
	 		 	Title:  	Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer 	 
	 	
	 	KPLX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

KPLX RADIO, INC., AS GENERAL PARTNER:

 	 
	 		By:  	/s/
Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.	 
	 		 	Name:  	Lewis W. Dickey,  Jr. 	 
	 		 	Title:  	Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer 	 
	 	
	 	KRBE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

KRBE RADIO, INC., AS GENERAL PARTNER:

 	 
	 		By:  	/s/
Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.	 
	 		 	Name:  	Lewis W. Dickey, Jr. 	 
	 		 	Title:  	Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer 	 
	 	

Signature Page to Senior Subordinated Indenture

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Frank Mc Donald	 
	 	 	Name:  	Frank Mc Donald	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President	 
	 

 

 

SCHEDULE A

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

Bay Area Radio Corp.

CMP KC Corp.

CMP KC-Houston, LLC

Indianapolis Radio License Co.

Indy Lico, Inc.

KFFG Lico, Inc.

KLIF Broadcasting , Inc.

KLIF Lico, Inc.

KLIF Radio, Inc.

KNBR, Inc.

KNBR Lico, Inc.

KPLX Lico, Inc.

KPLX Radio, Inc.

KRBE Broadcasting, Inc.

KRBE Lico, Inc.

KRBE Radio, Inc.

Radio Cincinnati, Inc.

Radio Indianapolis, Inc.

Radio Metroplex, Inc.

Radio San Francisco, Inc.

S.C.I. Broadcasting, Inc.

Sunnyside Communications, Inc.

Susquehanna License Co., LLC

Susquehanna Media Co.

Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Co.

Susquehanna Radio Corp.

Susquehanna Radio Services, Inc.

Texas Star Radio, Inc.

WFMS Lico, Inc.

WNNX Lico, Inc.

WRRM Lico, Inc.

WSBA Lico, Inc.

WVAE Lico, Inc.

 

 

EXHIBIT A

[Face of Note]

          [Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

          [Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the
Indenture]

          [Insert the Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the
provisions of the Indenture]

A-1

 

CUSIP [          ]

ISIN [           ]1

[[RULE 144A][REGULATION S] GLOBAL NOTE

representing initially up to

$                    ]

97/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

			
	 	 	 
	No. ___
	 	[$                    ]

CMP SUSQUEHANNA CORP.

promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum [set forth on the Schedule
of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached hereto] [of                                          United
States Dollars] on [                     ], 2014.

Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15

Record Dates: May 1 and November 1

 

	 	 	 
	1 

	 	Rule 144A Note CUSIP: [                    ]
	 

	 	Rule 144A Note ISIN: [                      ]
	 

	 	Regulation S Note CUSIP: [                      ]
	 

	 	Regulation S Note ISIN: [                     ]
	 

	 	Exchange Note CUSIP: [                     ]
	 

	 	Exchange Note ISIN: [                      ]

A-2

 

          IN WITNESS HEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

          Dated:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CMP SUSQUEHANNA CORP.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

A-3

 

          This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
as Trustee

 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

A-4

 

[Back of Note]

97/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

          Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture
referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

          1. INTEREST. CMP SUSQUEHANNA CORP., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay interest on the
principal amount of this Note at 97/8% per annum from May 5, 20062 until maturity and
shall pay the Additional Interest, if any, payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement
referred to below. The Issuer will pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, semi-annually in
arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the
next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes
will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been
paid, from the date of issuance; provided that the first Interest Payment Date shall be
November 15, 20062. The Issuer will pay interest (including post-petition interest in
any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to
time on demand at the interest rate on the Notes; it shall pay interest (including post-petition
interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and
Additional Interest, if any, (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on
demand at the interest rate on the Notes. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months.

          2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Issuer will pay interest on the Notes and Additional Interest, if
any, to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the May 1 or
November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding the Interest Payment
Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment
Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest.
Payment of interest and Additional Interest, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at
their addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest,
premium and Additional Interest, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of
which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Issuer or the Paying Agent. Such
payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

          3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the Trustee
under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may change any Paying
Agent or Registrar without notice to the Holders. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act in
any such capacity.

          4. INDENTURE. The Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2006 (the
“Indenture”), among CMP Susquehanna Corp.., the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer designated as its 97/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2014. The Issuer shall be entitled to issue Additional Notes pursuant to
Section
2.01 and 4.09 of the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture
and

 

			
	2	 	With respect to the Initial Notes.

A-5

 

those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
(the “Trust Indenture Act”). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are
referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent
any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions
of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

          5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

          (a) Except as described below under clauses 5(b) and 5(c) hereof, the Notes will not be
redeemable at the Issuer’s option before May 15, 2010.

          (b) At any time prior to May 15, 2010, the Issuer may redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail, with a copy to the
Trustee, to the registered address of each Holder or otherwise delivered in accordance with the
procedures of DTC, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed
plus the Applicable Premium as of, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Additional
Interest, if any, to the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the right
of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest
Payment Date.

          (c) Until May 15, 2009, the Issuer may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of
Notes issued by it at a redemption price equal to 109.875% of the aggregate principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Additional Interest, if any, to the
applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date
to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, with the net cash proceeds received
by it from one or more Equity Offerings; provided that at least 65% of the sum of the
aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under the Indenture and any Additional Notes
issued under the Indenture after the Issue Date remains outstanding immediately after the
occurrence of each such redemption; provided further that each such redemption
occurs within 90 days of the date of closing of each such Equity Offering. Notice of any
redemption upon any Equity Offering may be given prior to the redemption thereof, and any such
redemption or notice may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions
precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of the related Equity Offering.

          (d) On and after May 15, 2010, the Issuer may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice by first-class mail, postage prepaid, with a copy
to the Trustee, to each Holder of Notes at the address of such Holder appearing in the security
register, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount of the Notes to
be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Additional Interest, if
any, to the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of Notes of record on the
relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, if redeemed
during the twelve-month period beginning on May 15 of each of the years indicated below:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Year	 	Percentage
	2010
	 	 	104.938	%
	2011
	 	 	102.469	%
	2012 and thereafter
	 	 	100.000	%

          (e) Any redemption pursuant to this paragraph 5 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of
Sections 3.01 through 3.06 of the Indenture.

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          6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION. The Issuer shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or
sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

          7. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Subject to Section 3.03 of the Indenture, notice of redemption will
be mailed by first-class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date
(except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the
notice is issued in connection with Article 8 or Article 13 of the Indenture) to each Holder whose
Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may
be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder
are to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or
portions thereof called for redemption.

          8. OFFERS TO REPURCHASE.

          (a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Issuer shall make an offer (a “Change
of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate
principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest thereon, if any,
to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). The Change of Control Offer
shall be made in accordance with Section 4.14 of the Indenture.

          (b) If the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consummates an Asset Sale, within 10
Business Days of each date that Excess Proceeds exceed $10.0 million, the Issuer shall commence, an
offer to all Holders of the Notes and, if required by the terms of any Indebtedness that is pari
passu with the Notes (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”), to the holders of such Pari Passu
Indebtedness (an “Asset Sale Offer”), to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes
(including any Additional Notes) and such other Pari Passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out
of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Additional Interest thereon, if any, to the
date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes (including any Additional Notes) and
such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess
Proceeds, the Issuer may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject
to other covenants contained in the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes or the
Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds,
the Trustee shall select the Notes and, at the direction of the Issuer, such Pari Passu
Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount of
the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer,
the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an
offer to purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Issuer prior to any related purchase
date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder
to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes.

          9. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered
and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require
a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the
Issuer may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the
Indenture. The Issuer need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note
selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
Also, the
Issuer need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before
a selection of Notes to be redeemed.

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          10. SUBORDINATION. The Notes and the Guarantees are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness of
the Issuer and the Guarantors on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Indenture. To the extent provided in the Indenture, Senior Indebtedness must be paid before the
Notes and Guarantees may be paid. The Issuer agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees,
to the subordination provisions contained in the Indenture and authorizes the Trustee to give it
effect and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for such purpose.

          11. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for
all purposes.

          12. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. The Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be
amended or supplemented as provided in the Indenture.

          13. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. The Events of Default relating to the Notes are defined in Section
6.01 of the Indenture. If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause
(6) or (7) of Section 6.01(a) of the Indenture with respect to the Issuer) occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes may declare the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on
all the then outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately; provided,
however, that so long as any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under the Indenture as
part of the Senior Credit Facilities shall be outstanding, no such acceleration shall be effective
until the earlier of: (1) acceleration of any such Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities;
or (2) five Business Days after the giving of written notice of such acceleration to the Issuer and
the administrative agent under the Senior Credit Facilities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all
outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice.
Holders may not enforce the Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees except as provided in the
Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The
Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default (except a Default
relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, or interest) if
it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the
Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or and its consequences under the Indenture
except a continuing Default in payment of the principal of, premium, if any, Additional Interest,
if any, or interest on, any of the Notes held by a non-consenting Holder. The Issuer and each
Guarantor (to the extent that such Guarantor is so required under the Trust Indenture Act) is
required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture,
and the Issuer is required within five (5) Business Days after becoming aware of any Default, to
deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default and what action the Issuer proposes to
take with respect thereto.

          14. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee.

          15. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES AND RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES.
In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted
Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 5, 2006, among CMP Susquehanna Corp.,

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the Guarantors named therein and the other parties named on the signature pages thereof (the
“Registration Rights Agreement”), including the right to receive Additional Interest (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement).

          16. GOVERNING LAW. THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE
INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES.

          17. CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Issuer has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes
and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No
representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers placed thereon.

          The Issuer will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to the Issuer at the
following address:

14 Piedmont Center

3535 Piedmont Road, Suite 1400

Atlanta, GA 30305

Fax No.: (404) 943-0740

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

          To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

	 	 	 
	(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	(Insert assignee’ legal name)

 

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

 

 

 

 

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

	 	 	 
	and irrevocably appoint
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date: _____________________

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Your Signature:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the face of this Note)
	 
	Signature Guarantee*:                                                             

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other
signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

          If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.10 or
4.14 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

[  ] Section 4.10     [  ] Section 4.14

          If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to
Section 4.10 or Section 4.14 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

$                    

Date:                                         

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Your Signature:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the face of this Note)

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Tax Identification No.:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	Signature Guarantee*:                                                             

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other
signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*

          The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is $                    . The following
exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive
Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global
Note, have been made:

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

 

			
	*	 	This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

CMP Susquehanna Corp.

14 Piedmont Center

3535 Piedmont Road, Suite 1400

Atlanta, GA 30305

Fax No.: (404) 943-0740

Attention: General Counsel

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Corporate Trust Services

Sixth and Marquette

Mac N9303-120

Minneapolis, MN 55479

Fax No.: (612) 667-9825

Attention: CMP Susquehanna Account Manager

Re: 97/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

          Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2006 (the “Indenture”),
among CMP Susquehanna Corp., the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee. Capitalized terms used
but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

                               (the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or
interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $                     in
such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to                      (the “Transferee”),
as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby
certifies that:

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

          1. [  ] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE 144A GLOBAL
NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in
accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the
beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor
reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account,
or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion,
and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of
Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance
with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

          2. [  ] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE REGULATION S
GLOBAL NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant
to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the
Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the
United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the
United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf

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reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the
transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities
market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction
was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made
in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the
Securities Act (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration
requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the
expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the
account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the
proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial
interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the
Indenture and the Securities Act.

          3. [  ] CHECK AND COMPLETE IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE
DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO ANY PROVISION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OTHER THAN RULE 144A OR REGULATION
S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to
beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and
in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of
the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):

     (a) [  ] such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144
under the Securities Act;

or

     (b) [  ] such Transfer is being effected to the Issuer or a subsidiary thereof;

or

     (c) [  ] such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act.

          4. [  ] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED
GLOBAL NOTE OR OF AN UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE.

          (a) [  ] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO RULE 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected
pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the
transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any
state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the
Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the
transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on
transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on
Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

          (b) [  ] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. (i) The Transfer is being effected
pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance
with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities
laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the
Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance
with the

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Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the
terms
of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject
to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the
Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

          (c) [  ] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO OTHER EXEMPTION. (i) The Transfer is being effected
pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer
restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of
the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private
Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon
consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the
transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on
transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or
Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

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          This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit
of the Issuer.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[Insert Name of Transferor]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Dated:                                         

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

	1.	 	The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

	(a)	 	[  ] a beneficial interest in the:

	 	(i)	 	[  ] 144A Global Note (CUSIP 126001AA4), or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	[  ] Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP U12612AA2), or

	(b)	 	[  ] a Restricted Definitive Note.

	2.	 	After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:

[CHECK ONE]

	(a)	 	[  ] a beneficial interest in the:

	 	(i)	 	[  ] 144A Global Note (CUSIP 126001AA4), or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	[  ] Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP U12612AA2), or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	[  ] Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP 126001AB2), or

	(b)	 	[  ] a Restricted Definitive Note; or

	(c)	 	[  ] an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

CMP Susquehanna Corp.

14 Piedmont Center

3535 Piedmont Road, Suite 1400

Atlanta, GA 30305

Fax No.: (404) 943-0740

Attention: General Counsel

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Corporate Trust Services

Sixth and Marquette

Mac N9303-120

Minneapolis, MN 55479

Fax No.: (612) 667-9825

Attention: CMP Susquehanna Account Manager

          Re: 97/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

          Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2006 (the “Indenture”),
among CMP Susquehanna Corp., the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee. Capitalized terms used
but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

                               (the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in
such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $                    in such Note[s] or interests
(the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:

          1) EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE
FOR UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE

     a) [  ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the
Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the
beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii)
such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to
the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the
Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance
with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is
being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of
the United States.

     b) [  ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO
UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note for an
Unrestricted

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Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is
being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been
effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global
Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on
transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in
order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being
acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the
United States.

     c) [  ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN
AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted
Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby
certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without
transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the
Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the
Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any
applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

     d) [  ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE
NOTE. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive
Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has
been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted
Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the
restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted
Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws
of any state of the United States.

          2) EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES
FOR RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES

     a) [  ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO
RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal
principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being
acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed
Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note
issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private
Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the
Securities Act.

     b) [  ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN
A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted
Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] [  ] 144A Global Note [  ]
Regulation S Global Note, with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the
beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii)
such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions

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applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in
accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky
securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed
Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will
be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend
printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

          This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit
of the Issuer and are dated                                         .

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[Insert Name of Transferor]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Dated:                                         

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EXHIBIT D

[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS]

          Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of                     , among
                                         (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of CMP Susquehanna Corp.,
a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
trustee (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H

          WHEREAS, each of CMP Susquehanna Corp. and the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture
referred to below) has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the
“Indenture”), dated as of May 5, 2006, providing for the issuance of an unlimited aggregate
principal amount of
97/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”);

          WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary
shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuer’s Obligations under the
Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture (the
“Guarantee”); and

          WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and
deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

          NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree
for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

          (1) Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have
the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

          (2) Agreement to Guarantee. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees as follows:

     (a) Along with all Guarantors named in the Indenture, to jointly and severally
unconditionally guarantee to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee 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 Issuer hereunder or
thereunder, that:

       (i) the principal of and interest, premium and Additional Interest, if any, on
the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by
acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and
interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Issuer to
the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or
performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and

       (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any
of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or
performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at
stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any
amount so guaranteed

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or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the
Guarantors and the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be jointly and severally obligated
to pay the same immediately. This is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of
collection.

     (b) The obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity,
regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the absence of any action to
enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any
provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Issuer, any action to
enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor.

     (c) The following is hereby waived: diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing
of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to
require a proceeding first against the Issuer, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever.

     (d) This Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the
obligations contained in the Notes, the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, and the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary accepts all obligations of a Guarantor under the Indenture.

     (e) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the
Issuer, the Guarantors (including the Guaranteeing Subsidiary), or any custodian, trustee,
liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Issuer or the
Guarantors, any amount paid either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Guarantee, to the
extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.

     (f) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in
relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in
full of all obligations guaranteed hereby.

     (g) As between the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, on the one hand, and the Holders and the
Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be
accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for the purposes of this Guarantee,
notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in
respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of
acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture, such obligations
(whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary for the purpose of this Guarantee.

     (h) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall have the right to seek contribution from any
non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the
Holders under this Guarantee.

     (i) Pursuant to Section 11.02 of the Indenture, after giving effect to all other
contingent and fixed liabilities that are relevant under any applicable Bankruptcy or
fraudulent conveyance laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to
receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect
of the obligations of such other Guarantor under Article 11 of the Indenture, this new
Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount permissible such that the obligations of
such Guaranteeing Subsidiary under this Guarantee will not constitute a fraudulent transfer
or conveyance.

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     (j) This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective
should any petition be filed by or against the Issuer for liquidation, reorganization,
should the Issuer become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or
should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of the Issuer’s
assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Notes are,
pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or
returned by any obligee on the Notes and Guarantee, whether as a “voidable preference”,
“fraudulent transfer” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been
made. In the event that any payment or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or
returned, the Note shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed
reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

     (k) In case any provision of this Guarantee 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.

     (l) This Guarantee shall be a general unsecured senior subordinated obligation of such
Guaranteeing Subsidiary, ranking pari passu with any other future Senior Indebtedness of the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary, if any.

     (m) Each payment to be made by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary in respect of this Guarantee
shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.

          (3) Execution and Delivery. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that the Guarantee
shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any
notation of such Guarantee on the Notes.

          (4) Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets.

          (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.01(c) of the Indenture, the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary may not consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Issuer or
Guaranteeing Subsidiary is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related
transactions, to any Person unless:

     (i) (A) the Guaranteeing Subsidiary is the surviving corporation or the Person formed
by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Guaranteeing Subsidiary)
or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will
have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
organization of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as the case may be, or the laws of the United
States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the
“Successor Person”);

     (B) the Successor Person, if other than the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, expressly assumes
all the obligations of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Indenture and the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary’s related Guarantee pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or
instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

     (C) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists; and

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     (D) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such
supplemental indentures, if any, comply with the Indenture; or

     (ii) the transaction is made in compliance with Section 4.10 of the Indenture;

          (b) Subject to certain limitations described in the Indenture, the Successor Person will
succeed to, and be substituted for, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Indenture and the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary’s Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary
may merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to another Guarantor or the
Issuer.

          (5) Releases. The Guarantee of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be automatically and
unconditionally released and discharged, and no further action by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, the
Issuer or the Trustee is required for the release of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary’s Guarantee, upon:

     (1) (A) any sale, exchange or transfer (by merger or otherwise) of the Capital Stock
of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary (including any sale, exchange or transfer), after which the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary or all or substantially all the
assets of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary which sale, exchange or transfer is made in compliance
with the applicable provisions of the Indenture;

     (B) the release or discharge of the guarantee by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary of the
Senior Credit Facilities or the guarantee which resulted in the creation of the Guarantee,
except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under such guarantee;

     (C) the designation of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in
compliance with Section 4.07(c) of the Indenture; or

     (D) the Issuer exercising its Legal Defeasance option or Covenant Defeasance option in
accordance with Article 8 of the Indenture or the Issuer’s obligations under the Indenture
being discharged in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; and

     (2) delivery by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary to the Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in the
Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.

          (6) No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or
stockholder of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall have any liability for any obligations of the
Issuer or the Guarantors (including the Guaranteeing Subsidiary) under the Notes, any Guarantees,
the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason
of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting Notes waives and releases all
such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

          (7) Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

          (8) Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental
Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.

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          (9) Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.

          (10) The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for
or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of
the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary.

          (11) Subrogation. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be subrogated to all rights of
Holders of Notes against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary
pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 hereof and Section 11.01 of the Indenture; provided
that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall not
be entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of
subrogation until all amounts then due and payable by the Issuer under the Indenture or the Notes
shall have been paid in full.

          (12) Benefits Acknowledged. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary’s Guarantee is subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary acknowledges that it
will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the
Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to
this Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

          (13) Successors. All agreements of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary in this Supplemental
Indenture shall bind its Successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 2(k) hereof or
elsewhere in this Supplemental Indenture. All agreements of the Trustee in this Supplemental
Indenture shall bind its successors.

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

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